TWI397837B - Input system and method for increasing the hit rate in keyboard input - Google Patents

Description

Input system and method for improving input success rate in keyboard

The invention relates to the technical field of keyboard input, in particular to an input system and method for improving the input success rate in a keyboard.

Due to the rapid evolution of semiconductor manufacturing, the functions of electronic products have been enhanced compared with the past, and the size of electronic products has also evolved toward light, thin and small. Because the design of handheld electronic products is short and light, the related handheld devices such as mobile phones and Global Position System (GPS) have no extra space to set the text keyboard or mouse to control, and the Chinese input method is pinyin, Cangjie, or Zhuyin, its input characters are much larger than English letters, causing many difficulties in the operation of Chinese input methods on handheld devices such as mobile phones or GPS.

Taking the phonetic input method as an example, the user must use the fixed phonetic symbol button configured on the keyboard to match the phonetic pinyin rule and find the phonetic symbol on the keyboard for the corresponding input. That is to say, for those who are not familiar with the phonetic symbols of the keyboard configuration, the Chinese input often takes a lot of time and causes many troubles. Similarly, Pinyin and Cangjie also have the aforementioned problems.

In view of the foregoing problems, China's publication No. 200622706 uses a pinyin input method of dynamic sorting input, which uses a pinyin combination table unit to compare a pinyin combination table with a specific combination rule to determine the next available pinyin. Symbol, when editing text, the next time a symbol button can be combined with a display effect, so that the user can directly select the next symbol button. However, it is also necessary to spend a lot of time to find the relevant button for the person who is not familiar with the phonetic symbol button on the keyboard in the display effect.

In view of the above problems, China's publication No. 200622708 uses a pinyin input method of dynamic sorting input, which has a pinyin combination table for comparing the first pinyin symbols selected by the user to obtain the second available combination. Two pinyin symbols. Then, according to the weight values corresponding to the second pinyin symbols obtained by the pinyin symbol combination unit, the order of the second pinyin symbols is determined, and displayed in a checkerboard text editing screen. Finally, the dynamic sorting operation interface allows the user to quickly find the pinyin symbols and input them to shorten the pinyin input operation time. However, it rearranges the second pinyin symbols, and the user has to learn from new or adapt to the new keyboard arrangement, which is easy to cause trouble. It can be seen that the conventional keyboard input technology still has many defects and needs to be improved.

The object of the present invention is mainly to provide an input system and method for improving the input success rate in a keyboard, so as to increase the inputtable area without changing the user's original usage habits and without changing the arrangement of the input keys, so that It is easier for the user to select the desired item.

According to a feature of the present invention, the present invention provides an input system for improving the input success rate in a keyboard, which is applied to a handheld device, which comprises an input text editing unit, a symbol combination unit, a re-labeling keyboard range unit, and A textual relevance database. The input text editing unit has a text editing screen, and provides a user to select one of the first input symbols in the text editing screen for text editing. The symbol combination unit is coupled to the input text editing unit, and has a combination table established according to a specific combination rule for selecting the first input symbol by the user, thereby obtaining at least one of the next available combinations. Two input symbols. The re-labeling keyboard range unit is coupled to the symbol combining unit, and re-labeling the second input symbol corresponding to the range of the keyboard according to the at least one second input symbol obtained by the symbol combining unit. The text relevance database stores text data corresponding to the first input symbol and the second input symbol for the input text editing unit to read the text data; wherein the re-labeling the keyboard range unit Finding the position of the at least one second input symbol sequentially from left to right or from right to left, and from top to bottom, marking the selected at least one second input symbol as a generation of selected symbols, The position around the substitute symbol is marked as an extended block of the at least one second input symbol, and the range of the at least one second input symbol corresponding to the keyboard can be relabeled.

According to another feature of the present invention, the present invention provides an input method for increasing the input success rate in a keyboard, which is applied to a handheld device, which comprises the following steps: (A) selecting a first input symbol on a text editing screen. (B) the first input symbol is formed according to a combination table established by a specific combination rule, thereby obtaining at least one second input symbol of the next available combination; (C) according to the second input symbol, Re-labeling the second input symbol corresponding to the keyboard range; (D) searching for a textual relevance database according to the selected first input symbol and the second input symbol, thereby finding a corresponding first input symbol and the first Two input symbols form one of the text materials.

1 is a schematic diagram of an input system 100 for increasing the input success rate in a keyboard of the present invention. The input system 100 can be a pinyin input, a phonetic input, or an English input system. The input system 100 can be applied to a handheld device without a physical keyboard having a virtual keyboard as its input device.

