CN1317628C - Input Method Character Adding System and Method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides an input method character increasing system and method applied in a hand-held wireless communication device, which is used to increase the characters that can be used by an input method built in the hand-held wireless communication device. Since the number of characters stored in the hand-held wireless communication device is more than the number of characters that can be used by the input method, the input method increment system of the present invention selects a target character that is not built in the input method, and then according to the input method method to establish a target index code corresponding to the target text, and finally associate the target text with the target index code. In this way, when a subsequent user inputs the target index code in the operation mode of the input method, the target character and other characters included in the predetermined number of characters and corresponding to the target index code can be retrieved for use The user selects the input.

Description

Input Method Character Adding System and Method

technical field

The present invention relates to a system and method for adding characters by input method, in particular to a system and method for adding characters by input method used in hand-held wireless communication devices.

Background technique

Handheld wireless communication devices, such as mobile phones (mobile phones), Personal Digital Assistants (Personal Digital Assistance, PDA), etc., have become more and more popular. . In addition to the price factor, the compatibility and expandability of handheld wireless communication devices are also important considerations for consumers.

Most of the handheld wireless communication devices currently on the market use a built-in Chinese input method. Known Chinese input methods generally have built-in thousands to tens of thousands of Chinese characters, but basically they are commonly used characters, so they can meet general needs. However, if the user has special needs and needs to input some special characters in special fields or names, the input method will not have built-in (recorded) these fonts, which will cause the user to fail to input.

Because most of the known handheld wireless communication devices have the input method built directly into the chip, it is impossible to add characters into the input method later. The most common solution at present is to grievance the user to find another word with similar meaning or appearance or even similar pronunciation to replace it. In fact, this still distorts the original intention of the user and causes inconvenience to the user.

Contents of the invention

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a system for adding characters to an input method, so that users can decide to add required characters to the input method by themselves, so as to solve the problems that cannot be solved by the known technology.

The present invention provides an input method character increasing system applied in a hand-held wireless communication device, which is used to increase the available characters of an input method built in the hand-held wireless communication device. A character library is stored in the handheld wireless communication device, and the character library includes a plurality of characters, and the input method is associated with a predetermined number of characters in the character library.

The input method adding character system includes a selection module, an index code input module and a correlation module. The selection module is used for selecting a target character, which is included in the font but not included in the predetermined number of characters. The index code input module receives the target index code corresponding to the target text input by the user. The correlation module is used for associating the type code of the input method, the target index code and the font code into a code string according to the target index code, so as to correlate the input method with the target text, so that when a subsequent When the user inputs the target index code in the operation mode of the input method, the target character and other characters included in the predetermined number of characters and corresponding to the target index code can be retrieved for the user to select and input.

The present invention also provides a method for increasing characters by an input method applied in a handheld wireless communication device, which is used to increase the characters that can be used by an input method built in the handheld wireless communication device. A font library, the font library contains a plurality of characters, the input method is related to a predetermined number of characters in the font library, the method of adding characters in the input method includes:

Select a target text, the target text is included in the font but not included in the predetermined number of text;

receiving the target index code corresponding to the target text input by the user, and creating the target index code corresponding to the target text; and

According to the target index code, the type code of the input method, the target index code and the font code are associated into a code string to associate the input method with the target text, so that when a subsequent user enters the input method When inputting the target index code in the operating mode, the target character and other characters included in the predetermined number of characters and corresponding to the target index code can be retrieved for the user to select and input.

Through the implementation of the present invention, it is possible to link the characters that are not built into the original input method by using the linking module. In subsequent use, as long as the corresponding index code is input, the text corresponding to the same index code can be selected for input. The character increasing system of the present invention effectively solves the problem of insufficient built-in characters in the known technology, and improves the convenience and compatibility of the handheld wireless communication device.

The advantages and spirit of the present invention can be further understood through the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a handheld wireless communication device applying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the method for increasing characters in the input method of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of the method for searching characters by the input method of the present invention.

