INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20140035822A1
• Filed: 10/11/2013
• Published: 02/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xufeng
• Granted Patent: US 9,207,865 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/018 Input/output arrangements for oriental characters
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04897 Special input arrangements or commands for improving display capability

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an information processing method and a terminal device, where the method includes: receiving an input character input by a user; displaying, according to the input character and in a ring arrangement around the input character, candidate characters corresponding to the input character; receiving selection information so as to select one candidate character as a to-be-processed character; receiving, according to correspondence between the selection information and a candidate character position, a candidate character in the position corresponding to the selection information as the to-be-processed character; and processing the to-be-processed character.

Claims

1. An information processing method, comprising:

receiving an input character input by a user;

displaying, according to the input character and in a ring arrangement around the input character, candidate characters corresponding to the input character;

receiving selection information, for selecting one candidate character as a to-be-processed character;

acquiring, according to correspondence between the selection information and a candidate character position, a candidate character in the position corresponding to the selection information as the to-be-processed character; and

processing the to-be-processed character.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the displaying, according to the input character and in a ring arrangement around the input character, candidate characters corresponding to the input character comprises:

displaying, according to the input character, the candidate characters corresponding to the input character in six directions arranged around the input character;

upper left, left, lower left, upper right, right, and lower right.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the receiving selection information comprises:

receiving the selection information through a control sensor.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the receiving the selection information through a control sensor comprises:

identifying, through a gravity sensor or a displacement sensor, an action performed by the user on a terminal device, and according to preset correspondence between the action performed by the user on the terminal device and selection information, receiving the selection information corresponding to the identified action performed by the user on the terminal device.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing the to-be-processed character comprises:

displaying the to-be-processed character in an input box;

or displaying the to-be-processed character in an input box and displaying, around the to-be-processed character, associated characters related to the to-be-processed character.

6. A terminal device, comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive an input character input by a user;

a displaying module, configured to display, according to the input character and in a ring arrangement around the input character, candidate characters corresponding to the input character;

a second receiving module, configured to receive selection information, to select one candidate character as a to-be-processed character;

an acquisition module, configured to acquire, according to correspondence between the selection information and a candidate character position, a candidate character in the position corresponding to the selection information as the to-be-processed character; and

a processing module, configured to process the to-be-processed character.

7. The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the displaying module is configured to:

display, according to the input character, the candidate characters corresponding to the input character in six directions arranged around the input character;

upper left, left, lower left, upper right, right, and lower right.

8. The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the second receiving module is configured to receive the selection information through a control sensor.

9. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the second receiving module is configured to:

identify, through a gravity sensor or a displacement sensor, an action performed by the user on the terminal device, and according to preset correspondence between the action performed by the user on the terminal device and selection information, receive the selection information corresponding to the identified action performed by the user on the terminal device.

10. The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the processing module is configured to:

display the to-be-processed character in an input box;

or

display the to-be-processed character in an input box and display, around the to-be-processed character, associated characters related to the to-be-processed character.