The input system 100 includes an input text editing unit 110, a symbol combination unit 120, a relabeled keyboard range unit 130, and a textual relevance database 140.

The input text editing unit 110 has a text editing screen for the user to select the first input symbol in the text editing screen for text editing.

The symbol combination unit 120 is coupled to the input text editing unit 110, and the symbol combination unit 120 has a combination table 121 established according to a specific combination rule for comparing the user to select the first input symbol in the text editing screen. At least one second input symbol that is available for combination is obtained, wherein the combination table 121 differs depending on the input method.

The re-labeling keyboard range unit 130 is coupled to the symbol combining unit 120, and re-labels the keyboard range corresponding to the second input symbol according to the at least one second input symbol obtained by the symbol combining unit. The weight The new labeled keyboard range unit 130 increases the range of the keyboard corresponding to the second input symbol to generate a valid keyboard range corresponding to the second input symbol, thereby further increasing the user's hit rate. And increase the input success rate.

The textual association database 140 stores text data corresponding to the first input symbol and the second input symbol for the input text editing unit to read the required text data, wherein the text data may be Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, or Korean.

When the keyboard is a virtual keyboard, the text editing screen presents the at least one second input symbol and its corresponding effective keyboard range with a display effect, which causes the second input symbol and its corresponding effective keyboard range to be presented. Brighter than the surrounding, or use the reverse white display. The text editing screen displays or displays the at least one second input symbol and a portion other than the valid keyboard range corresponding thereto in a dark color.

2 is a flow chart of an input method for increasing the input success rate in a keyboard according to the present invention. The keyboard to which the method is applicable may be one of the following: a virtual keyboard, a 104-key keyboard, a 107-key keyboard, and a handheld device keyboard. The input method is one of the following: pinyin input, phonetic input, and English input.

First, in step (A), a first input symbol is selected on a text editing screen for text editing.

In step (A1), it is determined whether the first input symbol is a legal input, and if so, step (B) is performed, and if not, step (A) is returned.

In the step (B), the combination table 121 established according to the specific combination rule is compared according to the first input symbol to obtain at least one second input symbol that can be combined. For example, in the Pinyin input method, when the first input symbol is S, the second input symbol may be {A, E, H, U, I, O}.

In step (C), the at least one second input symbol is re-labeled corresponding to the keyboard range according to the second input symbol. Step (C) is configured to increase a range of the keyboard corresponding to the at least one second input symbol to generate a valid keyboard range corresponding to the at least one second input symbol, thereby improving the user hit rate ( Hit rate), and increase the input success rate.

In step (D), searching for a textual relevance database according to the selected first input symbol and a second input symbol to find a text corresponding to the first input symbol and the at least one second input symbol data. The text can be in Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, or Korean.

When the keyboard is a virtual keyboard, the text editing screen presents the at least one second input symbol and a valid keyboard range corresponding thereto by a display effect, wherein the at least one second input symbol and the valid keyboard corresponding thereto are provided The range is brighter than the surrounding, or highlighted. The text editing screen processes the at least one second input symbol and the valid keyboard range corresponding thereto by gray display or no display.

Figure 3 is a detailed flow chart for re-labeling the corresponding keyboard range in step (C) of the present invention. First, in step (C1), the position of the at least one second input symbol can be found from top to bottom, for example, from left to right. Similarly, the position of the at least one second input symbol can also be found from top to bottom from right to left.

In step (C2), a second input symbol is selected as a generation of selected symbols, which marks the position of the selected second input symbol and not the second input symbol as an extended block of the second input symbol. . In the step (C2), the lower left of the nine-square grid range of the second input symbol A is searched clockwise to the lower left for labeling.

In step (C3), it is determined whether the selected extended block is the position of the other second input symbol, and if so, the label is discarded, and if not, it is determined in step (C4) whether the selected extended block is marked, and Whether it is located to the left or right of the other second input symbols, if not, in the step (C5), the area is marked as the extended area of the second input symbol, and if so, the label is discarded.

In step (C6), it is determined whether the at least one second input symbol is markedly completed, and if so, the process ends, and if not, the process returns to step (C2).

4 to FIG. 10 are schematic diagrams showing the step (C) of the present invention re-labeling the corresponding keyboard range. For example, the first input symbol is S, and the at least one second input symbol can be {A, E, H, U, I, O}.

As shown in FIG. 4, the position of the at least one second input symbol {A, E, H, U, I, O} is indicated.

