CN101387936A - Appearance and Disappearance Control Method of On-Screen Keyboard Table - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a control method for appearance and disappearance of a screen keyboard table, which at least comprises the following steps: triggering: when a finger touches the touch pad, a keyboard table appears on the screen; (II) pressing the touch pad: pressing each character position area of the touch pad by a finger to input a corresponding character; (III) inputting ending characters: if the input character is a final character, the keyboard table on the screen disappears immediately; the method can improve the convenience of user input and can hide the keyboard table in due time so as to facilitate the user to check.

Description

Appearance and Disappearance Control Method of On-Screen Keyboard Table

technical field

The invention is a method for controlling the appearance and disappearance of a screen keyboard list, which can improve the convenience of user input and hide the keyboard list in good time to facilitate the user's review.

Background technique

The evolution of computers has reached the portable era. All manufacturers hope to develop computers that can be carried around and operated anytime and anywhere. Durable power and computing performance are necessary considerations. This depends on the development of power-saving components by the semiconductor industry and the development of battery manufacturers. A high-capacity battery; however, the mechanism that is not limited by the site depends on the design of the system designer. The existing notebook computer adopts a two-piece folding method, one is the computer screen, and the other is the keyboard. Vertically, it is very convenient to use on the table, but it is not conducive to holding and operating in the hand. At present, most of the solutions that can be held and operated in the hand are based on tablet computers. The so-called tablet computer is designed with the screen on the body Above, the user can hold the computer with one hand and use the stylus to click function keys or write content on the touch screen.

Although the tablet computer can be operated on the palm, many important tasks of the computer are related to text input. The tablet computer uses the stylus writing method as the main input method, which is slower and harder than the original keyboard input. It has made great progress, but it is a retrograde situation in terms of input convenience, so many people are not optimistic about the development of tablet computers, and tablet computers are therefore limited to special uses, such as doctor rounds, warehouse inventory, etc. You only need to check the options, and there is less use for text input.

Another method is to use a two-stage press-sensitive touchpad with a keyboard table displayed on the screen. When the finger touches the character corresponding to the position on the control board, it will be specially marked in the keyboard table. When the character is pressed, the touchpad The control board can be designed to have a sense of paragraph when pressed, and several two-stage press-sensitive touch pads can be used to form a keyboard table corresponding to one screen. Multiple fingers can be used to operate at the same time, making the operation feel closer to the general The traditional keyboard has a minimal area, and even because the arrangement of the keyboard and the position of the finger touch can be displayed on the screen, it can be designed at the rear of the body and can still be operated.

The above methods all need to use the screen to display a keyboard table, the keyboard table occupies part of the screen, especially the touch screen is convenient for fingers to press, usually the keyboard table has a large area, covering most of the display screen, how to make the keyboard on the screen The watch automatically appears when needed and disappears automatically when not needed, which is the goal of our efforts.

Contents of the invention

Generally speaking, many computer tasks do not require text input, such as browsing the web, playing video games or watching videos, but some tasks require text input, such as writing (replying) e-mail, MSN, or editing files, etc. , when writing these tasks, the keyboard table needs to appear on the screen, but in the process of writing, it is often necessary to review the results of the writing and the structure of the entire document. The habit of entering text will not focus on reviewing the input results until after entering a single word, or even a whole sentence.

In view of the defects of the prior art, if the above-mentioned problem is to be solved, after the user inputs the ending characters, such as blank key, period, comma, question mark, colon, or even characters such as input keys, the keyboard list will automatically disappear temporarily, and wait until When the touchpad or touch screen is touched again, the keyboard sheet will appear again, which can reduce the inconvenience of the keyboard sheet blocking the screen.

For this reason, the main purpose of the present invention is to provide a control method for the appearance and disappearance of a screen keyboard table, which is flexible to allow the keyboard table on the screen to appear automatically for use when text is input, and can also be used when reviewing input results. , the keypad disappears automatically to avoid blocking the file.

For realizing the purpose of the present invention, the technical scheme that the present invention adopts is:

A method for controlling the appearance and disappearance of an on-screen keyboard, which is applicable to an input device, and the input device includes a screen, a touch panel and a keyboard displayed on the screen, wherein the touch The control panel is composed of several touch panels with pressure sensitivity, and each of the touch panels is divided into several character position areas according to the coordinates, and each of the character position areas represents a character, and it is characterized in that The method at least includes the following steps:

(1) triggering: when a finger touches the touchpad, the keyboard table appears on the screen;

(2) Press the touchpad: the finger presses the character position area of the touchpad, and the corresponding character is input;

(3) Input the end character: if the input character is the end character, the keyboard table described on the screen will disappear immediately.

