WO2017128849A1

WO2017128849A1 - Method and device for customizing keyboard layout

Info

Publication number: WO2017128849A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/107730
Authority: WO
Inventors: 刘志
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2016-01-28
Filing date: 2016-11-29
Publication date: 2017-08-03
Also published as: CN107015748A

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for customizing keyboard layout. The method comprises: entering a keyboard layout modification mode on the basis of a keyboard modification instruction (S101); obtaining a selected keyboard layout according to the keyboard modification instruction (S102); parsing a modification operation to obtain information about a key to undergo modification and a keyboard location (S103); establishing and storing a mapping relationship between the key and the keyboard location (S104); and displaying the modified keyboard (S105). By means of the method, a user can adjust and set locations of keys in a virtual keyboard according to requirements and habits of the user, meeting different usage requirements for personalized keyboards.

Description

Method and device for laying out custom keyboard

Technical field

The present invention relates to the field of touch operation technologies, and in particular, to a layout method and apparatus for a custom keyboard.

Background technique

With the continuous development of communication technology, touch-screen communication terminals have become more and more popular among users due to their advantages of convenient operation, large screen size and good visual sense, and have gradually become the mainstream type of communication terminals. At present, the input operation of the touch-screen communication terminal is mainly realized by an analog keyboard on the touch screen, and the touch-screen analog keyboard is more and more replaced by a physical keyboard. However, the touch screen analog keyboard brings some inconvenience in input while bringing visual enjoyment and convenience.

At present, when the touch screen analog keyboard is displayed on the screen of the touch screen terminal device, the keyboard layout is fixed. The keys in the keyboard are also the inherent set of keys that the terminal comes with, and the keys cannot be customized. However, mobile touch screen devices such as mobile phones now have larger and larger screens, but at the same time, the requirements for input are increased, and one-handed input becomes more and more difficult. At the same time, due to different user habits, it may not adapt to a fixed keyboard layout. Therefore, the keyboard layout of the existing touch screen input cannot be changed according to the actual application and the user's habit, and in many cases, the use of the touch screen communication terminal brings a lot of inconvenience.

Summary of the invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for laying out a customized keyboard, so as to at least solve the problem that the keyboard is inconvenient for the user to operate in the related art.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for laying out a customized keyboard is provided, including:

According to the keyboard editing instruction, enter the keyboard layout editing mode;

Obtain the selected keyboard layout according to the layout selection instruction;

Parsing the editing operation to obtain information about the key to be edited and the position of the keyboard;

Establishing and saving a mapping relationship between the button and the keyboard position;

The edited keyboard is displayed.

Optionally, the obtaining, according to the layout selection instruction, the selected keyboard layout, including:

When a custom keyboard layout is selected, the selected area is used as the keyboard editing area;

When a preset keyboard layout is selected, the selected layout is used as a keyboard editing area.

Optionally, the preset keyboard layout comprises any one or more of a nine-square grid layout, a rectangular full keyboard layout, a fan-shaped nine-square grid layout, and a fan-shaped full keyboard layout.

Optionally, the editing operation comprises: selecting a button from a list of commonly used keys, and adding to the selected keyboard position; and deleting the button in the selected keyboard position.

Optionally, the method further includes:

Adjust the position and size of the keyboard according to gestures or key commands.

Optionally, the method further includes:

The keyboard is adjusted to be a left-hand, right-hand or two-hand mode of operation according to an operational mode command.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a layout device for a custom keyboard is provided, including:

Enter the module, set to enter the keyboard layout editing mode according to the keyboard editing instructions;

Obtaining a module, configured to obtain a selected keyboard layout according to a layout selection instruction;

The parsing module is configured to parse the editing operation, and obtain information about the key to be edited and the position of the keyboard;

a mapping module, configured to establish and save a mapping relationship between the button and the keyboard position;

Display module, set to display the edited keyboard.

Optionally, the obtaining module is specifically configured to: when the customized keyboard layout is selected, the selected area is used as the keyboard editing area; when the preset keyboard layout is selected, the selected layout is used as the keyboard editing area.

Optionally, the acquiring module presets a keyboard layout, including any one or more of a nine-square grid layout, a rectangular full keyboard layout, a fan-shaped nine-square grid layout, and a fan-shaped full keyboard layout.

Optionally, the parsing module parses the editing operation, including: selecting a button from the list of commonly used keys, and adding to the selected keyboard position; and deleting the button in the selected keyboard position.

Optionally, the device further includes a layout adjustment module configured to adjust a position and a size of the keyboard according to a gesture or a button instruction.

