Image forming apparatus with touchscreen and method of editing input letter thereof

• US 9,003,320 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2010
• Issued: 04/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Oh, Seung-Hee, Han, Jeong-Soo, Lee, Joong-Mok, Yang, Seung-Hae
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Matt
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tuan S
• Application Number:
  US12/926,185
• Publication Number:
  US 20110154246A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,621 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 715/773
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• 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

Provided are an image forming apparatus with a touchscreen and a method of editing input letters using the same. In the method, an inputted text is displayed on the touchscreen using keys of the soft keyboard. A letter to be edited is received from the displayed text. At least one of coordinates representing adjacent keys of the soft keyboard is determined based on a coordinate corresponding to a location of the received letter on the touchscreen. At least one of the magnified images of the adjacent keys corresponding to the determined coordinates and functions keys is displayed. The displayed text is edited using a letter corresponding to one key that is selected from the magnified image of the adjacent keys.

Claims

1. A method of editing letters inputted through a touchscreen of an image forming apparatus with a soft keyboard, the method comprising:

displaying a text inputted using keys of the soft keyboard on an input field of the touchscreen;

receiving a letter to be edited among the displayed text, through the input field;

determining at least one of adjacent keys neighbored to a key of the received letter on the soft keyboard, based on a location of the key of the received letter on the soft keyboard of the touchscreen;

determining whether an input mode by the soft keyboard is an overwrite mode or an insert mode;

when determined that the input mode is the overwrite mode, displaying at least one of magnified images including the key of the received letter and the adjacent keys on the soft keyboard to overlap the soft keyboard;

when determined that the input mode is the insert mode, not displaying any of the magnified images;

selecting a key from the magnified image displayed on the soft keyboard;

editing the displayed text using a letter corresponding to the selected key;

when determined that an area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen, converting the input mode to the insert mode and inputting a letter corresponding to the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard when displaying the at least one of magnified images; and

removing the magnified images after the displayed text is edited,

wherein the displaying of the inputted text comprises displaying a letter input consecutively a predetermined number of times into the inputted text in different colors or patterns, and the displaying of at least one of the magnified images comprises displaying magnified images of adjacent keys corresponding to the respective same letters in different color or patterns.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing coordinates corresponding to locations of keys of the respective letters of the inputted text on the touchscreen.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of at least one of the magnified images comprises displaying the magnified image to differentiate from the keys of the soft keyboard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the editing of the displayed text comprises correcting the displayed text using the letter corresponding to the selected key or inserting the letter corresponding to the selected key into the displayed text.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the editing of the displayed text comprises editing the displayed text using a letter corresponding to a key of the soft keyboard that is selected instead of the magnified image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of at least one of the magnified images comprises changing adjacent keys displayed in the magnified image according to a predetermined range of the adjacent keys, presence or absence of the adjacent keys, or an error history comprising counting the typing errors of the input text, wherein the changing of adjacent keys is performed by a user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the displaying of at least one of the magnified images comprises displaying magnified images comprising the input letter in the displayed text and adjacent keys corresponding to a certain number of letters on the right and left of the key of the received letter.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether an edit mode is an overwrite mode or an insert mode after the letters to be edited are received, wherein the editing of the displayed text comprises editing the displayed text in a mode according to a result of the determination.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the overwrite mode and the insert mode are switched between each other by performing at least one of a double click, a single click, a long click, and a toggle key click on the touchscreen.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining at least one of coordinates representing adjacent keys of the soft keyboard based on a coordinate corresponding to a location of a letter adjacent to the received letter on the soft keyboard of the touchscreen.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting a key comprises touching the key on the soft keyboard.

12. An image forming apparatus to edit letters input, comprising:

a display unit comprising a touchscreen to display keys on a soft keyboard and a text inputted through the soft keyboard on an input field;

an input unit to receive a letter to be edited among the displayed text through the input field;

a coordinate processing unit to determine at least one of adjacent keys neighbored to a key of the received letter on the soft keyboard based on a location of the key of the received letter on the soft keyboard of the touchscreen and to determine whether an area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen;

a mode determination unit to determine whether an input mode is an overwrite mode or an insert mode; and

a control unit to control the display unit,

wherein;

at least one of the magnified images including the key of the received letter and the adjacent keys on the soft keyboard to overlap the soft keyboard is displayed by the display unit when determined, by the mode determination unit, that the input mode is the overwrite mode,

none of the magnified images are displayed by the display unit when determined, by the mode determination unit, that the input mode is the insert mode,

the control unit edits the displayed text using a letter corresponding to one key that is selected from the magnified image displayed on the soft keyboard,

the control unit converts the input mode to the insert mode when determined, by the coordinate processing unit, the area in which the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen,

the control unit inputs a letter corresponding to the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard when displaying the at least one of magnified images, and

the display unit displays letters input consecutively a predetermined number to times into the input text in different colors or patterns, and the control unit controls the display unit to display the magnified images of adjacent keys corresponding to the respective same letters in different colors or patterns.

