Method for inserting characters in a character string and the corresponding digital service
First Claim
1. A character input method performed by a computing device comprising:
- a processor; and
a touchscreen display device that is operably connected to the processor, the touchscreen display device comprising an interactive user interface including;
an input surface for inputting characters; and
an output surface for displaying characters, the output surface comprising a recognition area and an insertion area that are adjacent to each other, the method comprising;
firstly displaying, by the processor, a string of characters using the recognition area and the insertion area as a display region for the firstly displaying;
in response to detecting, by the touchscreen display device, an interaction of a user with the input surface, selecting a position within the string of characters between a first character and a second character displayed on the output surface, the second character being consecutive to the first character within the string of characters;
secondly displaying, by the processor, in the recognition area, a first part of the string of characters ending with the first character, while masking, in the insertion area, a second part of the string of characters starting with the second character;
detecting, by the touchscreen display device, at least one input stroke entered manually in the insertion area;
converting, by the processor and using handwriting recognition, the at least one input stroke into at least one recognised character;
inserting, at the selected position within the string of characters, the at least one recognised character; and
firstly scrolling, by the processor, the string of characters in the recognition area by moving the string of characters in a first direction to display, in the recognition area, at least part of the at least one recognised character that was inserted into the string of characters.
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to a character input method and system, which may include a digital device including an input surface and an output surface. The method and system may include or perform operations including: displaying a character string using a recognition area and an insertion area of the output surface; selecting a position within the character string; displaying, in the recognition area, a part of the string ending with a first character while masking, in the insertion area, a part of the string starting with a second, succeeding character; detecting an input stroke entered manually in the insertion area; performing handwriting recognition; inserting, at the position within the string of characters, a recognised character(s); and scrolling the string in the recognition area so as to display, in the recognition area, the recognised character(s) that were inserted into the string of characters.
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20 Claims
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1. A character input method performed by a computing device comprising:
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a processor; and a touchscreen display device that is operably connected to the processor, the touchscreen display device comprising an interactive user interface including; an input surface for inputting characters; and an output surface for displaying characters, the output surface comprising a recognition area and an insertion area that are adjacent to each other, the method comprising; firstly displaying, by the processor, a string of characters using the recognition area and the insertion area as a display region for the firstly displaying; in response to detecting, by the touchscreen display device, an interaction of a user with the input surface, selecting a position within the string of characters between a first character and a second character displayed on the output surface, the second character being consecutive to the first character within the string of characters; secondly displaying, by the processor, in the recognition area, a first part of the string of characters ending with the first character, while masking, in the insertion area, a second part of the string of characters starting with the second character; detecting, by the touchscreen display device, at least one input stroke entered manually in the insertion area; converting, by the processor and using handwriting recognition, the at least one input stroke into at least one recognised character; inserting, at the selected position within the string of characters, the at least one recognised character; and firstly scrolling, by the processor, the string of characters in the recognition area by moving the string of characters in a first direction to display, in the recognition area, at least part of the at least one recognised character that was inserted into the string of characters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, the computer readable program code being adapted to be executed to implement a character input method in a computing device comprising:
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a processor; and a touchscreen display device that is operably connected to the processor, the touchscreen display device comprising an interactive user interface including; an input surface for inputting characters; and an output surface for displaying characters, the output surface comprising a recognition area and an insertion area that are adjacent to each other, the character input method comprising; firstly displaying, by the processor, a string of characters using the recognition area and the insertion area as a display region for the firstly displaying; in response to detecting, by the touchscreen display device, an interaction of a user with the input surface, selecting a position within the string of characters between a first character and a second character displayed on the output surface, the second character being consecutive to the first character within the string of characters; secondly displaying, by the processor, in the recognition area, a first part of the string of characters ending with the first character, while masking, in the insertion area, a second part of the string of characters starting with the second character; detecting, by the touchscreen display device, at least one input stroke entered manually in the insertion area; converting, by the processor and using handwriting recognition, the at least one input stroke into at least one recognised character; inserting, at the selected position within the string of characters, the at least one recognised character; and firstly scrolling, by the processor, the string of characters in the recognition area by moving the string of characters in a first direction to display, in the recognition area, at least part of the at least one recognised character that was inserted into the string of characters.
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20. A system for inputting characters, the system comprising:
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a touchscreen display device comprising an interactive user interface including; an input surface for inputting characters; and an output surface for displaying characters, the output surface comprising a recognition area and an insertion area for accepting character input, the recognition area and the insertion area being adjacent to each other; a non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions; and a processor that is operably connected to the touchscreen display device and the non-transitory computer readable medium and that executes the instructions to perform operations comprising; firstly displaying, by the processor, a string of characters using the recognition area and the insertion area of the output surface; selecting, in response to detecting, by the touchscreen display device, an interaction of a user with the input surface, a position within the string of characters between a first character and a second character displayed on the output surface, the second character being consecutive to the first character within the string of characters; secondly displaying, by the processor, in the recognition area, a first part of the string of characters ending with the first character, while masking, in the insertion area, a second part of the string of characters starting with the second character; detecting, by the touchscreen display device, at least one input stroke entered manually in the insertion area; converting, by the processor and using handwriting recognition, the at least one input stroke into at least one recognised character; inserting, at the selected position within the string of characters, the at least one recognised character; and firstly scrolling, by the processor, the string of characters in the recognition area by moving the string of characters in a first direction to display, in the recognition area, at least part of the at least one recognised character that was inserted into the string of characters.
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