Optionally, the apparatus further includes a mode adjustment module configured to adjust the keyboard to be a left-hand, right-hand, or two-hand operation mode according to the operation mode command.

According to yet another embodiment of the present invention, a computer storage medium is also provided. The computer storage medium is arranged to store program code for performing the above-described custom keyboard layout method.

Embodiments of the present invention have the following beneficial effects:

The method and device for customizing the keyboard layout of the present invention analyzes the operation of moving the button to the editable area of the keyboard by the user, and establishes a mapping relationship between the button and the selected position, and displays the customized keyboard according to the mapping relationship. Through the invention, the user can adjust and set the position of the button in the virtual keyboard according to his own needs and habits, and meet the needs of different users for the personalized use of the keyboard.

The above description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and the above-described and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention can be more clearly understood. Specific embodiments of the invention are set forth below.

DRAWINGS

The drawings described herein are intended to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are intended to be a part of the invention. In the drawing:

1 is a flowchart of a method for customizing a keyboard layout according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic view showing the layout of a rectangular nine-square grid according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a schematic diagram showing the layout of a rectangular full keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a schematic view showing the layout of a fan-shaped nine-square grid according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a layout of a fan-shaped full keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

6 is a schematic diagram of adjusting a button in a keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for customizing a keyboard layout according to an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

The invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that the embodiments in the present application and the features in the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

It is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and the like in the specification and claims of the present invention are used to distinguish similar objects, and are not necessarily used to describe a particular order or order.

Referring to FIG. 1, a customized keyboard layout method provided by an embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps:

S101, according to a keyboard editing instruction, enter a keyboard layout editing mode;

S102. Acquire a selected keyboard layout according to a layout selection instruction.

S103. Analyze an editing operation, and obtain information about a button and a keyboard position to be edited;

S104. Establish and save a mapping relationship between the button and the keyboard position.

S105, displaying the edited keyboard.

The custom keyboard layout method provided by the embodiment of the present invention establishes a mapping relationship between a selected button and a keyboard position by parsing a user operation, and displays a custom edited keyboard according to the mapping relationship. Through the embodiment of the present invention, the user can adjust and set the position of the button in the virtual keyboard according to his own needs and habits, and meet the needs of different users for the personalized use of the keyboard.

The specific or preferred implementation of each step is described in detail below:

First introduce S101, according to the keyboard editing instructions, enter the keyboard layout editing mode.

After the user opens the touch screen input interface, the keyboard editing interface is opened by long pressing the interface, gesture or function button to enter the keyboard layout editing mode.

Next, S102 is introduced, and the selected keyboard layout is obtained according to the layout selection instruction.

After entering the keyboard layout editing mode, the user can display the desired keyboard layout on the keyboard. In the editing area. In this embodiment, the user can select a custom keyboard layout or select several basic keyboard layouts that are preset.

Specifically, when the user selects a custom keyboard layout, the selected area of the user is used as the keyboard editing area. The user scribes the layout area of the keyboard by manually swiping the track. The layout area includes an editable button area and a fixed button area. For the two button areas, the user can customize the size of each area, or divide the selected area according to a preset ratio. By default, the button area is divided according to a preset ratio. When two areas are selected, the user has to choose a nine-square grid or full keyboard mode. The fixed button number set in the full keyboard or the nine-square grid mode divides the fixed button layout area according to the fixed number of keys, and each button area is assigned a position identifier. For the editable button area, the number of buttons in the area needs to be preset, and the area is divided according to the preset number, and the corresponding position identifier is assigned to each of the divided button areas. Of course, the editable button area can also be divided according to the number of keys that the user wants to add. It should be noted that the division of the custom layout area of the present invention is not limited to the above two types.

When the user selects a preset keyboard layout, the keyboard layout is displayed in the keyboard editing area. In the embodiment of the present invention, several basic keyboard layouts are preset for the user, including any one or more of a rectangular nine-square grid layout, a rectangular full keyboard layout, a fan-shaped nine-square grid layout, and a fan-shaped full keyboard layout. For the layout of several keyboards, refer to Figures 2 to 5. The user can select the corresponding basic keyboard layout and edit the keyboard according to the keyboard layout. The keyboard layout also includes a fixed button area and an editable button area. For the editable button area, the user can select from the list of commonly used buttons and add it to the editable area of the keyboard to customize the keyboard. Normally, the default keyboard layout is given in the terminal. After the user selects the layout keyboard, he can customize the editable button parts.

Next, introduce S103, analyze the editing operation, and obtain the information of the button and keyboard position to be edited.

