Digital camera user interface for text entry
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device comprising:
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user controls configured to enable a user to select between at least an up input, a down input, a left input, a right input, and a confirmation input;
a storage memory;
a data processing system; and
a program memory communicatively connected to the data processing system and configured to store instructions configured to cause the data processing system to provide a user-specified input string, wherein the display is configured to display a string input interface wherein the string input interface includes;
a string entry section for displaying the user-specified input string; and
at least two independently scrollable character selection sections, the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections separate from the string entry section, wherein each independently scrollable character selection section enables a user to select from a corresponding predefined set of characters, wherein only a subset of the corresponding predefined set of characters are displayed in each of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections at a particular time, wherein each of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections enables scrolling between a plurality of characters within a respective independently scrollable character selection section;
wherein the program memory includes instructions to accept user input provided using the user controls to sequentially select characters to specify the user-specified input string, wherein the up input and the down input are used to select one of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections, the left input and the right input are used to scroll through the predefined set of characters in the selected independently scrollable character selection section to select a particular character, and the confirmation input is used to add the selected particular character to the input string displayed in the string entry section; and
wherein the storage memory is configured to store the input string.
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Abstract
A portable electronic device providing a user-specified input string, comprising: user controls enabling a user to select between at least an up input, a down input, a left input, a right input, and a confirmation input; and a program memory storing instructions configured to implement a method for providing a user-specified input string. The method includes: displaying a string input interface including a string entry section, and at least two independently scrollable character selection sections; accepting user input to sequentially select characters, wherein the up input and the down input are used to select a scrollable character selection section, the left input and the right input are used to scroll through the characters in the selected scrollable character selection section to select a particular character, and the confirmation input is used to add the selected particular character to the input string displayed in the string input section.
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22 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a display; user controls configured to enable a user to select between at least an up input, a down input, a left input, a right input, and a confirmation input; a storage memory; a data processing system; and a program memory communicatively connected to the data processing system and configured to store instructions configured to cause the data processing system to provide a user-specified input string, wherein the display is configured to display a string input interface wherein the string input interface includes; a string entry section for displaying the user-specified input string; and at least two independently scrollable character selection sections, the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections separate from the string entry section, wherein each independently scrollable character selection section enables a user to select from a corresponding predefined set of characters, wherein only a subset of the corresponding predefined set of characters are displayed in each of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections at a particular time, wherein each of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections enables scrolling between a plurality of characters within a respective independently scrollable character selection section; wherein the program memory includes instructions to accept user input provided using the user controls to sequentially select characters to specify the user-specified input string, wherein the up input and the down input are used to select one of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections, the left input and the right input are used to scroll through the predefined set of characters in the selected independently scrollable character selection section to select a particular character, and the confirmation input is used to add the selected particular character to the input string displayed in the string entry section; and wherein the storage memory is configured to store the input string. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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14. A method comprising:
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displaying, via a display on a portable electronic device, a string input interface, wherein the string input interface includes; a string entry section for displaying a user-specified input string; and at least two independently scrollable character selection sections, the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections separate from the string entry section, wherein each independently scrollable character selection section enables a user to select from a corresponding predefined set of characters, wherein only a subset of the corresponding predefined set of characters are displayed in each of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections at a particular time, wherein each of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections enables scrolling between a plurality of characters within a respective independently scrollable character selection section; accepting user input provided using user controls of the portable electronic device to sequentially select characters from the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections to specify the user-specified input string within the string entry section, wherein the user controls are configured to enable at least an up input, a down input, a left input, a right input, and a confirmation input, and wherein the up input and the down input are configured to enable selection of one of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections, the left input and the right input are configured to enable scrolling through the predefined set of characters in the selected independently scrollable character selection section to select a particular character, and the confirmation input is configured to enable adding the selected particular character to the user-specified input string displayed in the string entry section; and storing the user-specified input string in a storage memory. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
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presenting a string input interface, wherein the string input interface includes; a string entry section for displaying a user-specified input string; and at least two independently scrollable character selection sections, the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections separate from the string entry section, wherein each independently scrollable character selection section enables a user to select from a corresponding predefined set of characters, wherein only a subset of the corresponding predefined set of characters are displayed in each of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections at a particular time, wherein each of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections enables scrolling between a plurality of characters within a respective independently scrollable character selection section; receiving user input provided using user controls to sequentially select characters to specify the user-specified input string, wherein the user controls are configured to enable at least an up input, a down input, a left input, a right input, and a confirmation input, and wherein the up input and the down input are configured to enable selection of one of the at least two independently scrollable character selection sections, the left input and the right input are configured to enable scrolling through the predefined set of characters in the selected independently scrollable character selection section to select a particular character, and the confirmation input is configured to enable adding the selected particular character to the input string displayed in the string entry section; and storing the user-specified input string in a storage memory. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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