Phonetic identification assisted Chinese input system and method thereof

• US 20040078189A1
• Filed: 10/18/2002
• Published: 04/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Original Assignee: Inventec Corporation
• Inventors: Zhang, Back, Wu, Leger, Chang, Zechary, Wen, Say-Ling
• Application Number:
  US10/273,294
• Publication Number:
  US 20040078189A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/018 Input/output arrangements for oriental characters
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 2015/025 Phonemes, fenemes or fenones being the recognition units

Abstract

A Chinese input system and method that utilizes phonetic identification technology for assisting a user in processing selections from candidate sentences and associated categories. Through the phonetic input method, the invention enables a user to select a candidate sentence that s/he wants to input, reducing the input error rate and increasing his/her input speed.

Claims

1. A Chinese input system that utilizes phonetic identification technology for assisting a user in proceeding selections from candidate sentences and associated categories to further enable the user to reduce input error rate and heighten his/her input speed, which comprising:

a sentence database for storing categorizations and sentences regarding the categorizations;

a receiving and identifying module for receiving a candidate sentence numbering phonetic voice from a user through a phonetic peripheral device and identify the user'"'"'s phonetic input and proceed a phonetic transfer;

a data retrieval module for retrieving a corresponding data item from categorization checklist based on the phonetic transfer result; and

an output display module for displaying the categorization checklist and a sentence regarding the categorization and outputting them into an editable file.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the sentence database is an associated database that provides associated indexes between each of the categorizations and sentences regarding each of the categorization.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving and identifying module further comprises the function of promptly giving error messages.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the phonetic transfer is to transmit analogue signals into digital signals that can be processed by computer programs.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the categorization checklist further comprising of a phonetic input area and an item display area.

6. A Chinese input method that utilizes phonetic identification technology for assisting a user in proceeding key selections from candidate sentences and associated categories to further enable the user to reduce input error rate and heighten his/her input speed, which comprising the steps of:

starting an input-method initial interface in an editable file;

displaying a categorization checklist;

carrying out the selection of the sentence categorization by a phonetic inputted sentence numbering;

displaying sentences regarding the selected categorization;

selecting the candidate sentence number and the corresponding sentence regarding the selected categorization based on the phonetic input; and

outputting the selected sentence regarding the selected categorization into the editable file.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the categorization checklist further comprises of a phonetic input area and an item display area.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the Step of carrying out the selection of the sentence categorization by a phonetic inputted sentence numbering and selecting the sentence number and the Step of selecting the candidate sentence number and the corresponding sentence regarding the selected categorization based on the phonetic input further comprise of the following Steps:

receiving a phonetic voice through a phonetic input peripheral device;

carrying out the phonetic identification procedure;

transmitting analogue phonetic signals into digital signals that can be processed by computer programs; and

displaying corresponding data item.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the receiving and identifying module further comprises the function of promptly giving error messages.