WO2010139251A1

WO2010139251A1 - Input method and input apparatus

Info

Publication number: WO2010139251A1
Application number: PCT/CN2010/073285
Authority: WO
Inventors: 张苏渝
Original assignee: 杨颖之
Priority date: 2009-05-31
Filing date: 2010-05-27
Publication date: 2010-12-09
Also published as: CN101901045B; CN101901045A

Abstract

An input method includes the following steps: A1) input signals which include fixed-point touch control signals and/or trajectory touch control signals are received by multiple mutually independent sensing modules; A2) the types of the input signals are judged and relevant stroke and/or character information are displayed according to searched results. An input apparatus includes: multiple mutually independent sensing modules; a storage module wherein a database is stored which includes the corresponding relations between the fixed-point and trajectory touch control signals and the stroke and/or character information; a master control module for searching the database according to the input fixed-point touch control signals or the trajectory touch control signals; and a display module for displaying the searched results and/or texts. Because the method and device in the present solution enables switching between the trajectory input and the fixed-point input, inputting is much more convenient and flexible.

Description

Input method and input device

The invention relates to an input method and an input device. Background technique

Traditional input methods, keyboard input, handwriting input. There is also a combination of keyboard input and handwriting input, that is, a sensing area is also provided on the keyboard. The keyboard input and the handwriting input can be combined to realize the track input and the key input respectively, that is, the track input and the key input can be performed on one keyboard, but this method requires occupying two input areas, so that the device volume is relatively small. Large, the input process also requires a stylus to assist, in fact, can not be freely converted between the key input and handwriting input, and this way can not be operated with one hand, it can be seen that the simple merge method does not have the handwriting input and key input organic In combination, the existing technical means are not fully utilized. Summary of the invention

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an input method capable of flexible switching, which includes the following steps, in view of the defect that the above input method cannot be flexibly switched;

A1) a plurality of sensing modules independent of each other receiving an input signal, the input signal including a fixed-point touch signal and a track or a touch signal;

A2) judging the type of the input signal, and performing retrieval calculation according to the judgment result, the database includes a correspondence between the fixed touch signal and the track touch signal and the instruction, and displays related instructions and/or signals and information according to the generated result. . In the input method of the present invention, after the step A2, the following steps are further included Step:

A3) receiving the input information, determining whether the input information is an input option for selecting the target information, if yes, performing step A4; if not, returning to step A2;

A4) Select the target character and display the target character for the confirmed input. The "select target character" refers to the user (according to the displayed information) to select the target character.

In the input method of the present invention, in the step A2, the fixed touch signal is a touch signal received by a sensing module in a separate position, and the fixed touch signal includes a touch, a long press, and a press. Press the button, double click, and dunk the click signal.

In the input method of the present invention, in the step A2, the track touch signal includes a touch signal with continuity received by two or more position sensing modules, and the sensing module is in space. The top is adjacent, and each position sensing module receives multiple touch information within a set time interval.

In the input method of the present invention, the retrieval calculation is performed by searching a database or calculating and summarizing the track touch signals according to the device to form corresponding strokes or characters.

In the input method of the present invention, in the step A2, the following steps are included:

A2.1) determining whether the input signal is a fixed touch signal or a track touch signal, if it is a fixed touch signal, performing step A2.2, if it is a track touch signal, performing step A2.3;

A2.2) determining a sensing module corresponding to a specific position of the fixed touch signal, retrieving the database, retrieving the instruction corresponding to the sensing module at the specific position, and performing step A2.4;

A2.3) determining, according to the track touch signal, a positional relationship between the sensing modules that receive the touch signal, including a spatial relationship and/or an order, and correspondingly searching for the track touch signal according to the positional relationship between the sensing modules Strokes, characters, perform step A2.4; A2.4) Execute the corresponding command based on the search calculation result and display the relevant information. The "related information display" in the above may include: a signal directly corresponding to the touch signal, other signals derived therefrom (derived), digital options of the respective signals, and the like.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide an input device capable of flexibly switching and compatible with a conventional operation mode, which is capable of flexibly switching the above-mentioned input devices of the prior art, including:

There are a plurality of sensing modules, and the sensing module receives the fixed touch signal and the track touch signal;

a storage module, wherein the storage module stores a database, where the database includes a correspondence between a fixed-point touch signal and a track touch signal and an instruction and/or a signal and a message; a main control module, the main control module according to the input The fixed touch signal or the track touch signal search database or \ and calculate and judge according to the input signal;

a display module, the display module displays a search result or/and a body of the main control module. In the input device of the present invention, the database includes a fixed touch signal database and a track touch signal database, and the fixed touch signal database includes a specific position sensing module and specific characters and/or strokes and command signals. Corresponding relationship; the track touch signal database includes a correspondence between the track touch signal and the strokes and/or signals and information.

In the input device of the present invention, the input device includes a plurality of buttons, each button corresponding to one or more sensing modules, and the sensing modules are arranged in the same or different sitting Marked.

In the input device of the present invention, the sensing module is capable of receiving one or more signals including touch, leave, press, slide, and long press.

