KR100852946B1 - A keypad array of mobile phone for Japanese - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a keypad array such as a portable terminal, the keypad array of a portable terminal for inputting Japanese characters in a portable terminal such as a mobile phone (M), the keypad array; A, E, I, O and U of the vowel part A are assigned to the selective area that is easy to operate on the keypad array sequentially as a heading tone to the key to be a modified collection area BR. To form consonants OR, さ, た, な, は, ま, and 행, the consonant area (OR) is allocated to the keys other than the modified collection area (BR). The sound consonant of the consonant part may be allocated to the subtitle sound of the corresponding consonant of the key of the representative consonant area OR as a basic key array, and the combination of the modified vowel area BR and the representative consonant area OR may be combined. As an operation, all the letters are configured and input.

Mobile Phone, Keypad, Japanese, Ghana

Description

Keypad array such as a mobile terminal {A keypad array of mobile phone for Japanese}

1 is a plan view of a keypad of a portable terminal for a conventional Japanese input.
2 is a plan view of a keypad of an exemplary portable terminal of the first embodiment for a keypad array such as the portable terminal of the present invention.
3 is a plan view of a keypad of an exemplary portable terminal of the second embodiment for a keypad array , such as the portable terminal of the present invention;
4 is a plan view of a keypad of an exemplary portable terminal of the third embodiment for a keypad array such as the portable terminal of the present invention.

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* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

M: cell phone

K, K1, K2, K3: Keypad Array

The present invention relates to a keypad array , such as a mobile terminal, to a keypad array to which a method for efficiently performing Japanese input on a keyboard for character input, such as a mobile terminal, a PDA, or a keyboard, is applied .

In portable information devices such as mobile phones, PDAs, and GPS, which are widely used in recent years, most machine-human interfaces have mechanical or physical keypads, and the use of these keypads is simple in operation of input numbers. As the character input for input, its application range is getting wider.

In a language with a consonant, such as Korean or English, it is relatively easy to input characters by combining the consonants of the language. However, in the case of Japan, characters are composed by sequential variations of Ghana, not by a combination of consonants. There is a difficulty.

Therefore, conventionally, the pronunciation corresponding to Japanese Kana is input as a keypad array (K) having ordinary English alphabets arranged in a mobile terminal represented by a mobile phone (M) as shown in FIG. The selection key is operated.

However, the keypad array using such a conversion method takes a considerable input time and has a problem in that a character input is not easy because the operation is very difficult for a user who is not familiar with the alphabet.

Considering these problems , the keypad array of the portable terminal of the present invention provides a keypad array such as a portable terminal having a configuration that conforms to the Japanese character characteristics, and is applied to a cellular phone of a Japanese export specification or applied in Japan. Its main purpose is to solve all the problems caused by difficulties.

The keypad array of the portable terminal of the present invention together with the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail.
2 is a plan view of a keypad of an exemplary portable terminal of the first embodiment for a keypad array such as a portable terminal of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of an exemplary portable terminal of a second embodiment for a keypad array of a portable terminal of the present invention. 4 is a plan view of the keypad of the exemplary portable terminal of the third embodiment for the keypad array of the portable terminal of the present invention.
Keypad array, such as a portable terminal of the present invention will be based on the software configuration to recognize the keypad array and its operation method according to the following description to the mobile phone.

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Example 1

As shown in FIG. 2, the keypad array K1 of the mobile phone M to which the present invention is applied is configured as the first embodiment as follows.

In order to apply the present invention effectively, in operation of each pneumatic key of the keypad array K1, operation of two pneumatic keys of normal pressing, two consecutive presses, and an arrangement of the following keypad array K1 Performed in a manner and in collaboration.

All five key keys of the keypad array K1 are allotted fifty-eight with Japanese rows and steps as follows.

First, あ, え, い, お, う of あ row, which is the most frequently used vowel, are arbitrarily selected on the area of the keypad array K1, which is easily accessible by the user's finger, for up, down, left and right. Are arranged sequentially in the direction.

