Information processing method and terminal device

• US 9,207,865 B2
• Filed: 10/11/2013
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Device Company Limited (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Xufeng
• Primary Examiner(s): Chang, Kent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rosario, Nelson
• Application Number:
  US14/051,637
• Publication Number:
  US 20140035822A1
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• Field of Search: 345172-179, 345/467, 715/863
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/018 Input/output arrangements for oriental characters
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04897 Special input arrangements or commands for improving display capability

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to an information processing method and a terminal device, where the method includes: receiving an input character input by a user; displaying, according to the input character and in a ring arrangement around the input character, candidate characters corresponding to the input character; receiving selection information so as to select one candidate character as a to-be-processed character; receiving, according to correspondence between the selection information and a candidate character position, a candidate character in the position corresponding to the selection information as the to-be-processed character; and processing the to-be-processed character.

Claims

1. An information processing method performed by a terminal device, comprising:

receiving an input character input by a user;

displaying, according to the input character and in a ring arrangement around the input character, candidate characters corresponding to the input character, wherein the input character is Chinese phonetic alphabet, and the candidate characters are Chinese characters, the input character is shown in a hexagon, candidate characters are displayed altogether in six directions of the hexagon comprising;

upper left, lower left, upper right, right, and lower right;

identifying, through a gravity sensor or a displacement sensor, an action performed by a user on the terminal device;

obtaining selection information corresponding to the action performed by a user on the terminal device, for selecting one candidate character as a to-be-processed character, wherein the correspondence between an action performed by a user on a terminal device and selection information comprises;

tilting the terminal device to the upper left corresponding to selection information 1 indicating an upper left, tilting terminal device to the upper right corresponding to selection information 2 indicating an upper right position, tilting the terminal device to the left corresponding to selection information 3 indicating a left position, tilting the terminal device to the right corresponding to selection information 4 indicating a right position, tilting the terminal device to the lower left corresponding to selection information 5 indicating a lower left position, tilting the terminal device to the lower right corresponding to selection information 6 indicating a lower right position, lifting the terminal device upward corresponding to selection information 7 indicating a previous page, and lifting terminal device downward corresponding to selection information 8 indicating a next page;

determining, according to correspondence between the selection information and a candidate character position, a candidate character in the position corresponding to the selection information as the to-be-processed character without receiving any key pressing input from a user; and

displaying the to-be-processed character in an input box;

or displaying the to-be-processed character in an input box and displaying, around the to-be-processed character, associated characters related to the to-be-processed character.

2. A terminal device, comprising:

a first receiving module, configured to receive an input character input by a user;

a displaying module, configured to display, according to the input character and in a ring arrangement around the input character, candidate characters corresponding to the input character, wherein the input character is Chinese phonetic alphabet, and the candidate characters are Chinese character, the input character is shown in a hexagon, candidate characters are displayed altogether in six directions of the hexagon comprising;

upper left, left, lower left, upper right, right, and lower right;

a second receiving module, configured to identify, through a gravity sensor or a displacement sensor, a action performed by a user on the terminal device, obtain selection information corresponding to the action performed by a user on the terminal device, to select one candidate character as a to-be-processed character, wherein the correspondence between an action performed by a user on a terminal device and selection information comprises;

tilting the terminal device to the upper left corresponding to selection information 1 indicating an upper left, tilting the terminal device to the upper right corresponding to selection information 2 indicating an upper right position, tilting the terminal device to the left corresponding to selection information 3 indicating a left position, tilting the terminal device to the right corresponding to selection information 4 indicating a right position, tilting the terminal device to the lower left corresponding to selection information 5 indicating a lower left position, tilting the terminal device to the lower right corresponding to selection information 6 indicating a lower right position, lifting the terminal device upward corresponding to selection information 7 indicating a previous page, and lifting terminal device downward corresponding to selection information 8 indicating a next page;

an acquisition module, configured to determine, according to correspondence between the selection information and a candidate character position, a candidate character in the position corresponding to the selection information as the to-be-processed character without receiving any key pressing input from a user; and

a processing module, configured to display the to-be-processed character in an input box;

or display the to-be-processed character in an input box and display, around the to-be-processed character, associated characters related to the to-be-processed character.

3. A terminal device, comprising:

a touch panel, configured to receive an input character input by a user;

a display, configured to display, according to the input character and in a ring arrangement around the input character, candidate characters corresponding to the input character, wherein the input character is Chinese phonetic alphabet, and the candidate characters are Chinese character, the input character is shown in a hexagon, candidate characters are displayed altogether in six directions of the hexagon comprising;

upper left, left, lower left, upper right, right, and lower right;

a gravity sensor or a displacement sensor, configured to identify a action performed by a user on the terminal device;

a processor, configured to obtain selection information corresponding to the action performed by a user on the terminal device, to select one candidate character as a to-be-processed character, wherein the correspondence between an action performed by a user on a terminal device and selection information comprises;

tilting the terminal device to the upper left corresponding to selection information 1 indicating an upper left, tilting the terminal device to the upper right corresponding to selection information 2 indicating an upper right position, tilting the terminal device to the left corresponding to selection information 3 indicating a left position, tilting the terminal device to the right corresponding to selection information 4 indicating a right position, tilting the terminal device to the lower left corresponding to selection information 5 indicating a lower left position, tilting the terminal device to the lower right corresponding to selection information 6 indicating a lower right position, lifting the terminal device upward corresponding to selection information 7 indicating a previous page, and lifting terminal device downward corresponding to selection information 8 indicating a next page;

the processor is further configured to determine, according to correspondence between the selection information and a candidate character position, a candidate character in the position corresponding to the selection information as the to-be-processed character without receiving any key pressing input from a user;

the display is further configured to display the to-be-processed character in an input box;

or display the to-be-processed character in an input box and display, around the to-be-processed character, associated characters related to the to-be-processed character.