In the input device of the present invention, different parts of the button have different sensing modules, and different signals are input by pressing or touching different parts of the button.

In the input device of the present invention, the button is a virtual button displayed on the touch screen or on the touch panel for accepting different input signals.

In the input device of the present invention, the button includes a set start point, an end point, and/or an area, and the set start point, end point, and/or area correspond to the set information.

The "set start point, end point and/or area corresponding to the set information" indicates that the point is the start (end) point and / or the start (end) (partial or all) in this area The input information corresponding to the track touch signal is specially set, that is, it can only correspond to different types of input signals. For example, the same input track signal, the user input with different starting points or in different starting areas will get different types of input results.

In the input device of the present invention, the set start point, end point, and/or area includes four buttons, and any three of the four buttons are not on the same straight line.

The input method and input device embodying the present invention have the following beneficial effects: Since the input method and the input device of the present invention can adopt the manner in which the track input and the fixed point input are switched to each other, the input is more convenient, flexible, and time-saving. DRAWINGS The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. FIG. 1 is a state diagram of an input device in the first embodiment of the input method of the present invention in step 1.

2 is a view showing the state of the input device in the first step of the input method of the present invention;

3 is a view showing the state of the input device in the first step of the input method of the present invention;

4 is a view showing the state of the input device in the first step of the input method of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a view showing the state of the input device in the first step of the input method of the present invention;

6 is a structural view of an embodiment of a button of an input device of the present invention; FIG. 7 is a structural view of a second embodiment of a button of the input device of the present invention; and FIG. 8 is a button of the input device of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a structural diagram of a button of an input device of the present invention provided with an auxiliary button; FIG. 10 is a structural diagram of a sensor module having different parts of a button of the input device of the present invention. ;

11 and FIG. 12 are flowcharts of an input method of the present invention;

As shown in FIG. 11, a flowchart of the input method of the present invention includes the following steps:

51) a plurality of sensing modules independent of each other receive input signals, the input signals including fixed-point touch signals and \ or track touch signals;

52) determining the type of the input signal, performing a retrieval calculation according to the judgment result, and the database includes a correspondence between the fixed-point touch signal and the track touch signal and the command signal, the stroke and/or the character information, and displaying the relevant according to the generated result. Stroke and/or character information And/or instructions;

53) receiving the input information, determining whether the input information is an input option for selecting the target information, if yes, executing step S4; if not, returning to step S2;

54) Select the target character and display the target character for the confirmed input.

The "select target character" described in step S4 in this flow means that the user (according to the display information) selects the target character.

There are many ways to select the target character. You can click the target character directly in the display, or you can select the label corresponding to the target character, and press the corresponding label on the keyboard. It is important to note here because there are significant differences in the subjects involved.

The step S2 further includes the following steps:

52.1) determining whether the input signal is a fixed touch signal or a track touch signal, if it is a fixed touch signal, performing step S2.2, if it is a track touch signal, performing step S2.3;

52.2) determining a specific position of the sensing module corresponding to the fixed touch signal, retrieving the database, retrieving the specific character, instruction and/or stroke corresponding to the sensing module at the specific position, performing step S2.4;

52.3) determining, according to the track touch signal, a positional relationship between the sensing modules receiving the touch signal, including a spatial relationship and/or an order, and retrieving the stroke corresponding to the track touch signal according to the positional relationship between the sensing modules , character, perform step S2.4;

S 2.4) the display module displays the stroke and/or character information;

S 2.5) Enter the target character to display the input options associated with it.

Wherein: "displaying the stroke and/or character information" in step S 2.4, S 2.5 may include: a signal directly corresponding to the touch signal, thereby speculating (derived) All or part of other signals, digital options for each signal, etc. For example, when the track touch signal is connected to the keys "1" and "2" in Fig. 1, the contents that can be displayed at this time include: the corresponding stroke "horizontal"; the "cross" is the first stroke of the Chinese character "one Chinese characters such as ", painting" and "right", as well as the identification options (usually numbers) of these Chinese characters, that is, the composition is "1 to 2 paintings and 3 rights"; other display contents, such as the system guessing the selected phrases, etc. . Of course, only some of the relevant signals can be displayed as needed, such as strokes, which can be omitted. The sensing module receives the sensing information, and the device displays a specific input option according to the received sensing information. The fixed touch signal is a touch signal received by the sensing module in a separate position, including touch, long press and / or push button signals and / or any other physical signal acceptable to the keyboard. The track touch signal includes two or more position sensing modules that receive continuous touch signals, the sensing modules are spatially continuous, and each position sensing module receives more than a set time interval. Touch information.

The specific input flow will be described below in conjunction with the embodiments.

Embodiment 1 Input text "Harmony 6c".

