Multilingual input device including consonants (Burmese, Kana, Hangul)

Abstract

To provide a multilingual character input device which enables anyone to easily and quickly input Burmese characters, which are the official language of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Japanese kana characters, and Korean and North Korean Hangul. [Solution] The multilingual character input device has the following character string key arrangement: 1) When a consonant key on the numeric keyboard is pressed, 2-3 character string keys including a double consonant are displayed and arranged in a position where they can be pressed almost simultaneously or sequentially with another finger or the same finger. 2) When a consonant key on the numeric keyboard is pressed, the consonant keys, vowel keys, and tone keys are displayed and arranged in a straight line suitable for multi-stage swipe input. 3) A piano keyboard type key arrangement suitable for simultaneous keystrokes is used, with white consonant keys and black vowel keys arranged in a position where they can be pressed almost simultaneously or sequentially.

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] Descendants of the ancient South Arabian Brahmi script and the Chinese character family As a method of inputting Burmese characters, the official language of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Japanese Kana characters, and Korean Hangul, North Korean language, on smartphones, tablet devices, PC screen QWERTY keyboards, etc. The present invention relates to a technology that enables anyone to easily and quickly input Burmese characters, which are the official language of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Japanese Kana characters, and Korean Hangul, North Korean language. Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0002] On smartphones, tablets, and PC screens with QWERTY keyboards, the Burmese characters (official language of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar), Japanese Kana characters, and Korean Hangul (North Korean) input screens are There was no keyboard layout that supported the multi-tap input method or flick input method of the numeric keypad of a smartphone terminal. Also, the Burmese characters of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on the QWERTY keyboard of the hardware of a personal computer were individually arranged (consonant letters, vowel letters, tones) and input by pressing the keys individually in order, so that anyone could not easily and quickly input the Burmese characters of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar or Japanese kana characters. Also, The multi-tap input method on the numeric keypad and the flower display flick input method made it difficult for anyone, including the elderly and those with poor dexterity, to input Korean (North Korean Hangul) easily and quickly. [Means for solving the problem]

[0003] To enable anyone to easily and quickly input Burmese characters (Republic of the Union of Myanmar), Japanese Kana characters, and Korean Hangul characters (North Korean) on smartphones, tablet devices, and PC screens with QWERTY keyboards. 1) When the consonant key of the numeric keypad is pressed, 2-3 character string keys including the consonant consonant are displayed in a position where they can be pressed almost simultaneously or sequentially with other fingers or the same finger. It is about 6 times faster and 9 times faster. 2) When you press the consonant key on the numeric keypad, the consonant keys, vowel keys, and tone keys are arranged and displayed in a straight line suitable for multi-stage swipe input. Approximately 3 times faster. 3) The Korean Hangul alphabet key arrangement is arranged in a piano keyboard style suitable for simultaneous keystrokes, making it possible to input Korean Hangul more than twice as quickly and easily as with consonant and vowel alphabet keys arranged on the left and right. It is approximately two to three times faster. It provides string key layouts for Burmese characters of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Japanese Kana characters, and Korean Hangul (North Korean). Effect of the Invention

[0004] On the input screen of the Burmese characters of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Japanese Kana characters, and Korean Hangul (North Korean language) on the QWERTY keyboard of a smartphone, tablet, or PC device, Anyone can easily input Burmese characters of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Japanese Kana characters, and Korean Hangul (North Korean) at approximately 2 to 9 times the speed. In addition, a conversation assistance device will be realized that can input Burmese characters of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Japanese Kana characters, and Korean Hangul (North Korean) at conversation speed. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0005] [Figure 1] Burmese key layout including consonants and vowels using TKB thumb shift [Diagram 2] Burmese alphabet key layout diagram for TKB multi-step swipe input method [Diagram 3] A device for inputting characters and assisting conversation using thumb shift and multiple swipes [Figure 4] Conceptual diagram of a piano keyboard-type Hangul input device (140 sounds) [Diagram 5] Piano keyboard type Hangul input device (KIS code all Hangul) [Figure 6] Hangul List (Hangul excluding 140 sounds and patchim) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS EXAMPLES

