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US 2019/0155500 A1Published application
English input keyboard and input method using touch screen of terminal
OwnerChang-soo Junginventor
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The present invention relates to an English input keyboard and an input method using a touch screen of a terminal. More specifically, the present invention relates to a keyboard capable of easily inputting the English language using a keypad consisting of a total of thirteen keys, and an input method thereof. The keypad of a touch screen of the present invention consists of a total of thirteen keys in such a manner that the keypad has three rows and three columns, put in perspective, and has four separate keys in the second row and the second column, thereby securing the number of keys without the inconvenience of inputting while not having to minimize the size of each key on the touch screen of a smartphone. Furthermore, the purpose of the present invention is to enable a user to quickly and conveniently input the letters (alphabets) of the English language with a fewer number of touches.
A keyboard for inputting English alphabets on a touch screen of a terminal, the keyboard having a key structure in which keys are arranged in three rows and three columns, the keys in the second row and second column comprising a central key 12 and four inner keys 14 including two auxiliary keys and arranged around the central key in four directions, and the keyboard further comprising eight outer keys 16 arranged around the inner keys, characterized in that a total of 21 consonants consisting of b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y and z are dispersedly arranged on the outer keys 16 and the central key 12, and a total of 5 vowels consisting of a, e, i, o and u are dispersedly arranged on a total of 5 keys including the central key 12, two inner keys 14 among the four inner keys 14, the key in the first row and second column, and the key in the third row and second column.
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