LETTER INPUT METHOD

• US 20110214084A1
• Filed: 08/19/2009
• Published: 09/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: ITVERS Co., Ltd., Youn Soo Kim
• Inventors: Kim, Youn Soo
• Granted Patent: US 8,887,084 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• 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

The letter input method of the present invention comprises: a first step of enabling a letter input window including an end button to be displayed on a touch screen at a location separate from a word input window, when a user applies contact pressure to the word input window of the web browser or web site displayed on the touch screen; a second step of inputting relevant letters to the word input window, when the user inputs characters to the character input window; and a third step of generating a driving signal such that the search engine associated with the word input window can be driven by using the letters input to the word input window as search data, when the user selects the end button. The letter input method of the present invention enables users to input letters on the touch screen simply by touch instead of a separate keyboard or a mouse, enables the driving of a search engine of the web browser or a web site to be performed on the letter input screen, and enables the simple selection of a search engine to be used.

Claims

1. A text input method comprising:

a first step of displaying, when a user applies contact pressure on a word input bar (15) of a web browser or a website that is displayed on a touch screen (T), a text input window (100) including a complete button (200) on a position of the touch screen (T) that is beyond the word input bar (15);

a second step of inputting, when the user inputs text into the text input window (100), the corresponding text into the word input bar (15); and

a third step of generating, when the user selects the complete button (200), an operation signal so that a search engine associated with the word input bar (15) is operated using the text that is input into the word input bar (15) as a search data.

2. The text input method of claim 1, wherein, after the first step, the text input window (100) disappears when contact pressure is applied once or more on the position of the touch screen (T) that is beyond the text input window (100).

3. The text input method of claim 1, wherein the text input window (100) is displayed in contact with the word input bar (15).

4. The text input method of claim 1, wherein the second step comprises inputting, when the user writes a letter by hand on the text input window (100), a letter that is most similar to a shape of the letter written by the user into the word input bar (15).

5. The text input method of claim 1, wherein, in the second step, when the user applies contact pressure on the touch screen (T) by crossing a point in the text input window (100) on which a letter is written while inputting the text into the text input window (100), a letter corresponding to the point on which the contact pressure is applied is erased.

6. The text input method of claim 1, wherein the complete button (200) includes a general search button (220) and an extensive search button (210),

wherein the third step comprises:

operating, if the general search button (220) is selected, a search engine designated as default, and

displaying, if the extensive search button (210) is selected, a website selection window (214) equipped with one or more website selection buttons, and operating, if one of the website selection buttons is selected, a search engine corresponding to the selected website selection button.

7. The text input method of claim 6, wherein the website selection window (214) is displayed in contact with an outline of the extensive search button (210).

8. The text input method of claim 6, wherein the website selection window (214) is displayed inside the text input window (100).

9. The text input method of claim 1, wherein the complete button (200) includes a general search button (220) and an extensive search button (210), and

wherein the third step comprises:

operating, if the general search button (220) is selected, a search engine designated as default, and

displaying, if the extensive search button (210) is selected, a field selection window (212) equipped with one or more field selection buttons, displaying, if one of the field selection buttons is selected, the website selection window (214) equipped with one or more website selection buttons, and operating, if one of the website selection buttons is selected, a search engine corresponding to the selected website selection button.

10. The text input method of claim 9, wherein the field selection window (212) is displayed in contact with an outline of the extensive search button (210), and

wherein the website selection window (214) is displayed in contact with an outline of the field selection window (212).

11. The text input method of claim 9, wherein the field selection window (212) and the website selection window (214) are displayed in the text input window (100).

12. The text input method of claim 1, wherein the complete button (200) includes a general search button (220) and an extensive search button (210), and if a domain address is input into the text input window (100) in the second step,

the third step comprises operating, if the general search button (200) is selected, a search engine designated as default using the domain address input into the text input window (100) as a search data, and directly accessing, if the extensive search button (210) is selected, a website of the domain address input into the text input window (100).

13. The text input method of one of claims 1 to 12, wherein a selected website screen is displayed in an entire area of the touch screen (T) or in the text input window (100) when a search engine of a selected website is operated.

14. The text input method of claim of one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the text input into the word input bar (15) is stored in a memory if the search engine is operated using the text input into the word input bar (15) as a search data, and

wherein the search engine is operated using text that is most recently stored in the memory as a search data if the complete button (200) is selected in a state in which the text is not input into the word input bar (15).

15. The text input method of one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the text that is input into the word input bar (15) is stored in a memory if the search engine is operated using the text input into the word input bar (15) as a search data,

wherein, after one or more texts are input into the word input bar 15, if the complete button (200) is selected in a state in which no text is input into the word input bar (15), the texts stored in the memory are displayed in the text input window (100), and

wherein, if one of the texts displayed in the text input window (100) is selected, the search engine is operated using the selected text as a search data.

16. The text input method of claim 15, wherein, if the complete button (200) is selected in a state in which no text is input into the word input bar (15),

the texts are displayed in the text input window (100) in such a fashion that two or more of the texts are displayed in an order reverse to that in the memory, or the texts are displayed one by one in an order reverse to that in the memory at every time that the user selects the complete button (200).

17. The text input method of one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the first step comprises further displaying a telephone button (400), the telephone button forwarding numbers that are input into the word input bar (15) to an Internet telephone transceiver.