Nine-square virtual input system using a remote control
First Claim
1. A nine-square virtual input system comprising:
- a nine-square virtual keyboard including multiple subsidiary nine-square grids, each having multiple virtual keys, one of the subsidiary nine-square grids being a main-location subsidiary nine-square grid;
a display device for displaying the nine-square virtual keyboard; and
a remote control having an input function key, a set of direction keys, and a set of selection keys for remotely controlling the display device, the set of selection keys having multiple keys arranged in a 3×
3 matrix form for corresponding to the nine-square virtual keyboard;
wherein the nine-square virtual keyboard is displayed on the display device when the input function key is enabled, a virtual key of the main-location subsidiary nine-square grid is inputted by directly using the set of selection keys to select the virtual key of the main-location subsidiary nine-square grid, and a virtual key of a desired one among the other subsidiary nine-square grids is inputted by using the set of direction keys to move to the desired subsidiary nine-square grid and using the set of selection keys to select the virtual key of the desired subsidiary nine-square grid, thereby inputting a predefined symbol or user option corresponding to the virtual key selected.
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Abstract
A nine-square virtual input system includes a nine-square virtual keyboard having multiple subsidiary nine-square grids. There is a main-location subsidiary nine-square grid, and each subsidiary nine-square grid has virtual keys corresponding to predefined symbols or user options respectively. A display device displays the virtual keyboard. A remote control controls the display device and has an input function key, a set of direction keys, and a set of digit keys. By pressing the input function key, the display displays the virtual keyboard in an OSD manner. By pressing the set of direction keys, an input focus is moved among the subsidiary nine-square grids, and then by pressing the set of digit keys to select a virtual key, the predefined symbol or user option corresponding to the selected virtual key is inputted.
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21 Claims
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1. A nine-square virtual input system comprising:
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a nine-square virtual keyboard including multiple subsidiary nine-square grids, each having multiple virtual keys, one of the subsidiary nine-square grids being a main-location subsidiary nine-square grid; a display device for displaying the nine-square virtual keyboard; and a remote control having an input function key, a set of direction keys, and a set of selection keys for remotely controlling the display device, the set of selection keys having multiple keys arranged in a 3×
3 matrix form for corresponding to the nine-square virtual keyboard;wherein the nine-square virtual keyboard is displayed on the display device when the input function key is enabled, a virtual key of the main-location subsidiary nine-square grid is inputted by directly using the set of selection keys to select the virtual key of the main-location subsidiary nine-square grid, and a virtual key of a desired one among the other subsidiary nine-square grids is inputted by using the set of direction keys to move to the desired subsidiary nine-square grid and using the set of selection keys to select the virtual key of the desired subsidiary nine-square grid, thereby inputting a predefined symbol or user option corresponding to the virtual key selected. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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