Fault-tolerant input method editor

Abstract

A computer-implemented method can include receiving, at a computing device including one or more processors, an input from a user. The input can include one or more characters in a first writing system. The method can further include segmenting the input to obtain one or more segmentations, where each segmentation can include at least one segment including at least one character in the first writing system. A fuzzy model can be applied to the segmentations to obtain potential formal representations for the segmentations. Each of the potential formal representations can be in the first writing system and represent text in a second writing system. A plurality of character candidates can be determined based on the potential formal representations. Each of the plurality of character candidates can be a possible appropriate representation of the user input in the second writing system.

Description

technical field [0001] The present disclosure relates generally to improved input method editors, and more particularly to allowing a user to enter characters in a writing system for which there is no well-known and adopted representation standard for another writing system. Background technique [0002] The background description provided herein is for the purpose of generally presenting the context of the disclosure. The work of the presently identified inventors, to the extent described in this Background section, and which at the time of filing are not described as prior art, is neither expressly nor implicitly admitted as being state of the art with respect to the present disclosure. have technology. [0003] An input method editor ("IME") can be utilized to convert input in a first writing system (eg, Pinyin) to output in a second writing system (eg, Chinese). In this manner, a user can obtain text in a second writing system by using a keyboard representing character...

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Problems solved by technology

However, for some languages / writing systems there may also not be a single well-known and adopted representation standard for entering text in a first writing system to obtain text in a second writing system

Thus, a user who is not familiar with a particular presentation standard implemented by an IME may not be able to effectively utilize its capabilities until he / she understands the implemented presentation standard, which is difficult and time-consuming for the user

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