Detailed ways

The present invention provides an input method character increasing system to increase the characters that can be used by the input method built in the handheld wireless communication device. Please refer to FIG. 1 . FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a handheld wireless communication device 10 applying the present invention. The handheld wireless communication device 10 includes a memory 102 , a display element 104 , an input method management module 106 and an input method character increasing system 110 . The handheld wireless communication device 10 referred to here is a personal portable device such as a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (Personal Digital Assistance, PDA).

The built-in memory 102 of the handheld wireless communication device 10 stores a character library 108, which records font codes corresponding to a plurality of characters (such as: unicode, each character corresponds to a font code of two codes) . When the handheld wireless communication device 10 receives external data, it will correspond the data to the font code recorded in the font library 108, so that the content to be conveyed in the data will be displayed in text through the display element 104 for the user to read or edit. .

When wanting to use the handheld wireless communication device 10 to input or edit data, the input method management module 106 is activated first, and one of the input methods is selected. In terms of Chinese input methods, currently the most commonly used input methods include Zhuyin input method, stroke input method and pinyin input method. Each input method has a different type code to be distinguished in the input method management module (such as 1 for the phonetic input method, 2 for the stroke input method, and so on). Each input method has its corresponding index code logic and the corresponding number of characters that can be used. For example, the Zhuyin input method uses the phonetic symbols ㄅㄆㄇㄈ as the index code logic to encode the index code corresponding to each character. The stroke input method uses stroke symbols such as 丨` as the index code logic. As for the pinyin input The rule is to adopt Roman Pinyin as the index code logic. Of course, the various symbols above also correspond to their different digital codes. For example, ㄅㄆㄇㄈ corresponds to the digital code 01, and ㄉㄊㄋㄌ corresponds to 02, and so on. Since the design of each input method is different, the number of characters that can be displayed and input is also different. But there is one thing in common, the number must not be more than the number of characters recorded in the font library 108 . Therefore, when the user wants to input a character that is not supported by the input method, the target character must be associated with the input method through the input method character addition system of the present invention before it can be used.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the input method adding character system 110 of the present invention includes a selection module 112 , an index code input module 114 , a correlation module 116 , a storage module 118 and a query module 119 . When adding a character to the selected input method, the data containing the character must be sent to the handheld wireless communication device 10 through an external device. The target text can be displayed on the display component 104 first, and then the target text can be added to the selected input method by the input method character addition system 110 of the present invention.

The selection module 112 enables the user to operate the cursor on the display element 104 to highlight the text (or black, depending on the design), so that the selected text can be regarded as the target text. At this time, it is necessary to judge whether the target text is not included in the specified input method. If it is already included in it, no further action is required; if it is not included in the built-in text of the selected input method, continue with the subsequent mode group operations.

When the target text is selected, at this time, the index code input module 114 requires the user to input the target index code corresponding to the target text in the operation mode of the selected input method. For example, suppose you want to add the character "奥" to the Zhuyin input method, because "奥" is pronounced ㄩ', so you must input the phonetic symbol ㄩ, and the index code input module will, according to the symbol input by the user, A target index code corresponding to the target text is generated. The setting of the index code is 8 codes, but it also varies with the designer's design of the font library or input method.

Since the target text itself has a font code, the font code is stored in the font library 108 , and the font code of the target text can be retrieved by the selection module 112 . There are also many ways to encode font codes. Currently, unicode is commonly used, and the input method itself also has a corresponding type code in the input method management module to distinguish different types of input methods. Therefore, the correlation module 106 correlates the type code, the target index code and the font code to obtain a code string corresponding to the target text, so that confusion will not easily occur when using the selected input method to search for the target text in the future.

Due to different personal usage habits, quite a lot of characters that some users want to input are not included in the input method, so a lot of characters must be added to the selected input method. The storage module 118 transfers and saves the newly added target text to a specific area in the memory 102 to facilitate subsequent search.

