WO2012165920A2

WO2012165920A2 - Method for inputting chinese using a touch screen having an intonation selection function

Info

Publication number: WO2012165920A2
Application number: PCT/KR2012/004373
Authority: WO
Inventors: 박병진
Original assignee: Park Byung Jin
Priority date: 2011-06-02
Filing date: 2012-06-01
Publication date: 2012-12-06
Also published as: CN103946772A; KR20120134580A; WO2012165920A3; KR101242210B1

Abstract

According to a method for inputting Chinese using a touch screen having an intonation selection function proposed by the present invention, when a specific button is pressed, buttons related to the pressed button are repeatedly generated so as to enable easy input of Pinyin, and candidate Chinese characters for each intonation of a relevant Pinyin entry are presented so as to enable desired Chinese characters to be input at one time. Thus, when inputting Chinese characters in a mobile terminal or other immobile terminal using a touch screen that requires character input, problems of input complexity are solved and only a minimum number of buttons need be pressed only a minimum number of times so as to enable Chinese characters to be easily and quickly inputted.

Description

Chinese input method using touch screen with tonal selection

The present invention relates to a Chinese input method using a touch screen, and more particularly, to a Chinese input method using a touch screen having a tonal selection function.

Chinese input methods for mobile and fixed terminals are provided with various methods. These methods are developed as text input methods for general buttons, not touch screens. However, the same methods are also used for terminals using most touch screens. Among the traditional Chinese input methods, the window input method and the pinyin input method are the most representative and widely used.

Inventive input method inputs Chinese characters by combining letters using Chinese characters. For example, a button has “一” and “大” characters engraved on it, and when the buttons are entered in sequence, “天” characters are entered. Inventive input method can be convenient when inputting simple Chinese characters with few strokes, but when inputting Chinese characters with many strokes, the input is very complicated and it is very difficult to recognize when the complicated characters are displayed on the keyboard. This has a huge impact on the overall efficiency of Chinese input.

Pinyin input method is to input Chinese pronunciation using Roman characters. According to the Pinyin input method, Chinese characters can be input by a combination of 21 virgins and 16 micas. E.g, '

If you enter 'ma' as Pinyin when you want to enter ', the corresponding Chinese character will be suggested and'

Select 'to enter. However, since there are about 16 Chinese characters per pinyin on average, it is difficult to select and enter the desired Chinese characters, and there is a limit of pressing a button several times to input a single Chinese character. Combining the four tones in the Pinyin can more accurately input the Chinese characters, but the conventional Pinyin input method has a limitation in that the method of selecting the tones is not provided.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems of the conventionally proposed methods, when a particular button is pressed, buttons related to the button are repeatedly generated so that the Pinyin input is easy and the candidate Chinese characters of the corresponding Pinyin are suggested. Allows you to enter Chinese characters at once, eliminating the complexity of typing Chinese characters on mobile terminals or other fixed terminals that use touchscreens that require character input and by pressing a minimum number of buttons It is an object of the present invention to provide a Chinese input method using a touch screen having a tonal selection function, which can input Chinese characters easily and quickly.

Chinese input method using a touch screen having a tonal selection function according to the characteristics of the present invention for achieving the above object,

(4) assigning and arranging candidate Chinese characters for each tones among the Chinese characters corresponding to the completed Pinyin to be arranged at least as needed; And

(5) When the button to which a candidate Chinese character of a specific tonal character is assigned among the arranged candidate Chinese characters is pressed, the candidate character of the specific tonal character is input.

Preferably,

(1) assigning and arranging representative characters for Chinese Pinyin input to numbers and twelve buttons of *, # or at least any desired buttons, respectively;

(2) When one of the buttons is pressed, a number, madonna, mica, or other character or symbol (hereinafter referred to as 'associated character') associated with the representative character of the pressed button is assigned to the surrounding button of the pressed button. step; And

(3) If the button is moved from the pressed button to the surrounding button to which the associated character is assigned, and the button is released, and the release of the representative character or the button to which the related character is assigned is released, the pressed representative character or the pressed representative Further comprising the step of completing the Pinyin by a combination of letters and associated letters,

When the button on which the related text is arranged is pressed, another related text related to the related text assigned to the pressed button may be assigned to a button around the button on which the pressed related text is arranged.

