User-interface for entering alphanumerical characters
First Claim
1. An information processing system for handling alphanumeric characters, the system comprising:
- a processor coupled to memory;
a user-interface operatively coupled to the processor, the user-interface having a first control input, and in response to the first control input, in a first operational mode of the information processing system, the processor performing at least one of;
moving a cursor on a screen of a display monitor in a first orientation relative to the display monitor; and
scrolling in the first orientation;
the user-interface having a second control input, and in response to the second control input, in a second operational mode of the information processing system, the processor performing at least one of;
moving the cursor on the screen in a second orientation relative to the display monitor, the second orientation being different from the first orientation, the first orientation and the second orientation being perpendicular to each other; and
scrolling in the second orientation;
the second operational mode of the information processing system enabling a user to enter a string of alphanumerical characters via interaction with the user-interface;
in the second operational mode, the processor being configured to control the display monitor to present a plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters in a spatial configuration comprising a first array of first ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters and a second array of second ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters;
the processor being further configured to;
(i) enable the user to select a certain combination of a certain one of the first alphanumerical characters and a certain one of the second alphanumerical characters through positioning an indicium at a certain position corresponding with the certain combination in the spatial configuration using one of the first control input and the second control input; and
(ii) enable the user to select a particular one of the certain first alphanumerical character and the certain second alphanumerical character through using the other one of the first control input and the second control input;
the first control input having at least one of;
a first set including a first switch configured to move the cursor in a first direction in the first orientation and a second switch configured to move the cursor in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, in the first orientation; and
a scroll wheel configured to scroll in the first direction or in the second direction in dependence on a clockwise rotation of the first scroll wheel or an anti-clockwise rotation of the first scroll wheel;
the second control input having;
a second set including a third switch configured to move the cursor in a third direction in the second orientation and a fourth switch configured to move the cursor in a fourth direction, the fourth direction being opposite to the third direction, in the second orientation;
the user-interface having a third control input, and in response to the third control input, in the first operational mode, confirming selection of a menu option by the user after having positioned the cursor at the menu option,the third control input being positioned in the user-interface between the first switch and the second switch and between the third switch and the fourth switch;
the spatial configuration comprising a third array with third ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters;
the third array extending in the same certain one of the first orientation and the second orientation;
the third array being positioned between the first array and the second array; and
in the second operational mode, the processor being configured to enable the user to select a certain one of the third alphanumerical characters that is located between the certain first alphanumerical character and the certain second alphanumerical character, via the third control input,wherein the display monitor is operative to present the first array, the second array, and the third array as extending in parallel with each other in a same certain one of the first orientation and the second orientation, and the indicium is positioned to highlight the first alphanumerical character of the first array, the second alphanumerical character of the second array, and the third alphanumerical character of the third array, the indicium extending in a perpendicular fashion with respect to the first array, the second array, and the third array.
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Abstract
An information processing system has a display monitor and a user-interface for text entry. The display monitor presents the set of alphanumerical characters in a spatial configuration of three parallel horizontal rows or three parallel vertical columns. The “left”-button and the “right” button of the directional buttons of the user-interface control the selection of a group of alphanumerical characters, one of each of the three parallel arrays and positioned in the same column. The “up”-button and the “down”-button of the directional buttons and the “OK”-button, sitting in between, are used to select a specific one of the alphanumerical characters from the selected group.
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8 Claims
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1. An information processing system for handling alphanumeric characters, the system comprising:
a processor coupled to memory; a user-interface operatively coupled to the processor, the user-interface having a first control input, and in response to the first control input, in a first operational mode of the information processing system, the processor performing at least one of; moving a cursor on a screen of a display monitor in a first orientation relative to the display monitor; and scrolling in the first orientation; the user-interface having a second control input, and in response to the second control input, in a second operational mode of the information processing system, the processor performing at least one of; moving the cursor on the screen in a second orientation relative to the display monitor, the second orientation being different from the first orientation, the first orientation and the second orientation being perpendicular to each other; and scrolling in the second orientation; the second operational mode of the information processing system enabling a user to enter a string of alphanumerical characters via interaction with the user-interface; in the second operational mode, the processor being configured to control the display monitor to present a plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters in a spatial configuration comprising a first array of first ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters and a second array of second ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters; the processor being further configured to; (i) enable the user to select a certain combination of a certain one of the first alphanumerical characters and a certain one of the second alphanumerical characters through positioning an indicium at a certain position corresponding with the certain combination in the spatial configuration using one of the first control input and the second control input; and (ii) enable the user to select a particular one of the certain first alphanumerical character and the certain second alphanumerical character through using the other one of the first control input and the second control input; the first control input having at least one of; a first set including a first switch configured to move the cursor in a first direction in the first orientation and a second switch configured to move the cursor in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, in the first orientation; and a scroll wheel configured to scroll in the first direction or in the second direction in dependence on a clockwise rotation of the first scroll wheel or an anti-clockwise rotation of the first scroll wheel; the second control input having; a second set including a third switch configured to move the cursor in a third direction in the second orientation and a fourth switch configured to move the cursor in a fourth direction, the fourth direction being opposite to the third direction, in the second orientation; the user-interface having a third control input, and in response to the third control input, in the first operational mode, confirming selection of a menu option by the user after having positioned the cursor at the menu option, the third control input being positioned in the user-interface between the first switch and the second switch and between the third switch and the fourth switch; the spatial configuration comprising a third array with third ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters; the third array extending in the same certain one of the first orientation and the second orientation; the third array being positioned between the first array and the second array; and in the second operational mode, the processor being configured to enable the user to select a certain one of the third alphanumerical characters that is located between the certain first alphanumerical character and the certain second alphanumerical character, via the third control input, wherein the display monitor is operative to present the first array, the second array, and the third array as extending in parallel with each other in a same certain one of the first orientation and the second orientation, and the indicium is positioned to highlight the first alphanumerical character of the first array, the second alphanumerical character of the second array, and the third alphanumerical character of the third array, the indicium extending in a perpendicular fashion with respect to the first array, the second array, and the third array. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer-implemented method of handling alphanumeric characters in an information processing system, the method comprising:
