WO2015083849A1

WO2015083849A1 - Amharic character input device and method for touch screen

Info

Publication number: WO2015083849A1
Application number: PCT/KR2013/011110
Authority: WO
Inventors: 마티베큐마 테레피
Original assignee: 주식회사 아게르냐
Priority date: 2013-12-03
Filing date: 2013-12-03
Publication date: 2015-06-11

Abstract

Disclosed is a technology related to a device and method for inputting Amharic characters on a touch screen. The present device for inputting Amharic characters on a touch screen is characterized by comprising: a keypad having eight columns across and three rows down of keys on a touch screen, wherein main consonants and shift consonants of Amharic characters are allotted to the keys on the left and two vowel conversion keys and at least one function key are allotted to the keys on the right, respectively; and a control unit which recognizes an input (when a main consonant is input through the keypad) as an Amharic character having the selected main consonant combined with a basic vowel, and which recognizes an input (when a vowel conversion key is detected to have been repeatedly input one or more times) as a conversion to an Amharic character coupled using a vowel in accordance with a predetermined number of repetitions.

Description

【Specification】

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for inputting Amharic characters on a touch screen, and more particularly, to consonants and vowels of Amharic characters on a touch screen. The present invention relates to an Amharic character input device and method for a touch screen in which Amharic characters are inputted according to an input rule corresponding thereto. ᅳ

[Backgrounds] Ethiopia uses its own language as its own Amharic character. The Amharic character uses approximately 280 characters including 238 consonants combined with 34 consonants and seven vowels. 1 is an alphabetical constitution diagram of Amharic characters, and 1 to 34, which are listed below on the left side, are pronunciations of an initial letter and input key values of a computer keyboard, and those that are listed on the upper side, are pronunciation and input key values of a vowel. In other words, this is similar to Japanese using 50 or more combinations of 10 consonants and 5 vowels. Currently, in order to input 300 females of Amharic characters in the form of a computer keyboard as shown in FIG. I use it. For example, a hard keyboard provided by Microsoft Corporation, for example, since there are more than 20 consonants, the consonant key combination is necessary to represent consonants. For example, the alphabet next to the line number in FIG. 3 is an input key value. For example, using the 't' key, 12 lines (t + '), 27 lines (t +.), 30 lines (t + s +'), 31 lines (t + z + ') and the like. In addition, a plurality of (hs, n, k, z, c, p) are used in the early stage. In order to avoid concatenation (ambiguity between 'tz' and 't' + 'z'), you must enter a delimiter such as (') as shown above. Looking at the vowels, it consists of seven main vowels and various vowels according to other combinations. This is mainly a combination of five vowels a, e, i, o, and u. Key values to indicate. In other words, this method is used in the alphabet keyboard as shown in Fig. 4. Due to this complicated structure, the local people do not use the basic input method on the computer but use Amharic character input software developed by a software company in their own country. to be. However, due to the spread of smart phones in such a difficult state, a sharp change from a hard keyboard to a soft keyboard for touch screen. The main keyboard of FIG. 5 and the sub keyboard of FIG. 6 are touch screen keyboards developed by MultiLing Corporation. The keyboard is made into two sets, the main keyboard and the sub keyboard, to select the initials. That is, in selecting the initial consonants, 21 are arranged on the main keyboard (minus 5, a, e, i, o, and u) and 14 on the sub keyboard to be input in the shifted state. This keyboard has the advantage of keeping the existing English keyboard intact, but it's obviously inefficient to input Amharic characters with an array of mixed alphabets. That is, alternating vowels and vowels

Amhar ic character has a problem that both hands are tangled on the keyboard, and there is a problem that the smartphone is using the existing ten-row key as the screen size is small. As a result, there is a problem that the above arrangement and input method are used as it is in the present situation where the layout, size, and algorithm of the keyboard can be freed.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Problems] The technical problems achieved by the present invention and the practice of the present invention will be made clear by preferred embodiments of the present invention described below. The following examples are merely illustrated to illustrate the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention.

