Method and apparatus for inputting character in a terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSe-Hwan Park
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for inputting a character in a terminal are provided, in which a key input portion has at least one multi-key for use in inputting a plurality of characters, and when an other key is pressed while one of the at least one multi-key is pressed, a controller determines that one of characters following a first character among a plurality of characters mapped to the pressed multi-key has been input according to the distance between the pressed multi-key and the pressed other key.
Claims15
An apparatus for inputting a character in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a key input portion having a multi-key for inputting a plurality of characters mapped to the multi-key;
- and
- a controller for determining, when an other key is pressed while the multi-key is pressed, that one of characters following a first character among a plurality of characters mapped to the pressed multi-key has been input according to a position of the pressed other key within a first area or within a second area,
- wherein the first area surrounds the pressed multi-key and the second area surrounds the first area but does not include the first area.
A method for inputting a character in a terminal, the method comprising:
- receiving input of a multi-key for inputting a plurality of characters;
- determining whether an other key has been pressed while the multi-key is pressed;
- and
- determining next, when the other key is determined to have been pressed while the multi-key is pressed, that one of characters following a first character among a plurality of characters mapped to the pressed multi-key has been input according to a position of the pressed multi-key and the pressed other key within a first area or within a second area,
- wherein the first area surrounds the pressed multi-key but does not include the pressed multi-key and the second area surrounds the first area but does not include the first area.
An apparatus for inputting a character in a terminal, the apparatus comprising:
- a key input portion configured to be a touch keypad and having a multi-key for inputting a plurality of characters;
- and
- a controller displaying an area corresponding to the multi-key for pressing to select the multi-key and, when a point within the displayed area is touched, determining that one of characters mapped to the pressed multi-key has been input,
- wherein, upon detection of pressing the multi-key, displaying a first area and a second area, with the first displayed area surrounding but not including the pressed multi-key and the second displayed area surrounding but not including the first area.
A method for inputting a character in a terminal, the method comprising:
- displaying an area corresponding to a multi-key for inputting a plurality of characters in a key input portion configured to be a touch keypad;
- and
- determining, when a point in the displayed multi-key area is touched, that one of characters following a first character among a plurality of characters mapped to the touched multi-key has been input according to the displayed at least one area,
- wherein, upon detection of pressing of the multi-key, displaying a first area and a second area, with the first displayed area surrounding but not including the pressed multi-key and the second displayed area surrounding but not including the first area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.