WO2008071099A1

WO2008071099A1 - Method and system for inputting artistic word/diagram into application program

Info

Publication number: WO2008071099A1
Application number: PCT/CN2007/070615
Authority: WO
Inventors: Xin Qi; Lei Yang; Zhankai Ma
Original assignee: Beijing Sogou Technology Development Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2006-09-05
Filing date: 2007-09-04
Publication date: 2008-06-19
Also published as: CN1920754B; CN1920754B9; CN1920754A

Abstract

A method and a system for inputting artistic word/diagram into application program, wherein said method comprises: building a mapping relationship between the keyboard information code and the artistic word pattern; invoking the operation system interface function to obtain the keyboard information code; matching the article word pattern with the code based on the mapping relationship; triggering the control message of the application program interface to send the matched result to the activated application program.

Description

Method and system for inputting word/graphics to an application

This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 200610127154.2, entitled "A Method and System for Entering Word Words/Graphics to an Application", filed on September 5, 2006, the entire contents of which are filed. This is incorporated herein by reference.

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of keyboard information processing, and more particularly to a method and system for inputting art words/graphics in an application window.

Background technique

ASCII Art Word is a special character, text or graphic generated by the development of computers and networks. It can be displayed in a variety of ASCII characters and combinations, unlike the usual font setting properties. In web applications, such as web chat, forums, communities, etc., this type of artistic word that has decorative effects such as decoration is widely used.

Currently, the way to display ASCII Art Words in the application window is: First run the ASCII code art word character editing output software, enter the characters or strings you want to convert into the corresponding art text in the input area of the software, and then select The font to be converted, the software will display the characters of the corresponding artistic font style of these characters or strings in the preview box. If the user confirms that the effect is appropriate, the corresponding artistic text can be converted and stored by copying or storing, and then pasted into Other users need to enter such characters in the window.

The application of various ASCII art words software is rich in font display, and also brings inconvenience to the user operation. The user first needs to install and start separate software, and then through the cumbersome process from input to copy to paste, Word art is entered into the display window. Since the above method provides a combination of an application and an application, that is, software that provides ASCII code art words as a computer system-independent application, by inputting a separate software and then converting to a display window, the user needs an ASCII code word art. The software and the program window that needs to input the word of art switch, the operation of the software and the process of copying and pasting occupy system resources, and it takes time and manpower. Moreover, switching between multiple program windows is prone to erroneous operations and loss of copied content.

In addition, users must first install the corresponding WordArt editing software in the system to achieve the WordArt function. In the process of web chat, forum speech, etc., if you need to use the ASCII code art style temporarily, there is no corresponding software, which may cause the user to use it in time. Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a method and system for inputting a word/graphic in an application window to solve the problem that the process of inputting a word/graphic to an application under the prior art occupies excessive system resources. .

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method and system for inputting WordArt/Graphics to an application to improve the user experience and effect of inputting WordArt.

In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides a method for inputting a word/graphic to an application, comprising:

Establishing a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the artistic word style; calling an operating system interface function to obtain a keyboard message encoding; matching the mapping relationship, matching the artistic word style corresponding to the keyboard message encoding; triggering the application interface control message, to The currently active application enters WordArt/Graphics. The mapping relationships include: mapping of keyboard message encoding to text/text strings, mapping of text/text strings to WordArt styles; and/or mapping of keyboard message encodings directly to WordArt styles.

Preferably, the method further includes: when the matching result is a graphic, determining whether the currently activated application supports the corresponding graphic storage format, and if so, triggering the application interface control message to send a match to the currently activated application. result.

Preferably, the method further includes: when the matching result is a graphic, sending the graphic and the text and/or symbol matching the graphic to the application.

Preferably, the method further includes: customizing a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the artistic word style.

Preferably, the method further includes: determining whether the current state is a WordArt state, and if yes, performing a matching of the WordArt; otherwise, corresponding to the mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the text/text string, performing text/text String match.

Preferably, the method further includes: presetting at least one ASCII code character replacement rule; ASCII code characters confirmed by the user, the character replacement rule, and a pre-stored word style/preset word style algorithm And performing character substitution on the corresponding word style of the keyboard message; triggering an application interface control message, and inputting the character after the character replacement to the currently activated application Word/graphic.

Preferably, the method further includes: presetting at least one ASCII code art graphic replacement rule; and encoding the corresponding picture graphic by the keyboard message according to the ASCII code art graphic replacement rule and the pre-stored picture graphic ASCII art graphic replacement; triggers the application interface control message to enter the replaced ASCII art graphic into the currently active application.

Preferably, the WordArt style includes, but is not limited to, an ASCII art word, an ASCII art graphic, an astigmatism word, a single-line character string, a character matrix, a graphic, a similar or similar text, a symbol, or a combination thereof.

The invention also discloses a method for inputting a word/graphic to an application, comprising: establishing a mapping relationship between a keyboard message code-text/text string-art word style; calling an operating system interface function to obtain a keyboard message Coding; corresponding to the mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the text/text string, obtaining the corresponding text string; corresponding to the text string semantics and the pre-stored artistic word style, cutting the corresponding artistic word style; triggering the application interface control message, to the current activation The app enters WordArt/Graphics.

Preferably, the method further includes: when the matching result is a graphic, determining whether the currently activated application supports the corresponding graphic storage format, and if so, triggering the application interface control message to input to the currently activated application. Word/graphics.

Preferably, the method further includes: presetting at least one ASCII code character replacement rule; ASCII code characters confirmed by the user, the character replacement rule, and a pre-stored word style/preset word style algorithm And performing character substitution on the corresponding word-of-word style of the keyboard message; triggering the application interface control message, and inputting the word-changed word/graphic to the currently activated application.