According to the present invention, the main consonants and shifted consonants of Amharic characters are assigned to the left side and the two vowel conversion keys are assigned to the left side, corresponding to each key arranged in eight rows and three rows on the touch screen. And a key pad having at least one function key, and a main consonant inputted from the keypad, recognized as an amharic character in which the selected main consonant and the main vowel are combined, and the vowel conversion key is repeatedly detected one or more times. The controller is characterized in that the control unit is converted into an Amhar ic character combined into a vowel according to a predetermined number of repetitions to recognize it. A specific embodiment will be described below.

[Technical Solution] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an Amharic character input device for a touch screen. In general, a key pad having a plurality of assigned areas on a touch screen has a key value, and a key value according to a coordinate value recognized as a corresponding touch. Fig. 7 shows a control unit for combining the characters by the code table and outputting them to the output unit of the touch screen. Fig. 7 is a diagram of an improved keyboard according to the present invention. In other words, there are seven columns of consonants on the left side and two vowel conversion keys on the right side. FIG. 3 is used by the controller as a code table showing an output value according to an input key value according to the present invention. 3 and 7 according to the flow chart of FIG. 2 will be described in detail. When the first key value is received (100), it is determined whether the consonant key is applied. (200) In general, the consonant comes first, so no one is inputting it before. For example, if 1 row 1 column is input in FIG. 7, consonants are 10 rows in FIG. 3, and 6 columns of the main vowel are combined to output Ψ displayed on the keyboard. Ψ is confirmed, followed by "300" (400). That is, in the case of the basic vowel, all of them are output in one stroke (100>200>300>400>100>). However, if the vowel conversion key above the first row and the eighth column of FIG. 7 is input in the above Ψ, the input character Ψ is converted into Ψ in the tenth row and the first column in which the vowel is converted (220). If this conversion key is touched continuously, it is converted into *> *, and it is converted into ^>*> * in the same manner even if the 2nd and 8th column lower vowel conversion keys of FIG. The double vowels are also converted to the corresponding double vowels according to the up and down keys shown in the first yellow line of FIG. 3.

[Effective Effect] With the above configuration, the first has reduced the existing 10 to 8 rows, but the key size can be used largely in mobile devices with a small screen while retaining the existing 21 initial constellations. To prevent entanglement of both hands, it is easy to cross input of vowels. Third, it is very easy to learn and use vowel because only two vowel conversion keys are input.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 shows a character input system in a touch screen.

2 is a flow chart according to the present invention

3 is a code table according to the present invention.

4 is a conventional QWERTY keyboard

5 is the main tube of the multi-ring company

6 is a sub keyboard of the multi-ring company

7 is an improved keyboard according to the present invention.

[Best Mode for Implementing the Invention] So, even if the hard keyboard already used can be used as it is, a smart phone that can be as flexible as possible, in particular, the arrangement suitable for a smart phone in the situation where the users increase the number of smart phones more rapidly than the hard keys. This means that you need to create an array and input method that is suitable for entering Amharic characters, and also reduce the current 10-column array for use on smaller screen smartphones. In particular, such an improvement should not be made more difficult or the number of keys is increased, but rather it is an object of the present invention to provide an input device (array) and a method which can reduce the number of keys more easily and with fewer keys. In order to achieve the object, the device of the present invention corresponds to each key formed in eight rows and three rows on the touch screen so that the main consonant and the shift consonant of Amharic characters are assigned to the left side and two vowels to the right side. When a conversion key is assigned and a key pad having at least one function key is input, and a main consonant is input from the keypad, the selected main consonant and the main consonant are recognized as Amharic characters, and the vowel conversion key is repeatedly performed one or more times. When the input is detected, the controller converts the recognized Amharic characters into a vowel according to a predefined number of repetitions. This configuration allows the first to reduce the existing 10 to 8 rows, but allows the use of larger keys on smaller screens while retaining the original 21 consonants, and the second to the right of the vowel key. In order to prevent entanglement of both hands, it is easy to cross input of vowels. Third, it is very easy to learn and use vowel because only two vowel conversion keys are input.

