TWI614668B - Chord input method for hand-hold apparatus combined with virtual interface and physical buttons and hand-hold apparatus using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A hand-held device chord input method combining the virtual interface and the physical button and the handheld device comprises a handheld body having a touch screen, a control module and a plurality of buttons, wherein the touch screen and the button system are respectively electrically connected The control module has a virtual interface and a display frame. The virtual bread comprises a plurality of virtual square modules, and each virtual square module comprises a plurality of input characters arranged in sequence. The input character is sequentially corresponding to the button, and the virtual block module and the button are selected, and the selected input character is displayed in the display frame, wherein a chord input method includes the step A. Displaying a virtual interface and a display frame on the touch screen, the virtual interface includes a plurality of virtual square modules, each virtual square module includes a plurality of input characters arranged in sequence, step B. The input characters sequentially arranged in the virtual block module are respectively corresponding to the buttons, and step C. selecting a virtual block module from the virtual interface of the touch screen and Pressing a button to select an input character corresponding to the virtual block module and the button, and step D. displaying the corresponding input character in the display box, thereby improving the problem of high error rate of the traditional virtual keyboard when inputting .

Description

Handheld device chord input method combining virtual interface and physical button and the handheld device

The present invention relates to a handheld device and a string input method combining a virtual interface and a physical button, and a handheld device, and more particularly, a virtual block module of a virtual interface on a handheld device corresponding to an input character of a button, and The hand-held device chord input method and the handheld device that combine the virtual interface with the physical button displayed in the display box.

Recently, the way in which mobile devices input text has gradually changed from physical buttons to virtual touch screens. However, current mobile devices such as smart phones are mostly equipped with standard QWERTY keyboards, which are reduced to the mobile device screen. Size, as you can imagine, the virtual button size is bound to be difficult for people to operate, often allowing the user to touch multiple buttons at a time, resulting in input errors.

At present, as in the Republic of China Invention Patent Publication No. 200705239, "Input Device and Method for Tablet Computer", a chord keyboard, a stylus pen, a control circuit and a connection terminal are connected to the tablet computer, and the chord keyboard system is provided. It is located in the upper right corner of the tablet, and uses the chord keyboard, stylus and touch buttons on the touch screen to replace the original standard typing keyboard to achieve the convenience of input and reduce the weight of the tablet.

Therefore, there are still some shortcomings in the use of the current knowledge, because:

1. At present, it is necessary to use a stylus to perform touch on a tablet, which is costly.

2. The conventional "input device and method for tablet" is only disclosed on a tablet computer, so it is less practical.

The conventional "input device and method for tablet" does not disclose an input device and method that cooperate with a plurality of physical buttons by a virtual interface.

Therefore, the present inventors continue to innovate and develop, and further propose a handheld device combining a virtual interface and a physical button, comprising: a handheld body, comprising a touch screen, a control module and a plurality of buttons, the touch screen And the button system is electrically connected to the control module, wherein the touch screen displays a virtual interface and a display frame, and the virtual bread comprises a plurality of virtual square modules, each of the virtual square modules Each of the groups includes a plurality of input characters arranged in sequence, and the input characters are sequentially corresponding to the buttons, and the virtual block module and the button are selected, and the selected characters are selected. The corresponding input character is displayed in the display box.

The handheld body is one of a tablet computer, a smart phone or a palm-type personal digital assistant.

The button includes five buttons respectively disposed on the same side of the handheld body.

The button includes six buttons, wherein five buttons are respectively disposed on one side of the handheld body, and one of the buttons is disposed on the other side of the handheld body.

Further, the virtual bread of the touch screen comprises a first virtual square module, a second virtual square module, a third virtual square module, a fourth virtual square module, and a fifth virtual square module. And a sixth virtual block module, wherein the first virtual block module includes input characters respectively for the letters Q, W, E, R, T, and the second virtual block module includes letters respectively Input characters of Y, U, I, O, and P, the third virtual block module includes input characters respectively of letters A, S, D, F, and G, and the fourth virtual block module includes There are separate letters for the letters H, J, K, and L. Entering a character, the fifth virtual block module includes input characters respectively for the letters Z, X, C, and V, and the sixth virtual block module includes input characters respectively for the letters B, N, and M. yuan.

The method further includes a seventh virtual block module, wherein the seventh virtual block module is an input character that inputs a blank.

