CN109144286B - An input method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an input method and device, including: receiving an encoded character string and/or voice input input by a user; judging whether the position of the cursor focus in the character upper screen area is the beginning of a sentence; The position of the cursor focus in the area is the beginning of the sentence, and it is judged whether there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the input word set at the beginning of the sentence; Each input word at the first position; if it is judged that there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, increase the weight of the matching input word, and adjust the input word according to the adjusted weight. The arrangement order of each candidate input word corresponding to the encoded character string and/or the speech input. The embodiment of the present invention can reduce the user's word selection operation and improve the user's input efficiency.

Description

An input method and device

technical field

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of computer technologies, and in particular, to an input method and apparatus.

Background technique

In the existing input method technology, a user inputs an encoded character string, and an input method application can display candidate words corresponding to the encoded character string. In the prior art, when an input method is applied to display multiple candidate words, the ranking of the candidate words is generally determined according to the frequency of user input of the candidate words. Words with high frequency input by users will have a higher probability of being displayed at the top of the candidate words. However, this single sorting method cannot meet the input needs of users in all scenarios. For example, when the input frequency of the candidate words corresponding to the encoded character string input by the user is relatively close, the input method application cannot flexibly and intelligently sort the candidate words, which reduces the input efficiency of the user.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The embodiment of the present invention aims to provide an input method and device, when it is recognized that the current cursor focus is at the beginning of a sentence, the arrangement order of each candidate input word can be adjusted, the order of the candidate input words can be displayed more flexibly and accurately, and the user's experience can be improved. Enter efficiency.

To this end, the embodiments of the present invention provide the following technical solutions:

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an input method, comprising: receiving a coded character string and/or voice input input by a user; judging whether the position of the cursor focus in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence; The position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the characters is the beginning of a sentence, and it is judged whether there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence; wherein, the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence includes: Each input word that appears at the beginning of the sentence; if it is judged that there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or voice input in the input word set at the beginning of the sentence, increase the weight of the matched input word, and adjust the weight according to the adjusted weight The arrangement order of each candidate input word corresponding to the encoded character string and/or the speech input.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides an input device, including: a receiving unit for receiving an encoded character string and/or voice input input by a user; a first judging unit for judging the focus of a cursor in a character upper screen area Whether the position is the beginning of a sentence; the second judgment unit is used to judge whether the input word set at the beginning of the sentence exists and the encoded string and / or input words matched by voice input; wherein, the set of input words at the beginning of a sentence includes each input word that appears at the beginning of a sentence; an adjustment unit is used to determine if there is a set of input words at the beginning of a sentence that matches the encoded string and/or voice input matched input words, increase the weight of the matched input words, and adjust the arrangement order of each candidate input word corresponding to the encoded character string and/or voice input according to the adjusted weight.

In a third aspect, embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus for input, comprising a memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be generated by one or more programs The processor executes the one or more programs and includes instructions for performing the following operations: receiving a coded string and/or voice input input by the user; judging whether the position of the cursor focus in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence; if judging The position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the characters is the beginning of a sentence, and it is judged whether there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the input word set at the beginning of the sentence; wherein, the input word at the beginning of the sentence The set includes each input word that appears at the beginning of the sentence; if it is judged that there is an input word that matches the encoded string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, increase the weight of the matched input word, according to the adjusted input word. The weight adjusts the arrangement order of each candidate input word corresponding to the encoded character string and/or the speech input.

In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a machine-readable medium with instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to execute the input method shown in the first aspect.

With the input method and device provided by the embodiments of the present invention, when it is recognized that the current cursor focus is at the beginning of a sentence and it is judged that there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or voice input in the input word set at the beginning of the sentence, the matching can be improved. The weight of the input words is adjusted, the arrangement order of each candidate input word is adjusted, the order of the candidate input words is displayed more flexibly and accurately, the user's word selection operation is reduced, and the user's input efficiency is improved.

Description of drawings

In order to explain the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings that need to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only These are some embodiments described in the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained based on these drawings without any creative effort.

1 is a flowchart of an input method provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart of an input method provided by another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a block diagram of an input device according to an exemplary embodiment;

Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a server according to an exemplary embodiment.