The present invention also provides a system for inputting WordArt/Graphics to an application, comprising: a storage unit, configured to pre-store a WordArt style or a preset WordArt style algorithm, and a mapping relationship between a keyboard message code and a WordArt style;

a code receiving unit, configured to invoke an operating system interface function, to obtain a keyboard message encoding; a word matching unit, configured to match the mapping relationship table, and match an art word style corresponding to the keyboard message encoding;

An output unit that triggers an application interface control message to input a word/graphic to the currently active application.

Preferably, the mapping relationship comprises: a mapping relationship between a keyboard message encoding and a text/text string, a mapping relationship between a text/text string and an artistic word style; and/or a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the artistic word style.

Preferably, the storage unit comprises: a character library, configured to store a text/text string, an astigmatism word, a single-line character string or a character array corresponding to the keyboard message code; an ASCII code art font library, configured to store a correspondence corresponding to the keyboard message code. ASCII code art word or preset art word algorithm; graphics library for storing ASCII code art graphics or picture graphics corresponding to keyboard message encoding.

Preferably, the system further includes: an application determining unit, configured to determine whether the currently activated application supports a corresponding graphic storage format when the matching result is a graphic, and if supported, triggers the output unit.

Preferably, the system further includes: a self-editing unit, configured to: user-defined a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the WordArt style, and save to the storage unit.

Preferably, the system further includes: a character matching unit, configured to match a text/text string corresponding to the encoding according to a mapping relationship between a keyboard message encoding and a text/text string; and determine a status unit, configured to determine a current Whether the state is a WordArt state, and if so, triggering the WordArt matching unit; otherwise, the character matching unit is triggered.

Preferably, the storage unit further stores at least one ASCII code character replacement rule; the system further includes: a character replacement unit; and the character replacement unit is configured to: according to the ASCII code character confirmed by the user, the character The replacement rule and the pre-stored WordArt style/preset WordArt style algorithm perform character substitution on the corresponding WordArt style of the keyboard message encoding.

Preferably, the storage unit further stores at least one ASCII code art graphics replacement rule; the system further includes a graphics replacement unit; the graphics replacement unit is configured to use the ASCII The code art graphic replacement rule and the pre-stored picture graphic perform ASCII code art graphic replacement on the corresponding picture graphic of the keyboard message encoding.

Wherein the code receiving unit, the storage unit and the output unit included in the system for inputting the word/graphic to the application are located in the same computing device; or the system code included in the system for inputting the word/graphic to the application The receiving unit and the output unit are located in the first computing device, and the storage unit is located in the second computing device; the system obtains corresponding information from the storage unit located in the second computing device according to the keyboard message input by the user, and outputs the corresponding information in the first computing device. .

The present invention also provides a system for inputting WordArt/Graphics to an application, comprising: a storage unit for pre-storing a WordArt style or a preset WordArt style algorithm, and a keyboard message encoding-text/text string-art The mapping relationship between the three characters;

a code receiving unit, configured to invoke an operating system interface function to obtain a keyboard message encoding; a text string matching unit, configured to correspond to a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the text/text string, and obtain a corresponding text string;

a word segmentation unit for corresponding text string semantics and pre-stored artistic word styles, segmenting the text strings; shooting relationships, obtaining corresponding artistic word styles;

Preferably, the system further includes: a determining status unit, configured to determine whether the current status is a WordArt state, and if so, connecting a text string matching unit-word segmentation unit-art word matching unit-output unit; otherwise, connecting the text String matching unit - output unit.

Preferably, the word art style includes but is not limited to: ASCII code art word, ASCII code art Graphics, astigmatism, single-line strings, character arrays, graphics, shapes, or similar words, symbols, or a combination thereof.

Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages:

Firstly, the invention directly matches the acquired keyboard information coding with the artistic word style through the direct combination of the computer operating system and the application program, and directly outputs the matched artistic word or art graphic to the application display window, without opening another An independent WordArt editing software implements the ASCII WordArt function. In the process of web chat, forum speech, etc., if you need to use ASCII code art style, you can input directly in each application window without running separate WordArt software, thus avoiding the process of software running and input conversion. , saves system resources and is convenient for users to operate.

Secondly, the present invention provides a rich artistic word style and flexible mapping relationship, and establishes mapping of keyboard message encoding and text/text string, keyboard message encoding or text/text string and ASCII code art word, ASCII code art graphic, astigmatism. The mapping of words, single-line strings, character arrays, various common graphics or graphic animations can quickly match various artistic word styles according to different input and selection of users, and the input is more flexible and richer in content.

Again, in implementing the output of a complex art word style, the present invention can use a word segmentation method that is more loyal to the original semantics, segment the selected text string, and then display the corresponding art word style. Among them, the word segmentation and the word matching can also be performed according to the process of the user's word selection; and the user's word segmentation mode can be learned, thereby improving the accuracy of the word segmentation. For ASCII art graphics, character arrays, etc., where the Chinese character combination (for example, word) is a WordArt output unit, the word segmentation step can avoid erroneous WordArt output. Moreover, since such complex artistic word styles or algorithms stored in advance cannot store all the Chinese character combination mapping relationships, the word segmentation step can find and output the matching artistic word patterns in the longer Chinese character strings input by the user. Thereby improving the matching efficiency and matching effect of various artistic word styles.

DRAWINGS

Figure la - Figure lh is an example of the ASCII art word, ASCII art graphic, character array;

2 is a flow chart showing the steps of inputting a word/graphic in the application window according to the present invention; FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the steps of inputting a word/graphic according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; 4 is a schematic diagram of a WordArt window in a standard mode for implementing the present invention;

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of a WordArt window in a shortcut mode for implementing the present invention;

6 is a system structural diagram of inputting a word/graphic in an application window according to the present invention; and FIG. 7 is a system structural diagram of inputting a word/graphic in an application window according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

The present invention provides a variety of artistic word styles, including ASCII art words, ASCII art graphics, astigmatism words, single-line strings, character arrays, or graphics, etc., which are described in detail below. The input and matching of the word of art according to the present invention does not require a language limitation, but for convenience of explanation, the description of the embodiments will be mainly made in the following.

