Reduced keyboard disambiguating system
    25.
    发明授权
    Reduced keyboard disambiguating system 有权
    减少键盘消歧系统

    公开(公告)号:US06307549B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-10-23

    申请号:US09420282

    申请日:1999-10-18

    IPC分类号: G06F1300

    摘要: A reduced keyboard disambiguating system (50) having a keyboard (54) with a reduced number of keys. A plurality of letters and symbols are assigned to a set of data keys (56) so that keystrokes entered by a user are ambiguous. Due to the ambiguity in each keystroke, an entered keystroke sequence could match a number of words with the same number of letters. The disambiguating system includes a memory (104) having a number of vocabulary modules (110). The vocabulary modules contain a library of objects that are each associated with a keystroke sequence. Each object is also associated with a frequency of use. Objects within the vocabulary modules that match the entered keystroke sequence are identified by the disambiguating system. Objects associated with a keystroke sequence that match the entered keystroke sequence are displayed to the user in a selection list (76). The objects are listed in the selection list according to their frequency of use. An unambiguous select key (60) is pressed by a user to delimit the end of a keystroke sequence. The first entry in the selection list is automatically selected by the disambiguating system as the default interpretation of the ambiguous keystroke sequence. The user accepts the selected interpretation by starting to enter another ambiguous keystroke sequence. Alternatively, the user may press the select key a number of times to select other entries in the selection list. For words that are not in the vocabulary modules, a two-stroke or multiple-stroke method are used to unambiguously specify each letter. The disambiguating system simultaneously interprets all entered keystroke sequences as a word, as a two-stroke sequence, and as a multiple-stroke sequence. The multiple interpretations are automatically and simultaneously provided to the user in the selection list.

    摘要翻译: 一种具有键盘数目减少的键盘(54)的简化键盘消歧系统(50)。 多个字母和符号被分配给一组数据键(56),使得用户输入的按键是不明确的。 由于每个按键的模糊性,输入的按键序列可以匹配多个具有相同字母数字的单词。 消歧系统包括具有多个词汇模块(110)的存储器(104)。 词汇模块包含每个与击键序列相关联的对象库。 每个对象也与使用频率相关联。 匹配输入的击键序列的词汇模块内的对象由消歧系统识别。 与输入的击键序列匹配的击键序列相关联的对象在选择列表(76)中显示给用户。 对象根据其使用频率列在选择列表中。 用户按下明确的选择键(60)以界定击键序列的结尾。 选择列表中的第一个条目由消歧系统自动选择,作为模糊键击序列的默认解释。 用户通过开始输入另一个模糊的击键序列来接受所选择的解释。 或者,用户可以按下选择键多次以选择列表中的其他条目。 对于不在词汇模块中的单词,使用二冲程或多笔画法来明确指定每个字母。 消歧系统同时将所有输入的击键序列解释为一个单词,作为二冲程序列,以及作为多笔画序列。 多个解释将自动并同时提供给选择列表中的用户。

    Reduced keyboard and method for simultaneous ambiguous and unambiguous text input
    26.
    发明授权
    Reduced keyboard and method for simultaneous ambiguous and unambiguous text input 有权
    减少键盘和方法同时模糊和明确的文本输入

    公开(公告)号:US06286064B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-09-04

    申请号:US09339549

    申请日:1999-06-24

    IPC分类号: G06F302

    摘要: A reduced keyboard disambiguating system. The keyboard has twelve keys, nine of them labeled with numerous letters and other symbols, and those nine plus one more are labeled each with one of the ten digits. Textual entry keystrokes are ambiguous. The user strikes a delimiting “Select” key at the end of each word, delimiting a keystroke sequence that could match any of many words with the same number of letters. The keystroke sequence is processed with a complete vocabulary, and words which match the sequence of keystrokes are presented to the user in order of decreasing frequency of use. In addition, stems of longer words whose initial letters match the sequence of keystrokes are also presented to the user in order of decreasing frequency of use. The first word in the presented list is automatically selected by the input of the first character in the next word. The letters are assigned to the keys in a non-sequential order which reduces chances of ambiguities. The “Select” key is pressed to select the desired word other than the first word, and spacing between words and punctuation is automatically computed. For words which are not in the vocabulary, a simultaneous unambiguous interpretation of each keystroke is performed to specify each letter of a desired word. The system simultaneously interprets all keystroke sequences as both ambiguous and unambiguous keystrokes. The user selects the desired interpretation. The system also presents to the user the number which is represented by the sequence of keystrokes for possible selection by the user.

    摘要翻译: 减少键盘消歧系统。 键盘有十二个键,其中九个标有许多字母和其他符号,其中九个加上另外一个,每个都标有十位数字之一。 文本输入按键是不明确的。 用户在每个单词的末尾敲击分隔的“选择”键,界定可以匹配任意多个具有相同字母数的单词的按键序列。 击键序列用完整的词汇进行处理,与击键序列匹配的单词按降低使用频率的顺序呈现给用户。 另外,其起始字母与击键序列匹配的较长字词的茎也按照使用频率降低的顺序呈现给用户。 显示的列表中的第一个字由下一个字中的第一个字符的输入自动选择。 这些字母以非顺序的顺序分配给键,可以减少模糊的几率。 按“选择”键可选择除第一个字以外的所需字,并自动计算字与标点之间的间距。 对于不在词汇表中的单词,执行每个按键的同时明确的解释来指定所需词的每个字母。 系统同时将所有击键序列解释为模糊和明确的击键。 用户选择所需的解释。 系统还向用户呈现由用户可能选择的按键序列表示的数字。