Detailed ways

The embodiment of the present invention aims to provide an input method and device, when it is recognized that the current cursor focus is at the beginning of a sentence, the arrangement order of each candidate input word can be adjusted, the order of the candidate input words can be displayed more flexibly and accurately, and the user's experience can be improved. Enter efficiency.

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions in the present invention, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only Some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The input method shown in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 2 .

Referring to FIG. 1 , it is a flowchart of an input method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Figure 1, it can include:

S101. Receive an encoded character string and/or voice input input by a user.

It should be noted that, the embodiments of the present invention are described by taking Chinese as an example. In this embodiment, the technical term "character upper screen area" generally refers to an area on the upper screen where candidate input words selected by the user are output, such as an input box. The technical term "encoded string editing area" generally refers to the area used to display the encoded string input by the user. The technical term "voice editing area" generally refers to an area used to provide editing of speech input. The technical term "candidate area" generally refers to an area for displaying candidate input words.

For example, the encoded string "shoux" input by the user is received, and the encoded string input by the user can be displayed in the encoded string editing area. The manner in which the user inputs the encoded character string may be keyboard input, handwriting input, or other input manners, which are not limited herein. For another example, the user may also input a voice, and the input device is configured to receive the user's voice input.

S102, it is judged whether the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence.

In some embodiments, the judging whether the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper character screen area is the beginning of a sentence includes: judging whether the output object in the upper character upper screen area before the user enters the encoded string and/or the voice input is a sentence A terminator or a newline; if it is determined that the output object before the user input coded string and/or voice input in the upper screen area of the character is a statement terminator or a newline, determine the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character for the beginning of the sentence. For example, the statement terminator may be a statement terminator such as a period, a question mark, a semicolon, an exclamation mark, an ellipsis, and the like. When the user inputs multiple sentences and enters a period at the end of a sentence, the position where the cursor focus is generally is the beginning of the sentence. As another example, when the output object before the user enters the encoded character string and/or the voice input is a newline, the position where the current cursor focus is likely to be the beginning of a sentence.

In some implementation manners, the judging whether the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of characters is the beginning of a sentence includes: judging whether the output object in the upper screen area of characters before the user enters a coded string and/or voice input is an expression symbol or picture; if it is determined that the output object in the upper screen area of the character before the user enters the coded string and/or the voice input is an emoticon or a picture, determine that the position of the cursor focus in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of the sentence. For example, some users are accustomed to inputting emoticons at the end of a sentence, so the position where the cursor focus is generally is the beginning of the sentence. For another example, after the user inserts a picture and before inputting a coded character string or voice input again, the position where the focus of the cursor in the screen area on the character is located is the beginning of the sentence.

In some embodiments, the judging whether the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper character screen area is the beginning of a sentence includes: judging whether the output object in the upper character upper screen area before the user enters a coded string and/or voice input is a character ; If it is judged that the output object before the user input coded string and/or voice input in the character upper screen area is not a character, determine that the position where the cursor focus is located in the character upper screen area is the beginning of a sentence. For example, if it is determined that the object output by the user before inputting the encoded string "shoux" in the character upper screen area is a character, the position where the cursor focus is located is not the beginning of the sentence. Conversely, if it is judged that the object output by the user before inputting the encoded string "shoux" in the character upper screen area is not a character, then the position where the cursor focus is likely to be the beginning of a sentence.

In some embodiments, the judging whether the position of the cursor focus in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence includes: judging whether the process associated with the input method application is a newly started process; if judging whether the process associated with the input method application is In the newly started process, the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is determined as the beginning of the sentence. For example, if the user has just opened the application word, then the process associated with the input method application is the word process, which is a newly started process. At this time, the user has not entered any content, and the current cursor focus position is generally the beginning of the sentence. . As another example, when a user opens an application program such as a chat window of QQ, it can be regarded as starting a new process, and at this time, it can be considered that the position of the cursor focus is the beginning of a sentence.

Certainly, several possible implementation manners are described above, which are not considered to be limitations of the present invention.

S103, if it is judged that the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence, judge whether there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence; wherein, the The set of input words at the beginning of the sentence includes each input word appearing at the beginning of the sentence.