ASCII Art Word is a way to display text in ASCII characters and combinations. ASCII Art Graphic is a way to display graphics in ASCII characters and combinations. You can use the specified characters instead of the characters you want to express. Text or graphics, each alternative is called a WordArt font. Referring to Fig. la - Fig. lh, it is an exemplary diagram of the ASCII code art word, ASCII code art figure, and character array according to the present invention. Among them, Figure la "Zixia 6x6 standard body", Figure lb "Zixia 6x6 double line body", Figure lc Chinese "Sohu", Figure Id English "SOHU", Figure le "BASIC", Figure If "Larry3d", which is the ASCII code art word of different fonts; the camel figure corresponding to the English "Camel" of Figure lg is the ASCII code art figure, also known as character picture. ASCII Art Word supports the display of Chinese, English or other text, and you can freely set the display pixels. Usually, due to the length of the application, Chinese characters display the Zixia Chinese Art Word with 6x6 pixels. ASCII art graphics can define a variety of phrases and graphics, such as cakes, candles and other graphics composed of ASCII code. Moreover, a phrase can correspond to multiple graphics, such as "Tiger," which can correspond to different ASCII codes and multiple styles of tiger graphics.

The astigmatism word is a Chinese-only font display method, which displays the Chinese characters split, including the horizontal splitting and vertical splitting of Chinese characters, and the Chinese character splitting of more than three components. For example, the text string "good post, haha", split into astigmatism string "women's bow, but the mouth of the mouth, mouth and mouth".

A single-line string is a phrase that defines a word or a phrase that is equivalent to a string of characters. Or sentence. For example, defining "injection" is equivalent to "glucose injection". A character array is similar to the single-line string in that it defines a word or a phrase to make it equivalent to multiple lines of text. As shown in Figure lh, the definition of "day, is equivalent to a poem, and this poem is a character array consisting of four lines of four poems, each line separated by a carriage return. For the single line string and In the character array mode, when the user inputs "injection, or" day, it will output "glucose injection," or the character array as a whole. Graphics include normal graphics, graphic animation in gif format, or graphic animation in other formats, stored and output as images.

The WordArt function provided by the present invention can be directly input in the application window. Referring to Figure 2, there is shown a flow chart of the steps of inputting a WordArt/Graph in an application window as described in the present invention.

Step 201: Establish a mapping relationship between the keyboard message code and the word style, and the word style is obtained by a pre-storage method or by a preset algorithm. First, for the use of WordArt-style web chat, forums and other application environments, collect the characters/strings that are often used, and establish the mapping relationship between characters/characters and various WordArt styles. The characters include Chinese, English, special symbols, and the like. Then, an artistic word or graphic library is established, and the ASCII code art word, ASCII art graphic, astigmatism word, single-line character string, character array, and graphic with high frequency of use are stored, so that the user can directly call the system storage when using the system. Or preset the algorithm of the artistic word style, according to the relevant parameters, the desired artistic word style can be obtained by the algorithm, and the related parameters can be: unit characters constituting the artistic word, artistic word size, arrangement manner, and the like.

Step 202: Acquire a keyboard message code by using an operating system interface function. After receiving the key message of the keyboard, the system converts the corresponding key message code into a buffer, and the keyboard message code is the letter, number and special symbol identified on the terminal keyboard. To implement the WordArt function of the present invention, it is first necessary to obtain the keyboard message code, and then input the message processing, and then output the selected WordArt style. For example, in the Windows operating system, the receiving keyboard message code is executed by a dynamic link library program, and the interface function provided by the system is utilized to realize the combination of the word function module and the system. The method of the present invention is not limited to the Windows system, but can be applied to other operating systems.

Step 203: Select a WordArt style to convert the keyboard message code into a matching WordArt or graphic. Since the keyboard message is encoded as a series of letter strings, for the English display, the mapping relationship between the keyboard message code and the ASCII code art word, the ASCII code art graphic, the astigmatism word, the single line character string, the character matrix, or the graphic is directly established; Chinese display, you can create a code string (ie keyboard message code) With the mapping relationship between the text/text string, the text/text string and the word style, the code string is preferably a pinyin string. These mappings are the mapping of Chinese, English, and special symbols to the word style.

After obtaining the keyboard message code, according to the user's input selection, the art word corresponding to the keyboard message code is matched according to the corresponding mapping relationship. For example, if the user inputs English and selects one of the ASCII art fonts, the corresponding artistic font is matched according to the mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the artistic word style; if the user inputs the encoded string, according to the encoded string (ie, the keyboard) Message coding) With the mapping relationship between text/text string, text/text string and WordArt style, the code string is converted into Chinese characters and then the corresponding art fonts are matched. Due to the various artistic word styles and mapping relationships provided by the present invention, the input is more flexible, the display content is richer, and the input requirements of the user are satisfied.

Step 204: Trigger an application interface control message to send a matching result to the currently activated application. After completing the matching step of the WordArt style, the interface control message of the WordArt function module and the application is triggered, and the interface function of the WordArt function module is accessed according to the application program, and the matching result is sent to the currently activated application, and Display the output in the application window.

It should be noted that, for the output of various ordinary graphics or graphic animations stored in the form of pictures, before performing step 204, it is also necessary to determine whether the currently activated application supports the graphic storage format to be input. If yes, go to step 204; if it is not supported, you can directly output the corresponding character or text. There is also a possibility that when the matching result is a graphic, the graphic is sent to the application and the text and/or symbol matching the graphic; at this time, the application determines whether it can support the received image. The graphics storage format, if supported, displays the graphics, and if not, displays the text and/or symbols received simultaneously with the graphics.

