INPUT DEVICE FOR PICTOGRAPHIC LANGUAGES
First Claim
1. A touchscreen keyboard for a pictographic language, comprising:
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a display controller programmed to display a first arrangement of pictographic characters on the touchscreen display, the first arrangement comprising a plurality of characters of the pictographic language, wherein the first arrangement comprises a plurality of discrete regions arranged in a matrix form, each of the regions displaying a respective one of groups of characters selected from the plurality of characters, each of the regions including 15 characters arranged in 3 columns and 5 rows,wherein the display controller is further programmed to display characters in a matrix form in a respective one of the regions,wherein characters in at least one of the regions have the same first phonetic sound as one another, andwherein the regions are arranged at positions corresponding to positions of keys of a QWERTY keyboard, such that the first phonetic sounds of the characters of the regions substantially correspond to the phonetic sounds of letters on the keys of the QWERTY keyboard.
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Abstract
In some embodiments, input devices and related systems and methods for electronically inputting characters of a pictographic language are disclosed. In one embodiment, an input device for a pictographic language includes a touchscreen display, and a display controller programmed to display a first arrangement including a first set of characters of a pictographic language on the touchscreen display. The first arrangement includes a plurality of regions, each of which contains a plurality of characters of the first set of characters of the pictographic language. The touchscreen display may be programmed to receive selection of one of the regions, and to receive selection of one of the characters in the selected region after receiving the selection of the region. Advantageously, the input device can be effectively used by both non-speakers and language learners as well as native speakers.
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46 Claims
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1. A touchscreen keyboard for a pictographic language, comprising:
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a touchscreen display; and a display controller programmed to display a first arrangement of pictographic characters on the touchscreen display, the first arrangement comprising a plurality of characters of the pictographic language, wherein the first arrangement comprises a plurality of discrete regions arranged in a matrix form, each of the regions displaying a respective one of groups of characters selected from the plurality of characters, each of the regions including 15 characters arranged in 3 columns and 5 rows, wherein the display controller is further programmed to display characters in a matrix form in a respective one of the regions, wherein characters in at least one of the regions have the same first phonetic sound as one another, and wherein the regions are arranged at positions corresponding to positions of keys of a QWERTY keyboard, such that the first phonetic sounds of the characters of the regions substantially correspond to the phonetic sounds of letters on the keys of the QWERTY keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 44, 45, 46)
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17. An input system for a pictographic language, the system comprising:
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a touchscreen display; and a display controller programmed to display a first arrangement of pictographic characters on the touchscreen display, the first arrangement comprising a plurality of characters of the pictographic language, wherein the first arrangement comprises a plurality of discrete regions, each of the regions displaying a respective one of groups of characters selected from the plurality of characters, wherein the display controller is programmed to receive selection of one of the regions by receiving a touch on the selected region of the touchscreen display, and to receive selection of a character in the selected region after receiving the selection of the region. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, direct a touchscreen display device to:
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display a first arrangement comprising a plurality of characters of a pictographic language, wherein the first arrangement comprises a plurality of regions, each of the regions displaying a respective one of groups of characters selected from the plurality of characters; receive selection of one of the regions; and receive selection of one of the characters in the selected region after receiving the selection of the region.
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42. An input system for a pictographic language comprising:
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a monitor; a standard Roman character keyboard including character keys and numeric keys; and a display controller programmed to display a first arrangement comprising a plurality of characters of a pictographic language on the monitor, wherein the arrangement comprises a plurality of regions, each of the regions displaying a respective one of groups of characters selected from the plurality of characters, wherein the system is further programmed to receive selection of one of the regions via one of the character keys of the keyboard, and to receive selection of one of the characters in the selected region via one of the numeric keys of the keyboard.
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43. A system for inputting a pictographic language, the system comprising:
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a server in data communication with an end user device including a monitor; and a software program stored in the server, the software program being downloadable to the end user device, the software program including instructions that, when executed, direct the end user device to; display a first arrangement comprising a plurality of characters of a pictographic language on the monitor, wherein the first arrangement comprises a plurality of regions, each of the regions displaying a respective one of groups of characters selected from the plurality of characters; receive selection of one of the regions; and receive selection of one of the characters in the selected region after receiving the selection of the region.
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Specification