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- the present invention relates to a method of entering text into a device, and to a device such as a portable radio telephone or a handheld computer suitably adapted to implement said method.
- GSM Global System for Mobile communications
- SMS Short Messaging Service
- 3G third generation wireless networks and services
- data, fax and more advanced e-mail services will be available on a 3G mobile phone or suitably equipped handheld computer or personal digital assistant (PDA).
- PDA personal digital assistant
- a known method of entering text into devices such as mobile phones involves a user pressing a key on a keypad several times to cycle through characters associated with the key, until the character required is selected. For example, the number “2” key is associated with the characters “abc”, the “3” key with the characters “def”, the “4” key with the characters “ghi”, the “5” key with “jkl” and so on. To select the character “a”, the “2” key is pressed once. To select the character “b” the “2” key is press twice. The character “1” is selected by pressing the “5” key three times and so forth.
- Multitap This method of entering text, commonly referred to as the “multitap” method is at present almost ubiquitous on mobile phones due to agreed standardisation between mobile phone manufacturers and service providers. Users are therefore very familiar with the multitap keypad layout and character association. However, this method often requires more than two key taps to select a character, and the entering of special characters can take many key taps. The method is therefore slow and prone to error.
- a method for inputting a character to a device comprising a keypad, the keypad comprising a plurality of keys, at least one of which keys has a primary character, a plurality of secondary characters and a display area associated with it, the keypad in a default state displaying the primary character associated with a key in its respective display area
- the method comprises the steps of: detecting a first key selection; displaying each of the secondary characters associated with the first selected key in a respective display area; detecting a second key selection; selecting for input the secondary character associated with the second key selection; and returning the keypad to the default state.
- a device for receiving character input comprising a keypad having a plurality of keys, a key having a primary character, a plurality of secondary characters and a display area associated with it, wherein means are provided for displaying in a default state the primary character associated with a key in its respective display area, means responsive to a first key selection are provided for displaying each of the secondary characters associated with the selected key in a respective display area, and means responsive to a second key selection are provided for selecting as input character the secondary character associated with the second key selected and for returning the keypad to its default state.
- the keypad is displayed on a touch screen, the touchscreen having an output area for displaying characters input by the user.
- the display area associated with a key is provided by an area of touchscreen within or adjacent to the graphical representation of the key or button.
- the associated display area of a key is provided by display means such as a liquid crystal display within or adjacent to the key or button.
- display means such as a liquid crystal display within or adjacent to the key or button.
- the display means are arranged such that a displayed character is visible to the user, and hence character association with the key is rendered obvious to the user.
- FIG. 1 depicts a default display state of a keypad for use with the present invention.
- FIG. 2 illustrates an example of the characters displayed on the keypad after a first key selection.
- FIG. 3 depicts an example of a device made in accordance with the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of components of the device of FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating a basic implementation of a method according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 depicts an alternative default display state of a keypad for use with the present invention.
- FIG. 1 depicts a keypad 100 in a default display state wherein twelve keys 102 are arranged in four rows of three keys. Each key has a primary character 104 and a plurality of secondary characters 106 associated with it.
- the primary character 104 displayed on each key 102 is, in this embodiment, selected from the group of characters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, # and *.
- the secondary characters 106 associated with each key are shown in groups adjacent the respective key.
- the secondary character groupings in this embodiment are similar to those of the multitap method, for example the key associated with primary character “2” has an associated secondary character grouping “abc”, the key “3” the associated secondary characters “def” and so on as shown in the figure.
- the default display state of the keypad 100 as shown in FIG. 1 presents to the user a keypad having a well known key and character layout, thereby necessitating little or no familiarisation.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a possible display state of the keypad 100 after a first key selection by a user, the selected key in this example being the “5” key (the key associated with the primary character “5” and secondary characters “jkl”).
- the secondary character “j” is displayed by the display area associated with a neighbouring key, in this example the key associated with the primary character “4” adjacent the “5” key.
- the secondary characters “k” and “l”, associated with the first key selection are displayed respectively on the keys previously displaying “2” and “6” as primary characters.
- the remaining keys have displayed upon them further characters 200 which are useful for text entry. For example characters representing an exclamation mark, a double quote, a pound, a dollar sign, left and right brackets, a percentage symbol and a caret may be displayed as shown in FIG. 2 .
- a second key selection from the keypad of FIG. 2 selects the character displayed on the display area associated with said second key for input. Following a character input, the keypad of FIG. 2 is returned to the default display state as shown in FIG. 1 .
- the key selections are typically provided by a user's finger or stylus and may comprise the user tapping a first key followed by the user tapping a second key. Alternatively, the user may make a second key selection by sliding or dragging said finger or stylus across the keypad from the first key to the second key and pausing on, or removing the finger or stylus from, the required second key.
- the dynamic keypad states illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 provide a method of quick and accurate character input wherein secondary characters are available with only two key selections. Additionally the method is intuitive and requires little or no learning by the user due to the provision of a familiar default keypad display state.
- FIG. 3 An embodiment of a device employing the keypad and features of this method and made in accordance with the present invention is shown in FIG. 3 .
- the figure depicts a hand-held device 300 such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) or sometimes called a handheld computer.
- the device comprises a touchscreen 302 comprising touch input means arranged to detect touch input upon a surface of a display means (such as a liquid crystal or organic light emitting diode display).
