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| 20080301575 | VARIABLY DISPLAYABLE MOBILE DEVICE KEYBOARD - A variably displayable mobile device keyboard includes a display for presenting two or more groups of basic images, such that a different keyboard display can be generated by each of these groups of basic images, a filter for filtering one or more groups of basic images so that a single group of basic images will be displayed; and a touch screen transparent to ambient light for selecting a key of the displayed single group of basic images. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080320410 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD TEXT REPLICATION - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for replicating text at a virtual keyboard. Characters submitted to, displayed at, or accumulated for submission to an application data field are echoed at a keyboard data field that is in relatively close proximity to virtual keys used to enter the characters. Thus, a user does not have to alter their field of view to the application data field to determine what was submitted to the application data field, what was entered at the application data field, or what is to be submitted to the application data field. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention permit a user to much more easily see what they typed using a virtual keyboard. The need to alter a visual field of focus between an application data field and a virtual keyboard is significantly reduced, if not eliminated. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090007001 | Virtual keypad systems and methods - Accordingly, a virtual keypad system for inputting text is provided. A virtual keypad system includes a remote controller having at least one touchpad incorporated therein and divided into a plurality of touch zones. A display device is in data communication with the remote controller and is operable to display a user interface including a keypad, where each key of the keypad is mapped to a touch zone of the touchpad. A prediction module, in response to an operator pressing a given touch zone to select a particular character, performs one or more key prediction methods to predict one or more next plausible keys. A key mapping module remaps the touch zones of the touchpad to the keys of the keypad based on the one or more next plausible keys. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090037837 | Language Keyboard - A computer implemented method includes displaying first characters of a language script in a user interface, in response to receiving a selection of a first character, identifying second characters that are each a variant of the first character according to a language rule, displaying the second characters of the language script proximate the selected first character, and in response to receiving a subsequent selection of the selected first character or one of the second characters, displaying the subsequently selected character as an input character in the user interface. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090113335 | DIALYSIS SYSTEM USER INTERFACE - A dialysis system includes a dialysis instrument including a pump actuator; a disposable dialysis fluid carrying set including a pump chamber operable with the pump actuator; and a graphical user interface including a selection highlighting input device and a selection entering input device, the selection highlighting input device configured to enable a user to perform each of: (i) screen navigation selection; (ii) parameter selection including at least one parameter related to the pump actuator and pump chamber; and (iii) value selection including at least one value related to the pump actuator and pump chamber. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090132948 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF SELECTING SPECIAL CHARACTERS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Apparatus and methods of selecting special characters in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes storing a set of European alphabet letters in a memory, inputting an alphabet letter to be converted in a European alphabet letter, determining a mode conversion key has been activated, displaying a plurality of European alphabet letters corresponding to the inputted alphabet letter on a pop-up window when it is determined that the mode conversion key has been activated, wherein the European alphabet letters are read from the memory, and selecting a desired one of the displayed European alphabet letters. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090158190 | COMPUTING APPARATUS INCLUDING A PERSONAL WEB AND APPLICATION ASSISTANT - A computing device is configured to include a computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for a personal Web and application assistant program. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090158191 | VIRTUAL KEYPAD FOR TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY - A method for changing a transparency level of a virtual keypad on a display, comprising the steps of: activating a pointing device on the display; and dragging the pointing device along the display for a predetermined distance; whereby said dragging step causes the transparency level of the virtual keypad on the display to change. The keypad can be arranged to include a stacked intuitive layout for keys, where the left side of a qwerty keyboard is placed over the right side of a qwerty keyboard to created a stacked virtual keyboard. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090172585 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes displaying an input screen including a plurality of items in which text data can be input; displaying a keyboard for inputting text data in one input item of the plurality of items so as to be superimposed on the input screen; displaying the name of the input item on the displayed keyboard; and performing control, in a case where an instruction to change the input item to a different item is received, with the keyboard superimposed on the display unit by the keyboard display unit, so as to change the input item to the different item, with the keyboard kept displayed on the display unit, and cause the display unit to display the name of the different item. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090177993 | INPUT OF INFORMATION USING A PLURALITY OF SCREENS IN COMBINATION WITH DISPLAY OF KEY WITH COLORS, DISPLAY OF INFORMATION AND SYSTEM USING THEM - The invention relates to a touch-panel keyboard for displaying information of many items of articles and selecting the information, thereby enhancing the searchability of the information. The touch-panel keyboard is used for input processing of information relative to a computer and comprises a display part and a display control part. The display part displays a plurality of keys on each screen. The display control part sets a first screen and a second screen on the display part, displays a plurality of sort keys having different color and one or plurality of first keys, which are displayed with the same colors as those of the sort keys corresponding to the sort keys, on the first screen, switches the first screen to the second screen by operating the sort keys, and displaying the first key or keys, which are similarly displayed on the first screen, while changing the color or colors of the first key or keys with different colors, and second keys displayed with the same colors as those of the sort keys corresponding to the sort keys, on the second screen. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090210815 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INFORMATION INPUT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DISPLAY - A method, and apparatus is disclosed for input of information in an electronic device having a display, the apparatus comprising a graphic processor for displaying a plurality of objects on the display representative of the information to be input, each object of the plurality of objects arranged around the perimeter of a portion of the screen area of the display; a control interface for a user to control movement of a cursor generated in the display by the graphic processor and responsive to the control interface for scrolling through the plurality of objects and selection of an object for input of information. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090217190 | DATA BROADCAST RECEIVING APPARATUS, METHOD OF RECEIVING DATA BROADCAST, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING DATA BROADCAST RECEIVING PROGRAM - A data broadcast receiving apparatus is configured to provide interactive display of data broadcast in response to an input operation on a personal computer. The personal computer is connectable to a display device and a mouse including a wheel. The digital data receiving apparatus is configured to provide a display area reserved for a display of the data broadcast and an operation area reserved for a display of operation buttons, which are defined on a display screen. The digital data receiving apparatus is configured to detect the input operation from the mouse to perform the interactive display based on a description of data contained in the data broadcast in response to the input operation of the mouse. The scroll operation of the wheel of the mouse is assigned to operations on at least one of the operation buttons. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090217191 | INPUT UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an input unit and a control method thereof. According to an embodiment of the input unit and the control method thereof, relationship information between the end of an input member and the end of the shadow of the input member, generated by a light source, are recognized through image processing, and is used to detect if an input is made by the input member. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090235195 | VIRTUAL OPTICAL INPUT DEVICE FOR PROVIDING VARIOUS TYPES OF INTERFACES AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Provided are a virtual optical input device and a method of controlling the same. In the method, a portion of an input means such as a finger, and a portion of a shadow of the input means generated by a light source are detected through image processing. Physical variations formed between them are used to detect the touch contact of the input means, calculate the position of the input means, and input the corresponding command. Accordingly, it is possible to provide various input patterns. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090249242 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE IN A MEDIA PROCESSOR - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a media processor having a controller to present one of a plurality of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with a keyboard for entering characters in a GUI field element presented in the GUI, identify a library of possible word constructs, detect a character selected from the keyboard, predict from the character selection one or more word constructs from the library of possible word constructs, present the one or more word constructs in the GUI, eliminate one or more characters from the keyboard according to the predicted one or more word constructs, and reduce a size of the keyboard responsive to removing the one or more characters. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090259962 | Character Input Method - A method is provided for inputting characters to an electronic device having a virtual keyboard displayed on a screen. The method includes the step of displaying a plurality of character entry regions ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090300535 | Virtual control panel - A system that enables a user to interact with a virtual control panel using a user controlled pointing object. The system includes a portable identification element, a tracking unit adapted to capture data representing the position of the pointing object and the position of the identification element, a storage unit, storing at least one pre-defined graphical interface representing a control panel of a device, a graphics unit, generating a graphical representation of the control panel, a registering unit, registering the graphical representation of the control panel in a fixed relation to the portable identification element to produce a virtual control panel and a display unit, showing the user a view including the real world and the virtual control panel. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090319935 | Method and Apparatus for Signaling Neighbor Cell Transmission Frame Allocations - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising a user interface configured to: display a plurality of selectable objects on a display, each of the plurality of selectable objects having a selection area. The apparatus further comprises a processor configured to: receive a user input within the selection area to select a first object, the first object being at least one of the plurality of selectable objects. Further, the apparatus comprises the user interface further configured to display an expanded selection area for the first object based at least in part on the user input. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100031184 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTING A GRAPHIC OBJECT IN TO A TEXT BASED MESSAGE - A system and method for selecting graphic objects to insert in a text message when composed on a wireless device, each of the graphic objects representing a set of individual alphanumeric characters. The system comprises an object table for display on a user interface of the device, such that the table is configured for including a first object of the graphic objects associated with a first predefined input and a second object of the graphic objects associated with a second predefined input. The first input is different from the second input. The system also has a first input event component for coupling to the user interface such that the first input event component is configured for mapping to the first predefined input. The system also has a second input event component for coupling to the user interface such that the second input event component is configured for mapping to the second predefined input, the first input event component being different from the second input event component. A user of the device selects one of the graphic objects from the table by employing the respective one of the input event components mapped to the predefined input associated with the graphic object in the table. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100042946 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB-BASED SOFT KEYBOARD CHARACTER ENTRY - The subject application is directed to a system and method for web-based soft keyboard character entry. Web connection sessions with each of a plurality of thin clients is established, wherein each thin client is disposed one of a corresponding plurality of associated workstations via network connection. Keyboard layout data corresponding to each of a plurality of properties of soft keyboard layout is stored in an associated storage. Region data corresponding to a region associated therewith is received from each thin client as well as display size data corresponding to a display size associated therewith. Target-specific keyboard layout data is received for each of the plurality of thin clients in accordance with the keyboard layout data and, region data and display size data associated with each thin client and communicated to each thin client in accordance with the calculation corresponding thereto so as generate a soft keyboard layout thereon. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100064243 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANIPULATING GROUPS OF DATA REPRESENTATIONS OF A GRAPHICAL DISPLAY - A system is disclosed wherein a graphical representation of a profile may be adjusted to adjust one or more values of the profile. The profile may includes data values corresponding to respective time periods. The data values being represented by data representations in the graphical representation. A non-contiguous grouping of the data representations may be selected by an operator to adjust the data values of the profile corresponding to the non-contiguous grouping of data representations. A contiguous grouping of the data representations may be selected by an operator to adjust the data values of the profile corresponding to the non-contiguous grouping of data representations. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100064244 | MULTI-FOLD MOBILE DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE INTERFACE - A multi-fold mobile device with a configurable interface is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method includes detecting a hardware configuration change from a first configuration to a second configuration at an electronic device that includes at least a first panel having a first display surface and a second panel having a second display surface. The hardware configuration change includes a change in a relative orientation of the first display panel to the second display panel. The method also includes automatically modifying a graphical user interface displayed at the first display surface and the second display surface at least partially based on the second configuration. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100070908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACCEPTING OR REJECTING SUGGESTED TEXT CORRECTIONS - A method for accepting or rejecting suggested text corrections, involving receiving a first input from a keyboard associated with a computing device, wherein the first input corresponds to a composition of a message in a text input area on the computing device, displaying a first suggested text correction, in response to the first input, during the composition of the message, receiving a first keypress on the keyboard, wherein the first keypress corresponds to a rejection of the suggested text correction, when a rejection of the suggested text correction is desired, receiving a second keypress on the keyboard, wherein the first keypress corresponds to an acceptance of the suggested text correction, when an acceptance of the suggested text correction is desired, and automatically inserting a space in the message when one selected from a group consisting of the first keypress and the second keypress is received. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100083161 | CALCULATOR EMULATION APPARATUS - When keys are typed on a calculator keyboard displayed on an scientific electronic calculator emulation screen, not only are key data items of the calculator stored sequentially into a key log memory and displayed on a log screen, but also a calculation process corresponding to the key input is executed and displayed on a calculator display. Then, when the “selector” button on the tool bar is input, a calculator function name to be executed on the basis of the key log displayed on the log screen is retrieved from a function corresponding key log memory and is replaced with a display area of the key log. Then, the display area is displayed. Accordingly, with the key logs displayed on the log screen, what processes the series of key logs are supposed to execute can be recognized easily. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100088625 | TABLET PC AND FULL-SCREEN KEYBOARD WINDOW DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A tablet PC includes a processing unit and a display panel. The display panel is controlled by the processing unit and for displaying an application program window and selectively displaying a full-screen keyboard window of which the transparency is higher than the transparency of the application program window. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100088626 | Dynamic Alteration of Input Mode on Touch Screen Device - A mobile electronic device includes a touch sensitive display and enables text input to be provided in either a reduced keyboard ambiguous text input mode or in a full keyboard unambiguous text input mode and advantageously enables uncommitted text entered in the ambiguous input mode to be automatically committed when switching into the unambiguous input mode. An improved method employs the mobile electronic device. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100095234 | MULTI-TOUCH MOTION SIMULATION USING A NON-TOUCH SCREEN COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE - A method of multi-touch portable electronic device simulation using a non-touchscreen computer input device. The method includes entering a multi-touch simulation mode; recording a first touch motion and a second touch motion using the non-touchscreen computer input device; rendering the recorded first touch motion and second touch motion as a simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion; and generating a sub-routine associated with the simulated simultaneous multi-touch motion. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100107105 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An AV amplifier includes a selector which outputs a video signal input from an output device to a display device, a display controller which makes a display device display a virtual controller including a plurality of operation buttons and a cursor for selecting any operation button on the virtual controller together with a output video corresponding to an AV signal input form the output device, an operation signal receiver which receives an operation signal for moving the cursor on the virtual controller so as to select an operation button corresponding to a position of the cursor together with identification information for identifying a device to be controlled from an amplifier controller, and a control signal transmitter which transmits predetermined control signals set to the operation buttons for the AV devices to the device to be controlled according to the device to be controlled and the selected operation button. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100107106 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT AND LANGUAGE SPECIFIC DATA ENTRY - An apparatus, system and method that allow for context and language specific data entry via a user interface. A user interface is displayed on a display device, where the user interface includes a data entry menu having one or more menu selections. A menu selection is activated. A data entry method is displayed, where the data entry method is context and language specific to the activated menu selection. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100107107 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT AND LANGUAGE SPECIFIC DATA ENTRY - An apparatus, system and method that allow for context and language specific data entry via a user interface. A user interface is displayed on a display device, where the user interface includes a data entry menu having one or more menu selections. A menu selection is activated. A data entry method is displayed, where the data entry method is context and language specific to the activated menu selection. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100115447 | Method and Apparatus to Dynamically Arrange A Virtual Key Position in A Hierarchical Structure - The present invention discloses a method to dynamically arrange positions of a plurality of virtual keys in a hierarchical structure with many layers. These virtual keys can control an application program and include at least one function group key and at least one command key The method includes the following steps. The first step is to determine whether a first virtual key is a function group key or a command key, wherein the first virtual is located in a first layer in the hierarchical structure. When the first virtual key is a command key, the first virtual key is moved from the first layer to another layer and a number to select the first virtual key is added by one. Next, whether or not the application program processing has ended is determined. When the application program processing has ended, the number of times the first virtual key is clicked is compared to the number of times other virtual keys were selected. A virtual key that is clicked the most is moved to the top layer in the hierarchical structure. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100115448 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD WITH VISUALLY ENHANCED KEYS - A method of presenting keys of a touchscreen device, to facilitate correct actuation. Following depression of a key, the device determines likelihood of selection of a subsequent key. Keys determined to be more likely to be subsequently selected are visually enhanced. Enhancement may be by presenting the keys as relatively large relative to keys not so determined, by adjusting coloring, and introducing dynamic effects, among others. Also, keys surrounding keys determined to be likely to be subsequently selected may be visually enhanced. Visually enhanced surrounding keys may have enhanced brightness relative to keys not surrounding keys so determined. Keys may be further categorized in an intermediate category as being of equal likelihood rather than of relatively great or relatively unlikely subsequent selection. Visual presentation may intuitively reflect the three categories. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100115449 | System and method for controlling animation by tagging objects within a game environment - A game developer can “tag” an item in the game environment. When an animated character walks near the “tagged” item, the animation engine can cause the character's head to turn toward the item, and mathematically computes what needs to be done in order to make the action look real and normal. The tag can also be modified to elicit an emotional response from the character. For example, a tagged enemy can cause fear, while a tagged inanimate object may cause only indifference or indifferent interest. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100169818 | KEYBOARD BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION - A computer-implemented method of navigating a GUI can include, responsive to a user input initiating a navigation mode, overlaying, atop of the GUI located within a first layer, a virtual keyboard within a second layer, wherein the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of virtual keys. The method can include, for each virtual key, associating the virtual key with a region of the first layer including an area of the GUI beneath the virtual key. The method can include mapping each virtual key with a physical key of a physical keyboard communicatively linked with a computer rendering the GUI and, responsive to a user input selecting a physical key of the physical keyboard, selecting a region corresponding to the selected physical key. A level of magnification for the selected region can be increased within the first layer while keeping the virtual keyboard sizing constant. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100169819 | Enhanced zooming functionality - A method includes detecting an image presented on a display area of a device; detecting a pointing device input on a touch sensitive area of a device; determining that the input includes at least one point of contact on the touch sensitive area; and activating a zoom functionality of the device. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100175016 | Security key inputting system for touch screen device - A touch screen device includes a touch screen panel having a key input area and defining a plurality of touch-sensitive keys at the key input area, a control module operatively linking with the touch screen panel, and a security key inputting system operatively linked to the control module. The control module displays a plurality of input characters at the touch-sensitive keys respectively in such a manner that when one of the touch-sensitive keys is contacted, the control module identifies the corresponding input character being selected as an input data. The security key inputting system is arranged for randomly re-arranging the input characters at different touch-sensitive keys respectively, wherein the input characters are alternately displayed at the touch-sensitive keys for preventing the input characters from being read by memorization of fixed location. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100180224 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC PRODUCTION SYSTEM WITH ADDED USER FUNCTIONALITY - A universal music production system and related software is provided that enables an open source microprocessor and its operating system to provide ergonomic and user friendly control of editing audio processing configurations of one or more systems, instruments or synthesizers in a music studio edit mode environment and then utilize the studio edit mode song/performance configurations in a live mode performance environment that disables the user from certain studio edit mode functions. Ergonomic user functionality for creating ivory keyboard splits is provided. Also a song configuration sustain feature allows sounds generated in a previous song to be held over or sustained while a next song configuration is established and the user begins playing the next song. User created virtual controls can be displayed on a touch sensitive display screen enabling a user to control predetermined sound or performance parameters easily during a live performance. Also, reconfiguration of any or all of the sound signal chains for various sound tracks can be accomplished substantially instantaneously via set list loading of VST instrument and effect plug-ins. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100185971 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE - A mobile terminal device according to the present invention includes: an area setting unit, a software key display unit, a pointing device and a character information display unit. The area setting unit sets a plurality of display areas for displaying a plurality of software keys mapped to each of a plurality of pieces of character information included in a predetermined input character type. The software key display unit displays the two or more software keys assigned to each of the plurality of display areas set up by the area setting unit, in corresponding display areas. The plurality of pointing devices select the software keys displayed by the software key display unit, independently for every display area in accordance with an operation made by a user. The character information display unit displays character information corresponding to the software key selected by the pointing device. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100192085 | NAVIGATION APPARATUS - There is provided a navigation apparatus including: a display unit having a display screen; a touch panel provided to the display screen; and a display controller that selectively changes first, second, and third screens in response to contacting the touch panel to be displayed, wherein each of the screens has a manipulation-button display area for displaying a screen-changing button, and wherein, the display controller performs a first displaying operation of circulatingly changing the screens in a predetermined order to be displayed at each time of contacting the manipulation-button display area, a second displaying operation of displaying a pop-up menu including first, second, and third screen-selecting buttons for directly selecting the screens at the same time of the first displaying operation, and a third displaying operation of displaying on the display screen one screen selected among the screens in response to contacting the screen-selecting buttons displayed by the second displaying operation. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100192086 | Keyboard with Multi-Symbol Icons - A plurality of icons are displayed on a touch-sensitive display. A respective icon in at least a subset of the plurality of icons corresponds to two or more symbols. A contact by a user with the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to a selection of the respective icon, wherein the contact includes a respective gesture, is detected. A respective symbol in the two or more symbols for the respective icon to which the contact further corresponds is determined. The respective symbol is a first symbol in the two or more symbols if the respective gesture includes a continuous contact and the respective symbol is a second symbol in the two or more symbols if the respective gesture includes a discontinuous contact. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100241983 | System And Method For Accelerometer Based Information Handling System Keyboard Selection - An information handling system presents a keyboard at a touch screen display to accept end user key inputs. An accelerometer integrated in the information handling system detects accelerations that indicate a change in the configuration of the keyboard presented at the touch screen display. The keyboard presentation adjusts from a full size that accepts end user inputs to a reduced size that provides the end user with increased display area for alternative uses. For example, an acceleration commands keyboard minimization, keyboard presentation at a reduced size, partial keyboard presentation, keyboard presentation to avoid key fields that accept use inputs, keyboard presentation with a configuration having fewer keys, or other types keyboard configurations. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241984 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING THE NON ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER BASED ON A USER INPUT - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising a shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen is configured to receive a user input. Further, a processor is configured to identify a position in a text input; and determine a non alphanumeric character based at least in part on the user input. Further still, the shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen is further configured to display the non alphanumeric character in the position. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100241985 | Providing Virtual Keyboard - Apparatus and methods are described for providing a virtual keyboard. In one aspect, an apparatus for providing a virtual keyboard to be displayed on a touch screen is described. The apparatus includes a memory unit that includes a data repository to store data comprising at least one virtual keyboard configuration information to configure at least one corresponding virtual keyboard. The apparatus includes a processing module to select from the data stored in the data repository a given virtual keyboard configuration information to select a corresponding virtual keyboard to configure; configure the selected virtual keyboard to have a fan-like shape with multiple keys of the virtual keyboard arranged along an outline of an arc in a fan-shaped region based on the selected virtual keyboard configuration information; and instruct a touch screen module to display the configured virtual keyboard on a display region of a touch screen. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100251161 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD WITH STAGGERED KEYS - A computing system includes a touch display and a virtual keyboard visually presented by the touch display. The virtual keyboard includes one or more rows of staggered virtual-touch-input keys. The computing system further includes a touch-to-key assignment module configured to assign a touch directed to the virtual keyboard and recognized by the touch display to a virtual-touch-input key. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100262931 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING A MEDIA GUIDANCE APPLICATION WITH MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVE VIEWS - Systems and methods are provided for navigating a media guidance application with multiple perspective views. A first of a plurality of media guidance objects may be displayed in a first perspective view that appears flat on the screen. A second media guidance object may be displayed in a second perspective view that appears to be going into the screen creating the appearance of a fold between the first and second media guidance application objects at a location where the first perspective view changes into the second perspective view. The second media guidance object in the second perspective view may be caused to slide through the fold into the first perspective view. The second media guidance object displayed in the first perspective view may be selected. An action may be performed for a media asset corresponding to the selected media guidance object. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100269057 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING EVENTS AT A SERVER TO A REMOTE DEVICE - Examples of systems and methods are provided for communicating events at a server to a remote client device. A system may allow communication and may provide, to a remote client device, a message related to an event at a server. The system may comprise an agent module configured to receive notification of the event at the server, configured to determine an action, based on the event, to be performed by the remote client device on a graphical user interface (GUI) at the remote client device or a remote view at the remote client device, configured to generate the message based on the determined action, and configured to direct the message to the remote client device. The GUI may be a GUI for controlling an application running on the server from the remote client device, and the remote view may be a view of the application running on the server. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100281416 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A potable terminal device comprises an upper housing including a display unit on the surface thereof and a lower housing including a hard key on the surface thereof and relatively slidably coupled to the upper housing. Bothe of the housings are movable between a closed position in which all hard keys of the lower housing is covered with the upper housing, at least one intermediate position in which part of the hard keys are uncovered with the upper housing, and a full open position in which all of the hard keys are uncovered with the upper housing. In the intermediate position, in response to pressing any of part of the hard keys which are uncovered, a soft key for complementing part of the hard keys which are uncovered is displayed in a position starting from the edge of the display unit adjacent to the hard keys. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100293497 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALPHANUMERIC NAVIGATION AND INPUT - Systems and methods for simplifying text entry are provided. A visual keypad may include a plurality of user-selectable buttons corresponding to at least some of the buttons of the alphabet. The layout of the visual keypad may be determined based on an n-gram table. The layout of the visual keypad may be rearranged based at least in part on the most likely next character in response to receiving a user selection of a button on the visual keypad. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100306691 | User Interface for Visual Cooperation Between Text Input and Display Device - A user-interface system for entering an alphanumeric string or alphanumeric clusters for identifying information content is presented. The user-interface system has presentation logic for displaying an image of a virtual user alphanumeric interface on a presentation device. The virtual user alphanumeric interface includes an image of an overloaded keypad that has a two dimensional configuration of alphanumeric clusters. Each cluster corresponds to a set of alphanumeric characters. The user-interface system also has cluster selection logic for receiving user actions from an input device (e.g., five-button interface) to provide visual cues to help the user select an alphanumeric cluster and to cause the selected alphanumeric cluster or character from a cluster to be displayed in a display field of the virtual user alphanumeric interface. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100313160 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - The invention relates to a method for representing a virtual keyboard on the display of a mobile terminal, as for example a cell phone, wherein the mobile terminal comprises a camera for capturing image data, a display for representing the image data and a keyboard for selecting menu functions or for inputting, for example, a text message The invention is characterized in that the keyboard is designed as a virtual keyboard on the display of the mobile terminal and that a cursor represented on the virtual keyboard is designed to the moveable, wherein the cursor moves according to the movements of the mobile terminal in the spatial axes to the corresponding keyboard field of the virtual keyboard. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100325572 | MULTIPLE MOUSE CHARACTER ENTRY - This document relates to multiple mouse character entry. More particularly, the document relates to multiple mouse character entry tools for use on a common or shared graphical user interface (GUI). In some implementations, the multiple mouse character entry tools (MMCE tools) can generate a GUI that includes multiple distinctively identified cursors. Individual cursors can be controlled by individual users via a corresponding mouse. The MMCE tools can associate a set of characters with an individual cursor effective that an individual user can use the mouse's scroll wheel to scroll to specific characters of the set. The user can select an individual character by clicking a button of the mouse. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100333011 | TOUCH SCREEN INPUT RECOGNITION AND CHARACTER SELECTION - A system and method of character input using a virtual keyboard, which may have a reduced number of keys. The virtual keyboard may be displayed on a touch screen and may include a plurality of keys. The virtual keyboard may have a plurality of keys, each key having a number of characters or symbols. Characters associated with a particular key may be selected through a series of related touch screen inputs. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110010655 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEDIA FOR ENTERING DATA IN A PERSONAL COMPUTING DEVICE - In one aspect of the present invention a user can rapidly enter and search for data, such as text, using a data entry system by entering one or more characters on a digital keyboard with a pointing device. With the digital keyboard the user can create words, phrases and other character sequences. As the user enters a character sequence, a mechanism for character prediction visually informs the user of which set of characters on the digital keyboard are most likely to have the character that the user wishes to next enter as part of the text. In another aspect of the present invention, as the user forms a character sequence (partial text entry), the character sequence is used to search a dictionary for a set of completion candidates that begin with the character sequence. The data entry system retrieves completion candidates from the dictionary by determining which completion candidates in the dictionary are more likely to be the ones that the user is attempting to type. A rapid navigation system provides for enhanced navigation and retrieval of completion candidates from the dictionary. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110035695 | KEYBOARD FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - A tactile keyboard provides a user of a touch sensitive device having a soft keyboard with a mountable keyboard with distinct keys. The mountable keyboard can be placed directly upon the soft keyboard and facilitates typing. As the hard keys on the mountable keyboard are depressed they simultaneously depress same keys on the soft keyboard which is removably attached to the touch screen device. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110035696 | CHARACTER INPUT SYSTEM FOR LIMITED KEYBOARDS - A character input system for a limited keyboard, in which a number of input keys in the keyboard is smaller than a number of characters in an input alphabet, the system comprising: a memory comprising a plurality of different mappings of said characters onto combinations of said keys; and a selector for allowing a user to select one of said mappings for character input. The different mappings are optimized for different users and different purposes, so that the user may select a mapping for simplicity of use, or one optimized for touch-typing, or for minimal key pressing or for minimal ambiguity or for other factors and combinations thereof. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110055750 | SMALL-SIZED SETTLEMENT TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an information display area, a set key display area, and an information input area having a greater area than any of the information display area and the set key display area is set in a display zone of a display section. A ten-key image pattern for inputting amount information about settlement is displayed in the information input area. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110072384 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPLEMENTING HOT KEYS FOR OPERATING A MEDICAL DEVICE - Methods and systems for implementing hot keys for operating a medical device are disclosed. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110078613 | Dynamic Generation of Soft Keyboards for Mobile Devices - Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to improving the efficiency of text input by dynamically generating a visually assistive virtual keyboard. Exemplary variations display a soft keyboard on a touchscreen of a text-entry device. The touchscreen works with the soft keyboard as a form of text input. Keyboard logic on the text-entry device is programmed to change the visual appearance of each key within the soft keyboard based on the prior entry. The keyboard logic assigns a prediction value to each key based on a statistical probability that the key will be entered next. The touchscreen displays a visually enhanced keyboard based on these prediction values. Enhancements include resizing keys relative to their prediction value, rearranging the keys a distance from the previous key entered inverse to its prediction value, etc. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110078614 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A terminal to provide a virtual keyboard includes a touch panel to sense a touch input, a memory unit to store a plurality of virtual keyboards and a touch point number corresponding to each virtual keyboard, a virtual keyboard setting unit to select one of the virtual keyboards corresponding to a touch point number that matches a number of sensed touch inputs, and a display unit to display the selected virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard setting unit may select one of the virtual keyboards according to a dimension or area of the sensed touch input, and may relocate the virtual keyboard according to coordinates of a touch input. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110087990 | USER INTERFACE FOR A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY - A device, which may have a touchscreen display, and methods for its operation are provided using a graphical user interface and an overlay user input interface such as a virtual keyboard. The graphical user interface may include one or more user interface elements displayed in a first region of the display that are actuatable to invoke a corresponding function. When the virtual keyboard is invoked for display in the same region, the underlying graphical user interface is redrawn with a further user interface element corresponding to at least one of the user interface elements previously displayed in the first region, so that the further user interface element is actuatable to invoke a command to carry out the corresponding function. In another embodiment, the virtual keyboard may be modified instead to provide an action key corresponding to a function related to an application executing on the device. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110099505 | TOUCH SCREEN KEYPAD LAYOUT - A apparatus includes a touch-screen display. A virtual keypad is displayed wherein the keys are sized in accordance with their location. Keys located in a corner of the display are smallest, keys located on an edge but not in a corner are larger, and keys not having any contact with an edge are largest. A user can easily select keys for entering a text message using multi-tap or predictive text algorithms. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110099506 | Predictive Text Entry for Input Devices - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for providing predictive text functionality to input devices. