Generating alphanumeric characters
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1. A method for generating a desired alphanumeric character, comprising:
- providing a plurality of mnemonic aids that represent a plurality of different alphanumeric characters, each aid being designed so that it can suggest to a person a respective combination of one or more zones, from a plurality of zones, wherein if the combination is contrasted with the remainder of said plurality of zones then the remainder resembles the desired character.
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Abstract
In some embodiments of the invention a desired alphanumeric character is generated through the use of mnemonic aids which are provided to represent the alphanumeric characters. Each aid is designed so that it can suggest to a person a respective combination of one or more zones to be selected from a number of zones. The respective combination is such that if contrasted with the remainder of the zones, or with the remainder of an area that is coextensive with and contains all of the zones, the remainder resembles the desired character. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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1. A method for generating a desired alphanumeric character, comprising:
providing a plurality of mnemonic aids that represent a plurality of different alphanumeric characters, each aid being designed so that it can suggest to a person a respective combination of one or more zones, from a plurality of zones, wherein if the combination is contrasted with the remainder of said plurality of zones then the remainder resembles the desired character. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for generating alphanumeric characters, comprising:
- providing a plurality of selection zones;
instructing a user to select a combination, of one or more of said plurality of selection zones, that represents the user'"'"'s desired alphanumeric character; and
providing a mapping between said selected combination and the desired alphanumeric character, wherein the mapping is based on a) representing each character as a juxtaposition of some of a plurality of open and closed curves, the plurality of selection zones being fewer than the plurality of curves, b) creating a template containing all of the plurality of open and closed curves, and c) aligning the template with the plurality of selection zones. - View Dependent Claims (9)
- providing a plurality of selection zones;
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10. A method for textual communication, comprising:
forming words and phrases using some of a plurality of graphic symbols that represent an entire alphabet, wherein each graphic symbol visually suggests a separate letter of the alphabet and is made of one or more marks, in a receiving area, none of which form a closed shape. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method for textual communication, comprising:
considering a receiving area that bears a combination of one or more marks as representing an alphanumeric character, wherein each mark has a given form, position and orientation, within the receiving area, that suggest a feature of the character through a complementary rather than direct relationship with that feature. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An article of manufacture comprising:
a machine-readable medium having data stored therein that, when accessed by a processor, maps each of a plurality of alphanumeric characters to a respective selection of one or more regions from a plurality of regions so that if the respective selection of regions were to be contrasted with the remainder of the plurality of regions, then said remainder would positively define a plurality of features of a respective one of the alphanumeric characters. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 33)
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29. An electronic system comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display screen;
logic that implements an association between each of a plurality of alphanumeric characters and a respective combination of one or more regions selected from a matrix of regions that have been defined on the display screen, so that if the respective combination were to be visually contrasted with the remainder of the matrix then said remainder would resemble one of the alphanumeric characters; and
a power source coupled to power the display screen and said logic. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32)
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34. A computing device comprising:
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a data entry user interface;
an input control instrument;
said data entry user interface comprising a character output display area and an input control panel area, said input control panel area including a region responsive to said input control instrument;
a microprocessor;
a data storage device in communication with and addressable by said microprocessor;
data defining a set of character input signals derived from the features of a system of stylized alphanumeric character glyphs, and data for forming visual representations of alphanumeric characters, being stored within said data storage device;
an input control matrix defined within said region of said input control panel area said input control matrix being switchable between a plurality of configurations, wherein each of a predetermined plurality of said configurations corresponds to one of said character input signals;
an input visualization area defined within said region of said input control panel area, the input visualization area and the input control matrix being positioned relative to each other so that one lies over the other with like parts coinciding;
said input visualization area comprising a plurality of sections, each of said sections being characterized by visually-contrasting first and second states, said input control matrix, in response to said input control instrument, to define an input signal describing a selected configuration of said input control matrix; and
said microprocessor to receive said input signal, interrogate said storage device for a corresponding alphanumeric character, to form a pictogram of a corresponding stylized alphanumeric character glyph on said input visualization area, aligned with the selected configuration, and to transmit an output signal for said corresponding alphanumeric character to said character output display area of said data entry user interface. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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38. A method for inputting alphanumeric characters onto a data entry user interface, said method comprising:
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a) providing a glyph formation matrix comprising a two-dimensional arrangement of regions in the data entry user interface for displaying a set of alphanumeric character glyphs;
b) providing an input control matrix, comprising a two-dimensional arrangement of cells in the data entry user interface, being coextensive with and aligned with said glyph formation matrix;
c) establishing a correspondence between a configuration of said input control matrix, defined by a combination of one or more selected cells within said input control matrix, and an alphanumeric character glyph;
d) receiving a selected configuration of said input control matrix;
thene) identifying a corresponding alphanumeric character; and
thenf) displaying an alphanumeric character glyph that corresponds to said selected configuration of said input control matrix, by contrasting one or more selected ones of said regions with said glyph formation matrix. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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41. A method comprising:
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providing a plurality of zones; and
contrasting a combination of one or more of the plurality of zones with a remainder of the plurality of zones, the combination having been selected by a user to represent a desired alphanumeric character, wherein the plurality of zones and the combination are such that, when contrasted, the remainder resembles the desired character.
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42. A method comprising:
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providing a plurality of zones; and
contrasting a combination of one ore more of the plurality of zones with a remainder of the plurality of zones, the combination having been selected by a user to represent a desired alphanumeric character, wherein the plurality of zones and the combination are such that the remainder forms one or more positive features of the desired character.
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