The above-mentioned method of the present invention, wherein the touch panel refers to the use of one or several touch panels with pressure sensitivity, each touch panel is divided into several character position areas according to coordinates, each character position area represents a character, When the touchpad is pressed, the finger touches each character position area of the touchpad, and the character representing the character position area is input.

In the above-mentioned method of the present invention, wherein in the step of inputting ending characters, said ending characters are characters such as punctuation marks such as commas, full stops, question marks, exclamation points, colons and spaces, which are characters used to break sentences.

In the above-mentioned method of the present invention, in the step of pressing the touchpad, it further includes a step of overtime calculation, that is, in addition to inputting the ending character, when the finger does not touch the touchpad, when a set time exceeds a set time, The on-screen keypad disappears.

In the above-mentioned method of the present invention, wherein in the step of inputting ending characters, it further includes a step of inputting editing position adjustment characters, that is, in addition to inputting ending characters, the input characters are editing position adjustment characters (such as up, down, left, When the right arrow key, backspace key (backspace), input key (enter), blank key (space), skip key (TAB), etc.), the keyboard list on the screen will also disappear, but the touchpad still maintains the input character function.

Above-mentioned method of the present invention, can further comprise a temporary editor on its keyboard table, when character input, be displayed on this temporary editor temporarily first and form a character string, when inputting end character, the keyboard table on the screen disappears, and temporarily The character strings on the editor will be moved into the file to be edited for the user to check in full.

Through the above design, the control method for the appearance and disappearance of the screen keyboard table of the present invention can flexibly allow the keyboard table on the screen to appear automatically for execution during text input, and the keyboard table can be automatically displayed when checking the input result. disappear to avoid blocking the file.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the action flowchart of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the action flowchart of the second embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is the action flowchart of the third embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the present invention (1);

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the present invention (2);

Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the present invention (3);

Figure 8 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the present invention (four);

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the present invention (five);

Fig. 10 is a schematic diagram of the operation of the present invention (6).

Explanation of reference signs: 1-touch panel; 11-character position area; 2-screen; 21-keyboard table; 211-character; 22-temporary editor; 221-character string; 3, 4, 5-method; 31 , 311, 32, 321, 33, 331-step; 41, 411, 42, 421, 422-step; 43, 431, 44-step; 51, 511, 52, 521, 522-step; 53, 531, 54 - steps; 55, 551, 552, 553 - steps.

Detailed ways

As shown in Figure 1, it is divided into several character position areas 11 according to coordinates by at least one touch panel 1 with pressure sensitivity, and cooperates with the system to display a keyboard list 21 on a screen 2 (this keyboard list 21 content The definition can be changed by using this system), and each character position area 11 corresponds to a character 211 on the keyboard table 21, when the touch pad 1 is pressed, the character position area 11 of the touch pad 1 touched by the finger, then The character 211 that represents this character location area 11 corresponding keyboard table 21 is input, utilize the combination of above element, provide the action of method 3 of the present invention, its step (as shown in Figure 2) at least comprises:

(1) trigger (step 31): when the finger touches the touchpad 1, the keyboard table 21 appears on the screen 2 (step 311);

(2) Press the touchpad (step 32): the finger presses the character position area 11 of the touchpad 1, and the corresponding character 211 is input (step 321);

(3) input end character (step 33): if the character of input is end character, then keyboard table 21 disappears immediately on screen 2 (step 331) and end;

In addition, in the above-mentioned method of the present invention, wherein the step of inputting ending characters, said ending characters are punctuation marks such as characters such as commas, full stops, question marks, exclamation points, colons and spaces, which are characters used to break sentences.

As shown in Figure 3, it is the action flowchart of the second embodiment of the present invention, when the finger does not touch the character position area 11 of touch panel 1, when exceeding a set time T (this set time T can be according to use The length of its time needs to be set), the keyboard table 21 on the screen 2 will disappear, so that the user can check the screen 2 as a whole, and the steps 41, 411, 42, 421, 43, 431 and its action flow are then the same as the above-mentioned embodiment, so do not repeat them; in the step 42 of "pressing the touch panel", when the finger does not touch the touch panel 1 (step 422), then enter a The step of overtime calculation (step 44 ), that is, when the touchpad 1 is not touched (steps 422 and 44 ), the keyboard table 21 on the screen 2 (step 431 ) will disappear when a set time T is exceeded.

As shown in Figure 4, it is the action flowchart of the third embodiment of the present invention, wherein steps 51, 511, 52, 521, 522, 53, 531, 54 and their action flow are the same as those of the second embodiment above , in the step 53 of inputting the ending character of this method 5, further comprise a step 55 of inputting the editing position adjustment character, namely method 5 of the present invention except that the input character is the ending character, when the inputted character is an editing position adjustment character , the keyboard table 21 (step 551) on the screen 2 will also disappear, but the touchpad 1 (touch screen) still maintains the function of inputting characters; therefore, if the user presses the same adjustment character again, the adjustment character will be input (steps 552, 533).