The correlation module 116 may also include a retrieval table, which is used to record the corresponding relationship between a plurality of index codes and the predetermined number of characters, so that in the subsequent operation mode of the input method, the retrieval table can be queried , to obtain at least one character corresponding to the input index code.

After the target text is added to the input method, if a subsequent user inputs the target index code in the operation mode of the input method, the query module 119 first determines the text used by the input method according to the type code of the input method Then, according to the input target index code, the target character and other characters included in the characters adopted by the input method and corresponding to the target index code are retrieved. At this point, the user will see the above text on the display element for selection and input.

Therefore, when the user enters text in the selected input method, if he finds that the text to be input cannot be found, he can use other external devices, such as a computer, to generate a data containing the text and send it to the application. In the inventive handheld wireless communication device, characters can be added to the characters corresponding to the input method through the input method character adding system of the present invention.

Next, in conjunction with the introduction of the flow chart, the method for adding characters of the input method character adding system of the present invention will be explained in more detail. Referring to Fig. 2, Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the method for increasing characters in the input method of the present invention. The input method increasing word method of the present invention comprises the following steps:

Step 20: Start.

Step 22: Select the target text to add to the input method.

Step 24: Select Chinese input method.

Step 26: Determine whether the target text already exists in the input method, if not, execute step 28; if yes, execute step 36.

Step 28: Enter the target index code.

Step 30: Obtain the font code of the target text.

Step 32: Associate the type code of the input method, the target index code of the target text, and the font code of the target text to form a code string.

Step 34: Store the code string in a predetermined location in the memory.

Step 36: End.

In the above-mentioned associating step, a retrieval table can be used, and the retrieval table is used to record the corresponding relationship between a plurality of index codes and the predetermined number of characters, so that in the subsequent operation mode of the input method, the retrieval can be performed by querying the table to obtain at least one character corresponding to the input index code.

It is emphasized here that the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In other embodiments, the above steps can be changed arbitrarily, and do not have a certain sequence. For example, step 22 and step 24 can be swapped in order; step 30 can also be swapped after step 22.

As for the subsequent input and use, it is similar to the use of a general handheld wireless communication device, the difference is that there is an additional procedure for searching for new fonts for character search. Please refer to FIG. 3 . FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the method for searching characters by the input method of the present invention. When the handheld wireless communication device applying the present invention searches for text, it executes through the following steps:

Step 38: Start Finding.

Step 40: Select a Chinese input method.

Step 42: Enter the target index code.

Step 44: The search module analyzes the target index code, and at the same time, the built-in text of the input method and the range stored in the new text of the Chinese input method in the search memory 102 .

Step 46: Display the target text and other text corresponding to the same target index code and related to the input method for the user to select.

Step 48: End.

Based on the above, through the implementation of the present invention, it is possible to connect characters that are not built into the original input method by using the correlation module. In subsequent use, as long as the corresponding index code is input, the newly added target text can be found. Therefore, the word augmentation system of the present invention effectively solves the problem of insufficient built-in characters in the known technology, and improves the convenience and compatibility of the handheld wireless communication device.

Through the above detailed description of the preferred embodiments, it is hoped that the characteristics and spirit of the present invention can be described more clearly, and the scope of the present invention is not limited by the preferred embodiments disclosed above. On the contrary, the intention is to cover various changes and equivalent arrangements within the scope of the claimed patent scope of the present invention.

