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Input system and its input method

  • US 9,207,776 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2009
  • Issued: 12/08/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for a user to input content into an electronic device using an input system, the input system comprising a circle ring and a database,the circle ring comprising an outer circle and an inside circle, a first input area is on the circle ring and between the outer circle and the inside circle, the first input area comprising a plurality of keys, wherein each key of the plurality of keys is an angular cell comprising at least one morpheme;

  • a second input area is inside the inside circle, the second input area is empty or includes only punctuation marks, and wherein the second input area is divided into a plurality of zones;

    the method comprising;

    the user continuously sliding or pressing along a slide path towards the angular cell of each of a plurality of morphemes of the input content until a final morpheme is completed, the system comparing all possible combinations of the plurality of morphemes with the database;

    detecting at the system in real time positional information of a starting point, a turning point, a finishing point of the slide path, pause durations and magnitude of pressure, to assist in prediction and judgment of the content to be input into the electronic device;

    determining at the system word length of an input word based on the positional information of the starting point of the slide path;

    determining at the system a second input word a third input word and a fourth input word in a phrase or a sentence based on a pause duration of the starting point of the slide path; and

    inputting from the system into the electronic device only one possible combination of the plurality of morphemes or high frequency combination of the plurality of morphemes.

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