13. The image forming apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a storage unit to store the coordinates corresponding to locations of keys of the respective letters of the input text on the touchscreen.

14. The image forming apparatus of claim 12, wherein the display unit displays the magnified image to differentiate from the keys of the soft keyboard.

15. The image forming apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display the magnified images of adjacent keys corresponding to the input letter of the display text and a certain number of letters on the right and left of the input letter.

16. A method of editing letters input through a touchscreen with a soft keyboard, the method comprising:

displaying a text inputted using keys of the soft keyboard on an input field of the touchscreen;

receiving a letter to be edited among the displayed text, through the input field;

determining at least one of adjacent keys neighbored to a key of the received letter on the soft keyboard, based on a location of the key of the received letter on the soft keyboard of the touchscreen;

determining whether an input mode by the soft keyboard is an overwrite mode or an insert mode;

when determined that the input mode is the overwrite mode, displaying at least one of magnified images including the key of the received letter and the adjacent keys on the soft keyboard to overlap the soft keyboard;

when determined that the input mode is the insert mode, not displaying any of the magnified images;

editing the displayed text using a letter corresponding to a key that is selected from the magnified image displayed on the soft keyboard;

when determined that an area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen, converting the input mode to the insert mode and inputting a letter corresponding to the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard when displaying the at least one of the magnified images;

removing the magnified images after the displayed text is edited; and

determining whether the inputted text comprises a same letter inputted multiple times in a row; and

when determined that the inputted text comprises a same letter inputted multiple times in a row, displaying a plurality of magnified images of keys corresponding to the same letter in different colors or patterns and keys adjacent to the keys corresponding to the same letter.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising storing coordinates corresponding to locations of keys of the respective letters of the inputted text on the touchscreen.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the displaying of at least one of the magnified images comprises displaying the magnified image to differentiate from the keys of the soft keyboard.

19. A method of editing letters inputted by a soft keyboard through a touchscreen of a mobile device, the method comprising:

receiving a letter to be edited among a displayed text, through an input field on the touchscreen;

determining at least one of adjacent keys neighbored to a key corresponding to the received letter, based on locations of keys on the soft keyboard;

determining whether an input mode by the soft keyboard is an overwrite mode or an insert mode;

when determined that the input mode is the overwrite mode, displaying at least one of a magnified image of the corresponded key and the adjacent keys on the touchscreen to overlap an area on which the soft keyboard is displayed;

when determined that the input mode is an insert mode, not displaying any of the magnified images;

when determined that an area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen, converting the input mode to the insert mode and inputting a letter corresponding to the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard when displaying the at least one of magnified images;

removing the magnified images after the displayed text is edited;

determining whether the inputted text comprises a same letter inputted multiple times in a row; and

when determined that the inputted text comprises a same letter inputted multiple times in a row, displaying a plurality of magnified images of keys corresponding to the same letter in different colors or patterns and keys adjacent to the keys corresponding to the same letter.

20. A mobile device configured to edit letters inputted by a soft keyboard through a touchscreen, the method comprising:

an input unit to receive a letter to be edited among a displayed text, through an input field on the touchscreen;

a processing unit to determine at least one of adjacent keys neighbored to a key corresponding to the received letter, based on locations of keys on the soft keyboard, to determine whether an input mode by the soft keyboard is an overwrite mode or an insert mode, to determine whether an area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen, and when determined that the area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen, to convert the input mode to the insert mode and to input a letter corresponding to the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboards when displaying the at least one of magnified images; and

a display unit to display at least one of a magnified image of the corresponded key and the adjacent keys on the touchscreen to overlap an area on which the soft keyboard is displayed when determined, by the processing unit, that the input mode is the overwrite mode, and not to display any of the magnified images when determined, by the processing unit, that the input mode is the insert mode,

wherein the display unit displays letters input consecutively a predetermined number of times into the input text in different colors or patterns, and the processing unit controls the display unit to display the magnified images of adjacent keys corresponding to the respective same letters in different colors or patterns.