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WO2010091530A1
WO2010091530A1 PCT/CN2009/000142 CN2009000142W WO2010091530A1 WO 2010091530 A1 WO2010091530 A1 WO 2010091530A1 CN 2009000142 W CN2009000142 W CN 2009000142W WO 2010091530 A1 WO2010091530 A1 WO 2010091530A1
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Lei Yang
Yandong Wen
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F3/00—Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
    • G06F3/01—Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer
    • G06F3/02—Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
    • G06F3/023—Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
    • G06F3/0233—Character input methods
    • G06F3/0236—Character input methods using selection techniques to select from displayed items

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  • the present application relates to a user interface, an apparatus and a method for input of symbols, and in particular to a user interface, an apparatus and a method for input of emoticons and other special characters using a limited keypad.
  • FIG. 1 is an overview of a telecommunications system in which a device according to the present application is used according to an embodiment
  • Fig. 2 is a view of an apparatus according to an embodiment
  • Fig. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the general architecture of an apparatus of Fig. 2 in accordance with the present application
  • Figs. 4a, b, c and d are views of an apparatus according to an embodiment
  • Fig. 5 is a view of an apparatus according to an embodiment
  • Fig. 6a and b are views of an apparatus according to an embodiment
  • Fig. 7 is a view of an apparatus according to an embodiment
  • Fig. 8a and b are views of an apparatus according to an embodiment
  • Fig. 9 is a flow chart describing a method according to an embodiment of the application.
  • the user interface, the apparatus, the method and the software product according to the teachings for this application in the form of a cellular/mobile phone will be described by the embodiments. It should be noted that although only a mobile phone is described the teachings of this application can also be used in any electronic device such as in portable electronic devices such as laptops, PDAs, mobile communication terminals, electronic books and notepads and other electronic devices offering access to information.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a cellular telecommunications system in which the teachings of the present application may be applied.
  • various telecommunications services such as cellular voice calls, www or Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browsing, cellular video calls, data calls, facsimile transmissions, music transmissions, still image transmissions, video transmissions, electronic message transmissions and electronic commerce may be performed between a mobile terminal 100 according to the teachings of the present application and other devices, such as another mobile terminal 106 or a stationary telephone 132.
  • WAP Wireless Application Protocol
  • the mobile terminals 100, 106 are connected to a mobile telecommunications network 1 10 through Radio Frequency (RF) links 102, 108 via base stations 104, 109.
  • the mobile telecommunications network 110 may be in compliance with any commercially available mobile telecommunications standard, such as Group Speciale Mobile (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Digital Advanced Mobile Phone system (D-AMPS), The code division multiple access standards (CDMA and CDMA2000), Freedom Of Mobile Access (FOMA), and Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA).
  • GSM Group Speciale Mobile
  • UMTS Universal Mobile Telecommunications System
  • D-AMPS Digital Advanced Mobile Phone system
  • CDMA and CDMA2000 CDMA2000
  • Freedom Of Mobile Access FOMA
  • TD-SCDMA Time Division-Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access
  • the mobile telecommunications network 110 is operatively connected to a wide area network 120, which may be Internet or a part thereof.
  • An Internet server 122 has a data storage 124 and is connected to the wide area network 120, as is an Internet client computer 126.
  • the server 122 may host a www/wap server capable of serving www/wap content to the mobile terminal 100.
  • a public switched telephone network (PSTN) 130 is connected to the mobile telecommunications network 110 as is commonly known by a skilled person.
  • Various telephone terminals, including the stationary telephone 132, are connected to the PSTN 130.
  • the mobile terminal 100 is also capable of communicating locally via a local link 101 to one or more local devices 103.
  • the local link can be any type of link with a limited range, such as Bluetooth, a Universal Serial Bus (USB) link, a Wireless
  • the local devices 103 can for example be various sensors that can communicate measurement values to the mobile terminal 100 over the local link 101.
  • a computer such as a laptop or desktop can also be connected to the network both via a radio link such as a WiFi link, which is the popular term for a radio frequency connection using the WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) standard IEEE 802.i l .
  • WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
  • an apparatus may be a mobile communications terminal, such as a mobile telephone, a personal digital assistant, a laptop as well as a stationary device such as a desktop computer or a server.
  • the apparatus can also be a digital camera having communicative means.
  • communicative means can be a serial connection through which it is capable of communicating with another device such as a computer.
  • the mobile terminal 200 comprises a speaker or earphone 202, a microphone 206, a main or first display 203 and a set of keys 204 which may include a keypad 204a of common ITU-T type (alpha-numerical keypad representing characters "0"- "9", “*” and "#") and certain other keys such as soft keys 204b, 204c and a joystick 205 or other type of navigational input device.