- the touchscreen in this embodiment displays a keypad 100 to the user within a touch input region 302 a of the touchscreen, whilst input characters 304 are displayed in an output region 302 b of the touchscreen 302 .
- the keypad 100 is shown in the second display state of FIG.
- the device further comprises control buttons 306 provided to power up the device or change mode of usage for example. Additionally the handheld device may incorporate means (not shown on FIG. 3 ) to transmit and receive data including voice and text messaging wirelessly via a suitable network.
- the device 300 further comprises components adapted for carrying out a method in accordance with the present invention, these components being schematically represented in FIG. 4 .
- the relevant components comprise a computer program (PRG) and processing means in the form of a general purpose microprocessor 400 ( ⁇ P).
- the computer program is stored in computer readable storage media 402 (MEM), the PRG comprising instructions to instruct the microprocessor ( ⁇ P) 400 to carry out the steps of a method according to the present invention.
- MCM computer readable storage media 402
- the processing means of this embodiment comprise a general purpose microprocessor, other suitable forms of processing means such as dedicated logic circuits, PICmicro® chips or application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) operating with or without a computer program could be employed in alternative embodiments.
- ASIC application specific integrated circuits
- the touchscreen 302 the touchscreen able to display a keypad 100 (KP) and detect touch input for inputting characters.
- KP keypad 100
- the display area associated with each key 102 of the keypad 100 is provided by an area of touchscreen 302 within or adjacent to the graphical representation of the key 102 .
- KCT key character tables
- a KCT provides information to the microprocessor relating to the default keypad to be displayed on the touchscreen, and also provides the primary and secondary characters which are to be displayed upon a first key selection.
- Table 1 thereby provides primary and secondary characters to the microprocessor which, under the guidance of PRG instructs the touchscreen to display these characters in the appropriate locations to build up a default keypad display state corresponding to FIG. 1 and Table 1.
- This KCT provides the characters displayed upon a first key selection corresponding to key 5 thereby providing a second keypad display state as shown in FIG. 2 .
- the microprocessor 400 under the guidance of PRG looks up the default key character assignations stored in MEM 402 as a KCT (for example the KCT of Table 1) and instructs the touchscreen 302 to display the keypad 100 in a default display state.
- KCT for example the KCT of Table 1
- the touchscreen is sampled repeatedly until a first key selection is detected, following which the appropriate characters to be displayed are retrieved from an appropriate stored KCT (e.g. Table 2) by the microprocessor and provided to the touchscreen which updates the keypad 100 displayed. Following these operations the touchscreen is sampled repeatedly for a second key selection.
- the microprocessor 400 Upon detection of a second key selection the microprocessor 400 compares the key selected with the displayed KCT (Table 2 for example) and returns the input character for display in the output region 302 b of the touchscreen 302 . Finally, the microprocessor instructs the touchscreen to display the default keypad and awaits further user interaction.
- KCT Table 2 for example
- FIG. 5 A flow diagram illustrating the main steps of this method is presented in FIG. 5 , the method being performed as a loop, wherein:
- the first key selection is reported only after the key is selected by a user for a pre-determined time period, for example a time period of 0.2 seconds. This enables quick tapping to select the default primary characters displayed on a default keypad, thereby allowing fast number entry when required without altering the keypad display state.
- the default display state of the keypad comprises positioning some of the secondary characters associated with a key such that the key display area upon which a secondary character will be displayed next is indicated to the user.
- An example of a keypad default display state according to this embodiment is given in FIG. 6 wherein secondary characters are displayed within a key, each secondary character being positioned relative to the key upon which it will appear following a first key selection.
- the key displaying the primary character “5” has the secondary characters “j”, “k” and “l” positioned to the left, above and right of the “5” respectively.
- the default display state provides an indication that the “j” will appear on the “4” key to the left of the “5” key, as is shown in the example of the keypad in FIG. 2 .
- one or more of the key character tables are alterable, thereby providing a user with the option of customising the keypad to his or her preference.
- characters assigned as primary and or secondary characters may be any characters convenient for the device, language and application chosen, and the keypad may comprise more or less keys displaying more or less characters than those illustrated herein without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.
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TABLE 1 | ||
KEY | PRIMARY CHARACTER | SECONDARY CHARACTER(S) |
1 | 1 | Not used |
2 | 2 | |
3 | 3 | |
4 | 4 | |
5 | 5 | jkl |
6 | 6 | |
7 | 7 | |
8 | 8 | |
9 | 9 | |
0 | 0 | Not used |
* | * | Not used |
# | # | Not used |
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KEY | CHARACTER | ||
1 | ! | ||
2 | |
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3 | ″ | ||
4 | |
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5 | 5 | ||
6 | 1 | ||
7 | £ | ||
8 | $ | ||
9 | % | ||
0 | {circumflex over ( )} | ||
* | ( | ||
# | ) | ||
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- A default keypad is displayed (DIS DEF KP) 502
- The keypad is monitored for a first key selection (MON1) 504
- Following a first key selection the appropriate characters are displayed on the keypad (
DIS 2nd KP) 506 - The keypad is monitored for a second key selection (MON2) 508
- Following a second key selection the secondary character associated with the second key selection is returned as an input character (RET CHAR) 510
- Loop back to display the default keypad (DIS DEF KP) 502
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