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a selection of a first character from a plurality of characters displayed in a virtual representation of an input device; generating one or more first selectable suggestions based on the first character; and displaying the one or more first selectable suggestions proximate to the first character in the virtual representation of the input device. The first selectable suggestions are displayed closer to the first character than any of the plurality of characters normally displayed in the virtual representation of the input device. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110107252 | TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATING AN ANALYSIS EQUATION - During a method, a hybrid graphical user interface (GUI), which is associated with electronic-design-automation (EDA) software, is displayed. This hybrid GUI allows users to efficiently specify useful analysis equations using textual and/or graphical information. In particular, the hybrid GUI has a first window that includes graphical objects associated with a circuit design. A user can select one or more of the graphical objects and associated electrical parameters using a user-interface device, such as a mouse. The hybrid GUI has a second window that has icons and other graphical controls that allow the construction of an analysis equation using the user-interface device. In addition, the hybrid GUI has a third window that includes an equation editor that provides a symbolic representation of an analysis equation based at least on one or more text entries provided by a user using a second user-interface device (such as a keyboard) and/or user selections of a given graphical object in the graphical objects and an associated electrical parameter. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110119617 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVIEW AND SELECTION OF WORDS - A system, method and computer-readable medium that previews words and commands recognized by a continuous stroke recognizer based on input into a virtual keyboard layout is presented. The system and method allows a user to see the word that will be recognized or output before the user commits the continuous stroke input to the system. Further, after recognition and output, the system presents the recognized output word and the closest word candidates in a correction display integrated with the virtual keyboard layout. Among other things, the user is provided with options to change the current output word by selecting another word candidate on the correction display, and to delete the current output word by selecting the representation of the current output word on the correction display. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110154246 | Image forming apparatus with touchscreen and method of editing input letter thereof - Provided are an image forming apparatus with a touchscreen and a method of editing input letters using the same. In the method, an inputted text is displayed on the touchscreen using keys of the soft keyboard. A letter to be edited is received from the displayed text. At least one of coordinates representing adjacent keys of the soft keyboard is determined based on a coordinate corresponding to a location of the received letter on the touchscreen. At least one of the magnified images of the adjacent keys corresponding to the determined coordinates and functions keys is displayed. The displayed text is edited using a letter corresponding to one key that is selected from the magnified image of the adjacent keys. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110161859 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PINYIN INPUT - An electronic device and a method for pinyin input include setting an initial virtual keyboard and a virtual keyboard as a word delimiter and determining whether received input is a word delimiter or not. The electronic device and the method further include retrieving the Chinese character database and confirming match letters after the input letters, and displaying virtual keystrokes on a display of the electronic device corresponding to the match letters. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110167375 | Apparatus and Method for Conditionally Enabling or Disabling Soft Buttons - A method of operating a multifunction device includes displaying a soft keyboard having a plurality of unconditionally enabled buttons and one or more conditionally enabled buttons, detecting a first input with a first button at a first time, and responding to detecting the first input by activating the first button. In response to detecting a second input with a second button at a second time, when the first button is an unconditionally enabled button and the second button is an unconditionally enabled button, the second button is activated. When the second button is a conditionally enabled button, and when the period of time between the first and second times is above a predefined threshold, the second button is activated; and when the period of time between the first and second times is equal to or below the predefined threshold, the second button is prevented from being activated. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110173558 | INPUT DEVICE FOR PICTOGRAPHIC LANGUAGES - In some embodiments, input devices and related systems and methods for electronically inputting characters of a pictographic language are disclosed. In one embodiment, an input device for a pictographic language includes a touchscreen display, and a display controller programmed to display a first arrangement including a first set of characters of a pictographic language on the touchscreen display. The first arrangement includes a plurality of regions, each of which contains a plurality of characters of the first set of characters of the pictographic language. The touchscreen display may be programmed to receive selection of one of the regions, and to receive selection of one of the characters in the selected region after receiving the selection of the region. Advantageously, the input device can be effectively used by both non-speakers and language learners as well as native speakers. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110179372 | Automatic Keyboard Layout Determination - A method for configuring a hardware keyboard without user intervention. At least one of language information and location information from one or more hardware and software information sources associated with the electronic device is obtained. The hardware and software information is prioritized based on the reliability of their associated language and location information. A keyboard language and layout is determined for the hardware keyboard based on the language information and location information obtained from the information source having the highest relative priority. The electronic device is configured to interpret key input signals from the hardware keyboard based on the determined keyboard language and keyboard layout. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179373 | API to Replace a Keyboard with Custom Controls - A method and system for display a user interface object. A user interface object for receiving user input to the application program is determined and the user interface object is displayed on the display. A first set of characteristics of the user interface object is control in accordance with the application program. The first set of characteristics include appearance of the user interface object and user interactions with the application program via the user interface object. A second set of characteristics of the user interface different form the first set of characteristics are controlled in accordance with the control program. The second set of characteristics include the display state of the user interface object. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110179374 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - A display apparatus includes a housing, an operation position specification section, and a display control section. The housing includes a touch panel, and is configured to display a predetermined software keyboard including keys on a display screen. The operation position specification section is configured to specify an operation position of each of the keys of the software keyboard; and a display control section is configured to automatically change display of the keys based on variations of the operation positions of the keys, the operation positions being specified by the operation position specification section. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110185306 | Methods and Systems for a Linear Character Selection Display Interface for Ambiguous Text Input - Methods of and systems for entering ambiguous text input via a linear character selection display are provided. A system for entering an alphanumeric string includes presentation logic for displaying on a presentation device an alphabet arranged into a row of letters and indication logic for presenting visual cues grouping a series of letters of the row into a cluster. The system also includes navigation logic for receiving user actions to move the visual cues along the row of letters to change the letters grouped into the cluster. The visual cues move along the row of letters in variable offsets based on a rate of input of the user actions. The system further includes selection logic for receiving user actions to select the cluster of letters to cause at least one of the letters of the selected cluster to be displayed in a string field. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110191709 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD INPUT MEANS WITH MULTIPLE INPUT FOCUSES AND METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses a virtual keyboard input means with multiple input focuses and method thereof, relating to the field of information security. The means includes a control module and a virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard is a virtual keyboard unit controlled by the control module or a virtual keyboard module communicated with the control module. The method includes that displaying virtual keyboard and multiple simulated input/output unit in the virtual keyboard input mode and setting corresponding focus indicator; if a user clicks simulated input/output unit, the control module sets the current input focus indicator as the focus indicator of the simulated input/output unit, if the user clicks virtual keyboard, virtual keyboard unit controlled by the control module or a virtual keyboard module communicated with the control module determines corresponding character according to the position of the cursor and performs corresponding processing. The invention improves the security of input with the virtual keyboard. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110197158 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INPUT METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM USING THE METHOD - An electronic device, an input method thereof, and a computer-readable medium using the method are provided, wherein the electronic device has a function key corresponding to a predetermined function. In the method, when a function key input is received, whether the function key input is inputted successively is determined according to a time interval between a reception time of the function key input and a reception time of a previous key input. The electronic device is prohibited from executing the predetermined function relevant to the function key if the function key input is inputted successively. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110202864 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF RECEIVING AND ACTING ON USER-ENTERED INFORMATION - Apparatus and methods of capturing user-entered information on a device comprise receiving a trigger event to invoke a note-taking application, and displaying, in response to the trigger event, a note display area and one or more action identifiers of the note-taking application on at least a portion of an output display on the device. Also, the apparatus and methods may include receiving an input of information, and displaying the information in the note display area in response to the input. Further, the apparatus and methods may include receiving identification of a selected one of the one or more action identifiers after receiving the input of the information, wherein each of the one or more action identifiers corresponds to a respective action to take with the information. Additionally, the apparatus and methods may include performing an action on the information based on the selected action identifier. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110214082 | PROJECTION TRIGGERING THROUGH AN EXTERNAL MARKER IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY EYEPIECE - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated camera facility that images an external visual cue. An integrated processor of the eyepiece identifies and interprets the external visual cue as a command to display content associated with the visual cue. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110225535 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a reception module configured to receive an operation input by a user; and a display module configured to display key images for receiving the operation, wherein the display module is configured to operate to: display a first key image group comprising one or more key images, a second key image group comprising one or more key images in a first display mode, and a first display switching key image; and display the second key image group in a second display mode which is larger in size than the second key image group in the first display mode, without displaying the first key image group, when the operation on the first display switching key image is received by the reception module. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110225536 | SLIDING KEYBOARD INPUT CONTROL IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY EYEPIECE - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content. The displayed content is an interactive keyboard control element. The keyboard control element is associated with an input path analyzer, a word matching search facility, and a keyboard input interface, wherein the user inputs text by sliding a pointing device across character keys of the keyboard input interface in a sliding motion through an approximate sequence of a word the user would like to input as text, wherein the input path analyzer determines the characters contacted in the input path, the word matching facility finds a best word match to the sequence of characters contacted and inputs the best word match as input text. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110231789 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display includes displaying information on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, scrolling through the information in a first scrolling mode when the gesture is associated with a first area of the touch-sensitive display, and scrolling through the information in a second scrolling mode when the gesture is associated with a second area of the touch-sensitive display. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110239150 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SOFTWARE DIRECTION PAD OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A method for controlling a software direction pad of an electronic device, configured to display a software keyboard and an editing area, includes the following steps: displaying the software direction pad in response to a start input, wherein the software direction pad is used for moving a cursor on the editing area; and closing and hiding the software direction pad in response to a close input received through the software keyboard. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110246927 | TOUCH-ENABLED TERMINAL AND METHOD OF PROVIDING VIRTUAL KEYPAD FOR THE SAME - A touch-enabled terminal and a keypad providing method for the same are provided. The method of providing a virtual keypad includes activating the virtual keypad in character input mode, performing first-stage presentation by focusing a first one of characters assigned to each one of plural buttons of the virtual keypad and displaying the focused characters, and performing, in response to a touch on a button of the virtual keypad, second-stage presentation by displaying a character entered by the touched button, focusing a next enterable character related to the touched button, and focusing next enterable characters related respectively to the other buttons. The touch-enabled terminal provides visual information regarding currently enterable characters through the virtual keypad with respect to the last entered button. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110271222 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING TRANSLUCENT POP-UP INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO INFORMATION SELECTED ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method of displaying a translucent pop-up including additional information corresponding to information selected on a touch screen includes receiving a first touch input for selecting first information on the touch screen; displaying a first translucent pop-up including first additional information corresponding to the first information; receiving a second touch input for selecting second information located in a region of the first translucent pop-up, on the touch screen; and displaying a second translucent pop-up including second additional information corresponding to the second information. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110276916 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention enables a user to perform an operation of closing a software keyboard displayed on a display unit by an operation to a predetermined input item with use of a hardware keyboard. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes receiving an input to a predetermined input item via a software keyboard displayed on a display unit, receiving an input to the predetermined input item via a hardware keyboard connected to the information processing apparatus, inputting a character to the predetermined input item according to the key input received via the software keyboard or the hardware keyboard, and closing a display of the software keyboard displayed on the display unit if the input to the predetermined input item which is received via the hardware keyboard satisfies a predetermined condition during the display of the software keyboard. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110296333 | User interaction gestures with virtual keyboard - A method and device are described that provides for operating system independent gestures and a virtual keyboard in a dual screen device. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110302518 | SELECTING ALTERNATE KEYBOARD CHARACTERS VIA MOTION INPUT - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for selecting alternate keyboard characters via motion input provided by a user. One example method comprises displaying a graphical keyboard via a user interface and receiving, via the user interface, initial user input specifying a selection of a key on the graphical keyboard, wherein the initial user input comprises an initiation of a contact with the user interface. The method further includes displaying alternate characters via the user interface, wherein each alternate character is displayed to indicate at least one corresponding selection direction that is associated with that alternate character, and receiving, via the user interface, additional user input specifying a selection of at least one of the alternate characters, wherein the additional user input comprises motion in the at least one selection direction corresponding to the at least one selected alternate character, and a release of the contact from the user interface. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302519 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Accessibility via a Touch-Sensitive Surface - An accessible electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: displays a first plurality of user-selectable objects; detects a finger contact on the touch-sensitive surface; detects movement of the finger contact across the touch sensitive surface to an activation region that corresponds to a first user-selectable object; while detecting the finger contact at the activation region, initiates output of audible accessibility information associated with the first user-selectable object; detects termination of the finger contact while the finger contact is at the activation region that corresponds to the first user-selectable object; and, in response: performs a predefined operation associated with the first user-selectable object if the device has output at least a predefined portion of the audible accessibility information associated with the first user-selectable object when the termination of the finger contact is detected; and forgoes performing the predefined operation otherwise. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110302520 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image reading apparatus includes a touch panel, a storage unit, and a control unit, wherein the control unit includes a screen displaying unit that displays, on the touch panel, a screen area containing a text input area, wherein user input is possible, and a keyboard displaying unit that displays, when the user performs an operation of selecting the text input area via the touch panel, a part of the screen area containing the selected text input area and a keyboard screen on the touch panel. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110307822 | LETTER INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - A text input method and apparatus of a portable terminal supporting a virtual keypad including a plurality of character keys are provided. The method includes displaying, when a text input mode is activated, a virtual keypad including a plurality of key regions, each key region being assigned plural letters, compounding, when a touch movement event is detected on the virtual keypad, letters assigned to a first key region to which a touch-down event is made with letters assigned to a second key region to which a touch-up event is made into compound letters, displaying the compound letters, and inputting, when a compound letter is selected, the compound letter selected. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110314405 | CONTEXTUAL CONTROL OF DYNAMIC INPUT DEVICE - A computing system includes one or more input-device user-interface runtime applications to dynamically display images on a dynamic input device. The one or more input-device user-interface runtime applications are executed in a currently active desktop. The computing system further includes a dominant application configured to execute in the currently active desktop. The dominant application is configured to specify an input-device user-interface runtime application corresponding to a current context of the dominant application. The specified input-device user-interface runtime application is configured to dynamically display virtual controls on the dynamic input device. The specified input-device user-interface runtime application is also configured to report activation of the virtual controls to the dominant application. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110320974 | METHOD AND SYSTEM HAVING A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD ON DEVICES WITH SIZE LIMITED TOUCH SCREEN - A method for providing and using a touch screen to enter letters or symbols which form a desired word entry input to a smart mobile device includes a touch screen display configured to display one of a plurality of regions of a replicated standard keyboard display. Key buttons are displayed in the one of the plurality of regions to provide a key button size substantially similar to at least half the size of an average human finger. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110320975 | INPUTTING SYMBOLS INTO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH-SCREEN - A graphical user interface for inputting symbols into an electronic device having a touch-screen, especially a portable consumer device like a terminal for use in a mobile communication network according to GSM, GPRS, UMTS and/or LTE standard, including a display for representing a plurality of selectable keys of a keyboard on the touch-screen, the keys associated with symbols of a symbol set, and mapping for selecting a symbol in response to a user input using a one of the keys associated with symbols of a symbol set, the graphical user interface providing for inputting symbols into the electronic device with kinemimic gestics, realising an input of symbols with direction inducing gestics. Further described is a method for inputting symbols into an electronic device having a touch-screen, and an electronic device including a graphical user interface for inputting symbols into the electronic device according to the described method. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120005615 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING AN INPUT BY MEANS OF A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN - A method is described for executing an input using a virtual keyboard which is displayed on a screen and on which each key is represented by an object displayed on the screen. In said method, the three-dimensional position of at least one input object relative to a plane is monitored, the position of the input object parallel to the plane represents a selected spot on the screen, a key of the virtual keyboard represented by an object is highlighted on the screen when the selected spot in the display on the screen is located within the object, an approach of the input object towards the plane is monitored, and a highlighted object is selected and a function associated with the key that is represented by the displayed object is input when the input object moves closer to the plane than a given distance and/or approaches the plane at a speed that is higher than a given approach speed. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120011462 | Swipe Gestures for Touch Screen Keyboards - Systems, methods, and devices for interpreting manual swipe gestures as input in connection with touch-sensitive user interfaces that include virtual keyboards are disclosed herein. These allow for a user entering text using the virtual keyboard to perform certain functions using swipes across the key area rather than tapping particular keys. For example, leftward, rightward, upward, and downward swipes can be assigned to inserting a space, backspacing, shifting (as for typing capital letters), and inserting a carriage return and/or new line. Various other mappings are also described. The described techniques can be used in conjunction with a variety of devices, including handheld devices that include touch-screen interfaces, such as desktop computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, mobile telephones, and combinations thereof. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120023433 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for inputting a character in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a virtual keypad on a screen, inputting the character by detecting a user touch, predicting at least one next input character associated with the input character, and controlling at least one area between a key area of the predicted character and a key area of an unpredicted character in the virtual keypad so that the respective key area is displayed in different scale for distinction. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120030604 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL KEY PAD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling a virtual key pad thereof are disclosed. The mobile terminal identifies a touch pattern of a touch action of each of a plurality of virtual keys, and changes at least one of an area and position of a sensing zone corresponding to each of the plurality of virtual keys to correspond to the identified touch pattern. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030605 | OPERATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND OPERATION METHOD - Provided is an operation apparatus including: a touch panel which selectably displays a plurality of function item keys, and selection item keys corresponding to each of the plurality of function item keys; a shortcut acceptance unit which generates an icon-attached function item key by pasting to a pasting target function item key which is a function item key, an icon indicating a shortcut of a function item key which is different from the pasting target function item key, and selectably displays the icon-attached function item key, and accepts a selection of the icon-attached function item key; and a integrated screen selection acceptance unit which displays a integrated selection screen which selectably displays in a same screen a selection item key which corresponds to the pasting target function item key, and a selection item key which corresponds to a function item key identified by an icon in the touch screen. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030606 | SELECTING ALTERNATE KEYBOARD CHARACTERS VIA MOTION INPUT - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for selecting alternate keyboard characters via motion input provided by a user. One example method comprises displaying a graphical keyboard via a user interface and receiving, via the user interface, initial user input specifying a selection of a key on the graphical keyboard, wherein the initial user input comprises an initiation of a contact with the user interface. The method further includes displaying alternate characters via the user interface, wherein each alternate character is displayed to indicate at least one corresponding selection direction that is associated with that alternate character, and receiving, via the user interface, additional user input specifying a selection of at least one of the alternate characters, wherein the additional user input comprises motion in the at least one selection direction corresponding to the at least one selected alternate character, and a release of the contact from the user interface. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030607 | CONTROLLING A KEYBOARD - Devices, systems, methods, and other embodiments are associated with controlling a keyboard. In one embodiment, a remote control comprises an initiation button configured to cause a keyboard with keys to be displayed upon a remote display device. The remote control includes a keypad with a button set, where the button set maps with keys of a highlighted sector of the remote display device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030608 | METHOD, FUNCTIONAL ARRANGEMENT AND SOFTWARE MEANS FOR SEARCHING AND PROCESSING INFORMATION WITH USER INTERFACE OF A TERMINAL IN WHICH AN ADDRESS FIELD AND VIRTUAL FUNCTION KEYS ARE MODIFIED TO CORRESPOND TO AN INVOKED SERVICE THROUGH DATA INPUT TO A BROWSER ADDRESS FIELD, AND CELLULAR NETWORK TERMINAL EMPLOYING THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method for making it easier to carry out information search and processing with a communications device. Furthermore, the invention relates to a network browser employing the method and a www service at a server in a communications network as well as a cellular network terminal. In the method according to the invention, information entered in the address field of the network browser is utilized so that the address field with its virtual function keys is modified in accordance with the service used on the basis of information entered in the address field. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030609 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD TEXT REPLICATION - Text that is selected at a virtual keyboard is submitted to and displayed at an application data field and is echoed at a keyboard data field that is in relatively close proximity to virtual keys used to select the text. Thus, a user does not have to alter their field of view to the application data field to determine what was submitted to the application data field. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120030610 | INFUSION PUMP SYSTEM WITH DISPOSABLE CARTRIDGE HAVING PRESSURE VENTING AND PRESSURE FEEDBACK - Embodiments are directed to portable infusion devices, systems, and methods of using the same for dispensing materials. In some cases, the devices, systems and methods may be used for infusing a material such as medicament, e.g., insulin, into a body in need thereof. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120036468 | USER INPUT REMAPPING - An apparatus and method for receiving an input at a first location on an input-sensing surface, the first location being mapped to the activation of a first user interface component; receiving a correction of the activation to the activation of a second user interface component; and based at least in part on the correction, remapping subsequent inputs within a locus to the activation of the second user interface component. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120036469 | REDUCED KEYBOARD WITH PREDICTION SOLUTIONS WHEN INPUT IS A PARTIAL SLIDING TRAJECTORY - A reduced virtual keyboard system for text input on electronic devices is disclosed. Text input is performed by creating a tracing trajectory. Dynamic prediction solutions are created during the tracing process, thus avoiding the need for a user to complete the entire word trajectory. The system also allows a mixture of tapping actions and sliding motions for the same word. The system may comprise a Long Words Dictionary database having first letters corresponding to predetermined keys of the keyboard. Alternatively, the system uses a Dictionary and a database management tool to find long words. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120047453 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING CALCULATIONS USING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and method for performing calculations is provided so that a paradigm of a tape is utilized in a calculator application that executes on a computing platform and which is configured to enable a user to see and interact with multiple virtual tapes that each show numerical values and operators. Each tape functions as a user-accessible memory and a memory value may be recalled from any one tape and that value placed on any other tape. The calculator application is configured to enable the user to enter a sequence of values and operators which are all displayable on a given tape, as well as support the user's ability to edit any value or operator that was previously entered on that tape. Calculations are updated to reflect the user's edits on both the tape currently being edited and any other tape that uses the edited tape as a memory. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120047454 | Dynamic Soft Input - Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to improving the efficiency of text input by dynamically generating a soft input based upon current context information. In some embodiments the dynamic soft input may comprise a reduced set of input areas (e.g., keys), which may be sized and/or positioned according to their relative probability of being selected as the next user input. In addition, in some embodiments the probability that an input will be selected may be determined by comparing the current context (e.g., user inputs) to an input model, such as a language model. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120079410 | SCROLLING VIRTUAL MUSIC KEYBOARD - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for scrolling a virtual keyboard on a touch screen device including a display. A first aspect allows detecting a user contact swipe motion in a predetermined direction along said keyboard, scrolling said keyboard across said display in accordance with said motion, and stopping said scrolling upon termination of user contact swipe motion. A second aspect allows scrolling of a virtual keyboard to snap to an intelligent position based on a song key or relative minor of the song key. A third aspect allows a note to be held when a user's finger remains in contact with the display even though the finger is no longer in contact with a key linked to the note on the keyboard as a result of scrolling. A fourth aspect displays a second musical instrument keyboard adjacent to a first musical instrument keyboard, wherein said second musical instrument keyboard is linked to said first musical instrument keyboard such that scrolling of one keyboard causes automatic scrolling of the other keyboard. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079411 | OPERATION CONSOLE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - In an operation unit, a display panel displays a two-sided copy setting screen image including a still image display area on which a plurality of software keys (two-sided copy setting keys) corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of processes (one-sided/one-sided copy process, one-sided/two-sided copy process, two-sided/two-sided copy process and two-sided/one-sided copy process), for selecting any of the plurality of processes, are displayed. A touch-panel receives an input operation to the plurality of software keys. In response to the touch-panel receiving the input operation, a CPU displays, on a movie display area different from the still image display area of the two-sided copy setting screen image, an image representing contents of the selected process in a prescribed state. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120079412 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Word Recommendations - One aspect of the invention involves a method that includes: in a first area of the touch screen, displaying a current character string being input by a user with the keyboard; in a second area of the touch screen, displaying the current character string or a portion thereof and a suggested replacement for the current character string; replacing the current character string in the first area with the suggested replacement if the user activates a delimiter key on the keyboard; replacing the current character string in the first area with the suggested replacement if the user performs a first gesture on the suggested replacement displayed in the second area; and keeping the current character string in the first area if the user performs a second gesture on the current character string or the portion thereof displayed in the second area. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120084698 | SMARTPAD SPLIT SCREEN WITH KEYBOARD - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084699 | KEYBOARD FILLS BOTTOM SCREEN ON ROTATION OF A MULTIPLE SCREEN DEVICE - Methods and devices for presenting a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, in connection with a multiple screen device, a virtual keyboard can be presented in a first mode using portions of both of the screens. In a second mode, the virtual keyboard can be presented using all of one of the screens. Movement between the different modes can be effected by rotating the device between a dual portrait orientation, corresponding to the first mode, and a dual landscape orientation, corresponding to the second mode. More particularly, with the screens of the device in a landscape orientation, one screen can be devoted to present the virtual keyboard while the other screen remains available to present other information. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084700 | KEYBOARD DISMISSED ON CLOSURE OF DEVICE - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, a change in the operating mode of a multiple screen device between a multiple screen operating mode and a single screen operating mode can be determined. Moreover, a change in the operating mode can effect a change in a presentation of a virtual keyboard. More particularly, a presentation of a virtual keyboard can be discontinued in response to a change in the operating mode of the device, where an application that had keyboard focus prior to the change is, after the change, no longer in view of the user. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120084701 | KEYBOARD MAXIMIZATION - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, a change in the operating mode of a multiple screen device from a multiple screen operating mode to a single screen operating mode, or from a single screen operating mode to a multiple screen operating mode, can be determined. Moreover, a change in the operating mode can effect a change in a presentation of a virtual keyboard. More particularly, a presentation of a virtual keyboard can be retained, where the number of screens of the device in view of the user is changed, provided an application with a keyboard focus remains in view of the user after the change in operating mode. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120089937 | REMOTE CONTROLLER WITH TOUCH SCREEN - A remote controller with touch screen is used for controlling an electronic device. The remote controller includes a housing, a storage unit, an interface unit, and a processing unit. A remote control interface is displayed on the touch screen. The remote control interface includes at least one virtual key, and the at least one virtual key produces a corresponding trigger signal in response to user's touch. The processing unit identifies the remote code after receiving the trigger signal, and drives the interface unit to emit the corresponding coded pulse to the electronic device, and at the same time the processing unit drives the touch screen to display the next level remote control interface. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120096388 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INITIALIZING SETTING ITEMS THEREOF - An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus is controlled by using parameters relating to a plurality of setting items, including: a specifying unit performing an operation of specifying a setting item out of the plurality of setting items; and a display processing unit displaying a numeric keypad to input a parameter relating to the specified setting item and an initialization icon to initialize the specified setting item on a graphical user interface screen. Further, the electronic apparatus includes: an initial value storing unit storing initial values set/changed regarding the plurality of setting items; and an initialization processing unit returning the parameter of the specified setting item to the initial value based on an operation of the initialization icon. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120110493 | TEXT ENTRY USING A STEERING WHEEL IN A VEHICLE - The present invention describes an in-vehicle text entry method and system using controls of a steering wheel. The in-vehicle text input system provides a graphical user interface (GUI) keyboard layout that is conducive to memorization. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120110494 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD USING MULTI-TOUCH AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A character input method and apparatus enable a user to input characters rapidly and easily using multi-touch on a touch screen. The character input method using a multi-touch, preferably includes: executing a character input mode; displaying a virtual key pad including a plurality of key regions for character input; generating a multi-touch event on the virtual key pad, the multi-touch event indicating a touch event occurring on at least two key regions; and inputting characters allotted to respective regions according to a touch-released order on a multi-touched key region. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120117505 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Soft Keyboards - A method includes, at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: concurrently displaying a first text entry area and an unsplit keyboard on the display; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, replacing the unsplit keyboard with an integrated input area. The integrated input area includes a left portion with a left side of a split keyboard, a right portion with a right side of the split keyboard, and a center portion in between the left portion and the right portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120117506 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Soft Keyboards - A method includes, at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: concurrently displaying a first text entry area and an unsplit keyboard on the display; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, replacing the unsplit keyboard with an integrated input area. The integrated input area includes a left portion with a left side of a split keyboard, a right portion with a right side of the split keyboard, and a center portion in between the left portion and the right portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120131490 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD ON THE TOUCH-CONTROLLED DEVICE THEREOF - A touch-controlled device includes a touch panel, a recognition module, and a control unit. The touch panel is arranged for generating a touch signal according to a plurality of blocks on the touch panel triggered by a gesture, and for displaying images. The recognition module is coupled to the touch panel, and is arranged for recognizing a designated type of the gesture according to the touch signal. The control unit is coupled to the touch panel and the recognition module, and is arranged for triggering and displaying a virtual keyboard on the touch panel according to the designated type. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120137244 | TOUCH DEVICE INPUT DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME - A touch device operation method is provided. The touch device input method comprises the steps as follows. A display frame is provided on the touch display module of the touch device, wherein the display frame comprises a software keyboard having virtual keys. A touch input on the touch display module is detected. The touch input is determined to correspond to a triggered key of one of the virtual keys. An amount of characters that the triggered key has is determined. When the amount of characters is not larger than one, the character is displayed on the display frame. When the amount of characters is larger than one, the virtual keys are updated to output under-selection characters in a neighboring area of the triggered key. A displacement of the touch input is detected to select one of the virtual keys. A touch device is disclosed herein as well. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120144337 | ADJUSTABLE TOUCH SCREEN KEYBOARD - A device displays keys, in a standard keyboard layout, on a touch screen of the device, and detects interaction of fingers, associated with a user of the device, with the touch screen. The device determines a type of interaction by the fingers, and reduces sizes of one or more of the keys when a finger contraction is the type of interaction by the fingers. The device displays, on the touch screen, a first reconfigured keyboard layout that includes the one or more keys that are reduced in size. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120144338 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying one or more selectable features on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, identifying at least one of the selectable features based on a direction of the gesture, and increasing a size of the at least one of the selectable features. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120159372 | Remote Control Emulation Methods and Systems - An exemplary method includes a remote control emulation system directing a mobile device to display an emulation graphical user interface (“GUI”) on a display screen of the mobile device and directing the mobile device to emulate one or more user input devices by selectively positioning one or more interactive graphical depictions of one or more feature sets associated with the one or more user input devices within the emulation GUI. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120166995 | SMART VIRTUAL KEYBOARD FOR TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES - Presented is a system and methods for adaptively adjusting the size and position of virtual keys on a virtual keyboard based on a user signature. The user signature is generated or updated based on the user's interaction with the virtual keyboard. The user signature is persistently maintained allowing the optimization of a virtual keyboard for different users. The user signature is also transportable allowing the user to transfer device use efficiency from one device virtual keyboard to another device supporting a virtual keyboard. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120174019 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TYPING PROMPT FUNCTION AND TYPING PROMPT METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive screen which displays a virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard includes a number of virtual letter keys. The electronic device further employs a predictive text function to predict which word a user is typing and prompts the user which letters can be entered next to form a proper word by changing the display status of the corresponding possible virtual letter keys, such as changing the size or the brightness of the possible virtual letters labeled on the virtual letter keys. Therefore, under such input prompt on the possible virtual letter keys, the user can quickly and correctly enter data. A related typing prompt method is also provided. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120192093 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating and Annotating an Electronic Document - A device, configured to operate in a first operational mode at some times and in a second operational mode at other times, detects a first gesture having a first gesture type; in response to detecting the first gesture: in accordance with a determination that the device is in the first operational mode, performs an operation having a first operation type; and, in accordance with a determination that the device is in the second operational mode, performs an operation having a second operation type; detects a second gesture having a second gesture type; and in response to detecting the second gesture: in accordance with a determination that the device is in the first operational mode, performs an operation having the second operation type; and in accordance with a determination that the device is in the second operational mode, performs an operation having the first operation type. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120192094 | USER INTERFACE - A computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of a mobile handheld computer, cause the processor to present a user interface including a touch sensitive area in which a representation of a function is provided, wherein the function is activated in response to a multi-step operation including an object touching the touch sensitive area at a location where the representation is provided, and then the object gliding along the touch sensitive area away from the touched location irrespective of how far the object glides, wherein the function, when activated, causes the user interface to display user input controls at respective display locations that are determined prior to performance of the multi-step operation, and wherein any user gesture that activates a function and begins with an object touching the touch sensitive area at a location where the representation is provided causes the same response. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120204125 | USER INTERFACE INCORPORATING SLIDING PANELS FOR LISTING RECORDS AND PRESENTING RECORD CONTENT - Embodiments disclosed herein describe a system and method for displaying content on a computing device. According to an embodiment, the content may be displayed on a touch sensitive display having a plurality of slidable panels. A first panel displays a list of record entries and a second panel that displays a record corresponding to a selected entry from the list of record entries in the first panel. In certain embodiments, the list of record entries in the first panel is scrollable. Furthermore, the second panel may be expandable or slidable to replace or occlude at least a portion of the first panel | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120210268 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND DATA TRANSFER METHODS IN A CONTROLLING DEVICE - A smart device is provided with a main remote control application that may be configured using information obtained from a QR code. The main remote control application may present images of original remote controls corresponding to devices which are controllable by the configured main remote control application. In connection with a presented image of an original remote control, the display may present icons that are representative of a subset of the buttons of the original remote control. The user interface also allows a user to select amongst the images of the original remote controls to change which appliances are to be controlled via the user interface. A pop-up remote control widget may also be provided which may be invoked without switching to the main remote control application provisioned on the smart device. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120216139 | Soft Keyboard Display for a Portable Multifunction Device - A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises: detecting one or more finger contacts with the touch screen display, applying one or more heuristics to the one or more finger contacts to determine a command for the device, and processing the command. The one or more heuristics comprise: a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a one-dimensional vertical screen scrolling command, a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a two-dimensional screen translation command, and a heuristic for determining that the one or more finger contacts correspond to a command to transition from displaying a respective item in a set of items to displaying a next item in the set of items. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120227006 | CONFIGURABLE INPUT DEVICE - There are provided methods and systems related to having an input device configured according to a position of a user's hand relative to the input device. In particular, in some embodiments, a method of operating a computing system is provided that includes determining an operational context of the computing system utilizing a processor of the system and configuring an input device for the system based on the operational context. The input device includes a plurality of discrete input members. The method also includes displaying a virtual image representative of the input device on a display of the system. A position of a user's digits relative to the input device is sensed and the input device is reconfigured based on the sensed position of the user's digits. An image of the user's digits overlaying the virtual image representative of the input device is provided on a display of the computing system. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120254786 | CHARACTER ENTRY APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform the following: detect, from a key user interface of an electronic device, key input of a particular key character from a first set of key characters; detect, from a user-scribe delineation user interface of the electronic device, user-scribed delineation input of a particular delineation character from a second set of delineation characters; wherein the first set of characters comprise grapheme characters and the second set of characters comprises embellishment marks, and wherein the apparatus is configured to associate together the particular key character and the particular delineation character for display. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120260207 | DYNAMIC TEXT INPUT USING ON AND ABOVE SURFACE SENSING OF HANDS AND FINGERS - A virtual keyboard is displayed on a touch screen display surface of a computing device. Partial images of the keyboard are displayed, where a partial image may be one key, referred to as the most probable key that the user will touch, or a group of keys, which may include some less probable or surrounding keys that may be touched. Sensors under or near the display surface detect an outline of the user hands and determines which finger is the fastest moving finger, which is presumed to be the finger used to touch a key. The most probable key is determined based on the fastest moving finger and may be displayed before the finger touches the surface. If the most probable key is not touched, a user profile containing user typing habits may be updated to reflect that a less probable key was touched. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120260208 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and control method thereof capable of performing a handwriting input. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a display unit configured to display a virtual keypad, and a controller configured to implement a handwriting mode when a drag across the virtual keypad is sensed, and recognize a trace of the drag as a handwriting character when the drag is completed in the handwriting mode. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120266096 | INPUT ENCODING FOR HAND HELD DEVICES TO SIMPLIFY INPUT BY A USER - Data specifiers to delineate the format of the input to a device. By knowing the format of the expected input, the device automatically switches displayed input touchpads to a touchpad most appropriate for the input of a current character of data. In this way, users are alleviated from manually switching between touchpads. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120266097 | INPUT METHOD AND INPUT DEVICE - An input method includes: receiving a key instruction generated by a key pressed by a user; obtaining an input instruction according to the key instruction and a predetermined corresponding relationship, and inputting the input instruction. The key of the keyboard are corresponding to the GUI according to their zone, such that when a key is pressed by the user to generate a key instruction, the graphic zone affected by the obtained input instruction is corresponding to the key zone, and the corresponding operations, similar to left click, double click, or right click of the mouse, can be performed to the corresponding graphic zone, thus facilitating the operation of the GUI. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120272175 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a system and method for controlling a virtual keyboard of an electronic device, the virtual keyboard is generated and displayed on a touch screen of the electronic device. The method sets an angle threshold value, a movement amplitude and a movement direction of the virtual keyboard for each tilting angle of the electronic device. When the electronic device is in an edit mode and displays a middle keyboard area of the virtual keyboard, the method records an initial tilting angle and read the tilting angle of the electronic device. The method calibrates the read tilting angle to acquire actual tilting angle according to the initial tilting angle, and confirms the movement amplitude and movement direction of the virtual keyboard according to the actual tilting angle. The virtual keyboard is controlled to move according to the confirmed movement amplitude and towards the confirmed movement direction. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120304100 | Method, Device, and Graphical User Interface Providing Word Recommendations for Text Input - A portable electronic device having a touch screen display performs a set of operations, including displaying a plurality of key icons, each having an adjustable size hit region, and receiving a sequence of individual touch points input by a user on the touch screen display. The operations performed by the device further include processing the received individual touch points by: forming a user-input directed graph for the sequence of individual touch points received so far, determining a character corresponding to a last received individual touch point in accordance with the adjustable hit regions of the displayed key icons, displaying a sequence of characters corresponding to the sequence of individual touch points, and updating sizes of the adjustable hit regions for a plurality of the key icons in accordance with the sequence of individual touch points input by the user. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120311476 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ADAPTIVE TOUCH SCREEN KEYBOARD - A method for providing a touch screen keyboard according to one example embodiment includes detecting the presence of a user's fingers on a touch screen display. A set of home keys of a keyboard are associated with the detected fingers. The keyboard is displayed on the touch screen display with the home keys positioned at the locations of the detected fingers and additional keys positioned relative to the home keys. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120324391 | PREDICTIVE WORD COMPLETION - This document describes predictive word completion. By predicting complete words after each user input on an input device, e.g., a virtual keyboard, a user may readily receive computer aid when inputting characters to increase accuracy and speed of the user's typing. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130019198 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM UTILIZING A CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input method is implemented in a device with a plurality of keys. If a key is activated by a first operation matching a first input pattern, a first route is selected to traverse a plurality of characters corresponded by the key during presentation of the plurality of characters. If the first key is activated by a second operation matching a second input pattern, the plurality of characters corresponded by the first key are orderly retrieved and presented according to a second route in response to operations on the first key. The order for presenting two characters corresponded by the first key in the first route is reversed in the second route. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130047114 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes: a display unit, an operating unit, and a control unit. The display unit for displays a character input screen including a part of a plurality of soft key objects each associated with a process in a line. The operating unit receives input of an operation. Upon detecting a changing operation through the operating unit, the control unit changes arrangement of the soft key objects such that at least one of the soft key objects that has been displayed is not displayed and at least one of the soft key objects that has not been displayed is displayed. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130055138 | DYNAMICALLY CHANGING KEY SELECTION BASED ON CONTEXT - Editing functionality is described herein for creating a structured data item by dynamically presenting a key arrangement that is deemed suitable at each instance of an editing session. Each key is associated with a component of the structured data item. Upon activation of one of these keys, the editing functionality adds a corresponding component to the item being created. The editing functionality can be implemented on any user device, but is particularly suited for implementation on a handheld computing device having a limited input mechanism and a display mechanism. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130067382 | SOFT KEYBOARD INTERFACE - User experience of the performance of a computing device is improved through an operating system that processes inputs from a soft keyboard to provide information that can be used to accurately determine keys a user intended to strike while typing. For each detected tap, the operating system provides a probability that one or more keys were the intended target for the user. These probabilities may be computed from probability distribution functions that are dynamically determined based on user and/or system factors, such as typing rate and keyboard style or layout. Other components may use the probabilities to select a key corresponding to a detected keyboard tap as representing the intended user input. The selection may be made based on the probabilities alone or in combination with contextual factors that yield an overall probability that a detected tap arose from a user targeting a specific key. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130067383 | USER GESTURES INDICATING RATES OF EXECUTION OF FUNCTIONS - Aspects of this disclosure are directed to receiving, by a computing device having one or more processors and a presence-sensitive interface, an indication of a first user gesture to select an icon of a graphical keyboard displayed by the presence-sensitive interface, and receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a second user gesture that indicates a rate of execution of a function associated with the selected icon. The computing device may execute the function associated with the selected icon at an execution rate based on the indicated rate of execution. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130080961 | User interface for multi-modality communication - Disclosed herein are example embodiments for multi-modality communication user interfaces. By way of example but not limitation, at least one user interface feature that is related to multi-modality communication may be provided, and manipulation of the at least one user interface feature may be detected. Described embodiments may include, but are not limited to, providing one or more communication modality options for user interaction with a communication device for a communication. By way of further example but not limitation, presentation or manipulation of example communication modality options are disclosed. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080962 | TOUCH SCREEN ALPHA NUMERIC KEYBOARD - A touch screen text input system comprising an alphabet keyboard, a row of numeric keys, a text box to show the entered characters, and a word suggestion box. The numeric row and the word suggestion box share the same location and are displayed interchangeably as needed. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080963 | Electronic Device and Method For Character Deletion - A virtual keyboard for an electronic device having a display. The keyboard comprises a plurality of virtual keys organized in accordance with a keyboard layout with each key in a position according to the layout. The plurality of virtual keys include a first virtual key designated to activate, upon selection, a backward-delete function for deleting characters in a first direction and a forward-delete function for deleting characters in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are opposite to each other. The keyboard also comprises direction identifier indicia displayed on the first virtual key. The direction identifier indicia are configured to indicate the first direction when the backward-delete function is activated, and the second direction when the forward-delete function is activated. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080964 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a character input screen including a plurality of softkey objects each associated with an execution of an application. The controller executes an edit process of the plurality of softkey objects displayed on the character input screen. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130080965 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD TEXT REPLICATION - Text that is selected at a virtual keyboard is submitted to and displayed at an application data field another data field, such as a keyboard data field, that can be in closer proximity to the virtual keys used to select the text. Thus, a user does not have to alter their field of view to the application data field to determine what was submitted to the application data field. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130086502 | USER INTERFACE - An apparatus comprising:
| 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086503 | Touch Sensor Input Tool With Offset Between Touch Icon And Input Icon - In one embodiment, a method includes displaying an input tool comprising a first touch icon and a first input icon. The first touch icon may be visually separated from the first input icon by a predetermined distance. The first input icon may provide a graphical indication of an input associated with the first touch icon. The method may include determining an input based on a touch at or substantially near a location on a touch sensor associated with the first touch icon. The method may also include effecting the input as determined. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086504 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING NAVIGATION IN A VIRTUAL INPUT DEVICE - Methods and systems for facilitation navigation through a virtual input device include loading an instance of a virtual input device in response to a user input, filtering the one or more characters populated in one or more cells of the virtual input device instance on the basis of a first predefined policy stored on a processor readable storage medium, receiving a user character input to the virtual input device instance through a user input interface paired with the one or more computing devices, acquiring a set of priority characters related to the user input character on the basis of a second predefined policy stored on the storage medium and populating the virtual input device instance in response to the user character input with the set of priority characters. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130086505 | PRESENTATION OF A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD ON A MULTIPLE DISPLAY DEVICE - Methods and systems for presenting a user interface that includes a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, a virtual keyboard can be presented using one or more touch screens included in a multiple display device. The content of the virtual keyboard can be controlled in response to user input. Configurable portions of the virtual keyboard include selectable rows of virtual keys. In addition, whether selectable rows of virtual keys and/or a suggestion bar is displayed together with the standard character and control keys of the virtual keyboard can be determined in response to context or user input. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130091455 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCHSCREEN AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic device having a touchscreen and a character input method which enable the user to enter characters more conveniently through a virtual keyboard area having a minimum number of character input regions by displaying a virtual keyboard area, displaying basic characters entered through the virtual keyboard area, displaying one or more candidate words corresponding to the entered basic characters, and displaying, when one of the candidate words is selected, the selected candidate word, using a virtual keyboard area having a minimum number of consonant and vowel key regions so that the user can enter characters without much awareness of consonant and vowel key positions. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130097548 | Virtual Keyboard, Input Method, and Associated Storage Medium - Apparatus, a method and a computer program are provided. The apparatus comprises, at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program on a key code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform: receiving pressing of a key on a virtual keyboard; determining, based on a predetermined rule, whether the pressed key in a main input mode can be mapped to an auxiliary input mode; and displaying one or more keys for the auxiliary input mode in an expandable region of the virtual keyboard if the key can be mapped to the auxiliary input mode. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130097549 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SEARCH FUNCTION IN TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - A method and apparatus for a search function are provided in a touch-sensitive device that supports a search for contents in a list view by using a dedicated keypad displayed in the list view. In the method, the apparatus displays the dedicated keyboard for a content search in the list view, and performs the content search in the list view in response to an interaction inputted on the dedicated keyboard. The apparatus then displays at least one execution item associated with at least one found content, and executes the content associated with a selected one among the at least one execution item. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130104068 | TEXT PREDICTION KEY - A dedicated text prediction key for inserting a text prediction candidate is described. The text prediction key may be configured and/or output for display in conjunction with an on-screen/adaptable keyboard when a prediction for entered characters is detected. The text prediction key provides a mechanism for explicit insertion of a text prediction candidate that can be employed to avoid passive/non-explicit insertions. In at least some embodiments, the text prediction key may be selectively displayed by replacing/modifying one or more keys of the on-screen keyboard. In another approach, the text prediction key may appear at a designated location within or proximate to the on-screen keyboard. The text prediction key may also be configured in various ways to notify a user that a prediction candidate is available. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130111390 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHARACTER ENTRY | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130111391 | ADJUSTING CONTENT TO AVOID OCCLUSION BY A VIRTUAL INPUT PANEL | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130125034 | Touchscreen keyboard predictive display and generation of a set of characters - A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, generating a set of characters that includes the character, and displaying the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display. An electronic device including a display having a virtual keyboard rendered thereupon and a processor, the processor being configured to perform the method. Also disclosed is a keyboard, including a plurality of keys, each key corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters, wherein in response to receiving an input of a character, the keyboard is configured to generate a set of characters that includes the character, and the keyboard is further configured to cause display of the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130125035 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD CONFIGURATION - A keyboard rendered on a display of an electronic device, the keyboard comprising a plurality of keys, each key corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters, wherein the plurality of keys are arranged in two or more rows, wherein at least one row includes two edge keys which are located towards the respective edges of the display, wherein the at least one row further includes inner keys located between the edge keys which are larger than the edge keys. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130125036 | TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PREDICTIVE DISPLAY AND GENERATION OF A SET OF CHARACTERS - A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, generating a set of characters that includes the character, and displaying the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display. An electronic device including a display having a virtual keyboard rendered thereupon and a processor, the processor being configured to perform the method. Also disclosed is a keyboard, including a plurality of keys, each key corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters, wherein in response to receiving an input of a character, the keyboard is configured to generate a set of characters that includes the character, and the keyboard is further configured to cause display of the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130125037 | DISPLAYING A PREDICTION CANDIDATE AFTER A TYPING MISTAKE - A method includes receiving an input string from a virtual keyboard, generating at least one string based on the input string, where the input string is not a substring of the generated string, responsive to a determination that the generated string was previously generated based on the input string, selecting a candidate character associated with the input string and with the generated string, and displaying the generated string at a location on the virtual keyboard that is associated with the selected candidate character. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130132883 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: detect a particular user input from a user interface of an electronic device, the particular user input being associated with a list of items; and use the detected particular user input to provide for scrolling through a filtered sub-set of the list of items. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130139092 | METHOD OF INPUTTING DATA ENTRIES OF A SERVICE IN ONE CONTINUOUS STROKE - A computer-implemented method for inputting data entries of a service for use with a portable electronic device having a touch screen. By detecting a continuous stroke moving on the touch screen to select desired items among multiple levels of menus which are displayed in a sequence for an object targeting to a service, the data entries according to the selected items are committed for the object when the continuous stroke ends. In addition, multiple items can be selected in one level of menu by using a pre-defined stroke indication in the continuous stroke. Furthermore, the selected items can be corrected by re-stroking back to the corresponding levels of menus. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130139093 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND OPERATION INPUT METHOD - A display system includes a sensor unit that detects the position of a pointing object in contact with a predetermined object, a control apparatus that sets a key layout on the object and recognizes a key operated by the pointing object based on the position of the pointing object relative to the key layout, and a display apparatus that receives operational input from the operated key. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130139094 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM UTILIZING A CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input method is implemented in a device with a plurality of keys. If a key is activated by a first operation matching a first input pattern, a first route is selected to traverse a plurality of characters corresponded by the key during presentation of the plurality of characters. If the first key is activated by a second operation matching a second input pattern, the plurality of characters corresponded by the first key are orderly retrieved and presented according to a second route in response to operations on the first key. The order for presenting two characters corresponded by the first key in the first route is reversed in the second route. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130145302 | VISUAL EDITOR FOR DEFINING GEO FENCE BOUNDARIES - A workflow authoring program generates a workflow. Further, a visual editor is invoked. In addition, a portion of a map is selected with the visual editor by marking a geo fence with boundaries that indicate the portion. The workflow authoring program also establishes a geo decision point in the workflow at which a determination is made if a condition is met within the geo fence. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130167062 | TOUCHSCREEN GESTURES FOR SELECTING A GRAPHICAL OBJECT - A two-finger selection method is implemented on a touchscreen of an electronic device. One embodiment involves sensing the touch positions of two fingers on the touchscreen. In response to sensing the two simultaneous touch positions, a selection graphic is displayed and dynamically positioned on the touchscreen as a function of the two touch positions. A specific graphical object, such as a command button having an associated function, is selected in response to a separate selection input received while the selection graphic is positioned on the specific graphical object. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130167063 | Systems and Methods of Using Input Events on Electronic Devices - A method and system are provided for using input events on an electronic device. The method includes detecting a first input event compatible with a first platform and determining a second input event representing the first input event, which is compatible with a second platform. The method may include determining a third input event representing the first input event, which is compatible with the second platform, and calling an input event handler compatible with the second platform to generate the second input event using the third input event. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130167064 | SELF-ADAPTING KEYPAD - A method, apparatus and computer-usable medium for implementing a virtual keyboard for use with small input devices. A circular keyboard can be graphically displayed, in response to a user input by a user via a small input device. A circular and centrally located key can be graphically located and displayed within the center of the circular keyboard, wherein character keys radiate outward from the centrally located key (i.e., the “central key”). Character keys that are most commonly utilized by the user are preferably located closed to the circular and centrally located key within the circular keyboard. Character keys least commonly utilized by the user are preferably located at the edges of the keyboard, thereby permitting the circular keyboard to function as a self-adapting virtual keyboard for use with small input devices based on the usage of the keyboard by the user. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130174079 | Virtual Interface Devices - A touch screen device configured to implement an auxiliary virtual keyboard on a touch screen, the device having touch/gesture sensing and image display functions, a processor, and memory storing control code and data defining the keyboard comprising a set of keys and a key layout map. The processor is configured to determine a size of a window in which the keyboard is to be displayed as a strip of keys; send instructions to display a partial view of the keyboard within the window so that a subset of keys are displayed, whereby the keyboard is scrollable in response to user input to alter the partial view to display a different subset of keys; receive touch data; map said touch data to a key using the key layout map to identify a touched key; and provide a response dependent on the identified touched key. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130174080 | VIRTUAL PIN PAD FOR FUEL PAYMENT SYSTEMS - A method and system for displaying a virtual PIN pad and a virtual non-PIN pad on a touch screen having a screen area. Electronics in electrical communication with the touch screen are operative to provide the virtual PIN pad on the touch screen in a payment mode and provide the virtual non-PIN pad in a non-payment mode. The virtual PIN pad has a first plurality of virtual buttons and the virtual non-PIN pad has a second plurality of virtual buttons, the first plurality of virtual buttons being greater than the second plurality of virtual buttons. The electronics are operative in the payment mode to render the virtual PIN pad having the first plurality of virtual buttons and determine a numerical sequence entered by a user at the virtual PIN pad. The electronics are operative in the non-payment mode to render the virtual non-PIN pad having the second plurality of virtual buttons determine selections entered by a user at the virtual non-PIN pad. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130174081 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING BROWSER AND TERMINAL IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method of displaying a browser including a text field and a terminal for implementing the same are discussed. According to an embodiment, the method includes displaying a browser including at least one or more text fields, selecting a specific text field from the at least one or more text fields, and enlarging the selected text field. If a terminal user selects a specific text field, the selected text field is enlarged or a text field input window is generated. Accordingly, the present invention facilitates the terminal user to input prescribed information to the selected text field. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130185668 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD ARRANGEMENT - A display assembly includes display having a bottom edge. An input device is integrated with the display for receiving input from a user. A plurality of icons are arranged as a row and displayed on the display. Each of the icons is selectable by the user. The row of icons is displayed non-parallel to the bottom edge of the display. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130185669 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONALITY - A hand-held device has a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface opposite the top surface, at least one transmitter, a first user interface associated with the top surface of the housing having first user interface input elements which, when active, are actuatable to cause the at least one transmitter to transmit communications to an external device, and a second user interface associated with the bottom surface of the housing having second user interface input elements which, when active, are actuatable to cause the at least one transmitter to transmit communications to an external device. The hand-held device is programmed to selectively make one of the first user interface input elements of the first user interface and the second user interface input elements of the second user interface active while making the other of the first user interface input elements of the first user interface and the second user interface input elements of the second user interface inactive. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130191772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR KEYBOARD LAYOUT USING TOUCH - A method includes selecting a desired keyboard layout by performing a specific touch input within or around a search window of a portable terminal whereby if a touch input is a first direction touch, a first keyboard layout with one language format is displayed, and a second keyboard layout with another language format is displayed if a second direction touch is detected. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130205242 | Character-String Completion - This disclosure describes techniques enabling character-string completion. These techniques present characters and character strings responsive to a selected prior character and enable selection of one of these characters or character strings quickly, easily, and/or accurately. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130212515 | USER INTERFACE FOR TEXT INPUT - A user interface allows a user to input text, numbers and symbols in to an electronic device through a touch sensitive input and make edits and correction to the text with one or more swipe gestures. The system can differentiate the swipes and perform functions corresponding to the detected swipes based upon swipe direction, number of fingers used in the swipe and the location of the swipes on the touch sensitive input. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130227460 | DATA ENTRY SYSTEM CONTROLLERS FOR RECEIVING USER INPUT LINE TRACES RELATIVE TO USER INTERFACES TO DETERMINE ORDERED ACTIONS, AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments disclosed herein include data entry controllers for receiving user input line traces relative to user interfaces to determined ordered actions. Related systems and methods are also disclosed. In one embodiment, a data entry system controller is provided and configured to receive coordinates representing locations of user input relative to a user interface. The user interface comprises a line interface comprising a plurality of ordered line segments. Each of the plurality of line segments represents at least one action visually represented by at least one label. The data entry system controller is further configured to determine a line trace between a plurality of coordinates crossing at least two line segments of the plurality of line segments. The data entry system controller is further configured to determine an ordered plurality of actions based on the ordered crossings of the line trace with the plurality of line segments of the line interface. In this manner, a user can provide data input, such as data input representative of keyboard input as a non-limiting example, by providing line traces that cross the line segments of the line interface according to the desired chosen actions by the user. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130232437 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A portable device which is capable of communicating with an external device and a control method thereof are disclosed. A method for transmitting user input of a portable device includes displaying navigation interface in a navigation mode for controlling an external device which is connected with the portable device, wherein the external device displays displayable content and the navigation interface is for navigating the displayable content which includes at least one input box, displaying the at least one input box with the navigation interface as an indicator which indicates capability of mode switching from the navigation mode to a user input mode, wherein the at least one input box is extracted from the displayable content of the external device, initiating the user input mode when user input for mode switching is detected, and transmitting user input which is inputted in the displayed input box. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130232438 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING MEDIA FILES - A method and an apparatus for selecting media files are provided. In the present invention, three keys are used for selecting a plurality of media files, wherein one of the keys is used for rotating and selecting a presently displayed media file, one of the keys is used for directly selecting the presently displayed media file, and another key is used for skipping the presently displayed media file. Complete select functions can be executed to a plurality of media files stored in any path by using foregoing three keys. The selected media files are stored in another path as being selected without spending time in actions such as moving, copying, and deleting, etc. Thus, the media file select operation is greatly simplified. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130239041 | GESTURE CONTROL TECHNIQUES FOR USE WITH DISPLAYED VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS - A gesture control technique includes receiving data indicating one or more of a presence, location, position, motion, and direction of a user finger or the like from a location interface, such as a camera, touch pad, gyroscope or the like. A graphical user interface including a virtual keyboard is displayed on a display. The presence, location, position, motion and direction data compared to a view space location of the virtual keyboard on the display to determine if the presence, location, position, motion and direction data is associated with location on the virtual keyboard. The presence, location, position, motion and direction data are displayed overlaid on the virtual keyboard, if the presence, location, position, motion and direction data is associated with the virtual keyboard. In addition, one or more gestures are determined from one or more sets of presence, location, position, motion and direction data. Furthermore, one or more alphanumeric or control inputs of the virtual keyboard are determined from the one or more gestures. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130239042 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DISPLAY ORDER OF OPERATION KEYS - By detecting position information for a terminal device while an application is running, a range of movement during running can be detected, and the range of movement of the application is recorded and updated as the operation history of each application. Then, when display positions of icons on a display unit are to be changed, it is possible to determine, based on the detected position information, ranges of movement that contain this position information among the recorded ranges of movement. Then, the icons of the applications corresponding to the determined ranges of movement are reflected with priority in changing the display positions. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130263036 | Gesture-based interface with enhanced features - A method includes presenting, on a display coupled to a computer, an image of a keyboard comprising multiple keys, and receiving a sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps including a hand of a user positioned in proximity to the display. An initial portion of the sequence of 3D maps is processed to detect a transverse gesture performed by a hand of a user positioned in proximity to the display, and a cursor is presented on the display at a position indicated by the transverse gesture. While presenting the cursor in proximity to the one of the multiple keys, one of the multiple keys is selected upon detecting a grab gesture followed by a pull gesture followed by a release gesture in a subsequent portion of the sequence of 3D maps. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130263037 | SONG WRITING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING TOUCH SCREEN IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A song writing method and apparatus using a touch screen in a mobile terminal are disclosed. The song writing method includes: displaying, upon activation of a song writing mode, an onscreen musical keyboard of an octave on the touch screen; identifying, when a key of the onscreen musical keyboard is touched, a musical note mapped to the touched key through computation of coordinates of the touched key; creating musical interval data on the basis of the identified note and the current octave level; and converting the musical interval data into sound data recognizable by the mobile terminal and outputting the sound data. Hence, various types of songs can be conveniently composed through the song writing method employing the onscreen musical keyboard. The applicability of the mobile terminal can be extended through a function that can mix a written song with contents generated through various musical instruments. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130263038 | TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PREDICTIVE DISPLAY AND GENERATION OF A SET OF CHARACTERS - A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, generating a set of characters that includes the character, and displaying the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display. An electronic device including a display having a virtual keyboard rendered thereupon and a processor, the processor being configured to perform the method. Also disclosed is a keyboard, including a plurality of keys, each key corresponding to one or more different characters of a plurality of characters, wherein in response to receiving an input of a character, the keyboard is configured to generate a set of characters that includes the character, and the keyboard is further configured to cause display of the generated set of characters at a location that is associated with the virtual keyboard and that is on the display. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130268879 | SMART USER-CUSTOMIZED GRAPHICAL KEYBOARD - A computing device automatically customizes attributes of a graphical keyboard based on user inputs to the graphical keyboard. For example, the computing device can display a first graphical keyboard arrangement that includes a first representation of a key associated with a target region of an input-sensitive display. The computing device receives a plurality of user inputs, each associated with a respective touch region of the input-sensitive display. Subsequent to determining that one or more of the touch regions is not substantially aligned with the target region, the computing device displays a second graphical keyboard arrangement that includes a second representation of the key, wherein at least one attribute of the second representation of the key is graphically modified relative to the first representation of the key so as to substantially align one or more of the touch regions with a target region associated with the second representation of the key. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130275907 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method of providing an interface comprising receiving contact information indicative of points of contact between fingers of at least one hand and a surface. The method further comprising mapping onto the surface a plurality of interface elements each corresponding to a key on a keyboard, each element being assigned to one of a plurality of groups, each group having an associated one of the fingers for activation of the elements in the group, wherein each group is mapped to the surface in accordance with contact information for the associated finger. Another aspect of the inventive include recurrently receiving the contact information and recurrently mapping each group to the surface in accordance with the contact information for the associated finger so that the group tracks the resting position of the associated finger. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130290894 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEXT INPUT WITH A MULTI-TOUCH SCREEN - A method of inputting a text word in a computerized system using a virtual keyboard, including, recording two or more strokes; wherein each stroke forms contact with the virtual keyboard and maintains contact forming a trace path as it traverses through multiple keyboard keys, each key representing a letter; identifying the word based on the recording; and wherein every distinct letter in the word is represented by a key in one of the trace paths. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130298066 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING KEYBOARD FOR WEB BROWSER - A method for configuring a keyboard for a web browser in a terminal includes analyzing a received application protocol response message; determining a key combination suitable for a selected input field based on the analysis results, if the input field for key input is selected by a user; and configuring a keyboard to include the determined key combination and displaying the configured keyboard. As a result, a keyboard suitable for an input field selected by a user may be automatically displayed, thereby preventing the user from switching the keyboard to access desired key buttons to be displayed. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130305178 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS, NUMBERS, OR SYMBOLS BY USING AN ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD - An input control unit includes: a keyboard display unit for displaying characters that can be input on a screen; an input receiving unit for receiving a selection of a character from a user; an input character string acquiring unit for acquiring the selected character and adding the selected character to an input character string; a conversion candidate acquiring unit for acquiring conversion candidate character strings, which are conversions of a character string including the input character string; and a conversion candidate display unit for arranging and displaying the conversion candidate character strings in a row or column and receiving a user's selection. In a case where the conversion candidate character strings do not fit within the row or column, the conversion candidate display unit causes the conversion candidate character strings to scroll within the row or column upon receiving a flick operation. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130305179 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INFORMING USERS OF FUNCTIONS AND CHARACTERS ASSOCIATED WITH TELEPHONE KEYS - System and method for informing a user of functions or characters associated with keys on a mobile communications device includes a keyboard operable to input dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF) codes and a display screen operable to display information. The display screen is also operable to display a virtual representation of at least a portion of the keyboard. The virtual representation includes help information on one or more virtually represented keys of the keyboard. This help information informs a user of an associated telephone function or character of one or more keys that are virtually represented on the display. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130305180 | Device And Method For Improving Efficiency Of Entering A Password Using A Key-Limited Keyboard - A method is provided for reducing a number of keys that a user is required to depress on a device having a keyboard with a limited number of keys when the user enters a password. The method comprising the following steps. A subset of characters used to define the password is determined. A filter to apply to the keyboard is determined in accordance with the determined subset of characters. The filter is applied when the user depresses the keys. Devices: and computer readable medium for implementing the method arc also provided. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130305181 | INPUT DEVICE - Through operation of a software keyboard displayed on the screen, and without creating physical protrusions or depressions, this input device enables easy and reliable key operations even without visual confirmation of the keyboard. A display portion of a touch panel displays a software keyboard having a prescribed array of keys. An input portion is attached to the display portion, and is capable of user input operations. Based on the user's touch position on the touch panel, a control portion determines if said touch position is in a specific position pre-set as the home position of the software keyboard. When the touch position is in the specific position, a notification portion notifies the user by a prescribed notification. By this means, the user can determine when he or she touches the home position while performing touch operations even without visual confirmation of the software keyboard. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130311929 | KEYBOARD BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION - A computer-implemented method of navigating a GUI can include, responsive to a user input initiating a navigation mode, overlaying, atop of the GUI located within a first layer, a virtual keyboard within a second layer, wherein the virtual keyboard includes a plurality of virtual keys. The method can include, for each virtual key, associating the virtual key with a region of the first layer including an area of the GUI beneath the virtual key. The method can include mapping each virtual key with a physical key of a physical keyboard communicatively linked with a computer rendering the GUI and, responsive to a user input selecting a physical key of the physical keyboard, selecting a region corresponding to the selected physical key. A level of magnification for the selected region can be increased within the first layer while keeping the virtual keyboard sizing constant. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130318464 | Altering Sound Output on a Virtual Music Keyboard - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for altering pitch of a note played on a musical instrument keyboard of a touch-sensitive electronic display. An exemplary method includes playing a note of a key of the keyboard on the touch-sensitive display touched by a user. The method includes continuously altering the pitch of the played note as the user slides a point of contact on the touch-sensitive display horizontally from the key being played across adjacent keys to a second key, in accordance with the keys being contacted during the sliding of the point of contact. In a further aspect, the method includes detecting motion of user contact in a direction other than horizontally across keys of the keyboard, such as vertical, and activating a sound effect in addition to pitch alteration in response to the detection. Example sound effects include tremolo, vibrato, echo, and sound filter effects. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130326389 | KEY INPUT ERROR REDUCTION - Technologies are generally described for devices, methods, and programs for reducing key input errors. An example device includes a detector to determine characteristics of a detected input and an arbiter to reject the detected input that has characteristics of an input error. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130339895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEXT ENTRY - A method of text entry for an electronic device comprising: receiving a sequence of keystrokes performed over a plurality of keys of a keyboard of the electronic device, wherein a single keystroke enters a single letter location in a word, and wherein the set of the keystrokes comprises a first set of keystrokes for single letter entries that select single letter in an alphabet and a second set of keystrokes for letter group entries that selects a group of possible letters from the alphabet for a single letter location; creating list of possible words the user intends to enter based on a priori database of words by searching in the word database words having letters that match the sequence of letter entries; and displaying the list of possible words to a user, receiving the user selection of a desired word and providing the selected word for further processing. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130346903 | SECURE DATA ENTRY VIA A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A communication device, which is capable of presenting one or more of a plurality of virtual keyboards, may be operable to receive application content. The application content may require a user to enter particular data via one of the plurality of virtual keyboards. The plurality of virtual keyboards may comprise a system keyboard and one or more third-party keyboards. The communication device may be operable to determine whether the particular data to be entered by the user may comprise sensitive personal information associated with the user. Based on the determination of the personal information and/or based on a configuration option communicated from the user, the communication device may be operable to determine whether to cause presentation of the system keyboard for the user to enter the particular data. The communication device may cause presentation of the system keyboard by disabling the one or more third-party keyboards. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346904 | TARGETED KEY PRESS ZONES ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Method, computer program product, and system for performing an operation to facilitate selection of user interface (UI) elements on an interactive display, the operation including providing at least a first UI element on the interactive display, defining an input area which, when selected, activates the first UI element, determining a first likelihood of the first UI element being selected, and modifying the input area of the first UI element, based on the first likelihood. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130346905 | TARGETED KEY PRESS ZONES ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Method, computer program product, and system for performing an operation to facilitate selection of user interface (UI) elements on an interactive display, the operation including providing at least a first UI element on the interactive display, defining an input area which, when selected, activates the first UI element, determining a first likelihood of the first UI element being selected, and modifying the input area of the first UI element, based on the first likelihood. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140006994 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying a Virtual Keyboard | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006995 | METHOD FOR TOUCH INPUT AND DEVICE THEREFORE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006996 | VISUAL PROXIMITY KEYBOARD | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140006997 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GESTURE-BASED KEY INPUT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140013266 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHIFTING SOFTWARE INPUT PANEL AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for altering a key function of a software input panel (SIP) of an electronic device and a recording medium thereof are provided, wherein the SIP includes a plurality of keys, and the number and layout of the keys are fixed. In the present method, first, an operating interface of an electronic device is switched, wherein the operating interface includes the SIP. Then, each key of the SIP is switched to an input word corresponding to the operating interface. As a result, the input word corresponding to each key of the SIP is automatically altered according to the current operating interface, and accordingly inputting through the SIP is made very convenient. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140019903 | KEYPAD DISPLAYING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM SOURCE FOR THE METHOD - A keypad displaying method is provided. The keypad displaying method includes displaying a plurality of keys in a predetermined first display area, and upon receiving a signal corresponding to a request to cyclically shift the plurality of keys, cyclically shifting the plurality of keys in response to the request. The proposed keypad displaying method enables a user to conveniently enter text into a media device while holding the media device with one hand. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140019904 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DATA ASSOCIATED WITH AN OBJECT DISPLAYED ON A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A method for providing data associated with an object displayed on a touch screen display, the method including detecting a physical contact with the object displayed on the touch screen display, detecting a given finger gesture generated following the physical contact and providing data associated with the given finger gesture and the object displayed. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140026091 | Inputting Radical On Touch Screen Device - Example apparatus and methods concern improved input of radicals. Example apparatus and methods facilitate more efficiently inputting Chinese radicals using a touch screen. One example method includes displaying a labeled soft key on a touch screen device. The label may represent all or a portion of a radical. The example method includes accepting a touch input associated with the soft key and then taking an action based on the label and the touch input. The action may include inputting a radical or updating the display on the touch screen. Updating the display may facilitate iterative and intuitive progress through radical construction leading to radical selection and input. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140033110 | Accessing Secondary Functions on Soft Keyboards Using Gestures - A method for operating a user interface on a system using gestures that initiate or terminate on a soft-key or is disclosed. One or more keys or buttons may be displayed on a user display. A user provided tap on a key causes a function indicated by the key to be performed. A user provided gesture that originates or terminates on the same key may be detected. An additional key function may then be presented on the user display in accordance with the detected gesture. The additional function may be a palette of key functions, in which case the system responds to a user choice from the palette of functions. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140040809 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS ON SMALL ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for the inputting of characters for processing by very small electronic devices based on correlated movement of such a device by the user to access groupings of certain characters and the subsequent choice by said user of the proper character to be entered by touch screen input. In the preferred embodiment each of the twenty six letters of the Roman alphabet are intelligently marshaled into a default grouping and three selectable groupings, each of which being easily accessible by a user simply by moving the electronic device in a prescribed manner. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140040810 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CHANGING A KEYBOARD - A method includes, on a display of an electronic device, displaying a first virtual keyboard of a set of available virtual keyboards, detecting a touch, when the touch is associated with a keyboard changing function, displaying previews of virtual keyboards of the set of available virtual keyboards, detecting selection of a second virtual keyboard of the set of available virtual keyboards, and displaying the second virtual keyboard in response to detecting the selection. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140047373 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING CALCULATIONS IN CHARACTER INPUT MODE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus for performing calculations in a character input mode of an electronic device. Character input is received in the character input mode, and input characters are displayed in a character input window. If determined that an arithmetic expression is present in the displayed input characters, the arithmetic expression is evaluated, and an evaluation result is displayed. A calculation enabling condition may be satisfied prior to, or after, the arithmetic expression identification. The method may be applied to character input modes of a text messaging or email application, or of a word processing application. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140047374 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - Embodiments, relating to the field of virtual keyboard technologies, of the present invention provide a method for acquiring a virtual keyboard key. The method includes: receiving layout of a universal virtual keyboard and a mapping relationship between terminals and universal virtual keyboard key value mapping tables from a server; acquiring a corresponding universal virtual keyboard key value mapping table according to the identifier of the terminal and the mapping relationship between terminals and universal virtual keyboard key value mapping tables; and acquiring a universal virtual keyboard according to the layout of the universal virtual keyboard and the universal virtual keyboard key value mapping table of the terminal. According to the embodiments of the present invention, a universal virtual keyboard key value mapping table of a terminal is acquired according to the identifier of the terminal and a mapping relationship between terminals and universal virtual keyboard key value mapping tables, and a universal virtual keyboard is acquired according to layout of the universal virtual keyboard and the universal virtual keyboard key value mapping table of the terminal. In this way, virtual keyboards of different terminals have uniform user interface display, thereby reducing operation costs of users to adapt different virtual keyboards due to use of different terminals, and improving user experience. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140059471 | Scrolling Virtual Music Keyboard - Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for scrolling a virtual keyboard on a touch screen device including a display. A first aspect allows detecting a user contact swipe motion in a predetermined direction along said keyboard, scrolling said keyboard across said display in accordance with said motion, and stopping said scrolling upon termination of user contact swipe motion. A second aspect allows scrolling of a virtual keyboard to snap to an intelligent position based on a song key or relative minor of the song key. A third aspect allows a note to be held when a user's finger remains in contact with the display even though the finger is no longer in contact with a key linked to the note on the keyboard as a result of scrolling. A fourth aspect displays a second musical instrument keyboard adjacent to a first musical instrument keyboard, wherein said second musical instrument keyboard is linked to said first musical instrument keyboard such that scrolling of one keyboard causes automatic scrolling of the other keyboard. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140059472 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A method includes, on a display of an electronic device, displaying a key layout, the key layout comprising a plurality of rows of keys and a plurality of columns of keys, displaying an indication of an active position at a first location for selecting one of the keys, detecting a directional input, and in response to the directional input, adjusting the key layout while maintaining display of the indication of the active position at the first location. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140059473 | CONTEXTUALIZATION OF MACHINE INDETERMINABLE INFORMATION BASED ON MACHINE DETERMINABLE INFORMATION - A system for contextualizing machine indeterminable information based on machine determinable information may include a memory, an interface, and a processor. The memory may store an electronic document image which may include information determinable by a machine and information indeterminable by a machine The processor may be operative to receive, via the interface, the electronic document image. The processor may determine the machine determinable information of the electronic document image and may identify the machine indeterminable information of the electronic document image. The processor may contextualize the machine indeterminable information based on the machine determinable information. The processor may present the contextualized machine indeterminable information to the user to facilitate interpretation thereof. In response thereto, the processor may receive, via the interface, data representative of a user determination associated with the machine indeterminable information. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140068491 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTEXT AND LANGUAGE SPECIFIC DATA ENTRY - An apparatus, system and method that allow for context and language specific data entry via a user interface. A user interface is displayed on a display device, where the user interface includes a data entry menu having one or more menu selections. A menu selection is activated. A data entry method is displayed, where the data entry method is context and language specific to the activated menu selection. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140068492 | DISPLAYING A GRAPHIC KEYBOARD - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for providing a mechanism for facilitating text entry by a user interacting with a graphical keyboard displayed at a presence-sensitive screen of a computing device. For example, a computing device having a presence-sensitive screen and a housing, the housing further having a plurality of touch sensors, receives touch input at the touch sensors. The computing device determines a usage mode, based on the touch input. The computing device also displays, based on the usage mode, a graphical keyboard at the presence-sensitive screen. If the usage mode is a one-handed usage mode, a unitary graphical keyboard is displayed. If the usage mode is a two-handed usage mode, a split graphical keyboard is displayed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140075367 | Supplementing a Virtual Input Keyboard - Supplementing a virtual input keyboard is provided. A form and a virtual input keyboard are displayed in a display of a data processing system. An input is received selecting a particular field within the form. One or more character key sets are retrieved corresponding to previous data entries of the particular field selected. A delta set of character keys is determined based on character keys in the one or more character key sets that do not match displayed character keys on the virtual input keyboard. A set of delta character supplemental virtual input keyboards is generated based on the delta set of character keys. Then, the set of delta character supplemental virtual input keyboards are displayed in the display. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140082545 | POSTURE-ADAPTIVE SELECTION - In one example a computing device includes at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor may be configured to output for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys. The at least one processor may be configured to receive an indication of an input detected at a presence-sensitive input device operatively coupled to the computing device; and responsive to receiving the indication, determine an input posture of the input, wherein the input posture represents an orientation of the computing device in relation to an input unit used to provide the input. The at least one processor may be configured to select, based at least in part on the input posture, a spatial model that is used for determining a probability that at least one of the one or more of the plurality of keys has been selected. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140082546 | INPUT METHOD, INPUT APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An input method is provided by embodiments of the present invention, relating to the communications field, and invented to improve the input experience of a user. The input method includes: providing an input interface on a touch display screen, where the input interface includes a virtual soft keyboard distributed in a sector area around a lower left corner or lower right corner of the input interface; receiving an input instruction which is input by a user through the virtual soft keyboard; and displaying input information corresponding to the input instruction. An input apparatus and a terminal device are also provided by embodiments of the present invention. The present invention is applicable to a mobile device or a handheld device. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140089838 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AUTOMATICALLY HIDING KEYPAD METHOD AND DIGITAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA - An electronic device and a method for displaying content on a touch screen of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen configured to selectively display a keypad and a search list area, wherein a search list present in the search list area is generated according to data entered via the keypad; and a processor coupled to the touch screen. The processor is configured to, in response to an input signal generated in the search list area and received by the touch screen, control the touch screen to hide the keypad that is currently displayed on the touch screen and enlarge the search list area. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140089839 | Apparatus and Method for Conditionally Enabling or Disabling Soft Buttons - A method of operating a multifunction device includes displaying a soft keyboard having a plurality of buttons including one or more unconditionally enabled buttons and one or more conditionally enabled buttons. The method further includes detecting a first input with a first button at a first time; detecting a second input with a second button at a second time after the first time, where the second button is a conditionally enabled button; and in response to the detecting the second input with the second button at the second time: in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is above a predefined threshold, activating the second button; and in accordance with a determination that the period of time between the first time and the second time is below the predefined threshold, preventing the second button from being activated. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140101593 | ARCED OR SLANTED SOFT INPUT PANELS - A soft input panel (SIP) for a computing device is configured to be used by a person holding a computing device with one hand. For example, a user grips a mobile computing device with his right hand at the bottom right corner and uses his right thumb to touch the various keys of the SIP, or grips a mobile computing device with his left hand at the bottom left corner and uses his left thumb to touch the various keys of the SIP. The SIP comprises arced or slanted rows of keys that correspond to the natural pivoting motion of the user's thumb. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140101594 | INCREMENTAL FEATURE-BASED GESTURE-KEYBOARD DECODING - In one example, a method includes outputting, at a presence-sensitive display operatively coupled to a computing device, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys and receiving an indication of a gesture to select a group of keys of the plurality of keys. The method may further include determining, in response to the indication, a candidate word based at least in part on the group of keys. The method may further include determining a group of alignment points traversed by the gesture and respective cost values for each of at least two keys of the plurality of keys. The method may further include comparing the respective cost values for at least each of at least two keys of the plurality of keys to determine a combination of keys having a combined cost value and outputting the candidate word that is based on the respective cost values. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140101595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING A DYNAMIC VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A system and method of providing a dynamic virtual keyboard having a QWERTY or randomized layout that is displayed on a user interface to allow a user to input authentication information into a selected field. A first character key and a second character key are exchanged from their respective actual positions to modified positions. Mapped information associated with the exchanged original and modified positions of the first and second character keys is stored in a memory. Selection by the user of at least the displayed first character key in the modified position by the user is detected and the stored mapped information is retrieved from the memory of the first character key, wherein the first character key is translated to the second character key based on the retrieved mapped information. An authentication array including the second character key is sent to a server to authenticate the user. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140101596 | LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A device disclosed herein comprises a touch screen interface configured to display a plurality of different keyboard configurations, each of the keyboard configurations representing a plurality of keys, receive an input from a user to select one of a plurality of keyboard selection inputs, and in response to the selection of the one of a plurality of keyboard selection inputs, displaying a selected keyboard configuration from the plurality of different keyboard configurations, wherein each of the plurality of keys related to the selected keyboard configuration represents a word. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140108989 | CHARACTER DELETION DURING KEYBOARD GESTURE - Techniques are described for character deletion on a computing device that utilizes a gesture-based keyboard. The computing device includes a processor and at least one module operable by the processor to output, for display at a presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys and a text editor field. In response to receiving an indication of a gesture that comprises a first path, the module outputs a first character, based at least in part on the first path, associated with a first key and a second character associated with a second key. In response to determining that the gesture further comprises a second path that retraces at least a portion of the first path, the module removes the second character from the text editor field of the presence-sensitive display. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108990 | CONTEXTUALLY-SPECIFIC AUTOMATIC SEPARATORS - Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for outputting a graphical keyboard comprising a group of keys, wherein each key in the group of keys is associated with a respective, different display region, receiving an indication of a gesture to select a sequence of keys that are each included in the group of keys of the graphical keyboard, determining that the selected sequence of keys corresponds to a character string that is identifiable by at least one format source, wherein the format source is associated with a syntax, determining, based at least in part on the syntax, that at least one separator character is associated with the character string, and in response to determining that the at least one separator character is associated with the character string, outputting the character string and the at least one separator character at a location proximal to the character string. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108991 | INCREMENTAL MULTI-WORD RECOGNITION - In one example, a computing device includes at least one processor that is operatively coupled to a presence-sensitive display and a gesture module operable by the at least one processor. The gesture module may be operable by the at least one processor to output, for display at the presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys and receive an indication of a continuous gesture detected at the presence-sensitive display, the continuous gesture to select a group of keys of the plurality of keys. The gesture module may be further operable to determine, in response to receiving the indication of the continuous gesture and based at least in part on the group of keys of the plurality of keys, a candidate phrase comprising a group of candidate words. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108992 | PARTIAL GESTURE TEXT ENTRY - A graphical keyboard including a number of keys is output for display at a display device. The computing device receives an indication of a gesture to select at least two of the keys based at least in part on detecting an input unit at locations of a presence-sensitive input device. In response to the detecting and while the input unit is detected at the presence-sensitive input device: the computing device determines a candidate word for the gesture based at least in part on the at least two keys and the candidate word is output for display at a first location of the output device. In response to determining that the input unit is no longer detected at the presence-sensitive input device, the displayed candidate word is output for display at a second location of the display device. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108993 | GESTURE KEYBOARD WITH GESTURE CANCELLATION - In one example, a method includes outputting, for display at a presence-sensitive display, a graphical user interface comprising a graphical keyboard that includes a group of keys, wherein each key in the group of keys is associated with a respective, different region of the presence-sensitive display. The method further includes receiving an indication of a gesture to select a sequence of one or more keys in the group of keys of the graphical keyboard. The method further includes determining, based at least in part on the indication of the gesture, that the gesture includes at least one feature associated with a cancellation of the selected sequence of one or more keys. The method further includes, in response to determining that the gesture includes the at least one feature associated with the cancellation, omitting the selected sequence of one or more keys from entry to a text input field. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140108994 | USER INPUT PREDICTION - The invention relates to a system and method that models a user's interaction with a user interface. There is provided a data input system, comprising a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive user input. The system comprises a plurality of models, each of which relates previous user input events corresponding to a target to that target. An input probability generator is configured to generate, in association with the plurality of models, a probability that a user input event corresponds to a particular target. There is also provided a method of modelling a target of a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive input, by modelling for each target previous user input events which correspond to that target. Furthermore, there is provided a method of inputting data into a system comprising a user interface having a plurality of targets and being configured to receive input. The method comprises generating using an input probability generator in association with a plurality of models, each model relating previous input, events corresponding to a target to that target, a probability that a user input event corresponds to a particular target. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140115519 | SPACE PREDICTION FOR TEXT INPUT - An example method includes displaying, at a presence-sensitive device, a virtual keyboard, receiving an indication of input entered at a presence-sensitive device indicating a plurality of characters, determining a sequence of at least three character strings in the plurality such that the sequence does not include any space characters, modifying the characters by inserting at least two space characters to demarcate the at least three character strings, and determining at least two suggested character strings based on first, second, and third character strings of the sequence. The method further includes outputting, for display at the presence-sensitive device and at a text-suggestion area of the GUI, the at least two suggested character strings, receiving a selection that indicates a selected character string of the at least two suggested character strings, and outputting, for display at the presence-sensitive device and at the text-entry area of the GUI, the selected character string. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140115520 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE DATA ENTRY USING A VIRTUAL INTERFACE - Method and apparatus for secure data entry. In the method a virtual data entry interface is generated, and is outputted so as to be readable only by the user. The user then enters data using the interface. The apparatus includes at least one display, or optionally a pair of displays that output a 3D stereo image. It also includes a data processor, and at least one sensor, or optionally a pair of sensors that capture 3D stereo data. The data processor generates a virtual data entry interface, and communicates it to the display or displays. The displays output the virtual interface such that it is only readable by the user. The sensor or sensors receives data entered by the user's actions, and send signals representing those actions to the processor. The processor then detects the data from the signals. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140115521 | DECODING IMPRECISE GESTURES FOR GESTURE-KEYBOARDS - In one example, a method includes outputting, by a computing device and for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys. The method may also include receiving, by the computing device, an indication of a gesture detected at a presence-sensitive input device. The method may also include determining, by the computing device and based on a plurality of features associated with the gesture, a degree of precision of the gesture. The method may also include modifying, by the computing device and based at least in part on the degree of precision, a probability that the gesture indicates at least one key of the plurality of keys. The method may also include outputting, by the computing device and for display, a candidate word that is based at least in part on the probability that the gesture indicates at least one key of the plurality of keys. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140115522 | GESTURE-KEYBOARD DECODING USING GESTURE PATH DEVIATION - In one example, a method includes outputting, by a computing device and for display, a graphical keyboard comprising a group of keys. The method may further include receiving an indication of a first portion of a gesture to select a first key, and determining, based at least in part on the first key, one or more predicted next characters. The method may further include determining a path from a first location of the graphical keyboard to a second location of the graphical keyboard, the first location corresponding to the first key, the second location corresponding to one of the one or more predicted next characters. The method may further include comparing a second portion of the gesture with the determined path, and selecting, based at least in part on the comparison, the one of the one or more predicted next characters. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140115523 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE PROVIDING KEYBOARD LAYOUT - An apparatus for providing a user interface, which provides a keyboard layout, is provided. A display portion of a user interface apparatus displays a portion of a plurality of keys that are included in the keyboard layout, and provides individual input keys of at least a predetermined size inside a display area that is limited by not displaying the portion of the plurality of keys. The keys which are displayed on the display portion comprise a first input key, which is allocated to a first character, and a second input key, which is allocated to a second character that differs from the first character. In this case, when a sensor portion detects user input with respect to the first input key, and the first input key moves to a position of the second input key by means of the user input, so that the first input key comes closer to the second input character to be at a distance shorter than a predetermined critical value, a processor decides a third character, which differs from the first and second characters, as a current input value that corresponds to the user input, wherein the third character corresponds to a character which is not separately displayed as an individual input key by the display portion. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140115524 | UNIVERSAL X, Y-AXIS POSITIONING INPUT METHOD - An input method for an electronic device having a plurality of keys and a display screen is disclosed, wherein a menu having a plurality of character options arranged in an x, y-axis matrix with vertical columns and horizontal rows is displayed on the screen, wherein x-coordinate values of the character options are listed on the display screen to identify character options in each of the horizontal rows and an initial y-coordinate value is set in advance for selecting character options, wherein a desired character option can be selected by using keys for selecting horizontal character option rows and the x-coordinate value of the desired character option can be selected by using keys for selecting x-coordinate values, so as to input the desired character option, wherein all selectable character options are displayed on the display screen prior to the selection of the y-coordinate of the horizontal character option row. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140123048 | APPARATUS FOR A VIRTUAL INPUT DEVICE FOR A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE AND THE METHOD THEREIN - An apparatus for a virtual input device for a mobile computing device is disclosed. In order to achieve higher throughput and accuracy of a virtual input system, the present invention is primarily characterized in that a system detects movement of a user's fingers on a work surface through at least one wearable sensor which wirelessly transmits the optical signal from the coupled transmitter to the optical receiver for processing and determining the corresponding user's input based on the predefined algorithm or pattern. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123049 | KEYBOARD WITH GESTURE-REDUNDANT KEYS REMOVED - The subject disclosure is directed towards a graphical or printed keyboard having keys removed, in which the removed keys are those made redundant by gesture input. For example, a graphical or printed keyboard may be the same overall size and have the same key sizes as other graphical or printed keyboards with no numeric keys, yet via the removed keys may fit numeric and alphabetic keys into the same footprint. Also described is having three or more characters per key, with a tap corresponding to one character, and different gestures on the key differentiating among the other characters. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123050 | TEXT INPUT - An apparatus comprising a controller, wherein said controller is arranged to receive input referring to a key and identifying a touch point; display a first set of candidates comprising a plurality of candidates arranged around the touch point; receive input referring to a first candidate being comprised in said first set; receive a select command of said first candidate; and input said selected candidate as text. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123051 | GRAPHIC OBJECT SELECTION BY WAY OF DIRECTIONAL SWIPE GESTURES - A graphical user interface apparatus for a computing device. A method to use, arrange and activate GUI components overlapped in a graphical user interface is provided. An overlap component includes an overlappable region associated with a predetermined position locating method and a predetermined activation criterion. The overlap component may also include a conventional region. An operation located in a region and meeting the activation criterion will activate corresponding component in the GUI. A virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of keys composed of overlap components is provided. The overlap component can be invoked by a directional swipe gesture or a tap. A web browser with the use of overlap components is also provided. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140123052 | Smart Keyboard Management for a Multifunction Device with a Touch Screen Display - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a touch screen display. The method includes displaying a text entry interface with a soft keyboard in a first area and a viewing area with a first size to display scrollable information. The method detects a finger gesture on the viewing area, and responds to the gesture. When the viewing area displays only a portion of the information, the response includes: (1) ceasing to display the soft keyboard, (2) expanding the viewing area to a second size, including at least some of the first area, and (3) scrolling the information in the expanded viewing area. When the viewing area with the first size displays all of the information, the response includes: (1) maintaining display of the soft keyboard, (2) keeping the viewing area at the first size, and (3) moving the information in the viewing area based on the finger gesture. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140129972 | KEYBOARD MODELS USING HAPTIC FEEDABACK AND SOUND MODELING - Provided are techniques for configuring a keyboard model comprising techniques of receiving a keyboard model comprising a plurality of key definitions, each key definition defining at least key function, key location and key size, presenting an output generated from the keyboard model, receiving a user input comprising one or more changes to the keyboard model, updating the keyboard model according to the received user input, and saving the updated keyboard model. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140143703 | CONFIGURABLE MULTILINGUAL KEYBOARD - Systems and methods for creating a configurable multi-language, research and application keyboard tool. A configurable keyboard system includes a font editor/generator for modifying and creating new characters, a language database for storing characters of one or more alphabets, a user interface for display outputs and accepting inputs from a user, and a layout generator for configuring a dynamic keyboard display and displaying the keyboard display on the user interface. Characters from one or more languages may be grouped in proximity to each other on the keyboard display based on common phonetic sounds. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140157179 | Systems and Methods for Selecting a Symbol Input by a User - In one embodiment, a method includes providing for display a first set of touch-screen keys corresponding to a first set of symbols. The method also includes providing for display at least partially underneath the first set of touch-screen keys a second set of touch-screen keys corresponding to a second set of symbols. At least a portion of the second set of touch-screen keys are visible through the first set of keys. The method further includes detecting a touch gesture by the user over the first and second sets of keys intending to input a symbol. The method further includes determining a context of the input by the user. The method further includes selecting based at least in part on the context a symbol in the first set of symbols or a symbol in the second set of symbols as the symbol that the user intended to input. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140157180 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS - A plurality of characters that are candidates for entry are displayed on a display surface of a display corresponding to an operation surface of a touch panel as character buttons. A touch detector judges whether a user touches the operation surface either with a single point or plural points, and detects a position touched by the user. An input receiver receives an entry of a character associated with a character button in the position touched by the user among the plurality of characters displayed on the display surface of the display. Then, the input receiver receives the entry of the character which varies in type depending on whether the user touches an area in the operation surface corresponding to an identical character button with a single point or plural points. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140164973 | TECHNIQUES FOR PREVENTING TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS ON SOFTWARE KEYBOARDS - Techniques for preventing typographical errors on digital soft keyboards are implemented by a computing device with a touch-screen display. According to one technique, a plurality of soft keys of a soft keyboard is displayed on the touch-screen display. Each soft key covers an area of the touch-screen display. One or more occurrences of a particular typographical error in which a user erroneously selects an adjacent soft key in addition to or instead of an intended soft key are detected. In response, an activation region of the intended soft key is changed to decrease the probability of the user making the same typographical error in the future. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164974 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a handwriting input is enabled and by which a handwritten character saved as an image can be further utilized. According to the present invention, when a user directly inputs a character by handwriting, a text corresponding to each handwritten character is saved by being linked to the handwritten character. The user is facilitated to correctly search handwritten characters saved as image for a specific word or the like using the saved confirmed text. By mapping the handwritten character saved as the image correctly using the saved confirmed text, the handwritten character is modifiable or utilizable in various ways. Therefore, a handwritten character saved as an image in a mobile terminal can be further utilized. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164975 | TERMINAL WITH MOVING KEYBOARD AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING MOVING KEYBOARD THEREOF - A terminal with a moving keyboard that includes a computer processor and a memory is provided. The terminal includes a display; and a moving keyboard application configured to be loaded into the memory under the control of the computer processor, to generate a moving keyboard which is displayed while moving at a predetermined speed in a pre-set method, and to display the moving keyboard on the display. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164976 | INPUT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROCESSING THE SAME - A method of enabling a rear input on an electronic device includes dividing one display screen into a first screen and a second screen; displaying an input screen mapped to a first input device on the first screen of a display unit; displaying an input screen mapped to a second input device on the second screen of the display unit; and displaying the input screens mapped to the first and second input devices when entering a character input mode. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140164977 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED DATA INPUT, COMPRESSION, RECOGNITION, CORRECTION , AND TRANSLATION THROUGH FREQUENCY-BASED LANGUAGE ANAYSIS - System and method for improving data input by using word frequency to text predict input. Other systems and methods include analyzing words already contained in a document (e.g. spell checking and OCR) and using word frequency to create a proxy system to reduce the space required to store data, allowing for more efficient usage of storage and enhancing the embedded content of matrix codes. The system displays the most common words in a language based upon the previously entered or displayed word(s), or the previously entered or displayed character or characters. Words with the most common frequency of use with the prior word(s) are displayed in a table to enable the user to quickly select one of the displayed words for rapid data entry. The input device can be a touch-sensitive display or non-touch sensitive type device. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140173492 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIRTUAL KEYPAD CONTROL - A method is provided including detecting that a first key in a virtual keypad is pressed, the first key being associated with a first symbol, determining, by an electronic device, whether a predetermined input is received after the first key is pressed, reconfiguring the virtual keypad, without displaying the first symbol, when the predetermined input is received; and displaying the first symbol when the predetermined input is not received. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140173493 | Interactivity With A Mixed Reality - Methods of interacting with a mixed reality are presented. A mobile device captures an image of a real-world object where the image has content information that can be used to control a mixed reality object through an offered command set. The mixed reality object can be real, virtual, or a mixture of both real and virtual. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140173494 | Input Methods for Device Having Multi-Language Environment - Text input is corrected on a touch-sensitive display by presenting a list of candidate words in the interface which can be selected by touch input. The candidate list can include candidate words having two or more character types (e.g., Roman, kana, kanji). In one aspect, the candidate list can be scrolled using a finger gesture. When a user's finger traverses a candidate word and the touch is released, the candidate word is inserted into a document being edited. In another aspect, characters can be erased by touching a key (e.g., a backspace or delete key) and making a sliding, swiping, or other finger gesture. A number of characters proportional to a distance (e.g., a linear distance) of the finger gesture across the display are erased. If there are characters in a text input area, those characters are erased first, followed by characters in the document being edited. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140181720 | MENU MANAGEMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Menu management methods and systems are provided. First, a first trigger is received. In response to the first trigger, a menu of a specific function is displayed. The menu at least includes a base part, and at least one layer surrounding the base part. The base part displays an indicator illustrating a current configuration of the specific function. A first layer among the at least one layer displays a first set of at least one tool set for the specific function. In some embodiments, the menu is dismissed when a second trigger is received. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181721 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR IMPROVED TEXT CHARACTER ENTRY - A graphical user interface for improved text character entry is disclosed. In some embodiments, the graphical user interface may be displayed on a mobile communications device. The graphical user interface may display a message field, a soft keyboard, and at least one visual foveal echo field. The message field may display text characters of a message being authored by a user interacting with the soft keyboard. The visual foveal echo field may be placed adjacent to a soft keyboard row and contain a portion of the message being authored by the user. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181722 | INPUT METHOD, TERMINAL APPARATUS APPLYING INPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM PERFORMING THE SAME - An input method usable by a terminal including a touch screen display, identifies first touch input locations on a touch screen. The first touch input locations comprise a predetermined number of concurrent multiple touches. A predetermined number of input buttons comprising a predetermined number of areas on the touch screen are associated with corresponding identified first touch input locations. A touch pattern is detected comprising a second touch input of one or more of the predetermined number of input buttons and an alphanumeric input corresponding to the detected touch pattern is processed. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140181723 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEXT INPUT WITH A MULTI-TOUCH SCREEN - A method of inputting a text word in a computerized system using a virtual keyboard, including, recording two or more strokes; wherein each stroke forms contact with the virtual keyboard and maintains contact forming a trace path as it traverses through multiple keyboard keys, each key representing a letter; identifying the word based on the recording; and wherein every distinct letter in the word is represented by a key in one of the trace paths. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140189566 | METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AT LEAST TWO SCREENS - An image processing method and apparatus for processing at least two screens are discussed. The image processing apparatus for processing two or more screens includes: a display panel for displaying a first screen and a second screen; a user input unit for receiving a user input signal; and a processor for dividing each of the first screen and the second screen into a main screen and a sub screen in response to some of the user input signals, displaying a screen-touch keyboard for inputting a letter, adjusting the position or size of at least one screen from among the first screen and the second screen, and displaying the adjusted resultant screen. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189567 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS - In a method for controlling virtual keyboards using an electronic device, a first virtual keyboard, a second virtual keyboard, and a third virtual keyboard are preset, and the first virtual keyboard is preset to be a default virtual keyboard. When the electronic device enters a character input mode, the default virtual keyboard is invoked. A tilt direction and a tilt angle of the electronic device are detected. When the tilt direction is left and the tilt angle is greater than a predetermined angle, the default virtual keyboard is switched to the second virtual keyboard. When the tilt direction is right and the tilt angle is greater than the predetermined angle, the default virtual keyboard is switched to the third virtual keyboard. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189568 | INCREMENTAL MULTI-WORD RECOGNITION - In one example, a computing device includes at least one processor that is operatively coupled to a presence-sensitive display and a gesture module operable by the at least one processor. The gesture module may be operable by the at least one processor to output, for display at the presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys and receive an indication of a continuous gesture detected at the presence-sensitive display, the continuous gesture to select a group of keys of the plurality of keys. The gesture module may be further operable to determine, in response to receiving the indication of the continuous gesture and based at least in part on the group of keys of the plurality of keys, a candidate phrase comprising a group of candidate words. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140189569 | USER INTERFACE FOR TEXT INPUT ON THREE DIMENSIONAL INTERFACE - A three dimensional data input system includes a space sensor that can input commands and text based upon user gestures within a three dimensional space. The three dimensional space can include a virtual keyboard and the system identifies words input as a set of points input by a user on the virtual keyboard. The intended word is identified by determining an origin and points associated with letters on a log polar coordinate system. The log distances and angles of the points are then compared to log distances and angles for known words stored in a computer memory. The known word having the log distances and angles that most closely match the input points is identified as the intended word. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140195957 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An image display device including a touchscreen display configured to display information; a controller configured to display a touch input window with a predetermined transparency while maintaining the information displayed on the touchscreen display based on a received request, the touch input window including a pad region for controlling a pointer displayed on the touchscreen display, move the pointer displayed on the touchscreen display in accordance with a touch movement on the mouse pad region, select and execute an application corresponding to a display object displayed on the touchscreen display when the pointer is displayed on the display object and an execute command is received, and select and execute the application corresponding to the display object when the pointer is not displayed on the display object and a touch direct input of the display object is received. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195958 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR UI DISPLAY THEREOF AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a user interface window for receiving a letter input; a communication interface configured to receive a control instruction for inputting letters from a control device; and a controller configured to control the display to selectively display an on-screen keypad for inputting letters on the user interface window based on whether the control device includes letter keys for inputting letters. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195959 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VIRTUAL KEYPAD - A method and apparatus are described for providing a virtual keypad. The method includes displaying a character string region and a virtual keypad region on a display, the character string region including a character string composed of a plurality of characters, and the virtual keypad region including an edit key; receiving a selection of the edit key; and displaying an edit key region including only the edit key and supporting a predefined selection function. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140195960 | Device, Methods, and User Interface for Providing Optimized Entry of Alphanumeric Text - The present invention includes a device, method, and user interface for providing optimized entry of alphanumeric text. In one form, a method for providing selectable characters within a user interface includes determining an operating mode of a communication device and receiving an input associated with a selected input key. The method determines a group of characters associated with the selected key based on the operating mode and displays the group of characters within the user interface. The user interface may display a first character of the group of characters within a first portion of the user interface and the group of characters proximal to the first character within a second portion of the user interface. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140201671 | TOUCH KEYBOARD USING LANGUAGE AND SPATIAL MODELS - A computing device outputs for display at a presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys, receives an indication of at least one gesture to select a group of keys of the plurality of keys, and determines at least one characteristic associated with the at least one gesture to select the group of keys of the plurality of keys. The computing device modifies a spatial model based at least in part on the at least one characteristic and determines a candidate word based at least in part on data provided by the spatial model and a language model, wherein the spatial model provides data based at least in part on the indication of the at least one gesture and wherein the language model provides data based at least in part on a lexicon. The computing device outputs for display at the presence-sensitive display, the candidate word. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140208255 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDING AN INPUT INTERFACE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a touch sensitive display device according to one embodiment of the present specification may include the steps of displaying a graphic user interface including a first area of a virtual keyboard and a second area of a digital content containing at least one word, detecting a first contact from the first area, displaying and moving a word-selecting interface according to the first contact moving from the first area to the second area, displaying the at least one word overlapped by the word-selecting interface in the digital content as a soft button, detecting a second contact from the soft button, and inputting a word corresponding to the soft button from which the second contact is detected into a text input box. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140215375 | PRESENTING SHORTCUTS TO PROVIDE COMPUTER SOFTWARE COMMANDS - Presenting shortcuts to provide computer software commands. A user interface associated with a computer software application, which includes multiple portions, is displayed. Each portion is associated with a command to perform an operation of the application in response to the command. In response to a selection of a particular portion of the user interface, another user interface is displayed. In the other user interface, a name of a particular command and a keyboard shortcut key selectable to perform an operation in response to the particular command are displayed. Additionally, a virtual keyboard that includes multiple alphanumeric keys, including the keyboard shortcut key, is displayed in the other user interface. The keyboard shortcut key is displayed on the virtual keyboard to be visually distinct from remaining alphanumeric keys on the virtual keyboard. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140223354 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING FLOATING KEYS IN A PORTABLE DEVICE - A method and apparatus for creating floating keys in a portable device is provided. The method includes selecting a key by providing an activation signal on any of the keys present in a keypad of the device. Further, the selected key is floated to display irrespective of keypad layout, keypad type and input method engine. The floating keys can be created from any online document. The method also provides a Unicode interface to the user to add keys present in a web source as a floating key. Further, a method of creating floating keys with multiple key combinations is also disclosed. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140237411 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WORD COMPLETION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for improving character entry in an electronic device. User input of one or more characters is received via a capacitive physical keyboard. A second user input is then received indicating a desire to add or remove a word completion, such as a prefix or a suffix, to the first set of characters. Based on a generated list of word completion rules, the electronic device modifies the word based on the user input, and outputs the completed word for display. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140237412 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL KEYPAD - A method and an electronic device for controlling a virtual keypad are provided. The method for displaying the virtual keypad of the electronic device includes detecting execution of an application allowing text input, detecting at least one touch subject within a threshold distance of a touch screen, and when detecting at least one touch subject within the threshold distance of the touch screen, displaying a virtual keypad. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140237413 | GLOW TOUCH FEEDBACK FOR VIRTUAL INPUT DEVICES - The claimed subject matter is directed to providing feedback in a touch screen device in response to an actuation of a virtual unit in a virtual input device. Specifically, the claimed subject matter provides a method and system for providing visual feedback in response to an actuation of a virtual key in a virtual keyboard. One embodiment of the claimed subject matter is implemented as a method for providing luminescent feedback in response to an actuation of a virtual key in a virtual keyboard. User input in a virtual keyboard corresponding to a virtual key is received. The corresponding virtual key is actuated and registered in response to the user input, and a luminescent feedback is displayed to the user as confirmation of the actuation of the virtual key. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140245212 | Method and Apparatus for Improved Text Entry - A method and apparatus which improves QWER-sive text input into an information handling system by gestures on or above a keyboard layout. It is known that languages have a characteristic frequency at which characters will appear. Relying upon such characteristics, a keyboard layout is generated in such a way that the area allocated to individual characters varies among the character set with larger areas being assigned to characters more likely to be used in a language selected by a user. Such enlargement of areas of response may either be visible to the user or concealed, in which latter case all of the individual characters appear to have been allocated areas of the same size. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140250402 | EFFICIENT INPUT MECHANISM FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - The subject disclosure is directed towards technology that provides an input mechanism for efficient navigation on a computing device. The input mechanism may include a cell-based input mechanism for displaying a display pattern having a central portion and a peripheral portion on which input cells are configured. When a stroke begins at a position on the peripheral portion that corresponds to a desired page and ends at the central portion, the cell-based input mechanism modifies the input cells on the display pattern to display input cells for the desired page. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140250403 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD INTERFACE SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SAME - A virtual keyboard interface system of an electronic apparatus for displaying a virtual keyboard interface in a display of the electronic apparatus includes a graphical data module and a displaying module. The graphical data module stores graphical data of a number of keys, a number of shadow parts corresponding to the keys, and a number of patterns on the keys. The displaying module displays the virtual keyboard interface on the display according to the graphical data to make the virtual keyboard interface being seen from a slanting angle α relative to a vertical direction. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140250404 | SECURE DATA ENTRY VIA A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A communication device, which is capable of presenting one or more of a plurality of virtual keyboards, may be operable to receive application content. The application content may require a user to enter particular data via one of the plurality of virtual keyboards. The plurality of virtual keyboards may comprise a system keyboard and one or more third-party keyboards. The communication device may be operable to determine whether the particular data to be entered by the user may comprise sensitive personal information associated with the user. Based on the determination of the personal information and/or based on a configuration option communicated from the user, the communication device may be operable to determine whether to cause presentation of the system keyboard for the user to enter the particular data. The communication device may cause presentation of the system keyboard by disabling the one or more third-party keyboards. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140282201 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WORD PREDICTION SELECTION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for improving word prediction candidate selection in an electronic device. Input of one or more characters is received via a capacitive physical keyboard. A word prediction process generates a set of word prediction candidates, determines a unique character in each word prediction candidate, and displays the word prediction candidates along with visual indicia to indicate the unique character. A second input is then received comprising a tap input of a single character on the keyboard. The electronic device determines whether the second input corresponds to a unique character associated with any of the word prediction candidates, and if so, displays the selected word in an input field on the display. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282202 | 5-KEY DATA ENTRY SYSTEM AND ACCOMPANYING INTERFACE - A data entry system is disclosed. Some embodiments of the data entry system utilize an input device and a user interface. In some embodiments, a user can actuate keys on an input device to activate and/or select from the user interface cells associated with symbols, such as letters. A user can input different symbols quickly and efficiently. In some embodiments, users can input the most common letters of a given alphabet using only a single actuation of one of four keys. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282203 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT - A method for an electronic device having a display, including, displaying, on the display, a first virtual keyboard including a set of keys, wherein each key of the set of keys is associated with one or more characters, receiving an input reflecting selection of one or more keys of the set of keys, determining, based on the selection, one or more subsequent candidate input characters and one or more word predictions corresponding to the one or more subsequent candidate input characters, displaying, on the display, a second virtual keyboard including a second set of keys, wherein the second set of keys comprises one or more keys associated with the one or more word predictions positioned based, at least in part, on the one or more subsequent candidate input characters. An electronic device including a display, a memory, and a processor, the processor being configured to execute the method. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140282204 | KEY INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS USING RANDOM NUMBER IN VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method and an apparatus for key input by using a random number in a virtual keyboard in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes sending, to a server, a request for random number generation; receiving a random number generated in response to the request; displaying a virtual keyboard that activates keys corresponding to the received random number; and receiving, through the displayed virtual keyboard, an input of keys. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140289664 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING IMPLEMENTATION - A cellular phone includes a display surface, a touch sensor configured to accept an input with respect to the display surface and a CPU. The CPU displays a keyboard for inputting characters, an input text and a send button for executing a function for sending the input text as a message on the display surface. Further, the CPU executes a suppressing control for suppressing the execution of the function for sending the text as the message while one or more undetermined characters are included in the text displayed on the display surface. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140298237 | Radial Based User Interface on Touch Sensitive Screen - A radial based user interface (UI) is provided for entering data into a computer device. The radial based UI has a central region with a plurality of radial regions. A location for the central region is defined on a touch sensitive display screen of the device and a value is assigned to each radial region. When a first touch is detected in the central region of the radial UI, an indication of a radial position responsive to a second touch on the touch sensitive screen may be determined. A value corresponding to the radial position of the second touch may then be input to an application being executed on the device. The first and second touches may be two separate finger taps, or may be sequential portions of a continuous stroke that occurs along one of the plurality of radial regions. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140298238 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention enables a user to perform an operation of closing a software keyboard displayed on a display unit by an operation to a predetermined input item with use of a hardware keyboard. A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes receiving an input to a predetermined input item via a software keyboard displayed on a display unit, receiving an input to the predetermined input item via a hardware keyboard connected to the information processing apparatus, inputting a character to the predetermined input item according to the key input received via the software keyboard or the hardware keyboard, and closing a display of the software keyboard displayed on the display unit if the input to the predetermined input item which is received via the hardware keyboard satisfies a predetermined condition during the display of the software keyboard. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140304639 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRIGGERING EVENTS OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for triggering events of an electronic device, one or more events of the electronic device are set through a user interface, and a key combination for each of the events is received from the user interface. The key combination includes one or more distance sensors and a hot key of the electronic device. The method determines whether one of the distance sensors detects a user's finger in an effective sensing range when the hot key is approached by the user's finger. When one of the distance sensors detects the user's finger in the effective sensing range, the method triggers an event of the electronic device corresponding to the hot key, and executes a specified function of the hot key according to the event. If no distance sensor detects the user's finger in the effective sensing range, the method executes an inherent function of the hot key. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140304640 | TECHNIQUES FOR INPUT OF A MULTI-CHARACTER COMPOUND CONSONANT OR VOWEL AND TRANSLITERATION TO ANOTHER LANGUAGE USING A TOUCH COMPUTING DEVICE - A technique is presented for fast input of multi-character compound consonants and vowels on a touch computing device. The technique provides for fast input of multi-character compound consonants and vowels by enabling a user to touch an initial character on a first layout of characters, then slide his/her finger in different directions and/or different distances according to a second layout of characters. The second layout of characters can be based on the first touched character and therefore can have a limited set of characters, e.g., fewer characters in comparison to the first layout of characters. A syllable formed after input of both a consonant and a vowel, represented as one character set, e.g., in the Roman alphabet, can then be transliterated into another language, e.g., Chinese. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140310638 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EDITING MESSAGE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for editing a message in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a text display area and a keypad display area, displaying at least one letter and a cursor in the text display area, and moving the cursor according to a first gesture performed in the keypad display area. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140317547 | DYNAMICALLY-POSITIONED CHARACTER STRING SUGGESTIONS FOR GESTURE TYPING - A computing device outputs, for display, a virtual keyboard comprising a plurality of virtual keys. Furthermore, the computing device receives an indication of a first movement of an input object along a spatial path. The computing device determines, based on locations of the virtual keys and locations along the spatial path, a plurality of character strings. In response to determining that the first movement has ceased for at least a threshold amount of time, the computing device outputs, for display, the plurality of character strings. While the character strings are displayed, the computing device receives an indication of a second movement of the input object. The computing device selects, in response to the indication of the second movement, and based at least in part on a direction of the second movement of the input object, a particular character string from the plurality of character strings. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140317548 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A TEXT INPUT INTERFACE - A method for operating a text input interface for a device ( | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140317549 | Method for Controlling Touchscreen by Using Virtual Trackball - Disclosed herein is a method for controlling a touchscreen by using a virtual trackball. The method for controlling the touchscreen includes the steps of displaying a virtual keyboard on the input window, displaying a virtual trackball by selecting an Execute button on the virtual keyboard, enlarging a cursor displayed on the output window and a predetermined region surrounding the cursor, and inputting movement information of the cursor being enlarged and displayed by using the virtual trackball. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140317550 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS ACCEPTING INPUTS THROUGH INPUT SCREEN - An MFP (Multi-Functional Peripheral) as an information processing apparatus accepts an input through a keyboard selectively displayed on the touch panel of an operation terminal from among a plurality of keyboards configured with software key groups different from each other. The MFP displays a setting screen including a plurality of input areas on the touch panel. When the setting screen appears, the MFP acquires the type of the selectively displayed keyboard and decides an input accepting area that accepts an input through the selectively displayed keyboard, from among the plurality of input areas. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140337786 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD FROM A TOUCHPAD OF A COMPUTERIZED DEVICE - A method for controlling a virtual keyboard on a display screen of a computerized system includes obtaining data from a touchpad. The data is associated with the location and movement of a finger and/or hand of a user when the user operates the computerized system using the touchpad. The method includes communicating the data from the touchpad to the computerized device, the touchpad being located in a location that is different from the location of the display screen. The method further includes analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand, and assigning the data to at least one of a plurality of fingers of the model. The method also includes generating a virtual keyboard on the display screen and repositioning the virtual keyboard according to either a verbal command from the user or a user input from the touchpad. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140344747 | INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An input device is configured to display a software keyboard drawn by software and receive an input from a user, and includes: a touch panel unit configured to perform as a display to the user and receive an input by contact from the user; a layout information storage unit configured to store, as layout information, information about layout modes of keys included in the software keyboard displayed on the touch panel unit and display modes of the keys; a condition acceptance unit configured to accept a condition for selecting the layout information; and a software keyboard display instruction unit configured to read layout information that maintains the key layout mode while changing the display mode of some of the keys according to the condition, and to instruct the touch panel unit to display a software keyboard based on the read layout information. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140344748 | INCREMENTAL FEATURE-BASED GESTURE-KEYBOARD DECODING - In one example, a method includes outputting, at a presence-sensitive display operatively coupled to a computing device, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys and receiving an indication of a gesture to select a group of keys of the plurality of keys. The method may further include determining, in response to the indication, a candidate word based at least in part on the group of keys. The method may further include determining a group of alignment points traversed by the gesture and respective cost values for each of at least two keys of the plurality of keys. The method may further include comparing the respective cost values for at least each of at least two keys of the plurality of keys to determine a combination of keys having a combined cost value and outputting the candidate word that is based on the respective cost values. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140351739 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AT LEAST ONE PART OF A VIRTUAL KEYPAD, CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC TERMINAL AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method is provided for generating at least one part of a virtual keypad on a touch screen of an electronic terminal. The method includes, prior to displaying the virtual keypad on the touch screen, computing a random graphic representation of the virtual keypad delivering at least one parameter representing a random zone of occupancy of the virtual keypad on the touch screen. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140351740 | INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAME - An input method for use in a device, includes: receiving character input information; determining, based on the character input information, an inputted character and time information associated with an input operation; and selecting a state of the inputted character according to the time information and at least one predetermined time threshold value. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140351741 | USER INPUT PREDICTION - A system for inputting text into an electronic device. The system comprises a candidate generator ( | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140351742 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A portable terminal device has enclosures with a movable portion, a display section that displays visible information showing an operation target area, and a touch sensor that detects a position on a display screen of the display section touched by a user's finger, or the like. A shape detection section detects a change in the shape of the enclosure; an input operation management section manages a position detected by the touch sensor and an operation target area of each of pieces of visible information displayed on the display section in an associated manner; and a display control section automatically makes a change to at least display positions of the respective pieces of visible information about the operation target displayed on the display section in accordance with a change in shape of the enclosure detected by the shape detection section. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140359513 | MULTIPLE GRAPHICAL KEYBOARDS FOR CONTINUOUS GESTURE INPUT - In one example, a method includes outputting, by a computing device and for display, a graphical user interface comprising a first graphical keyboard comprising a first plurality of keys. The method further includes determining, based at least in part on an input context, to output a second graphical keyboard comprising a second plurality of keys, and outputting, for contemporaneous display with the first graphical keyboard, the second graphical keyboard. A character associated with at least one key from the second plurality of keys may be different than each character associated with each key from the first plurality of keys. The method further includes selecting, based at least in part on a first portion of a continuous gesture, a first key from first graphical keyboard, and selecting, based at least in part on a second portion of the continuous gesture, a second key from the second graphical keyboard. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140359514 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING KEY PAD INPUT RECEIVED ON TOUCH SCREEN OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of processing an input received through a touch screen in a mobile terminal. The method includes displaying, if a first key to which a plurality of key values are allocated is input, a second key to which a plurality of the key values are allocated, on a screen, and determining a first key value displayed at a cursor by an input of the first key as a final input value if the second key is input, moving the cursor to a next first position, and then displaying one of the plurality of key values of the first key. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140359515 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING TEXT - A system and method for inputting text A system ( | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140365945 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING NAVIGATION AND SEARCH FUNCTIONALITIES - A device with touch-sensitive surface and display is configured to: display a page of a multi-page interface; and detect an input that includes a contact and movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface. The device is further configured to, in response to detecting the input: if the input meets next-page display criteria, where the next-page display criteria include a criterion that is met when the contact moves by more than a predefined amount in a first predetermined direction, replace display of the page with display of a second page of the multi-page interface; and if the input meets search-interface display criteria, where the search-interface display criteria include a criterion that is met when the contact moves by more than the predefined amount in a second predetermined direction that is perpendicular to the first direction, display a search interface that includes a search input field for inputting search terms. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365946 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AND MANAGING ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS ON A MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses operable to manage an enterprise system via a mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device includes a touch screen display, a transmitter configured for bi-directional wireless communication, and a processor configured to provide a user interface to the mobile electronic device, wherein the mobile electronic device connects, via the transmitter, to at least one computer system remote from the mobile electronic device, the processor further configured to cause display of a soft-overlay keyboard on the touch screen display, wherein the soft-overlay keyboard is superimposed on content displayed on the touch screen display. The mobile electronic device further includes a harness removably coupled to the mobile electronic device. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140365947 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, GRAPH DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes: a display device; and a processor configured to: display a graph corresponding to a function formula on the display device, wherein a coefficient of a term included in the function formula comprises a variable; determine a numeric value range of numeric values which are to be inputted to the variable, based on a degree of the term and a display state of the graph; generate an operation receiver for allowing a user to variably specify a numeric value within the determined numeric value range; display the operation receiver on the display device. When a numeric value is specified within the numeric value range through the operation receiver, the processor displays a graph corresponding to a function formula in which the specified numeric value is inputted to the variable on the display device. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140372931 | TEXT SUGGESTION OUTPUT USING PAST INTERACTION DATA - In one example, a device includes at least one processor and at least one module operable by the at least one processor to output, for display, a graphical user interface including a graphical keyboard and one or more text suggestion regions, and select, based at least in part on an indication of gesture input, at least one key of the graphical keyboard. The at least one module is further operable by the at least one processor to determine a plurality of candidate character strings, determine past interaction data that comprises a representation of a past user input corresponding to at least one candidate character string while the at least one candidate character string was previously displayed in at least one of the one or more text suggestion regions, and output the at least one candidate character string for display in one of the one or more text suggestion regions. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140380223 | USER INTERFACE COMPRISING RADIAL LAYOUT SOFT KEYPAD - A processing device is configured to provide a user interface comprising a radial layout soft keypad. The radial layout soft keypad comprises a central region and one or more concentric groupings of keys arranged around the central region. For example, the one or more concentric groupings of keys may be arranged as multiple concentric circular rows of keys substantially surrounding the central region, with all of the keys of the concentric circular rows being simultaneously visible in the radial layout soft keypad. The radial layout soft keypad is illustratively presented on a display associated with the processing device and a user interacts with the radial layout soft keypad by making hand gestures in free space in a field of view of an image sensor. A gesture of a first type controls selection of a key and gestures of second and third types control acceptance and rejection of the selected key. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140380224 | SMART USER-CUSTOMIZED GRAPHICAL KEYBOARD - A computing device automatically customizes attributes of a graphical keyboard based on user inputs to the graphical keyboard. For example, the computing device can display a first graphical keyboard arrangement that includes a first representation of a key associated with a target region of an input-sensitive display. The computing device receives a plurality of user inputs, each associated with a respective touch region of the input-sensitive display. Subsequent to determining that one or more of the touch regions is not substantially aligned with the target region, the computing device displays a second graphical keyboard arrangement that includes a second representation of the key, wherein at least one attribute of the second representation of the key is graphically modified relative to the first representation of the key so as to substantially align one or more of the touch regions with a target region associated with the second representation of the key. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150012866 | Method for Data Input of Touch Panel Device - Disclosed is a method for data input of a touch panel device provided for inputting the input key. The method includes following steps of: determining an area region limiter on the touch panel; defining a plurality of subregion area elements for the area region limiter with respect to positions related to the area region limiter; obtaining a determined result by determining whether a finger sliding operation has been sliding through the subregion area elements; determining one subregion area elements from the plurality of the subregion area elements in accordance with the determined result; displaying input key elements belonging to the determined subregion area element; and selecting an input key from the displayed input key elements as an input data. Thereby a data of the input key can be rapidly input with less probability of input fault. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012867 | METHOD FOR RESTORING AN AUTO CORRECTED CHARACTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a method and electronic device for providing an autocorrect function. A first character is replaced by a second character so as to correct the first character and the first character is restored. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012868 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REDUCE DISPLAY LAG OF SOFT KEYBOARD PRESSES - A method of indicating a selected at least one of keys on a keyboard of a display device, the keyboard having a layout including a plurality of keys, the method including identifying the selected at least one of the keys based on a location of the selected at least one of the keys on the keyboard of the display device, updating a rendered video frame with a stored image of the selected at least one of the keys to generate an updated video frame indicating the selection of the at least one of the keys for displaying by the display device, the stored image of the selected at least one of the keys corresponding to the selected at least one of the keys, and while another video frame indicating the selection of the at least one of the keys is being rendered, displaying the updated video frame by the display device. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012869 | TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD - Operating a touch-screen device includes displaying at least a portion of a keyboard on a touch-screen, detecting a touch on the touch-screen, and detecting movement of the touch on the touch-screen. Operating the touch-screen device also includes moving the displayed keyboard in response to the detected movement of the touch on the touch-screen, detecting a release of the touch from the touch-screen, and assigning a character according to a final location of the touch relative to a location of the displayed keyboard. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012870 | MOBILE TERMINAL, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND DATA STORING METHOD - When a touch start is designated within display coordinates of a selected character string, and a touch end is designated within display coordinates of an arbitrary character input key, a mobile terminal temporarily stores the selected character string in a memory area indicated by a memory address corresponding to the arbitrary character input key. Then, when a touch start is designated within the display coordinates of the character input key utilized for temporarily storing the character string, and a touch end is designated within display coordinates of a text of a reply mail, the character string temporarily stored is inserted on the basis of the coordinates indicated by the touch end. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012871 | Input Device Enhanced Interface - Some embodiments provide an interactive viewer for an input device interface. Specifically, some embodiments provide a Keyboard Enhanced Interface (KEI) system that includes a KEI viewer. The KEI viewer includes multiple graphical keys that correspond to keys of a key based input device. The KEI viewer also includes multiple symbols that identify different output actions and logic for presenting a set of symbols over a set of graphical keys to identify a set of keys of the key based input device that are usable to directly invoke a set of output actions based on an active operational mode of the KEI system. A symbol identifies a particular output action that is directly invocable with a press of a key of the key based input device that corresponds to a graphical key over which said symbol is presented. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012872 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - A character input method and apparatus in an electronic terminal are provided. The character input method includes displaying a virtual keypad having at least one key area to which a plurality of characters are associated, displaying a plurality of areas when a touch is detected on the at least one key area, detecting whether the touch includes a drag and inputting, after the drag is detected, a character mapped to an area corresponding to a point where the drag is released. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012873 | PARTIAL GESTURE TEXT ENTRY - A graphical keyboard including a number of keys is output for display at a display device. The computing device receives an indication of a gesture to select at least two of the keys based at least in part on detecting an input unit at locations of a presence-sensitive input device. In response to the detecting and while the input unit is detected at the presence-sensitive input device: the computing device determines a candidate word for the gesture based at least in part on the at least two keys and the candidate word is output for display at a first location of the output device. In response to determining that the input unit is no longer detected at the presence-sensitive input device, the displayed candidate word is output for display at a second location of the display device. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012874 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHARACTER DELETION - A keyboard for an electronic device is provided, having a key with indicia to indicate direction of backspace or deletion. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150012875 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display unit for displaying thereon a plurality of input regions operated by an operating body, a detection unit for detecting an approach distance between the operating body and a surface of the display unit, and a region control unit for, when the operating body approaches one of the input regions within a predetermined distance, enlarging the input region which the operating body approaches, and moving at least one of the input regions such that the adjacent input regions do not overlap each other. The input region is enlarged and an overlap between the input regions is avoided so that a user can easily select a desired input region, thereby preventing erroneous selection of other input region. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150020018 | Method, Apparatus, Terminal And Storage Medium For Inputting Information - Disclosed is a method, an apparatus, a terminal and a storage medium for inputting information and belongs to the telecommunications field. The method for inputting information includes: monitoring a state of an inputting box, wherein the state includes an active state or a sleep state; if it is detected that the inputting box is in the active state, calling a virtual keyboard; and inputting information in the inputting box using predefined keys of the virtual keyboard. The apparatus includes a monitoring module, a calling module, and an inputting module. The terminal includes a processor, a memory, and program modules. The storage medium stores the program modules. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150026624 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEFORMABLE THUMB KEYBOARD - Systems and methods are disclosed for deformable thumb keyboards on the touchscreens of mobile devices to enable users to use the thumb of the same hand that is holding a mobile device to type on the keyboard of the mobile device. Users may enter a keyboard configuration mode of the mobile device to create and fine tune the thumb keyboard. To create a thumb keyboard, users may sketch an arc on the touchscreen to define a general outline of the keyboard. Users may manipulate the shape, size, location, layout, etc., of the thumb keyboard on the touchscreen to fit the users' preferences. For example, a right-handed user may customize a thumb keyboard in an arc region along the lower right corner of the touch screen to allow the right thumb of the user easy access to all the keys when holding the mobile device in the right hand. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026625 | CATEGORY-BASED KEYBOARD - Apparatuses, systems, media, and/or methods may involve a keyboard and/or a selection of an element thereof. The keyboard may include a keyboard configuration, which may have one or more elements such as a character, a key, and/or functionality for the key. The key may include no characters, one or more characters, and/or one or more sets of characters. The architecture of the keyboard configuration may be based on one or more categories, such as a hand category and/or a finger category. In addition, a touch area may be recognized, which may be formed between a user digit and the key of the keyboard configuration. The category associated with the touch area may be determined, wherein the character, the key, and/or the functionality for the key may be selected based on the category. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026626 | SOFTWARE KEYBOARD INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An input method using a software keyboard, includes: displaying a software keyboard on a display device having a touch panel; monitoring an input from a user and detecting a sequence including input of an original character string, deletion of some or all of the original character string and re-input of a new character string; acquiring at least one of an incorrect input character contained in the original character string and a corresponding correct input character contained in the new character string; and correcting the software keyboard based on the incorrect input character and the correct input character. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026627 | Portable Terminal - A portable terminal that can be held stably and can perform entry operation quickly at the time of character entry is provided. On a character entry screen including a keyboard screen, a first cursor and a second cursor are displayed. A first indicating button | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026628 | SPACE PREDICTION FOR TEXT INPUT - An example method includes displaying, at a presence-sensitive device, a virtual keyboard, receiving an indication of input entered at a presence-sensitive device indicating a plurality of characters, determining a sequence of at least three character strings in the plurality such that the sequence does not include any space characters, modifying the characters by inserting at least two space characters to demarcate the at least three character strings, and determining at least two suggested character strings based on first, second, and third character strings of the sequence. The method further includes outputting, for display at the presence-sensitive device and at a text-suggestion area of the GUI, the at least two suggested character strings, receiving a selection that indicates a selected character string of the at least two suggested character strings, and outputting, for display at the presence-sensitive device and at the text-entry area of the GUI, the selected character string. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150026629 | GESTURE-BASED REPETITION OF KEY ACTIVATIONS ON A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - Systems and methods for gesture repetition that is easy to repeat quickly. A user is able to quickly repeat any activation of a key, including any of the alternate, overloaded functions that are associated with the key. In addition, by appropriately defining the gesture, a large number of these repetitions can be quickly generated. These repeated activations can be generated much faster than a key can be repeatedly tapped with sufficient accuracy, and far faster than an alternative function can be repeatedly generated when each repetition would require again waiting past an initial time threshold. Furthermore, the number of repetitions can be easily and precisely controlled by the user. As the desired number of repetitions is approached, the user simply begins to repeat the gesture at a slower pace until precisely the desired number of repetitions is achieved. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150033177 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING SYMBOLS - An exemplary technique is provided for inputting symbols, including letters or numbers, using fingers. A first key is coupled with a plurality of symbols including a first primary symbol coupled to the first key. A recognizer is adapted to determine a type of a finger that presses a key area coupled to the first key. A selector is adapted to select a symbol from the plurality of symbols coupled to the first key based on the determined finger type. The first key is part of a keyboard and adjacent to a number of other keys of the keyboard, each other key being coupled with a primary symbol. The plurality of symbols coupled with the first key further comprises at least one of the primary symbols coupled with at least one of the other keys, such that at least one of the plurality of symbols coupled to the first key is a primary symbol coupled to at least one other key of the keyboard. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150040055 | DYNAMIC SOFT KEYBOARD FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - In a processing system having a touch screen display, a method and apparatus for dynamically updating a soft keyboard shown on the touch screen display. The method includes receiving user input data from a user. When the user input data indicates a current character, predicting a likelihood of at least one next character being entered by the user, and assigning the at least one next character to a soft key of the soft keyboard based at least in part on a correlation of the likelihood of the at least one next character being entered next by the user and a distance of the soft key to a predetermined location of the soft keyboard. The soft keyboard may then be updated on the touch screen display. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150040056 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS - An input device is provided. The input device includes a display that displays a keypad for input of a character and a character input window showing a character string input through the keypad; a gesture sensor that senses a gesture of a user; and a controller that controls the display, based on the gesture, wherein the keypad comprises: a central item; a plurality of peripheral items arranged while being spaced from one another around the central item; and a plurality of guide lines corresponding to the plurality of the peripheral items, the plurality of the guide lines are in a straight or curved line form directed from each of the plurality of the peripheral items toward the central item, and have different forms and directions. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150046865 | TOUCH SCREEN KEYBOARD DESIGN FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for a virtual touch screen keyboard. The method includes waiting for a movement of a mobile device. Upon movement of the device, the keyboard receives a measurement representing a position of the device from a sensor of the device. The keyboard determines whether an absolute value of the received measurement is greater than a pre-defined value. If the absolute value of the received measurement is greater than the pre-defined value, and the received measurement is negative, the keyboard displays a first portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard. If the absolute value of the received measurement is greater than the pre-defined value, and the received measurement is positive, the keyboard displays a second portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard. The first portion and the second portion of the virtual touch screen keyboard provide keys that are at least double in size to the keys provided on a conventional touch screen keyboard. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150058782 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND INTERACTING WITH A SURFACE DISPLAY - Systems and methods for projecting graphics onto an available surface, tracking a user's interactions with the projected graphics, and providing feedback to the user regarding the tracked interactions are described. In some embodiments, the feedback is provided via updated projected graphics onto the surface. In some embodiments, the feedback is provided via an electronic screen. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058783 | MULTI-TOUCH SUPPORTING PARALLEL-TAPPING INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE - A multi-touch supporting parallel-tapping input method comprising the following steps: obtaining multiple input operations of a user at the same time; converting the input operations of the user into characters, permuting and combining the characters, and selecting a correct character combination sequence; displaying the selected character combination sequence as a candidate character sequence in a candidate display unit for the user to select; and displaying the character combination sequence selected by the user. The method may be implemented using a multi-touch supporting virtual keyboard, so that multiple fingers can select multiple keys at the same time to perform parallel-tapping input. Through intelligent error correction, multiple keys tapped in parallel are permutated and combined to provide a candidate correct combination for a user to select, so as to improve the speed and efficiency of text inputting of the user. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058784 | ENHANCED VIRTUAL SUCTION TOOL - A touch-based computer graphics user interface enhances a stylus pen with virtual suction to create a virtual vacuum or suction tool. The virtual tool may simulate a physical world suction tool and/or provide capabilities not available in the real world. The virtual suction tool allows the user to feel as if he or she has transcended the boundary between the virtual world and the real world by physically holding in his or her hand an object that is able to interact with and virtually attract and contain items (e.g., objects with characteristics and behaviors) removed from or expellable into the virtual world. The resulting highly intuitive user interface provides fun and exciting video game play and has other applications as well. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058785 | Character Input Device And Computer Readable Recording Medium - A character input device, including: a touch panel which integrally includes a display unit and an input unit; a first control unit which displays a character input screen having a character display region on the display unit, associates a keyboard including a plurality of characters with the touch panel and displays a character in the keyboard corresponding to a position where a touch input is performed via the input unit in the character display region as an input target character; an evaluation unit which obtains an evaluation value for the input target character on basis of an input manner; a determination unit which determines whether the input target character is a correction target character on basis of the evaluation value; and a second control unit which displays the correction target character on the display unit so as to be distinguishable. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150058786 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MOBILE TERMINAL CONTROLLING PROGRAM - A mobile terminal | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150067570 | Method and Apparatus for Enhancing User Interface in a Device with Touch Screen - The present invention provides method and apparatus for providing an enhanced user interface at devices equipped with touch screens. The present invention enables users to more easily and accurately select an object among multiple selectable objects competing within limited screen space by enlarging the desired object as user's finger or a stylus pen approaches the object before physically touching it on the touch screen. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067571 | WORD PREDICTION ON AN ONSCREEN KEYBOARD - The present invention enables typing on a touchscreen without the need for the user to accurately hit each key on an onscreen keyboard. The relative distance and direction between each letter of a word on a virtual keyboard (visible or invisible) is used to uniquely identify the desired word by comparing parameters with those pre-stored in a word database. This means the user may begin typing at any location on the screen, without being constrained to a pre-determined location of an onscreen keyboard. It also means the size of the virtual onscreen keyboard may be determined by the user's typing pattern. Various disambiguation strategies can be applied to this typing approach to allow the user to be imprecise. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067572 | Mobile terminal and method for setting virtual keyboard of mobile terminal - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method for setting a virtual keyboard of a mobile terminal. The method includes: setting a virtual keyboard on a corner of a display screen of a mobile terminal and displaying same in the form of a sector area, wherein the arc-shaped area of the sector area is a symbol display area, and the remaining area of the sector area is a key display area; and after receiving expression information input through the key display area, displaying the expression information in the symbol display area. The disclosure displays a virtual keyboard on a display screen in the form of a sector area so that a user can conveniently input information on a mobile terminal by one hand, thereby greatly increasing the operating efficiency for the user, and improving the user experience. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067573 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING KEYPAD FOR SMART DEVICES - According to a method for displaying a keypad for a smart device of the present invention, a keypad can be displayed in a transparent or a translucent state by being overlapped with an output window displayed on a display module of a smart device such that both of an input window and the output window can be used over a wide area, and the transparency or color of the keypad periodically changes such that a user can check the keypad position which is displayed instantaneously, thereby enabling precise input operations without having to memorize all of the keypad positions and solving problems such as the confusion caused by overlapping the output window with the transparent keypad. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067574 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150067575 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED USER INTERFACE FOR INPUTTING INDIAN LANGUAGE ALPHABETS - A computer implemented user interface which enables a user to input alphabets in at least one Indian language is disclosed herein. The user interface includes a display enabled keypad layout which in turn includes a default keypad layer, a first keypad layer, a second keypad layer and a third keypad layer. The default keypad layer comprises a plurality of alphabets represented as selectable vowels and consonants. The first keypad layer comprises the vowels and consonants, and a plurality of modifiers. The second keypad layer comprises a plurality of matras, a plurality of halants, the vowels, and the consonants. The third keypad layer comprises the matras and the modifiers. The keypad layers are configured to be incorporated onto the display enabled keypad layout and selectively displayed, based on at least the selection of a key on at least one of the keypad layers. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150074585 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PERFORMING CHARACTER ENTRY - A method of managing user interface content, including performing character entry without a keyboard, is disclosed. The method includes displaying a character entry area and a character selection indicia, wherein the character selection indicia is displayed at a first predefined location, and the character selection indicia includes locations corresponding to respective characters in a plurality of characters; detecting a point of contact over the character selection indicia; in response to detecting the contact over the character selection indicia, displaying at a second predefined location distinct from the first predefined location a temporary character that represents a character to be selected; while displaying the temporary character, detecting a character selection gesture; and, in response to detecting the character selection gesture, selecting a character corresponding to the temporary character for placement in the character entry area. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074586 | DYNAMICALLY-POSITIONED CHARACTER STRING SUGGESTIONS FOR GESTURE TYPING - A computing device outputs, for display, a virtual keyboard comprising a plurality of virtual keys. Furthermore, the computing device receives an indication of a first movement of an input object along a spatial path. The computing device determines, based on locations of the virtual keys and locations along the spatial path, a plurality of character strings. In response to determining that the first movement has ceased for at least a threshold amount of time, the computing device outputs, for display, the plurality of character strings. While the character strings are displayed, the computing device receives an indication of a second movement of the input object. The computing device selects, in response to the indication of the second movement, and based at least in part on a direction of the second movement of the input object, a particular character string from the plurality of character strings. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150074587 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying a touch keypad on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, the touch keypad including character input regions, at least one specific character input region including a first character symbol and a second character symbol; displaying an output window above the touch keypad, the output window displaying character symbols touched on the character input regions; receiving a touch selection signal indicating a touch selection of the specific character input region; as long as the received touch selection signal is received, displaying the keypad and a new character input region with the second character symbol being displayed larger than the second character symbol displayed in the specific character input region; and displaying the second character symbol in the output window when the touch selection is released from the new character input region. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20150082229 | MULTI-GESTURE TEXT INPUT PREDICTION - A computing device outputs a keyboard for display, receives an indication of a first gesture to select a first sequence of one or more keys, determines a set of candidate strings based in part on the first sequence of keys, and outputs for display at least one of the set of candidate strings. The computing device receives an indication of a second gesture to select a second sequence of one or more keys, and determines that characters associated with the second sequence of keys are included in a first candidate word based at least in part on the set of candidate strings, or are included in a second candidate word not based on the first sequence of keys. The computing device modifies the set of candidate strings based at least in part on the determination and outputs for display at least one of the modified candidate strings. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150082230 | MOBILE TERMINAL - The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal including a display unit configured to enable a touch input, and a controller configured to execute a first touch sensing mode for processing a touch input applied to a specific position of the display unit as a control command for the specific position, wherein the controller configured for cooperating with the display unit to: execute a second touch sensing mode which is a different type of sensing mode from the first touch sensing mode, sense a user's touch input within a first region of the display unit in the second touch sensing mode, and process the user's touch input as a control command corresponding to a touch input to a second region of the display unit. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150089428 | Quick Tasks for On-Screen Keyboards - Quick tasks for on-screen keyboards are described in which an on-screen keyboard supports a plurality of quick tasks configured to edit selected text in defined ways. Quick task functions may be assigned to keys of the on-screen keyboard in addition to the default actions or “normal” character entry functions of the keys. During text input, the keys operate normally to perform a function related to character entry, such as to cause input of corresponding text character. When text is selected or in other designated interaction scenarios, operation of a key associated with a quick task may automatically trigger the quick task to modify selected text in a corresponding way. Thus, the same key of an on-screen keyboard may be employed to initiate a function related to character entry or apply of a quick task to text depending upon the interaction scenario. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089429 | Very Thin Virtual Keyboards and Keyboard Locators - There is proposed a digital processing device including a display incorporating a virtual keyboard locator, having an elongated shape extending along one side of the display. The locator includes—partly invisible keys, and—visible alphabetical characters arranged into three rows (upper, middle, and lower). The middle row's characters indicate locations of corresponding visible alphabetical keys, situated on the visible parts. The upper row's characters indicate locations of the partly invisible keys, located on the display partly outside and above the visible parts. The lower row's characters indicate locations of the partly invisible keys, situated on the display partly outside and below the visible parts. In embodiments, the middle row's characters are increased to be inserted between the upper and lower rows' characters providing compactness of the locator and an intuitive visual separation effect between the three rows. The three rows can be arranged in a conventional three-row Qwerty keyboard order. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089430 | INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE - The disclosure discloses an input method and an input device. The method includes: input coverage of a user is determined according to an input coordinate of the user and a set cursor area; coincidence degrees are calculated between the input coverage and coverage of items to be input; and an input item of the user is determined according to the coincidence degrees. By the disclosure, the problem of high input error rate of a touch screen terminal in a related art is solved, the accuracy of input with a touch screen mobile phone is improved, and an input speed of the user can further be increased. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089431 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present disclosure provides a method, a device, and a terminal for displaying a virtual keyboard. The method includes: receiving a preset triggering signal for triggering display of the virtual keyboard; determining a display region according to a triggering location of the preset triggering signal; and displaying the virtual keyboard in the display region. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089432 | QUICK DATA ENTRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for inputting data in an electronic device comprising: a segmented pattern on a touch sensitive graphical user interface; a numeric value associated to each of the segments; a character table stored in the electronic device, the said character table having at least one set of numeric values associated to at least one character; a set of characters displayed on the segmented pattern, each said character associated to at least one segment of the segmented pattern and the numeric value of that said segment in at least one set of the numeric values stored in the character table and the said set associated to the said character; an input signal received on at least one segment to provide an input having numeric values; a matched character determined according to input having numeric values and the character table; wherein the matched character is displayed on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device, stored and the segmented pattern on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device is reset. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089433 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An input device includes a storage section, a display section, a touch sensor, a control section, and a display switch section. The control section switches the display state of a to-be-deleted symbol string on the display section to any one of a second half hiding state, a first half hiding state, and a full display state every time the display switch section is pressed during touch operation on the display section by a user. The second half hiding state is to hide a second half symbol string, out of the to-be-deleted symbol string, displayed behind a deletion reference position. The first half hiding state is to hide a first half symbol string, out of the to-be-deleted symbol string, displayed before the deletion reference position. The full display state is to display the to-be-deleted symbol string in full. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089434 | VESSEL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND SMALL VESSEL INCLUDING THE SAME - A vessel display system includes a first screen display unit, a second screen display unit, and a screen transition unit. The first screen display unit displays a first screen that includes vessel-related information related to navigation of a vessel. The second screen display unit displays a second screen including function information related to a function usable during the navigation of the vessel and common display information including at least one of the vessel-related information displayed in the first screen. The screen transition unit performs transition from the first screen to the second screen. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089435 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION AND RECOGNITION OF INPUT SEQUENCES - A method/system may construct an expectation tree based upon an input flow, the expectation tree having a root node, nodes, each path from a root node to a node representing a potential input sequence from the input flow, each node including a counter for a number of occurrences of the respective potential input sequence. The method/system may construct touch distribution functions representing a weighted sum of prior touch prints for the targets, determine expectation weights of the potential input sequences and based upon expectations of pairs of sequences in the expectation tree, determine touch weights of potential input sequences toward a sequence of input touch prints and based upon the touch distribution functions, build an ordered list of input candidate sequences, and display the ordered list to the user for selection and confirmation of a desired input candidate sequence. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089436 | Gesture Enabled Keyboard - A gesture-enabled keyboard and method are defined. The gesture-enabled keyboard includes a keyboard housing including one or more keyboard keys for typing and a pair of stereo camera sensors mounted within the keyboard housing, a field of view of the pair of stereo camera sensors projecting substantially perpendicularly to the plane of the keyboard housing. A background of the field of view is updated when one or more alternative input devices are in use. A gesture region including a plurality of interaction zones and a virtual membrane defining a region of transition from one of the plurality of interaction zones to another of the plurality of interaction zones is defined within the field of view of the pair of stereo camera sensors. Gesture interaction is enabled when one or more gesture objects are positioned within the gesture region, and when one or more alternative input devices are not in use. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150089437 | PEN-MOUSE SYSTEM - The disclosed pen-mouse is a tracking menu that tracks the position of the pen. A pen cursor that corresponds to the pen is moved about within the pen-mouse graphic by the pen and the pen-mouse remains stationary. The pen-mouse is moved when the location of the pen encounters a tracking boundary of the pen-mouse. The tracking boundary coincides with the graphic representing the mouse. While moving within the pen-mouse, the pen can select objects within the pen-mouse body, such as buttons, wheels, etc. The selection of a button or other virtual control causes a corresponding computer mouse button function to be executed. The execution is directed at any object designated by a pen-mouse tracking symbol, such as an arrow, that is part of the pen mouse graphic. The pen-mouse emulates functions or operations of a mouse including single button clicks, double button clicks, finger wheels, track balls, etc. | 03-26-2015 |
| 20150095832 | Methods and Systems for a Linear Character Selection Display Interface for Ambiguous Text Input - Methods of and systems for entering ambiguous text input via a linear character selection display are provided. A system for entering an alphanumeric string includes presentation logic for displaying on a presentation device an alphabet arranged into a row of letters and indication logic for presenting visual cues grouping a series of letters of the row into a cluster. The system also includes navigation logic for receiving user actions to move the visual cues along the row of letters to change the letters grouped into the cluster. The visual cues move along the row of letters in variable offsets based on a rate of input of the user actions. The system further includes selection logic for receiving user actions to select the cluster of letters to cause at least one of the letters of the selected cluster to be displayed in a string field. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150095833 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for operating an electronic device includes displaying a first input window on a screen, displaying a first input window in a first layer on a screen; displaying a virtual keyboard in a second layer over the first layer; determining whether the virtual keyboard is overlapped with the first input window; and in response to determine whether the virtual keyboard is overlapped with the first input window: displaying a second input window in a third layer over the second layer wherein the second input window is not overlapped with the virtual keyboard, or adjusting a transparency of the virtual keyboard. Other embodiments including an electronic device and a computer-readable medium are also disclosed. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150100911 | GESTURE RESPONSIVE KEYBOARD AND INTERFACE - Systems, methods, and devices for interpreting slide gestures as input in connection with push-button keyboards and touch-sensitive user interfaces that include virtual keyboards are disclosed herein. These systems and methods cause an arrangement of alternative key inputs to be displayed as a function of a dynamic user input having an initial key-input and a continuous slide gesture such that the arrangement of alternative key inputs is displayed in the direction of the slide gesture prior to cessation of the slide gesture. The systems and methods also select alternative key inputs and perform certain functions according to the initial key touched and the slide gesture. The described techniques can be used in conjunction with a variety of devices, including handheld devices that include touch-screen interfaces, and mechanical keyboards such as desktop computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, mobile telephones, and combinations thereof. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100912 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Portable electronic device and method for controlling the same are provided. The portable electronic device includes a user interactive touch panel and a controller. The touch panel displays a screen object and a virtual touchpad. When the virtual touchpad is dragged and dropped from a first location to a second location, the touchpad is moved and displayed on the second location accordingly. When contact gestures are implemented on the virtual touchpad, the screen object is manipulated according to the contact gestures. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150100913 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - The present invention relates to generating and providing a personalized virtual keyboard in accordance with personal information inputted by a user. A method for providing a personalized virtual keyboard according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method providing a personalized virtual keyboard on a screen so as for a user to input personal information, includes: a first step of generating and storing a personalized virtual keyboard including character keys forming the personal information and having a same or less number of keys than the number of character keys on a default virtual keyboard; and a second step of displaying the personalized virtual keyboard on the screen when the personal information is being inputted. | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150113465 | Accelerated Data Entry for Constrained Format Input Fields - A method enables a user to fill an input field on a single display. An input field is generated on a user interface, wherein the input field has a plurality of character entry subfields and at least one constraint for at least one of said plurality of character entry subfields. A set of characters selected for input from said input field according to said at least one constraint of at least one of said plurality of character entry subfields is received, and a virtual keyboard on a single display is generated and presented, wherein only said set of characters are presented on said virtual keyboard. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150113466 | ACCELERATED DATA ENTRY FOR CONSTRAINED FORMAT INPUT FIELDS - A processor-implemented method generates a character input from an interface. A plurality of consecutive character rows are presented, simultaneously on a single display, to a user, wherein each one of said plurality of character rows comprises a set of characters. One or more processors receive a selection by a user of a single character in each one of said plurality of character rows to generate a set of user selected characters. The set of user selected characters are then converted into a single complete input. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150113467 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING LETTERS IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a device and method for inputting letters in a mobile terminal. The letter inputting method according to the present invention comprises the steps of: displaying, on a touch screen, a plurality of letter key buttons to which a plurality of letters are allocated and a plurality of number key buttons to which one number is allocated in a letter input mode; sensing touches on the letter key buttons and the number key buttons; and determining, when the touches on the letter key button and the number key button are sensed, the letter selected from among the plurality of letters allocated to the touched letter key button on the basis of the number allocated to the touched number key button. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150113468 | System and method of inputting time on an electronic device having a touch screen - A system and method of inputting time on an electronic device having a touch screen that displays a graphical hour keypad and detects user touch input to select an hour from the keypad, and displays, either simultaneously with the hour keypad, or following selection of an hour, a graphical minute keypad and detects user touch input to select a minute from the keypad. The selection could also be done in reverse order. The hour keypad can include one 24-key keypad or two 12-key sub-keypads and the minute keypad can include one 60-key keypad and/or one 12-key keypad. If the 60-key minute keypad is not used, the user can enter a minute that is not a multiple of five by using a standard 10-digit numeric keypad, incorporating movement events or pull events, or causing a sub-keypad to be displayed. A slide gesture can be employed to select both hour and minute. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150113469 | INTEGRATED INPUT METHOD FOR WESTERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES IN PORTABLE INPUT ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Current input methods for Western European portable input electronic apparatuses accommodate only phonemes of Western European languages; however, they do not accommodate the phoneme structures of the same. In the present invention, by performing setting so that, for a number of keys, one key is assigned input for a plurality of alphabet letters in a form which accommodates the entirety of phoneme structures of Western European languages, for across all Western European languages. It is then possible to input the same content as with a current personal computer in methods which use a 3 row, 3 column keyboard and switch keyboards manually, with approximately a 30% increase keystrokes, and in methods which use a 3 row, 5 column keyboard and do not switch keyboards, with approximately a 10% increase in keystrokes. In methods which use a 3 row, 3 column keyboard and determine a input result in accordance with a dictionary, it is possible to input the same content with approximately a 25% increase in keystrokes, and in the case of a similar 3 row, 5 column keyboard, with a similar number of keystrokes as with a current personal computer. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150121282 | DYNAMIC VIRTUAL KEYBOARD RESPONSIVE TO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - A computer program product (CPP) includes program code for controlling a virtual keyboard on a mobile communications device having a touchscreen. The CPP product includes program code for identifying a geographic location of a mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device has a touchscreen operable as a virtual keyboard. The CPP further includes program code for identifying a first keyboard character associated with the identified geographic location that is a location-variant of a second keyboard character associated with a standard keyboard layout of the mobile communication device, and program code for modifying the standard keyboard layout to make the first keyboard character more accessible within the modified keyboard layout than within the standard keyboard layout. For example, the first keyboard character may be made more accessible by substituting the first keyboard character for the second keyboard character on the virtual key. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121283 | DYNAMIC VIRTUAL KEYBOARD RESPONSIVE TO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION - A method includes identifying a geographic location of a mobile communication device, wherein the mobile communication device has a touchscreen operable as a virtual keyboard. The method further includes identifying a first keyboard character associated with the identified geographic location that is a location-variant of a second keyboard character associated with a standard keyboard layout of the mobile communication device, and modifying the standard keyboard to make the first keyboard character more accessible within the modified keyboard layout than within the standard keyboard layout. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121284 | METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - A method for information processing and an electronic apparatus thereof are provided in the embodiment of the disclosure. The electronic apparatus includes a touch display unit, and a first non-full-screen window is displayed on the touch display unit. The first non-full-screen window includes a first display area and a second function area, the second function area includes at least one virtual function key, and the first non-full-screen window is smaller than the display area of the touch display unit. Parsing the first operation for a virtual function key in the second function area to obtain a first parsing result; determining a first transformation parameter in accordance with the first parsing result; and transforming the first non-full-screen window by using the first transformation parameter to determine a second non-full-screen window for replacing the first non-full-screen window such that the application is displayed within the second non-full-screen window. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121285 | USER INTERFACE FOR TEXT INPUT AND VIRTUAL KEYBOARD MANIPULATION - A user interface allows a user to input text, numbers and symbols in to an electronic device through a touch sensitive input and perform control functions with one or more swipes gestures, swipe and hold gestures and multiple finger tap gestures. The system can differentiate the swipes and perform functions corresponding to the detected swipes based upon swipe direction, number of fingers used in the swipe and the context of the text input. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121286 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND USER INTERFACE PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A method for providing a user interface (UI) includes displaying a character input UI, receiving a command to select a specific character on the character input UI, determining a character input mode from among a recommended character input mode and an accent mark character input mode based on the command, and displaying at least one of a first character input UI and a second character input UI according to the determined character input mode, wherein the first character input UI comprises recommended character items and the second character input UI comprises accent mark character items. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121287 | SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND CONTROLLING A VARIABLY DISPLAYABLE MOBILE DEVICE KEYPAD/VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A system for generating and controlling a variably displayable virtual keypad includes a mobile device with a screen on which is displayable selected content, holographic projectors, from image generating data retrievable from a memory, a virtual keypad appearing to be free-floating and suspended in mid-air. An input identification unit identifies a virtual key pressing operation performed in conjunction with the generated virtual keypad, determining which key of the virtual keypad has been virtually pressed, and transmitting an input command in response to the virtual key pressing operation by which the displayed content is modifiable. The input identification unit includes a 3D camera capturing gestures of a user hand and transmitting a signal indicative of gesture related data to a microprocessor for translating the gesture related data into the input command by instructions stored in the memory device. The microprocessor generates feedback in response to the virtual key pressing operation to indicate which key has been virtually pressed and to modify a visualization parameter of the generated virtual keypad. The feedback may be in the form of an ultrasonic beam propagatable to the initiating finger. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150121288 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input apparatus to input a character using a touch and drag method, the character input apparatus including: an interface to display a character on a touched location, if a touch is detected on the interface; a control unit to control the interface to change the displayed character and a location of the displayed character according to a dragging trace, if the touched location is dragged; and an input unit to input the displayed character displayed when the touch is completed. Accordingly, characters may be conveniently input on a narrow screen. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150128081 | Customized Smart Phone Buttons - Presented herein are techniques to enable a user of an electronic device having a display and touch screen to customize the size and location of a displayed keypad or keyboard such that the user can more easily hold the electronic device and operate the keypad or keyboard using a single hand. The techniques include detecting a touch operation input via the touch screen, the touch operation including a start point, an end point and a drag path between the start point and the end point; and when the start point is located at a first boundary of the touch screen and the end point is located at a second boundary of the touch screen, defining a bounded area of the display according to the first boundary, the second boundary and the drag path in which the set of keys is to be re-displayed. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150128082 | MULTI-LANGUAGE INPUT METHOD AND MULTI-LANGUAGE INPUT APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A multi-language input method is provided. The method includes sensing a touch input for a letter entry, sensing a touch gesture consecutive to the touch input, and displaying a letter corresponding to the touch input and a symbol corresponding to the touch gesture. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150128083 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD WITH ADAPTIVE CHARACTER RECOGNITION ZONES - A virtual keyboard with dynamically adjusted recognition zones for predicted user-intended characters. When a user interaction with the virtual keyboard is received on the virtual keyboard, a character in a recognition zone encompassing the detected interaction location is selected as the current input character. Characters likely to be the next input character are predicted based on the current input character. The recognition zones of the predicted next input characters are adjusted to be larger than their original sizes. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150128084 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR A CALCULATOR USER INTERFACE - A software calculator is provided herein that includes an art object displayed along with the calculator as part of the calculator. The art object may be displayed as a background image, a portion of which is shown behind the controls and input/output display area of the calculator. The user may select other images from a gallery of available images to be displayed along with the calculator. The user may also provide rating for and/or purchase a print or an original of the art object currently being displayed by a click of a button or link displayed on the user interface of the calculator. The displayed art object may also automatically change or otherwise be updated according to user preferences. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150135120 | TOUCH PANEL INPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - In a touch panel input device, in cases when display and input functions fail in one area, touch keys can be displayed without modifying the normal touch-key-image layout, while retaining the normal touch-key-image layout relationship. When a touch panel input device fails, a designation for an alternative display area ( | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150135121 | USER-INTERFACE FOR ENTERING ALPHANUMERICAL CHARACTERS - An information processing system has a display monitor and a user-interface for text entry. The display monitor presents the set of alphanumerical characters in a spatial configuration of three parallel horizontal rows or three parallel vertical columns. The “left”-button and the “right” button of the directional buttons of the user-interface control the selection of a group of alphanumerical characters, one of each of the three parallel arrays and positioned in the same column. The “up”-button and the “down”-button of the directional buttons and the “OK”-button, sitting in between, are used to select a specific one of the alphanumerical characters from the selected group. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150135122 | Assignment of multiple letters, characters, numbers, strokes and symbols to an individual key on a virtual/soft keyboard displayed on a viewing screen of an electronic device - A system for use on a hand held computing device where a virtual/soft keyboard is presented on a display screen and where selected individual keys displayed within said virtual/soft keyboard have the ability to display any of a plurality of data characters assigned to each of said individual keys and select and insert into a designated data input area on said display screen where each said data character is displayed for a portion of a time duration of a user's continuous touch or press on said individual key and comprising:
