Method and apparatus using on-screen keyboard as input unit
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJung-Hwan Oh, Go-Un Lee, Sang-Chun Byun
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Abstract
A method and apparatus using an on-screen keyboard as an input unit. A method of using an on-screen keyboard as an input unit comprises receiving information on a first key that is selected through the input unit that has fewer input keys than the on-screen keyboard, highlighting a predetermined key in a predetermined group of keys including a number key on the on-screen keyboard that corresponds to the first key, and moving a highlighted portion on the on-screen keyboard when a second key is selected through the input unit.
Claims25
A method of using an on-screen keyboard having a plurality of predetermined groups of keys, the method comprising:
- receiving information on a first key of an input unit that is selected through the input unit, the input unit having fewer input keys than the on-screen keyboard;
- highlighting a predetermined key in a predetermined group of keys that includes the first key;
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- moving a highlighted portion on the on-screen keyboard when a second key is selected through the input unit,
- wherein each of the predetermined groups of keys includes a number key and a key that is not a number key.
An apparatus using an on-screen keyboard, the apparatus comprising:
- a display unit to display the on-screen keyboard, the on-screen keyboard including a plurality of predetermined groups of keys, each of the predetermined groups of keys including a number key and a key that is not a number key;
- an input unit having a smaller number of input keys than the number of keys of the on-screen keyboard;
- a receiving unit to receive information on a first key of the input unit that is selected through the input unit;
- a highlight-setting unit to highlight a predetermined key in a predetermined group of keys that includes the first key;
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- a moving unit to move a highlighted portion on the on-screen keyboard when a second key is selected through the input unit.
A method of using an on-screen keyboard (OSK) having a plurality of predetermined groups of keys, the method comprising:
- highlighting a predetermined key within a predetermined group of keys corresponding to a first input signal received from an input unit having fewer keys than the OSK;
- moving the highlight from the predetermined key to another key within the predetermined group of keys based on a second input signal received from the input unit;
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- selecting a highlighted key on the OSK based on a confirmation signal received from the input unit,
- wherein each of the predetermined groups of keys includes a number key and a key that is not a number key.
An apparatus having an on-screen keyboard (OSK) usable with a remote input unit having a fewer number of keys than the OSK, the apparatus comprising:
- a display unit to display the OSK, the OSK including a plurality of predetermined groups of keys, each of the predetermined groups of keys including a number key and a key that is not a number key;
- a receiving unit to receive a first input signal from the remote input unit;
- a highlight-setting unit to highlight a predetermined key within a predetermined group of keys corresponding to the first input signal;
- a highlight-moving unit to move the highlight from the predetermined key to another key in the predetermined group of keys based on a second input signal received from the remote input unit by the receiving unit;
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- a selection unit to select a highlighted key on the OSK based on a confirmation signal received from the remote input unit by the receiving unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.