The invention directly matches the acquired keyboard information coding with the artistic word style through the direct combination of the computer operating system and the application program, and directly outputs the matched artistic word or art graphic to the application display window, without opening another independent The word-of-word editing software implements the WordArt function. In the process of web chat, forum speech, etc., if you need to use the word art style, you can input directly in each application window without running separate WordArt software, thus avoiding the process of software running and input conversion, saving System resources are also convenient for users to operate.

The above steps solve the problem of directly inputting WordArt in the application window. Preferably, the commonly used input method is also incorporated into the WordArt function to provide an opportunity for the user to select input. In the step shown in FIG. 2, before the matching of the word message style of the keyboard message encoding, the current input state is first determined. State. If it is currently in the WordArt state, then steps 203 and 204 are continued to implement the WordArt function according to the above method; if it is not the WordArt state, the input method function is executed, and the English, Chinese or special symbols corresponding to the keyboard message encoding are output. The determining step may be performed before receiving the message of the keyboard message, that is, first converting to the state of the word and then typing the character; or performing the receiving of the message of the keyboard message, that is, typing the character first and then selecting the input state.

The above process will be described below with a preferred embodiment of receiving a keyboard message code and then performing a decision step. Referring to Fig. 3, there is shown a flow chart of the steps of inputting a word/graphic according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the data processing procedure after inputting a character string is explained from the operation and display angle of the user.

Step 301, the input method is turned on.

Step 302, the user inputs "sougou" or "sogou" on the keyboard, and displays "sougou" or

The "sogou" pinyin string and a series of candidates below. Among them, by pre-defining the correspondence between "sogou" and "sougou", you can also list the corresponding candidates after typing "sogou". The specific process is: after receiving the keyboard message code "sougou", it is provided to the matching program, and then the matching program is matched, and the candidate word list is arranged according to a certain rule.

Step 303, switch to the WordArt input mode, that is, open the WordArt preview window. The present invention can perform different processes according to different input states. For example, if it is judged that the current state is a WordArt state, the matching of the WordArt style is performed; if it is determined that the current state is the normal input method state, the normal text is executed. String matching function.

Step 304, select the candidate " 1. Sogou", the word art of Sogou will appear in the preview window. The process is based on the user's last choice word in the candidate word list as a pre-output word, and the "sogou" is matched as a matching word in the art vocabulary, and the corresponding art word is searched according to the default setting of the artistic font. And then the overall output in the preview window. Of course, if it is not currently a WordArt state, it will output the "Sogou" normal text.

Step 305, setting the artistic font. The above preview is displayed in the case of the default setting of the word library. When the input content is not on the screen, the user can also adjust the setting of the artistic font. After the selection is completed, the preview window will change the art form corresponding to the current text in real time. The upper screen refers to an operation of displaying the content output in the preview window to the application window. Of course, the user is also free to choose the default word style.

Step 306, the art word is output on the screen. For example, if the user is sure, type Ctrl+Enter or point By inputting the button, the upper screen output of the WordArt is realized.

The invention also provides a shortcut method. After inputting the "sougou" pinyin string, the "1. Sogou" item is selected by a combination key method (such as Alt+1), and the "Sougou" art word can also be directly output. The artistic font uses the default setting. At this time, the preview window can be omitted, and the efficiency of the art word input is improved.

Preferably, the present invention also provides the function of ASCII character replacement. First, at least one ASCII character replacement rule is preset; then, the keyboard message is encoded according to a user-confirmed ASCII code character, the character replacement rule, and a pre-stored WordArt style/preset WordArt style algorithm. The corresponding WordArt style is used for character substitution; finally, the application interface control message is triggered, and the word-substituted word/graphic is input to the currently activated application. The replacement may be: replacement of a solid line with a broken line, replacement of a single line and a double line, replacement of a character word unit character, and the like. For example, the "Zixia Double Line" shown in Figure 1 is a replacement for the "Zixia Standard Body", replacing the single line with a double line. The ASCII character substitution function can expand the pre-stored WordArt style or preset Art Word algorithm, which greatly facilitates user input, provides users with a variety of font display, and saves system storage space.

Preferably, the present invention also provides the function of ASCII art graphic replacement. First, at least one ASCII art graphic replacement rule is preset; then, according to the ASCII art graphic replacement rule and the pre-stored picture graphic, the ASCII code art graphic is replaced by the corresponding picture graphic of the keyboard message; , triggers the application interface control message, and enters the replaced ASCII art graphic into the currently activated application. For example, the picture graphics of the JPG are converted into ASCII art graphics according to a certain algorithm (the format may be TXT, HTML, etc.), wherein the algorithms involved are well known to those skilled in the art, and will not be described in detail herein. .

In the present invention, preferably, when matching other art word styles other than the ASCII code art word, it is also necessary to perform word segmentation on the character string corresponding to the code string. For example, when selecting an ASCII art graphic or graphic animation, the user enters "fruit cake is done", the automatic word segmentation technology will separate the "fruit" and "cake", and go to the gallery to match, and match the graphics. The upper screen output shows a graphic of a fruit connected to a cake, and then "does" three words that cannot match the graphic. The character string that needs to be segmented according to the present invention is not limited to Chinese only, and other characters such as Japanese, Korean, etc. are all feasible. At present, the commonly used word segmentation methods are: word segmentation based on string matching (ie mechanical segmentation), word segmentation based on feature scanning or mark segmentation, word segmentation based on understanding, and segmentation method based on statistics. In all kinds of word segmentation methods, there will be problems with participle ambiguity. For example, there are many ways to divide the phrase "Chinese people". If there are three words "China", "people,", "national people" in the thesaurus, "the Chinese people, one possible division is "China""People,,, another may be distributed as "Chinese,""Chinese,""Min." This is the participle ambiguity. Ambiguity handling is a very difficult operation, which has not yet been resolved, in the case of ambiguity of participles, Various word segmentation methods can only be combined with practical applications, and try to achieve accurate word segmentation. Word segmentation. For the ambiguity processing in the word segmentation, the optimal segmentation path method based on the unary model (optimal segmentation path method) can be used. More faithful to the original semantics, as explained below.

