Text input

• US 8,605,039 B2
• Filed: 03/06/2009
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET GRUNDSTENEN 147576 UNDER FORESLAGEN ANDRING TILL ZIMPL TECHNOLOGIES AB
• Original Assignee: Zimpl AB
• Inventors: Zvorinji, Imre, Danielsson, Mikael, Ekstrm, Sven
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, NICHOLAS J
• Application Number:
  US12/399,509
• Publication Number:
  US 20100225599A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,740 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• 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

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a controller, wherein said controller is arranged to receive input referring to a key and identifying a touch point; display a first set of candidates comprising a plurality of candidates arranged around the touch point; receive input referring to a first candidate being comprised in said first set; receive a select command of said first candidate; and input said selected candidate as text.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising a controller, arranged to:

receive input identifying a touch point at a first position wherein said input is a touch input identifying a virtual key and wherein said touch point is the point of touch for the touch input;

display a first set of candidates comprising at least one candidate at a second position offset from said touch point,

said first position and said second position both being in a common display area, and

to interpret subsequent touch input originating from the touch point as having an offset position at a projected touch point originating at the second position wherein the offset of the projected touch point and an offset of the subsequent touch input are related, the candidates comprising candidate wordstems wherein at least one of the wordstems comprises a word;

receive input referring to a first candidate being comprised in said first set;

receive a select command of said first candidate; and

input said selected candidate as text.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controller is further configured to display a further set of candidates upon receipt of input referring to said first candidate, wherein said further set of candidates comprises at least one further candidate.

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said controller is further configured to receive input referring to a further candidate being comprised in said further set of candidates and to identify said further candidate as a first candidate.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controller is further configured to display a second set of candidates upon receipt of input referring to said first candidate, wherein said second set of candidates comprises at least one second candidate being an alternative to the at least one candidate of said first set and said second set of candidates being regarded as a first set of candidates.

5. The apparatus according to claim 2 or 4, wherein said controller is further configured to display a second set comprising a further set of candidates.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controller is further configured to display said touch point on a display.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controller is further configured to display said first set of candidates as virtual keys.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controller is further configured to receive a touch input release and interpret said release as a select command.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said controller is configured to provide the first set of candidates based on previous input.

10. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first set of candidates comprises a candidate that is associated with a word completion.

11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first set of candidates comprises a candidate that is associated with a prediction.

12. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first set of candidates comprises at least one candidate that is static with regards to at least one of placement and associated letter.

13. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each candidate of the first set of candidates comprises is associated with a direction and wherein said controller is configured to receive a direction indication and to identify a candidate accordingly as a first candidate.

29. The apparatus of claim 1 in which the first set of candidates comprises at least one wordstem that comprises a suffix, a prefix, a commonly used letter combination, or a partial word.

33. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the offset of the projected touch point and the offset of the subsequent touch input are related in that the offsets are equal.

34. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the offset of the projected touch point and the offset of the subsequent touch input are related in that a displayed candidate is associated with a virtual key.

14. A method for text input comprising:

receiving input identifying a touch point at a first position wherein said input is a touch input identifying a virtual key and wherein said touch point is the point of touch for the touch input;

displaying a first set of candidates comprising a plurality of candidates, the candidates comprising candidate wordstems at a second position offset from said touch point,

said first position and said second position both being in a common display area, and

interpreting subsequent touch input originating from the touch point as having an offset position at a projected touch point originating at the second position wherein the offset of the projected touch point and an offset of the subsequent touch input are related, wherein at least one of the wordstems comprises a word;

receiving input referring to a first candidate being comprised in said first set;

receiving a select command of said first candidate; and

inputting said selected candidate as text.

15. The method according to claim 14, further comprising displaying a further set of candidates upon receipt of input referring to said first candidate, wherein said further set of candidates comprises at least one further candidate.

16. The method according to claim 15 further comprising receiving input referring to a further candidate being comprised in said further set of candidates and identifying said further candidate as a first candidate.

17. The method according to claim 14 further comprising displaying a second set of candidates upon receipt of input referring to said first candidate, wherein said second set of candidates comprises at least one second candidate being an alternative to the at least one candidate of said first set and said second set of candidates being regarded as a first set of candidates.

18. The method according to claim 15 or 17 further comprising displaying a second set comprising a further set of candidates.

19. The method according to claim 14, further comprising displaying said touch point.

20. The method according to claim 14 further comprising displaying said first set of candidates as virtual keys.

21. The method according to claim 14 further comprising receiving a touch input release and interpreting said release as a select command.

22. The method according to claim 14, comprising displaying the first set of candidates based on previous input.

23. The method according to claim 14, wherein the first set of candidates comprises a candidate that is associated with a word completion.

24. The method according to claim 14, wherein the first set of candidates comprises a candidate that is associated with a prediction.

25. The method according to claim 14, wherein the first set of candidates comprises at least one candidate that is static with regards to at least one of placement and associated letter.

26. The method according to claim 14, wherein each candidate of the first set of candidates is associated with a direction and wherein said receiving input comprises receiving an indication of a direction indication and identifying a candidate accordingly as the first candidate.

30. The method of claim 14 in which the first set of candidates comprises at least one wordstem that comprises a suffix, a prefix, a commonly used letter combination, or a partial word.

35. The method according to claim 14, wherein the offset of the projected touch point and the offset of the subsequent touch input are related in that the offsets are equal.

36. The method according to claim 14, wherein the offset of the projected touch point and the offset of the subsequent touch input are related in that a displayed candidate is associated with a virtual key.

27. A user interface comprising a controller, wherein said controller is arranged to:

receive input identifying a touch point at a first position wherein said input is a touch input identifying a virtual key and wherein said touch point is the point of touch for the touch input;

display a first set of candidates comprising at least one candidate at a second position offset from said touch point,

said first position and said second position both being in a common display area, and

to interpret subsequent touch input originating from the touch point as having an offset position at a projected touch point originating at the second position wherein the offset of the projected touch point and an offset of the subsequent touch input are related, the candidates comprising candidate wordstems wherein at least one of the wordstems comprises a word;

receive input referring to a first candidate being comprised in said first set;

receive a select command of said first candidate; and

input said selected candidate as text.

31. The user interface of claim 27 in which the first set of candidates comprises at least one wordstem that comprises a suffix, a prefix, a commonly used letter combination, or a partial word.

28. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising at least computer program code for controlling an apparatus, said computer readable medium comprising:

software code for receiving input identifying a touch point at a first position wherein said input is a touch input identifying a virtual key and wherein said touch point is the point of touch for the touch input;

software code for displaying a first set of candidates comprising a plurality of candidates, the candidates comprising candidate wordstems at a second position offset from said touch point,

said first position and said second position being in a common display area, and

interpreting subsequent touch input originating from the touch point as having an offset position at a projected touch point originating at the second position wherein the offset of the projected touch point and an offset of the subsequent touch input are related, wherein at least one of the wordstems comprises a word;

software code for receiving input referring to a first candidate being comprised in said first set;

software code for receiving a select command of said first candidate; and

software code for inputting said selected candidate as text.

32. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 28 in which the first set of candidates comprises at least one wordstem that comprises a suffix, a prefix, a commonly used letter combination, or a partial word.