Arabic-persian alphabet input apparatus
AssigneeTimespace System Co., Ltd.
InventorsYoon-Hyoung Eo, Jang-Sung Choi
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an Arabic-Persian Alphabet input apparatus having ten or more basic keys on which basic figures extracted from analyzed forms of Arabic Alphabet are inscribed respectively. The basic key input signals are combined to easily and simply input the Arabic Alphabet to miniaturized and multi-functional electronic appliances such as cell phones whose buttons (keys) are limited in number. Further, the Arabic characters are inputted in the same manner as handwritting without particularly remembering the Persian.
Claims11
An Arabic-Persian Alphabet input apparatus comprising:
- an Alphabet input unit having basic keys and one function key, wherein ten or more basic figures extracted from analyzed forms of Arabic Alphabet are allocated to the basic keys;
- an Alphabet database unit for storing Arabic Alphabet information coded to correspond to basic key input signal combinations of the Alphabet input unit;
- an Alphabet extracting unit for searching the Alphabet database unit to extract Arabic alphabets corresponding to combinations of initial basic key input signals inputted from the Alphabet input unit or basic key input signals following a function key signal;
- a form database unit for storing information on combined forms of consecutive characters;
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- a combined form determining unit for, when a character extracted by the Alphabet extracting unit is consecutive to a previously extracted character, searching the form database unit to determine a combined form of the two extracted characters.
The input apparatus as defined in any one of claims 1-5, wherein when the extracted characters are , , , , , , and which are only used at the ends of words or an independent character , the combined form determining unit further includes a function to make a space at the next position of the characters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.