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| 20120013490 | ILLUMINATION OF INPUT DEVICE Input devices having backlighting for associated input mechanisms. The backlighting may be supplied by a light source coupled to a light guide. Both the light guide and light source may be located completely beneath the input mechanism and above a mechanical support for... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20110102206 | Keyboard arrangement for a phonetic symbol inputting method for chinese characters A keyboard arrangement for an electronic device has multiple keys for inputting Chinese characters, multiple of the keys represent multiple combination vowels and all of the keys are arranged in a matrix form. The matrix of the keys are arranged in four key rows includi... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110068956 | INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON CHINESE PHONETIC NOTATION An input system and a method for an electronic device based on Chinese phonetic notation are provided. The input system includes a plurality of keys, a detecting unit, a filtering unit and a candidate character output unit. The keys are respectively arranged on two side... | 03/24/2011 |
| 20100127988 | KEY INPUT DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD USING CENTER KEY The present invention relates to a character input device and method using a plurality of center keys and a plurality of space keys. The present invention provides a character input device and method having a center key located at its central part and a plurality of per... | 05/27/2010 |
| 20100102998 | Apparatus And Method For Input Of Ideographic Korean Syllables From Reduced Keyboard A method is for input of text symbols into an electronic device having a reduced keyboard. The reduced keyboard has keys representing a plurality of characters. The method includes receiving character inputs from the reduced keyboard and identifying symbol variants base... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20090212980 | Character input reception apparatus and method for receiving character inputs A Japanese Hiragana input character string of “a-i” is displayed while a single Japanese Hiragana character of “ti” is displayed as a display character for representing a “ta” row key assigned with a “ta” row character group of “ta”, “ti”, “tu... | 08/27/2009 |
| 20090066656 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING KOREAN CHARACTERS BY USING TOUCH SCREEN A method and apparatus to inputt Korean characters using a touch screen, the method including: if a first input that selects a consonant key displayed on the touch screen is sensed, vowel keys including a Cheon (•) key, a Ji (-) key, and an In (┐) key are displayed ... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090033523 | Language Input System and Method Based on Graphic Symbols A language input system and method of a language input apparatus according to which characters are inputted based on their graphic symbols implemented on a keypad of a language input apparatus is disclosed. The language input system facilitates entry of an input string ... | 02/05/2009 |
| 20080316068 | TEN MARK CODING SYSTEM AND ITS COMBINATING METHOD WITH A DATABASE AND ITS RETRIEVING METHOD A Ten Mark coding system and its combination with a database and its retrieving method includes input-element electronic devices of numerals, English alphabets and mandarin phonetic symbols, and a database. The morphological components of Chinese characters are categori... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080204282 | Character Input Device for Terminal and Method of Processing Character String The present invention discloses a character input device for a terminal and a method of processing a character string, which allow the size of the character input device to be sufficiently reduced so as to improve the portability of the terminal, enable rapid and accura... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080158023 | Apparatus and Method for Expressing Hangul The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for expressing Hangul. More specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for expressing Hangul by which Hangul can be inputted, without using a separate function key, to an informatio... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080150768 | Character Entry by Inputting Strokes Through a Circular Input Device The present invention provides methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for inputting character information from a circular input device. Character information is provided by a user drawing at least one input stroke on the circular input device. The circular in... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080111713 | Computer Chinese character input method and its keyboard based on simplified strokes This computer Chinese character input method mainly includes: Select 10 elements corresponding to the 10 simplified Chinese character strokes, which are | |
| 20080068228 | MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING MULTIFUNCTIONAL KEYPAD Provided is a mobile terminal including an attachable/detachable keypad which has keys arranged so that a user inputs characters using several fingers of one hand. The mobile terminal includes a keypad. The keypad includes a character part including a consonant part for... | 03/20/2008 |
| 20080042885 | Hangeul Input Keypad and Method Using the Same The present invention relates to a Hangeul input keypad and a method using the same. Basic consonants and basic vowels are assigned to the Hangeul input keypad, the number of the basic consonant-assigned keys is less than that of the basic vowel-assigned keys, the conso... | 02/21/2008 |
| 20070040707 | Separation of Components and Characters in Chinese Text Input Components and characters are separated in a user interface for stroke based input of Chinese characters. A user enters a stroke sequence, and matching components and characters are separately displayed in separate selection lists. When the user selects a component, the... | 02/22/2007 |
| 20060279434 | Half keyboard A half keyboard having a key input system with a set of keys, wherein the set of keys is arranged as a conventional keyboard, such as a Qwerty keyboard, approximately folded in half so that the key of the set of keys indicates more multiple characters, symbols and/or fu... | 12/14/2006 |
| 20060202866 | Handheld electronic device having improved display and selection of disambiguation choices, and associated method A method of entering information into an electronic device, such as a handheld electronic device, that has a text disambiguation function, a keyboard and a display. The method includes generating a plurality of character combination choices using the text disambiguation... | 09/14/2006 |
| 20060061491 | A method to sequentially encode PINYIN of Chinese character with few symbols A method of encoding Chinese character PINYIN into digital string and utilizing a key pad to input Chinese character to computer is described herein. The pronunciation of a Chinese character can be described by Romania form of 26 letters, and four tone indicators. In ac... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060033644 | System and method for filtering far east languages A system and method is directed to filtering an entry associated with a Far East language character. A potential keystroke is determined for each entry in a database, contact list, text file, and the like. In one embodiment, the entry is a Unicode associated with the Fa... | 02/16/2006 |
| 20050242972 | Reduced keyboard letter selection system and method A system and method of selecting a letter for display in a communication device having a display and a reduced-key keyboard is provided. One of the plurality of keys on the reduced-key keyboard is selected and a default letter associated with the selected key is display... | 11/03/2005 |
