Program for character input system, character input device, and information processing device

• US 10,338,809 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2016
• Issued: 07/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Inventors: Shinomiya, Mizuho
• Primary Examiner(s): Salomon, Phenuel S
• Application Number:
  US15/510,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20170277425A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,265 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04897 Special input arrangements or commands for improving display capability

Abstract

A non-transitory computer readable medium including a plurality of character types classified into two groups, and for each group, a plurality of characters assigned to each of the character keys for each group, flick input-use definition information that correlates the assigned characters to the various directions of flick input operations registered for one group, and toggle input-use definition information that correlates the assigned characters to the display order of the toggle input operation registered for the other group. The character corresponding to the direction of flick input operation is determined on the basis of the flick input-use definition information pertaining to the character key being operated, and the determined character is displayed. When a toggle input operation is performed, an assigned character indicated by the toggle input-use definition information pertaining to the character key being operated is displayed by being switched in the defined order.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium, having stored thereon a program, the program comprising:

input screen setting instructions for setting on a touch screen an input character display area and a keyboard image including a plurality of character keys to which a plurality of characters are assigned;

character input reception instructions for executing

flick input reception processing in which one of a plurality of characters assigned to a touched character key is displayed in the input character display area as an input character in response to a flick input operation in which a touch is canceled after a touch position is slid in a specific direction while one of the character keys in the keyboard image is still being touched, and

toggle input reception processing in which the plurality of characters assigned to a character key are displayed one at a time in a specific order in the input character display area in response to a toggle input operation in which the same character key in the keyboard image is continuously tapped, and the character displayed at the end of the toggle input operation is confirmed as the input character; and

definition information registration instructions with which a plurality of character types are divided into a first group and a second group, and a plurality of characters are assigned to each of the plurality of character keys for each group, and in which are registered

flick input-use definition information that indicates, for each of the plurality of character keys, a correlation between the characters assigned to the character keys in one group and a direction of flick input operation pertaining to each character, and

toggle input-use definition information that indicates the plurality of characters assigned to the character keys in the other group, corresponding to a display order when these characters are displayed in the order of the toggle input operation, the character type of the second group being different from the character type of the first group, wherein,

in response to the flick input operation, the character input reception instructions determine the character corresponding to the direction of the flick input operation on the basis of the flick input-use definition information pertaining to the character key that is operated, and display the determined character in the input character display area, and,

in response to the toggle input operation, while the toggle input operation is being performed, the character input reception instructions switch the display of the character in the input character display area on the basis of the toggle input-use definition information pertaining to the character key that is operated; and

wherein, of the characters belonging to the character type of the first group, a number of characters corresponding to the number of character keys are assigned as representative characters for each character key in the keyboard image, and definition information for each character key includes information that establishes the display of representative characters according to the first tap of the relevant character key.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the first group includes just one particular character type and the second group includes the rest of the character types.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 1, wherein the definition information registration instructions include a first information group composed of the flick input-use definition information in which the assigned characters are characters of the first group and the toggle input-use definition information in which the assigned characters are characters of the second group, and a second information group composed of the toggle input-use definition information in which the assigned characters are characters of the first group and the flick input-use definition information in which the assigned characters are characters of the second group,

the program further comprising:

definition information activation instructions for receiving an operation to select whether input of characters of the character type in the first group is done by the flick input operation or by the toggle input operation, activating the first information group of the definition information registration instructions if the flick input operation is selected, and activating the second information group of the definition information registration instructions if the toggle input operation is selected.

4. A character input device, the character input device comprising:

a controller configured to execute

input screen setting instructions for setting on a touch screen an input character display area and a keyboard image including a plurality of character keys to which a plurality of characters are assigned;

character input reception for executing

a flick input reception processing in which one of a plurality of characters assigned to a touched character key is displayed in the input character display area as an input character in response to a flick input operation in which a touch is canceled after a touch position has been slid in a specific direction while one of the character keys in the keyboard image is still being touched, and

a toggle input reception processing in which the plurality of characters assigned to a character key are displayed one at a time in a specific order in the input character display area in response to a toggle input operation in which the same character key in the keyboard image is continuously tapped, and the character displayed at the end of the toggle input operation is confirmed as the input character; and

definition information registration instructions that divide a plurality of character types into a first group and a second group, wherein a plurality of characters are assigned to each of the plurality of character keys for each group, and that register

flick input-use definition information that indicates, for each of the plurality of character keys, a correlation between the characters assigned to the character keys in one group and a direction of a flick input operation pertaining to each character, and

toggle input-use definition information that indicates the plurality of characters assigned to the character keys in the other group, corresponding to a display order when these characters are displayed in the order of the toggle input operation, the character type of the second group being different from the character type of the first group, wherein,

in response to the flick input operation, the character input reception instructions determine the character corresponding to the direction of the flick input operation on the basis of the flick input-use definition information pertaining to the character key that was operated, and display the determined character in the input character display area, and,

in response to the toggle input operation, while this toggle input operation is being performed, the character input reception instructions switch the display of the character in the input character display area on the basis of the toggle input-use definition information pertaining to the character key that is operated; and

wherein, of the characters belonging to the character type of the first group, a number of characters corresponding to the number of character keys are assigned as representative characters for each character key in the keyboard image, and definition information for each character key includes information that establishes the display of representative characters according to the first tap of the relevant character key.

5. An information processing device comprising:

a character input device including a controller configured to execute

input screen setting instructions for setting on a touch screen an input character display area and a keyboard image including a plurality of character keys to which a plurality of characters are assigned;

character input reception instructions for executing

a flick input reception processing in which one of a plurality of characters assigned to a touched character key is displayed in the input character display area as an input character in response to a flick input operation in which a touch is canceled after a touch position is slid in a specific direction while one of the character keys in the keyboard image is still being touched, and

a toggle input reception processing in which the plurality of characters assigned to a character key are displayed one at a time in a specific order in the input character display area in response to a toggle input operation in which the same character key in the keyboard image is continuously tapped, and the character displayed at the end of the toggle input operation is confirmed as the input character; and

definition information registration instructions that divide a plurality of character types into a first group and a second group, wherein a plurality of characters are assigned to each of the plurality of character keys for each group, and that register

flick input-use definition information that indicates, for each of the plurality of character keys, a correlation between the characters assigned to the character keys in one group and a direction of a flick input operation pertaining to each character, and

toggle input-use definition information that indicates the plurality of characters assigned to the character keys in the other group, corresponding to a display order when these characters are displayed in the order of the toggle input operation, the character type of the second group being different from the character type of the first group, wherein,

in response to the flick input operation, the character input reception instructions determine the character corresponding to the direction of the flick input operation on the basis of the flick input-use definition information pertaining to the character key that is operated, and display the determined character in the input character display area, and,

in response to the toggle input operation, while this toggle input operation is being performed, the character input reception instructions switch the display of the character in the input character display area on the basis of the toggle input-use definition information pertaining to the character key that is operated; and

wherein, of the characters belonging to the character type of the first group, a number of characters corresponding to the number of character keys are assigned as representative characters for each character key in the keyboard image, and definition information for each character key includes information that establishes the display of representative characters according to the first tap of the relevant character key.