Korean character input apparatus and method using touch screen
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorSung-Jae Hwang
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Abstract
A Korean character input apparatus using a touch screen is provided. The apparatus includes an input window comprising a consonant input key, a “” vowel input key to the right of the consonant input key, and a “” vowel input key under the consonant input key, a character combining means by which, when one of the “” vowel input key and the “” vowel input key is touch-selected, a consonant corresponding to the consonant input key provided to the left of the “” vowel input key or provided above the “” vowel input key is selected as an initial consonant and is combined with a vowel, an output window for displaying the composed Korean character, and a controller for controlling a touch input on the input window and an output of the composed Korean character on the output window.
Claims22
An electronic apparatus for inputting a character in a touch screen, the electronic apparatus comprising:
- the touch screen configured to:
- display an input window comprising a plurality of consonant input keys and two vowel input keys corresponding to each of the plurality of consonant input keys, the two vowel input keys being presented around each of the plurality of consonant input keys without touching each of the plurality of consonant input keys, and
- sense a touch gesture starting from one of the two vowel keys corresponding to each of the plurality of consonant input keys;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- determine an initial consonant according to a selection of one of the two vowel input keys in the input window, by the touch gesture with respect to the one of the two vowel input keys without a touch of the plurality of consonant input keys, and
- combine the initial consonant with a medial vowel corresponding to the selected one of the two vowel input keys,
- wherein the touch screen is configured to display a character according to the combination of the initial consonant and the medial vowel.
A method for inputting a character in a touch screen, the method comprising:
- detecting a selection of one of two vowel input keys in a touch screen displaying an input window comprising a plurality of consonant input keys and the two vowel input keys corresponding to each of the plurality of consonant input keys, the two vowel input keys being presented around each of the plurality of consonant input keys without touching each of the plurality of consonant input keys and sensing a touch gesture starting from one of the two vowel keys corresponding to each of the plurality of consonant keys;
- determining an initial consonant according to a selection of one of the two vowel input keys in the input window, by the touch gesture with respect to the one of the two vowel input keys without a touch of the plurality of consonant input keys;
- combining the initial consonant with a medial vowel corresponding to the selected one of the two vowel input keys;
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- displaying a character according to the combination of the initial consonant and the medial vowel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.