[0006] On smartphones, tablets, and PCs, the Burmese character input screen for the Republic of the Union of Myanmar using the QWERTY keyboard When pressing the "2K ka" key to the "9r ra" key on the numeric keyboard section 110 with the thumb, which is easy to shift with the thumb, A position where you can type almost simultaneously or sequentially with other fingers or the same finger. A clear sound character string key display section 130, a voiced sound character string key display section 140, and The semi-voiced sound character string key display unit 150 displays 2-3 character strings including the "i-dan" yōon. Place the Burmese string key. However, when you press the "2k ka" key or the "4t ta" key, The clear sound character string key display unit 130 has two or three Burmese character string keys including the consonants "cha, chu, cho, chan, chu, cho." There is no pronunciation for the Burmese characters "kya-kyu-kyo" and "gya-gyu-gyo", and the pronunciation of the same characters is "cha-chu-cho", so it seems acceptable to display the characters "kya-kyu-kyo" or "cha-chu-cho". In the time of the Manyoshu, the pronunciation of the ha row in Japanese did not exist as "ha hi fu he ho," but was "fa fi fu fe fo," "ba bi bu be bo," and "pa pip pu pe po." It's like not being able to call your mother "haha" and instead calling her "fafa" or "papa." Two-character Burmese character string keys including the double consonants "a-dan" to "o-dan" are arranged on the double consonant character string key display unit 120. When the "1a" key on the numeric keyboard part 110 is pressed with the thumb which is easy to shift with the thumb, Burmese character string keys of two character strings including a double consonant "Ah, I, U, Eh, O" are arranged on a double consonant character string key display part 120. When the "0 wa wo n" key on the numeric keyboard part 110 is pressed with the thumb which is easy to shift with the thumb, a Burmese character string key of two characters "wa, wo, n" including a double consonant is arranged on the double consonant character string key display part 120. The above is a Burmese character input device for the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. In the computer hardware QWERTY keyboard, the Burmese alphabet keys (consonant alphabet keys, vowel alphabet keys, tone keys) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar are arranged separately and input by sequentially pressing the keys one by one. In this method, it takes three keystrokes to input one Burmese character. This is a Burmese character string input device and a conversation assistance device for the hearing impaired in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar that uses a thumb shift character string input method and is characterized by being able to input two or three character strings including long and short consonants with one nearly simultaneous keystroke, making it possible to input character strings six times faster (2 characters x 3 keystrokes) or nine times faster (3 characters x 3 keystrokes). Figure 1 shows the layout of Burmese characters including the consonant syllables using the TKB thumb shift. When the "1a a row" to "9r ra row" keys and the "0 wa wo n" key on the numeric keypad 110 are pressed, a character string of two to three characters including a double consonant is displayed on the upper part of the screen. For example, when the "7m ma row" key is pressed, the clear sound character string key display unit 130 displays, for example, "mya, myu, myo, myan, myu, myo, mi," although the display order of the character strings can be changed. By pressing the keys almost simultaneously or sequentially, two or three character strings including a short consonant can be quickly entered. For example, when the "6h wa row" key is pressed, if the "bi" key on the voiced consonant character string key display unit 140 is pressed, for example, "ba, bi, bu, be, bo" is displayed on the short consonant character string key display unit 120. By pressing the "bi" key on the voiced consonant character string key display unit 140 and releasing the finger, "bi" is confirmed, whereas by pressing the "ba, bi, bu, be, bo" keys on the short consonant character string key display unit 120 almost simultaneously or sequentially while holding down the "bi" key on the voiced consonant character string key display unit 140, each character string is confirmed. When the "6h wa row" key is pressed, the semi-voiced sound character string key display unit 150 displays, for example, "pya, pyu, pyo, pyan, pyu, pyo, pi" although the display order of the character strings can be changed. By pressing the keys almost simultaneously or sequentially, two or three character strings including a short consonant can be quickly entered. In the above invention, the key arrangement including the long and short consonants is important, and as the flow chart explaining the logic will be easy for anyone skilled in the art, an explanation will be omitted. EXAMPLES

