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US 2007/0192311 A1Published application
Method And System Of Identifying An Ideographic Character
OwnerSamuel Pun, Weigen Qiu +1inventors
InventorsSamuel Pun, Weigen Qiu, Lin Zhang
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Abstract
A method and a system for identifying an ideographic character is disclosed. A keypad is used to identify two parts of a linguistic character. A microprocessor queries a database for characters corresponding to the identified parts, and then displays the associated characters on a monitor for selection by a user.
Claims18
A method of identifying an ideographic character, comprising:
- providing a keypad having a plurality of keys, at least one of the keys representing more than one sound;
- providing a database of characters, every character in the database being associated with one or more names, each name corresponding to exactly two keypresses;
- assigning sounds to each of the keys, the assigned sounds comprising a first sound set;
- pressing one of the keys corresponding to a desired first sound from the first sound set to both (A) provide a first keypress, and (B) initiate assigning sounds to each of the keys, the assigned sounds comprising a second sound set that is different from the first sound set;
- pressing one of the keys corresponding to a desired second sound from the second sound set to provide a second keypress;
- identifying one or more ideographic characters corresponding to both the first and second keypresses.
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A system for identifying an ideographic character, comprising:
- a keypad having a plurality of keys, at least one of the keys representing more than one sound;
- a database of characters, every character in the database being associated with one or more names, each name corresponding to exactly two keypresses;
- a microprocessor programmed to (a) assign sounds to each of the keys, the assigned sounds comprising a first sound set, (b) receive an indication that one of the keys corresponding to a desired first sound from the first sound set has been pressed, and in response to both (i) receive a first keypress, and (ii) initiate assigning sounds to each of the keys, the assigned sounds comprising a second sound set that is different from the first sound set, (c) receive an indication that one of the keys corresponding to a desired second sound from the second sound set has been pressed to receive a second keypress, (d) identifying one or more ideographic characters corresponding to both the first and second keypresses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.