More preferably, the representative character may be roman.

More preferably,

Pinyin completed in the step (3) is input,

In step (5), when the button to which the candidate Chinese character of the specific tonal character is assigned is pressed, the input pinyin may be converted into the candidate Chinese character of the specific tone.

Even more preferably,

When a, i (y), w, e, o button is assigned among the buttons to which the representative letter is assigned, n, an, ng, ing, eng, andg are connected to the pressed button to form a mica. An associated character including a may be assigned to and disposed around the button around the pressed button.

Even more preferably,

When the button to which the Virgin is assigned is pressed among the buttons to which the representative letter is assigned, the associated letter corresponding to the mica including a, i, u, e, o is allocated to the button around the pressed button,

When the user moves to a button to which the associated character is assigned while holding the button to which the representative character is assigned, n, an, ng, ing, eng, and ong are connected to the associated character to be moved again to form a mica. An associative character can be assigned to a button around the pressed button and placed.

Preferably, the step (5) is,

When the candidate Chinese character of the specific tones is pressed or pressed for a predetermined time, the method may further include allocating and assigning the pinyin and other Chinese characters of the tones to buttons around the pressed button.

More preferably,

While pressing the button to which the candidate Chinese character of the specific tone is assigned, the user moves to the corresponding pinyin assigned to the button around the pressed button and the button arranged by another Chinese character of the tone, and releases the other Chinese character. Can be entered.

Preferably, in step (4),

The candidate Chinese characters for each of the tones arranged by the buttons around the pressed button may be the Chinese characters having the highest frequency of use among the corresponding Pinyin and the Chinese characters of the tones.

Preferably, in step (4),

The candidate Chinese characters for each of the tones arranged by the buttons around the pressed buttons may be the most recently used Chinese characters among the Pinyin and the tones of the tones.

Preferably,

Shortly pressing the inputted Chinese characters so that the Chinese characters inputted by the release of the pressing can be changed, and then pressing again within a predetermined time or pressing a separate Chinese character changing button, the method further includes displaying candidate Chinese characters according to the tonality corresponding to the pinyin Can be.

More preferably, in step (1),

The representative character may be assigned by dividing the buttons by grouping them by the Virgin or Mica.

More preferably,

Chinese characters are inputted by the above steps (1) to (5),

Pressing one of the buttons arranged in step (1), assigning and placing a candidate word starting with the inputted Chinese character and making the representative character of the pressed button the initial pinyin to the minimum number of necessary buttons; It may further include.

According to the Chinese input method using a touch screen having a tone selection function proposed by the present invention, when a specific button is pressed, buttons related to the button are repeatedly generated, and pinyin input is easy, and candidate Chinese characters for each tone of the pinyin are presented. By allowing you to enter the desired Chinese characters at once, you can reduce the complexity of typing when entering Chinese characters on a mobile terminal or other fixed terminal using a touch screen that requires character input and use only a minimum number of buttons. You can quickly and easily enter Chinese characters.

1 is a diagram showing a button layout for a Chinese input method using a touch screen having a tonal selection function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram showing a button layout for a Chinese input method using a touch screen having a tonal selection function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a real Chinese kanji, according to one embodiment of the present invention

A diagram illustrating a case of inputting '.

4 is a diagram illustrating a case of inputting the actual Chinese kanji '北' according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an actual Chinese sentence, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A diagram illustrating a case of inputting '.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. However, in describing the preferred embodiment of the present invention in detail, if it is determined that the detailed description of the related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the same reference numerals are used throughout the drawings for parts having similar functions and functions.

In addition, throughout the specification, when a part is 'connected' to another part, it is not only 'directly connected' but also 'indirectly connected' with another element in between. Include. In addition, the term "comprising" a certain component means that the component may further include other components, except for the case where there is no contrary description.

