APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING TEXTS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20120284660A1
• Filed: 12/30/2011
• Published: 11/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jo, Dae-Young, Jang, Kyu-Jae, Min, Jung-Sik
• Application Number:
  US13/341,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20120284660A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/023 Arrangements for converting discrete items of information into a coded form, e.g. arrangements for interpreting keyboard generated codes as alphanumeric codes, operand codes or instruction codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation

Abstract

An apparatus and method input text by using a text icon in a portable terminal. The method includes mapping a text to an image and registering the mapping result as a text icon, determining whether a long touch is detected for an input window in a text input mode, upon detecting the long touch for the input window in the text input mode, displaying a popup window including a pre-registered text icon list onto a screen, selecting one text icon from the pre-registered text icon list included in the popup window, and inputting the text mapped to the selected text icon to the input window.

Claims

1. A method for text input in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

mapping text to an image to form a result and registering the result as a text icon;

determining whether a long touch is detected for an input window in a text input mode;

upon detecting the long touch for the input window in the text input mode, displaying a popup window including a pre-registered text icon list onto a screen;

receiving a selection of one text icon from the pre-registered text icon list included in the popup window; and

inputting the text mapped to the selected text icon into the input window.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

before the inputting of the text, searching for a text mapped to the selected text icon and removing the popup window from the screen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a specific number of text icons in the pre-registered text icon list are displayed concurrently through the popup window and other text icons are displayed through a page scroll function.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

upon receiving a selection of a text icon registration menu, displaying the input window onto the screen;

receiving text inputs to be mapped to the text icon to be registered, through the input window displayed on the screen;

upon completion of the text inputs, displaying an image list onto the screen; and

receiving a selection of an image to be mapped to the text icon to be registered from the image list displayed on the screen.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving the selection of the image to be mapped to the text icon to be registered from the image list displayed on the screen comprises:

capturing the image using a camera of the portable terminal.

6. An apparatus for text input in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a text icon registration and management unit configured to map a text to an image to form a result and register the result as a text icon;

an input unit configured to determine whether a long touch is detected for an input window in a text input mode; and

a display unit configured to display a popup window including a pre-registered text icon list onto a screen upon detecting the long touch for the input window in the text input mode,

wherein responsive to receiving a selection of one text icon from the pre-registered text icon list included in the popup window, the text icon registration and management unit is further configured to input the text mapped to the selected text icon into the input window.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein:

the text icon registration and management unit is further configured to search for a text mapped to the selected text icon, and

responsive to the one text icon being selected from the pre-registered text icon list included in the popup window, the display unit is further configured to remove the displayed popup window from the screen.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein a specific number of text icons in the pre-registered text icon list are displayed concurrently through the popup window and other text icons are displayed through a page scroll function.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein:

the display unit is further configured to display the input window onto the screen upon receiving a selection of a text icon registration menu,

the input unit is further configured to receive text inputs to be mapped to the text icon to be registered, through the input window displayed on the screen,

the display unit is further configured to display an image list on the screen upon completion of the text inputs, and

the input unit is further configured to receive a selection of an image to be mapped to the text icon to be registered from the image list displayed on the screen.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the input unit is further configured to receive the image to be mapped to the text icon to be registered from a camera configured to capture the image.

11. A method for text input in a portable terminal, the method comprising:

upon a detecting a touch of an input window, displaying a popup window including a pre-registered text icon list onto a screen;

receiving a selection of one text icon from the a pre-registered text icon list included in the popup window; and

inputting text mapped to the selected text icon into the input window.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

before the inputting of the text, searching for the text mapped to the selected text icon and removing the displayed popup window from the screen.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein a specific number of text icons in the pre-registered text icon list are displayed concurrently through the popup window and other text icons are displayed through a page scroll function.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

upon receiving a selection of a text icon registration menu, displaying the input window onto the screen;

receiving text inputs to be mapped to the text icon to be registered, through the input window displayed on the screen;

upon completing of the text inputs, displaying an image list onto the screen; and

receiving a selection of an image to be mapped to the text icon to be registered from the image list displayed on the screen.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein receiving the selection of the image to be mapped to the text icon to be registered from the image list displayed on the screen comprises:

capturing the image using a camera of the portable terminal.

16. An apparatus for text input in a portable terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a display unit, under control of a controller, configured to display a popup window including a pre-registered text icon list onto a screen upon detecting a touch of the input window,

a text icon registration and management unit configured to input text mapped to a selected text icon into the input window in response to one text icon being selected from the pre-registered text icon list included in the popup window.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein:

the text icon registration and management unit is further configured to search for a text mapped to the selected text icon, and

responsive to the one text icon being selected from the pre-registered text icon list included in the popup window, the display unit is further configured to remove the displayed popup window from the screen.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein a specific number of text icons in the pre-registered text icon list are displayed concurrently through the popup window and other text icons are displayed through a page scroll function.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein:

the display unit is further configured to display the input window onto the screen upon receiving a selection of a text icon registration menu,

the text icon registration and management unit is further configured to receive text inputs to be mapped to the text icon to be registered, through the input window displayed on the screen,

the display unit is further configured to display an image list on the screen upon completion of the text inputs, and

the text icon registration and management unit is further configured to receive a selection of an image to be mapped to the text icon to be registered from the image list displayed on the screen.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the text icon registration and management unit is further configured to receive the image to be mapped to the text icon to be registered from a camera configured to capture the image.