It should be noted that a set of input words at the beginning of a sentence may be established in advance, and the set of input words at the beginning of a sentence includes each input word that appears at the beginning of a sentence. For example, due to the usage habits of Chinese, some words are only suitable to be placed at the beginning of a sentence or appear at the beginning of a sentence in most cases, while some words rarely appear at the beginning of a sentence. Therefore, based on the characteristics of Chinese words, some common input words at the beginning of a sentence can be counted, and a set of input words at the beginning of a sentence can be established. Of course, the historical input data of the user can also be counted, the input words appearing at the beginning of the sentence are added to the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, and the number of times they appear at the beginning of the sentence can be counted. Of course, it can also be applied in combination of two methods. First, the common input words at the beginning of sentences are counted based on the characteristics of Chinese words, and then combined with the user's historical input data to supplement the input word set at the beginning of the sentence, so that it is more suitable for the user's personalized input habits. When the user inputs a coded string and/or voice input at the beginning of a sentence, the input words that appear at the beginning of the sentence with greater frequency are displayed as far as possible in the front row of the candidate words, so as to improve the efficiency of the user in selecting the input words.

S104, if it is judged that there is an input word matching the encoded string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, increase the weight of the matched input word, and adjust the encoded string according to the adjusted weight. and/or the arrangement order of each candidate input word corresponding to the speech input.

For example, for the encoded string "shoux", there may be candidate input words such as "handwriting", "first", "restricted", "life insurance", and "procedure". If it is judged that the position of the current cursor focus in the screen area on the character is the beginning of the sentence, and by searching for a match, it is determined that the input word "first" at the beginning of the sentence matching the encoded string "shoux" exists in the input word set at the beginning of the sentence. Input the weight of the word "first", and adjust the arrangement attribute of each input word according to the adjusted weight, for example, rank the input word "first" at the beginning of the sentence in the position of the preference item.

As another example, for the encoded character string "haoma", there may be candidate input words such as "number", "how are you", "how are you", and "good horse". When it is judged that the current cursor focus is at the beginning of the sentence, it is determined that there is the input word "okay" at the beginning of the sentence by searching for a match, then the weight of the candidate input word "okay" is increased, and the arrangement of each candidate input word is adjusted according to the adjusted weight. order. In some cases, it is also possible to increase the weight of the candidate input word "how are you" so that it ranks at the top, for example, in the position of preference. Of course, after increasing the weight, the ranking of each input word may be adjusted in combination with the frequency of the user's use of the candidate input words.

During specific implementation, if it is judged that there are multiple input words matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, the number of times that each matched input word appears at the beginning of the sentence is compared, and each matching input word is adjusted. The weight of each input word, wherein the weight of the input word with more frequency is greater than the weight of the input word with less frequency. For example, for the encoded string "qic", when it is judged that the current cursor focus is at the beginning of the sentence, it is determined that the input words "second" and "car" exist at the beginning of the sentence by searching for a match, and the input word "second" at the beginning of the sentence appears at the beginning of the sentence. If the number of times at the beginning of a sentence is greater than the number of times that "car" appears at the beginning of a sentence, the weight of "secondary" is greater than that of "car". When sorting, the candidate input words that appear at the first time of the sentence are also ranked higher.

In some embodiments, the method further includes: if it is determined that the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence and it is determined that there is no input word set at the beginning of the sentence that is related to the encoded character string and/or voice The matching input words are input, and in response to the user's selection operation on the candidate input words, the candidate input words selected by the user are added to the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, and the number of times the candidate input words appear at the beginning of the sentence is marked. For example, for the encoded string "haoma", when it is judged that the current cursor focus is at the beginning of the sentence, it is determined by searching that there is no input word matching the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, and the input word selected by the user on the upper screen is "OK". ?”, then add “How are you” to the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, and mark the number of times the candidate input word appears at the beginning of the sentence.

In some embodiments, the method further includes: if it is determined that the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence, and it is determined that there is an input word set at the beginning of the sentence that is related to the encoded character string and/or voice input For the matched input word, in response to the user's selection operation of the matched input word, the number of times that the input word selected by the user appears at the beginning of the sentence is increased. For example, for the encoded string "shoux", when it is judged that the current cursor focus is at the beginning of the sentence, it is determined by searching that there is an input word "first" that matches the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, and the upper-screen input word selected by the user is also If it is "first", add 1 to the number of times that "first" appears at the beginning of a sentence.

In order to facilitate those skilled in the art to more clearly understand the implementation manner of the present application in a specific scenario, the implementation manner of the present application is described below with a specific example. It should be noted that this specific example is only to make the present invention more clearly understood by those skilled in the art, but the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to this specific example.

