Image forming apparatus with touchscreen and method of editing input letter thereof

An image forming apparatus to edit letters input, comprising:

• a display unit comprising a touchscreen to display keys on a soft keyboard and a text inputted through the soft keyboard on an input field;
• an input unit to receive a letter to be edited among the displayed text through the input field;
• a coordinate processing unit to determine at least one of adjacent keys neighbored to a key of the received letter on the soft keyboard based on a location of the key of the received letter on the soft keyboard of the touchscreen and to determine whether an area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen;
• a mode determination unit to determine whether an input mode is an overwrite mode or an insert mode;
• and
• a control unit to control the display unit,
• wherein:
• at least one of the magnified images including the key of the received letter and the adjacent keys on the soft keyboard to overlap the soft keyboard is displayed by the display unit when determined, by the mode determination unit, that the input mode is the overwrite mode,
• none of the magnified images are displayed by the display unit when determined, by the mode determination unit, that the input mode is the insert mode,
• the control unit edits the displayed text using a letter corresponding to one key that is selected from the magnified image displayed on the soft keyboard,
• the control unit converts the input mode to the insert mode when determined, by the coordinate processing unit, the area in which the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen,
• the control unit inputs a letter corresponding to the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard when displaying the at least one of magnified images, and
• the display unit displays letters input consecutively a predetermined number to times into the input text in different colors or patterns, and the control unit controls the display unit to display the magnified images of adjacent keys corresponding to the respective same letters in different colors or patterns.

A method of editing letters input through a touchscreen with a soft keyboard, the method comprising:

• displaying a text inputted using keys of the soft keyboard on an input field of the touchscreen;
• receiving a letter to be edited among the displayed text, through the input field;
• determining at least one of adjacent keys neighbored to a key of the received letter on the soft keyboard, based on a location of the key of the received letter on the soft keyboard of the touchscreen;
• determining whether an input mode by the soft keyboard is an overwrite mode or an insert mode;
• when determined that the input mode is the overwrite mode, displaying at least one of magnified images including the key of the received letter and the adjacent keys on the soft keyboard to overlap the soft keyboard;
• when determined that the input mode is the insert mode, not displaying any of the magnified images;
• editing the displayed text using a letter corresponding to a key that is selected from the magnified image displayed on the soft keyboard;
• when determined that an area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen, converting the input mode to the insert mode and inputting a letter corresponding to the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard when displaying the at least one of the magnified images;
• removing the magnified images after the displayed text is edited;
• and
• determining whether the inputted text comprises a same letter inputted multiple times in a row;
• and
• when determined that the inputted text comprises a same letter inputted multiple times in a row, displaying a plurality of magnified images of keys corresponding to the same letter in different colors or patterns and keys adjacent to the keys corresponding to the same letter.

A method of editing letters inputted by a soft keyboard through a touchscreen of a mobile device, the method comprising:

• receiving a letter to be edited among a displayed text, through an input field on the touchscreen;
• determining at least one of adjacent keys neighbored to a key corresponding to the received letter, based on locations of keys on the soft keyboard;
• determining whether an input mode by the soft keyboard is an overwrite mode or an insert mode;
• when determined that the input mode is the overwrite mode, displaying at least one of a magnified image of the corresponded key and the adjacent keys on the touchscreen to overlap an area on which the soft keyboard is displayed;
• when determined that the input mode is an insert mode, not displaying any of the magnified images;
• when determined that an area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen, converting the input mode to the insert mode and inputting a letter corresponding to the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard when displaying the at least one of magnified images;
• removing the magnified images after the displayed text is edited;
• determining whether the inputted text comprises a same letter inputted multiple times in a row;
• and
• when determined that the inputted text comprises a same letter inputted multiple times in a row, displaying a plurality of magnified images of keys corresponding to the same letter in different colors or patterns and keys adjacent to the keys corresponding to the same letter.

A mobile device configured to edit letters inputted by a soft keyboard through a touchscreen, the method comprising:

• an input unit to receive a letter to be edited among a displayed text, through an input field on the touchscreen;
• a processing unit to determine at least one of adjacent keys neighbored to a key corresponding to the received letter, based on locations of keys on the soft keyboard, to determine whether an input mode by the soft keyboard is an overwrite mode or an insert mode, to determine whether an area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen, and when determined that the area in which at least one of the keys of the soft keyboard is located, and not the area in which the at least one of magnified images is located, is touched by a user through the touchscreen, to convert the input mode to the insert mode and to input a letter corresponding to the at least one of the keys of the soft keyboards when displaying the at least one of magnified images;
• and
• a display unit to display at least one of a magnified image of the corresponded key and the adjacent keys on the touchscreen to overlap an area on which the soft keyboard is displayed when determined, by the processing unit, that the input mode is the overwrite mode, and not to display any of the magnified images when determined, by the processing unit, that the input mode is the insert mode,
• wherein the display unit displays letters input consecutively a predetermined number of times into the input text in different colors or patterns, and the processing unit controls the display unit to display the magnified images of adjacent keys corresponding to the respective same letters in different colors or patterns.