In step (C2), {Q, W, S, X, Z} is indicated as an extended block of the second input symbol A as shown in FIG. Since the extended block {Q, W, S, X, Z} is not the position of the other second input symbols {E, H, U, I, O}, the selected extended block is judged in the step (C4) { Whether Q, W, S, X, Z} are marked and located on the left and right of other second input symbols. Since the block is just executed, the relevant extended blocks are not labeled, so {Q, W, S, X, Z} An extension block labeled as the second input symbol A.

Since the other second input symbols {E, H, U, I, O} have not been extended, the step (C2) is returned.

In step (C2), {R, F, D, S, W} is indicated as an extended block of the second input symbol E. Since the extended block {Q, W, S, X, Z} is not the position of the other second input symbols {H, U, I, O}, the selected extended block {R, in the step (C4) is judged. Whether F, D, S, W} is marked and located around the other second input symbols. Since {R, F, D} is not labeled, {R, F, D} is marked as the second input symbol E. Extension block. {S} is marked and located at the left and right of the other second input symbols A, so step (C7) is performed to discard the extended block labeled as the second input symbol E, so {S} is still marked as an extension of the second input symbol A. Block. {W} is marked and not located at the left and right of the other second input symbols A, so step (C5) is performed for labeling, so {W} is marked as an extended block of the second input symbol E.

Since the other second input symbols {H, U, I, O} have not been extended, the step (C2) is returned.

Similarly, FIG. 7 shows an extended block label of the second input symbol H, and its extended block has {J, M, N, B, G, T, Y}. Figure 8 shows an extended block label of the second input symbol U with an extended block of {Y}. Since the extended block has {Y} marked and is not located at the left and right of the other second input symbols H, step (C5) is performed for labeling, so {Y} is marked as an extended block of the second input symbol U.

Figure 9 shows an extended block label of the second input symbol I with an extended block of {K}. Figure 10 shows an extended block label of the second input symbol O, with the extended block having {P,;, L}.

11 to 17 are schematic views showing another embodiment of the corresponding keyboard range in step (C) of the present invention. It is primarily intended for users who are accustomed to left-handed input.

The position of the at least one second input symbol {A, E, H, U, I, O} is indicated in FIG. As shown in FIG. 12, {P,;, L} is indicated as an extended block of the second input symbol O. In Fig. 13, {J, K} is indicated as an extended block of the second input symbol I. In Fig. 14, {Y} is indicated as an extended block of the second input symbol U. Figure 15 shows an extended block label of the second input symbol H with extensions {M, N, B, G, T}. Figure 16 shows an extended block label of the second input symbol E with extensions {R, F, D, S, W}. Figure 17 is a diagram showing an extended block label of the second input symbol A, the extended block having {Q, W, S, X, Z}, since the extended block {W} is marked and located at the other second input symbol E So do not mark the left and right. Therefore, the extended block of the last second input symbol A is {Q, S, X, Z}.

As shown in FIG. 11 and FIG. 17, the effective range of the second input symbol can be expanded, and the user can input the correct range near the second input symbol, thereby improving the user's hit rate (hit). Rate), 俾 increase the input success rate.

As can be seen from the above description, the technical features of the present invention are:

1. Does not change the user's original usage habits for keyboard button configuration.

2. Does not change the original arrangement logic of the input keys.

3. Add clickable areas to make it easier for users to select the items they need.

Limited to the limited operating space on the handheld device, no matter which input method is used, it is desirable to be able to select the desired word more easily. The technology of the present invention does not need to change the keyboard configuration, and the user interface is maintained consistently, and the user does not need to Using the prior art technology to re-adapt to a new set of input processes, at the same time, the technology of the present invention improves the use of the background to assist the user, avoids excessive prompts to interfere with the user's usage habits, and is easy to integrate into the existing program architecture, and thus Reduce the computational complexity and reduce the computational process, making the handheld device work more smoothly.

From the above, it can be seen that the present invention is extremely useful in terms of its purpose, means, and efficacy, both of which are different from those of the prior art. It should be noted that the various embodiments described above are merely illustrative for ease of explanation, and the scope of the invention is intended to be limited by the scope of the claims.

100. . . Input system

110. . . Input text editing unit

120. . . Symbol combination unit

130. . . Relabel keyboard range unit

140. . . Textual relevance database

121. . . Combination table

1 is a schematic diagram of an input system for increasing the input success rate in a keyboard according to the present invention.

2 is a flow chart of an input method for increasing the input success rate in a keyboard according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a detailed flow chart for re-labeling the corresponding keyboard range in step (C) of the present invention.

