Method and apparatus for providing character input interface
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSung Wook PARK, Se Hwan PARK, Ji Hoon KIM, Ji Hoon LEE
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for providing a character input interface are provided. The method for providing a character input interface in a terminal having a touchscreen, includes simultaneously displaying a first keyboard on a first region and a second keyboard including second keyboard language selection keys on a second region by the touchscreen in a character inputting mode; and changing a language of the second keyboard to a language corresponding to a second touched keyboard language selection key touched while maintaining a language of the first keyboard when input touching the second keyboard language key is received.
Claims1
A method for providing a character input interface in an electronic device having a touchscreen, the method comprising:
- displaying, on the touchscreen, a first keyboard interface including a single keyboard for inputting characters;
- based at least on the electronic device being in a landscape mode, displaying a character input area along with a second keyboard interface on the touchscreen, wherein the second keyboard interface includes a first keyboard and a second keyboard, wherein the first keyboard and the second keyboard comprise a first type of character keys and a second type of character keys, respectively, and wherein the second keyboard further comprises a plurality of character-type selection keys comprising a language selection key for selecting a type of character keys for a spoken language;
- while displaying the first type of character keys and the second type of character keys, replacing, based on receiving, through the touchscreen, a user touch input for one of the plurality of character-type selection keys of the second keyboard, the second type of character keys of the second keyboard with a third type of character keys while displaying the first type of character keys of the first keyboard;
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- displaying a plurality of characters in the character input area, wherein one character of the plurality of characters is inputted with a character key of the first type of character keys and another of the plurality of characters is inputted with a character key of the third type of character keys,
- wherein the first type of character keys is for a first spoken language and the second type of character keys is for a second spoken language which is different from the first spoken language.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.