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7623118 |
Actuation mechanism for use with keyboards on mobile computing devices
Embodiments of the invention provide an effective keypad assembly and keypad layout for mobile computing devices. In particular, embodiments of the invention provide keyboard layouts and designs....
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7616190 |
Asian language input using keyboard
A system and process for helping users enter information in an Asian language is described. In some aspects, pinyin input for Chinese is described with respect to dedicated keys of a keyboard.
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7612897 |
Method of managing the printing of characters and a printing device employing method
In a printing device storing a plurality of font files, at least a first font file storing glyph data corresponding to a first set of characters, characters of the first set being represented by...
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7580829 |
Apparatus and method for reordering of multiple language databases for text disambiguation
The invention provides a process for selecting and ordering one or more sets of linguistic objects. The invention orders a current list of items for selection that comprises a first list of one or...
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7576662 |
Keypad array of portable terminal for input of alphabetic letters
Disclosed herein is a keypad of a portable terminal including an array of a plurality of alpha-numeric key buttons for the input of alphabetic letters of a language, for example, English. The vowel...
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7570259 |
System to manage display power consumption
Some embodiments involve determination of a first characteristic associated with a first interface displayed by a display, and determination of a second characteristic associated with a second...
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7564445 |
Context sensitive labels for a hardware input device
Hardware input devices can provide context sensitive labels which can change according to an application running on a computer and/or the function assigned to an input element. An illustrative...
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7551162 |
Method for keypad optimization
A keypad optimization method for handheld devices with optimal multi-language entry capability and handiness for both handheld and fingertip manipulation receives application requirements...
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7548860 |
Method and apparatus for inputting Chinese characters
An electronic apparatus, to which Chinese characters can be input by using a phonetic input method. The electric apparatus comprises a plurality of input keys and a switch circuit. The plurality of...
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7538771 |
Mail data processing method, mail server, program for mail server, terminal device and program for terminal device
A mail server extracts a character unregistered in a portable terminal from received mail data and affixes the font data of the character concerned to the mail data or inserts a reading tag...
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7532912 |
Mobile radio device having movable pointer on display screen
A mobile radio device improves its operability with a simple configuration and facilitates the pointing operation of a pointer displayed on a screen to a desired area. First apparatus displays a...
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7525534 |
Small form-factor keypad for mobile computing devices
Embodiments of the invention provide an effective keypad assembly and keypad layout for mobile computing devices. In particular, embodiments of the invention provide keyboard layouts and designs....
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7525453 |
Computer system with enhanced range passive wireless keyboard
A wireless keyboard and reader combination comprises a keyboard having a plurality of keys, an antenna, and a plurality of passive transponder circuits, employing backscatter transmission coded in...
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7508380 |
Creation method for characters/words and the information and communication service method thereby
This invention relates to a method for entering characters into a small keypad with a limited number of keys or information appliances with a liquid crystal panel such as PDA. The object of the...
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7508379 |
Screen controlling apparatus
A screen controlling apparatus includes an LCD and a graphic controller for controlling display of buttons for switching languages. The graphic controller displays, at a position corresponding to...
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7508373 |
Form factor and input method for language input
An input method and apparatus is provided for use in various computer and mobile devices. The input device utilizes a rotating dial in which four arrows printed on the dial are rotated to select...
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7502632 |
Text messaging device
A hand-held wireless communication device for creating and sending text messages including ideograms, said communication device including: an input interface for a user to make a phonetic input;...
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7477235 |
Display apparatus having a scroll feature
A display apparatus includes a display memory for storing an image of a first area forming a portion of an entire image; a display section including a display screen having a display area usable...
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7453462 |
Apparatus and methods of selecting special characters in a mobile communication terminal
Apparatus and methods of selecting special characters in a mobile communication terminal are provided. The method includes storing a set of European alphabet letters in a memory, inputting an...
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7433719 |
Handheld electronic device and keypad having tactile features
An improved handheld electronic device and keypad include tactile features that help a user to identify certain keys of the keypad. In the present exemplary embodiment, the keypad includes keys in...
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7420543 |
User-friendly Brahmi-derived Hindi keyboard
A character input system using a keyboard having a plurality of keys, at least some of the keys each being assigned at least one Brahmi-derived (e.g., Hindi) script character. At least one key may...
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7408537 |
Using a matrix input to improve stroke-entry of Chinese characters into a computer
A method and system for entering Chinese characters into a computer by entering the size and shape of their strokes via a matrix, such as the 3×3 arrangement of the numbers one through nine found...
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7403825 |
Programmable device with removable templates
Aspects of the invention relate to a programmable device with a template removably attached thereto. The template contains programming descriptors written in the preferred language of the consumer....
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7403188 |
Handheld electronic device with text disambiquation employing advanced word frequency learning feature
A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. An enhanced word frequency learning feature is provided. The device provides output in...
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7385588 |
Keyboard illumination system and method
A keyboard illumination system comprises a computer device having a plurality of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The system also comprises a display controller adapted to change an electrical state...
