Text input method and electronic device

Abstract

The present invention provides a one-dimensional input signal-based text input method and an electronic device. The electronic device comprises a display device that can be operated to show a cursor and a soft keyboard. The soft keyboard comprises letter keys. The method may comprise the steps of showing multiple cursors simultaneously on the soft keyboard, and positioning the multiple cursors on multiple keys on the soft keyboard; responding to an action of a user controlling the cursor to move, so as to enable the multiple cursors to move on the keys of the soft keyboard; responding to a confirmation selection operation of the user, wherein all keys selected by the cursors are selected simultaneously; showing candidate words on the display device according to keys continuously selected by the user; and determining the candidate word according to the user selection so as to input the word. Through adoption of the one-dimensional input signal-based multi-cursor text input method, a moving distance in inputting by the user is remarkably reduced, so that the input speed and efficiency are improved.

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to a one-dimensional text input method, in particular to a one-dimensional text input method and an electronic device with such a text input technology. Background technique [0002] In recent years, with the continuous emergence of new interactive devices and scenarios, people's demand for text input on these new devices has become increasingly strong. However, these smart devices are often limited by their physical form, so that the current mainstream physical keyboard or virtual keyboard text input technology cannot be directly transplanted to these platforms and devices. For example, on a smart watch, due to the small size of the screen used for display, when directly using the touch screen of the watch for touch interaction, the input will be inaccurate and the display content will be blocked due to the occlusion of the finger itself. On smart glasses, since the screen is in front of the eyes, the user cann...

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However, these smart devices are often limited by their physical form, so that the current mainstream physical keyboard or virtual keyboard text input technology cannot be directly transplanted to these platforms and devices

For example, on a smart watch, due to the small size of the screen used for display, when directly using the touch screen of the watch for touch interaction, the input will be inaccurate and the display content will be blocked due to the occlusion of the finger itself.

On smart glasses, since the screen is in front of the eyes, the user cannot directly touch the lens to interact

On the in-vehicle system, since the user's main input medium is the knob, efficient two-dimensional positioning operations cannot be performed

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