There are two kinds of ambiguities in the word segmentation. One is a combined ambiguity, such as the string AB, AB, A, B are all elements in the thesaurus. For example, Tsinghua University / Tsinghua University. The method of optimal segmentation path method is to extract all the parts and then filter according to specific needs.

The other is called intersection ambiguity, such as the string ABC, ΑΒ and BC are the elements in the thesaurus. For example, "Chinese,,,, may be divided into "China / People," and "Chinese / Chinese." For intersection-type ambiguity, the optimal segmentation path method uses a scoring algorithm to perform weight calculations for each possible segmentation method and find the best segmentation path among all possible segments. This process can be quickly implemented through dynamic programming methods. The evaluation function used by the scoring algorithm is determined by the number and frequency of words, as illustrated below.

First number each word in the phrase:

The Chinese people stood up.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Let F(x) be the evaluation value of a certain word segmentation scheme of the substring starting from position X, where X represents the above numerical number. F(x) is a combination of the following components:

1) WC(x) : The number of Term of the best segmentation scheme for the substring starting from X. The Term represents a participle in the corresponding vocabulary in the phrase, such as taking X as 0 and Term as Chinese/people/station/up/, so

WC(x) is 5;

2) FQ(x): The logarithm of the term word frequency of the best segmentation scheme of the substring starting from X. The word frequency refers to the statistical frequency that each Term appears on the Internet;

Take F(x) = WC(x)*100+FQ(x). Through the evaluation function, according to the specific input situation, Dynamically deal with word segmentation ambiguity and improve the accuracy of word segmentation. For example, when you enter "egg pastries, the word segmentation technique will separate the "eggs" and "pastries" and match them accordingly, showing the graphics of the eggs and the graphics of the pastry. But if you use the usual way of matching , it is possible to divide the middle of the "cake, as a word, and put the picture of the cake on the screen to form the form of "chicken, + cake map +", point. If you enter "chicken cake,, the system can also be based on the user's process of selecting words, combined with the system's participle, "eggs,, and separate, form the egg map + "cake," the output of the word. At the same time, the system can also The mode of segmentation according to the user's word selection is recorded, so that the user can perform quick matching when inputting again.

In the preferred word/graphic output method that requires word segmentation for the text string, the execution steps are basically the same as those shown in FIG. 2, the difference being: using the keyboard message encoding-text/text string-art word style The mapping relationship between the first, the keyboard message encoding is first converted into a corresponding text string; then according to the text string semantics and the pre-stored artistic word style, the text string is segmented, and the pre-stored artistic word is used when using the word segmentation technique The style is considered as a participle factor. For example, the stored matchable phrases can be listed. The word segmentation is first considered. Then, according to the mapping relationship between the text/text string and the artistic word style, the phrase after the word segmentation is matched with the artistic word style. The embodiment will be described below.

When the user types a code string of a character string such as a phrase or a sentence, the WordArt function module performs: according to the mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding (ie, the encoded string) and the text/text string, the options are listed in the candidate word list; After the user selects, according to the text string semantics and the pre-stored artistic word style, the word segmentation method is used to segment the text string; and then according to the segmentation result and the pre-stored text/text string and the word style mapping Relationship, the corresponding WordArt style matching; Finally, the matching result display is output to the application window.

In the above embodiment, preferably, the present invention also provides an opportunity for the user to select an output. After the matching step is completed, the preview window displays a matchable phrase in the WordArt style, and the user can select the WordArt style that needs to be output according to the input requirements. For example, in the text string "I am going to see monkeys and tigers today", if the user selects a character to draw a WordArt style, the phrase that can match the ASCII code art characters is "Monkey", "Tiger", and others. Text cannot match characters. "Monkey", "Tiger," may correspond to a number of different styles of character painting, the user can select in the preview window to enter the desired character to draw the word art. Of course, other text, such as "I go to see today", The user can enter it by selecting the normal ASCII code art word. This user can select the side of the output effect. Increases the flexibility of user input for a better input experience.

In the above, the character string is first divided into separate phrases or characters, and then the matching method is performed, so that the user can input the text string once and then display the corresponding artistic word style on the screen. For ASCII art graphics, character arrays, etc., where the Chinese character combination (for example, word) is the artistic word output unit of the artistic word output, the word segmentation step can avoid the wrong artistic word output. Moreover, since the pre-stored artistic word style cannot store all the Chinese character combination mapping relationship, the word segmentation step can find and output the matching artistic word style in the long Chinese character string input by the user, thereby improving various artistic words. Style matching efficiency and matching effect.

In addition, the present invention also provides a user-defined function, and the user can establish a mapping relationship between a character and a single-line character string, a character matrix, an astigmatism word, a graphic, etc. according to the input requirement, and create a corresponding text or graphic library by itself, and the combined input. The word-of-art function of the law is more scalable and user-participating to meet the individual needs of the user.

The following describes the operation interface for implementing the WordArt function. The WordArt window is the main body of the WordArt function, including: input section (ie editable section), output section (Art Word preview), option setting button. The WordArt window has two modes: Standard mode and Quick mode.

Referring to Figure 4, there is shown a schematic diagram of a WordArt window in a standard mode for implementing the present invention. The window in standard mode is full-featured mode, which is a mode that can be set and previewed completely. Includes:

The input window 401 is an editable window, can input multiple lines of text, and can perform a carriage return operation. The preview window 402 is an uneditable window that only displays the actual WordArt effect.

Up button 403, click this button, or enter the shortcut key ctrl+enter of this button, and output the characters in the preview window to the place where the user originally positioned the cursor.