In the embodiment of FIG. 2, as shown, あ, え, い, お, う in the row (A) is allocated from the upper left of the keypad array K1 to the lower end as a title sound (representative sound). have.

あ, え, い, お, う of the あ row of the user-accessible area on the keypad array K1 are referred to as the 'modified collection area BR' in the present invention and the keypad array as a continuous arrangement. On K1, the keys are sequentially assigned to the keys n1, n2, n3, n4, n5, and the sequence may be started from any key of the keypad array K1.

The keys of the regions other than the modified collection region BR on the keypad array K1 are referred to as 'representative consonant regions OR', and the representative consonant regions OR include lines k, さ, In order to form た, な and は lines, ,, さ, た, な, は are assigned to the five keys (N1, N2, N3, N4, N5) from the top of the keypad array K1 as the heading tone. In this case, the halftone sound is allocated to the remaining remaining key N6 as the title sound.

In addition, the sound of a line, a line, a line, and a line is allocated as a subtitle to the keys (N1, N2, N3, N5) for inputting lines k, sa, ta, and ha, respectively. The non-native key (N4) is assigned to the ma line that is similar to the Na-line, except that it is excluded from the basic sounds (ka line, sa line, ta line, na line, and ha line).

In addition, because the consonants of the semi-negative sound are similar in shape to the consonant group of the key (N5), they are sequentially allocated and separately allocated as the title sound of the key (N6), and the remaining ra lines with similar shapes are allocated as subtitles.

Keys (n1, n2, n3, n4, n5) forming the deformation bar area (BR) of あ, え, い, お, う of あ row with respect to the assigned keypad array K1 as described above Allocate わ, tac, っ, pronunciation 발음, semi-vowels を, half vowels YA, YU, よ, but similarly similar shapes.

That is, assign わ to the key あ (n1), assign ん with a similar shape to the key n (n4), assign the same を with the same pronunciation to the key (n5), the お key (y5).よ is grouped and allocated to the remaining key N7.

As described above, in the Japanese keypad array , such as the portable terminal of the present invention, the row A, which constitutes the vowel part, and the remaining row, which constitutes the consonant part, are divided and allocated as separate areas.

The phoneme of mother and consonants is composed by allocating vowels and consonants with similar shapes, but assigning the same vowel and consonants and forming each pronunciation by assigning keys with similar shapes.

It is preferable to set the Japanese half-width-width implementation and input of katakana by operating a menu button on a normal character input menu screen. For example, if you press the menu button once, it is set to half-width mode. After inputting, it returns to the character input mode. If you press the button twice, it enters the katakana input state. If you press the menu button again after the katakana character input, the original character is inputted. It can be set by a method such as returning to a state.

As a method for specifically operating the arrangement of the keypad array K1 described above, the operation of each numeric key N is set as follows.

(1) A single press of a normal key inputs a title sound which is a representative sound of the modified collection area BR and the representative consonant area OR of the keypad array K1.

(2) Pressing two consecutive keys with short intervals inputs a subtitle sound that is not the title sound of the modified collection area BR and the representative consonant area OR of the keypad array K1.

A Japanese input method such as a portable terminal of the present invention configured as described above and a character input method in a keypad array will be described as an example.

If you want to input 'し', press the key word さ key (N2), which is the consonant line represented by 'し' once, to recognize the consonant input state of the さ line first. If you press the 'い' key (n2), you will recognize that it is the sound of the 'I' line in the さ line, and it is entered as 'し'.

In addition, if you want to input か, press the heading word key (N1), which is the consonant line represented by 'か, once. Press the button to enter the title sound.

If you want to input 'じ', in order to make the software recognize 탁 which is the sub sound of さ key (N5), press さ key (N5) two times in a row to recognize that it is the sound of ざ line. If you press the i key (n2), it is input as the I character on the next line, that is, 'じ'.

Also, if you want to input 'と', press the ta key (N3) once to recognize the consonants of the ta line, and then press the o key (n5) to recognize the o sound again. That is, it is input as 'と'.