Moreover, the present invention further provides a handheld device and a string input method for combining a virtual interface and a physical button, which is used for a handheld device, the handheld device comprising a touch screen, a control module and a plurality of buttons, the touch The screen and the button are respectively electrically connected to the control module, and the chord input method comprises the following steps:

A. displaying a virtual interface and a display frame on the touch screen, the virtual interface includes a plurality of virtual square modules, each of the virtual square modules including a plurality of input characters arranged in sequence ;

B. The input characters sequentially arranged in the virtual block module are sequentially corresponding to the buttons.

Selecting the virtual block module from the virtual interface of the touch screen and selecting a button to select the input character corresponding to the button by the virtual block module;

D. Display the corresponding input character in the display box.

Further, in step A, the virtual bread of the touch screen comprises a first virtual square module, a second virtual square module, a third virtual square module, a fourth virtual square module, and a first The fifth virtual block module and the sixth virtual block module, wherein the first virtual block module includes input characters respectively for the letters Q, W, E, R, T, and the second virtual block module Containing input characters respectively for the letters Y, U, I, O, P, the third virtual block module includes input characters respectively for the letters A, S, D, F, G, the fourth The virtual block module includes input characters respectively for the letters H, J, K, and L, and the fifth virtual block module includes input characters respectively for the letters Z, X, C, and V, and the sixth The virtual block module contains input characters that are letters B, N, and M, respectively.

Further, in step C, the virtual block module is touched and then the button is pressed, so that the input character corresponding to the virtual block module and the button is displayed in the display frame.

Further, in step C, the button is pressed first and then the virtual block module is touched, so that the input character corresponding to the virtual block module and the button is displayed in the display frame.

The effect of the invention is:

1. The present invention achieves the function of combining a virtual interface on a touch screen with the button by using a touch screen, a control module and a plurality of buttons on the handheld device.

2. The present invention does not require the use of a stylus, thereby increasing usability and reducing costs.

3. The present invention can be combined with an input character corresponding to the button by a virtual interface on the touch screen, thereby combining a virtual interface on the touch screen with the button and corresponding input characters. The chord input method shown in the display box.

4. The invention can improve the problem that the traditional virtual keyboard has a high error rate when inputting.

5. The invention mainly applies the fingering method of the user on the computer keyboard to the handheld device of the invention, so that the input finger can be quickly input without additional learning of the new input fingering.

(1)‧‧‧Handheld body

(11)‧‧‧ touch screen

(111)‧‧‧Virtual interface

(1110)‧‧‧Virtual Square Module

(1111)‧‧‧The first virtual block module

(1112)‧‧‧Second virtual block module

(1113) ‧‧‧The third virtual block module

(1114)‧‧‧The fourth virtual block module

(1115)‧‧‧ Fifth Virtual Block Module

(1116)‧‧‧The sixth virtual block module

(1117)‧‧‧The seventh virtual block module

(112)‧‧‧Display box

(12)‧‧‧Control Module

(13) ‧‧‧ button

(131)‧‧‧First button

(132)‧‧‧second button

(133)‧‧‧ third button

(134)‧‧‧fourth button

(135)‧‧‧ fifth button

(136)‧‧‧ sixth button

[First figure] is a schematic view of the structure of the present invention.

[Second figure] is a step-by-step diagram of the implementation of the present invention.

[Third Figure] is a schematic diagram of the operation of the first use state of the present invention.

[Fourth figure] is a schematic diagram of another first state of operation of the present invention.

[Fifth Figure] is a schematic diagram of another first state of operation of the present invention, illustrating that a D input character is displayed in the display box.

[Sixth Diagram] is a schematic diagram of the operation of the second use state of the present invention.

[Seventh figure] is a schematic diagram of another second state of operation of the present invention, illustrating that a K input character is displayed in the display box.

[Eighth image] is a schematic diagram of the operation of the third use state of the present invention.

[Ninth Diagram] is a schematic diagram of another third state of operation of the present invention, illustrating that a B input character is displayed in the display box.

Combining the above technical features, the main effects of the present invention will be clearly shown in the following embodiments.

The present invention is a handheld device combining a virtual interface and a physical button, and please refer to the first figure first, including: a handheld body (1), the handheld body (1) includes a touch screen (11) a control module (12) and a plurality of buttons (13), wherein the touch screen (11) and the button (13) are electrically connected to the control module (12), respectively. (11) Displaying a virtual interface (111) and a display frame (112), the virtual interface (111) includes a plurality of virtual square modules (1110), each of the virtual square modules (1110) Each of the input characters includes a plurality of sequentially arranged input characters, and the input characters are sequentially corresponding to the buttons (13), respectively, by selecting the virtual block module (1110) and the button (13) And the selected input character is displayed in the display box (112), wherein in the embodiment, the virtual interface (111) includes a first virtual block module (1111), a second virtual block module (1112), a third virtual block module (1113), a fourth virtual block module (1114), and a fifth virtual block module (1115) a sixth virtual block module (1116) and a seventh virtual block module (1117), and the first virtual block module (1111) includes letters Q, W, E, R, and T, respectively. Input characters, the second virtual block module (1112) includes input characters respectively for the letters Y, U, I, O, P, and the third virtual block module (1113) includes letters respectively Input characters of A, S, D, F, and G, the fourth virtual block module (1114) includes input characters respectively of letters H, J, K, and L, and the fifth virtual block module (1115) contains the letter Z, The input character of X, C, and V, the sixth virtual block module (1116) includes input characters respectively of letters B, N, and M, and the seventh virtual block module (1117) is input. The blank input characters, and the buttons (13) in this embodiment are a first button (131), a second button (132), a third button (133), and a fourth button (134). a fifth button (135) and a sixth button (136), and in the embodiment, the first button (131), the second button (132), the third button (133), and the fourth button ( 134) and the fifth button (135) are respectively disposed on the same side of the handheld body (1), and the first button (131) is adjacent to the second button (132) for the operator to The index finger conveniently presses the first button (131) and the second button (132), and the sixth button (136) is disposed on the other side of the handheld body (1), mainly for the operator's thumb It is convenient to press the sixth button (136) as an input character for input blank.

