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Method and apparatus for inputting characters

A text input and text technology, applied in the field of text input methods and devices, can solve problems such as affecting user experience, laborious, difficult to reach, etc., and achieve the effect of improving user experience, improving input efficiency, and not easy to misuse

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-08-19
NUBIA TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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Due to the limited screen size of the mobile terminal, when the user clicks on the candidate text, it is easy to mistakenly select the adjacent candidate text, resulting in misoperation; For smaller users, when clicking the candidate texts near the opposite side of the screen, such as holding the mobile terminal with the left hand and clicking the candidate texts on the right side of the screen, or holding the mobile terminal with the right hand and clicking the candidate texts on the left side of the screen, it is difficult or even difficult to reach. It is more likely to lead to misoperation, which reduces the efficiency of text input and affects the user experience

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[0082] Such as image 3 As shown, the first embodiment of the text input method of the present invention is proposed, and the method includes the following steps:

[0083] Step S11: According to the characters input by the user, obtain the corresponding candidate text.

[0084] The characters entered by the user include key information such as letters, numbers, symbols, strokes, and emoticons entered by the user through the virtual keyboard, as well as text information selected by the user from candidate texts last time.

[0085] Candidate texts include Chinese words, English words or words in other languages, as well as letters, numbers, symbols, emoticons and other information.

[0086] The mobile terminal predicts, associates, and analyzes the information entered by the user based on the characters entered by the user, combined with the stored text database (including local database or / and cloud database), the user's historical input habits, and the current semantic enviro...

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[0098] Such as Figure 6 As shown, the second embodiment of the text input method of the present invention is proposed, and the method includes the following steps:

[0099] Step S21: Obtain corresponding candidate texts according to the characters input by the user.

[0100] Step S22: Obtain the holding information of the mobile terminal.

[0101] Step S23: When the holding information is that the mobile terminal is held by the left hand, display the candidate text in the fan-shaped area formed by sliding the thumb of the left hand on the screen.

[0102] Such as Figure 7As shown, the lower area of ​​the screen is the virtual keyboard 10. When the holding information is that the mobile terminal is held by the left hand, the fan-shaped area 20 formed by sliding the left thumb on the screen is used as the screen area that the left thumb is easy to touch, and the candidate text It is displayed in the fan-shaped area 20 formed by sliding the left thumb on the screen.

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[0107] Such as Figure 9 As shown, the third embodiment of the text input method of the present invention is proposed, and the method includes the following steps:

[0108] Step S31: According to the characters input by the user, obtain the corresponding candidate text.

[0109] Step S32: Obtain the holding information of the mobile terminal.

[0110] Step S33: According to the holding information, the candidate text is displayed on the screen area easily accessible by the thumb.

[0111] The area of ​​the screen that is easily accessible to the thumb, either the upper right area of ​​the screen (when held with the right hand) or the upper left area (when held with the left hand), or the entire left area of ​​the screen (when held with the left hand) or the entire right area (when held with the right hand) When holding it), or the middle right area of ​​the screen (when holding it with the right hand) or the middle left area (when holding it with the left hand), or the fan-s...

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for inputting characters. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining corresponding candidate characters according to characters input by a user; obtaining holding information of a mobile terminal and displaying the candidate characters in a screen area which can be easily touched by a thumb according to the holding information, wherein the holding information shows that the mobile terminal is held by a left hand or the mobile terminal is held by a right hand. By virtue of the character input method, the candidate characters are specifically displayed in the screen area which can be easily touched by the thumb of the user by detecting the holding information of the mobile terminal in the character input process, for example, the candidate characters are displayed in the screen area which can be easily touched by the left thumb if the mobile terminal is held by the left hand; the candidate characters are displayed in the screen area which can be easily touched by the right thumb when the mobile terminal is held by the right hand; the user can more conveniently and quickly select the candidate characters; the misoperation is low in occurrence possibility; the input efficiency is improved; the user experience is improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of communication technology, in particular to a text input method and device. Background technique [0002] Existing mobile terminals are mostly touch screen mobile terminals. When a user uses a touch screen mobile terminal to input information, he needs to input text through a virtual keyboard displayed on the screen. During the text input process, a row of candidate text is usually displayed above the virtual keyboard for the user to choose. Due to the limited screen size of the mobile terminal, when the user clicks on the candidate text, it is easy to mistakenly select the adjacent candidate text, resulting in misoperation; For smaller users, when clicking the candidate texts near the opposite side of the screen, such as holding the mobile terminal with the left hand and clicking the candidate texts on the right side of the screen, or holding the mobile terminal with the right hand and clicking the candidate texts...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/0488
Inventor 李劲松张腾
Owner NUBIA TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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