Step 1. The finger slides from the key 2 to the key 4 (or 3, 4, 5). When the finger leaves the keyboard, the device retrieves the "/" as the input stroke signal in the stroke database according to the track touch signal. Comparing the text database information, the corresponding text includes: human, use, raw, year, work, minute, thousand, etc., sorting the characters, so that the more commonly used characters are displayed in the display module 2 And numbered, displayed as: "1 of 2 people 3 with 4 students 5 years 6 for 7 points", and the most frequently used "" is displayed in the text area in a specific display, indicating that this is the most Possible text, you can confirm the input directly. Other undisplayed characters can be displayed by switching the up or down buttons Come. As shown in Figure 1, the "" is still flashing or underlined, indicating that it has not been entered yet. Step 2, because "the" is not the target text, and there is no target text in the display module 2, the finger continues to slide from the key 1 to 2 and then slides to 3, and then leaves the keyboard, at which time the device touches the signal according to the track. In the stroke database, "1" is retrieved as the input stroke signal, and the text database information is compared again. The text corresponding to the entered strokes ")" and "one" and its number are displayed as: "1 thousand 2 and 3 I 4 There are 6 kinds of 7 items in the 5th system, among which "thousands" is the highest priority input text, and the target characters "and" are numbered 2, and the highest priority "thousand" characters are displayed in the display area, as shown in Figure 2. . The "thousands" at this time are still flashing or underlined, indicating that they have not been selected.

Step 3. Touch the key 2 directly to enter the text "and". At this time, the word "and" is displayed in the display area, and there is no flashing, indicating that it has been selected, as shown in Figure 3.

Step 4: At this time, the device according to the stored characters associated with "and" in the database gives: "1 peace 2 and 睦 3 harmony 4 and good 5 and gas 6 kimono 7 and solution" and other options, touch sensing button 3, that is, input The text is "harmonic."

Step 5. Press the button 6 directly to enter the text "6".

Step 6. Press button 2 directly to display the input text as "2", not the target text. Press and press button 2 repeatedly within the specified time interval to display the entered text as "a", press again continuously. Press or touch button 2, the input text will change to "b", press again or touch button 2 again, and the input text will be changed to "c", which is the target text. Wait for the device to confirm that the signal is officially input into the text area. Go to the next step. Example 2, Objective: Enter "and 2" Step 1. The finger slides from the key 2 to the key 4 (or 3, 4, 5), and the finger leaves the keyboard. According to the track touch signal, the device retrieves "/" (撇) as input in the stroke database. Stroke signal, compare the text database information again, and the corresponding text includes: , human, use, raw, year, work, minute, thousand and other texts, sort these characters, so that the more commonly used characters are in the display module Displayed in 2, and numbered, it shows: "1 of 2 people 3 with 4 students 5 years 6 for 7 points".

Step 2: From the targetless text, the finger continues to slide from the key 1 to 2 and then slides to 3, and then leaves the keyboard. At this time, according to the track touch signal, the device retrieves the "one" input stroke in the stroke database. The signal, again comparing the text database information, the text corresponding to the entered strokes "j" and "one" and its number are displayed as: "1 thousand 2 and 3, 4, 4, 5, 6 kinds of 7 items".

Step 3. Touch the key 2 directly to enter the text "and", as shown in Figure 3. Step 4: At this time, the device gives according to the stored characters associated with "and" in the database: "1 peace 2 and 睦 3 harmony 4 and good 5 and gas 6 kimono 7 and solution", etc., if the digital sensing button is touched at this time "3", enter the character "harmonic"; if the digital sensor button "2" is pressed, the character "2" is entered. (The "Touch" and "Press" actions can be adjusted. Touch to indicate the selected option. Press directly to indicate the value or letter represented by the selected button. The specific input mode can be set). Example 3, Objective: Enter "Harmony"

Step 1. Same as steps 1, 2, and 3 of Embodiment 1.

Step 2, at this time, the device stores the characters associated with "and" according to the database. Given: "1 Harmony 2 and 睦 3 peace 4 and good 5 and gas 6 kimono 7 and solution" and other options, the character "harmonic" as the highest priority option in the text after the entered "and" and highlighted, press directly Enter the confirmation key to confirm the confirmation of the input character "harmonic", and the confirmation key is the function key set by the device. Embodiment 4: Objective: Input "and" This embodiment is a complete stroke input.

Step 1. The same as step 1 of the embodiment 1.

Step 2, because "the" is not the target text, and there is no target text in the display module 2, the finger continues to slide from the key 1 to 2 and then slides to 3, and then leaves the keyboard, at which time the device touches the signal according to the track. In the stroke database, "1" is retrieved as the input stroke signal, and the text database information is compared again. The text corresponding to the entered strokes "/" and "one" and its number are displayed as: "1 thousand 2 and 3 I 4 Health 5 system 6 seconds 7 things", of which "thousands" is the highest priority input text.

Step 3: The finger swipe through the keys in sequence: "2", "5", "8". At this time, the corresponding stroke is vertical "1", and the corresponding characters are still: "1 and 2 seconds 3 private 4 subjects" , (where "and" is highlighted as the preferred character at the current text input position).

Step 4: The finger continues to slide from the key 2 to the key 4, and the finger leaves the keyboard. According to the track touch signal, the device retrieves the “/” as the input stroke signal in the stroke database, and the device display is optional. The characters are: "1 and 2 seconds, 3 private 4 subjects", (where "and" as the preferred character can be highlighted at the current text input position according to the program setting).

