557results about "Alphabetical characters entering" patented technology

Images displayed on a display device are animated to reflect a user's selection of the images. According to one embodiment, the displayed images include keyboard characters that are selected when the user touches the display at the locations of the display where the images are shown. Selection of the displayed images can also be made through any combination of audio, optical, mechanical and electrical input devices. A plurality of selected images can also be animated simultaneously and by varying degree to reflect a sequence in which the images were selected by the user.

A method for calling an application module and a mobile terminal thereof are provided in the present document, which can call the application module quickly during text editing. The method includes that: during the text editing, after the mobile terminal detects an identifier for calling an application, it determines that conditions for calling the application module are satisfied and calls the application module. The conditions include receiving a command from user to confirm calling the application. The mobile terminal includes a detecting module, a condition judging module and a calling module. The embodiments of the present invention call each application module instantly during the text inputting, and in addition, the final required data are inserted directly into the text editing position to reduce users' operation procedures, thus greatly improving friendliness of man-machine interaction, the overall efficiency, speed and convenience of input, and making users' input experience improved dramatically.

An intelligent dictionary input method used on a standard keypad device of the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) for realizing the input of bilingual dictionaries and European letters and implementing intelligent dictionary character input by searching and predicting according to the currently entered characters and the dictionary data. The method comprises the following steps: first, key messages are received from a CCITT keypad. When the pressed keys are the number keys [2] through [9], the keys are then converted into the corresponding letters and numbers according to the CCITT keypad mapping rules. When a letter is entered, the system performs searching in the dictionary database according to the searching range of the converted letters. The searching result is then displayed, completing the process of letter input.

A wireless electronic device transcribes spoken words into text for input on an electronic device such as, but not limited to, a computer, cell phone, handheld computer, Blackberry or vehicle navigation system. The wireless transcriber device mounts within the oral cavity, preferably to the back side of a tooth, and detects vibration of the tooth and / or palate bone structure as the wearer of the device speaks. The sensed vibrations are converted to digital signals for wireless transmission to the electronic device. The electronic device receives the signals and captures the digital data containing the sensed vibrations. A software program in the electronic device reads the vibration data and converts the vibration data to text for input on the electronic device. The input text can be used for various purposes such as to create a document, fill in a form, send a text message or to give an operational command to the electronic device.

A method and a terminal for transmitting a message are provided, where whether language information for a receiver has been established is checked when receiver information is input, the established language is displayed on a message input window when it is determined as a result of the check that the language information has been established, a message is created using the established language according to key information input from a key input unit and transmitted. Although a receiver uses a different language from that used by the transmitter, the mobile terminal can create and transmit a message based on the language used by the receiver by means of language information stored in the mobile terminal, so that the receiver may easily confirm a received message.

An active keyboard system includes a processor, a memory, and a display communicatively connected to one another. The system includes input means for inputting data and commands into the system. The input means include at least one selector, and a plurality of keys. Active keyboard system software is stored on the memory and is configured to dynamically present available choices on the display grouped to effect unambiguous selection of the available choices through use of the input means. The active keyboard system software includes presentation code and filter code. The presentation code includes step or scroll resolution code to enable scrolling, and grid presentation code to organize available choices on a visual grid and provide the visual grid to the display. The grid presentation code configures the visual grid with one or more panes each configured as a matrix with a plurality of columns and plurality of rows.

In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display. The method can include: displaying graphics on the touch screen display, detecting a finger contact on the touch screen display, and, in response to the detected finger contact, inserting an insertion marker in the graphics at a first location. The method can further include detecting a finger movement on the touch screen display and, irrespective of initial distance from finger to insertion marker on the touch screen display, moving the insertion marker in accordance with the detected finger movement from the first location to a second location in the graphics.

A keypad assembly utilizes touch-detecting apparatus such as force sensors or touchpad assemblies for registering key presses. In exemplary embodiments, the keypad assembly is suitable for use in electronic devices such as a mobile telephones, calculators, hand-held computers, or the like, having single piece molded housings wherein the keypad assembly is at least partially encapsulated within the housing.

The selection and output of a signal, such as an alphanumeric character, is provided depending upon the orientation of a device, such as a mobile telephone. In particular, a neutral position of a device is determined in relation to at least a first axis, the device including at least a first control associated with a first plurality of output signals, and an angular displacement of the device is measured about at least the first axis. A selection of the first control is also received, and one of the first plurality of output signals is output based at least upon the selection and the angular displacement.