Furthermore, referring to the first figure and the second figure, the present invention further provides a handheld device and a string input method combining a virtual interface and a physical button, which is used on a handheld device, and the handheld device is a handheld body. (1) The handheld body (1) includes a touch screen (11), a control module (12) and a plurality of buttons (13), the touch screen (11) and the button (13) The control module (12) is electrically connected to each other, and the chord input method includes the following steps: A. displaying a virtual interface (111) and a display frame (112) on the touch screen (11). The virtual interface (111) includes a plurality of virtual block modules (1110), each of the virtual block modules (1110) includes a plurality of input characters arranged in sequence; B. The input characters sequentially arranged in the module (1110) are sequentially corresponding to the buttons (13); C. selecting the virtual square module in the virtual interface (111) of the touch screen (11) Group (1110) and selecting a button (13) to select the input character corresponding to the button (13) of the virtual block module (1110); D. The display of input characters corresponding to the display frame (112).

Furthermore, the first use state can be seen in the third to fifth figures. First, the user can hold a handheld body (1) with one hand [left hand] and in the most relaxed manner [as shown in the third figure). The hand-held body (1) can be one of a tablet computer, a smart phone, or a palm-type personal digital assistant. In this embodiment, the handheld body (1) is a smart The type of mobile phone, and the finger of the left hand of the user is respectively on the button (13), that is, the index finger of the left hand of the user is on the second button (132), the middle finger is on the third button (133), and the ring finger is on the fourth button ( 134), the little finger is on the fifth button (135), the thumb is on the sixth button (136), wherein the index finger is also on the first button (131), that is, the first button (131) And the second button (132) can be pressed together by the index finger. When the character D is to be input, the other hand [right hand] holding the handheld body (1) is first selected by touch mode. Any virtual block module (1110) of the virtual interface (111) of the touch screen (11), in this embodiment, the third virtual block module (1113) is selected. The third virtual block module (1113) includes input characters respectively for the letters A, S, D, F, and G, and then presses the third button by holding the left middle finger of the handheld body (1). The input character D corresponding to the third virtual block module (1113) and the third button (133) is displayed on the display frame (112) [as shown in the fifth figure].

Furthermore, as shown in the sixth and seventh figures, the second user holds the hand-held body (1) in the left hand, and when the character K is to be input, the hand-held body is first held ( 1) The other hand [right hand] selects the fourth virtual square module (1114) of the virtual interface (111) of the touch screen (11) by using a touch method, and the fourth virtual square module (1114) including input characters of letters H, J, K, and L, respectively, and pressing the third button (133) by holding the left middle finger of the handheld body (1) to make the fourth virtual The input character K corresponding to the third button (133) of the block module (1114) is displayed in the display frame (112) [as shown in the seventh figure].

Furthermore, in the third use state, please refer to the eighth figure and the ninth figure. The user holds the hand-held body (1) with the left hand, and when the character B is to be input, the hand-held body is first held by the hand ( 1) The other hand [right hand] selects the sixth virtual square module (1116) of the virtual interface (111) of the touch screen (11) by using a touch method, and the sixth virtual square module (1116) including input characters of letters B, N, and M, respectively, and pressing the first button (131) by holding the index finger of the left hand of the handheld body (1) to make the sixth virtual square mode The group (1116) input character B corresponding to the first button (131) is displayed in the display frame (112) [as shown in the ninth figure].

Furthermore, further explanation is:

(1) The user can apply the fingering method commonly used on the computer keyboard to the present invention, so that it is not necessary to additionally learn new input fingering, and the input of the invention can be quickly completed by using the fingering method usually on the computer keyboard. In addition, the user may first press the virtual block module (1110) to press the button (13) to input the virtual block module (1110) corresponding to the button (13). The character is displayed in the display frame (112); or the virtual square module (1110) can be first touched by pressing the button (13) and then touching the virtual block module (1110). The input characters corresponding to the button (13) are displayed in the display frame (112).