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| 20150135123 | CURSOR-BASED CHARACTER INPUT INTERFACE - A cursor-based character input interface inputs a character selected by a cursor. A character prediction unit is adapted to predict one or more next characters based on a current input character, wherein the input interface is adapted to present the one or more predicted next characters as a supplementary interface in proximity to the current input character, and wherein the one or more predicted next characters of the supplementary interface are selectable by the cursor. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150143276 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A CONTROL REGION OF A COMPUTERIZED DEVICE FROM A TOUCHPAD - A method for controlling a control region on a display screen of a computerized system is presented. The method includes obtaining data from a touchpad. The data is associated with a position of a portion of the hand of a user when the user operates the touchpad. The method includes transmitting the data from the touchpad to the computerized device and analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand. In certain embodiments, the method includes identifying different sets of virtual keys to be associated with the different fingers of the user's hand and generating a control region comprising the sets of virtual keys. In some embodiments, the method may include displaying the control region in a position on the display screen in accordance with a position of one or more fingers of the user's hand on the touchpad. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150143277 | METHOD FOR CHANGING AN INPUT MODE IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method in an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a number of input tools on a touch screen, switching into one input mode among at least two set input modes according to the number of the detected input tools, and receiving a set content or changing a layout of a displayed content according to a touch-inputted input tool among the detected input tools, a relative length change, and a movement direction of the touch-inputted input tool. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150143278 | INTERFACE FOR PROCESSING OF AN ALTERNATE SYMBOL IN A COMPUTER DEVICE - Described herein is a computer-implemented system and method for processing one or more alternate symbols associated or linked to a base symbol. A base symbol is a symbol to which at least one alternate symbol is linked. A base symbol commonly appears on a key of a keyboard or a display of a keyboard, or is a handwritten symbol recognized by handwriting entry software. Examples of alternate symbols are accented characters and punctuation marks that do not appear on a keyboard or are not commonly recognized by a handwriting entry program, and short symbol sequences. An example of a common short symbol sequence is an emoticon used in e-mail messages to convey tone or feelings. An example of a computer device that may embody the system or method is a hand-held computing device. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150149947 | CHARACTER DELETION DURING KEYBOARD GESTURE - Techniques are described for character deletion on a computing device that utilizes a gesture-based keyboard. The computing device includes a processor and at least one module operable by the processor to output, for display at a presence-sensitive display, a graphical keyboard comprising a plurality of keys and a text editor field. In response to receiving an indication of a gesture that comprises a first path, the module outputs a first character, based at least in part on the first path, associated with a first key and a second character associated with a second key. In response to determining that the gesture further comprises a second path that retraces at least a portion of the first path, the module removes the second character from the text editor field of the presence-sensitive display. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149948 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SCREEN CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A screen control method for a portable electronic device is provided. The screen control method includes receiving a touch event; moving a foreground screen according to the received touch event; and outputting a virtual or soft button corresponding to a hardware button of the portable electronic device at a position close to the moved foreground screen in a display area. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150149949 | Device, Methods, and User Interface for Providing Optimized Entry of Alphanumeric Text - The present invention includes a device, method, and user interface for providing optimized entry of alphanumeric text. In one form, a method for providing selectable characters within a user interface includes determining an operating mode of a communication device and receiving an input associated with a selected input key. The method determines a group of characters associated with the selected key based on the operating mode and displays the group of characters within the user interface. The user interface may display a first character of the group of characters within a first portion of the user interface and the group of characters proximal to the first character within a second portion of the user interface. | 05-28-2015 |
| 20150293674 | RESIZING SELECTION ZONES ON A TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY RESPONSIVE TO LIKELIHOOD OF SELECTION - An electronic device is disclosed for use with a touch-sensitive display. The electronic device includes a processor that displays indicia on the touch-sensitive display that can be touch selected by a user, and defines a size and location of a plurality of selection zones on the touch-sensitive display that are each associated with different ones of the indicia. The processor identifies a first one of the selection zones that has been selected by the user on the touch-sensitive display, and outputs a first one of the indicia that is associated with the first selection zone. The processor changes the size of a second one of the selection zones in response to it being associated with a second one of the indicia that is more likely to be selected next following selection of the first selection zone associated with the first indicia than at least another one of the selection zones. Related methods of operating an electronic device are disclosed. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150293694 | ADAPTIVE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method of creating a virtual keyboard is disclosed. The method comprises displaying the virtual keyboard on a touch screen in response to a user input; enabling a user to add a first virtual key to the virtual keyboard to form a first virtual keyboard; and storing in a memory the first virtual keyboard and a signature associated with the first virtual keyboard. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150301730 | Object Suspension Realizing Method and Device - An object suspension realizing method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: a terminal device suspending and displaying a suspended object on a touch display screen, the suspended object comprising one or more function keys configured by a user, and each function key being configured with an operation instruction; upon capturing the operation of the user on the function key in the suspended object, the terminal device generating and executing the operation instruction of the function key. The method and apparatus according to the embodiments of the present document can configure a key and an operation instruction as required by the user in a dynamically suspended and variably displayed object, and can replace the function of a physical key by clicking on a touch screen, thus greatly improving use flexibility and convenience, and preventing problems caused by a damaged physical key. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301740 | ADAPTIVE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method allows a portion of a virtual keyboard to be partially invisible and allows a user to activate keys in that portion when the invisible part is hit. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method is used in a touch screen device and includes steps of: presenting a virtual keyboard, wherein all of the virtual keyboard is displayed on the screen and falls on a first portion of touch-sensitive elements; moving the virtual keyboard, in response to a user input, to a position in which some keys including a first key of the virtual keyboard are partially displayed on the screen and are visible, the visible portions of those partially displayed keys fall on the first portion of the touch-sensitive elements and invisible portions fall on the second portion of the touch-sensitive elements, the first key covers a first portion of the first portion of the touch-sensitive elements and a first portion of the second portion of the touch-sensitive elements; and when the first key is hit, performing a particular function assigned to the first key. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150301741 | METHOD FOR SELECTING A CHARACTER ASSOCIATED WITH A KEY IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method to select a character based on an extent level identified in a gesture performed on a key displayed in an electronic device is provided. Each key is associated with one or more characters. Further, the method includes displaying the pre-defined direction and the associated characters in a matrix keypad. When a user performs a gesture to input a character, then the method determines the character associated with the extent level of the performed gesture and displays the character. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150309721 | INTERACTIVE BROWSER-BASED SEMIOTIC COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An interactive semiotic communication system is provided. In one embodiment, the interactive semiotic communication system comprises a software engine configured to allow a user to represent and understand a complex system in a semiotic environment, wherein the semiotic environment comprises a multivariable system. In one embodiment, the interactive semiotic communication system comprises a toolset comprising a semiotic ontological framework and accompanying semiotic representations. In one embodiment, the interactive semiotic communication system comprises a graphical user interface, displayed on a computing device with a display, configured to allow the user to access and select an item from the toolset and otherwise interact with the complex system in the semiotic environment. The software engine of the interactive semiotic communication system, in one embodiment, is implemented on a computing device with a processor. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150309724 | Method and apparatus for setting keyboard - The disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for setting a virtual keyboard which may adjust individual buttons in the virtual keyboard to prevent password cracking software from cracking a password by the approach of continuously trying to input a command sequence. The method comprises: in a current keyboard layout, receiving a character string constituted by selected button key values for password check; when it is detected that the character string matches a preset password, passing the password check of the character string; when it is detected that the character string does not match the preset password, resetting the keyboard layout, and changing the button positions corresponding to the button key values in the virtual keyboard; and in the reset keyboard layout, receiving the character string constituted by selected button key values to continue to perform the password check. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150317069 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING TEXT INTO ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A system comprising: one or more processors; and program instructions for providing a user interface. Execution of the program instructions by the one or more processors causes the one or more processors to display a user interface comprising: an entry mechanism for entering an input comprising at least one character, symbol, numeral or punctuation mark; a typing pane configured to display the input entered via the entry mechanism; wherein, in response to selection of a prediction based on the input entered via the entry mechanism, the typing pane is configured to replace the input entered via the entry mechanism by the prediction; and an undo button, wherein in response to user selection of the undo button, the typing pane is configured to replace the selected prediction by the input entered via the entry mechanism. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317075 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL INPUT KEYBOARD - A computer-implemented method includes providing a virtual input-keyboard by obtaining keyboard-description information for a virtual input-keyboard that is to be provided to a user, based at least in part on the keyboard-description information, obtaining one or more keyboard objects corresponding to the virtual input-keyboard and object-resource information corresponding to each keyboard object, generating the virtual input-keyboard based at least in part on the one or more keyboard objects and the object-resource information corresponding to each keyboard object; and providing the virtual input-keyboard to the user. The one or more keyboard objects have an input hot-zone for receiving user input-operations that trigger at least one corresponding input event | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317077 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD THEREOF - A handheld device and an input method for the handheld device are provided. The handheld device includes a touch screen and a processor. The touch screen senses a touch to generate a touch signal and displays a user interface with an input zone which defines input scrolling bars and at least one switch scrolling bar. Each input scrolling bar has a primary character-symbol and at least one secondary character-symbol. The processor determines that the touch signal corresponds to a target input scrolling bar of the input scrolling to temporarily change the primary character-symbol and the at least one secondary character-symbol of the target input scrolling bar and generates an input signal, or that the touch signal corresponds to the at least one switch scrolling bar to simultaneously change the primary character-symbols and the at least one secondary character-symbol of the input scrolling bars. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150317078 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE PROVIDING WORD RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TEXT INPUT - A portable electronic device having a touch screen display displays a soft keyboard with a plurality key icons representing a plurality of letters The device detects a finger contact on a respective key icon representing a respective letter, and in response to detecting the finger contact on the respective key icon representing the respective letter, displays an enlarged view of the respective letter. The device then detects a liftoff of the finger contact from the respective key icon, and in response to detecting the liftoff, inputs the respective letter in a text input area, the text input area being displayed adjacent the soft keyboard and ceases to display the enlarged view of the respective letter. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20150324112 | INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The present disclosure discloses an information input method, device and electronic apparatus and belongs to the technical field of touch control. The method includes displaying a predetermined sliding track and a slider located on the predetermined sliding track, the predetermined sliding track including at least one candidate stop-node, each candidate stop-node being corresponding to a piece of candidate input information; receiving a control signal corresponding to the slider; causing the slider to change a position on, the predetermined sliding track according to the control signal; and, taking the candidate input information corresponding to the candidate stop-node where the slider stays as input information when the changed position of the slider is one of the candidate stop-nodes. The present disclosure solves the problem of relatively low input efficiency in the existing information input method. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150331557 | SELECTOR TO COORDINATE EXPERIENCES BETWEEN RELATED APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods are provided to coordinate experiences between related applications in a graphical user interface. The method may include receiving handwriting input in a primary application, and extracting structured data from the received handwriting input. The method may further include displaying a selector in the primary application indicating that there are one or more launchable secondary applications that can process the structured data, the selector being initially displayed in a collapsed state as a virtual button. The method may further include receiving a user selection of the button, and then displaying the selector in an expanded state in which one or a plurality of menu options are displayed, each corresponding to one of the launchable secondary applications. The method may further include receiving a user selection of one of the plurality of launchable secondary applications, and launching the secondary application that is selected by the user. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331600 | OPERATING METHOD USING AN INPUT CONTROL OBJECT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING THE SAME - Methods and apparatuses are provided for operating an input control object. At least one virtual input control object is output to a display in response to a first event. The at least one virtual input control object is moved on the display in a designated direction or at a designated speed according to a second event. A function related to the at least one virtual input control object is performed according to a third event. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331605 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication configured to provide wireless communication; a touch screen; and a controller configured to display on the touch screen an input region including a plurality of character keys and a plurality of editing keys and an output region, display on the touch screen an editing state display region between the input region and the output region and for displaying a word corresponding to touched character keys, select or edit the word displayed in the editing state display region based on a touch input applied to the input region, and display the selected or edited word on the output region. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150331606 | AN APPARATUS FOR TEXT ENTRY AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: based on an entered text string, enable selection of at least a part of a presented full text string as an adaptation for the entered text string by a user interaction with the presented full text string itself, the presented full text string being presented to the user prior to initiation of entry of the entered text string. | 11-19-2015 |
| 20150339053 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING INPUT VALUE ON VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - An apparatus and a method for creating an input value which a user intends to input on a virtual keyboard having a user-friendly key arrangement are disclosed. The method for creating an input value on a virtual keyboard includes: creating the virtual keyboard corresponding to a key arrangement of a user terminal; setting a position of a start key on the virtual keyboard; sensing that a user clicks the start key; confirming a moving distance of a user's hand from the start key; and creating an input key value which the user intends to finally input using the moving distance and the position of the start key. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150346779 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, USER INTERFACE METHOD IN THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COVER OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed are an electronic device, a User Interface (UI) method in the electronic device, and a cover of the electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch screen, and a controller configured to determine whether a cover covers the touch screen, to define a first area and a second area on the touch screen respectively in correspondence with a window area and a keyboard area of the cover, when the cover covers the touch screen, and to control display of a keypad related to contents displayed in the first area in the second area. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347005 | KEY COMBINATIONS TOOLBAR - Techniques disclosed herein permit users to input keyboard key combinations via context menu shortcuts. A context menu may be invoked by long-pressing a function key such as “Ctrl.” The context menu includes key combination shortcuts associated with the pressed function key. For example, key combination shortcuts presented in the context menu for “Ctrl” may include “Ctrl+A,” “Ctrl+C,” “Ctrl+X,” “Ctrl+V,” and “Ctrl+Alt+Del.” The user can input a desired key combination by tapping on an appropriate shortcut. The context menu may include default and/or user-specified key combinations. Default key combinations may be application or operating system specific. In addition, users may configure desired key combinations to be displayed in the context menu for a given function key. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347006 | INPUT DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, THIN CLIENT SYSTEM, INPUT DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display control unit ( | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347007 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for a Predictive Keyboard - A method includes displaying a suggestion region above an on-screen keyboard. The suggestion region includes multiple suggested character strings. The method further includes: detecting a gesture that begins within a predefined key of the on-screen keyboard; and responsive to detecting the gesture: in accordance with a determination that the gesture ends within the predefined key, inserting a first character string into a text field; and in accordance with a determination that the gesture ends outside of the predefined key, inserting a second character string into the text field, wherein the second character string is different from the first character string. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347008 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method for controlling a virtual keyboard of an electronic device is provided. The method includes inputting text, displaying the virtual keyboard, receiving a first touch input signal that is created by touching a text delete function key included in the displayed virtual keyboard, receiving a second touch input signal that is created by dragging the text delete function key while the touch on the text delete function key is maintained, configuring a speed for deleting the text, based on the second touch input signal, and deleting the text at the configured speed, based on the second touch input signal. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150347379 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for a Predictive Keyboard - A method includes displaying a set of one or more suggestions including one or more character strings that are suggested replacements for a first set of one or more entered characters. The method further includes: while displaying the set of suggestions, receiving one or more additional entered characters; and after receiving the additional entered characters, updating the set of suggestions based on an updated set of entered characters that includes the first set of entered characters and the additional entered characters. The updating comprises changing a first suggestion in the set of suggestions from a first character string that is a suggested replacement for the first set of entered characters to a second character string that is a suggested replacement for the updated set of entered characters. | 12-03-2015 |
| 20150355834 | METHOD FOR SCALE ADJUSTMENT OF TOUCH-BASED MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT - A method for scale adjustment of touch-based measurement equipment has steps of providing a touch-based screen with a waveform area; determining if a first-direction gesture or a second-direction gesture is present on the waveform area; when the first-direction gesture is present, determining if an object touches one of two portions of the waveform area divided along a second direction of the waveform area and incrementing or decrementing a first scale when positive; and when the second-direction gesture is present, determining if an object touches one of two portions of the waveform area divided along a first direction of the waveform area and incrementing or decrementing a second scale. Scale adjustment on touch-based measurement equipment using one finger can be implemented with the foregoing method. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150355836 | TEXT INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to a computer-implemented method for inputting text into an electronic device ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150363103 | DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION DEVICE - An information device and display processing method that allow any position in an image to be enlarged or reduced, and the degree of enlargement or reduction to be performed in an intuitive and intelligible manner The information device receives a predetermined touch operation performed on touch panel, retrieves a second image corresponding to a first image displayed on a display unit in accordance with the location of the touch operation, displays the second image within a ring-shaped frame image in accordance with the position of the touch manipulation, receives a subsequent touch operation of the touch panel along the ring-shaped frame image, and changes the second image in accordance with the operational amount and operational direction of the subsequent touch operation. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150370414 | TOUCH PANEL INFORMATION PROCESSING - An information processing device for receiving user selections inputted using a touch panel includes an acquisition unit for acquiring a touch point on the touch panel touched by the user, a placement unit for placing, in an area surrounding a display reference point on a screen, the display of a plurality of input items capable of being inputted by the user by moving the touch point, a detection unit for detecting the direction of movement by the touch point from the initial touch point of the user, a calculation unit for calculating the angle of deviation between the direction of movement of the touch point by the user and a standard direction, and a correction unit for correcting the placement of the display of the plurality of input items in accordance with the angle of deviation. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150370470 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING POSITION IN STATUS BAR - A method and apparatus for adjusting the position in a status bar, the method including: obtaining a first operation instruction on a first position indicator on a first status bar; displaying a second status bar and a corresponding second position indicator in response to the first operation instruction; obtaining a second operation instruction on the second position indicator; adjusting the second position indictor on the second status bar to a second position in accordance with the second operation instruction; and adjusting a first position of the first position indicator on the first status bar in accordance with the second position. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20150378443 | INPUT FOR PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE BASED ON PREDICTED INPUT - A portable computing device to detect a first panel of the portable computing device for a hand gesture and to display at least one predicted input at a second panel of the portable computing device based on the hand gesture. The portable computing device receives an input in response to a user selecting a predicted input at the second panel. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378598 | TOUCH CONTROL PANEL FOR VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM - A vehicle control system includes a display device located in a vehicle. The display device displays a plurality of display icons with one of the display icons representing an active display icon. A touchpad is located in the vehicle remote from the display device. The touchpad provides virtual buttons corresponding to the display icons that have relative orientations corresponding to the display icons. The touchpad establishes a home location on the touchpad based on a location where a user of the vehicle touches the touchpad. The home location corresponds to the active display icon such that the virtual button representing the active display icon is located at the home location and the other virtual buttons are oriented about the home location. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378599 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, Machine Type Communication (MTC), Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, and technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method and an electronic device for displaying a virtual keyboard are provided. The method includes detecting a touch on a virtual keyboard, determining whether the detected touch moves from a first area within the virtual keyboard to another area, and changing and displaying, when the touch moves from the first area to the other area, the virtual keyboard according to a movement direction of the touch. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378600 | CONTEXT MENU UTILIZING A CONTEXT INDICATOR AND FLOATING MENU BAR - A context menu in an application user interface displays a context indicator in response to user interaction that places an insertion pointer or selects content in the application user interface. The context indicator is configured to invoke a floating menu having a set of contextual commands. The contextual commands of the floating menu include a parent command that is configured to open a submenu. The submenu includes a plurality of submenu commands associated with the parent command. The context menu displays a selectable button appended to the context indicator without presenting the underlying floating menu and submenu. The selectable button is configured to execute a predicted command that corresponds to one of a contextual command of the floating menu or a submenu command of the submenu. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20150378602 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR ENTERING CHARACTERS - A device with a display and a touch-sensitive keyboard with one or more character keys: displays a text entry area; detects a first input on the touch-sensitive keyboard; in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to activation of a character key, enters a first character corresponding to the character key into the text entry area; in accordance with a determination that the first input corresponds to a character drawn on the touch-sensitive keyboard: determines one or more candidate characters for the drawn character, and displays a candidate character selection interface that includes at least one of the candidate characters; while displaying the candidate character selection interface, detects a second input that selects a respective candidate character within the candidate character selection interface; and in response to detecting the second input, enters the selected respective candidate character into the text entry area. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160004433 | System and Method for Text Input by a Continuous Sliding Operation - A method and system for text input by a continuous sliding operation is provided. Said method comprises: detecting a movement trajectory of a sensing apparatus, recording input information, and obtaining feature information from said input information, wherein said feature information includes at least one of angle information and movement trajectory length; searching a feature lexicon according to said feature information, and selecting words that satisfying condition that the angle information is matched or the movement trajectory length is matched, as matched words so as to obtain a rough screened word set; calculating a distance between the actual movement trajectory of each word and its corresponding first standard trajectory, so as to obtain a rough filtered word set; calculating a similarity between the actual movement trajectory of each word in the rough filtered word set and its corresponding second standard trajectory, and sequencing said words according to the similarity, and then outputting said words. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004435 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING CONTROL OF KEYS OF VIRTUAL KEYBOARD ON WIDE TOUCH SCREEN WITH TWO THUMBS - The present invention discloses a method for implementing control of keys of a virtual keyboard on a touch screen with two thumbs including conventional technical processes of arranging keys on a preset virtual keyboard according to a key layout and setting, and displaying the preset virtual keyboard and the keys on the touch screen according to the key arrangement of the preset virtual keyboard and corresponding setting and parameters. In this way, without changing the key layout of the preset virtual keyboard, the key position setting, and the current width of the virtual keyboard determined according to the current screen width, when the preset virtual keyboard is displayed and runs on the wide touch screen, the keys are at positions touchable by both thumbs of an operator. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160004996 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN EVENT VISUALIZATION - According to some embodiments, an event query to an item supply chain event database is processed such that a trace extraction algorithm will be executed to determine extracted trace data. A plurality of location nodes may then be graphically represented on an interactive user display based on the extracted trace data. Similarly, a plurality of item flow edges connecting location nodes may be graphically represented on the interactive user display based on the extracted trace data. According to some embodiments, a selection from a user is received via the interactive user display, the selection being associated with at least some of the graphically represented information. Responsive to the received selection, the graphical representation may be adjusted in accordance with the extracted trace data. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160011763 | NON-LINEAR SLIDER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160011773 | USER EQUIPMENT AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160026258 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD INPUT FOR INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES - In one example, a computing device includes at least one processor configured to output for display, a graphical keyboard. The at least one processor may also be configured to model, in a first lattice, a plurality of candidate character strings that include symbols of a first alphabet. The first lattice may indicate spatial probabilities of the plurality of candidate character strings. The at least one processor may be configured to determine, using a second lattice that indicates probabilities of one or more words of a second language based at least in part on the spatial probabilities of the plurality of candidate character strings, a probability that the at least one of the plurality of candidate character strings corresponds to at least one word included in the second language. The at least one processor may be configured to output for display, the one or more symbols representing at least one word. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026383 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTEGRATED FUNCTIONS OF DIAL AND CALCULATOR AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device is provided which includes an input/output interface configured to provide a plurality of number keys and function keys, a buffer configured to store a value of a key selected through the input/output interface, and a controller configured to determine, when a specific condition occurs through the input/output interface, whether the specific condition is associated with a calculation function or a telephone function and perform a telephone function or a calculation function using the stored key value based on a result of the determination. Furthermore, a delete key of the plurality of number keys and the function keys is applied in common to the calculation function and the telephone function. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026384 | METHOD FOR DISPLAY CONTROL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method and electronic device are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display and a processor which executes the method, including displaying at least two display regions on a display of the electronic device, displaying an execution screen of an application on one of the at least two display regions, and in response to detecting an input event for displaying a user interface, displaying the user interface on one of the at least two display regions. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160026385 | Hover Controlled User Interface Element - Example apparatus and methods concern controlling a hover-sensitive input/output interface. One example apparatus includes a proximity detector that detects an object in a hover-space associated with the input/output interface. The apparatus produces characterization data concerning the object. The characterization data may be independent of where in the hover-space the object is located. The apparatus selectively controls the activation, display, and deactivation of user interface elements displayed by the apparatus on the input/output interface as a function of the characterization data and interface state. Selectively controlling the activation, display, and deactivation of the user interface elements includes allocating display space on the input/output interface to the user interface elements when they are needed for an operation on the apparatus and selectively reclaiming space on the input/output interface allocated to the user interface elements when they are not needed for an operation on the apparatus. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160034137 | REALITY CAPTURE GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method, system, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to perform multiple actions based on a reality captured image. An adjustable splitter splits a viewport into viewing panes with the ability to freely adjust the splitter angle. A sphere represents a view of a scene from a viewpoint and used to render an interactive preview of the view without moving to the viewpoint. A series of 2D images may be used to simulate the navigation of a 3D model in an expedited manner. A 3D mesh error scroll bar is used navigate unsorted errors resulting from mesh creation. An interactive gradient map can be used to select a points based on a range of values for non-geometric parameters. An irregularly shaped mesh selection boundary can be directly modified by stretching. An elevation slice of a 3D model can be defined and isolated for viewing/manipulation. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034163 | DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH A VEHICLE AND HAVING A SPELLING SYSTEM WITH A DELETE BUTTON AND/OR LIST SELECTION BUTTON - The present invention relates to a vehicle-associated device, with an operating unit by means of which at least alphanumerical characters and/or symbols can be selected and assembled to form a character or function group, and with a display device by means of which, using a display unit | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034164 | Method and Apparatus for a Visual Tool to Selectively Modify Variables - A control circuit presents, via one or more displays, one or more analytical results as correspond to currently-selected values for two or more variables. That control circuit additionally forms and presents, via at least one such display, a virtual tool for each of the at least two variables, such that a user can selectively vary the variables by movement of the corresponding virtual tool. By one approach the virtual tool presents a visual indication of a present relative value of the corresponding variable (as versus an absolute or specific value for the variable). In such a case, and by one approach, the plurality of virtual tools can each present a visual indication of a present relative value of their corresponding variable using a same relative scale. If desired, the foregoing relative scale can include both positive and negative values. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034173 | TRANSACTION TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A transaction terminal device includes an orientation detecting unit that detects the orientation of an information processing device with respect to the orientation of gravity, and an information processing unit that displays a work screen of work categories on a display unit based on display attributes for changing of the orientation of the information processing device configured for each of the work categories. When the display attributes are permitted for rotating the work screen based on the changing of the orientation of the information processing device, the information processing unit displays the respective elements constituting the work screen in the position/orientation based on the detected result by the orientation detecting unit. When the display attributes are prohibited from rotating the work screen, the information processing unit displays the respective elements constituting the work screen in the fixed position/orientation independent from the detected result by the orientation detecting unit. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034179 | DUAL DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FOR TEXT ENTRY - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for text using directional input. A computing system causes display of a user interface including a first set of characters and a second set of characters. A first directional control of a user input device is associated with the first set of characters, and a second directional control of the user input device is associated with the second set of characters. Characters are selected based on receipt of directional input from the directional controls, and based on detecting that directional input ceases, the selected characters are input into a text entry portion of memory. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160034181 | Space optimizing micro keyboard method and apparatus - A method and apparatus is disclosed for entering text on a computer screen with a virtual keyboard and limited space, such as would be found on a mobile device such as smartphone, tablet, handheld computer or an automobile dashboard, or an appliance with a small screen. The method requires a sequence of events in which text is selected on the virtual keyboard, and a last key selected generates a new limited set of responsive keys, potentially based on word completion word fragments, for display on the screen, allowing responsive keys to be dynamically larger, variable in shape, or positioned on the virtual keyboard based on priority and availability of adjacent space to maximize the ease of use of the highest priority responsive keys. The user selects one of the responsive keys to partially complete or complete text entry. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160041754 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING LETTER INPUT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for processing a letter input in an electronic device is provided. The method includes, if at least one letter is input, determining at least one input behavior related to the input and if a predetermined delimiter is input, determining whether to disable a function of automatically recommending at least one word similar to an input word, based on the determined input behavior. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160041755 | ACTIVATION TARGET DEFORMATION USING ACCELEROMETER OR GYROSCOPE INFORMATION - A method is provided for deforming one or more touch screen activation targets associated with respective representations of items displayed on a display of a touch screen device. The method includes: displaying one or more representations corresponding to each of the one or more items displayed on a display of a touch screen device; providing, for each displayed representation, an activation target defining boundaries within which a touch input is processed as corresponding to selection of the corresponding item; receiving information indicating the orientation or movement of the touch screen device; and responsive to the received orientation or movement information, deforming the activation target of the item with respect to the representation of the item. The items may be a plurality of keys forming a virtual keyboard; and each of the representations may be one of the plurality of keys on the display of the touch screen device. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160048270 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and an operation method thereof are provided. The method includes displaying information on a touch screen of the electronic device by operating a first application, displaying user interface of a second application, detecting an input through the user interface, displaying at least one recommendation object corresponding to the input among the information on the touch screen, at least partly in response to the input, receiving an input of selecting at least one of the at least one recommendation object, and displaying the recommendation object on the user interface, in response to the selecting input. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048297 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER - A method of inputting a character is provided. The method includes receiving a user input for inputting a character, obtaining a plurality of candidate characters corresponding to the user input, sequentially converting the plurality of candidate characters into a selectable character state whenever a predetermined character conversion cycle ends, updating a character conversion cycle based on an amount of time it takes to sequentially convert the plurality of candidate characters into the selectable character state, before a user input for selecting a selectable character is received, and sequentially converting the plurality of candidate characters into the selectable character state whenever the updated character conversion cycle ends. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048325 | Electronic device and gesture input method of item selection - An electronic device utilizes gesture input method of item selection to perform various input actions. An item of a plurality of items may represent, for example and without limitation, a character, a symbol, or an icon. One or more input sensors of the electronic device capture gesture navigation input and an item selection routine converts the input into a standard, magnitude independent pointer, and then determines the corresponding item. Since the selection is not determined by the exact direction and magnitude of the gesture input, selection accuracy can be greatly enhanced. By employing the item selection routine and standard pointers, item selection traverse paths can be cycled within a confined sensing region, thus selection speed can be improved and device size can be reduced. By memorizing the traverse paths, user can select a desired item without looking at the display, thereby being accessible to visually impaired users. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160048326 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal including a user input device configured to receive an input of text, a display configured to display the text and receive a touch input for selecting at least part of the text, and a controller configured to search for at least one content associated with the selected at least part of the text, and control the display to display a content region including the searched at least one content adjacent the touch input. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160062619 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF INFORMATION - A method of controlling display of information on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device includes displaying selectable elements in an application screen. The first selectable element is located at a first location and, in response to receipt of an input, entering the display control mode of the portable electronic device. The method also includes, while in the display control mode and in response to receipt of a gesture on keys on a mechanical keyboard, moving, by an operating system on the portable electronic device, the application screen on the touch-sensitive display such that the first selectable element is moved to a second location. In response to detecting a touch at the second location while the first selectable element is displayed at the second location, utilizing, by the application, the touch to select the first selectable element. Returning the application to an original location on the touch-sensitive display when exiting the display control mode. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160062646 | Device for Displaying a Received User Interface - An example method in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes receiving, on an interface receiver module of an interface device, a desired user interface from a computing device, and displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of the interface device, the received desired user interface. The method further includes receiving, on the touch-sensitive display of the interface device, a user input related to the desired user interface, and sending, by the interface device, a signal to the computing device indicative of the received user input. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160062647 | SOFTWARE FOR KEYBOARD-LESS TYPING BASED UPON GESTURES - Ergonomic keyboard-less typing may be used to replace traditional typing on a computer keyboard. The user may use an alternative user interface device, such as a smart phone, a tablet, or a wearable device, to make character selections. One of a plurality of user contact types may be received from an input interface, to provide a first indication of the character inputs the user would like to select. A display menu, generated at least in part based on the contact type received, may then present a plurality of gesture types, and one or more characters corresponding to each of the plurality of gesture types. A second indication of one of the plurality of gesture types may be received at the input interface. A selection of one or more characters may then be displayed based on the received first indication and the received second indication. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160062650 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CHARACTER INPUT INTERFACE - A method and an apparatus are provided for providing a character input interface in a terminal having a touchscreen. A single keyboard is displayed in a keyboard area of the touchscreen. A first keyboard and a second keyboard are simultaneously displayed in place of the single keyboard in the keyboard area, upon detecting selection of a key on the single keyboard. At least one of the first keyboard and the second keyboard includes a plurality of character-type selection keys, and at least one of the plurality of character-type selection keys includes a language selection key. A controlling unit of the terminal changes a type of characters displayed on one of the first keyboard and the second keyboard, upon detecting selection of one of the plurality of character-type selection keys on the one of the first keyboard and the second keyboard. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160070441 | DISPLAY-EFFICIENT TEXT ENTRY AND EDITING - Embodiments are disclosed for a method of providing a user interface on a computing device. The method includes presenting a virtual keyboard on a display of the computing device, detecting input to the virtual keyboard. The method further includes, for each detected input, determining whether the input selects any of one or more delimiter keys, displaying a placeholder for the input responsive to the input not selecting any of the one or more delimiter keys, and receiving suggested candidate text from a word-level recognizer and replacing all currently displayed placeholders with the suggested candidate text responsive to the input selecting any of the one or more delimiter keys. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070455 | TOGGLE GRAPHIC OBJECT - A toggle object is displayed upon a GUI and enables or disables functionality of a data handling system. The toggle object includes a toggle button movable between an active position and an inactive position within a sliding section barrier. The user engages the toggle button and makes a multi stage manipulation indicative of the user's intent to enable or disable associated functionality. Subsequent to the user disengaging the toggle button, functionality is enabled or disabled. Since the multi stage manipulation is indicative of the user's intent, the GUI does not display confirmation prompts thus improving the GUI user experience. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070464 | TWO-STAGE, GESTURE ENHANCED INPUT SYSTEM FOR LETTERS, NUMBERS, AND CHARACTERS - A system and method that allows convenient input of letters, numbers, and characters using an input requiring a minimal number of input buttons or keys enhanced by gestures. The system utilizes a two-stage input, first with an array “call-up” function that allows a user to select a range of letters, numbers, or characters, followed by a subsequent “specification” function that allows a user to select a specific letter, number, or character from the aforementioned array. This allows for input using wearable devices that have minimal surface area, or devices that do not require external keyboards to provide input, such as Blu-Ray players and smart televisions, while also saving space on a display, if utilized on mobile computing devices such as smartphones or tablets. The resulting input can be used in electronic communications such as email and SMS texting, or be used for word processing functions. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070465 | MANAGING AN ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD - An apparatus, method, and program product is disclosed for on-screen keyboard management. A touch screen displays an on-screen keyboard, a processor is operatively coupled to the touch screen, and a memory stores code executable by the processor. The code determines a duration associated with a key event in response to a key press on the on-screen keyboard, and ignores the key press in response to determining that the duration associated with the key event satisfies a predetermined threshold. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070467 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method for displaying virtual keyboard in an electronic device can show a pair of virtual sub-keyboards each having predetermined key configuration structure on a touch screen of the electronic device, and move at least one virtual sub-keyboard with an input device to a target position where the input device stops, in response to a user operation for moving the at least one virtual sub-keyboard. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070468 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIUSE OF KEYS FOR VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are described for generating a virtual keyboard user interface that includes a popup area for selecting alternative characters. The user interface may include a plurality of keys generated on a display, with at least one key among the plurality of keys having a first character or action associated with the at least one key. The user interface may also include a popup area displayed so as to at least partially cover the at least one key, the popup area displaying one or more alternative characters or actions to the first character or action, and a visual indicator that instructs a user that the user may move the user's finger to the left or right of the at least one key, and without any vertical movement of the user's finger, to cause an alternative character or action within the popup area to be highlighted. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160070469 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIUSE OF KEYS FOR VIRTUAL KEYBOARD AND GENERATING ANIMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A KEY - Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are described for generating a virtual keyboard user interface with at least one multi-state display portion. The user interface may include a plurality of keys of a virtual keyboard generated on a display, with at least one key among the plurality of keys having a first function. The user interface may also include a mnemonic device configured to be displayed on the virtual keyboard, where the mnemonic device may be irrelevant to the first function. The mnemonic device may have a first display state when the at least one key is not selected, and have a second display state when the at least one key is selected. In some aspects, the mnemonic device has a reduced visibility in the first display state and a heightened visibility in the second display state, so as to emphasize the second display state. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160077730 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE, VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A user interface device, a vehicle having the same, and a method of controlling the same, implement a display unit configured to display a plurality of characters, a dial part configured to select any one character among the plurality of characters, and a touch part configured to be touched by a user. A control unit of the interface is configured to select a handwritten recognition mode as a character input mode when the touch part is touched, and select a dial operation mode as the character input mode when the dial part is operated, thereby improving user convenience. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077733 | METHOD AND DEVICE HAVING TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD WITH VISUAL CUES - A method for providing visual cues rendered on a display is provided. The method comprises: detecting a touch input associated with a user interface element rendered on the display; determining an input direction of the touch input; and displaying on the display a visual cue associated with the user interface element, wherein the visual cue is located at a position based on the input direction of the touch input. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077734 | DISAMBIGUATION OF KEYBOARD INPUT - An apparatus includes a keyboard engine that operates a keyboard that accepts shape-writing input and radial entry input. A keyboard input module obtains input data from at least one input sensor of the keyboard. An intention disambiguation engine enables simultaneous use of the shape-writing input and the radial entry input acceptance for a user of the keyboard. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160077735 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input apparatus includes a display an input module and an area controller. The display displays characters and a cursor position. The input module has a plurality of keys for instructing deletion of characters displayed on the display. The area controller (i) measures a press time in a case where a key of the input module is pressed, (ii) determines whether the press time is a short time or a long time, (iii) performs an input unique to the key when the press time is a short time, and (vi) instructs a transition to a long press mode to delete characters in a range predetermined with respect to the cursor position when the press time is a long time. | 03-17-2016 |
| 20160085440 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ANATOMICALLY ADAPTABLE KEYBOARD - An improved wireless device generates a customized representation of a keyboard for a touch-sensitive screen. The wireless device generates an anatomical model specific to the operator of the wireless device in response to an operator contacting their fingertips in a “typing” position as if the operator were about to use a standard QWERTY keyboard. The anatomical model is used to derive a keyboard layout optimized for a present operator of the wireless device. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160085442 | Terminal Device and Locking or Unlocking Method for Terminal Device - A terminal device and a locking or unlocking method for the terminal device are provided. The locking or unlocking method is used for locking or unlocking a virtual key area of a terminal device when a touch panel of the terminal device is in an unlocked state, and the method includes: receiving multiple reported virtual key press events; and determining that the received virtual key press events meet a preset locking or unlocking condition, and setting a state of the virtual key area of the terminal device to a locked state or the unlocked state. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160092102 | Smartphone screen touch round keyboard with or without swift, with or without vowels - This software system allow smartphone users to type words using a round keyboard containing the letters of the alphabet, numerals and special characters (including emoji). | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160092103 | DISPLAY, MANAGEMENT, AND USE OF ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD - A display manager initiates display of an on-screen keyboard to include a first zone of display regions and a second zone of display regions on a display screen. The display manager additionally initiates display of a visual prompt that is navigable about the first zone. A location of the visual prompt indicates a current navigation position in the on-screen keyboard. In response to receiving directional input with respect to the visual prompt from a display region in the first zone to a display region in the second zone, the display manager performs a function corresponding to selection of the display region in the second zone. In one example implementation of an on-screen keyboard, a display region represents a letter of the alphabet. Selection of the display region (and corresponding letter) outside of the first zone using an arrow key indicates selection of the letter in the second zone. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160098121 | KEYBOARD FILLING ONE SCREEN OR SPANNING MULTIPLE SCREENS OF A MULTIPLE SCREEN DEVICE - Methods and devices for presenting a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, in connection with a multiple screen device, a virtual keyboard can be presented in a first mode using all of one of the screens. In a second mode, the virtual keyboard can be presented using portions of both of the screens. More particularly, with the screens of the device in a landscape orientation, one screen can be devoted to present the virtual keyboard while the other screen remains available to present other information. In a portrait orientation, the virtual keyboard can span the two screens, such that a first portion of the first screen and a first portion of the second screen operate cooperatively to present the virtual keyboard. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160098190 | Intelligent Terminal and Method for Displaying Input Operation Interface Thereof - An intelligent terminal and a method for displaying an input operation interface thereof are disclosed, where the method includes determining whether a user performs an input operation on the input operation interface of the intelligent terminal using a right hand or a left hand; if a result of determining is that the user performs the input operation using the right hand, setting input keys, which are on the input operation interface, to be arranged from right to left according to a preset rule; and if a result of determining is that the user performs the input operation using the left hand, setting the input keys, which are on the input operation interface, to be arranged from left to right according to the preset rule. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160103607 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure provides an information processing method and an electronic device. The method includes: detecting a first input operation by a touch sensing unit; determining whether a first condition is satisfied; executing a first instruction set if it is determined that the first condition is satisfied; and executing a second instruction set different from the first instruction set if it is determined that the first condition is not satisfied, the first instruction set includes at least a first display instruction for displaying an array of input identities by a display unit which is overlapped with the touch sensing unit, and the array of input identities includes at least one input identity, the input identity being an identity which is capable of being triggered by a second input operation detected by the touch sensing unit in order to input data corresponding to the input identity. | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160110058 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND SUGGESTING EMOTICONS - Various embodiments provide a method that comprises receiving a set of segments from a text field, analyzing the set of segments to determine at least one of a target subtext or a target meaning associated with the set of segments, and identifying a set of candidate emoticons where each candidate emoticon in the set of candidate emoticons has an association between the candidate emoticon and at least one of the target subtext or the target meaning. The method may further comprise presenting the set of candidate emoticons for entry selection at a current position of an input cursor, receiving an entry selection for a set of selected emoticons from the set of candidate emoticons, and inserting the set of selected emoticons into the text field at the current position of the input cursor. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110087 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE VIRTUAL HANDWHEEL FOR A CONTROLLER OF A MOTOR - Graphical user interface virtual control for a controller of a motor. In one example embodiment, one or more non-transitory computer-readable media store one or more programs that are configured, when executed, to cause one or more processors to generate and visually present a graphical user interface (GUI) virtual handwheel for a controller of a motor. In this example embodiment, the GUI virtual handwheel includes a depiction of a circular physical handwheel that includes a side and a fully-depicted front face and that is oriented with a perspective orientation where a vertical dimension of the depiction is greater than a horizontal dimension of the depiction. The depiction is configured, upon receipt of a first input from a user, to send a first electronic signal to the controller of the motor to cause the motor to cause a first effect that corresponds to physically rotating the physical handwheel in a first rotational direction. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110101 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - Character input device includes touch screen; word dictionary database; first keypad information database for storing information on first keypad; second keypad information database for storing information on second keypad; first keypad creation unit for displaying the first keypad; first key touch recognition unit for acquiring character code corresponding to value of the first key from the first keypad information database and invoking second keypad creation unit; the second keypad creation unit for creating and displaying the second keypad on the first keypad; second keypad touch recognition unit for acquiring character code corresponding to touch movement from the second keypad information database; input character string creation unit for creating one or more input character strings by combining the character code of the first key with the character codes acquired by the second keypad touch recognition unit; and word recognition processing unit for extracting and displaying character strings of a completed word. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160110329 | Execution Method of a Guidance Device - The present disclosure describes an execution method of a guidance device. The guidance device electrically connected to equipment in which an operating system, Android 4.0 or other newer versions, is installed simulates a keyboard to complete key-in constantly and quickly and activate a specific Internet address. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160124633 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INTERACTION METHOD FOR THE SAME - An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a touch screen configured to display content and to sense a user input that is input to the touch screen, a bezel part housing the touch screen, a touch sensing unit configured to sense a user input that is input to the bezel part, and a control unit configured to select one character from a first set of characters based on a first user input when receiving the first user input starting at the bezel part and ending at the touch screen, and to select one character from a second set of characters based on a second user input when receiving the second user input from the touch screen. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124636 | KEYBOARD UTILITY FOR INPUTTING DATA INTO A MOBILE APPLICATION - Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for inputting data into a primary application. A keyboard utility may be rendered on a user interface of a client computing device for inputting data into a primary application. Information may be obtained from a secondary application. A view may be generated using the information obtained from the secondary application. The view may be displayed as the keyboard utility on the user interface of the client computing device. In aspects, the keyboard utility is linked to the secondary application. In some cases, the secondary application is a calendar application. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160124637 | USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER TERMINAL DEVICE THEREOF - A user terminal device and a controlling method thereof are provided. The user terminal device includes a touch screen configured to display a keyboard user interface (UI), a detector disposed at a bezel area of the user terminal device and configured to detect a user interaction, and a controller configured to, in response to detecting the user interaction at the bezel area of the user terminal device, change properties of the keyboard UI according to the user interaction detected at the bezel area. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160132233 | DATA ENTRY SYSTEMS - A system is described with a plurality of keys, five of the keys representing all of the letters of an alphabet. The five keys are arranged to form two to three rows of keys. A first row includes two of the five keys and a second row includes at least two other keys of the five keys. The keys are hard keys and/or virtual keys. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132234 | USER INTERFACE FOR APPLICATION COMMAND CONTROL - Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe an application command control user interface menu to facilitate user interaction between a user and a mobile application. An application command control menu is displayed on a display screen of a processing device. An input may be received into an application canvas of a launched application. The application canvas may be positioned above the application command control menu on the display screen. In response to a received input into the application canvas, a soft input keyboard application may be displayed. The soft input keyboard application may display below the application command control menu on the display screen. A selection may be received in the application command control menu. In response to the received selection, display of the application command control menu may be expanded to replace display on the soft input keyboard application on the display screen. Other examples are also described. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132235 | Keyboard - A keyboard may reduce the number of keys on a keyboard, minimize the distance between common letter strings, and improve typing speed and efficiency. In one embodiment, keys may be arranged in a primarily five-by-five grid, and letter keys may be configured with two letters each. A user may swipe a key in a direction of a letter displayed on that key to select that letter. A predictive dictionary engine may suggest words, and any letter key pressed may be a means to control the selection of suggested words on a prediction display. Border keys may integrate keyboard functions to edges of the keyboard. The keyboard may also work with a QWERTY keyboard or any other program. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160132236 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING INTERFACE OF MOBILE DEVICE AND MOBILE DEVICE - Provided are a method of displaying an interface of a mobile device including a touch screen and a mobile device performing the method. The mobile device includes a touch screen having a first area and a second area. The method includes receiving, when the first and second areas are locked during a phone call state of the mobile device, an input function activation signal, and displaying, in the second area, an interface comprising a plurality of operation keys related to the phone call state, according to the received input function activation signal. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160139803 | REGIONAL ZOOMING VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS FOR ACCURATE TYPING ON SMALL DISPLAYS - A virtual keyboard is generated that is capable of regional zooming to facilitate accurate typing on small displays. For instance, a system employs keyboard presentation component that generates a virtual keyboard for presentation by a user interface, wherein the virtual keyboard comprises an integer number of character keys. An association component associates at least one touch point of the user interface to a character key group comprising a character key and at least one neighboring character key that is adjacent to the character key. A magnifying component magnifies the character key group associated with the at least one touch point in response to touch activation of the at least one touch point. A corresponding component corresponds the at least one touch point as magnified to the character key as magnified. An input component receives input, via a text box of the user interface, wherein the input comprises a character assigned to the character key in response to touch activation of the character key as magnified. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160147440 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF SELECTABLE ELEMENTS - A method of controlling display of selectable elements on a portable electronic device includes displaying a navigation bar including a plurality of selectable elements along a side of the touch-sensitive display that is adjacent to the physical keyboard. In response to entering a keyboard input mode, a plurality of keyboard keys is displayed on the touch-sensitive display, along the side that is adjacent to the physical keyboard. The keyboard keys include keys for character entry in a character entry field on the touch-sensitive display and a key to discontinue displaying the plurality of keyboard keys on the touch-sensitive display. In response to receipt of selection of the key to discontinue displaying the plurality of keyboard keys on the touch-sensitive display, display of the plurality of keyboard keys is discontinued and the navigation bar is displayed along the side that is adjacent to the physical keyboard. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160154582 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR POINTING TO AT LEAST ONE KEY ON A SOFTWARE KEYBOARD | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160162035 | Remote Controller for Controlling Mobile Device - Provided is a remote control for controlling a mobile device. The remote control includes a communications transceiver configured to communicate with the mobile device and an actuator for receiving a user input while the remote control is communicatively coupled to the mobile device. The actuator comprises a touchpad including buttons for receiving the user input which can include a gesture including depressing the touchpad by a thumb; and concurrently moving the thumb across the touchpad. In response, the remote control may be operable to cause swiping a screen associated with a user interface of the mobile device; scrolling a portion of the screen; selecting and launching an application on the mobile device and controlling the functionality of the application; and/or selecting letters on a virtual keyboard provided by the user interface of the mobile device. The remote control is sized to comfortably fit in the user's palm for operation. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162181 | Character Inputting Method And Device And Intelligent Terminal - Disclosed is a character inputting method, device and an intelligent terminal, the method including: when a virtual key in a virtual on-screen keyboard layout is selected, invoking a first probability statistical table matching at least one character having been displayed by at least one virtual key having been selected; displaying a part of the candidate characters with the highest combination probabilities or all of the candidate characters in the invoked first probability statistical table respectively on virtual keys in the virtual on-screen keyboard layout, and resetting focus on a preset virtual key, wherein any candidate character displayed on a virtual key configured with higher level has higher combination probability; and performing operations above periodically until an ideogram or a character sequence to be input is selected, and inputting the selected ideogram or the character sequence selected in an input area. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162182 | Method and Terminal for Varying Keys of a Touch Keyboard - Provided are a method and a terminal for varying keys of a touch keyboard. The method includes: recording a click frequency of each of keys used by a user; setting a touch area for each of keys according to the click frequency of each of keys; and displaying a set touch keyboard on a screen. The terminal comprises: a recording element, a setting element and a displaying element. In the disclosure, by setting a touch area for each of keys according to the click frequency of each of keys, the touch area of a frequently-used key is increased, the probability of input errors is reduced, and the user experience is greatly improved. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162183 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING CHARACTER INPUT THROUGH THE SAME - An electronic device and a method of receiving, by the electronic device, a character input from a user are provided. The electronic device includes a touch panel configured to receive a touch input generated by a pointing object and a swipe input of moving the pointing object while touching the touch panel with the pointing object, a processor configured to select one of a plurality of character sets based on a property of the touch input and select one of a plurality of characters included in the selected character set based on a property of the swipe input, and a display configured to display the selected character. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160162184 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is disclosed, thereby implementing a user input of a new type and enabling a user to determine a type and arrangement of a displayed navigation button on user's own. The present invention includes a display unit having a prescribed region assigned as a navigation region; and a controller controlling at least one navigation button to be displayed through the navigation region, wherein a type and arrangement of the at least one navigation button displayable through the navigation region are changeable. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160170621 | SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING A PORTABLE DETECTOR | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170636 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION BY USING ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170637 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160170638 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160179337 | FLOATING SOFT TRIGGER FOR TOUCH DISPLAYS ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160179348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEXT SELECTION | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160187993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUT AND POINTER USING BORDER TOUCH - Provided are a method and an apparatus for detecting whether the posture in which a terminal is grasped by a user is a first predetermined posture, and if the first predetermined posture is detected, for displaying a GUI object on a touchscreen of the terminal. Additionally provided are a method and an apparatus for detecting whether the posture in which a terminal is grasped by a user is the first predetermined posture, and if the first predetermined posture is detected, for the touchscreen receiving a touch from the user and generating a pointer for the touch. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188191 | SETTING A PARAMETER - A computer-implemented method of setting a parameter. The method comprises detecting a user input on a first location on a graphical user interface, the user input being maintained. The method further comprises displaying on the graphical user interface a pie menu centered on the first location, the pie menu comprising at least one angular sector that is associated with a customizable parameter. The method also comprises detecting a second location of the user input on the graphical user interface in the at least angular sector, and selecting among a set of values, a value of the customizable parameter by displacing the user input from the second location to a third location. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188192 | SETTING A PARAMETER - A computer-implemented method of setting a parameter. The method comprises detecting a user input on a first location on a graphical user interface, the user input being maintained. The method also comprises displaying on the graphical user interface a pie menu centered on the first location, the pie menu comprising at least one angular sector that is associated with a customizable parameter, detecting a second location of the user input on the graphical user interface in the at least angular sector, and selecting among a set of values, a value of the customizable parameter according to the detected second location. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188203 | Device and Method for Adaptively Adjusting Layout of Touch Input Panel, and Mobile Terminal - Provided is a device for adaptively adjusting a layout of a touch input panel, including: an input information counting component, configured to count error input information of virtual keys in real time; a holding mode judgement component, configured to judge, when the number of error inputs occurring in a region on one side of the input panel is apparently more than the number of error inputs occurring in a region on the other side of the input panel, that the user is holding and operating a mobile terminal with a single hand and the user is currently holding, by the single hand, the side where fewer error inputs occur; and a panel layout adjustment component, configured to adjust an overall layout of the input panel and a current UI, and arrange the virtual keys to places where the single hand holding the mobile terminal is capable of completely controlling them. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160188205 | Mobile IO Input and Output for Smartphones, Tablet, and Wireless Devices including Touch Screen, Voice, Pen, and Gestures - A cellular telephone or mobile device with several methods of touch, voice, and gesture based input is described. A user is able to interact with a touch screen display on the device to select one or more keys, expand keys, and customize legends or toolbars. A user may deliver spoken audio to the device and actuate a series of commands on the device including search on the device, search on the Internet, accessing an Internet resource, or downloading a document. A user may be able to execute one or more macros on the device. The device may further have a plurality of authentication methods based on the activities on the device. Authentication requests may be made for specific applications or the device. An authentication request may include identifying pictures taken on the device and engaging in activities with the photos. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160196057 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING SCREEN ON SAID DISPLAY DEVICE | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196059 | KEYBOARD OPERATION ON APPLICATION LAUNCH | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196060 | Gesture Controlled Adaptive Projected Information Handling System Input and Output Devices | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196061 | INPUT APPARATUS, OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 07-07-2016 |
| 20160196535 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SMART CALENDAR | 07-07-2016 |
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| 20160378319 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL DEVICE PROVIDING QUICK CONTROL MENU - A method for controlling a digital device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present specification may include may include a step of activating a display unit, when a first input is detected in a Standby mode, wherein the display unit is deactivated, a step of activating the display unit, when a second control input is detected in the Standby mode, wherein the display unit is deactivated, and displaying a quick control menu based upon a position where the second control input is detected, a step of detecting a third control input selecting the quick control menu, and a step of displaying an execution screen of the application respective to the third control input, and, herein, the first control input and the second control input may each include two parts, and the first control input and the second control input may be partially identical to one another. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378322 | Remote Apparatus for Displaying, Monitoring and Controlling Shower, Bath or Faucet Water Parameters - The present invention is a remote display that communicated with a water parameter sensors engage to or in close proximity to a water supply piping or incorporated within a shower, or bath or faucet head, in an aesthetically pleasing format. The remote water parameter sensors includes power source, microprocessor and/or microcontroller, temperature sensor and/or water flow sensors, timing circuits. The remote display apparatus can communicated with the water parameter sensors by wired or means. The remote display apparatus can be a substantially round housing encircled with an interface ring having a centrally located display, or can be a square, rectangle, circle or other configuration touch-screen display mounted on a housing that has soft button for menu derived operations. Both embodiments have a back portion designed to adhere to various surfaces. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378333 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT DISPLAYS ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device includes a touch panel and a control unit. The control unit executes an application program. The control unit executes the application program to be functioned as: a setting acquiring circuit that acquires a software key setting as a setting of an on-screen keyboard displayed on the touch panel; and a software key display circuit that displays the on-screen keyboard on the touch panel corresponding to the software key setting acquired by the setting acquiring circuit. The software key setting includes a timing setting that indicates a timing when the on-screen keyboard is displayed on the touch panel. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160378335 | METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS - A method, device and storage medium for inputting characters are provided. The method includes: presenting a user interface on the touch screen, the user interface comprising a soft keyboard; identifying a location of a first touch point upon detection of a first touch acted on the soft keyboard; judging, based on the location of the first touch point, whether it is needed to select a plurality of candidate characters from the soft keyboard; when it is needed to select the plurality of candidate characters, presenting the plurality of candidate characters on a currently provided user interface, wherein a first area occupied by each of the candidate characters on the currently provided user interface is larger than a second area occupied by each of the candidate characters on the soft keyboard; and determining a target character from the plurality of candidate characters. | 12-29-2016 |
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