Character input method for adding visual effect to character when character is input and mobile station therefor
First Claim
1. A character input method for displaying an alphanumeric character when the alphanumeric character is input to a mobile station, the method comprising the steps of:
- determining whether a character input event occurs for the alphanumeric character;
checking a visual character theme for adding an animation effect corresponding to the visual character theme to the input alphanumeric character when the character input event occurs;
loading a background image corresponding to the visual character theme;
loading animated character data according to the visual character theme in response to the character input event, the animated character data being the input alphanumeric character with the animation effect added; and
displaying the animated character data,wherein the input alphanumeric character implemented by the animated character data is drawn by tracing strokes of the input alphanumeric character on the background image, andwherein the animated character data is displayed on a screen of the mobile station, the screen having at least, in order from a bottom, a background layer displaying the background image, a character effect layer displaying the animation effect, and a character input layer displaying the animated character data.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a apparatus and a method for displaying various character effects on a character input screen of a mobile station using a differentiated graphic element according to a key input signal. In the method a visual character theme set by a user is displayed in a character input mode, and a character input effect corresponding to the visual character theme is shown according to a key input signal. Accordingly, since the mobile station can show a visual character input effect in every key input sequence by allowing the user to select a desired visual character theme in advance, an entertaining effect is added to a user interface of the mobile station.
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17 Claims
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1. A character input method for displaying an alphanumeric character when the alphanumeric character is input to a mobile station, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining whether a character input event occurs for the alphanumeric character; checking a visual character theme for adding an animation effect corresponding to the visual character theme to the input alphanumeric character when the character input event occurs; loading a background image corresponding to the visual character theme; loading animated character data according to the visual character theme in response to the character input event, the animated character data being the input alphanumeric character with the animation effect added; and displaying the animated character data, wherein the input alphanumeric character implemented by the animated character data is drawn by tracing strokes of the input alphanumeric character on the background image, and wherein the animated character data is displayed on a screen of the mobile station, the screen having at least, in order from a bottom, a background layer displaying the background image, a character effect layer displaying the animation effect, and a character input layer displaying the animated character data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A character input method for displaying an alphanumeric character when the alphanumeric character is input to a mobile station, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying a background image according to a visual character theme provided by the mobile station on a screen of the mobile station, the screen having at least, in order from a bottom, a background layer displaying the background image, a character effect layer displaying an animation effect corresponding to the visual character theme, and a character input layer displaying animated character data, the animated character data being the input alphanumeric character with the animation effect added; and displaying the animated character data, wherein the input alphanumeric character implemented by the animated character data is drawn by tracing strokes of the input alphanumeric character on the background image. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A mobile station for displaying an input alphanumeric character to a user, the mobile station comprising:
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a memory for storing a plurality of visual character themes including a default visual character theme selected by the user; a controller for loading from the memory a background image and animated character data associated with the default visual character theme when a character input event occurs for the input alphanumeric character and controlling a display unit of the mobile station to display the animated character data, wherein the input alphanumeric character implemented by the animated character data is drawn by tracing strokes of the input alphanumeric character on the background image; and a screen disposed in the display unit for displaying the animated character data, the screen having at least, in order from a bottom, a background layer displaying the background image, a character effect layer displaying an animation effect corresponding to the default visual character theme, and a character input layer displaying the animated character data. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A character input method for displaying an alphanumeric character when the alphanumeric character is input to a mobile station, the method comprising the steps of:
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determining whether a character input event occurs for the input alphanumeric character; checking a visual character theme for adding an animation effect corresponding to the visual character theme to the input alphanumeric character when the character input event occurs; loading a background image corresponding to the visual character theme; and displaying at least one character image according to a number of the character input event, the character image being allocated to the input alphanumeric character, wherein the character image is displayed on a screen of the mobile station, the screen having at least, in order from a bottom layer, a background layer displaying the background image, and a character input layer displaying the character image. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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