  • keys 204a of common ITU-T type alpha-numerical keypad representing characters "0"- "9", “*” and "#”
  • certain other keys such as soft keys 204b, 204c and a joystick 205 or other type of navigational input device.
  • the mobile terminal has a controller 300 which is responsible for the overall operation of the mobile terminal and may be implemented by any commercially available CPU ("Central Processing Unit"), DSP ("Digital Signal Processor") or any other electronic programmable logic device.
  • the controller 300 has associated electronic memory 302 such as Random Access Memory (RAM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM), flash memory, or any combination thereof.
  • RAM Random Access Memory
  • ROM Read Only Memory
  • EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
  • flash memory or any combination thereof.
  • the memory 302 is used for various purposes by the controller 300, one of them being for storing data used by and program instructions for various software in the mobile terminal.
  • the software includes a real-time operating system 320, drivers for a man-machine interface (MMI) 334, an application handler 332 as well as various applications.
  • the applications can include a message text editor 350, a notepad application 360, as well as various other applications 370, such as applications for voice calling, video calling, sending and receiving messages such as Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Message Service (MMS) or email, web browsing, an instant messaging application, a phone book application, a calendar application, a control panel application, a camera application, one or more video games, etc.
  • SMS Short Message Service
  • MMS Multimedia Message Service
  • the MMI 334 also includes one or more hardware controllers, which together with the MMI drivers cooperate with the first display 336/203, and the keypad 338/204 as well as various other Input/Output devices such as microphone, speaker, vibrator, ringtone generator, LED indicator, etc.
  • the software also includes various modules, protocol stacks, drivers, etc., which arc commonly designated as 330 and which provide communication services (such as transport, network and connectivity) for an RF interface 306, and optionally a Bluetooth interface 308 and/or an IrDA interface 310 for local connectivity.
  • the RF interface 306 comprises an internal or external antenna as well as appropriate radio circuitry for establishing and maintaining a wireless link to a base station (e.g. the link 102 and base station 104 in FIG. 1).
  • the radio circuitry comprises a series of analogue and digital electronic components, together forming a radio receiver and transmitter.
  • the mobile terminal also has a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card 304 and an associated reader.
  • SIM Subscriber Identity Module
  • the SIM card 304 comprises a processor as well as local work and data memory.
  • Figure 4 shows an apparatus 400 according to the teachings herein. It should be noted that such an apparatus is not limited to a mobile phone, but can be any apparatus capable of receiving text input.
  • a text 410 that has been input is displayed on a display 403 .
  • a cursor 409 is positioned and displayed. Adjacent the cursor 409 an overview
  • This overview 41 1 provides the user with an easy to overview access to the available symbols 412 for input.
  • the overview 41 1 is accessed or entered by the user pressing a direction key
  • a controller (not shown) is configured, in response thereto, to access the overview 41 1.
  • the overview 41 1 is provided in the right direction of the cursor 409 and it can be accessed by simply pressing on the right navigation key 405.
  • This provides a user with an easy access to the overview 41 1 for selection using a key whose function is not so important for text input and find better use in this context. Examples of such a key is a softkey (204).
  • the overview 411 is located below the cursor 409.
  • the key used for accessing the overview 41 1 is the key 405 indicating the direction of the overview 41 1 in relation to the cursor 409.
  • the overview 41 1 is accessed by a press on the down key 405.
  • a combination of the above is used in that the overview 411 is provided to the right of the cursor 409 if there is space to display the overview 411 to the right of the cursor 409 and below the cursor 409 if there is no space.
  • the direction key 405 for entering the overview 41 1 is fixed even if the overview 411 is displayed in different directions relative the cursor 409. This has the advantage of not confusing the user as all keys have their fixed functionality.
  • the overview 411 is displayed above the cursor 409. This has the advantage that only already used display space is used and it is not always important for a user to read exactly what has already been input.
  • the user is able to navigate through the overview 411 using the navigation or direction keys 405 until the wanted symbol 412 is highlighted or otherwise marked.
  • Figure 4b shows the apparatus 400 as a user has pressed the right key 405 (indicated by the key being blacked out) and entered the overview 41 1. Currently the first symbol 412 is marked.
  • Figure 4c shows the apparatus 400 after a further press on the down and right key 405 (indicated by the keys being blacked out) and the bottom-right symbols 412 is currently marked.