Disclosed is a system and method for suggesting messages that are automatically learned, personalized and diversified by leveraging messages sent by a large number of users in order to provide message completions that are as engaging as possible. The disclosed systems and methods learn from recurrent messages sent to a recipient, and suggest message completions based upon user behavior. The systems and methods compute a ranked list of suggested message completions after every key stroke or character input, and if the list satisfies a given confidence threshold, it is returned and displayed to the user.

A graphical text entry system for an electronic device is provided. The electronic device may be, for example, a portable or hand-held electronic device such as a cellular telephone, PDA, or the like. The system includes a graphical text entry screen and a graphical text entry ring displayed on the graphical text entry screen. A plurality of characters such as letters or numbers is positioned on the graphical text entry ring. The system also includes a touch sensor ring located on the graphical text entry screen for selecting individual characters from among the plurality of characters located on the text entry ring.

A hand-held device that provides communication services and symbol processing is described. The device includes a case having a front side comprising a display and a lid having a transparent portion through which the display can be seen in a lid-closed state. In one version, the hand-held device comprises a QWERTY keyboard including an arrangement of digits as in a touch-tone telephone keypad arrangement. In another version, the display includes a handwriting area for data entry using a stylus or other screen data entry device. In a closed position, the lid extends over the display and the keyboard, leaving another user input device physically accessible to touch for receiving input wherein the device performs processing responsive to receiving input from the physically accessible user input device in the lid closed state.

A method and apparatus for character entry and more particularly Chinese character entry. The method improves the ease of entry for Chinese characters on a device that has a keypad arrangement of at least a 3×3 matrix (106). For example wireless communication devices such as radiotelephones have a keypad (108) for dialing phone numbers. Arranging the Chinese characters on the device display in a 3×3 matrix to match the at least 3×3 matrix of the keypad allows the user to quickly select from the pin yin list (104) the key on the keypad that corresponds to the desired character in the matching matrix.

An apparatus and method for providing visual indication of character ambiguity and ensuing reduction of such ambiguity during text entry are described. An application text entry field is presented in a display screen, into which the user enters text by means of a reduced keyboard and a disambiguating system. The default or most likely word construct for the current key sequence may be presented at the insertion point of the text entry field. An indication of ambiguity is presented in the display screen to communicate to the user the possible ambiguous characters associated with each key. A word choice list field may also be present to display at least one word construct matching the current key sequence.

A data input system having a keypad defining a plurality of keys, each key contains at least one symbol of a group of symbols. The group of symbols is divided into subgroups each having at least one of alphabetical symbols, numeric symbols, and command symbols, where each subgroup is associated with at least a portion of a user's finger. A finger recognition system is in communication with at least one key, where the key has at least a first symbol from a first subgroup and at least a second symbol from a second subgroup, The finger recognition system is configured to recognize the portion of the user's finger when the finger interacts with the key so as to select the symbol on the key, corresponding to the subgroup associated with the portion of the user's finger.

The invention comprises a hand-held device with multiple keys on its face ("face-keys") and with one or more buttons on its side ("side-buttons"). A user types a character (or invokes a function) by pressing one of the face-keys using a finger on the hand that is not holding the device while simultaneously holding in combinations of the side-buttons with fingers on the hand that is holding the device. Pressing a face-key without holding in any of the side-keys produces a given character (or function). Pressing the same face-key while simultaneously holding in a given combination of the side-keys can result in a different character (or function). The invention allows for faster typing of text on cell phone handsets and other hand-held devices.

An electronic device that includes a display screen and a scroll wheel coupled to the display screen by a processor. The scroll wheel includes a rotational input component for directing movement of a navigational indicator on the display screen and a depressible input component for inputting a character for display on the display screen.

A portable information apparatus that enables its user to readily confirm an effect of modification of a displayed manner of a character during editing is provided. A character color modification process that is carried out by a control unit of a portable telephone as an embodiment of the portable information apparatus includes the steps of generating data for displaying a character color palette and a preview area, outputting the respective data for display to a VRAM, acquiring identification information of the color corresponding to the cursor position in response to the cursor movement, and generating the data for displaying the preview area by changing the character color of an illustrative character string to the color corresponding to the cursor position.

An apparatus includes a display and a keypad. The keypad has a plurality of keys, a first subset of which are adapted to define a first arrangement of keys, and a second subset of which are adapted to define a second arrangement of keys. Further, the apparatus includes a light provision arrangement that has at least one light source. A controller coupled to, and adapted to control the operations of, the light provision arrangement, to highlight the first and second subsets of keys during a first and a second mode of operation respectively. The keypad has a first and a second different relative operational disposition to the display, in said first and second modes of operation respectively.