Chinese font and English font 404, change the display effect of the word art by selecting the font.

The word spacing 405 is the number of spaces automatically added between the art words to facilitate the user to output a larger spacing of artistic words (for example, in the signature file).

Automatic carriage return line feed 406, in the multi-line string, the last line of output must be changed after the line, so that the following words can continue to line feed input. If it is a single-line string, such as a horizontally split astigmatism, you don't have to wrap it. Whether or not to automatically wrap information can also be provided by the font itself.

The button 407 is turned off, and when the user clicks the close button, the word mode is exited and the mode is switched to the normal input mode. The input window 408 of the input method is the same as the input window in the normal state.

It should be noted that the interface shown in Figure 4 only lists the functional elements, and the specific layout can be finely adjusted according to the actual effect.

Referring to FIG. 5, it is a schematic diagram of a WordArt window in a shortcut mode for implementing the present invention, and the shortcut mode is a preview only function. In Quick Mode, all feature options are set to the default settings in standard mode, such as fonts. If you need to modify the font of the shortcut mode, etc., you need to open the standard mode change. In the shortcut mode, the preview window previews the content that is currently in focus, and the focus refers to the selected word.

In addition, you can add a control button for WordArt on the status bar of the input method, similar to the button for Chinese/English, Full/Half-Angle. The button has three states: the artistic word closed state, the artistic word standard mode, and the artistic word shortcut mode. When clicked, the wheeling of these three states is performed, and the default state is the closed state.

There are two ways to enter WordArt: normal input method and fast input method.

The normal input method is done by clicking a button or a shortcut. When the input method enters the inputable area, the status bar appears; Click the WordArt button or the shortcut key to enter the WordArt mode, and pop up the WordArt window and the Input Method window. The WordArt mode can be divided into a standard mode and a shortcut mode, for example, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

The quick input method is to input the word art directly to the application by inputting the coded shortcut key, mainly for the case of temporarily inputting a plurality of art characters without using a mouse and using only a keyboard operation. For example, the operation flow is: User input letter → trigger key (') → go to shortcut mode → press space or number to enter the art word on the screen (by default font). The quick input mode can not pop up the art word window under the normal input mode, and the art setting can be directly put on the screen by using the default setting.

For the above method for inputting an ASCII code art word in an application window, the present invention also provides a system for inputting a word of art in an application window, which is designed to interface with a computer system and an application for inputting a keyboard. The information is displayed directly in the application window. Referring to Figure 6, there is shown a system structure diagram for inputting a word/graphic in an application window according to the present invention.

The storage unit 601 is configured to pre-store various artistic word styles or preset artistic word style algorithms, and a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the artistic word style; the artistic word styles include: ASCII code art characters, ASCII code art graphics , astigmatism, single-line strings, character arrays or graphics. The deposit When storing various artistic word styles, the storage unit 601 stores the text/text string, the astigmatism word, the single-line character string, and the character array corresponding to the keyboard message code in the character library 6011 according to different categories of the artistic word style, and the keyboard and the keyboard The ASCII code art word corresponding to the message code or the preset art word style algorithm is stored in

The ASCII Art Font Library 6012 stores the ASCII art graphics and graphics corresponding to the keyboard message encoding in the graphics library 6013. The mapping relationship table is separately stored in the storage unit 601, and includes: a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the text/text string, a mapping relationship between the text/text string and the artistic word style; and a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the artistic word style directly .

The code receiving unit 602 is configured to invoke an operating system interface function, obtain a keyboard message code, and implement an interface function with the computer system. The method of the present invention is not limited to the Windows system, but can be applied to other operating systems.

The word matching unit 603 is configured to match the mapping relationship table in the storage unit 601, and match the keyboard message encoding acquired by the encoding receiving unit 602 with the artistic word pattern in the storage unit 601. If the received keyboard message code is an English input, the word matching is directly performed according to the mapping relationship between the keyboard message code and the WordArt style in the mapping relationship table; if the received keyboard message code is the code string input, according to the keyboard message code and the text / mapping relationship of text strings, mapping relationship between text/text strings and artistic word styles, first selecting corresponding Chinese characters in the candidate word list, and then performing matching of artistic words in the storage unit 601.

The output unit 604 is configured to trigger an application interface control message, send a matching result to the currently activated application, and implement an interface function with the application. After completing the matching of the artistic word style, the artistic word matching unit 603 will trigger the interface control message of the artistic word system and the application, access the interface function of the artistic word system according to the application program, and send the matching result to the currently activated application. The output can be displayed directly in the application window.

The application determining unit 605, if the matching result of the WordArt matching unit 603 is a graphic stored in the picture format, before the trigger output unit 604, the application determining unit 605 is configured to determine whether the currently activated application supports the corresponding graphic storage. Format, if supported, triggers the output unit

604.

The self-editing unit 606 is configured to customize a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the WordArt style, and save the storage unit 601. The user can create a mapping relationship between characters and single-line strings, character arrays, astigmatism words, graphics, etc. according to the input requirements, and create a corresponding text or graphics library. Combined loss The WordArt function of the French method is more scalable and user-participating, and prepares for the future exchange of the thesaurus and the graphics library.

a determination status unit 607 and a character matching unit 608, wherein the character matching unit 608 is configured to match a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the text/character string, and match the text/text string corresponding to the encoding; And determining whether the current state is a WordArt state, and if so, triggering the WordArt matching unit 603; otherwise, triggering the character matching unit 608. Preferably, the present invention also incorporates commonly used input methods in the WordArt system to provide an opportunity for the user to select inputs. Before the word-of-word matching unit 603 performs the matching of the WordArt style, the judgment state unit 607 first judges the current input state. If it is currently a WordArt state, the WordArt Matching Unit 603 is executed to implement the WordArt function; if it is not a WordArt state, the Character Matching Unit 608 is executed to output an English, Chinese or special symbol corresponding to the keyboard message encoding.