  • the controller of the user interface of the apparatus is further configured to receive a selection command and to select and insert the currently marked symbol 412 in the text stream or string 410.
  • the selection command can be provided through a press on a specific select key, such as a softkey (204b, c), a space key (204a), a designated select key or by a key assigned to another symbol, for example a key assigned with a letter which signals that further input is provided and that the input continues.
  • Figure 4d shows the apparatus 400 after a selection has been made by a user pressing on the bottom-middle key 404, which in this embodiment is assigned to be a space key.
  • a symbol 413 corresponding to the one previously marked 412(see fig 4c) is now inserted into the text or string 410.
  • emoticons are shown as symbols 412, but it should be noted that other symbols 412 may also be used.
  • the symbols 412 that are to be displayed can be context specific, language specific and also application specific or a combination of any or all of these.
  • the controller is arranged to exit said overview 411 if a user navigates outside the overview 411. On example embodiment is where a user exits an overview by navigating back to the first symbol 412 and presses the direction opposite the one used to enter the overview 41 1. Another example embodiment is where a user exits an overview 41 1 by pressing either down or right when the bottom- right symbol 412 is currently marked.
  • the application is a calculator and the symbols 512 are the various operands, see figure 5.
  • the controller can be arranged to display further symbols 512 such as '(', ')', '%' and ' ' et.c. and other common mathematical symbols and operands.
  • a symbol 512 is associated with a function and the controller is arranged to execute said function upon selection of the corresponding symbol 512.
  • Another example of a function is a SEND function corresponding to an envelope symbol.
  • the controller has recognized that a specific word such as "cost” has been input and is configured to display various currency symbols 612 in the symbol overview 61 1. See fig 6A. It should be noted that emoticons could also be displayed as available symbols 612 in this embodiment.
  • the controller has recognized that a digit or number has been input and is configured to displays various units as well as currency symbols in the symbol overview 611. See fig 6B. In this embodiment the symbols 612 have been selected upon detection of the input of a number.
  • the word "length” could have been detected as a special symbol and the symbols could have been displayed without the €-sign and with a further length measure instead.
  • a symbol 412 indicating further choices could be displayed as part of the overview 41 1. Selection of this symbol 412 would then cause the controller to display a new list of further symbols 412.
  • Figure 8 shows an alternative embodiment in which an icon 81 IA indicating symbol input is provided adjacent a cursor 809, see fig 8a.
  • the icon may be selected by a press on the right navigation key 805 and a controller (not shown) is arranged to display an overview 81 1 of available symbols 812 for selection in response thereto, see fig 8b.
  • the overview 811 has been entered by a press on the right direction navigation key 805, which is indicated as blacked out, and the first symbol 812 is marked for selection.
  • Figure 9 shows a flow chart of an embodiment method according to the teachings herein.
  • a cursor is displayed in a first step 910 .
  • a user enters a direction command in a second step 920.
  • this direction command is a press on a navigation key indicating the direction right.
  • an overview of available symbols are displayed in step 930.
  • a user selects a symbol from the symbol overview in step 940 and the symbol is input in step 950.
  • teaching of this application may be implemented by a combination of hardware and software, but can also be implemented in hardware or software.
  • the teaching of this application can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable medium. It should be noted that the teaching of this application is not limited to the use in mobile communication terminals such as mobile phones, but can be equally well applied in Personal digital Assistants (PDAs), game consoles, media players, personal organizers, computers or any other device designed for sharing and viewing images.
  • PDAs Personal digital Assistants
  • teaching of the present application has numerous advantages. Different embodiments or implementations may yield one or more of the following advantages. It should be noted that this is not an exhaustive list and there may be other advantages which are not described herein.
  • one advantage of the teaching of this application is that a user is provided with a fast and intuitive way of inputting symbols that is highly intuitive to use and learn.
  • teaching of the present application has been described in terms of a mobile phone, it should be appreciated that the teachings of the present application may also be applied to other types of electronic devices, such as media players, palmtop, laptop and desktop computers and the like. It should also be noted that there are many alternative ways of implementing the methods and apparatuses of the teachings of the present application.

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L'invention concerne un dispositif qui comprend un affichage et un organe de commande. L'organe de commande est conçu pour afficher un curseur, afficher une vue d'ensemble de symboles comprenant une pluralité de symboles, recevoir des données d'entrée correspondant à une direction d'entrée de vue d'ensemble, et, en réponse à celle-ci, marquer un de la pluralité des symboles à des fins de sélection et recevoir une commande de sélection, et, en réponse à celle-ci, introduire ledit symbole marqué.
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