WO2003015379A1 - Universal simplified keyboard system - Google Patents

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WO2003015379A1
WO2003015379A1 PCT/KR2002/001512 KR0201512W WO03015379A1 WO 2003015379 A1 WO2003015379 A1 WO 2003015379A1 KR 0201512 W KR0201512 W KR 0201512W WO 03015379 A1 WO03015379 A1 WO 03015379A1
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Woo-Pio Hong
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  • This invention relates to a text input method using a simplified keyboard system for mobile phones or PDAs.
  • the present simplified keyboard for mobile phones is adopting a multiple typing method by which users have to press each key button once or up to three times.
  • this method since we have to remember the position of each character as well as the typing count, there is much confusion and high error rate specifically with the second and third characters of a button.
  • MMS Multiple Message System
  • the keyboards of personal digital assistant (PDA), palm-sized computer and CDMA are also designed in the same way as the large keyboard or are just composed of 30 to 40 keys. The purpose of this present invention is to eliminate these inconveniences.
  • the Universal Simplified Keyboard secures a unique position for each character, and allows entering every character by the "Single Typing Method". This enables us to enter a large quantity of data with much convenience and high speed comparable to a regular computer keyboard, thus providing the maximum convenience in data entry for the Internet or CDMA which are essential elements in the 21 st century.
  • This present invention is a Universal Simplified Keyboard System, arid it includes a few different keyboard systems, which will be described below in three sections. 1. Universal Simplified Keyboard Using "Space Keys"
  • Space Keys the keys created by programming a microchip in such a way as to enable entry of another character by pushing two keys adjacent in upper, lower, left, or right direction simultaneously to utilize the free spaces between key buttons.
  • Multiple Typing Method a typing method with which you position a few characters for one key button, and different characters are entered according to the typing count.
  • Single Typing Method a typing method with which you position one character for each key button, and you enter each character by typing a single key button.
  • Combination Typing Method a typing method with which the use of "space keys” is combined with the multiple typing method.
  • EzTyping is a different representation of "Easy Typing", which designates the “two finger typing” Instead of pushing a key button twice in the “Combination Typing Method", in this "ezTyping", we enter a character by a single typing of a key button or space key together with another key or a manual key used as a shift key. In the same way as the Section 1 above, this is the most ideal “Single Typing Method” that can allow the entry of all characters. Using this method, we can enter so many as 58 characters by "single typing” with a 12 key keyboard. As mentioned above, it is worthy of note that this "Single Typing Method” is a more advanced method to reduce typos and increase typing speed.
  • FIG.4 is an example of the Universal Simplified Keyboard that applied the "ezTyping Method" to the 12 key simplified keyboard for Japanese Kana characters.
  • the T ij - ⁇ column characters are arranged horizontally with 5 characters in each row from the top according to the basic key buttons and the "space keys".
  • FIG. 1 is the existing keyboard of mobile phone.
  • FIG. 2 is an example of a vertical Universal Simplified Keyboard with 12 basic key buttons in which the English vowel alphabets, i.e., AEIOUY, are arranged in one direction.
  • FIG. 3 is an example of a vertical Universal Simplified Keyboard with 12 basic key buttons in which Russian vowel alphabets are arranged in one direction, and the 33 consonant and vowel alphabets are marked with circles according to the
  • FIG. 4 is an example of a vertical Universal Simplified Keyboard in which Japanese "Kana” characters are arranged and marked with the "Ah” line characters of the Kana within parentheses according to the "Combination Typing" and the "ezTyping".
  • FIG. 5 is a vertical simplified keyboard with 15 key buttons.
  • FIG. 6 is an example of a horizontal Universal Simplified Keyboard with 12 basic key buttons in which the English vowel alphabets, i.e., AEIOU and WY, are arranged on the left side and on the bottom row.
  • FIG. 7 is a horizontal simplified keyboard with 15 key buttons.