The system shown in Fig. 6 further includes a character replacement unit (not shown), and the storage unit further stores at least one ASCII character replacement rule. The character replacement unit is configured to encode a corresponding artistic word style into the keyboard message according to the ASCII code character confirmed by the user, the character replacement rule, and the pre-stored artistic word style/preset artistic word style algorithm. replace.

In the system shown in FIG. 6, the code receiving unit 602, the storage unit 601, and the output unit 604 may be located in the same computing device. Preferably, the network input process may also be employed: the system code receiving unit 602 and the output unit 604. The first computing device is located in the first computing device. The storage unit 601 is located in the second computing device. The system shown in FIG. 6 obtains corresponding information from the storage unit located in the second computing device according to the keyboard message input by the user, and outputs the corresponding information in the first computing device.

The system shown in FIG. 6 further includes a graphics replacement unit (not shown), wherein the storage unit further stores at least one ASCII art pattern replacement rule; the graphics replacement unit is configured to replace the ASCII code art graphic The rule and the pre-stored picture graphic perform ASCII code art graphic replacement on the corresponding picture graphic of the keyboard message.

Preferably, the present invention also provides a system for inputting WordArt in an application window. Referring to FIG. 7, a system structure diagram for inputting a word/graphic in an application window according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Compared with the system shown in FIG. 6, in addition to the same storage unit 701, code receiving unit 702, word matching unit 703, output unit 704, application determining unit 705, self-editing unit 706, and determining status unit 707, A character string matching unit 708 and a word segmentation unit 709 are also included. among them,

The storage unit 701 has the same function as the storage unit 601, and is used for pre-storing various artistic word styles or preset art word style algorithms, and mapping between keyboard message encoding-text/text string-art word style. table. It also includes character library 7011, ASCII art font 7012 and graphics library 7013.

The character string matching unit 708 is configured to correspond to the mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the text/character string in the storage unit 701, and match the text/text string corresponding to the encoding. When the keyboard message received by the code receiving unit 702 is encoded as a code string, the text string matching unit 708 will perform a match of the text/text string on the code string.

The word segmentation unit 709, if the user-selected art word style is an ASCII art graphic, a single-line character string, a character matrix or a graphic, etc., is used to segment the text string obtained by the character string matching unit 708. First, the phrase or sentence corresponding to the character string is subjected to word segmentation processing, and then the art word matching unit 703 matches the corresponding art word stored in the storage unit 701, so that the user can input the text string once and then display the corresponding art on the screen. The word style can also improve the matching efficiency and matching effect of various artistic word styles.

In the current various word segmentation methods, there will be problems of participle ambiguity. The present invention can perform word segmentation processing using several word segmentation methods as described above or other methods well known to those skilled in the art. However, for the ambiguity processing in the word segmentation, the optimal segmentation path method based on the unary model can be used to be more faithful to the original semantics. The specific description of the optimal segmentation path method is as described above.

The word matching unit 703 has the same function as the word matching unit 603, and is used for the mapping result according to the segmentation unit 709 and the mapping relationship between the character/character string and the word style in the storage unit 701 to the storage unit 701. Get the corresponding WordArt style.

The judgment status unit 707 is the same as the function of the judgment status unit 607, and is used to determine whether the current status is a WordArt state, and if so, triggers the character string matching unit 708 - word segmentation unit 709 - Word Word matching unit 703 - Output unit 704; , trigger text string matching unit 708 - output unit 704.

The system shown in FIG. 7 may further include a character replacement unit, wherein the storage unit 701 further stores at least one ASCII code character replacement rule; the character replacement unit is configured to replace the ASCII code character according to the user, the character replacement Rules and pre-stored WordArt style/preset WordArt style algorithms, The keyboard message is encoded with a corresponding art word style for character replacement.

It will be understood that for all embodiments mentioned in the present invention, the WordArt style may also include words, symbols or combinations thereof having the same or similar meanings, and the above characters may include national languages, punctuation and numbers. For example, "hungry" means "I" on the network, "0" for "I", "i 40" for "down" (me) and so on.

In this case, a mapping relationship between a certain keyboard message code and the same or similar character or symbol, or a combination thereof may be established in advance. When it is required to output content corresponding to the keyboard message code, in the case of group words, It can be either a fixed output or a random output, or it can be output according to a preset strategy. The text, symbol or combination of the same or similar shape and sound corresponding to the keyboard message code can be output.

The above-mentioned WordArt style and all the preset Art Nouveau style algorithms can be obtained from the client or server by the input method.

The above description of the method and system for inputting a word/graphic to an application provided by the present invention is only for helping to understand the method of the present invention and its core idea; and, at the same time, the general technology in the art Personnel, according to the idea of the present invention, there will be changes in the specific embodiments and application scope. In summary, the content of the specification should not be construed as limiting the invention.

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A method for inputting a word/graphic to an application, comprising: establishing a mapping relationship between a keyboard message code and an art word style;

Call the operating system interface function to get the keyboard message encoding;

Corresponding to the mapping relationship, matching a WordArt style corresponding to the keyboard message encoding; triggering an application interface control message to input a WordArt/Graphics to the currently activated application.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the WordArt style is obtained by a pre-storage method or by a preset algorithm.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the mapping relationship comprises: mapping of a keyboard message encoding and a text/text string, mapping of a text/text string to a WordArt style; and/or a keyboard message encoding directly Map with the word art style.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining whether the currently activated application supports a corresponding graphic storage format when the matching result is a graphic, and if so, triggering the application interface control message to The currently active application sends a match.

The method according to claim 1, further comprising: when the matching result is a graphic, sending the graphic and the text and/or symbol matching the graphic to the application.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: customizing a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the WordArt style.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: determining whether the current state is a WordArt state, and if so, matching the WordArt; otherwise, corresponding to the keyboard message encoding and the text/text string Mapping relationships, matching text/text strings.