1 and 2 are diagrams showing a button layout for a Chinese input method using a touch screen having a tonal selection function according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, in order to enter Chinese characters on a portable or stationary terminal using a touchscreen according to one embodiment of the invention, 12 buttons of numbers and *, # or at least any required Representative characters for Chinese Pinyin input can be assigned to each button. Since the Chinese input method according to the pinyin input method is based on inputting Chinese pronunciation using Roman characters, each button may be assigned a Roman character. However, the representative characters assigned to each button are not limited to Roman characters, and may be input in Korean, Japanese, etc. according to Chinese pronunciation, and the tonality may be selected. That is, as long as Chinese pronunciation can be input irrespective of the language of the representative character, it can serve as a representative character.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the case of the English button, 26 to 3 English letters may be arranged on each of eight numeric buttons from 2 to 9 in the same way as the internationally standardized arrangement. For example, 'abc', 'def', 'ghi', 'jkl', 'mno', 'pqrs', 'tuv' and 'wxyz' may be arranged in a bundle. Alternatively, the English letter may be arranged in the form of a qwerty keyboard.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the pinyin may be allocated to the buttons by grouping them together by the Mother and Mica to facilitate input of the Pinyin. For example, double and pure sound ('bpmf'), seolum ('dtnl'), snow root ('gkh'), snow sound ('jqx'), and installation sound and snow ('zcs' and' zh ch sh) r ') is assigned to each other, and' a ',' y ',' w ',' o, e 'are assigned to the buttons. If there is no consonant in the dark, 'i' is adjusted to 'y' and 'u' is adjusted to 'w', so 'i' and 'u' may not be placed on the first screen. Is not used, so you can not assign it to any button. However, 'v' may be included in a representative character for input of an English letter. According to this arrangement, it is divided into the Virgin and Mica, and the input is convenient, and the arrangement of the Virgins has an advantage that the letters can be intuitively easily inputted by the association of similar pronunciations.

In the following description, the Chinese input method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail using the button arrangement of FIG. 2. However, the arrangement of the Roman characters according to an embodiment of the present invention may be any arrangement as long as the input of the Chinese Pinyin is possible, and is not limited by the arrangement of the Roman characters shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

When you press a button that is assigned a representative character as above, the number, the Virgin, the mica, or any other letter or symbol associated with the roman character is included around the four sides of each of the up, down, left, right, and diagonal directions of the pressed button. Hereinafter, 'associated character') is assigned to the button around the pressed button so that new character buttons are created and placed. For example, a number assigned to the corresponding button is generated at the top, and a special symbol can be arranged around it. Alternatively, you can place the completed pinyin often used in combination with the letter.

When one of the buttons to which the representative character is assigned as described above is pressed, a number, the Virgin, the mica, or other characters or symbols associated with the representative character of the pressed button is assigned to the button around the pressed button. In addition, if you press and move a button assigned to a representative character to one of the buttons in which the generated related character is placed, another related character associated with the related character assigned to the pressed button is moved to the button around the button where the related character is placed. And assigning and arranging.

For example, if a button with 'a, y, w, e, o' is assigned among the buttons to which the representative character is assigned, 'n, an, ng, ing,' An associated character including eng, ong 'may be assigned to the button around the pressed button. In addition, when the button to which the Virgin is assigned is pressed among the buttons to which the representative letter is assigned, the associated letter including 'a, i, u, e, o' is assigned to the button around the pressed button, and the representative letter is assigned. While holding down the associated button and moving to one of the buttons to which the associated character is assigned, the associated character contains 'n, an, ng, ing, eng, ong', which is associated with the associated associated character again to form a mica. Can be assigned to the button around the pressed button.

When the button is pressed and moved from the pressed button to the surrounding button to which the associative character is assigned, the release of the representative character or the button to which the associative character is assigned, the release of the pressed representative character or the pressed representative character and at least one associated character Combination completes Pinyin. For example, pressing the representative letter 'a' and releasing it without moving to another button completes Pinyin 'a'. When pressing 'a' and moving to the related button to release the press, 'a' and 'i, o, n, ng', etc. may be combined to complete the pinyin such as 'ai, ao, an, ang', etc. . Also, in the case of 'zhong', one representative character 'zh' and two related characters 'o' and 'ng' may be combined. The completed pinyin may be displayed through a preview displayed on the terminal, or may be input immediately.

