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Method for inserting characters in a character string and the corresponding digital service

  • US 10,248,635 B2
  • Filed: 07/22/2016
  • Issued: 04/02/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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