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Hand-held electronic apparatus and its operation method

A technology of electronic device and operation method, applied in the direction of electric digital data processing, instrument, input/output process of data processing, etc., capable of solving problems such as complex text input process and frequent switching times

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-07-08
HTC CORP
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However, when it is necessary to input Chinese, English or even symbols, the number of switching times will tend to be frequent, which makes the text input process seem complicated

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[0043] Please refer to Figure 1B , showing a flow chart of an operating method of a handheld electronic device according to the first embodiment of the present invention; and please also refer to Figure 1A , showing a schematic diagram of operating a handheld electronic device with finger touch. The operation method of the handheld electronic device 10 includes: first, start a virtual keyboard (not shown in the Figure 1A ), and the virtual keyboard includes several key areas and one of the key areas is displayed in the input area 14 of the touch screen 12 . Next, in step 120 , a sliding action performed by a user on the input area 14 is detected, and the virtual keyboard is rotated accordingly to switch several key regions of the virtual keyboard. The sliding action can be a horizontal movement, a vertical movement, a clockwise movement, a counterclockwise movement or an arc movement. Then in step 130, another key area among the keys is displayed in the input area 14, and ...

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[0053] Please refer to FIG. 5 , which shows a flowchart of an operating method of a handheld electronic device according to the second embodiment of the present invention; and please refer to Figure 5A , showing a schematic diagram of operating another handheld electronic device by finger touch. The operation method of the handheld electronic device 50 includes: first, start a virtual keyboard (not shown in the Figure 5A ), the left and right rotating keyboards of the virtual keyboard respectively include several left and right button areas and respectively display one of the left and right key areas in the left and right input areas 54 and 55 of the touch screen 52 . Then, in step 520, detect a sliding action performed by a user in the left input area 54 or the right input area 55, and accordingly rotate the left and right rotary keyboard synchronously to switch several left key areas of the left rotary keyboard and switch the right rotary keyboard Several right keypads fo...

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Abstract

The invention relates to a hand-held electronic device and an operation method thereof. The electronic device comprises a virtual keyboard and a touch-control screen. The virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of keystroke areas; the touch-control screen is provided with an input area; and the input area displays one of the keystroke areas. When the touch-control screen detects a sliding motion conducted by a user in the input area, the input area displays another of the keystroke areas and does not display other keystroke areas.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an electronic device and its operating method, and in particular to a handheld electronic device and its operating method. Background technique [0002] In recent years, computers and mobile phones have become indispensable electronic products for modern people. With the vigorous development of the electronics industry, handheld electronic devices that combine computer and mobile phone functions, such as Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), Smart Phone (Smart Phone), Tablet PC (Tablet PC), and super mobile Computers (Ultra-Mobile PC, UMPC) have also come out one after another. [0003] The operation mode of the handheld electronic device may use a stylus or a finger to click on the touch screen, or may use a navigation key (navigation key) to directly control. Due to the small size of the handheld electronic device, in order to save the configuration space of the physical keyboard, handwriting recognition input or virtua...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/048G06F3/041G06F3/0488
Inventor 谭云龙王怡胜
Owner HTC CORP
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