Apparatus and method for inputting characters in a terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSe-Hwan Park, Ji-Youn Jeon
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for easily selecting a character in a terminal including a touch screen, wherein a touch keypad is divided into a central layout including keys, and a sub layout including extended keys. According to an inclined angle and an inclined direction of a terminal, the sub layout opposite to the inclined direction based on the central layout is combined with the central layout, displaying a combined keypad including the central layout and the sub layout, on the display.
Claims16
An apparatus for inputting a character in a terminal, comprising:
- a sensor unit for detecting an inclined angle and an inclined direction of the terminal;
- a display unit for displaying a keypad in a key input mode, the keypad including a central layout in which a plurality of keys are arranged;
- a touch input unit for transferring input data according to a touch input by a user within the keypad;
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- a control unit for combining a sub layout opposite to a detected inclined direction, in which extended keys are arranged, with the central layout, and displaying the plurality of keys arranged in the central layout with the extended keys arranged in the sub layout on the display unit.
A method for inputting a character in a terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
- displaying a keypad in a key input mode, the keypad including a central layout in which a plurality of keys are arranged;
- detecting an inclined angle and an inclined direction of the terminal;
- combining a sub layout opposite to a detected inclined direction, in which extended keys are arranged, with the central layout;
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- displaying the plurality of keys arranged in the central layout with the extended keys arranged in the sub layout.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.