DATA ENTRY SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20130050096A1
• Filed: 08/28/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fallah, Farzan
• Original Assignee: Fallah, Farzan
• Inventors: Fallah, Farzan
• Granted Patent: US 9,529,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• 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

A system for inputting data in an electronic device comprising: a segmented pattern on a touch sensitive graphical user interface; a numeric value associated to each of the segments; a set of the numeric values associated to at least one character to provide a corresponding character table stored in the electronic device; an input signal received on at least one segment to provide an input having numeric values; a sequence of at least one segment determined according to the input having numeric values and the character table; a matched character determined according to input having numeric values, the sequence and the character table; wherein the matched character is displayed on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device, stored and the segmented pattern on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device is reset.

Claims

1. A system for inputting data in an electronic device, the system comprising:

a segmented pattern on a touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device, the segmented pattern having at least two segments;

a numeric value in the electronic device associated to each of the at least two segments;

a set of the numeric values associated to at least one character to provide a corresponding character table stored in the electronic device;

an input signal received on at least one segment of the segmented pattern to provide an input having numeric values associated with each of the segments;

a sequence of at least one segment determined by the electronic device according to the input having numeric values and the character table;

a matched character determined by the electronic device according to input having numeric values, the sequence and the character table;

wherein the matched character is displayed on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device and stored in the electronic device and the segmented pattern on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device is reset.

2. A system as in claim 1, wherein the electronic device backtracks and changes the sequence chosen from input signals received on at least one segment based on the results of matched characters or unmatched characters determined by the electronic device according to the input having numeric values and the character table.

3. A system as in claim 2, wherein a dictionary is used to analyze the result of the matched characters and backtrack to change the sequence chosen from input signals.

4. A system as in claim 1, wherein the direction of the input signal received on at least one segment of the segmented pattern is determined according to the input having numeric values associated with each of the segments and used to detect the language in which the user is writing and the character, according to the input having numeric values and the character table.

5. A system as in claim 1, further comprising at least two dictionaries of at least two languages, wherein dictionaries are used to detect the language in which the user is writing.

6. A system as in claim 1, wherein in absence of a matched character, a matched character is determined by the electronic device according to the input having numeric values, the sequence and the closest character in the character table.

7. A system as in claim 1, wherein the sequence of the input signals received on at least two segments is the shortest possible sequence.

8. A system as in claim 1, wherein the sequence of the input signals received on at least two segments ends at the point an input signal is not being received on the segmented pattern of the touch sensitive graphical user interface.

9. A system as in claim 1, wherein the sequence ends at the point an input signal is not being received on the segmented pattern of the touch sensitive graphical user interface unless the sequence of the inputs received on at least one segment is in an exception list.

10. A system as in claim 1, wherein at least one segment is accepted as an input signal received on at least one segment of the segmented pattern in a particular direction.

11. A system as in claim 1, wherein the input signal is selected from the group consisting of touch contact, stylus device contact and video input.

12. A system as in claim 1, wherein an input signal received on at least one segment of the segmented pattern is converted to strokes, a sequence of strokes are selected, and the sequence of segments are built from the sequence of strokes.

13. A system as in claim 12, wherein the electronic device backtracks and changes the sequence of strokes selected based on the results of the matched characters or unmatched characters.

14. A system as in claim 1, further comprising a keyboard in communication with a touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device, wherein said keyboard accepts keyboard character input.

15. A system as in claim 1, wherein the character table is extended by adding at least one shape definition and a matched shape is selected from the group consisting of two dimensional shapes, three dimensional shapes and composite shapes.

16. A system for inputting data in an electronic device, the system comprising:

a virtual keyboard in communication with a touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device, wherein said virtual keyboard accepts keyboard character input;

a segmented pattern on the virtual keyboard, the segmented pattern having at least two segments;

a numeric value in the electronic device associated to each of the at least two segments;

a set of the numeric values associated to at least one character to provide a corresponding character table stored in the electronic device;

an input signal received on at least one segment of the segmented pattern to provide an input having numeric values associated with each of the segments; and

a matched character determined by the electronic device according to the input having numeric values and the character table;

wherein the matched character and the keyboard character input is displayed on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device and stored in the electronic device and the segmented pattern on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device is reset.

