Method, System, and Computer Program Product for Automatic Learning of Software Keyboard Input Characteristics

• US 20100169521A1
• Filed: 12/30/2009
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Pei-Hsing
• Granted Patent: US 8,180,938 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/67
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0418 for error correction or compensation, e.g. based on parallax, calibration or alignment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04186 Touch location disambiguation
• 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

Abstract

A method for automatic learning of software keyboard input characteristics includes the following steps. (a) An input is received. (b) Whether the input is a normal key input is determined. (c) The input value of the input is stored when the input is determined to be the normal key input. (d) Step (a)-(c) are repeated until (N+1) input values are stored, wherein N is a positive integer. (e) When there are (N+1) inputs stored, the input characteristics of the first input in the (N+1) inputs are determined according to the first stored input value in the stored (N+1) input values. A computer program product using the method and a system for automatic learning of software keyboard input characteristics are also disclosed herein.

Claims

1. A method for automatic learning of software keyboard input characteristics comprising the following steps:

(a) receiving an input;

(b) determining whether the input is a normal key input;

(c) storing the input value of the input when the input is determined to be the normal key input;

(d) repeating step (a)-(c) until (N+1) input values are stored, wherein N is a positive integer; and

(e) determining, according to the first stored input value in the stored (N+1) input values, the input characteristics of the first input in the (N+1) inputs when there are (N+1) inputs stored.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the following step:

determining whether the input is a removing function; and

removing a stored input value when the input is determined to be the removing function.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the removed input value is the last stored input value among the stored input values.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the following step after step (e):

(f) removing the first stored input value in the stored (N+1) input values.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input value of the input comprises the key value and the touch coordinate of the input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input characteristics of the first input in the (N+1) inputs comprise a coordinate shift direction and a coordinate shift amount.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the normal key input is a character.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the character is an alphabet, number or punctuation.

9. A system for automatic learning of software keyboard input characteristics comprising:

a receiving module for receiving an input;

a storage unit for storing the input value of the input;

an input determining module for determining whether the input is a normal key input;

a placing module for placing the input value of the input into the storage unit when the input determining module determines the input to be the normal key input; and

a characteristics determining system for determining, according to the first stored input value in the stored (N+1) input values, the input characteristics of the first input in the (N+1) inputs when there are already (N+1) input values stored in the storage unit, wherein N is a positive number.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a first removing module for removing the first stored input value in the stored (N+1) input values after the input characteristics of the first input in the (N+1) inputs are determined.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the input determining module comprises a removing function determining module for determining whether the input is a removing function.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the placing module comprises a second removing module for removing an input value stored in the storage unit when the removing function determining module determines the input to be the removing function.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the second removing module removes the last stored input value among the stored input values in the storage unit when removing the input value stored in the storage unit.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the input value of the input comprises the key value and the touch coordinate of the input.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the input characteristics of the first input in the (N+1) inputs comprise a coordinate shift direction and a coordinate shift amount.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the normal key input is a character.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the character is an alphabet, number or punctuation.

18. The system of claim 9, wherein the storage unit stores the input value of the input with a data structure.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the data structure is a circular queue.

20. A computer program product comprising program codes for executing the following steps:

(a) receiving an input;

(b) determining whether the input is a normal key input;

(c) storing the input value of the input when the input is determined to be the normal key input;

(d) repeating step (a)-(c) until (N+1) input values are stored, wherein N is a positive integer; and

(e) determining, according to the first stored input value in the stored (N+1) input values, the input characteristics of the first input in the (N+1) inputs when there are (N+1) inputs stored.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising the following step:

determining whether the input is a removing function; and

removing a stored input value when the input is determined to be the removing function.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the removed input value is the last stored input value among the stored input values.

23. The computer program product of claim 20, further comprising the following step after step (e):

(f) removing the first stored input value in the stored (N+1) input values.

24. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the input value of the input comprises the key value and the touch coordinate of the input.

25. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the input characteristics of the first input in the (N+1) inputs comprise a coordinate shift direction and a coordinate shift amount.

26. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the normal key input is a character.

27. The computer program product of claim 26, wherein the character is an alphabet, number or punctuation.