As mentioned above, the keyboard is divided into a fixed button area and an editable button area. When the user adds and deletes a button, the editing action is an editable button area and a list of commonly used buttons. Stroke operation between. The user can select a button from the list of commonly used buttons and add the button to the selected keyboard position; or delete the button in the keyboard. When parsing the user's editing action, the button information set in the action and the position information of the keyboard are acquired.

Specifically, when the user selects the button, the key value information of the button is acquired; and after the user is swiped, the keyboard editing position information is obtained according to the user's stroke track. Get the end position information of the swipe track. When the position is in the keyboard editing area, save the position as the selected keyboard edit position.

Next, introduce S104, establish and save the mapping relationship between the button and the keyboard editing position.

Specifically, the identifier of the selected keyboard position is mapped to the key value information of the button. Referring to FIG. 6, when there is a button in the keyboard position selected by the user, the mapping relationship between the currently saved button and the keyboard position is obtained, and the button information is saved in the common button list; and the current user selected button information and the keyboard position are established. Mapping the relationship and saving the mapping relationship; when the user needs to delete a button at a certain position of the keyboard, the mapping relationship between the button and the keyboard position in the position is obtained, and the button information in the mapping relationship is deleted and saved, and at the same time The button information is saved to the list of commonly used buttons.

The buttons in the commonly used button list in the embodiment of the present invention include: a send button in the instant information input interface, a Chinese-English switch, a punctuation switch, a case switch, a digital switch, a URL input special character switch, and the like. The list of commonly used buttons is sorted according to the frequency of use of the buttons, so that the user can quickly obtain the required buttons.

Finally, S105 is introduced to display the edited keyboard. When editing a key is completed, the edited keyboard is displayed.

Further, when the user completes the custom editing of the entire keyboard, a preview keyboard is generated. When the user is not satisfied with the current editing, the keyboard adjustment can be performed again.

Further, the method further includes detecting whether the user has an operation mode selection or an adjustment of the layout. For operation mode selection or layout adjustment, after the keyboard layout is selected, after the user has finished editing the keyboard.

When it is detected that the user performs an operation mode selection, according to an operation mode instruction selected by the user, Adjust the selected keyboard layout to left mode, right hand mode, or two-hand mode.

When it is detected that the user selects to adjust the layout size, the position and size of the keyboard are adjusted according to the user's layout adjustment instruction. Specifically, when the user selects the left-hand mode, the height and width of the area occupied by the keyboard can be adjusted by itself. Adjust the position and size of the keyboard layout according to the user's gesture or the key command input by the user.

Referring to FIG. 7, an embodiment of the present invention further provides a layout device for a custom keyboard, which is configured to implement the above-mentioned custom keyboard layout method, including:

a mapping module, configured to establish and save a mapping relationship between a button and a keyboard position;

Display module, set to display the edited keyboard.

Further, the obtaining module is specifically set as:

Further, the preset keyboard layout of the acquisition module includes: one or more of a nine-square grid layout, a rectangular full keyboard layout, a fan-shaped nine-square grid layout, and a fan-shaped full keyboard layout.

Further, the parsing module parsing editing operation includes: selecting a button from a list of commonly used keys, and adding to the selected keyboard position; and deleting the button in the selected keyboard position.

Further, the layout device of the custom keyboard further includes a layout adjustment module configured to adjust the position and size of the keyboard according to the gesture or the button instruction.

Further, the layout device of the custom keyboard further includes a mode adjustment module configured to adjust the keyboard to a left-hand, right-hand or two-hand operation mode according to the operation mode instruction.

Further, the layout device of the custom keyboard further includes a storage module, configured to save the original button information to the commonly used button when the button exists in the selected keyboard position, and the mapping relationship between the selected button and the keyboard position is to be established. In the function key list. When the button of a certain position of the keyboard needs to be deleted, the mapping relationship between the button and the keyboard position in the position is obtained, and the button information in the mapping relationship is deleted, and the button information is saved in the common button list.

Further, the layout device preview module of the custom keyboard is configured to generate a preview soft keyboard according to the mapping relationship between the saved button and the keyboard editing position.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the method according to the above embodiment can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general hardware platform, and of course, by hardware, but in many cases, the former is A better implementation. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present invention, which is essential or contributes to the prior art, may be embodied in the form of a software product stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, The optical disc includes a number of instructions for causing a terminal device (which may be a cell phone, a computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to perform the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

It should be noted that each of the above modules may be implemented by software or hardware. For the latter, the foregoing may be implemented by, but not limited to, the foregoing modules are all located in the same processor; or, the above modules are in any combination. The forms are located in different processors.

