KR100913002B1 - Hangul vowel input device and method using touch screen or touch pad - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a Hangul vowel input device and method using a touch screen or a touch pad, and is divided into a plurality of blocks, and a plurality of consonants are displayed in each block, and when a specific consonant is pressed, consonant input information corresponding to the specific consonant A touch panel unit generating vowel input information corresponding to a vowel set in the specific direction when the user drags in a specific direction while holding the specific consonant; A memory unit for storing standard Hangul information reflecting standard Hangul; A display unit displaying consonants, vowels, and letters input using the touch panel unit; And generating character information by using the consonant input information and the vowel input information generated by the touch panel unit, comparing the generated character information with the standard Hangul information stored in the memory unit, and completing the display unit. It includes a control unit for displaying the letters.

According to the present invention, by providing a Korean vowel input device and method using a drag touch screen or touch pad, the number of key input is reduced compared to the conventional Cheonjiin method has the effect of shortening the Korean input time.

Touch screen, touch pad, Cheonjiin, Korean vowel, drag

Description

Inputting Appartus and Method of Korean Vowel Using Touch Screen or Touch Pad}

The present invention relates to a Korean vowel input apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a Korean vowel input apparatus and method using a touch screen or a touch pad.

In traditional telecommunication equipment, Hangul input method is representative of Samsung's 'Cheonjiin' method, and other methods are used to press the keypad according to specific principles. In the case of 'Cheonjiin', Hangul vowels were completed according to the combination rules of "ㅣ", ".", "ㅡ". In other cases, the consonants and vowels were displayed on the keypad in advance, and the desired consonants and vowels were selected to implement the desired letters.

On the other hand, in the case of the touch screen, there is no character printing of the existing keypad, consonants and vowels are displayed on the screen for input, and it is typical to press a desired letter. The input method is the same as using the keypad method.

The touch screen Hangul input system uses a method of pressing a specific space through a finger and a dedicated pen as an input tool.

However, due to the limitation of the input method, consonants and vowels occupy screen space for character input.

Therefore, if all the letters listed for input are displayed, the consonant and the vowel cannot be represented at the same time. Instead, the sequential screen display method showing the vowel input after the consonant is selected. In this case, since the screen is changed every time a character is input, the input time is long and some additional time is required to find a desired character, and thus, the overall input time has a limit of increasing than the existing keypad.

An object of the present invention is to provide a Hangul vowel input device and method using a touch screen or a touch panel to shorten the Hangul input time.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a Korean alphabet input device and method using a touch screen or a touch pad which is easy to utilize space.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is divided into a plurality of blocks, and a plurality of consonants are displayed in each block. When a specific consonant is pressed, consonant input information corresponding to the specific consonant is generated, and direction is present for each block. A touch panel unit configured to generate vowel input information corresponding to a vowel set in the specific direction when the user drags in a specific direction while pressing the specific consonant; A memory unit for storing standard Hangul information reflecting standard Hangul; A display unit displaying consonants, vowels, and letters input using the touch panel unit; And generating character information by using the consonant input information and the vowel input information generated by the touch panel unit, comparing the generated character information with the standard Hangul information stored in the memory unit, and completing the display unit. It provides a Hangul vowel input device using a touch screen or a touch pad, characterized in that it comprises a control unit for displaying the letters.

According to the present invention, a method of generating a first consonant input information corresponding to a first consonant when a user presses a first consonant in a touch panel unit; generating first vowel input information corresponding to a vowel set in the specific direction when the user drags in the specific direction while pressing the first consonant in the touch panel unit; (c) the control unit determining whether the second consonant input information has occurred in the touch panel unit; (d) the control unit generating first single character information by combining the first consonant input information and the first vowel input information when the second consonant input information does not occur in step (c); And (e) displaying the completed letter through the display unit in the control unit.

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing a Korean vowel input device and method using a drag type touch screen or touch pad, the number of key input is reduced compared to the conventional Cheonjiin method to shorten the Korean input time. There is.

In addition, by eliminating the space occupied by the vowel, the expression space of consonants can be expanded, and the screen space configuration can be optimized.

In addition, by inputting a vowel using a simple drag method, anyone can easily input the Hangul.

In addition, it can be used in all devices using a touch screen or a touch pad, and thus can be widely used in electronic devices such as PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), navigation, mobile phones, and MP3 players.

