MODIFICATION OF INPUT BASED ON LANGUAGE CONTENT BACKGROUND

• US 20170031897A1
• Filed: 07/31/2015
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2015
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Jianbang, Qian, Ming, Li, Jian, Wang, Song
• Application Number:
  US14/815,204
• Publication Number:
  US 20170031897A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 40/263 Language identification
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/58 including a multilanguage function

Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: implementing, using a processor, a current language setting for an input component of an electronic device; detecting, using a processor, a language type based on content data; determining, based on the content data, if the language type is mismatched with the current language setting; and responsive to the determining, automatically switching, using a processor, the current language setting to a language setting matching the language type. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

implementing, using a processor, a current language setting for an input component of an electronic device;

detecting, using a processor, a language type based on content data;

determining, based on the content data, if the language type is mismatched with the current language setting; and

responsive to the determining, automatically switching, using a processor, the current language setting to a language setting matching the language type.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content data used to detect the language type comprises user input to the input component.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the input component comprises an on screen keyboard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content data used to detect the language type comprises text displayed on a display device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the analyzing text displayed on a display device comprises analyzing the text displayed in an active application.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the analyzing text displayed on a display device comprises analyzing the text displayed in a received electronic communication.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the received electronic communication is at least one of:

a messaging application, an electronic mail, and audio data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the automatic switching occurs after user input is received at the input component;

and

wherein previous user input provided to the input component is converted to a new language after the automatic switching.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a notification to a user of the automatic switching.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a user input in response to the notification; and

adjusting the automatic switching according to the user input.

11. An information handling device, comprising:

a processor;

an input component;

a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to;

implement a current language setting for the input component of the information handling device;

detect a language type based on content data;

determine, based on the content data, if the language type is mismatched with the current language setting; and

responsive to the determining, automatically switch the current language setting to a language setting matching the language type.

12. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the content data used to detect the language type comprises user input to the input component.

13. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the input component comprises an on screen keyboard.

14. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the content data used to detect the language type comprises text displayed on a display device.

15. The information handling device of claim 14, wherein the analyzing text displayed on a display device comprises analyzing the text displayed in an active application.

16. The information handling device of claim 14, wherein the analyzing text displayed on a display device comprises analyzing the text displayed in a received electronic communication.

17. The information handling device of claim 16, wherein the received electronic communication is at least one of:

a messaging application, an electronic mail, and audio data.

18. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the automatic switching occurs after user input is received at the input component;

and

wherein previous user input provided to the input component is converted to a new language after the automatic switching.

19. The information handling device of claim 11, wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to:

provide a notification to a user of the automatic switching;

receive a user input in response to the notification; and

adjust the automatic switching according to the user input.

20. A product, comprising:

a storage device having code stored therewith, the code being executable by a processor and comprising;

code that implements a current language setting for an input component of an electronic device;

code that detects a language type based on content data;

code that determines, based on the content data, if the language type is mismatched with the current language setting; and

code that responsive to the determining, automatically switches the current language setting to a language setting matching the language type.