S201. Receive a first encoded character string and/or a first voice input input by a user.

As an example, suppose the user enters the encoded string "qic" for the first time.

S202, judging whether the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence.

S203, if it is determined that the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of the sentence, determine whether there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence.

S204, if it is determined that there is no input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, display each candidate input word according to a predetermined strategy.

Among them, the predetermined strategy is the same as that of the prior art.

S205, in response to the user's selection operation on the candidate input word, output the candidate input word in the character upper screen area.

For example, if the user selects the candidate input word as "Next", the upper screen will output "Next"

S206 , adding the candidate input word to the sentence start input word set, and marking the number of times the candidate input word appears at the sentence start position.

During specific implementation, the word can be recorded in the form of a bigram, namely: empty content + input word. For example, it can be recorded with a bigram as: empty + "secondary". In addition, the input word at the beginning of the sentence can also be recorded in the following ways: preset identifier + input word, for example: * input word. Of course, other identifiers may also be used. It should be noted that, if the current cursor position is not at the beginning of a sentence, the candidate input word selected by the user can also be marked as a common user word, and similarly, the number of times it appears at a position other than the beginning of a sentence can also be marked.

S207: Receive the encoded character string and/or the voice input input by the user.

For example, when the user enters the encoded string "qic" again.

S208, it is judged whether the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence.

S209, if it is determined that the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of the sentence, determine whether there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence.

For example, if it is determined that the cursor is at the beginning of a sentence, it is first to find that the encoded character string and/or the voice input has a matching input word in the sentence-beginning input word set, and it is determined that there is a matching sentence-beginning input word "second".

It should be noted that, in the present invention, each input word in the set of input words at the beginning of a sentence is not necessarily stored together, and can only be identified as a preset identifier "*" or a special binary record. Enter the word at the beginning of the sentence. Therefore, when judging whether the input word set at the beginning of the sentence has an input word that matches the coded string and/or the voice input, it can be determined whether the input word matching the coded string and/or the voice input includes a preset to determine whether it is the first input word of a sentence.

S210, if it is determined that there is an input word matching the encoded string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, increase the weight of the matched input word, and adjust the encoded string according to the adjusted weight and/or the arrangement order of each candidate input word corresponding to the speech input.

For example, if the word "second" exists at the beginning of a sentence, it is given a higher weight. Although the input frequency of the candidate input word "car" is much higher than that of "car", since the candidate input word "car" never appears at the beginning of the sentence, when the user inputs the word "car" at the beginning of the sentence, the input word "car" at the beginning of the sentence is It will be displayed preferentially in the candidate area, for example, in the preference position.

S211 , in response to the user's selection operation on the matched input word, increase the number of times that the input word selected by the user appears at the beginning of the sentence.

In this embodiment of the present invention, according to the user's input habits, when it is recognized that the current cursor focus is at the beginning of a sentence and each candidate input word corresponding to the encoded character string and/or voice input has a sentence start input word, adjust each candidate input word. The arrangement order of input words can display the order of candidate input words more flexibly and accurately, reduce the user's word selection operation, and improve the input efficiency.

Referring to FIG. 3 , it is a schematic diagram of an input device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

An input device 300, comprising:

The receiving unit 301 is configured to receive an encoded character string and/or voice input input by a user. The specific implementation of the receiving unit 301 may be implemented with reference to step 101 of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 .

The first judging unit 302 is used for judging whether the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence. The specific implementation of the first determining unit 302 may be implemented with reference to step 102 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 .

The second judging unit 303 is configured to judge whether there is an input matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence if it is judged that the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of the sentence word; wherein, the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence includes each input word that appears at the beginning of the sentence. The specific implementation of the second judgment unit 303 may be implemented with reference to step 103 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 .

The adjustment unit 304 is configured to increase the weight of the matched input word if it is judged that there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, and adjust the input word according to the adjusted weight. The arrangement order of each candidate input word corresponding to the encoded character string and/or the speech input. The specific implementation of the second judgment unit 304 may be implemented with reference to step 304 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 .

In some embodiments, the first judging unit 302 is specifically configured to: judge whether the output object in the character upper screen area before the user-input coded string and/or the voice input is a statement terminator or a newline; In the character upper screen area, the output object before the user enters a coded string and/or voice input is a statement terminator or a newline character, and the position of the cursor focus in the character upper screen area is determined as the beginning of a sentence.

