Single word and multi-word term integrating system and a method thereof

• US 9,465,798 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kika Tech (HK) Holdings Co., Limited
• Original Assignee: IQ Technology Inc.
• Inventors: Lin, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Mercado, Ariel
• Application Number:
  US12/900,694
• Publication Number:
  US 20120089907A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,195 Days
• Field of Search: 715/254, 715/261, 715/264
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0233 Character input methods
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/53 Processing of non-Latin text kana-to-kanji conversion G06F40/129; vowelisation G06F40/232

Abstract

A single word and multi-word term integrating system and a method thereof are disclosed, wherein a user uses an input unit to continuously input pinying codes for the system to find combinations of the pinying codes to provide word candidates for the user to choose, wherein the word candidates can be combined into a phrase or a sentence; when the inputted pinying codes are too long or incomplete, there might be a false prediction of a word or a sentence due to an incorrect combination of pinying codes; consequently, the system forcibly determines the pinying codes to be regarded as a single word and does not combine them with the follow-up pinying codes; then the system uses a full sentence prediction result display unit for the user to choose a correct word, thereby improving prediction accuracy.

Claims

1. A method for inputting words for an electronic device having an input unit and an output unit, the method comprising the steps of:

a. inputting a first series of symbols through the input device and displaying them on the output unit, wherein each of the first series of inputted symbols is a leading phonetic symbol of a pronunciation of a word, wherein each leading phonetic symbol respectively represents a single word, and wherein each of the first series of symbols is Pinyin type or Zhuyin type;

b. generating a first prediction for converting the first series of inputted symbols into a first series of words of a phrase or sentence on the output unit, wherein the first series of words and the first series of inputted symbols have a one-to-one correspondence;

c. if the first prediction is recognized as an incorrect phrase or sentence in step b, moving a cursor to the frontmost symbol that is predicted incorrectly in the first series of inputted symbols on the output unit and displaying single-word candidates for converting said frontmost symbol into a correct single Chinese word;

d. according to the correct single Chinese word, generating a second prediction for converting symbols succeeding the said frontmost symbol in the first series of inputted symbols into a second series of words of a phrase or sentence on the output unit, wherein words of the first series of words corresponding to symbols in front of said frontmost symbol and said correct single word remain unchanged; and

e. displaying a finished correct sentence, wherein the correct sentence includes a plurality of words, each represented by a corresponding inputted leading phonetic symbol.

2. The method for inputting words according to claim 1, wherein the cursor is located between the said frontmost symbol and the symbol succeeding the said frontmost symbol in the first series of symbols.

3. The method for inputting words according to claim 1, wherein the step c further comprises inputting a second symbol, wherein the second symbol is combined with the said frontmost symbol to generate said single-word candidates for choosing the correct single Chinese word.

4. The method for inputting words according to claim 3, wherein the step c further comprises inputting a third symbol, wherein the second symbol and the third symbol are combined with the said frontmost symbol to generate said single-word candidates for choosing the correct single Chinese word.

5. The method for inputting words according to claim 1, wherein step c further comprises pressing a pre-specified key to position the cursor between the said frontmost symbol and a second symbol next to the said frontmost symbol in the first series of inputted symbols.