In addition, in the above-mentioned method 5 of the present invention, the steps 55 and 551 of inputting and editing position adjustment characters, wherein the adjustment characters refer to up, down, left, right direction keys, back space, and enter keys. ), blank key (space), skip key (TAB) and other key characters.

Using the steps of the above method, the keyboard table 21 on the screen 2 can flexibly appear automatically for the execution of text input, and when checking the input results, the keyboard table can automatically disappear to avoid blocking the file; now give a specific example The embodiment illustrates that its action is as follows:

As shown in Figure 5, when the touchpad 1 is not touched, the keyboard list 21 will not be displayed, and when the user touches the touchpad 1, the screen 2 will display a keyboard list 21 (as shown in Figure 6) , for the user to input characters, such as when desiring to input characters such as "Dear Johnson", if the user inputs the ending character (such as a comma), then the keyboard table 21 will disappear (as shown in Figure 7), so that the user can review Input data; when the character input by the user is an edit position adjustment character (such as the reverse key in Figure 8), its keyboard list 21 will also disappear, allowing the user to check the input position conveniently.

Please refer to Fig. 9, shown in Fig. 10, keyboard table 21 of the present invention can be provided with a temporary editor 22 further, when inputting character, can be displayed on this temporary editor 22 temporarily first, and form a character string 221, until When inputting ending character (full stop as shown in Figure 10), keyboard table 21 promptly can disappear on the screen 2, and the character string 221 on the temporary editor 22 can be moved on desired editing file, for the user to do overall inspection.

To sum up, the control method for the appearance and disappearance of the screen keyboard of the present invention can flexibly allow the keyboard on the screen to appear automatically for the execution of text input, and the keyboard table can also be displayed when reviewing the input results. Automatically disappear to avoid blocking files.

The above descriptions are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are only illustrative rather than restrictive to the present invention. Those skilled in the art understand that many changes, modifications, and even equivalents can be made to it within the spirit and scope defined by the claims of the present invention, such as changing the touch panel to a touch screen. Fall into the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (8)

1, a kind of screen keyboard table occurs and the control method that disappears, be useful on the input equipment, described input equipment comprises that a screen, a Trackpad and are presented at the keyboard table on the described screen, wherein said Trackpad is made of the Trackpad that several have the induction of pushing, and described each Trackpad is divided into several character position zones according to coordinate, character of described each character position Regional Representative is characterized in that its method may further comprise the steps at least:

(1) triggers: during the described Trackpad of finger contact, occur described keyboard table on the described screen;

(2) push Trackpad: each character position zone of the described Trackpad of finger presses, then corresponding characters is transfused to;

(3) input ending character: if the character of input during for the ending character, then the above keyboard table of screen disappears immediately.

2, screen keyboard table according to claim 1 occurs and the control method that disappears, and it is characterized in that: in the step of described input ending character, described ending character is the character in order to punctuate.

3, screen keyboard table according to claim 1 occurs and the control method that disappears, it is characterized in that: in the described step of pushing Trackpad, the step that further comprises an overtime calculating, when finger does not touch described Trackpad, when surpassing a setting-up time, the above keyboard table of screen just can disappear.

4, screen keyboard table according to claim 1 occurs and the control method that disappears, it is characterized in that: in the step of described input ending character, the step that further comprises input editing position adjustment character, promptly except input ending character, when character is adjusted in described input editing position, keyboard table on the described screen also can disappear, but described Trackpad is still kept the function of input character.

5, screen keyboard table according to claim 1 occurs and the control method that disappears, it is characterized in that: further be provided with a temporary transient editing machine on the described keyboard table, when character is imported, temporarily be presented at earlier on the described temporary transient editing machine, and form a character string; And when input ending character, the above keyboard table of screen disappears, and the character string on the described temporary transient editing machine can move on the desire editor's of institute the file, does overall inspection for the user.

6, screen keyboard table according to claim 2 occurs and the control method that disappears, and it is characterized in that: the character of described punctuate is the button of comma, fullstop, question mark, exclamation mark, colon, branch.

7, screen keyboard table according to claim 4 occurs and the control method that disappears, and it is characterized in that: the directionkeys that described adjustment character is the upper and lower, left and right key, retreat delete key (backspace), enter key (enter), blank key (space), jump the button of paragraph key (tab).

8, screen keyboard table according to claim 4 occurs and the control method that disappears, and it is characterized in that: described Trackpad is a Touch Screen.

Images