GESTURE SELECTION DATA INPUT METHOD AND DATA STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GESTURE SELECTION SOFTWARE TOOL STORED THEREON FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME

• US 20150277751A1
• Filed: 03/28/2014
• Published: 10/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Linpus Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Linpus Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Manmualiya, Aseem
• Application Number:
  US14/228,419
• Publication Number:
  US 20150277751A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

Disclosed is a gesture selection data input method, including following steps: waiting for user input; receiving user input and storing the first position of touch; determining if it is a long touch event, if answer is negative, checking tapped key and getting the suggested candidate word for a candidate bar; otherwise, determining if it is a slide across a key boundary? if the answer is negative, checking tapped key and getting the suggested candidate word for a candidate bar; otherwise, getting the x-axis value of the first position; selecting the candidate word containing the x-axis value; inputting candidate word to the computer/device/screen; updating a candidate bar; and going back to wait for user input. Also disclosed is a data storing medium having a gesture selection software tool stored thereon for implementing the gesture selection data input method.

Claims

1. A gesture selection data input method, including the following steps:

(1) initiating a virtual keyboard start state;

(2) waiting for user input event;

(3) receiving a user input touch and storing a first position of said touch;

(4) determining if it is a long touch event?

(5) if answer is negative, checking a tapped key and getting suggested candidate word for a candidate bar;

then going to (11);

(6) otherwise, determining if it is a slide across a key boundary;

(7) if answer is negative, checking said tapped key and getting said suggested candidate word for said candidate bar;

then going to (11);

(8) otherwise, determining that it is a gesture, and getting the x-axis value of said first position;

(9) selecting said candidate word corresponding to x-axis value of said first position;

(10) inputting said candidate word corresponding to said first position of slide to a computer;

(11) updating said candidate bar; and

(12) returning to (2).

2. The gesture selection data input method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said suggested candidate word is generated by a word prediction software tool.

3. The gesture selection data input method as claimed in claim 1, wherein after executing from (1) to (12), and while said user is not typing, said virtual keyboard is in a “

waiting user to input state”

.

4. A data storing medium having a gesture selection software tool stored thereon to be executable by a processor, to

(1) initiate a start state;

(2) wait for a user input event;

(3) receive a user input touch and store a first position of said touch;

(4) determine if it is a long touch event;

(5) if answer is negative, check a tapped key to get a suggested candidate word for a candidate bar;

then go to (11);

(6) otherwise, determine if it is a slide across a key boundary;

(7) if answer is negative, check said tapped key and get said suggested candidate word for said candidate bar;

then go to (11);

(8) otherwise, determine that it is a gesture, and get x-axis value of said first position;

(9) select said candidate word corresponding to said x-axis value of said first position;

(10) input said candidate word corresponding to said first position of slide to a computer;

(11) update said candidate bar; and

(12) return to (2).

5. The data storing medium having a gesture selection software tool stored thereon to be executable by a processor as claimed in claim 4, wherein said suggested candidate word is generated by a word prediction software tool.

6. The data storing medium having a gesture selection software tool stored thereon to be executable by a processor as claimed in claim 4, wherein after executing from (1) to (12), and while said user is not typing, said virtual keyboard is in a “

waiting user to input state”

.