  • the simultaneous typing occurs when a button A is pressed, i.e., while the micro-switch (m/s) under the button A moves from cut-off to connected state, a button B is pressed even for a moment, i.e. the m/s under the button B moves from cut-off to connected state.
  • the text input method is different from other simplified keyboards in that the character is not input to the window when the button is pressed but when a finger is released from the button, i.e., the m/s moves from connection to cut-off.
  • the CPU does not transfer the information immediately to the window when a key inputs a character but maintains a suspension state, and when another button is pressed, the two key buttons selects a third code, and when the finger is releases m/s connection by removing the finger, then the CPU sends this to the window.
  • the third code assigned to the two key buttons is transferred to the CPU when the m/s of the two buttons are both in connection state, and then when the m/s of the key button A and B are cut off from the electric connection, i.e., when the simultaneous typing of A and B is released, the CPU inputs the third code of A+B to the window.
  • the text input method for the simplified keyboard of traditional mobiles phones and PDAs is different from the above method.
  • buttons A and B are simultaneously pressed, one among the two will electrically connect its m s before the other, and if it is button A, A code will be selected and the CPU inputs A to the window, preventing a third code A+B to be input.

Abstract

In these days, we use a multiple typing method for entry of alphabet characters to a mobile phone using a simplified keyboard systm. However, using this method is not only cumbersome because you have to remember the position of each character and the typing count, but also causes incorrect typing and low typing speed, not to mention the difficulty of entering many characters (mms). The present invention removes these inconveniences because each character has its unique position like a regular computer keyboard to enable users of the mobile phone to enter any character by a single typing. In other words, by coupling two different code keys in the simplified keyboard with 12 key buttons and by simultaneousl typing the coupled keys, we can enter another code (character). In this manner, we can secure additional 17 'space keys', totaling 29 character positions. If this is insufficient, we can also double the number of available character positions by utilizing 'Combination Typing' or 'ezTyping'. This 'Universal Simplified Keyboard' is very practical because it is easy to remember and enter keys. It is also appropriate for CDMA, the essential technology in the 21st century.

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UNIVERSAL SIMPLIFIED KEYBOARD SYSTEM
Technical Field
This invention relates to a text input method using a simplified keyboard system for mobile phones or PDAs.
Background Art
The present simplified keyboard for mobile phones is adopting a multiple typing method by which users have to press each key button once or up to three times. In this method, since we have to remember the position of each character as well as the typing count, there is much confusion and high error rate specifically with the second and third characters of a button. These ineonveniencies not only lower typing speed, but also do not allow entering a large number of characters (MMS: Multiple Message System). In addition to mobile phones, the keyboards of personal digital assistant (PDA), palm-sized computer and CDMA are also designed in the same way as the large keyboard or are just composed of 30 to 40 keys. The purpose of this present invention is to eliminate these inconveniences. The Universal Simplified Keyboard secures a unique position for each character, and allows entering every character by the "Single Typing Method". This enables us to enter a large quantity of data with much convenience and high speed comparable to a regular computer keyboard, thus providing the maximum convenience in data entry for the Internet or CDMA which are essential elements in the 21st century. Summary of the Invention
This present invention is a Universal Simplified Keyboard System, arid it includes a few different keyboard systems, which will be described below in three sections. 1. Universal Simplified Keyboard Using "Space Keys"
(1) Simplified Keyboard With 12 Key Buttons For Mobile Phone So far, we have considered the spaces between the 12 key buttons on the keyboard of mobile phone as useless, but the Universal Simplified Keyboard of the present invention utilizes these useless spaces. In other words, with this system, we can program a microchip controlled by CPU in such a way that we can enter a third code (character) by typing two different code (character) keys simultaneously. In this manner, we can secure a unique position for each character, which enables us to enter a character by a single typing in the same way as we do with a regular computer keyboard. We call these new keys that are created by coupling each of the 12 key buttons with its adjacent keys in the upper, lower, left, or right direction as "space keys". We can get 17 "space keys" in total, and with these, we can enter 29 characters by single typing with the mobile phone keyboard with 12 key buttons (Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 7).