4 to FIG. 10 are schematic diagrams showing the step (C) of the present invention re-labeling the corresponding keyboard range.

11 to 17 are schematic views showing another embodiment of the corresponding keyboard range in step (C) of the present invention.

100. . . Input system

110. . . Input text editing unit

120. . . Symbol combination unit

130. . . Relabel keyboard range unit

140. . . Textual relevance database

121. . . Combination table

Claims (11)

An input system for improving input success rate in a keyboard is applied to a handheld device, comprising: an input text editing unit having a text editing screen for providing a user to select one of the first inputs in the text editing screen a symbol for editing a text; a symbol combination unit coupled to the input text editing unit, having a combination table established according to a specific combination rule for comparing the user to select the first input symbol, thereby obtaining a second input symbol that can be combined; a re-labeled keyboard range unit coupled to the symbol combination unit, relabeling the second input symbol according to the at least one second input symbol obtained by the symbol combination unit Corresponding to the range of the keyboard; and a textual relevance database storing the text data corresponding to the first input symbol and the second input symbol for the input text editing unit to read the text data; wherein Re-labeling the keyboard range unit from left to right or from right to left, and from top to bottom Finding the position of the at least one second input symbol, marking the selected at least one second input symbol as a generation of selected symbols, and marking the location around the substitute symbol as an extension of the at least one second input symbol The block, in turn, may relabel the range of the at least one second input symbol corresponding to the keyboard. The input system of claim 1, wherein the input system is a pinyin input, a phonetic input, or an English input. The input system of claim 2, wherein the keyboard is a virtual keyboard, a 104-key keyboard, a 107-key keyboard, or a handheld device keyboard. The input system of claim 3, wherein the re-labeling keyboard range unit is configured to increase the range of the at least one second input symbol corresponding to the keyboard to generate a correspondence with the at least one second input symbol. Effective keyboard range, which in turn increases the user's hit rate. The input system of claim 4, wherein when the keyboard is a virtual keyboard, the text editing screen presents the at least one second input symbol and its corresponding valid keyboard range by using a display effect. An input method for improving input success rate in a keyboard is applied to a handheld device, which comprises the following steps: (A) selecting a first input symbol on a text editing screen for text editing; (B) the first Inputting a symbol according to a combination table established by a specific combination rule, thereby obtaining at least one second input symbol of the next available combination; (C) relabeling the second input symbol corresponding to the keyboard range according to the second input symbol; And (D) searching a text relevance database according to the selected first input symbol and the second input symbol, and further finding a text data corresponding to the first input symbol and the second input symbol. The input method of claim 6, wherein the keyboard can be a virtual keyboard, a 104-key keyboard, a 107-key keyboard, or a handheld device keyboard. The input method of claim 6, wherein the step (C) increases the range of the second input symbol corresponding to the keyboard to generate a valid keyboard range corresponding to the second input symbol, thereby improving The user hit rate. The input method of claim 6, wherein when the keyboard is a virtual keyboard, the text editing screen presents the at least one second input symbol and a valid keyboard range corresponding thereto by using the display effect. The input method of claim 8, wherein the step (C) further comprises: (C1) sequentially finding the position of the at least one second input symbol from top to bottom; (C2); Marking the selected second input symbol as a generation of selected symbols, marking the position around the substitute symbol as an extended block of the second input symbol; (C3) determining whether the selected extended block is other The position of the second input symbol, if yes, discard the label, if not, perform step (C4); (C4) determine whether the selected extension block is labeled, and whether it is located at the position of the other second input symbol, If not, perform step (C5), if yes, discard the label; (C5) indicate that the extended area marked is the extended area of the second input symbol; and (C6) determine whether the at least one second input symbol is marked complete If yes, the process ends, and if not, return to step (C2). The input method of claim 8, wherein the step (C) further comprises: (C1) sequentially finding the position of the at least one second input symbol from top to bottom; (C2); Marking the selected second input symbol as a generation of selected symbols, marking the position around the substitute symbol as an extended block of the second input symbol; (C3) determining whether the selected extended block is other The position of the second input symbol, if yes, discard the label, if not, perform step (C4); (C4) determine whether the selected extension block is labeled, and whether it is located at the position of the other second input symbol, If not, perform step (C5), if yes, discard the label; (C5) indicate that the extended area marked is the extended area of the second input symbol; and (C6) determine whether the at least one second input symbol is marked complete If yes, the process ends, and if not, return to step (C2).