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7385531 |
Entering text into an electronic communications device
In a method of entering text into an electronic communications device by means of a keypad having a number of keys, each key representing a plurality of letters and/or phonetic symbols, entered...
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7382291 |
Numeric keypad having keys assigned multiple-strokes for ideographic character input
A numeric keypad ( 100 ) for entering ideographic characters is provided. The numeric keypad ( 100 ) comprises a first set of input keys ( 102 ) corresponding to numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and a...
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7366984 |
Phonetic searching using multiple readings
The names of contacts are stored as characters. Each character may include one or more phonic codes that are encoded into the character. A smart filter decodes the character into its constituent...
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7362244 |
User programmable input apparatus with a keyboard
A user programmable input apparatus with a keyboard comprises several keys with one or more special keys thereof on the keyboard for input operations, a microprocessor to receive inputs from the...
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7355593 |
Pointer tracking across multiple overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input region
A touch system comprises overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input surface. Each coordinate input sub-region generates pointer coordinate data in response to...
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7346845 |
Font retrieval apparatus and method
Out of a lot of fonts, the desired font is quickly found. For this purpose, out of a plurality of portions constituting a character displayed in a partial image retrieval area, the desired portion...
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7315649 |
Information recognition device operating with low power consumption
A character recognition device recognizing characters with low power consumption includes a data input unit for entering handwriting data representing a character to be recognized, a character...
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7301532 |
Digital display keyboard
A digital keyboard has a plurality of keys having a top key surface having means for displaying images and indicia thereon. While the images/indicia can be composed of any picture, illustration,...
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7256769 |
System and method for text entry on a reduced keyboard
A system and method for efficient Asian character text input into a reduced keypad machine such as a word processor, telephone, hand-held computer, or personal computer is provided. The system...
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7248247 |
Method and system for deterministic matching of objects and events which are not uniquely identified
A method, and a system for carrying out that method, for deterministically matching first elements of a first set of objects or events with second elements of a second set of objects or events....
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RE39716 |
System and method for creating a controlling device
A system and method for creating a controlling device. In response to a user specifying one or more operating criteria for the controlling device, the system selects executable instructions from a...
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7224346 |
Non-native language writing aid method and tool
A non-native language writing aid method and a tool for implementing the same intercept and captures the user's input, and display possible words and their interpretation in real time adjacent a...
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7218249 |
Hand-held communication device having navigation key-based predictive text entry
A hand-held communication device provides navigation key-based predictive text entry. The hand-held communication device includes a housing generally sized to be held in a human hand having a...
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7205982 |
Character input keyboard
A character input keyboard ( 20; 20 A) of a typewriter style for an electronic information processing apparatus having high frequency in ENTER operation is provided at the right and the left...
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7202802 |
Reduced keypad
An apparatus is provided with a first plurality of input keys. Each of the first plurality of input keys is associated with at least one numeric value and at least one alphabetic value and arranged...
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7187365 |
Indic intermediate code and electronic device therefor
An intermediate code and electronic device therefore uses a method for character entry that has the steps of entering a first character code into a memory buffer ( 320, 360, 390 ), entering an...
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7170495 |
Key input device
A key inputting device includes a vowel switch for inputting vowels, and consonant switches for inputting consonants. The vowel switch is displacable in five directions, each consonant switch is...
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7164367 |
Component-based, adaptive stroke-order system
An efficient and simple approach to encoding ideographic characters as sequences of input strokes or stroke categories is disclosed, wherein: each character is represented by one or more sequences...
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7109891 |
Method for arranging Mandarin phonetic symbols on a keypad
A method for arranging 37 Mandarin Phonetic Symbols (MPS) on a keypad includes arranging the 37 symbols onto 12 keys of the keypad. With this particular arrangement, a maximum number of...
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7095403 |
User interface of a keypad entry system for character input
A user interface ( 102 ) of a portable electronic device ( 100 ) includes a plurality of keys ( 112 ). The user interface ( 102 ) includes a first group of keys representing vowel characters ( 402...
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7088341 |
System and method for inputting special characters
This invention provides a system and method for a user of a mobile computing device to input special characters using a modifier key on a keyboard. The special characters include accented...
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7088340 |
Touch-type key input apparatus
A touch press key inputting device includes: a plurality of character keys 21˜32 with at least 2 characters displayed on the surface of each key; an input judging means 72 for sensing the...
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7056043 |
Keyboard for a mobile device
An apparatus has a keyboard panel with a QWERTY array of alphabetic key actuation indicia. The apparatus further has a QWERTY array of keys that are free of alphabetic key actuation indicia, and...
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7015899 |
Method for inputting characters in portable device having limited display size and number of keys, and portable device using the same
A portable device includes a display unit, a memory, input keys, and a microprocessor. The display unit has a character window, which includes a selecting character window and a selected character...
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7015834 |
Pushbutton input device, remote control equipped with pushbutton input device, and method of manufacturing pushbutton unit used for pushbutton input device
A remote control is equipped with a pushbutton unit including a plurality of transverse linking sections linking pushbuttons in a transverse direction and a bridge section connecting the transverse...
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