Step 5: The finger swipe through the keys: "1", "5", "9". The corresponding stroke is 撇"\", and the corresponding characters are still: "1 and 2 seconds, 3 private, 4 subjects" (where "and" The preferred character is highlighted at the current text input position).

Step 6. The finger swipes through the keys: "2", "5", "8". At this time, the corresponding stroke is vertical "1", and the corresponding characters are still: "1 and".

Step 7. The finger swipes through the keys: "1", "2", "3", "6", "9". At this time, the corresponding stroke is a horizontal fold " _Ί ", and "and" is directly used as the confirmation input. Characters are entered in the current body. (This embodiment is the most conservative input mode. In practice, the input "and" can be directly confirmed in step 6.) Embodiment 5, the following table shows the correspondence between strokes and track touch signals, where all Chinese strokes are drawn. An example of the corresponding track touch signal is given, and it can also be summarized as a more streamlined stroke:

Horizontal fold 1, 2, 5, 8, 6 or 1, 2, 5, 8, horizontal 2, 3, 6 or 1, 2, 3, 6, 9 mention 9 etc.

Discount

Bend 2, 5, 8, 4 or 3, 6, 9, 5 or 2, vertical 1, 4, 7, 8, 9 or 1, 4, 5

J L

Hooks 6, 8, 4, etc., or 5, 8, 9 etc. Vertical 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 or 6, 8, 9

J 2, 5, 8, 4 or 3, 6, 9, 5, etc. L

Hooks or 2, 4, 5, etc. Vertical bends 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 6 or 1, 4, 7, horizontal 1, 2, 3, 5 or 4, 5, 6, 8 匕

Hook 8, 5, etc.

Oblique cross 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 or 1, 2, 4,

1, 4, 8, 6

Hook 撇 5, 7 etc. Horizontal vertical fold 2, 4, 5, 6, shout 2, 5, 6, same vertical hook

Hook 撇 9, etc.

For the convenience of input, the same track touch signal can be agreed to correspond to different strokes.

If the track hook signal corresponding to the horizontal hook and the vertical hook in the table is the same, the display module 2 can

One of the most common strokes is displayed, or both can be displayed, and then

A special mark or manner is indicated, such as placing the two in a box or underline.

Embodiment 6: Mixing the input target under the Pinyin input method "Yihe":

Step 1. In the pinyin input state, press the button "9", the device prompts the input as spelling

The character "W", and gives the preferred relevant options; press the button "9" again, set

The prompt input is the pinyin character "X", and the preferred related options are given; press again

Press the button "9", the device prompts the input as the pinyin character "Y", and gives the preferred phase.

Off options, such as "1 with 3 to 4, 5 with 6 and 7 to", etc.; press button "4", device

Given the preferred relevant options, such as "1 has 2 to 3 has 4 B 5 according to 6 is 7 easy", etc., press the down button to turn the page, showing "1 intention 2 billion 3 Yi 4 medical 5 clothes 6 Yi 7 wings" Etc., where "Yi" is the target character, touch the button "6" to enter "Yi".

Step 2: The finger slides from the key 2 to the key 4, and the finger leaves the keyboard. The device determines that this is a track touch signal, transfers to the stroke input state, and searches in the stroke database. To "/" is the input stroke signal, and compare the text database information again, and the corresponding text includes: , person, use, raw, year, work, minute, thousand, etc., sort the characters, so that The more frequently used characters are displayed in the display module 2, and are numbered as: "1 of 2 people 3 with 4 students 5 years 6 for 7 points", and the most frequently used "" is displayed in a specific manner. Displayed in the text area, displayed in the text area in a specific way, indicating that this is the most likely text that has not been entered, and the input can be confirmed directly. Other undisplayed characters can be displayed by switching the up or down buttons.

Step 3. Refer to Example 1 to complete the input characters "and". The fixed touch signal may include: touch (touch after leaving), press, long press, long touch, etc., which may correspond to selection, input or other instructions in different input processes, such as during stroke input, Touch to select the corresponding character option, that is, the numbered character given by the device; when a certain character is input, press a certain button to input the corresponding character of this button this time; Pressing a button means jumping to the shortcut command corresponding to the button. For example, the character corresponding to "2" is "2, a, b, c", and the corresponding shortcut command is "play music", then long press " 2 "The button indicates that the device is required to enter the music playback interface.

As in the first embodiment, at any stage of steps 1-5, long press "2", the device can enter the music playing interface.

The command signal includes a shortcut command, and the conversion command is only for the current state of the operation command, for example: long press "2" in the standby state to write a short message; in the text input state, long press "8" to indicate "paste" and the like. Among them, when inputting the western language, the touch signal can be input into the western alphabet, and the Arabic numeral, punctuation, etc. can be directly input by the track touch signal without switching the input state. You can also use different fixed-point touch signals to input different characters in the same position, for example: If "d" and "2" are in the same key position, press to indicate input "2", and touch to leave to indicate input" d,,.

