METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING KEY PAD INPUT RECEIVED ON TOUCH SCREEN OF MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20140359514A1
• Filed: 06/04/2014
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Ho-yeon
• Granted Patent: US 10,423,327 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/773
• 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 method of processing an input received through a touch screen in a mobile terminal. The method includes displaying, if a first key to which a plurality of key values are allocated is input, a second key to which a plurality of the key values are allocated, on a screen, and determining a first key value displayed at a cursor by an input of the first key as a final input value if the second key is input, moving the cursor to a next first position, and then displaying one of the plurality of key values of the first key.

Claims

1. A method of processing an input received through a touch screen in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying, if a first key to which a plurality of key values are allocated is input, a second key to which a plurality of the key values are allocated, on a screen; and

determining a first key value displayed at a cursor by an input of the first key as a final input value if the second key is input, moving the cursor to a next first position, and then displaying one of the plurality of key values of the first key.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sequentially displaying the plurality of key values of the first key without moving the position of the cursor, whenever the second key is repeatedly input after the cursor is moved; and

determining a second key value displayed at the cursor by an input of the second key as the final input value if the first key is input, moving the cursor to a next second position, and then displaying one of the plurality of key values of the second key.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of the second key comprises sequentially displaying the plurality of key values of the second key without moving the position of the cursor whenever the first key is repeatedly input.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon a computer program, which, when executed by a computer, performs the method of claim 1.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein different values among the plurality of key values of the first key are displayed when the second key is pushed without delay after the first key is input.

4. A method of processing an input received through a touch screen in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

sequentially displaying a plurality of key values without moving a position of a cursor whenever a tab input for a key to which the plurality of key values are allocated, is received;

searching for a key value mapped with a direction of a drag input among the displayed plurality of key values when a drag input for the key is received; and

determining a key value displayed at the cursor due to the received tab input as a final input value, moving the cursor to a next position, and then displaying the searched for key value.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

sequentially displaying the plurality of key values without moving the position of the cursor whenever the tab input for the key is received in a state where the searched for key value is displayed.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein a first key value and a second key value are allocated to the key, the first key value is displayed on a left part of an internal side of the key displayed on the touch screen, the second key value is displayed on a right part of the internal side of the key displayed on the touch screen, the first key value is mapped to a drag input of a left direction of the key, and the second key value is mapped to a drag input of a right direction of the key.

7. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store at least one program; and

a processor configured to process an input received through a touch screen by executing the at least one program,

wherein the at least one program comprises commands for performing;

displaying, if a first key to which a plurality of key values are allocated is input, a second key to which a plurality of the key values are allocated, on a screen; and

determining a first key value displayed in a cursor by an input of the first key as a final input value if the second key is input, moving the cursor to a next first position, and then displaying one of the plurality of key values of the first key.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the at least one program further comprises commands for performing:

sequentially displaying the plurality of key values of the first key without moving the position of the cursor, whenever the second key is repeatedly input after the cursor is moved; and

determining a second key value displayed at the cursor by an input of the second key as the final input value if the first key is input, moving the cursor to a next second position, and then displaying one of the plurality of key values of the second key.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the displaying of the second key comprises sequentially displaying the plurality of key values of the second key without moving the position of the cursor whenever the first key is repeatedly input.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 7, wherein the at least one program further comprises commands for performing:

displaying different values among the plurality of key values of the first key when the second key is pushed without delay after the first key is input.

10. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store at least one program; and

a processor configured to process an input received through a touch screen by executing the at least one program,

wherein the at least one program comprises commands for performing;

sequentially displaying a plurality of key values without moving a position of a cursor whenever a tab input for a key to which the plurality of key values are allocated, is received;

searching for a key value mapped with a direction of a drag input among the displayed plurality of key values when a drag input for the key is received; and

determining a key value displayed at the cursor due to the received tab input as a final input value, moving the cursor to a next position, and then displaying the searched for key value.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the at least one program comprises commands for performing:

sequentially displaying the plurality of key values without moving the position of the cursor whenever the tab input for the key is received in a state where the searched for key value is displayed.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein a first key value and a second key value are allocated to the key, the first key value is displayed on a left part of an internal side of the key displayed on the touch screen, the second key value is displayed on a right part of the internal side of the key displayed on the touch screen, the first key value is mapped to a drag input of a left direction of the key, and the second key value is mapped to a drag input of a right direction of the key.

16. A mobile terminal comprising:

a memory configured to store at least one program; and

a processor configured to process an input received through a touch screen by executing the at least one program,

wherein the at least one program comprises commands for performing;

displaying a first key to which a plurality of key values are allocated;

displaying a second key to which a plurality of the key values are allocated, on a screen; and

determining a first key value displayed in a cursor by an input of the first key as a final input value if the second key is input, moving the cursor to a next first position, and then displaying one of the plurality of key values of the first key

17. A method of processing an input received through a touch screen in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a first key to which a plurality of key values are allocated;

displaying a second key to which a plurality of key values are allocated; and

determining a first key value displayed at a cursor by an input of the first key as a final input value if the second key is input, moving the cursor to a next first position, and then displaying one of the plurality of key values of the first key.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereon a computer program, which, when executed by a computer, performs the method of claim 17.