8. The method according to claim 2, further comprising:

Presetting at least one ASCII character replacement rule;

Characterizing the corresponding word-of-art style of the keyboard message according to the ASCII code character confirmed by the user, the character replacement rule, and the pre-stored word-of-art/preset word-of-art style algorithm;

Trigger the application interface control message to enter the art word/graphic after the character substitution to the currently active application.

9. The method according to claim 2, further comprising: Presetting at least one ASCII art graphic replacement rule;

And performing ASCII code art graphic replacement on the corresponding picture graphic of the keyboard message according to the ASCII code art graphic replacement rule and the pre-stored picture graphic;

Trigger the application interface control message to enter the replaced ASCII art graphic into the currently active application.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the artistic word style includes but is not limited to: ASCII art word, ASCII art graphic, astigmatism word, single line character string, character array, graphic, shape sound meaning The same or similar words, symbols, or a combination thereof.

11. A method for inputting a word/graphic to an application, comprising: establishing a mapping relationship between a keyboard message code-text/text string-art word style; calling an operating system interface function, obtaining a keyboard Message encoding

Corresponding to the mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the text/text string, obtaining the corresponding text string; corresponding to the text string semantics and the pre-stored artistic word style, dividing the text string;

Trigger an application interface control message to enter a WordArt/Graphics to the currently active application.

The method according to claim 11, further comprising: determining, when the matching result is a graphic, whether the currently activated application supports the corresponding graphic storage format, and if so, triggering the application interface control message, Enter WordArt/Graphics to the currently active application.

13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising: when the matching result is a graphic, sending the graphic and the text and/or symbol matching the graphic to the application.

14. The method according to claim 11, further comprising:

Presetting at least one ASCII character replacement rule;

15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the WordArt style includes but It is not limited to: ASCII art words, ASCII art graphics, astigmatism words, single-line strings, character arrays, graphics, texts, symbols, or similar combinations.

16. A system for inputting WordArt/Graphics to an application, comprising: a storage unit, configured to pre-store a WordArt style or a preset WordArt style algorithm, and a mapping of a keyboard message code and a WordArt style. Relationship

The system according to claim 16, wherein the mapping relationship comprises: a mapping relationship between a keyboard message encoding and a text/text string, a mapping relationship between a text/text string and a WordArt style; and/or a keyboard message. Coding directly maps to the word style.

The system according to claim 16, wherein the storage unit comprises: a character library, configured to store a text/text string, an astigmatism word, a single-line character string or a character array corresponding to the keyboard message encoding;

ASCII code art font for storing ASCII code art words or preset art word algorithms corresponding to keyboard message codes;

A graphics library for storing ASCII art graphics or picture graphics corresponding to keyboard message encoding.

The system according to claim 16, further comprising:

The application determining unit, when the matching result is a graphic, is used to determine whether the currently activated application supports the corresponding graphic storage format, and if so, triggers the output unit.

20. The system of claim 16, further comprising:

The self-editing unit is configured to customize a mapping relationship between the keyboard message encoding and the WordArt style, and save to the storage unit.

The system according to claim 16, further comprising:

a character matching unit, configured to match a text/text string corresponding to the encoding according to a mapping relationship between a keyboard message encoding and a text/text string; The determining status unit is configured to determine whether the current status is a WordArt state, and if so, triggering the WordArt matching unit; otherwise, triggering the character matching unit.

The system according to claim 16, further comprising a character replacement unit; wherein the storage unit further stores at least one ASCII code character replacement rule;

The character replacement unit is configured to encode a corresponding artistic word style of the keyboard message according to an ASCII code character confirmed by a user, the character replacement rule, and a pre-stored artistic word style/preset artistic word style algorithm. replace.

The system according to claim 16, further comprising: a graphics replacement unit; the storage unit further storing at least one ASCII code art graphics replacement rule; the graphics replacement unit, configured to The ASCII art graphic replacement rule and the pre-stored picture graphic perform ASCII code art graphic replacement on the corresponding picture graphic of the keyboard message encoding.

24. The system of claim 16 wherein:

The code receiving unit, the storage unit and the output unit included in the system for inputting the word/graphic to the application are located in the same computing device;

Alternatively, the system code receiving unit and the output unit included in the system for inputting the word/graphic to the application are located in the first computing device, and the storage unit is located in the second computing device; the system is based on the keyboard message input by the user The corresponding information is obtained in the storage unit of the second computing device and output at the first computing device.

25. The system according to claim 16, wherein the WordArt style includes but is not limited to: ASCII art word, ASCII art graphic, astigmatism word, single line character string, character matrix, graphic, variant word, shape A word, symbol, or a combination thereof that has the same or similar meaning.

26. A system for inputting WordArt/Graphics to an application, comprising: a storage unit for pre-storing a WordArt style or a preset WordArt style algorithm, and a keyboard message encoding-text/text string- The mapping relationship between the three types of artistic words;

a word segmentation unit for corresponding text string semantics and pre-stored artistic word styles, and dividing the text string; Word-of-word matching unit,

Shoot the relationship, get the corresponding artistic word style;

27. The system according to claim 26, further comprising: a determination status unit, configured to determine whether the current status is a WordArt state, and if so, connecting the text string matching unit-word segmentation unit-Art Word matching unit- Output unit; otherwise, connect the text string matching unit - output unit.

The system according to claim 26, further comprising a character replacement unit; wherein the storage unit further stores at least one ASCII code character replacement rule;

29. The system according to claim 26, wherein the WordArt style includes but is not limited to: ASCII art word, ASCII art graphic, astigmatism word, single line character string, character array, graphic, shape sound meaning The same or similar words, symbols, or a combination thereof.