The user can set the input method according to his own needs. The items related to the application that need to be set include: whether to display strokes, whether to display similar strokes (ie, multiple strokes corresponding to the same track touch signal), whether to use the streamlined Stroke, whether to ignore the stroke order, whether to support highlighting in the text, whether to support automatic input (the only option), whether to support touch, half press, press, long press, etc., other include whether to support smart input, Current common options such as sentence input, half-width or full-width input, and intelligent error correction can also be included. There are two ways: First, by pressing the corresponding button switch to switch to the corresponding state; Second, setting through the preset interface of the input method program. For example, after entering the input method preset interface, tick the ignore stroke order and display a single stroke, in the input process, the program displays all the characters with the input stroke features, and each time a track touch signal is displayed and Only one stroke corresponding to it is displayed.

When the device is in the key input state, when the input mode of the corresponding character is input by pressing the button, such as the western key input and the pinyin input, the device receives the track touch signal, and immediately switches to the stroke input state, and the device accepts The stroke corresponding to the track touch signal generates corresponding feedback until the current input step is completed; similarly, in the stroke input state, if the input of a certain character is completed, the device receives the individual key information, You can also switch to the Pinyin or Western key input state and enter the corresponding characters. Each button corresponds to a plurality of characters and/or strokes, and different characters and/or strokes correspond to different fixed-point touch signals. The following examples illustrate an example in which a fixed touch signal is input corresponding to a stroke.

Example 7: Enter the text "渝"

Under certain setting conditions, when the corresponding object of the fixed touch signal includes strokes, the stroke corresponding to the fixed point touch in the process of defining the stroke input is usually ",", and the "fixed touch signal received by the device" Touching other command signals (including "select") or character information other than "do not correspond to the stroke" point, only the button is pressed to select or correspond to other command signals (including "select") or character information other than the point. The specific input process is as follows:

Step 1, the finger touches any valid sensing button and then leaves, indicating that the input stroke "point", the corresponding area display corresponding corresponding characters are: "1 for, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 "Wait;

Step 2, the finger touches any valid sensing button again and then leaves, indicating that the input stroke "point", the corresponding area display corresponding corresponding characters are: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Home,, etc.

Step 3, the finger slides over the sensing button "7, 5, 3", indicating that the input stroke is "lifted", and the corresponding area display corresponding candidate characters are: "1 method, 2 ji, 3 live, 4 streams, 5 sea, 6 渝 ", etc., press the corresponding button "6" in the text "渝", indicating that the text "渝" is entered, and the device inputs the text accordingly.

Since the fixed-point touch signal representing the stroke "point" of the embodiment occupies a certain touch The signal of this kind of point will affect the flexibility of the input and limit the flexibility of switching input between Chinese and English. For example, when the system only accepts two touch signals of "touch" and "press", and "2" shares a button with "a, b, c", the Arabic character "2" and English characters must be regarded. Switching selections for the same level of options, but not using different fixed-point touch signals to distinguish values from letters. Therefore, in a specially set state, when inputting a character similar to a Chinese character that can be input by a stroke, the fixed touch signal may be agreed to correspond to a signal other than the stroke, and the stroke signal may only correspond to the track touch signal. In particular, the stroke "dot" can be set to correspond to the track touch signal connecting two (or several) touch nodes obliquely, instead of individually touching a certain key position, similar to the key position "1" in FIG. "5" or track touch signals such as "4" and "8". Example 8: Enter the text "渝"

Under certain specific setting conditions, when the corresponding object of the fixed touch signal includes a stroke, the "touch" in the fixed touch signal received by the device does not correspond to other command signals other than the stroke during the stroke input process (including "Select" or character information, only command signals (including "select") or character information other than strokes are available when the button is pressed. In this embodiment, the correspondence between the stroke and the button is defined as: 1 horizontal, 2 - vertical, 3 - 撇, 4 point, 5 - horizontal folding, etc., the above strokes are representative basic strokes, and each stroke can have derivative strokes. For example, the corresponding strokes of 1 include not only "horizontal" but also "lifting". The specific input process is as follows:

Step 1, the finger touches the sensor button "4" and then leaves, indicating that the input stroke "point", the corresponding area display corresponding corresponding characters are: "1 for, 2, 3, 4, 5 Fang, 6 sex, etc.;

Step 2, the finger touches the sensing button "4" again and then leaves, indicating that the input stroke "point", the corresponding area display corresponding corresponding characters are: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 "Wait;

Step 3, the finger touches the sensing button "1" and then leaves, indicating that the input stroke "horizontal" or "lift", the corresponding area display corresponding corresponding characters are: "1 method, 2 济, 3 live, 4 streams, 5 Sea, 6 waves, etc.

Step 4, the finger touches the sensor button "3" and then leaves, indicating that the input stroke "撇", the corresponding area display corresponding corresponding characters are: "1 live, 2 sea, 3 Luo, 4 wave, 5 pie, 6渝"Wait, press the corresponding button "6" in the text "渝" to indicate that the text "渝" is entered, and the device inputs the text accordingly.