In addition, since the vowel input method is symmetrical, it is easy to operate regardless of right-handed or left-handed.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

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1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of an internal Korean alphabet input device using a touch screen or a touch pad according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the Hangul collection apparatus according to the present invention includes a touch panel unit 110, a controller 120, a memory unit 130, a display unit 140, and the like. Here, the Korean alphabet input device may be an electronic device such as a personal digital assistant (PDA) having a touch panel unit 110, a navigation device, a mobile phone, an MP3 player, or the like. In addition, the touch panel unit 110 according to the present invention may be a touch pad or a touch screen integrally with the display unit 140.

The touch panel unit 110 according to the present invention is divided into a plurality of blocks, and each block includes "a, b, c, d, d, k, k, m, k, h, h, h, k, h, h, etc. Consonant is displayed and the user presses a specific consonant using a hand or a touch pen to generate consonant input information corresponding to the specific consonant. As shown in FIG. When pressing and dragging in a specific direction, vowel input information corresponding to the vowel set in the corresponding direction is generated. In detail, the east direction of each block in the touch panel unit 110 is "ㅏ", the west direction is "ㅓ", the south direction is "TT", the north direction is "ㅗ", the northwest and northeast directions are "ㅡ", The southwest and southeast directions indicate "l", and when dragged in a specific direction, vowel input information corresponding to the vowel set in the corresponding direction is generated. For example, in the case of inputting "ga", when moving to the east direction while pressing "a" in the touch panel unit 110, "ga" is displayed through the display unit 140. For another example, in the case of inputting "Y", the touch panel unit 110 continuously moves once to the east, once to the west, and once to the southeast while pressing "ㅇ" through the display unit 140. Will display "Yes".

 In addition, each block in the touch panel unit 110 may have various shapes such as circles or polygons, and the arrangement of vowels set for each block direction may be variously changed according to the user's convenience. A method of expressing a vowel of the touch panel unit 110 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 4.

The controller 120 according to the present invention generates character information by using consonant input information and vowel input information generated by the touch panel unit 110, and generates the generated character information and standard Hangul information stored in the memory unit 130. When the character information generated by comparison corresponds to the standard Hangul, the completed character is displayed through the display unit 140.

In addition, the controller 120 displays an error message through the display unit 140 when the generated character information does not correspond to standard Hangul.

The memory unit 130 has a general function, and is implemented as a volatile memory such as a RAM or a nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, and stores a program or initial data that collectively controls the overall operation of the Hangul collection device. For example, an operation program for processing consonant input information and vowel input information input from the touch panel unit 110, and predetermined data generated according to an operation is stored.

Memory unit 130 according to the present invention stores the standard Hangul information reflecting the standard Hangul 2350 characters.

The display unit 140 may be a Super Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display (STN LCD), a Thin Film Transistor Liquid Crystal Display (TFT LCD), a Plasma Display Panel (PDP), an Organic Electro Luminescence Display (OELD), or the like.

The display unit 140 according to the present invention generally displays an operation state of the Hangul vowel input device and displays consonants, vowels, and completed letters input through the touch panel unit 110.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a Hangul vowel input method using a touch screen or a touch pad according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the touch panel unit 110 is divided into a plurality of blocks, and within each block, "a, b, c, d, d, k, k, m, k, h, h, h, k, h, h, etc." Consonant is displayed, and when the user presses a specific consonant using a hand or a touch pen, consonant input information corresponding to the specific consonant is generated. As shown in FIG. In the case of dragging in a specific direction, vowel input information corresponding to the vowel set in the corresponding direction is generated. In detail, the east direction of each block in the touch panel unit 110 is "ㅏ", the west direction is "ㅓ", the south direction is "TT", the north direction is "ㅗ", the northwest and northeast directions are "ㅡ", The southwest and southeast directions indicate "l", and when dragged in a specific direction, vowel input information corresponding to the vowel set in the corresponding direction is generated.

Referring to FIG. 3, when the user presses a first consonant using a hand or a touch pen in the touch panel unit 110, first consonant input information corresponding to the first consonant is generated (S310).

When the user drags the first consonant in the specific direction while pressing the first consonant, the touch panel 110 generates first vowel input information corresponding to the vowel set in the corresponding direction (S320).