Space Keys: the keys created by programming a microchip in such a way as to enable entry of another character by pushing two keys adjacent in upper, lower, left, or right direction simultaneously to utilize the free spaces between key buttons.
Vertical Keyboard: the keyboard with the key buttons arranged in a vertically long style as shown in FIG.l to FIG.5. Horizontal Keyboard: the keyboard with the key buttons arranged in a horizontally long style as shown in FIG.6 and FIG. 7. (2) Simplified Keyboard With 13, 14 or 15 Key Buttons
Not confined to just the mobile phone keyboard with 12 key buttons, we may increase the number of key buttons to 13, 14 or 15 in the future as needed, and of course these can also be designed as the Universal Simplified Keyboard using the "Space Keys". In addition, as mentioned above, it can be a vertical or horizontal keyboard as needed. Vertical-type will be mainly used for mobile phones, and horizontal-type will be required as the data entry system for electronic hand-held devices such as PDA or palm-sized computer.
Below is a table of the number of key buttons, the space keys arising from them, the total of both, as well as the double of the total for your reference. TABLET UNIT: key
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By using the Universal Simplified Keyboard System, we can utilize up to 29 characters with a keyboard with only 12 key buttons, and up to 37 with a keyboard with 15 key buttons, which can be used for various purposes.
2. Universal Simplified Keyboard With "Combination Typing Method"
Multiple Typing Method: a typing method with which you position a few characters for one key button, and different characters are entered according to the typing count.
Single Typing Method: a typing method with which you position one character for each key button, and you enter each character by typing a single key button.
Character: the smallest unit of phonemic letters.
Combination Typing Method: a typing method with which the use of "space keys" is combined with the multiple typing method. Here, we limited the count of typing to two for the multiple typing method, and by entering different characters depending on whether we push a key once or twice for the basic key buttons, and by combining the "space keys", we can double the capacity of character entry again. (Please refer to the last row on the above Table 1.)
For example, with 12 key buttons, we have 29 character positions, and if we use the "Combination Typing Method" we can use up to 58 characters.
3. Universal Simplified Keyboard Using "ezTyping Method"
"EzTyping" is a different representation of "Easy Typing", which designates the "two finger typing" Instead of pushing a key button twice in the "Combination Typing Method", in this "ezTyping", we enter a character by a single typing of a key button or space key together with another key or a manual key used as a shift key. In the same way as the Section 1 above, this is the most ideal "Single Typing Method" that can allow the entry of all characters. Using this method, we can enter so many as 58 characters by "single typing" with a 12 key keyboard. As mentioned above, it is worthy of note that this "Single Typing Method" is a more advanced method to reduce typos and increase typing speed.
FIG.4 is an example of the Universal Simplified Keyboard that applied the "ezTyping Method" to the 12 key simplified keyboard for Japanese Kana characters. In this example, the T ij - ^ column characters are arranged horizontally with 5 characters in each row from the top according to the basic key buttons and the "space keys". In addition, by pressing shift key to enter T column characters, small - ?3~ ≡ characters, and - -^ - 1? column characters as well as the marks for softened and hardened sounds, we have included all 58 Japanese Kana characters.
In the same way as the method described in the previous Section 2, using the present method, we can accept a double number of characters of the available positions. Both vertical and horizontal types are possible, and for the shift key, we can use the manual key of the mobile phone, or we can add a new key as needed.
4. Other special characters or symbols are omitted here since we will enter them by selecting desired symbols or characters on the window after changing the mobile phone to graphic mode.
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FIG. 1 is the existing keyboard of mobile phone.
FIG. 2 is an example of a vertical Universal Simplified Keyboard with 12 basic key buttons in which the English vowel alphabets, i.e., AEIOUY, are arranged in one direction. FIG. 3 is an example of a vertical Universal Simplified Keyboard with 12 basic key buttons in which Russian vowel alphabets are arranged in one direction, and the 33 consonant and vowel alphabets are marked with circles according to the
"Combination Typing" and the "ezTyping".