In this embodiment, under a special setting condition, an inductive button can be used to accept different types of fixed-point touch signals, and the traditional stroke input is integrated therein, which is in contrast with the traditional stroke input mode. Compatible, the disadvantage is that it is difficult to achieve continuous switching between Chinese and English, but more gestures can be given to the track touch signal. For example, a three-point signal like "1, 5, 2" means "stick", "1, 2 , 1 "This kind of response signal indicates rollback, erase, cancel or exit. These signals must be defined in advance.

Of course, in the case of not interfering with the track touch signal representing the stroke, the input method can also use a track touch signal having a specific function in the case of inputting strokes by the track touch signal.

It should be noted that the fixed-point touch signal in the embodiment: the stroke or the command signal corresponding to the touch button and the character information can be reversed, and can be replaced with other fixed-point touch signals. number. Embodiment 9: Enter the characters "and" to correct the wrong strokes during the input process. Step 1. Same as step 1 of Embodiment 1.

Step 2, because "the" is not the target text, and there is no target text in the display module 2, the finger continues to slide from the key 9 to 5 and then slides to 1, and then leaves the keyboard, at which time the device touches the signal according to the track. In the stroke database, "j" (撇) is retrieved as the input stroke signal, and the text database information is compared again. The text corresponding to the entered strokes "〗" and "J" and its number are displayed as: "1 is very 2 After 3 lines 4, 5 get 6 reverse 7 to ", input "〗 " is a misoperation, the finger slides back and forth between the two adjacent keys, such as first touching the key "8", then to the key position "9 ", and then return to the key position "8", indicating that the previous step is canceled, and the most recently entered stroke "J" is canceled.

Step 3. Same as steps 2 and 3 of the embodiment until the text "and" is completely input. The invention further relates to an input device, which comprises the following components: a plurality of sensing modules independent of each other, a storage module, a main control module, and a display module 2.

The sensing module receives the fixed touch signal and the track touch signal; the storage module stores a database, and the database includes a correspondence between the fixed touch signal and the track touch signal and the stroke and/or character information; The fixed-point touch signal or the track touch signal searches the database or performs calculation to determine the input signal (calculated by calculating and summarizing the track touch signals according to the device to form corresponding strokes); displaying the search results or/and the text . The database includes a fixed touch signal database and a track touch signal database, and the fixed touch signal database includes a corresponding position of the sensing module and a specific character and/or stroke; the track touch signal database includes a track touch signal. Correspondence with strokes and/or signal information.

The input device includes a plurality of buttons 1, and each button 1 corresponds to one or more sensing modules. Button 1 and display module 2 are all set on the body 3.

The sensing module is capable of accepting a variety of signals including touch, leave, press, slide, and long press. These signals implement different operations.

Each of the buttons corresponds to one or more sensing modules, and different sensing signals can be respectively implemented by different sensing modules, such as a touch signal and a pressing signal. For example, an indium tin oxide layer can be formed on each common button. The touch screen realizes touch input, and the touch input can also be realized by setting an infrared device, a surface acoustic wave type, a resistance type or a capacitance type induction method on an ordinary key. In this way, when the touch button inputs a certain signal, when the button is pressed, another signal is input. It is of course also possible to implement such a function by using a special material that can simultaneously receive and distinguish between the touch signal and the pressed signal.

In addition, different parts of the button have different sensing modules, and different signals are input by pressing or touching different parts of the button. As shown in Figure 10.

For a fixed-point signal, each button corresponds to a plurality of characters and/or strokes, and different characters and/or strokes correspond to different fixed-point touch signals, and the specific correspondences are set according to prior. Embodiment 10, the input device of the present invention, wherein the spatial arrangement of the sensing modules is presented Certain spatial order that can be described, that is, can be described by a space coordinate system or a mathematical model, usually a matrix mesh, but may also include a triangular mesh, a polygonal mesh, a concentric circular mesh, a cellular grid, qwert The layout, the free mesh, and the deformation of the above layout, such as the deformation of the matrix mesh, are: The rows or columns of the matrix are arranged along a circular arc segment, or there is a certain misalignment between the uplink and the downlink. The keys can be described by a spatial coordinate system or a mathematical model, which can be a matrix mesh, a triangular mesh, a polygonal mesh, a concentric circular mesh, a honeycomb mesh, a free mesh, and a deformation of the above layout. As shown in Fig. 6, the arrangement of the buttons is a tilting type. As shown in Figure 7, the buttons are arranged in a triangular grid. As shown in Figure 8, the buttons are arranged in a honeycomb grid. In the eleventh embodiment, there are various technical solutions for the inductive button, including a button with one sensing point and one button with more than two sensing points, and one button having more than two sensing points. The point touch signal and the track touch signal can be judged more accurately, as shown in FIG. In the twelfth embodiment, an auxiliary sensing point is added between adjacent buttons to help the device determine the track touch signal. As shown in Figure 9, an auxiliary sensing point is provided between adjacent buttons.

A physical button corresponds to a plurality of sensing modules, and a specific signal is input by a certain sensing node by a single or multiple times, and the triggering finger acts on a device in a manner that can be perceived by a device.