When Pinyin is completed, candidate Chinese characters for each tonal group of Chinese characters corresponding to the completed Pinyin are assigned and arranged to the minimum number of buttons needed. If there is more than one Chinese character corresponding to a specific tonality of the Pinyin, the most frequently used Chinese character among the Pinyin and the tonality of the user may be a candidate Chinese character or the most recently used Chinese character as a candidate Chinese character. . If a candidate Chinese character of a specific tone is pushed or pressed from the assigned candidate Chinese characters, the candidate Chinese character of the specific tone is input. If you press or hold the assigned button for a certain Chinese character candidate for a certain period of time, if there are more Pinyin and Chinese character of the tonality, you can assign and place a Chinese character other than the most recently used or the most recent Chinese character around the pressed button. Can be. If you release the press directly from the button to which the candidate Chinese character of a particular tone is assigned, the candidate Chinese character of the specific tone is assigned to the pressed button, and it is assigned to the button around the pressed button while pressing the button to which the candidate Chinese character of the specific tone is assigned. If the user moves to the button arranged by the pinyin and the other Chinese characters of the tonality arranged to release the press, another Chinese character may be input. That is, according to the present invention, candidate Chinese characters are generated for each of the tones, but other Chinese characters having the same tones can be easily inputted. When the completed pinyin is input, pressing the button to which the candidate Chinese character of a particular tone is assigned can convert the input Pinyin into a candidate Chinese character of a specific tone.

There are four types of Chinese tones (Pyun, Ying, Shang, and Giant), and the combination of Pinyin and Tone allows you to find almost accurate Chinese characters, and there are not many Chinese characters with the same pinyin and tonal characters. By using the Chinese input method as in the embodiment of the present invention, the Chinese characters can be input very efficiently.

If you want to change the input Chinese character by releasing the press, double-click the input Chinese character (short press and press it again within a certain time) or press the change Chinese character button included separately to show the candidate Chinese character corresponding to the Pinyin It may be to include more. In this way, if the Chinese characters are entered incorrectly, only the Chinese characters can be selected again, thereby eliminating the inconvenience of having to re-enter the pinyin.

On the other hand, the Chinese input method according to an embodiment of the present invention, as well as the input of the one letter as described above, after entering the pinyin by word unit, the candidate Chinese characters corresponding to the first letter of the corresponding word is pressed button It may further include the step of placing the Chinese characters corresponding to the pinyin of the input word starting with the kanji of the tones when moving to the candidate kanji of the desired tonality to the surrounding button. Alternatively, the kanji in units of frequently used words or sentences may be suggested to enable rapid input.

The figure shows an example of inputting '. '

'Is'

Because it is pronounced as ',' the first pinyin 'ma' is entered, then the tonality is entered as the third star. The input process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3 as follows.

First, move to the generated 'm' while holding down the button to which the double note containing the 'm' is assigned. Then, press and hold 'm' to move to 'a' and release the pinyin to complete the pinyin with 'ma'. Candidate kanji for each tone corresponding to the pinyin of 'ma' are allocated and assigned to an arbitrary button. Of the Chinese characters for each of the placed tones,

Press'

'Is completed. Among the Chinese characters corresponding to 'ma', the hard character used for medical examination (

), There are a total of five candidate Chinese characters. Also, '

If you press or hold for a certain time, the tone is' ma 'and the third Chinese character is'

Will be assigned to the button around,

'Hold'

"If you move to another kanji, etc. and release it, that kanji ("

') Can be entered.

Further, according to an embodiment, first, while moving to 'a' generated while pressing a button assigned to 'mno' and releasing the press, at least one pinyin such as 'ma', 'na', 'oa' is completed. , Candidate Chinese characters for each Pinyin are generated, and the candidate Chinese characters of 'ma'

' or '

'Can be entered. At this time, the candidate kanji for 'oa' that is not established as Pinyin may not be generated, and only the candidate kanji for 'ma' and 'na' are generated, so that the desired kanji can be input more quickly. The Chinese input in this manner will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 below.