In some embodiments, the first judging unit 302 is specifically configured to: judge whether the output object in the character upper screen area before the user enters a coded string and/or voice input is a character; In the area, the output object before the user enters the coded string and/or the voice input is not a character, and the position where the cursor focus is located in the screen area on the character is determined as the beginning of the sentence.

In some embodiments, the first judgment unit 302 is specifically configured to: judge whether the process associated with the input method application is a newly started process; if it is judged that the process associated with the input method application is a newly started process, determine the The position of the cursor focus in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of the sentence.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

The adding unit is configured to respond if it is judged that the position of the cursor focus in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence and that there is no input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence Based on the user's selection operation for the matched input word, the input word selected by the user is added to the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, and the number of times the candidate input word appears at the beginning of the sentence is marked.

In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises:

The marking unit is used for judging that the position of the cursor focus in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence and judging that there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, in response to The user's selection operation for the matched input word increases the number of times that the input word selected by the user appears at the beginning of the sentence.

In some embodiments, the adjusting unit 304 is specifically configured to: if it is determined that there are input words matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, compare the matched input words appearing in the sentence The number of times of the first position adjusts the weight of each matched input word, wherein the weight of the input word with a large number of times is greater than the weight of the input word with a small number of times.

The setting of each unit or module of the apparatus of the present invention may be implemented with reference to the methods shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 2 , and details are not described here.

Referring to FIG. 4 , it is a block diagram of an apparatus for collecting webpages according to an exemplary embodiment. For example, apparatus 400 may be a mobile phone, computer, digital broadcast terminal, messaging device, game console, tablet device, medical device, fitness device, personal digital assistant, and the like.

4, the apparatus 400 may include one or more of the following components: a processing component 402, a memory 404, a power supply component 406, a multimedia component 408, an audio component 410, an input/output (I/O) interface 412, a sensor component 414, and communication component 416 .

The processing component 402 generally controls the overall operation of the device 400, such as operations associated with display, phone calls, data communications, camera operations, and recording operations. The processing component 402 may include one or more processors 420 to execute instructions to perform all or some of the steps of the methods described above. Additionally, processing component 402 may include one or more modules that facilitate interaction between processing component 402 and other components. For example, processing component 402 may include a multimedia module to facilitate interaction between multimedia component 408 and processing component 402 .

Memory 404 is configured to store various types of data to support operation at device 400 . Examples of such data include instructions for any application or method operating on device 400, contact data, phonebook data, messages, pictures, videos, and the like. Memory 404 may be implemented by any type of volatile or non-volatile storage device or combination thereof, such as static random access memory (SRAM), electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM), erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EPROM), Programmable Read Only Memory (PROM), Read Only Memory (ROM), Magnetic Memory, Flash Memory, Magnetic or Optical Disk.

Power supply assembly 406 provides power to various components of device 400 . Power supply components 406 may include a power management system, one or more power supplies, and other components associated with generating, managing, and distributing power to device 400 .

Multimedia component 408 includes screens that provide an output interface between the device 400 and the user. In some embodiments, the screen may include a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch panel (TP). If the screen includes a touch panel, the screen may be implemented as a touch screen to receive input signals from a user. The touch panel includes one or more touch sensors to sense touch, swipe, and gestures on the touch panel. The touch sensor may not only sense the boundaries of a touch or swipe action, but also detect the duration and pressure associated with the touch or swipe action. In some embodiments, multimedia component 408 includes a front-facing camera and/or a rear-facing camera. When the device 400 is in an operation mode, such as a shooting mode or a video mode, the front camera and/or the rear camera may receive external multimedia data. Each of the front and rear cameras can be a fixed optical lens system or have focal length and optical zoom capability.

Audio component 410 is configured to output and/or input audio signals. For example, audio component 410 includes a microphone (MIC) that is configured to receive external audio signals when device 400 is in operating modes, such as call mode, recording mode, and voice recognition mode. The received audio signal may be further stored in memory 404 or transmitted via communication component 416 . In some embodiments, audio component 410 also includes a speaker for outputting audio signals.

The I/O interface 412 provides an interface between the processing component 402 and a peripheral interface module, which may be a keyboard, a click wheel, a button, or the like. These buttons may include, but are not limited to: home button, volume buttons, start button, and lock button.