Example 2

FIG. 3 has a configuration and a concept almost identical to those of the first embodiment of FIG.

Divided order and grouping of か, さ, た, な, は, ま, ら in the representative consonant area (OR) constituting the keypad array (K2) can be configured differently. To illustrate.

This is because when the user manipulates the keypad array K2 of the mobile phone M, the sequence is relatively low in Japanese, unlike English alpha bets, so that the user is unconsciously inclined to visit the device. This is because it may be desirable to excrete things that are similar in form.

Therefore, the basic idea of the present invention is that all consonants of the alphabet are composed of the representative consonant region OR and the modified vowel region BR. In addition, additional pronunciation is arbitrarily set according to sequential, morphological, and frequency of use. This would be possible.

Example 3

FIG. 4 has almost the same structure and concept as the first embodiment of FIG. 2, but includes k rows, さ rows, た rows, な rows, は rows, ま rows, ら rows and a variation of the representative consonant region OR. Change the position of あ, え, い, お, う in the line あ of the area BR,

The sound of the line, line, line, and line is not assigned to the key separately, and the shift key (S) is operated after the title sound of the representative consonant area (OR) is operated as the shift key (S). Press fmf to convert to sound, and the halftone sound is selected by pressing Shift key (S) twice.

Therefore, if you want to input ぴ in the keypad array K3 of the present embodiment, after pressing the key with the title sound of the representative consonant area OR once, press the Shift key S twice In this state, it is configured to input ぴ by pressing a key of the i-title sound in the modified collection area BR.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention has been described by way of example to be applied to a portable terminal such as a mobile phone, it is also applicable to a keyboard such as a general personal computer. That is, by setting the specific region of the Japanese keyboard into the above mentioned consonant region (OR) and the modified vowel region (BR), it can be provided by the Japanese conversion method.

As described above , the keypad array of the portable terminal of the present invention minimizes the number of inputs and provides uniform intuition so that the user can input the characters more easily than the conventional English input. It has an increasing effect.

Claims (8)

In a portable terminal such as a mobile phone (M), a keypad array of a portable terminal for inputting Japanese characters is configured, and the keypad array comprises: a keypad array; A, E, I, O and U of the vowel part A are assigned to the selective area that is easy to operate on the keypad array sequentially as a heading tone to the key to be a modified collection area BR. To form consonants OR, さ, た, な, は, ま, and 행, the consonant area (OR) is allocated to the keys other than the modified collection area (BR). Configured as a selection of areas each separated by The sound consonants of the consonants are allocated as subtitles of the corresponding consonants of the keys of the representative consonant region OR as basic key arrays. Dividing criteria for W, tactile sound, pronunciation sound, and object vowels for the vowel portion forming the deformed vowel region BR are allocated to the subtitle sound based on the form similarity; A keypad array such as a portable terminal, characterized in that a combination of characters of the keypad array is achieved by a normal press of the deformed collection region BR and a representative consonant region OR and a key operation of two consecutive presses. delete The method of claim 1, Ya, YU, and YO, which are half vowels, are keypad arrays, such as portable terminals, which can be allocated by grouping in a separate deformation collection region BR. The method of claim 1, And said sound tone can be configured to have a shift function key to be set as a separate shift key to be deformed based on the heading sound of the representative consonant area (OR). The method of claim 1, The keypad array is a keypad array, such as a portable terminal, characterized in that applied to the keyboard of the personal computer for Japanese input. delete The method of claim 1, In the key operation, a single press of a key inputs a title sound which is a representative sound of the modified collection area BR and the representative consonant area OR of the keypad array. Pressing two consecutive keys inputs a subtitle sound that is not the title sound of the modified collection area BR and the representative consonant area OR of the corresponding keypad array. One key input of the representative consonant region OR is set to a standby state until a title sound and a second subtitle sound are selected and subsequent key presses of the modified collection region BR are performed. Keypad arrays for portable terminals. delete

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