4 is a diagram illustrating a case of inputting the actual Chinese kanji '北' according to another embodiment of the present invention. "北" means "

After the "first Pinyin is because pronounced, type bei 'is the input tone as a third property. The input process will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4 as follows.

First, hold down the button to which you assigned the double-note sound, including 'abc', and move to the generated 'e'. Then, press and hold the 'e' to move to the generated 'i' and release the pinyin to pinyin to 'bei'. At this time, the pinyin that can be completed may include 'aei, bei, cei', etc. 'aei' and 'cei' are not Chinese Pinyin, only 'bei' can be completed as Pinyin. Candidates for each tone corresponding to the pinyin of "bei" are assigned and assigned to a minimum of random buttons. If you press '北' among the candidate Chinese characters according to each tone, the input of '北' is completed. In this case, since there are no candidate Chinese characters corresponding to 'aei' and 'cei', only candidate Chinese characters corresponding to 'bei' may be placed.

As described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, according to the Chinese input method of the present invention, all Chinese characters, particularly desired Chinese characters, can be directly input by only two button presses, thereby dramatically reducing the number of presses and the number of presses used compared to conventional methods. In order to reduce the number of characters, and to solve the complicated character input method, anyone can input Chinese characters easily and quickly.

The figure shows an example of inputting '. As shown in FIG. 5,

'Can be entered as follows:

First, while pressing 'w', move to 'o' generated, press and release to complete 'wo', and press '3' among the placed Chinese candidates by gender to enter '我'.

Second, while pressing 'a', move to 'i' generated, press and release to complete 'ai', and if you press the fourth last name among the selected Chinese candidates,

'Is entered.

Third, press and hold the button containing 'n' to move to 'n', move back to 'i' and release to complete 'ni'.

'Is entered.

Chinese input method according to an embodiment of the present invention, as described above, when inputting a sentence consisting of three Chinese characters can be input by only two touches per one Chinese character is very fast and efficient input of Chinese, The movement distance is very short, and the input efficiency is very high because the associated characters are continuously assigned and arranged around the button to which the representative character is pressed first. In addition, by arranging the associated characters with regularity, the user may be able to intuitively input characters.

Chinese input method according to an embodiment of the present invention can represent the highest efficiency when moving to the associated button while pressing the button, but may be implemented by pressing the button intermittently.

On the other hand, in the present invention, according to the Chinese input method according to an embodiment of the present invention, when entering a Chinese character, pressing one of the arranged button, starting with the input Chinese character and the representative character of the pressed button to the consonant of the Pinyin The method may further include assigning and arranging candidate words to at least any required buttons. That is, a candidate word is presented by inputting only the first letter constituting a word in Chinese, and only the first consonant of the pinyin, and when the candidate word is touched, the candidate word is input, so that a Chinese word can be conveniently input.

E.g, "

In order to input “,” “中” may be input first according to the Chinese input method described above. Then, sequentially press the representative character buttons assigned to the initial characters 'h, r, m, g, h, g' of the remaining characters, “

Is suggested as a candidate word and can be conveniently entered by pressing the suggested word. At this time, by pressing 'h, r, m, g, h, g', the candidate word starts with “m” and the next pinyin's first consonant is 'h', starting with “m” and the next pinyin's 'h' , r 'candidate words, etc. may be presented one after the other. Even if you do not press all of' h, r, m, g, h, g ', and there is no other word that starts with “中” and can be composed of the same representative character, , Even in the middle

May be presented as a candidate word. In addition, when there are a large number of candidate words, scrolling may be performed to present various candidate words, and the user may input a desired word.

The present invention described above may be variously modified or applied by those skilled in the art, and the scope of the technical idea according to the present invention should be defined by the following claims.