The input of words into a text string in a communication terminal is handled by recording a key stroke sequence inputted for characterising one of said words, and comparing said key strokes sequence with candidates in a word completion directory in order to find word completion candidates matching said key stroke sequence. One of said matching word completion candidates is displayed in the display for selection by the user. When the user selects a word which exceeds a first predetermined number of characters the selected word is added to the directory including a plurality of word completion candidates, if the selected word is not present there already.

The present invention provides a system and method for providing handwritten messages with electronic communication devices. For example the electronic communication device may be a mobile communication device and may include a touch screen, screen buffer memory, processor, and transceiver. In preferred embodiments, the mobile communication device may be a personal digital assistant (PDA), a two-way pager, or a mobile telephone. The mobile communication device user may create a handwritten message on the touch screen using, for example, a stylus. In one exemplary embodiment, the handwritten message displayed on the touch screen may be stored to the buffer memory as an image, directed by the processor to the transceiver, and transmitted via a wireless connection to, for example, a wireless base station and the Internet. The Internet may route the handwritten message image to a desired Internet address. The handwritten message may be displayed in real time on the recipient's display, e.g., an instant message (IM) session, or stored in their email mailbox for later retrieval and display. The recipient may type in a text message in response to the hand written message, and this message will be transmitted to mobile communication device and displayed on the mobile communication device. In another embodiment, the receiving party may also have handwritten messaging capabilities (included with, for example, a PC, PDA or a mobile phone) and may respond with a handwritten message.

An input device having touched position detecting means for outputting a signal indicating a touched position during a period of time of touch when the touched position detecting means is touched, wherein a character and a symbol are inputted to be displayed on a display screen. Provided are: a virtual keyboard in which each virtual key corresponding to a plurality of characters or symbols is arranged corresponding to each divided area on the touched position detecting means; means for outputting, during the period of time of touch, a code signal indicating a character or a symbol of a virtual key corresponding to an area including the touched position; means for temporarily displaying on the display screen a character or a symbol of the outputted code signal; and means for determinately displaying the character or the symbol on the display screen when the code signal has disappeared.

The invention relates to a left or right hand adapting virtual keyboard display method and terminal. The left and right hand adapting virtual keyboard display method comprises the following steps: acquiring the state of holding the terminal by the user by hand when the terminal enters the input interface, and displaying the corresponding virtual keyboard on the input interface according to the state of holding the terminal by the user by hand and the preset virtual keyboard display mode. Because the state of holding the terminal by the user by hand is judged automatically by light-sensing modules arranged on two sides of the terminal and the layout mode of the virtual keyboard is adjusted automatically according to the acquired state of holding the terminal by the user by hand, the virtual keyboard which is used by the user to input by left or right hand can be displayed on the input interface conveniently, the user can input conveniently, and the problem that the user can be not input by single hand through the virtual keyboard of the large-size touch screen terminal is avoided.

A mobile electronic device with a virtual input device. The virtual input device includes an optical sensor for detecting movement of a user's fingers over a work surface and an acoustic or vibration sensor, for detecting an impact of the user's fingers on the work surface. A processor, coupled to the optical sensor and to the acoustic sensor, processes the detected signals as input for the electronic device. The user's fingers can be shown on the display overlaid by a virtual mask. The virtual mask may show a keyboard of menu items.

A user interface (102) of a portable electronic device (100) includes a plurality of keys (112). The user interface (102) includes a first group of keys representing vowel characters (402), and a second group of keys representing consonant characters (202). The second group of keys is separate from the first group of keys. For the first group of keys, a first key represents leading vowels (422, 424, 426), a second key represents above and below vowels (428, 430), and a third key represents following vowels (432, 434, 436). The second group of keys may be subdivided into phonetic consonant groups (FIGS. 5&6) or alphabetic consonant groups (FIGS. 7&8).

A method for entering text at a user interface for an electronic device, and a text entry user interface for an electronic device. The text entry user interface comprises a display for displaying characters and entered text, an input device for issuing commands to browse and select characters, and a processing unit for controlling the operation of the user interface. The processing unit is further configured to generate, for browsing, a character subset made up of characters to be browsed, the character subset including the characters of a character set from among which, according to an inference logic configured into the processing unit, the next character for the text is most probably selected, and display the character subset on the display for browsing the characters and for selecting the next character by using the input device.