KR20010058765A - Korean Character Input Method in Mobile station - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of inputting Korean characters in a mobile terminal that provides a consonant list and a vowel list in a table form on a screen of a mobile terminal so that a user of the mobile terminal can conveniently input a desired Korean character using direction keys. As described above, the present invention comprises the steps of selecting a Hangul character input mode by operating the menu of the mobile terminal; Providing a Jamo table on a screen of the mobile terminal by the microprocessor of the mobile terminal; A user inputs a desired letter by manipulating a direction key provided in the mobile terminal. Therefore, it is very convenient for the user to input Korean characters. In addition, it is possible to reduce the mistake of the character input because you can immediately check what type of characters you are typing when entering Hangul characters.

Description

Korean Character Input Method in Mobile station

The present invention relates to a method of inputting Korean characters in a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method of inputting Korean characters in a mobile terminal which improves convenience in terms of a user by improving the method of inputting Korean characters.

Currently, mobile terminals such as mobile phones and PCS (PCS) phones are provided with a function for inputting Korean characters. Accordingly, the mobile terminal user can perform various operations such as storing the Hangul information in the mobile terminal or transmitting the Hangul document by e-mail.

However, since Hangul characters are composed of letters, mothers, and bearings differently from English letters, there is a relatively complicated configuration compared to English letters. Therefore, a number of Korean characters / vowels are arranged and used for each numeric key 1-10 of the keypad of the mobile terminal shown in FIG. Accordingly, when the user of the mobile terminal inputs the Hangul character, after finding the key position on the keypad of the Hangul character to be input in the character input mode of the mobile terminal (for example, the "edit" mode of "convenient function"). Several numeric keys (1-10) are selected and entered according to the arrangement order of the Hangul alphabet. For example, if a user wants to enter "Ssangmun-dong", he or she must enter the numeric keys in the following order.

First, the "pair" character presses the number 4 key 4 three times, presses the number 2 key 2 twice, and then presses the number 0 key 10 once. Then, press # on the keypad to enter the next letter.

Subsequently, the "letter" presses the number 5 key 5 once, then presses the number 6 key 6 twice, and then presses the number 2 key 2 once. Then, press # on the keypad to enter the next letter.

Subsequently, the "dong" person presses the number 3 key 3 once, then presses the number 7 key 7 twice, and then presses the number 0 key 10 once.

Such conventional Hangul character input method may be somewhat different depending on the arrangement of the keyboard according to the terminal manufacturer, but according to the Hangul alphabet / mo arrangement of the keypad, find the Hangul to be input from the number plate, Numeric keys (1-10) were selected and entered.

Therefore, there is no big problem in inputting a simple name or address, but in order to create a relatively long Hangul sentence such as sending an e-mail, a large number of numeric keys have to be manipulated. Therefore, there is a strong demand for a technology for inputting Hangul characters more conveniently for the user of the mobile terminal.

The object of the present invention was created in view of the above-described problems of the prior art, and provides a consonant list and a vowel list in the form of a table on the screen of the mobile terminal, so that the user of the mobile terminal can conveniently use the desired Hangul characters using the direction keys. It is to provide a Hangul character input method in a mobile terminal that can be input.

1 is a plan view of a keypad of a conventional mobile terminal.

2 is a plan view showing a direction key of the mobile terminal according to the present invention.

3A and 3B illustrate a letter and a support table, respectively, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a control flowchart illustrating a Hangul character input procedure in a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

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1 to 10 ... Numeric keys 11 ... Up key

12 ... down key 13 ... left key

14 ... Right key 15 ... Enter next character key

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In order to achieve the above object, the Hangul character input method in the mobile terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of selecting the Hangul character input mode by operating the menu of the mobile terminal; Providing a Jamo table on a screen of the mobile terminal by the microprocessor of the mobile terminal; A user inputs a desired letter by manipulating a direction key provided in the mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a plan view showing a direction key of a mobile terminal according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, the direction key of the mobile terminal according to the present invention is an upward key 11 for upwardly moving a current position of a cursor of a screen of the mobile terminal and a downward direction of a current position of a cursor of a screen of the mobile terminal. Down key 12 for moving, left key 13 for moving the current position of the cursor of the screen of the mobile terminal to the left, and right key 14 for moving the current position of the cursor of the screen of the mobile terminal upward, ), A next letter input key 15 for notifying completion of the input of the Hangul character, and a support selection key 16 for selecting the support.

