User terminal apparatus, method for inputting text and displaying an input mode sign next to a text input cursor in user terminal apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium

• US 10,664,163 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2013
• Issued: 05/26/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Seo, Won-young
• Primary Examiner(s): Pitaro, Ryan F
• Application Number:
  US14/046,284
• Publication Number:
  US 20140101618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,426 Days
• Field of Search: 715856
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04892 Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for inputting a text in a user terminal apparatus are provided. The text inputting method includes detecting a text input mode set in the user terminal apparatus and displaying a sign corresponding to the detected text input mode near a text input cursor.

Claims

1. A method for inputting a text in a user terminal apparatus, the method comprising:

identifying a text input mode of the user terminal apparatus;

displaying a sign corresponding to the identified text input mode at a first predetermined location near a text input cursor based on a position in which input text is displayed;

displaying additional input text;

changing, based on a display state of a text input screen, in which the additional input text is displayed, a placement of the sign corresponding to the identified text input mode from the first predetermined location with respect to the text input cursor to a second predetermined location with respect to the text input cursor different from the first predetermined location based on a position in which the additional input text is displayed, an orientation of the sign with respect to the cursor being changed when the placement of the sign is changed from the first predetermined location to the second predetermined location, and

based on a predetermined time elapsing after the sign is displayed while inputting of the text is kept, deleting the sign and displaying only the text input cursor on a location where a text is to be input,

wherein the display state is a state in which the sign interferes with identification of the text displayed in the text input screen,

wherein the sign comprises insert on/off information, Numlock on/off information and language information regarding the text to be displayed on the text input screen, and

wherein the displaying of the sign comprises, based on a text input to the user terminal apparatus not being received for a predetermined time or the text input mode being changed, displaying the sign near the text input cursor.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the text input mode is a mode to be applied to a text to be displayed on the text input screen when a text input is performed.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining a combination cursor by positioning the sign near the text input cursor,

wherein the displaying of the sign at the changed location comprises displaying the sign near the text input cursor by displaying the obtained combination cursor on a location where a text is to be input.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a text input,

wherein the user terminal apparatus is a smart phone, and

wherein the text input is performed through a text input apparatus which is connected to the user terminal apparatus via a cable or wirelessly.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the text input mode is set in the user terminal apparatus as a specific area and is selected in a text input apparatus which is connected to the user terminal apparatus via a cable or wirelessly.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program code for performing the method of claim 1.

6. A user terminal apparatus, the user terminal apparatus comprising:

a detector; and

at least one processor configured to;

control the detector to identify a text input mode of the user terminal apparatus,

provide a sign corresponding to the identified text input mode at a first predetermined location near a text input cursor based on a position in which input text is displayed,

display additional input text, and

change, based on a display state of a text input screen, in which the additional input text is displayed, a placement of the sign corresponding to the identified text input mode from the first predetermined location with respect to the text input cursor to a second predetermined location with respect to the text input cursor different from the first predetermined location based on a position in which additional input text is displayed,

wherein an orientation of the sign with respect to the cursor is changed when the placement of the sign is changed from the first predetermined location to the second predetermined location, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to, based on a predetermined time elapsing after the sign is displayed while inputting of the text is kept, delete the sign and display only the text input cursor on a location where a text is to be input,

wherein the at least one processor, based on a text input to the user terminal apparatus not being received for a predetermined time or the text input mode being changed, is further configured to provide the sign near the text input cursor,

wherein the display state is a state in which the sign interferes with identification of the text displayed in the text input screen, and

wherein the sign comprises insert on/off information, Numlock on/off information and language information regarding the text to be displayed on the text input screen.

7. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the text input mode is a mode to be applied to a text to be displayed on the text input screen when a text input is performed.

8. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain a combination cursor by positioning the sign near the text input cursor, and

provide the sign near the text input cursor by providing the obtained combination cursor on a location where a text is to be input.

9. The apparatus as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

a display configured to display a screen,

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to control the display to display the sign corresponding to the identified text input mode near the text input cursor.

10. The apparatus as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

external input ports configured to receive a text input,

wherein the user terminal apparatus is a smart phone, and

wherein the text input is performed through a text input apparatus which is connected through the external input ports via cable or wirelessly.