Electronic device, input method thereof, and computer-readable medium using the method

• US 8,898,585 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2010
• Issued: 11/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Original Assignee: HTC Corporation
• Inventors: Tseng, Te-Pei, Tseng, Huan-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Shih, Haoshian
• Application Number:
  US12/703,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20110197158A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,748 Days
• Field of Search: 715/765, 715/773, 715/771, 715/862, 715/863, 715/864, 345/173
• US Class Current: 715/773
• 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 electronic device, an input method thereof, and a computer-readable medium using the method are provided, wherein the electronic device has a function key corresponding to a predetermined function. In the method, when a function key input is received, whether the function key input is inputted successively is determined according to a time interval between a reception time of the function key input and a reception time of a previous key input. The electronic device is prohibited from executing the predetermined function relevant to the function key if the function key input is inputted successively.

Claims

1. An input method for an electronic device, wherein the electronic device has a function key corresponding to a predetermined function, the method comprising:

receiving a function key input of the function key after a previous key input is received, wherein the previous key input is different from the function key input;

recording a reception time of the function key input and a reception time of the previous key input;

determining whether the function key input is inputted successively according to a time interval between the reception time of the function key input and the reception time of the previous key input; and

prohibiting the electronic device from executing the predetermined function if the function key input is inputted successively.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the function key input is received through a software input panel (SIP) of the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining an alternative key according to location coordinates of the function key input and a key layout of the SIP; and

outputting a character relevant to the alternative key on a screen of the electronic device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing at least one candidate word according to at least one key input received before the function key input; and

displaying the at least one candidate word on a screen of the electronic device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the previous key input is last key input of the function key input.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the function key comprises a delete key and/or a shift key.

7. An electronic device with a function key corresponding to a predetermined function, the electronic device comprising:

an input module, configured to receive a function key input of the function key after a previous key input is received, and record a reception time of the function key input and a reception time of the previous key input, wherein the previous key input is different from the function key input;

a determining module, coupled to the input module, wherein the determining module is configured to determine whether the function key input received by the input module is inputted successively according to a time interval between the reception time of the function key input and the reception time of the previous key input; and

an executing module, coupled to the determining module, wherein the executing module is configured to prohibit the electronic device from executing the predetermined function if the determining module determines the function key input is inputted successively.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the input module provides a SIP and receives the function key input through the SIP.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the determining module determines an alternative key according to location coordinates of the function key input and a key layout of the SIP, and controls the executing module to output a character relevant to the alternative key on a screen of the electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the determining module provides at least one candidate word according to at least one key input received before the function key input, and controls the executing module to display the at least one candidate word on a screen of the electronic device.

11. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the time interval is a difference between the reception time of the function key input and the reception time of the previous key input.

12. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the function key comprises a delete key and/or a shift key.

13. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program, which, when executed in an electronic device, cause the electronic device to perform the operations of:

receiving a function key input of a function key of the electronic device after a previous key input is received, wherein the function key corresponding to a predetermined function, and the previous key input is different from the function key input;

recording a reception time of the function key input and a reception time of the previous key input;

determining whether the function key input is inputted successively according to a time interval between the reception time of the function key input and the reception time of the previous key input; and

prohibiting the electronic device from executing the predetermined function if the function key input is inputted successively.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the function key input is received through a software input panel (SIP) of the electronic device, and comprises:

determining an alternative key according to location coordinates of the function key input and a key layout of the SIP; and

outputting a character relevant to the alternative key on a screen of the electronic device.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, further comprising:

providing at least one candidate word according to at least one key input received before the function key input; and

displaying the at least one candidate word on a screen of the electronic device.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the previous key input is last key input of the function key input.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the function key comprises a delete key and/or a shift key.