The controller 120 determines whether the second consonant input information has occurred in the touch panel unit 110 (S330), and if the second consonant input information does not occur, the controller 120 determines the first consonant input information and the first vowel input information. In combination, the first single letter information is generated (S340). Here, the second consonant input information represents information generated when the user presses a specific consonant again after removing the hand or the touch pen from the touch panel unit 110.

It is determined whether the first single character information generated by comparing the first single character information generated by the control unit 120 and the standard Hangul information stored in the memory unit 130 is a standard Hangul (S350), and the generated first single character. If the character information is the standard Korean characters, the completed character is displayed through the display unit 140 (S360). Here, when the first single character information generated in step S350 is not the standard Hangul, the controller 120 displays an error message through the display unit 140 (S352).

When the second consonant input information occurs in the touch panel unit 110 in step S330, the controller 120 determines whether the second vowel input information has occurred (S332), and inputs the second vowel in the touch panel unit 110. When the information does not occur, the second single letter information is generated by combining the first consonant input information, the first vowel input information, and the second consonant input information as a support (S334). Subsequently, the same procedure as in steps S350, 352, and 360 is performed. Here, the second vowel input information indicates information generated when the user drags the second consonant in a specific direction while pressing the second consonant.

When the second vowel input information is generated in the touch panel unit 110 in step S332, the controller 120 combines the first consonant input information, the first vowel input information, the second consonant input information, and the second vowel input information. Character information is generated (S333). Subsequently, the same procedure as in steps S350, 352, and 360 is performed.

Hereinafter, the Hangul vowel input method using the touch screen or the touch pad according to the present invention will be described taking the letters "D", "Dal" and "Dari" as an example.

That is, the first consonant input information "c" is generated in step S310, the first vowel input information "ㅏ" is generated in step S320, and the first vowel input information "c" and the first vowel in step S340 are generated. The first single letter information "C" is generated by combining input information "Y".

Subsequently, when the second consonant input information “” occurred in step S332, it is determined whether the second vowel input information “l” has occurred, and then in step S334, the second vowel input information “l” does not occur. When the first consonant input information "c", the first vowel input information "ㅏ" and the second consonant input information "d" are combined as a support to generate the second single-character information "moon".

In addition, when the second vowel input information "l" is generated in step S333, the first consonant input information "c", the first vowel input information "ㅏ", the second consonant input information "d" and the second vowel A plurality of character information "legs" are generated by combining input information "l".

4 is a view comparing a conventional vowel expression method using a cheonjiin and the Hangul vowel input method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, when inputting “부” in the touch panel unit 110 according to the present invention, the user presses a certain consonant with a hand or a touch pen once in the east and once in the west in succession. When it moves, enter "ㅑ".

In the case of inputting "ㅛ", the user inputs "ㅛ" when the user continuously moves once to the north and once to the south while pressing a certain consonant by using a hand or a touch pen.

In the case of inputting "ㅐ", the user inputs "ㅐ" when the user continuously moves once to the east and once to the southeast while pressing a certain consonant using a hand or a touch pen. At this time, in order to input "l", it may be moved in the east-west direction, which is a direction symmetrical with the southeast side.

In the case of inputting "ㅒ", the user inputs "ㅒ" when the user continuously moves once to the east, once to the west, and once to the southeast while pressing a certain consonant using a hand or a touch pen.

In the case of inputting "ㅘ", the user inputs "ㅘ" when the user continuously moves once to the north and once to the east while pressing a specific consonant using a hand or a touch pen.

In the case of inputting "ㅢ", the user inputs "ㅢ" when the user continuously moves once to the northeast and once to the southeast while pressing a specific consonant using a hand or a touch pen. At this time, it is irrelevant to move in the east-west direction, which is symmetrical with southeast to input "l", and may move in the northwest direction, which is symmetrical with northeast to input "-".

That is, in the vowels ㅏ, ㅑ, ㅓ, ㅕ, ㅗ, ㅛ, TT, ㅠ, ㅡ, l, ㅐ, ㅒ, ㅔ, ㅖ, ㅘ, ㅙ, ㅚ, ㅝ, ㅞ, ㅟ, ㅢ " It can be seen that the Hangul vowel input method according to the present invention is advantageous in terms of the number of operations rather than the vowel expression method using. For example, in the case of inputting "종래", the conventional Cheonjiin ".", "ㅡ", "ㅣ", "." Whereas four operations are required, the Hangul vowel input method according to the present invention requires two operations of "↑" and "→".