Claims

A method of inputting Chinese characters on a portable or fixed terminal using a touch screen,

(4) assigning and arranging candidate Chinese characters for each tones among the Chinese characters corresponding to the completed Pinyin to be arranged at least as needed; And

(5) Chinese input method using the touch screen, characterized in that the step of inputting the candidate Chinese character of the specific tones of the selected candidate Chinese characters by pressing a button assigned to the candidate Chinese characters of the specific tones.
The method of claim 1,

(1) assigning and arranging representative characters for Chinese Pinyin input to numbers and twelve buttons of *, # or at least any desired buttons, respectively;

(2) When one of the buttons is pressed, a number, madonna, mica, or other character or symbol (hereinafter referred to as 'associated character') associated with the representative character of the pressed button is assigned to the surrounding button of the pressed button. step; And

(3) If the button is moved from the pressed button to the surrounding button to which the associated character is assigned, and the button is released, and the release of the representative character or the button to which the related character is assigned is released, the pressed representative character or the pressed representative Further comprising the step of completing the Pinyin by a combination of letters and associated letters,

When the button on which the related text is arranged is pressed, another related text related to the related text assigned to the pressed button is assigned to a button surrounding the button on which the pressed related text is arranged, and using the touch screen. Chinese input method.
The method of claim 2, wherein the representative character,

Chinese input method characterized in that the roman.
The method of claim 2,

Pinyin completed in the step (3) is input,

And pressing the button to which the candidate Chinese character of the specific tonality is assigned in step (5) converts the input pinyin into the candidate Chinese character of the specific tonality.
The method of claim 3,

When a, i (y), w, e, o button is assigned among the buttons to which the representative letter is assigned, n, an, ng, ing, eng, andg are connected to the pressed button to form a mica. Chinese input method using a touch screen, characterized in that for assigning and placing the associated character to the surrounding button of the pressed button.
The method of claim 3,

When the button to which the Virgin is assigned is pressed among the buttons to which the representative letter is assigned, an associated letter corresponding to the mica including a, i, u, e, o is assigned to the button around the pressed button,

If you move to any one of the buttons to which the associated character is assigned while holding the button to which the representative character is assigned, n, an, ng, ing, eng, andg are connected to the associated related character again to form one mica. Chinese input method using a touch screen, characterized in that the associated character is assigned to the surrounding button of the pressed button.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (5)

If the candidate Chinese character of the specific tone is pressed or pressed for a predetermined time period, the pinyin and the other Chinese characters of the tone are allocated to the button around the pressed button and the arrangement is further included. Chinese input method using.
The method of claim 7, wherein

When the candidate Chinese character of the specific tones is released from the button to which the candidate Chinese character is assigned, the candidate Chinese characters of the specific tones assigned to the pressed button are inputted.

While pressing the button to which the candidate Chinese character of the specific tone is assigned, the user moves to the corresponding pinyin assigned to the button around the pressed button and the button arranged by another Chinese character of the tone, and releases the other Chinese character. Chinese input method using a touch screen, characterized in that the input.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (4) comprises

Chinese input method using a touch screen, characterized in that the candidate kanji arranged around the pressed button according to the tone to the Chinese Pinyin and the kanji of the tonality with the highest frequency of use of the user.
The method of claim 1, wherein step (4) comprises

Chinese input method using a touch screen, characterized in that the candidate kanji disposed around the pressed button according to the tone to the most recent pinyin and the kanji of the tone to the user.
The method of claim 1,

And shortly pressing the inputted Chinese character so as to change the inputted Chinese character by releasing the pressing, and then pressing again within a predetermined time or pressing a separate Chinese character changing button, further showing a candidate Chinese character according to the tonality corresponding to the pinyin Chinese input method using a touch screen, characterized in that.
The method of claim 2, wherein in step (1),

Chinese input method using a touch screen, characterized in that assigned to the buttons at least randomly buttoned by the Virgin or Mica.
The method of claim 2,

Chinese characters are inputted by the above steps (1) to (5),

Pressing one of the buttons arranged in step (1), assigning and placing a candidate word starting with the inputted Chinese character and making the representative character of the pressed button the initial pinyin to the minimum number of necessary buttons; Chinese input method using a touch screen, characterized in that it further comprises.