Embodiment 13: There are at least one specific starting (end) point and/or area in the keyboard, starting from the point (end) point and/or starting (ending) in the area The (partial or full) track touch signal corresponds to a particular symbol, stroke, or instruction. As shown in FIG. 13, the "8" button of the mobile phone keypad is the starting point of the input punctuation. In the corresponding input phase, the track touch signals of the finger with the point as the starting point correspond to the punctuation marks. In Figure 13, the upper left area of the mobile phone keypad, that is, the area where the "1", "2", "4", and "5" keys are located, is defined as the Chinese character stroke input area, that is, the track touch triggered or completed in this area. The control signal is defined as a Chinese character stroke. As shown in the figure, the "HANG UP" button is the end point. Once the input stroke is found to be in error, it needs to be canceled. That is, the sensor button is used as the end point of the finger slide, indicating that the stroke input is canceled.

Embodiment 14: In the process of inputting pinyin text by a touch signal, the track touch signal is used for input, indicating that special characters are input, including punctuation marks, mathematical symbols, non-similar letters, custom symbols, and various sciences. Symbols, etc., you can enter these signals directly at this time.

For example, in English writing, after inputting "good", connect the two oblique nodes with the track input signal. As shown in Figure 13, the "2" and "4" buttons indicate that the comma ",,,, even if there is no special confirmation. Action, which means direct input ",". In the input process of pure pinyin text, you can also define complex punctuation input signals, such as input "! ", can be defined as the connection of the "1, 4" track input signal, plus the touch signal located at the "7" button. If you press the (7) button at this time, it may indicate that after entering another symbol Enter the point touch signal corresponding to "7", or select a symbol corresponding to "7" among the alternative symbols. In this embodiment, click to input English, and slide to indicate input punctuation. Generally, it can only be implemented on physical buttons, and the touch screen does not work, because sliding on the touch screen means selecting different letters. Examples of embodiments of the received track touch signal are: time interval judgment, off-machine judgment, and auxiliary point judgment. In a specific embodiment, if the node connecting the 1 and 2 buttons represents the track touch signal "horizontal", the 1 button and the 2 button are independent sensing buttons, and if the 1 and 2 buttons can receive the finger in the specified time, the finger is received. Touching means that the signal at this time is the track touch signal of the connection "1" and the 2 button representing the stroke "horizontal", otherwise it is treated as two opposite fixed-point touch signals. If there is a sensing node a between the 1 and 2 buttons, when the finger slides over the 1 and 2 nodes, it must pass through the a node. At this time, it indicates that the track touch signal representing the stroke "horizontal" is input.

If the entire sensing surface is divided into several sensing regions, each sensing region is defined as a sensing node, then the track touch signals of the 1 and 2 nodes sliding over it can be very clearly recognized by the system, because the finger in the process The sensing surface is never left, and the sensing device senses this feature and passes it to the system. Embodiment 15: There are at least four sensing nodes in a plane or a quasi plane, and any three of the four sensing nodes are not collinear, and the track touch signal triggered thereon corresponds to a specific symbol, stroke, or instruction. . As shown in Figure 14, the inductive universal dial has four sensing nodes, which are respectively identified as 1, 2, 3, and 4. These four nodes are usually assigned uplink (1) and downlink in the current human-machine interface ( 3), forward (4) and back (2) and other functions. In this case, it is also possible to accept the track touch signal, such as 2-4 corresponding to the stroke "horizontal"; 2-4-3 corresponds to the stroke "cross-fold" or "horizontal"; 1-3 corresponds to the stroke"Vertical"; 1-2 or 4-3 corresponds to the stroke "dot" or "撇"; 1-4 or 2-3 corresponds to the stroke "捺"; 1-3-2 corresponds to the stroke "vertical hook"; 2-4-3 corresponds to "vertical horizontal folding" or "vertical horizontal folding hook"; 4-2 Or 3-1 corresponds to a matching stroke (that is, a stroke that the inputter cannot determine). Of course, it is also possible to input punctuation marks specifically for these nodes, or to add an inductive node to the center of the gimbal, which will make the input signal more clear, and the input track can be more abundant.

In the sixteenth embodiment, the fuzzy determination of the input stroke can be performed, which is also one of the calculations of the retrieval. Due to the fact that the key position is relatively narrow relative to the finger, the finger may touch the undesired key position (node) during the sliding process, and the processing may be performed in two ways: First, the device is based on the specific contact The condition is analyzed and judged, and it is inferred that the key position is unintentionally touched or impossible to touch (that is, the uncorrespond is not explained) to filter out the key touched; the second is that the strokes touched by the finger may form strokes. As a parallel input stroke, exclude other impossible strokes as the input basis. For example, when you input the first stroke and press the button "1, 5" to input the stroke "捺", the key is touched.

"2", then the strokes "cross" formed by the strokes "捺" and "1, 2, 5" formed by "1, 5" can be treated as possible input strokes, where the first stroke is

Chinese characters of "捺" and "cross-fold" strokes are possible input objects, otherwise they are excluded. Of course, the above two methods can also be combined.

