METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING THE NON ALPHANUMERIC CHARACTER BASED ON A USER INPUT

• US 20100241984A1
• Filed: 03/21/2009
• Published: 09/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Nurmi, Mikko, Nielsen, Peter Dam, Kraft, Christian Rossing
• Application Number:
  US12/408,678
• Publication Number:
  US 20100241984A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising a shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen is configured to receive a user input. Further, a processor is configured to identify a position in a text input; and determine a non alphanumeric character based at least in part on the user input. Further still, the shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen is further configured to display the non alphanumeric character in the position.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen configured to;

receive a user input;

a processor configured to;

identify a position in a text input; and

determine a non alphanumeric character based at least in part on the user input; and

the shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen further configured to;

display the non alphanumeric character in the position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the user input is a swiping movement.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the user input is at least one of the following:

press, long press, hard press, or combination thereof.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the non alphanumeric character is at least one of the following:

a period, a question mark, an exclamation point, a symbol, or a combination thereof.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the identify a position in a text input further comprises the processor configured to:

mark a first character based at least in part on the user input; and

mark a last character based at least in part on the user input.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the marked first character and last character is a first word character and a last word character for a word.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the processor is further configured to determine accuracy of the word based at least in part on the first word character and the last word character.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the non alphanumeric character is displayed while a user continuously touches the shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the processor is configured to determine a non alphanumeric character using signal intensity.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the apparatus is at least one of the following:

an electronic device or a computer.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor comprises at least one memory that contains executable instructions that if executed by the processor cause the apparatus to identify a position in a text input;

and determine a non alphanumeric character based at least in part on the user input.

21. The apparatus as in any of claims 3-11 wherein the user input is a swiping movement.

22. The apparatus as in any of claim 2 or 4-11 wherein the user input is at least one of the following:

press, long press, hard press, or combination thereof.

23. The apparatus as in any of claim 2-3 or 5-11 wherein the non alphanumeric character is at least one of the following:

a period, a question mark, an exclamation point, a symbol, or a combination thereof.

24. The apparatus as in any of claim 2-4 or 6-11 wherein the identify a position in a text input further comprises the processor configured to:

mark a first character based at least in part on the user input; and

mark a last character based at least in part on the user input.

25. The apparatus as in any of claim 2-7 or 9-11 wherein the non alphanumeric character is displayed while a user continuously touches the shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen.

26. The apparatus as in any of claim 2-8 or 10-11 wherein the processor is configured to determine a non alphanumeric character using signal intensity.

27. The apparatus as in any of claim 2-9 or 11 wherein the apparatus is at least one of the following:

an electronic device or a computer.

12. A method, comprising:

receiving a user input on a shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding;

identifying a position in a text input;

determining a non alphanumeric character based at least in part on the user input; and

displaying the non alphanumeric character in the position on the shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the user input is a swiping movement.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the user input is at least one of the following:

press, long press, hard press or combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the non alphanumeric character is at least one of the following:

a period, a question mark, an exclamation point, a symbol, or a combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein the identifying a position in a text input further comprises:

marking a first character based at least in part on the user input; and

marking a last character based at least in part on the user input.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the marked first character and last character is a first word character and a last word character for a word.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising determining determine accuracy of the word based at least in part on the first word character and the last word character.

19. The method of claim 12 wherein the non alphanumeric character is displayed while a user continuously touches the shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen.

20. The method of claim 12 further comprises determining a non alphanumeric character using signal intensity.

28. The method as in any of claims 14-20 wherein the user input is a swiping movement.

29. The method as in any of claim 13 or 15-20 wherein the user input is at least one of the following:

press, long press, hard press or combination thereof.

30. The method as in any of claim 13-14 or 16-20 wherein the non alphanumeric character is at least one of the following:

a period, a question mark, an exclamation point, a symbol, or a combination thereof.

31. The method as in any of claim 13-15 or 17-20 wherein the identifying a position in a text input further comprises:

marking a first character based at least in part on the user input; and

marking a last character based at least in part on the user input.

32. The method as in any of claim 13-18 or 20 wherein the non alphanumeric character is displayed while a user continuously touches the shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen.

33. The method as in any of claims 13-19 further comprises determining a non alphanumeric character using signal intensity.

34. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:

code for receiving a user input on a shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding;

code for identifying a position in a text input;

code for determining a non alphanumeric character based at least in part on the user input; and

code for displaying the non alphanumeric character in the position on the shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen.

35. A computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform:

receiving a user input on a shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding;

identifying a position in a text input;

determining a non alphanumeric character based at least in part on the user input; and

displaying the non alphanumeric character in the position on the shorthand-aided rapid keyboarding enabled touchscreen.