[Form for carrying out the invention] Arrangement and input method suitable for smart phone that can be flexible even if the hard keyboard already used is used, especially in the present situation where the smart phone increases more rapidly than the hard key. In need. This means creating an array and input method that is suitable for entering Amharic characters, and reducing the current 10-column array for use on smartphones with less screens, especially if these improvements are not going to be more difficult or more numerous. Rather, it is an object of the present invention to provide an input device (array) and a method which can reduce the number of keys more easily and less easily, even if the number of keys is reduced. In order to achieve the above object, the device of the present invention corresponds to each key consisting of eight rows horizontally and three rows vertically on the touch screen so that the main consonants and shift consonants of Amhar ic characters are assigned to the left side and to the right side. Two vowel conversion keys are assigned, a keypad having at least one function key, and when a main consonant is input from the keypad, the selected main consonant and the main vowel are recognized as Amhar ic characters combined, and the vowel conversion key is one or more times. If the input is repeatedly detected, it characterized in that it comprises a control unit that is converted to recognize the amharic characters combined into a vowel according to a predetermined number of repetitions. By doing so, the first has reduced the existing 10 to 8 rows, but the key size can be used largely on mobile devices with a small screen while maintaining the existing 21 initial constellations. Third, it is easy to cross-enter the vowel and the vowel, and the third is that it is very easy to learn and use the vowel because only two vowel conversion keys are input.

Industrial Applicability

Possible use of industry depending on smart phone or smart pad penetration rate

Claims

【Claims】【Claim 1】 A device for inputting Amharic characters on a touch screen, wherein 7

Each key consists of 8 rows and 3 rows vertically, with the main 7 and shift consonants of the Amharic alphabet assigned to the left and two vowel conversion keys assigned to the right, a keypad with at least function function keys, and a keypad from the basic keypad. When the main consonant is input, it is recognized as an Amharic character combined with the selected main ℌ basic vowel, and when the vowel conversion key is repeatedly detected more than once, it is converted into an Amharic character combined with a vowel according to a predefined number of repetitions and sent to the instance control unit. A device characterized by comprising:

【Claim 2】 The method of claim 1, wherein the keypad uses the main consonant of Amharic characters * o^ ?» to correspond to the seven keys in the second row. Assign C ^ J& T, and assign the main consonant of Amharic letters " ^■ ? I ⁾ h A, which corresponds to the seven keys of the second row, and assign the main consonant U of Amharic letters, which corresponds to the seven keys of the third row. It is characterized by an 8x3 matrix structure in which 7i 7 ? " is assigned, a vowel conversion key λ h- λ« is assigned to the first row and 8 columns, and a vowel conversion key λ» λ·h is assigned to the second row and 8 columns. Device .

【Claim 3】 The method of claims 1 and 2, wherein the keypad has 3' at 3 in the first row, 5' at 5, 6' at 6, 7' at 7, and 8' at 8 in the second row. Assign shift consonants such as 1Γ to 11, 12' to 12, 13' to 13, 14' to 14, and in the third row, 16' to 16, 17' to 17, 18' to 18, and 20' to 20. A device further comprising a shift key for inputting shift consonants.

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[Claim 4] The main consonant and shift consonant of the Amharic alphabet are assigned to the left and the two vowel conversion keys are assigned to each key in 8 rows horizontally and 3 rows vertically on the touch screen. In the method of inputting Amharic characters in a device equipped with a keypad assigned and having at least one function key, when the main consonant or shift ^' consonant on the left is input from the keypad, it is recognized as an Amharic character with g as the basic vowel. In the first process, when the main consonant or shift consonant on the left is input from the keypad and sequential input of the vowel conversion key assigned to _abc is recognized, the entered vowel is sequentially converted to the abc vowel. A method characterized in that it includes a third process in which the input vowels are sequentially converted into def vowels when the left main consonant or shift consonant is input from the keypad and sequential input of the vowel conversion key to which def is assigned is recognized.