In the database corresponding to the stroke and the key position, the above problem can also be solved by using a stroke corresponding to a plurality of key combinations, which is usually adopted in complex strokes.

The instruction is a broader concept and can include all or part of the concept of the command signal, strokes, characters, and commands. The displayed content includes commands and/or signals and information. This means that the display content may be the signal represented by the input instruction itself and/or the instruction, that is, the so-called signifier and the reference. In the specific input process, the displayed content can include not only direct Corresponding strokes and characters can also contain input options that are "intelligent", such as input strokes "one", the display content includes not only "one", but also its guessed Chinese characters "Yes, its, in", etc. These are all included in the concept of "order and / or signal, information".

In the input device of the present invention, the main control module, the display module, the storage module and the sensing module may be a hardware module or a software module. They can be independent of each other, and can also be integrated, included or replaced. For example, the main control module and the display module can be independent of each other or can be replaced with each other. For example, many current graphics cards can replace some CPU execution instructions. The expressions used in this application are for the sake of simplicity and clarity, and therefore the content that is too specific and complicated is not mentioned in the claims. This is common knowledge that is easy for the professional to understand, and will not be discussed one by one.

In the input device of the present invention, the database includes a fixed touch signal database and a track touch signal database, wherein the track touch signal database includes not only the correspondence between the track touch signals and the strokes, but also the signals. Correspondence, this is because in a specific input state, the track touch signal may directly correspond to a specific signal, such as punctuation, that is, the punctuation can be directly input according to a track touch signal.

Although the fixed touch signal can correspond to the signal including the stroke, in order to make the input process more clear and clear, especially in the case of multiple text mixed input, the stroke signal can be excluded from the signal corresponding to the fixed touch signal. In addition, it only corresponds to "independent" signals, such as letters, numbers, punctuation and the like.

The correspondence between the button and the sensing module includes two cases. First, the surface of the button is composed of a plurality of sensing modules, that is, the sensing module acting on a specific position of a button can be perceived; Instead, a plurality of sensing modules are overlapped, for example, they can respectively receive signals such as pressing, touching, long pressing, etc., of course, a sensing module can respectively sense different signals.

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1. An input method, comprising: the following steps

A2) judging the type of the input signal, and performing retrieval calculation according to the judgment result, the database includes a correspondence between the fixed touch signal and the track touch signal and the instruction, and displays related instructions and/or signals and information according to the generated result. .

The input method according to claim 1, further comprising the following steps after the step A2:

A3) receiving the input information, and determining whether the input information is an input option for selecting the target information, if yes, performing step A4; if not, returning to step A2;

A4) Select the target character and display the target character for the confirmed input.

The input method according to claim 1, wherein in the step A2, the fixed touch signal is a touch signal received by a sensing module in a separate position, and the fixed touch signal includes Touch, long press, press the button, double click, and hang the click signal.

The input method according to claim 1, wherein in the step A2, the track touch signal comprises a touch signal with continuity received by two or more position sensing modules respectively. The sensing modules are spatially contiguous, and each position sensing module receives touch information respectively within a set time interval.

The input method according to claim 1, wherein the method for retrieving the calculation is to search the database or calculate the inductive shape of the track touch signal according to the device. Into the corresponding strokes or characters.

The input method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that in the step A2, the following steps are included:

A2.3) according to the track touch signal, determine the corresponding strokes, characters, retrieve the calculation database, and perform step A2.4;

A2.4) Execute the corresponding command based on the search calculation result and display the relevant information.

7. An input device, comprising:

a storage module, wherein the storage module stores a database, where the database includes a correspondence between a fixed-point touch signal and a track touch signal and instructions and/or signals and information; a main control module, the main control module according to the input The fixed touch signal or the track touch signal search database or \ and calculate and judge according to the input signal;

A display module (2), the display module (2) displays the search result or / and the body of the main control module.

The input device of claim 7, wherein the database comprises a fixed touch signal database and a track touch signal database, wherein the fixed touch signal database comprises a specific position sensing module and a specific character and/or Or the correspondence between strokes and command signals The track touch signal database includes a correspondence between the track touch signal and the strokes and/or signals and information.

9. The input device according to claim 7, wherein the input device comprises a plurality of buttons (1), each button (1) corresponding to one or more sensing modules, the sensing modules being arranged in the same Or on different coordinates.

10. The input device of claim 9, wherein the sensing module is capable of accepting one or more signals including touch, leave, press, slide, and long press.

The input device according to claim 9, characterized in that different parts of the button (1) have different sensing modules, and different signals are input by pressing or touching different parts of the button.

12. The input device according to claim 9, wherein the button is a virtual button displayed on the touch screen or identified on the touch panel for accepting different input signals.

13. Input device according to claim 9, characterized in that the button (1) comprises a set starting point, an ending point and/or an area, the set starting point, ending point and/or area Corresponding to the set information.

The input device according to claim 13, wherein the set starting point, ending point and/or area comprises four buttons (1), and any three of the four buttons (1) Not on the same line.