Text input method in portable device and portable device supporting the same
First Claim
1. A text input method for a portable device, the method comprising:
- displaying a screen including a text input area with at least one consonant and vowel;
detecting one or more multi-touch events obtained by multi-touching at least two key icons included in the text input area, wherein a multi-touch event of the one or more multi-touch events comprises touching one of the at least two key icons while maintaining a touch to another of the at least two key icons; and
combining key icons selected based on the multi-touch events to display at least one specific text,wherein the displayed at least one specific text is not input while the one or more multi-touch events are maintained, andwherein each of the at least two key icons is selected from a predetermined set of key icons comprising at least one vowel key icon, at least one consonant key icon, and at least one key icon for inputting a double consonant.
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Abstract
A text input method in a portable device and a portable device supporting the same are provided. The portable device includes, a touch screen including a display unit for displaying a text input area and a text display area including at least one consonant and vowel, and a touch panel provided at an upper side of the display unit for generating a touch event, and a control unit for controlling text displayed according to a touch event generated from the touch screen, in which the control unit detects multi-touch events for at least two key icons output on the text input area, and controls the display of a specific text composed of a combination of the multi-touched key icons based on the detected multi-touch events.
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20 Claims
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1. A text input method for a portable device, the method comprising:
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displaying a screen including a text input area with at least one consonant and vowel; detecting one or more multi-touch events obtained by multi-touching at least two key icons included in the text input area, wherein a multi-touch event of the one or more multi-touch events comprises touching one of the at least two key icons while maintaining a touch to another of the at least two key icons; and combining key icons selected based on the multi-touch events to display at least one specific text, wherein the displayed at least one specific text is not input while the one or more multi-touch events are maintained, and wherein each of the at least two key icons is selected from a predetermined set of key icons comprising at least one vowel key icon, at least one consonant key icon, and at least one key icon for inputting a double consonant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A portable device comprising:
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a touch screen including a display unit for displaying a text input area and a text display area including at least one consonant and vowel, and a touch panel provided at an upper side of the display unit for generating a touch event; and a control unit for controlling text displayed according to a touch event generated from the touch screen, wherein the control unit detects one or more multi-touch events for at least two key icons output on the text input area, and controls the display of at least one specific text composed of a combination of the multi-touched key icons based on the detected multi-touch events, wherein a multi-touch event of the one or more multi-touch events comprises touching one of the at least two key icons while maintaining a touch to another of the at least two key icons, wherein each of the at least two key icons is selected from a predetermined set of key icons comprising at least one vowel key icon, at least one consonant key icon, and at least one key icon for inputting a double consonant, and wherein the displayed at least one specific text is not input while the one or more multi-touch events are maintained. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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