Sensor assembly 414 includes one or more sensors for providing status assessment of various aspects of device 400 . For example, the sensor assembly 414 can detect the open/closed state of the device 400, the relative positioning of components, such as the display and keypad of the device 400, and the sensor assembly 414 can also detect a change in the position of the device 400 or a component of the device 400 , the presence or absence of user contact with the device 400 , the orientation or acceleration/deceleration of the device 400 and the temperature change of the device 400 . Sensor assembly 414 may include a proximity sensor configured to detect the presence of nearby objects in the absence of any physical contact. Sensor assembly 414 may also include a light sensor, such as a CMOS or CCD image sensor, for use in imaging applications. In some embodiments, the sensor assembly 414 may also include an acceleration sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a magnetic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a temperature sensor.

Communication component 416 is configured to facilitate wired or wireless communication between apparatus 400 and other devices. Device 400 may access wireless networks based on communication standards, such as WiFi, 2G or 3G, or a combination thereof. In one exemplary embodiment, the communication component 414 receives broadcast signals or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management system via a broadcast channel. In an exemplary embodiment, the communication component 414 also includes a near field communication (NFC) module to facilitate short-range communication. For example, the NFC module may be implemented based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, infrared data association (IrDA) technology, ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, Bluetooth (BT) technology and other technologies.

In an exemplary embodiment, apparatus 400 may be implemented by one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable A gate array (FPGA), controller, microcontroller, microprocessor or other electronic component implementation is used to perform the above method.

Specifically, the embodiments of the present application provide an input device 400 including a memory 404 and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory 404 and configured to be processed by one or more The execution of the one or more programs by the device 420 includes instructions for performing the following operations: receiving a coded character string and/or voice input input by the user; judging whether the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence; The position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the characters is the beginning of a sentence, and it is judged whether there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the input word set at the beginning of the sentence; wherein, the input word at the beginning of the sentence The set includes each input word that appears at the beginning of the sentence; if it is judged that there is an input word that matches the encoded string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence, increase the weight of the matched input word, according to the adjusted input word. The weight adjusts the arrangement order of each candidate input word corresponding to the encoded character string and/or the speech input.

Further, the processor 420 is specifically further configured to execute the one or more programs including instructions for performing the following operations: judging the output before the user enters the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the upper screen area of the characters Whether the object is a statement terminator or a newline character; if it is determined that the output object before the user input coded string and/or voice input in the upper screen area of the character is a statement terminator or a newline character, determine the cursor in the upper screen area of the character The position of focus is the beginning of the sentence.

Further, the processor 420 is specifically further configured to execute the one or more programs including instructions for performing the following operations: judging the output before the user enters the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the upper screen area of the characters Whether the object is a character; if it is determined that the output object in the character upper screen area before the user enters a coded string and/or voice input is not a character, determine that the position of the cursor focus in the character upper screen area is the beginning of a sentence.

Further, the processor 420 is also specifically configured to execute the one or more programs including instructions for performing the following operations: judging whether the process associated with the input method application is a newly started process; The associated process is a newly started process, and it is determined that the position of the cursor focus in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of the sentence.

Further, the processor 420 is specifically further configured to execute the one or more programs including instructions for performing the following operations: if it is determined that the position of the cursor focus in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence and the There is no input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the first input word set, in response to the user's selection operation on the candidate input word, adding the candidate input word selected by the user to the sentence start input word set, and Mark the number of times the candidate input word appears at the beginning of a sentence.

Further, the processor 420 is specifically further configured to execute the one or more programs including instructions for performing the following operations: if it is determined that the position of the cursor focus in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence and the There is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the first input word set, and in response to the user's selection operation on the matched input word, the number of times the input word selected by the user appears at the beginning of the sentence is increased.

Further, the processor 420 is specifically further configured to execute the one or more programs including instructions for performing the following operations. Input matching input words, compare the number of times that each matching input word appears at the beginning of the sentence, and adjust the weight of each matching input word, wherein the weight of input words with more times is greater than the weight of input words with fewer times.

In an exemplary embodiment, there is also provided a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions, such as a memory 404 including instructions, executable by the processor 420 of the apparatus 400 to perform the method described above. For example, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium may be ROM, random access memory (RAM), CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, and the like.

