Zhuyin input interface on a device
First Claim
1. An interface for entering electronic text on a touch-sensitive display device, comprising:
- a virtual keyboard that includes a first key plane and a second, alternate key plane that replaces display of the first key plane, wherein;
the first key plane comprises a set of initial phonetic symbols of a single phonetic alphabet;
the second key plane comprises a set of final phonetic symbols of the single phonetic alphabet;
the first key plane and the second key plane are touch-sensitive and operable to receive user input directed toward each of the phonetic symbols to generate electronic text input; and
the virtual keyboard switches between displaying the first key plane and displaying the second key plane in response to predetermined user input triggers received through the virtual keyboard.
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Abstract
One of a pair of alternate key planes of a virtual keyboard is presented. Each key plane includes a partial set of phonetic symbols from a phonetic alphabet. A first key plane includes a set of initial phonetic symbols. A second key plane includes a set of final phonetic symbols and a set of tone marks. The virtual keyboard automatically switches between the first key plane and the second key plane upon receiving a predetermined set of user input triggers. A sequence of Zhuyin phonetic symbol input is received from a user interface, where the sequence of Zhuyin phonetic symbols represents phonetic spellings of a plurality of Chinese characters. User input to select one of a list of Chinese character combinations is received. The selected Chinese character combination is entered as text input in the user interface.
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41 Claims
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1. An interface for entering electronic text on a touch-sensitive display device, comprising:
a virtual keyboard that includes a first key plane and a second, alternate key plane that replaces display of the first key plane, wherein; the first key plane comprises a set of initial phonetic symbols of a single phonetic alphabet; the second key plane comprises a set of final phonetic symbols of the single phonetic alphabet; the first key plane and the second key plane are touch-sensitive and operable to receive user input directed toward each of the phonetic symbols to generate electronic text input; and the virtual keyboard switches between displaying the first key plane and displaying the second key plane in response to predetermined user input triggers received through the virtual keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method for receiving text-input on a touch-sensitive display device, comprising:
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presenting a primary key plane of a virtual keyboard on the touch-sensitive display device, the primary key plane including a set of initial phonetic symbols of a phonetic alphabet and none of a set of final phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet; receiving a first user input selecting one of the set of initial phonetic symbols on the primary key plane; and upon receiving the first user input, presenting an alternate, secondary key plane of the virtual keyboard in place of the primary key plane on the touch-sensitive display device, the secondary key plane including a set of final phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet and none of the set of initial phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer-implemented method for receiving text-input on a touch-sensitive display device, comprising:
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presenting one of a pair of alternately displayed key planes of a virtual keyboard on the touch-sensitive display device, each of the pair of alternate key planes including a partial set of phonetic symbols from a phonetic alphabet, a first key plane of the key plane pair including a set of initial phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet, and a second key plane of the key plane pair including a set of final phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet; and receiving a sequence of symbol input from the pair of alternate key planes for text entry on the touch-sensitive display device. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A portable device comprising:
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a touch-sensitive display or surface; memory; one or more processors; and instructions stored in the memory and configured for execution by the one or more processors, the instructions comprising instructions to; present one of a pair of alternately displayed key planes of a virtual keyboard, each of the pair of alternate key planes including a partial set of phonetic symbols from a phonetic alphabet, a first key plane of the key plane pair including a set of initial phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet, a second key plane of the key plane pair including a set of final phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet and a set of tone marks associated with the phonetic alphabet, and both the first and the second key planes including a set of medial phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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36. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by at least one processors, causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
presenting one of a pair of alternately displayed key planes of a virtual keyboard, each of the pair of alternate key planes including a partial set of phonetic symbols from a phonetic alphabet, a first key plane of the key plane pair including a set of initial phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet, a second key plane of the key plane pair including a set of final phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet and a set of tone marks associated with the phonetic alphabet, and both the first and the second key planes including a set of medial phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet. - View Dependent Claims (37)
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38. A computer-implemented method for receiving text-input, comprising:
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presenting one of a pair of alternately displayed key planes of a virtual keyboard on a touch sensitive surface, each of the pair of alternate key planes including a partial set of phonetic symbols from a phonetic alphabet, a first key plane of the key plane pair including a set of initial phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet, a second key plane of the key plane pair including a set of final phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet; receiving a sequence of phonetic symbol input through the first key plane and the second key plane, where the virtual keyboard switches from displaying the first key plane to displaying the second key plane in response to entry of an initial phonetic symbol in the sequence, the virtual keyboard switches from displaying the second key plane to displaying the first key plane in response to entry of a final phonetic symbol in the sequence, and the sequence of phonetic symbols represents phonetic spellings of a plurality of Chinese characters without corresponding tone marks; presenting a list of Chinese character combinations corresponding to the sequence of phonetic symbols; receiving user input to select one of the list of Chinese character combinations; and entering the selected Chinese character combination as text input in the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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40. A computer-implemented method for receiving text-input, comprising:
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presenting one of a pair of alternately displayed key planes of a virtual keyboard on a touch-sensitive surface, each of the pair of alternate key planes including a partial set of phonetic symbols from a phonetic alphabet, a first key plane of the key plane pair including a set of initial phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet, a second key plane of the key plane pair including a set of final phonetic symbols of the phonetic alphabet; receiving a sequence of phonetic symbols through the first key plane, the sequence of phonetic symbols representing phonetic spellings of a plurality of Chinese characters without all corresponding final phonetic symbols and tone marks; presenting a list of Chinese character combinations corresponding to the sequence of phonetic symbols; receiving user input to select one of the list of Chinese character combinations; and entering the selected Chinese character combination as text input in the user interface. - View Dependent Claims (41)
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