Embodiments of the present invention also provide a storage medium. Optionally, in the embodiment, the foregoing storage medium may be configured to store program code for performing the following steps:

S105, displaying the edited keyboard.

Optionally, in this embodiment, the foregoing storage medium may include, but is not limited to: a USB flash drive, only A medium that can store program code, such as a read-only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a removable hard disk, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

For example, the specific examples in this embodiment may refer to the examples described in the foregoing embodiments and the optional embodiments, and details are not described herein again.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the various modules or steps of the present invention described above can be implemented by a general-purpose computing device that can be centralized on a single computing device or distributed across a network of multiple computing devices. Alternatively, they may be implemented by program code executable by the computing device such that they may be stored in the storage device by the computing device and, in some cases, may be different from the order herein. The steps shown or described are performed, or they are separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or a plurality of modules or steps thereof are fabricated as a single integrated circuit module. Thus, the invention is not limited to any specific combination of hardware and software.

The above description is only the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and scope of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Industrial applicability

As described above, the method and apparatus for laying out a custom keyboard provided by the embodiment of the present invention have the following beneficial effects: by analyzing the operation of the user moving the button to the editable area of the keyboard, and establishing the mapping relationship between the button and the selected position. , display a custom keyboard based on the mapping relationship. Through the embodiment of the present invention, the user can adjust and set the position of the button in the virtual keyboard according to his own needs and habits, and meet the needs of different users for personalization of the keyboard.

Claims

A layout method for a custom keyboard, including:

According to the keyboard editing instruction, enter the keyboard layout editing mode;

Obtain the selected keyboard layout according to the layout selection instruction;

Parsing the editing operation to obtain information about the key to be edited and the position of the keyboard;

Establishing and saving a mapping relationship between the button and the keyboard position;

The edited keyboard is displayed.
The method for laying out a customized keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the obtaining the selected keyboard layout according to the layout selection instruction comprises:

When a custom keyboard layout is selected, the selected area is used as the keyboard editing area;

When a preset keyboard layout is selected, the selected layout is used as a keyboard editing area.
The method for laying out a customized keyboard according to claim 2, wherein the preset keyboard layout comprises any one or more of a nine-square grid layout, a rectangular full keyboard layout, a fan-shaped nine-square grid layout, and a sector-shaped full keyboard layout.
The method for laying out a customized keyboard according to claim 1, wherein said editing operation comprises: selecting a button from a list of commonly used keys, and adding to the selected keyboard position; and, selecting the selected keyboard position The button in the button is deleted.
The method for laying out a customized keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

Adjust the position and size of the keyboard according to gestures or key commands.
The method for laying out a customized keyboard according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

The keyboard is adjusted to be a left-hand, right-hand or two-hand mode of operation according to an operational mode command.
A layout device for a custom keyboard, comprising:

Enter the module, set to enter the keyboard layout editing mode according to the keyboard editing instructions;

Obtaining a module, configured to obtain a selected keyboard layout according to a layout selection instruction;

The parsing module is configured to parse the editing operation, and obtain information about the key to be edited and the position of the keyboard;

a mapping module, configured to establish and save a mapping relationship between the button and the keyboard position;

Display module, set to display the edited keyboard.
The layout device of the custom keyboard according to claim 7, wherein the obtaining module is specifically configured to: when selecting a custom keyboard layout, according to the selected area as a keyboard editing area; when selecting a preset keyboard layout , the selected layout is used as the keyboard editing area.
The layout device of the customized keyboard according to claim 8, wherein the acquisition module presets a keyboard layout, including any one or more of a nine-square grid layout, a rectangular full keyboard layout, a fan-shaped nine-square grid layout, and a fan-shaped full keyboard layout. Kind.
The layout device of the custom keyboard of claim 7, wherein the parsing module parses the editing operation, comprising: selecting a button from a list of commonly used keys, and adding to the selected keyboard position; and, selecting The keys in the keyboard position are deleted.
A layout device for a custom keyboard according to claim 7, wherein said device further comprises a layout adjustment module arranged to adjust the position and size of said keyboard in accordance with gestures or key commands.
A layout apparatus for a custom keyboard according to claim 7, wherein said apparatus further comprises a mode adjustment module configured to adjust said keyboard to be a left-hand, right-hand or two-hand operation mode in accordance with an operation mode command.
A computer storage medium arranged to store a computer program for performing a layout method of a custom keyboard according to any one of claims 1 to 6.