A machine-readable medium, for example, the machine-readable medium may be a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, when the instructions in the medium are executed by the processor of the device (terminal or server), the device can execute a Input method, the method includes: receiving a coded string and/or voice input input by a user; judging whether the position where the cursor focus is located in the upper screen area of the character is the beginning of a sentence; The position is the beginning of a sentence, and it is judged whether there is an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence; wherein, the set of input words at the beginning of the sentence includes each input word that appears at the beginning of the sentence. If it is judged that there is an input word matched with the encoded character string and/or voice input in the first sentence input word set, improve the weight of the matched input word, adjust the described encoded character string and / or the arrangement order of each candidate input word corresponding to the voice input

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a server in an embodiment of the present invention. The server 500 may vary greatly due to different configurations or performance, and may include one or more central processing units (CPU) 522 (eg, one or more processors) and memory 532, one or more The above storage medium 530 (eg, one or more mass storage devices) that stores applications 542 or data 544 . Among them, the memory 532 and the storage medium 530 may be short-term storage or persistent storage. The program stored in the storage medium 530 may include one or more modules (not shown in the figure), and each module may include a series of instruction operations on the server. Furthermore, the central processing unit 522 may be configured to communicate with the storage medium 530 to execute a series of instruction operations in the storage medium 530 on the server 500 .

Server 500 may also include one or more power supplies 526 , one or more wired or wireless network interfaces 550 , one or more input and output interfaces 558 , one or more keyboards 556 , and/or, one or more operating systems 541 , such as Windows ServerTM, Mac OS XTM, UnixTM, LinuxTM, FreeBSDTM and so on.

Other embodiments of the invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. The present invention is intended to cover any modifications, uses or adaptations of the present invention that follow the general principles of the invention and include common knowledge or common technical means in the art not disclosed by this disclosure . The specification and examples are to be regarded as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the precise structures described above and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from its scope. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention shall be included in the protection of the present invention. within the range.

It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any relationship between these entities or operations. any such actual relationship or sequence exists. Moreover, the terms "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof are intended to encompass a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or device that includes a list of elements includes not only those elements, but also includes not explicitly listed or other elements inherent to such a process, method, article or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element qualified by the phrase "comprising a..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in a process, method, article or apparatus that includes the element. The invention may be described in the general context of computer-executable instructions, such as program modules, being executed by a computer. Generally, program modules include routines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or implement particular abstract data types. The invention may also be practiced in distributed computing environments where tasks are performed by remote processing devices that are linked through a communications network. In a distributed computing environment, program modules may be located in both local and remote computer storage media including storage devices.

Each embodiment in this specification is described in a progressive manner, and the same and similar parts between the various embodiments may be referred to each other, and each embodiment focuses on the differences from other embodiments. In particular, for the apparatus embodiment, since it is basically similar to the method embodiment, the description is relatively simple, and reference may be made to the partial description of the method embodiment for related parts. The device embodiments described above are only illustrative, wherein the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components shown as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in One place, or it can be distributed over multiple network elements. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution in this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without creative effort. The above are only specific embodiments of the present invention. It should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, without departing from the principles of the present invention, several improvements and modifications can also be made. It should be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. An input method, comprising:

receiving a coded character string and/or voice input by a user;

judging whether the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area is a sentence head or not;

if the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area is judged to be a sentence head, judging whether an input word matched with the code character string and/or the voice input exists in a pre-established sentence head input word set or not; wherein the sentence start input word set comprises input words appearing at the position of the sentence start;

if judging that a plurality of input words matched with the code character string and/or the voice input exist in the sentence initial input word set, comparing the times of the matched input words appearing at the initial positions of the sentences, and adjusting the weight of each matched input word, wherein the weight of the input words with more times is greater than that of the input words with less times, and adjusting the arrangement sequence of each candidate input word corresponding to the code character string and/or the voice input according to the adjusted weight;

and if the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area is judged to be a sentence head and no input word matched with the code character string and/or the voice input exists in the sentence head input word set, responding to the selection operation of the user aiming at the candidate input word, adding the candidate input word selected by the user to the sentence head input word set, and marking the times of the candidate input word appearing at the position of the sentence head.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the position of the cursor focus in the on-screen region is a beginning of a sentence comprises:

judging whether an output object in the character upper screen area before a user inputs a coding character string and/or voice input is a sentence ending character or a line feed character;

and if the output object in the character upper screen area before the user inputs the code character string and/or the voice input is judged to be a sentence ending character or a line changing character, determining the position of the cursor focus in the character upper screen area as a sentence head.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the position of the cursor focus in the on-screen region is a beginning of a sentence comprises:

judging whether an output object in the character upper screen area before a user inputs a coded character string and/or voice input is a character or not;

and if the output object in the character upper screen area before the user inputs the code character string and/or the voice input is judged not to be the character, determining the position of the cursor focus in the character upper screen area as a sentence start.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining whether the position of the cursor focus in the on-screen region is a beginning of a sentence comprises:

judging whether the process associated with the input method application is a newly started process or not;

and if the process associated with the input method application is judged to be a newly started process, determining the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area as a sentence start.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

and if the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area is judged to be a sentence head and the input word matched with the code character string and/or the voice input exists in the sentence head input word set, responding to the selection operation of the user aiming at the matched input word, and increasing the times of the input word selected by the user appearing at the position of the sentence head.

6. An input device, comprising:

the receiving unit is used for receiving a coding character string and/or voice input by a user;

the first judging unit is used for judging whether the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area is a sentence start or not;

a second judging unit, configured to judge whether an input word matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input exists in a pre-established sentence start input word set if the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area is judged as a sentence start; wherein the sentence start input word set comprises input words appearing at the position of the sentence start;

an adjusting unit, configured to, if it is determined that there are multiple input words matching the encoded character string and/or the voice input in the sentence start input word set, compare the number of times that the matched input words appear at the sentence start position, and adjust the weight of each matched input word, where the weight of the input word with the largest number of times is greater than the weight of the input word with the smallest number of times, and adjust the order of arrangement of each candidate input word corresponding to the encoded character string and/or the voice input according to the adjusted weight;

and the adding unit is used for responding to the selection operation of the user aiming at the matched input words, adding the input words selected by the user to the sentence start input word set, and marking the times of the candidate input words appearing at the sentence start position.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first determining unit is specifically configured to: judging whether an output object in the character upper screen area before a user inputs a coding character string and/or voice input is a sentence ending character or a line feed character; and if the output object in the character upper screen area before the user inputs the code character string and/or the voice input is judged to be a sentence ending character or a line changing character, determining the position of the cursor focus in the character upper screen area as a sentence head.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first determining unit is specifically configured to: judging whether an output object in the character on-screen area before a user inputs a coded character string and/or voice input is a character or not; and if the output object in the character upper screen area before the user inputs the code character string and/or the voice input is judged not to be the character, determining the position of the cursor focus in the character upper screen area as a sentence start.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the first determining unit is specifically configured to: judging whether the process associated with the input method application is a newly started process or not; and if the process associated with the input method application is judged to be a newly started process, determining the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area as a sentence start.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

and the marking unit is used for responding to the selection operation of the user aiming at the matched input words and increasing the times of the input words selected by the user appearing at the beginning positions of the sentence if the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area is judged as the beginning of the sentence and the input words matched with the code character string and/or the voice input exist in the input word set of the beginning of the sentence.

11. An apparatus for input, comprising a memory, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising instructions for:

receiving a coded character string and/or voice input by a user;

judging whether the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area is a sentence head or not;

if the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area is judged to be a sentence head, judging whether an input word matched with the code character string and/or the voice input exists in a pre-established sentence head input word set or not; wherein the sentence start input word set comprises input words appearing at the position of the sentence start;

if judging that a plurality of input words matched with the code character string and/or the voice input exist in the sentence initial input word set, comparing the times of the matched input words appearing at the initial positions of the sentences, and adjusting the weight of each matched input word, wherein the weight of the input words with more times is greater than that of the input words with less times, and adjusting the arrangement sequence of each candidate input word corresponding to the code character string and/or the voice input according to the adjusted weight;

and if the position of the cursor focus in the character on-screen area is judged to be a sentence head and no input word matched with the code character string and/or the voice input exists in the sentence head input word set, responding to the selection operation of the user aiming at the candidate input word, adding the candidate input word selected by the user to the sentence head input word set, and marking the times of the candidate input word appearing at the position of the sentence head.

12. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions, which when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to perform an input method as recited in one or more of claims 1-5.

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