Therefore, the Hangul vowel input method according to the present invention can reduce the number of unnecessary operations, not only reduce unnecessary behavior of the user, but also shorten the maximum character input time.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Accordingly, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an inside of a Korean vowel input device using a touch screen or a touch pad according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a view showing an eight-way vowel structure of a block in a touch panel unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for inputting a Korean vowel using a touch screen or a touch pad according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a view comparing a conventional vowel expression method using a cheonjiin and the Hangul vowel input method according to the present invention.

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110: touch panel unit 120: control unit

130: memory unit 140: display unit

Claims (14)

It is divided into a plurality of blocks, and a plurality of consonants are displayed in each block. When a specific consonant is pressed, consonant input information corresponding to the specific consonant is generated. A touch panel unit generating vowel input information corresponding to the vowel set in the specific direction when dragged to the screen; A memory unit for storing standard Hangul information reflecting standard Hangul; A display unit displaying consonants, vowels, and letters input using the touch panel unit; And Character information is generated using the consonant input information and the vowel input information generated by the touch panel unit, and the generated character information is compared with the standard Korean information stored in the memory unit, and then completed through the display unit. Control to display letters Hangul vowel input device using a touch screen or a touch pad comprising a. The method of claim 1, The Korean panel input apparatus using a touch screen or a touch pad, wherein the touch panel unit has directionality in eight directions for each block. The method according to claim 1 or 2, In the touch panel unit, the east direction of each block is "ㅏ", the west direction is "ㅓ", the south direction is "TT", the north direction is "ㅗ", the northwest and northeast directions are "ㅡ", and the southwest and southeast directions are Hangul vowel input device using a touch screen or a touch pad, characterized in that "l". The method of claim 3, Hangul input device using a touch screen or a touch pad, characterized in that the block is a circle or polygonal shape. The method of claim 3, Hangul collection apparatus using a touch screen or a touch pad, characterized in that the arrangement of the vowel set for each direction of the block can be changed. The method of claim 1, And the control unit displays an error message through the display unit when the character information does not correspond to standard Hangul. The method of claim 1, And the touch panel unit is a touch pad or a touch screen integrated with the display unit. The method of claim 1, The Hangul vowel input device is any one of a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), navigation, mobile phone and MP3 player Hangul vowel input device using a touch screen or a touch pad. (a) generating first consonant input information corresponding to the first consonant when the user presses the first consonant in the touch panel unit; generating first vowel input information corresponding to a vowel set in the specific direction when the user drags in the specific direction while pressing the first consonant in the touch panel unit; (c) the control unit determining whether the second consonant input information has occurred in the touch panel unit; (d) the control unit generating first single character information by combining the first consonant input information and the first vowel input information when the second consonant input information does not occur in step (c); And (e) displaying the completed character through the display unit in the controller; Korean vowel input method using a touch screen or a touch pad comprising a. The method of claim 9, wherein step (e) (e1) comparing, by the controller, the first single character information with standard Hangul information stored in a memory unit to determine whether the first single character information is a standard Hangul; And (e2) the control unit displaying the completed character through the display unit when the first single character information is standard Korean in step (e1) Hangul vowel input method using a touch screen or a touch pad, characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 10, wherein after step (e2), (e3) the control unit displaying an error message through the display unit when the first single character information is not standard Hangul in the step (e1) Hangul vowel input method of the touch screen or touch pad, characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 9, wherein between step (c) and step (d), (c1) the control unit determining whether the second vowel input information occurs in the touch panel unit when the second consonant input information occurs in step (c); And (c2) If the second vowel input information does not occur in the step (c1), the controller combines the first consonant input information, the first vowel input information, and the second consonant input information as a second single unit. Steps to Generate Character Information Hangul vowel input method using a touch screen or a touch pad further comprising a. The method of claim 12, wherein after step (c2), When the second vowel input information occurs in the step (c1), the control unit combines the first consonant input information, the first vowel input information, the second consonant input information, and the second vowel input information to form a plurality of character information. Steps to generate Hangul vowel input method using a touch screen or a touch pad further comprising a. The method of claim 9, The touch panel unit is divided into a plurality of blocks, each block having an east direction "ㅏ", a west direction "ㅓ", a south direction "TT", a north direction "ㅗ", a northwest and northeast direction "ㅡ" Hangul collection method using a touch screen or a touch pad, characterized in that the southwest and southeast direction "l".

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