4 is a control flowchart illustrating a Hangul character input procedure in a mobile terminal according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, the user of the mobile terminal enters the Korean character input mode by manipulating a menu of the mobile terminal in a state in which power is supplied to the mobile terminal (S1). Accordingly, the microprocessor (not shown) of the mobile terminal recognizes that the current mode is the Hangul character input mode and provides a Jamo table on the screen of the mobile terminal as shown in FIG. 3A (S2). In this case, the user may input a desired letter by manipulating the direction key shown in FIG. 2 (S3). For example, in FIG. 3A, the current cursor is pointing to the "woman" character, when the user presses the up key 11 at the current position, the "you" character is selected, and when the down key 12 is pressed at the current position, The "no" character is selected, and pressing the left key 13 at the current position selects the "bran" character, and pressing the right key 14 selects the "de" character.

At this time, it is determined whether the support selection key 16 is selected (S4), and if the support selection key 16 is selected, a support table as shown in FIG. 3B is provided on the screen of the mobile terminal (S5). In this case, the user may input a desired support character by operating the direction key shown in FIG. 2 (S6). For example, in FIG. 3B, when the current cursor points to the letter “ㄻ” as the support, when the user presses the up key 11 at the current position, the letter “c” is selected as the support and the downward key 12 is displayed at the current position. Press () to select “” as the support, press the left key 13 at the current position to select “” as the support, and press the right key 14 as the support to select the “”.

Here, the support selected by the up key 11 and the down key 12 selects the front consonant and the back consonant on the basis of the character (“d” character in the above example) before the support. Therefore, in the support composed of one consonant, the up key 11, the left key 13, the down key 12, and the right key 14 select the same consonant. That is, when the cursor is pointing to "ㅌ", pressing the up key 11 or the left key 12 selects "Z", and pressing the down key 11 or the right key 12 selects "T". .

In addition, the microprocessor determines whether the next letter input key 15 is selected (S7), and if the next letter input key 15 is selected, determines that the input of the current Hangul character is finished.

Subsequently, the microprocessor considers that the input of the Hangul character is terminated when there is no input of the Hangul character for a predetermined time or when the menu is terminated.

Therefore, by providing the Hangul characters on the screen of the mobile terminal in the order of the Hangul characters / mother, the user can easily enter the desired characters by selecting the child / mother through the direction key.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention as described above, in the present invention, Hangul is arranged according to the order of Hangul characters / mo, and one Hangul is completed by selecting the Hangul alphabet according to the direction keys. Can be entered. In addition, it is possible to reduce the mistake of the character input because you can immediately check what type of characters you are typing when entering Hangul characters.

Therefore, the convenience of Hangul input is greatly increased when the wireless data service and the IMT-2000 wireless data service are provided through the PCS, and thus, the overall quality of the mobile terminal can be greatly increased.

Claims (3)

Selecting a Hangul character input mode by operating a menu of the mobile terminal; Providing a Jamo table on a screen of the mobile terminal by the microprocessor of the mobile terminal; The user inputs a desired letter by manipulating a direction key provided in the mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, further comprising: selecting a support selection key by the user; The microprocessor providing a support table on a screen of the mobile terminal; And the user inputting a desired support by manipulating the direction key. The method of claim 1, wherein when the next character input key is selected, the microprocessor determines that the input of the currently input Korean character is terminated.