Method and device for supporting text input with one hand in mobile terminal

Abstract

Provided are a method and device for supporting text input with one hand in a mobile terminal. The method includes: receiving a first instruction for setting the display order of text alternatives in text input; displaying text alternatives when performing a text input operation according to the display order in the first instruction, wherein the text The display order of the alternatives includes a display order in which text alternatives are displayed from left to right according to priority and a display order in which text alternatives are displayed from right to left according to priority. The method makes it easier for the user to perform text input operations with one-handed thumbs, and the input accuracy is higher.

Description

technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method and device for assisting text input in a mobile terminal, in particular, to a method for supporting single text input by controlling the display order of text alternatives and the display position of a keyboard when text input is performed in a mobile terminal. Method and device for hand inputting text. Background technique [0002] With the rapid development of touch screens in recent years, touch screen-based mobile terminal devices (eg, smart phones, tablet computers, etc.) have gradually become mainstream. In addition, mobile terminals with large screens are also developing rapidly. Taking mobile phones as an example, the screen has developed from the initial 2.0-inch monochrome LED to the current 4.0-inch touch screen, and the Samsung Note series has even introduced a 5.5-inch screen. [0003] While the large-screen mobile terminal brings more and better user experience to the user, it also creates the p...

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Problems solved by technology

However, the screen is getting bigger and bigger, but the size of the human palm does not change with the size of the screen. Therefore, users who are accustomed to one-handed operation will have many problems when using a large-screen mobile terminal

[0004] Especially in text input, the one-handed operation of the large-screen mobile terminal is very inconvenient

Assume that when the user uses the right hand to operate the mobile terminal, the priority of the alternative text can only be displayed from the leftmost side of the screen according to people's reading habits, and when the screen is large, the right index finger extends to the leftmost side of the screen will be very difficult

If the user operates the large-screen mobile terminal with one hand for text input for a long time, the right thumb is prone to soreness

In addition, when the thumb of the right hand is stretched out, the area touched by the screen is too large, which may easily cause misjudgment by the terminal device and cause wrong input

In addition, when operating a super-large-screen mobile terminal with one hand, the thumb cannot reach the entire keyboard area, causing input inconvenience

The above-mentioned inconveniences of using one hand to input text in a large-screen mobile terminal have brought a bad user experience to the user.

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