Suggestion of alternate user input using different user interface

• US 10,417,339 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2017
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: Sahagun, Allan
• Primary Examiner(s): Riley, Marcus T
• Application Number:
  US15/681,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20190057080A1
• Time in Patent Office: 760 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis

Abstract

Method(s) and apparatus(es) relating generally to an electronic device having a display and a touch-sensitive input device are disclosed. In such a method, a first keypad is displayed on the display. Obtained is sensed information from the touch-sensitive input device responsive to user input in association with the first keypad. The user input is determined to be for a second keypad different from the first keypad. A corresponding input to the user input is determined using the sensed information in association with the second keypad. The corresponding input is displayed on the display.

Claims

1. A method for an electronic device having a display and a touch-sensitive input device, comprising:

displaying a first keypad on the display;

obtaining sensed information from the touch-sensitive input device responsive to user input in association with the first keypad;

determining the user input to be for a second keypad different from the first keypad;

determining a corresponding input to the user input using the sensed information in association with the second keypad; and

displaying the corresponding input on the display;

wherein the determining the user input to be for the second keypad comprises;

comparing the user input in association with the first keypad for at least one representation of the user input in a language dictionary; and

determining the user input is for the second keypad by absence of the at least one representation in the language dictionary.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a change keypad option on the display responsive to user selection of the corresponding input; and

displaying the second keypad on the display responsive to user selection of the change keypad option.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising displaying the second keypad on the display responsive to user selection of the corresponding input.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the language dictionary is a first language dictionary, and wherein the determining the corresponding input comprises:

using the sensed information in association with the second keypad to obtain at least one other representation of the user input;

locating the at least one other representation in a second language dictionary in association with the second keypad; and

providing the at least one other representation as the corresponding input for displaying thereof.

5. An apparatus, comprising:

a display operable to display a user interface including a first keypad;

a touch-sensitive input device aligned to the display;

memory or local storage configured to store sensed information from the touch-sensitive input device corresponding to first keys of the first keypad for receipt of a user input;

a microprocessor or microcontroller programmed to provide a programmed processor configured to;

determine the sensed information corresponds to second keys of a second keypad; and

determine a corresponding input for the user input in association with second keys of the second keypad using the sensed information;

wherein to determine the sensed information corresponds to the second keys of the second keypad, the programmed processor is configured to;

compare the user input in association with the first keypad for a representation of the user input in a language dictionary; and

determine the user input is in association with the second keypad by absence of the representation in the language dictionary.

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the programmed processor is configured to cause the corresponding input to be displayed on the display.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the programmed processor is configured to cause the second keypad to be displayed on the display responsive to user selection of the corresponding input.

8. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the language dictionary is a first language dictionary, and wherein, to determine the corresponding input for the user input in association with the second keys of the second keypad using the sensed information, the programmed processor is configured to:

use the sensed information in association with the second keypad to obtain at least one other representation of the user input;

search for the at least one other representation in a second language dictionary in association with the second keypad; and

provide the at least one other representation as the corresponding input for displaying thereof responsive to locating the at least one other representation in the second language dictionary.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the user interface is a printer user interface.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the touch-sensitive input device is a haptic input device.

11. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the touch-sensitive input device is a pressure-sensitive input device.

12. A method for a programmed electronic device having a display and a touch-sensitive input device, comprising:

installing a keypad app in the programmed electronic device, the keypad app comprising instructions to configure the programmed electronic device for;

obtaining sensed information for a user input provided via the touch-sensitive input device in association with first keys of a first keypad on the display;

determining the user input to be for a second keypad different from the first keypad;

associating the sensed information with second keys of the second keypad to obtain a representation of the user input;

referencing the representation against a dictionary associated with the second keypad; and

displaying the representation on the display as a corresponding input to the user input for user selection.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the representation and the dictionary respectively are a first representation and a first dictionary;

and wherein the determining the user input to be for the second keypad different from the first keypad comprises;

associating the sensed information with the first keys to initially obtain a second representation of the user input;

referencing the second representation against a second dictionary associated with the first keypad; and

determining absence of the second representation in the second dictionary.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the referencing the representation comprises checking the representation against representations in the dictionary.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprising making the keypad app available for download from an app server to the programmed electronic device for installation of the keypad app in the programmed electronic device.

16. The method according to claim 12, further comprising switching from display of the first keypad to the second keypad on the display in response to user selection of the representation.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the determining the user input to be for the second keypad different from the first keypad involves the first keypad being a non-character keypad.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the determining the user input to be for the second keypad different from the first keypad involves at least one condition factor selected from:

an input rate of the user input being greater than a threshold rate;

the programmed electronic device being moved at a human walking rate during receipt of the user input;

or

the programmed electronic device having a temperature greater than a threshold temperature.