FIG. 4 is an example of a vertical Universal Simplified Keyboard in which Japanese "Kana" characters are arranged and marked with the "Ah" line characters of the Kana within parentheses according to the "Combination Typing" and the "ezTyping".
FIG. 5 is a vertical simplified keyboard with 15 key buttons. FIG. 6 is an example of a horizontal Universal Simplified Keyboard with 12 basic key buttons in which the English vowel alphabets, i.e., AEIOU and WY, are arranged on the left side and on the bottom row.
FIG. 7 is a horizontal simplified keyboard with 15 key buttons.
Best Applications of the Invention
If we use "Combination Typing Method" or "ezTyping Method", we can expand available characters to 58 and even up to 74 characters. Therefore its applications are many. Even 33 alphabets of Russian and 57 characters of Japanese Kana can be input by single typing with a keyboard with 15 or less key buttons. The Russian keyboard of FIG. 3 and Kana keyboard of FIG .4 are both examples of the Combination Typing or ezTyping methods. Therefore, we can safely presume that there will be many uses for the Universal Simplified Keyboard System, and its effects will be truly far-reaching.
1. Concept of the simultaneous typing and examples The simultaneous typing occurs when a button A is pressed, i.e., while the micro-switch (m/s) under the button A moves from cut-off to connected state, a button B is pressed even for a moment, i.e. the m/s under the button B moves from cut-off to connected state.
The text input method is different from other simplified keyboards in that the character is not input to the window when the button is pressed but when a finger is released from the button, i.e., the m/s moves from connection to cut-off. In other words, the CPU does not transfer the information immediately to the window when a key inputs a character but maintains a suspension state, and when another button is pressed, the two key buttons selects a third code, and when the finger is releases m/s connection by removing the finger, then the CPU sends this to the window. Therefore, the third code assigned to the two key buttons is transferred to the CPU when the m/s of the two buttons are both in connection state, and then when the m/s of the key button A and B are cut off from the electric connection, i.e., when the simultaneous typing of A and B is released, the CPU inputs the third code of A+B to the window. The text input method for the simplified keyboard of traditional mobiles phones and PDAs is different from the above method. When a key button is pressed, the m/s under the button is electrically connected and the button's code is selected which the CPU inputs to the window. In other words, with the traditional text input system for PDAs, eve if two key buttons A and B are simultaneously pressed, one among the two will electrically connect its m s before the other, and if it is button A, A code will be selected and the CPU inputs A to the window, preventing a third code A+B to be input.
2. Key applications of the invention Mobile phones, CDMAs and PDAs are rapidly developing but their simplified keyboard input systems still keep using the most inconvenient multiple typing method. Therefore even if a compact mobile phone tries to play like a PC, its text input method or structure is staying at a toy level. However, the present invention adopts MMS for mobile phones to enable the same text input capacity as a PC, which we can conveniently carry during travel or movement.

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1. A vertical or horizontal Universal Simplified Keyboard which comprises: a means of programming a microchip in such a manner that we can enter a third code (character) by simultaneously pushing two different codes (characters) on the simplified keyboard of a mobile phone, and thus securing additional 17 "space keys"; a means of allowing entry of 29 characters by the "Single Typing Method" with the 17 space keys added to the basic 12 keys; a means of creating new keyboards with 13, 14 or 15 basic key buttons, in case the fore-mentioned 29 characters are insufficient, which secures 31, 34, or 37 character positions each, and by arranging the desired characters to these positions to allow data entry by the "Single Typing Method".
2. The simplified keyboard of claim 1 wherein the "Combination Typing Method" is applied, which combines the "Multiple Typing Method," in which typing count is limited to two, with each of the basic key buttons and the "space key" buttons.
3. The simplified keyboard of claim 2 wherein, instead of the multiple typing method, the "ezTyping Method" is applied, which allows entry of another character by pushing each of the basic key buttons or the "space key" buttons while pushing the shift key.
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