(2) the first button (131), a second button (132), a third button (133), a fourth button (134), a fifth button (135), and a sixth button (136) The system can be respectively disposed on the handheld body (1), so the present invention will have the first button (131), the second button (132), the third button (133), the fourth button (134) and the fifth button (135). ) is provided on the same side of the hand-held body (1), and the sixth button (136) is disposed on the other side of the hand-held body (1) when it is not possible to limit the scope of the practice of the present invention.

(3) It is mainly applied to the present invention by the fingering method usually used on a computer keyboard, so that it is not necessary to additionally learn a new input fingering method, and the present invention takes the British fingering method as an example, and cannot limit the scope of implementation of the present invention by this. Other input fingerings are applicable to the present invention.

In view of the foregoing description of the embodiments, the operation and the use of the present invention and the effects of the present invention are fully understood, but the above described embodiments are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the invention may not be limited thereto. Included within the scope of the present invention are the scope of the present invention.

(1)‧‧‧Handheld body

(11)‧‧‧ touch screen

(111)‧‧‧Virtual interface

(1110)‧‧‧Virtual Square Module

(1111)‧‧‧The first virtual block module

(1112)‧‧‧Second virtual block module

(1113) ‧‧‧The third virtual block module

(1114)‧‧‧The fourth virtual block module

(1115)‧‧‧ Fifth Virtual Block Module

(1116)‧‧‧The sixth virtual block module

(1117)‧‧‧The seventh virtual block module

(112)‧‧‧Display box

(12)‧‧‧Control Module

(13) ‧‧‧ button

(131)‧‧‧First button

(132)‧‧‧second button

(133)‧‧‧ third button

(134)‧‧‧fourth button

(135)‧‧‧ fifth button

(136)‧‧‧ sixth button

Claims (7)

A hand-held device that combines a virtual interface and a physical button includes: a handheld body, a touch screen, a control module, and a plurality of buttons, wherein the touch screen and the button are respectively electrically connected to the control a module, the touch screen display has a virtual interface and a display frame, the virtual bread comprises a plurality of virtual square modules, and each of the virtual square modules respectively comprises a plurality of sequentially arranged inputs a character, the input character sequentially corresponding to the button, respectively, by selecting the virtual block module and the button, and selecting and corresponding input characters are displayed in the display box The button includes five buttons respectively disposed on the same side of the handheld body. The handheld device of claim 1 is a combination of a virtual interface and a physical button, wherein the handheld body is one of a tablet computer, a smart phone, or a palm-type personal digital assistant. The handheld device of claim 1, wherein the button comprises a sixth button, and the sixth button is disposed on the other side of the handheld body. The touch screen of the touch screen includes a first virtual block module, a second virtual block module, and a third virtual block module. a fourth virtual block module, a fifth virtual block module, and a sixth virtual block module, wherein the first virtual block module includes inputs for the letters Q, W, E, R, and T, respectively a character, the second virtual block module includes input characters respectively of letters Y, U, I, O, and P, and the third virtual block module includes letters A, S, D, and F, respectively. The input character of G, the fourth virtual block module includes input characters respectively of letters H, J, K, and L, and the fifth virtual block module includes letters Z, X, and C, respectively. The input character of V, the sixth virtual block module includes input characters respectively of letters B, N, and M. The handheld device of the combination of the virtual interface and the physical button is further provided with a seventh virtual block module, and the seventh virtual block module is an input character for inputting a blank. A hand-held device chord input method combining a virtual interface and a physical button is used for a handheld device, the handheld device includes a touch screen, a control module and a plurality of buttons, the touch screen and the button system The chord input method includes the following steps: A. displaying a virtual interface and a display frame on the touch screen, and the virtual interface includes a plurality of virtual square modules. Each of the virtual block modules includes a plurality of input characters arranged in sequence; B. the input characters sequentially arranged in the virtual block module are sequentially corresponding to the buttons; C. The control module receives a virtual interface of the touch screen to select a virtual square module and then presses the selected one of the buttons to select the virtual square module and the The input character corresponding to the button; D. displaying the corresponding input character in the display box. In the step A, the virtual bread of the touch screen includes a first virtual square module and a second virtual square module. a third virtual block module, a fourth virtual block module, a fifth virtual block module, and a sixth virtual block module, wherein the first virtual block module includes letters Q and W respectively Input characters of E, R, and T, the second virtual block module includes input characters respectively of letters Y, U, I, O, and P, and the third virtual block module includes The input characters of the letters A, S, D, F, and G, the fourth virtual block module includes input characters respectively of the letters H, J, K, and L, and the fifth virtual block module includes The input characters of the letters Z, X, C, and V, respectively, and the sixth virtual block module include input characters of letters B, N, and M, respectively.