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a processor supporting the information processing system, providing a user-interface enabling a user to interact with the information processing system through a display monitor; the processor;
including in the user-interface a first control input, and in a first operational mode, the first control input enabling the user to control at least one of;moving a cursor on a screen of the display monitor in a first orientation relative to the display monitor; and scrolling in the first orientation; including in the user-interface a second control input, and in the first operational mode, the second control input enabling the user to control at least one of; moving the cursor on the screen in a second orientation relative to the display monitor, the second orientation being different from the first orientation, the first orientation and the second orientation being perpendicular to each other; and scrolling in the second orientation; the first control input has at least one of; a first set including a first switch configured to move the cursor in a first direction in the first orientation and a second switch configured to move the cursor in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, in the first orientation; and a scroll wheel configured to scroll in the first direction or in the second direction in dependence on a clockwise rotation of the first scroll wheel or an anti-clockwise rotation of the first scroll wheel; the second control input having; a second set including a third switch configured to move the cursor in a third direction in the second orientation and a fourth switch configured to move the cursor in a fourth direction, the fourth direction being opposite to the third direction, in the second orientation; the second operational mode enabling the user to enter a string of alphanumerical characters using the user-interface, by the processor; controlling the display monitor to present a plurality of user-selectable alphanumerical characters in a spatial configuration comprising a first array of first ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters and a second array of second ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters; selecting a certain combination of a certain one of the first alphanumerical characters and a certain one of the second alphanumerical characters through positioning an indicium at a certain position corresponding with the certain combination in the spatial configuration in response to the user interacting with one of the first control input and the second control input; and selecting a particular one of the certain first alphanumerical character and the certain second alphanumerical character in response to the user interacting with the other one of the first control input and the second control input, wherein the user-interface comprises a third control input, in the first operational mode, the third control input confirming selection of a menu option by the user after having positioned the cursor at the menu option, the third control input being positioned in the user-interface between the first switch and the second switch and between the third switch and the fourth switch; the spatial configuration comprising a third array with third ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters; the third array extending in the same certain one of the first orientation and the second orientation; the third array being positioned between the first array and the second array; and selecting a certain one of the third alphanumerical characters that is located between the certain first alphanumerical character and the certain second alphanumerical character, in response to the user interacting with the third control input, wherein the display monitor is operative to present the first array, the second array, and the third array as extending in parallel with each other in a same certain one of the first orientation and the second orientation, and the indicium is positioned to highlight the first alphanumerical character of the first array, the second alphanumerical character of the second array, and the third alphanumerical character of the third array, the indicium extending in a perpendicular fashion with respect to the first array, the second array, and the third array. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising:
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memory storage; and instructions stored in the memory storage embodying alphanumeric character handing, the instructions when loaded and executed by a processor coupled to an apparatus, causing the apparatus to; provide a user interface through a display monitor, the user-interface comprising a; (a) first control input, and in a first operational mode the first control input enables a user to control at least one of; moving a cursor on a screen of the display monitor in a first orientation relative to the display monitor; and scrolling in the first orientation; and (b) a second control input, in the first operational mode the second control input enables the user to control at least one of; moving the cursor on the screen in a second orientation relative to the display monitor, the second orientation being different from the first orientation, the first orientation and the second orientation being perpendicular to each other; and scrolling in the second orientation, wherein the first control input has at least one of; a first set including a first switch configured to move the cursor in a first direction in the first orientation and a second switch configured to move the cursor in a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction, in the first orientation; and a scroll wheel configured to scroll in the first direction or in the second direction in dependence on a clockwise rotation of the first scroll wheel or an anti-clockwise rotation of the first scroll wheel, the second control input having; a second set including a third switch configured to move the cursor in a third direction in the second orientation and a fourth switch configured to move the cursor in a fourth direction, the fourth direction being opposite to the third direction, in the second orientation; the instructions including one or more instructions to operate in a second operational mode, the second operational mode enabling the user to enter a string of alphanumerical characters using the user-interface, the one or more instructions; controlling the display monitor to present a plurality of user-selectable alphanumerical characters in a spatial configuration comprising a first array of first ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters and a second array of second ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters; selecting a certain combination of a certain one of the first alphanumerical characters and a certain one of the second alphanumerical characters through positioning an indicium at a certain position corresponding with the certain combination in the spatial configuration in response to the user interacting with one of the first control input and the second control input; and selecting a particular one of the certain first alphanumerical character and the certain second alphanumerical character in response to the user interacting with the other one of the first control input and the second control input, wherein the user-interface comprises a third control input, in the first operational mode the third control input confirming selection of a menu option by the user after having positioned the cursor at the menu option, the third control input being positioned in the user-interface between the first switch and the second switch and between the third switch and the fourth switch; the spatial configuration comprising a third array with third ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters; the third array extending in the same certain one of the first orientation and the second orientation; the third array being positioned between the first array and the second array; and selecting a certain one of the third alphanumerical characters that is located between the certain first alphanumerical character and the certain second alphanumerical character, in response to the user interacting with the third control input, wherein the display monitor is operative to present the first array, the second array, and the third array as extending in parallel with each other in a same certain one of the first orientation and the second orientation, and the indicium is positioned to highlight the first alphanumerical character of the first array, the second alphanumerical character of the second array, and the third alphanumerical character of the third array, the indicium extending in a perpendicular fashion with respect to the first array, the second array, and the third array.
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