17. A system as in claim 16, wherein accepting any keyboard character input on the keyboard denotes the end of the input signal.

18. A system as in claim 16, wherein the segments of the segmented pattern can be selected by dragging a finger/stylus on the touch screen and the keys are sensitive to pressing the finger/stylus.

19. A system for inputting data in an electronic device, the system comprising:

a multi-lingual keyboard with multiple characters written on each key in communication with the electronic device, wherein said keyboard accepts keyboard character input; and

at least two dictionaries, wherein each dictionary contains words of a given language;

wherein based on the keyboard character input, the system detects the matched language in which the user is typing.

20. A system as in claim 19, wherein said keyboard character input is converted into numeric values to provide keyboard character input converted into numeric values.

21. A system as in claim 19, further comprising:

a segmented pattern on a touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device, the segmented pattern having at least two segments;

a numeric value in the electronic device associated to each of the at least two segments;

a set of the numeric values associated to at least one character to provide a corresponding character table stored in the electronic device;

an input signal received on at least one segment of the segmented pattern to provide an input having numeric values associated with each of the segments;

a matched language and a matched character determined by the electronic device according to the keyboard, character input converted into numeric values, input having numeric values and the character table;

wherein the matched character in the matched language is displayed on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device and stored in the electronic device and the segmented pattern on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device is reset.

22. A system for inputting data in an electronic device, the system comprising:

a segmented pattern on a touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device, the segmented pattern having at least two segments;

a numeric value in the electronic device associated to each of the at least two segments;

a set of the numeric values associated to at least one shape to provide a corresponding shape table stored in the electronic device;

an input signal received on at least one segment of the segmented pattern to provide an input having numeric values associated with each of the segments;

a matched shape determined by the electronic device according to input having numeric values and the shape table;

wherein the matched shape is displayed on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device and stored in the electronic device and the segmented pattern on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device is reset.

23. A system as in claim 22, wherein the matched shape is selected from the group consisting of a two dimensional shape, a three dimensional shape and composite shapes.

24. A system for inputting data in an electronic device, the system comprising:

at least two segmented patterns on a touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device, each segmented pattern having at least two segments;

a numeric value in the electronic device associated to each of the at least two segments;

a set of the numeric values associated to at least one character to provide a corresponding character table stored in the electronic device;

an input signal received on at least one segment of the segmented pattern to provide an input having numeric values associated with each of the segments;

a matched character determined by the electronic device according to the input and the corresponding character table;

wherein an indicator of the input signal is displayed on segments of a second segmented pattern according to the input signal received on at least one segment of a first segmented pattern and the matched character is displayed on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device and stored in the electronic device and the first and second segmented patterns are reset.

25. A system for inputting data in an electronic device, the system comprising:

at least two segmented patterns displayed on a touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device, each segmented pattern having at least two segments;

a numeric value in the electronic device associated to each of the at least two segments;

a set of the numeric values associated to at least one character to provide a corresponding character table stored in the electronic device;

an input signal received on at least one segment of the segmented pattern to provide an input having numeric values associated with each of the segments;

a matched character determined by the electronic device according to the input having numeric values and the corresponding character table;

wherein the matched character is displayed in place of the segmented pattern displayed on a touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device on which the input signal was received, stored in the electronic device and the segmented pattern on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device is reset.

26. A system as in claim 25, further comprising a dictionary, wherein a predicted character the user is going to write is predicted according to the dictionary, previously written words by the user, the input having numeric values, and the corresponding character table and the predicted character is displayed on the segmented pattern.

27. A system as in claim 26, wherein a user can select at least one predicted character, by continuing to input an input signal on a segmented pattern displayed on a touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device after the predicted character is displayed.

28. A system for inputting data in an electronic device, the system comprising:

a segmented pattern on a touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device, the segmented pattern having at least two segments and restricting input signals according to a set of predetermined rules;

an input signal received on at least a portion of a segment to provide an input having the coordinates of touched points;

a matched character determined by the electronic device according to input having the coordinates of touched points and at least one algorithm;

wherein the matched character is displayed on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of an electronic device and stored in the electronic device and the segmented pattern on the touch sensitive graphical user interface of the electronic device is reset.

29. A system as in claim 28, wherein at least one algorithm is a neural network based algorithm.