Claims (15)

1, a kind of input method that is applied in the one handle wireless communication increases the type families system, in order to increase the literal that the built-in input method of this hand-hold radio communication device can be used, store a character library in this hand-hold radio communication device, this character library comprises a plurality of literal, this input method is a predetermined quantity literal in this character library of connection, and this input method increases the type families turnkey and contains:

One selects module, and in order to select a target text, this target text is contained in this character library but is not contained in this predetermined quantity literal;

One index code input module, receive user's input with the pairing target index code of this target text; And

One connection module, in order to according to this target index code, type codes, this target index code and the font sign indicating number three pass of this input method are linked as one yard string, to correlate this input method and this target text, with when input under the operator scheme of a follow-up user in this input method during this target index code, retrieved this target text and be contained in this predetermined quantity literal and other literal that should the target index code are selected to import for this user.

2, input method as claimed in claim 1 increases the type families system, it is characterized in that this hand-hold radio communication device is a mobile phone.

3, input method as claimed in claim 1 increases the type families system, it is characterized in that this hand-hold radio communication device is a personal digital aid (PDA).

4, input method as claimed in claim 1 increases type families systems, it is characterized in that this target text is selected by this user, and captures this target text by this selection module and be stored in corresponding yi word pattern sign indicating number in this character library.

5, input method as claimed in claim 4 increases the type families system, it is characterized in that, further comprises one and stores module, is stored in the storer in order to this yard string that this input method is newly-increased.

6, input method as claimed in claim 5 increases the type families system, it is characterized in that, further comprise an inquiry module with when importing this target index code under the operator scheme of follow-up this user in this input method, utilize this target index code to be inquired about this predetermined quantity literal and this storer, to retrieve this target text and to be contained in this predetermined quantity literal and other literal that should the target index code are selected input for this user.

7, input method as claimed in claim 1 increases the type families system, it is characterized in that, this connection module further comprises a key, this key writes down the corresponding relation of a plurality of index codes and this predetermined quantity literal, follow-up under the operator scheme of this input method to work as, be able to obtain the corresponding at least one literal of being imported of index code by this key of inquiry.

8, input method as claimed in claim 1 increases type families systems, it is characterized in that, this input method is to be selected from by phonetic input method, stroke input method and spelling input method to be formed a kind of input method in the group.

9, a kind of input method that is applied in the one handle wireless communication increases the word method, in order to increase the built-in spendable literal of an input method of this hand-hold radio communication device, store a character library in this hand-hold radio communication device, this character library comprises a plurality of literal, this input method is a predetermined quantity literal in this character library of connection, and this input method increases the word method and comprises:

Select a target text, this target text is contained in this character library but is not contained in this predetermined quantity literal;

Receive user's input with the pairing target index code of this target text; And

According to this target index code, type codes, this target index code and the font sign indicating number three pass of this input method are linked as one yard string, to correlate this input method and this target text, with when input under the operator scheme of a follow-up user in this input method during this target index code, retrieved this target text and be contained in this predetermined quantity literal and other literal that should the target index code are selected to import for this user.

10, input method as claimed in claim 9 increases the word method, it is characterized in that, this hand-hold radio communication device is a mobile phone.

11, input method as claimed in claim 9 increases the word method, it is characterized in that, this hand-hold radio communication device is a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant).

12, input method as claimed in claim 9 increases the word method, it is characterized in that, further comprises the following step:

This yard string that this input method is newly-increased is stored in the storer.

13, input method as claimed in claim 12 increases the word method, it is characterized in that, further comprises the following step:

When importing this target index code under the operator scheme of follow-up this user in this input method, utilize this target index code to be inquired about this predetermined quantity literal and this storer, to retrieve this target text and to be contained in this predetermined quantity literal and other literal that should the target index code are selected input for this user.

14, input method as claimed in claim 9 increases the word method, it is characterized in that, this connection step is utilized a key, this key is the corresponding relation of a plurality of index codes of record and this predetermined quantity literal, follow-up under the operator scheme of this input method to work as, be able to obtain the corresponding at least one literal of being imported of index code by this key of inquiry.

15, input method as claimed in claim 9 increases the word method, it is characterized in that, this input method is to be selected from by phonetic input method, stroke input method and spelling input method to be formed a kind of input method in the group.

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