Touch screen device and character input method thereof
First Claim
1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a touch screen configured to display a touch keypad, said touch keypad including character input regions, at least one specific character input region including a first character symbol and a second character symbol, and to display an output window above the touch keypad, said output window displaying character symbols touched on the character input regions; and
a controller configured to;
receive a touch selection signal indicating a touch selection of the specific character input region,as long as the received touch selection signal is received, display a new character input region with the second character symbol being displayed larger than the second character symbol displayed in the specific character input region, anddisplay the second character symbol in the output window when the touch selection is released from the new character input region,wherein the character input regions in a top row of the touch keypad are numbers,wherein all numeral first character symbols in the top row do not have non-numeral character symbols, andwherein all alphabet first character symbols displayed in the touch keypad have at least one second character symbol.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying a touch keypad on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, the touch keypad including character input regions, at least one specific character input region including a first character symbol and a second character symbol; displaying an output window above the touch keypad, the output window displaying character symbols touched on the character input regions; receiving a touch selection signal indicating a touch selection of the specific character input region; as long as the received touch selection signal is received, displaying the keypad and a new character input region with the second character symbol being displayed larger than the second character symbol displayed in the specific character input region; and displaying the second character symbol in the output window when the touch selection is released from the new character input region.
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12 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touch screen configured to display a touch keypad, said touch keypad including character input regions, at least one specific character input region including a first character symbol and a second character symbol, and to display an output window above the touch keypad, said output window displaying character symbols touched on the character input regions; and a controller configured to; receive a touch selection signal indicating a touch selection of the specific character input region, as long as the received touch selection signal is received, display a new character input region with the second character symbol being displayed larger than the second character symbol displayed in the specific character input region, and display the second character symbol in the output window when the touch selection is released from the new character input region, wherein the character input regions in a top row of the touch keypad are numbers, wherein all numeral first character symbols in the top row do not have non-numeral character symbols, and wherein all alphabet first character symbols displayed in the touch keypad have at least one second character symbol. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:
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displaying a touch keypad on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, said touch keypad including character input regions, at least one specific character input region including a first character symbol and a second character symbol; displaying an output window above the touch keypad, said output window displaying character symbols touched on the character input regions; receiving a touch selection signal indicating a touch selection of the specific character input region; as long as the received touch selection signal is received, displaying a new character input region with the second character symbol being displayed larger than the second character symbol displayed in the specific character input region; and displaying the second character symbol in the output window when the touch selection is released from the new character input region, wherein the character input regions in a top row of the touch keypad are numbers, wherein all numeral first character symbols in the top row do not have non-numeral character symbols, and wherein all alphabet first character symbols displayed in the touch keypad have at least one second character symbol. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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