[0007] The Burmese alphabet key layout for the multi-stage swipe input method is as follows: When the consonant alphabet keys 220 of the "1a a row" key to the "9r ra row" key and the "0 wa wo n" key of the numeric keyboard section 210 are pressed with the index finger or the like, which is easy to use for swiping input, 230 vowel keys are arranged around 220 consonant keys of the numeric keyboard unit 210, and When swiping to the 230 vowel keys, the 240 tone keys are arranged in the direction of the swipe, and the Burmese alphabet keys are arranged in a position where the consonant keys, vowel keys, and tone keys can be swiped consecutively with the same finger. This is a Burmese character input device for the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Figure 2 shows the layout of Burmese alphabet keys for the TKB multi-stage swipe input method. For example, when the consonant letter "ma" key 220-7 in the consonant letter key section 220 of the numeric keyboard section 210 is pressed, the vowel letter keys 230 are arranged and displayed around it. When the vowel letter "a" key is pointed to with a swipe input operation, the tone keys 240 are arranged and displayed. Continuous, multi-step swipes, By selecting the tone 1 falling tone key 240-1, the tone 2 low flat tone key 240-2, the tone 3 high flat tone key 240-3, and the double tone key (fourth tone) 240-4, the Burmese characters of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar can be input. The consonant key section 220 has 33 kinds of consonant letters, so it can be operated by 1 to about 3 keystrokes. Since there are 7 kinds of vowel letters, they can be arranged and displayed on the vowel keys 230 in the up, down, left, right and diagonal directions. Seven vowel keys are arranged around the consonant key you have selected by typing, and you can select the vowel keys by swiping them consecutively. Four tone keys are located to the right above the selected vowel key, and can be selected by swiping in multiple steps in succession. Thai has 42 consonants, 9 vowels, and 5 tones. Strike the consonant keys on the numeric keypad one to approximately four times, then swipe multiple times. Nine vowel keys are arranged around the consonant key you select by typing, and you can select the vowel keys by swiping them consecutively. Five tone keys are located to the right above the selected vowel key, and can be selected by swiping in multiple steps in succession. Figure 3 shows a combination of thumb shift and multi-stage swipes for Burmese character input. 1) Enter a string of characters including the consonants using the thumb shift to press the numeric keypad. 2) Enter Burmese characters by tapping the consonant keys on the numeric keypad 1 to 3 times, and then swiping the vowel keys and tone keys in succession using a multi-stage swipe. 3) As a keyboard other than the numeric keypad, On a typical PC or tablet keyboard, Burmese characters are entered by tapping a consonant key on the Burmese alphabet keyboard of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar once, then swiping multiple times in succession across the vowel keys and tone keys displayed above the consonant keys. EXAMPLES

[0008] The Japanese character string key layout for the multi-stage swipe input method is as follows: Figure 2 also shows an example of inputting a string of characters including Japanese yōon and sōon consonants using the TKB multi-stage swipe input method. Although it is not as linear as the Burmese characters of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, it is possible to input a Japanese string of two to three characters including yōon and sōon consonants by performing multi-stage swipes. The keyboard section in character string key section 250 including Japanese consonant and short consonants is such that when the ka-sa-ta-na-hama-ra numeric keypad section a-row (ka-sa-ta-na-hama-ra) display section 252 is pressed, the i-row (ki-shi-chi-ni-hi-ri) display section 251 displayed above it is swiped to select the key section of character string key section 250 including consonant and short consonants displayed above it, and when the finger is released, a Japanese character string of 2 to 3 characters including consonant and short consonants can be input. EXAMPLES

[0009] As a composite character input and conversation aid using thumb shift and multi-stage swipes, the Burmese and Hangul alphabet keys on a typical PC QWERTY keyboard are arranged on the left and right to form consonant alphabet keys, vowel alphabet keys, and tone keys, rather than being typed sequentially. The consonant keys, vowel keys, and tone keys can be typed simultaneously or swiped in multiple stages, allowing for character input that is 2 to 9 times faster, approaching conversational speed. Separately, you can set it to output a voice before entering a string of two to three characters including a short consonant sound, or you can operate the voice output key each time. It can be used as a conversation aid to output voice to people in front of you, or it can output voice data to the landline, mobile phone, smartphone, computer device, etc. of the person you are calling. EXAMPLES

[0010] Smartphones, tablets, and PCs have virtual keyboards for Korean, North Korean, and Hangul input screens with piano keyboard layouts. A Korean / North Korean Hangul input device of a piano keyboard type, characterized in that consonant and vowel keys are arranged at positions where keys can be pressed almost simultaneously or sequentially. Figure 4 shows one octave for 140 notes (7 keys x 2 rows: Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Si). Figure 5 shows a two-octave (14 keys x 2 rows) KIS chord keyboard for all Hangul with piano keys. It will also be possible to switch displays on the small screens of smartphone devices. If you press the 140 vowel keys in Figure 4 twice in succession, a diphthong will be produced. In the alphabet key arrangement of the 140 sounds of Hangul, which consists of consonant letters and vowel letters, A lower row of white piano keyboard consonant keys 410, or a lower row of white piano keyboard consonant keys An upper portion 420; Piano keyboard type black key vowel key lower row 430, or piano keyboard type black key vowel key The upper section 440 is placed in a position suitable for simultaneous or sequential typing. This is a piano keyboard type Hangul input device characterized by the arrangement of each key. In the alphabet key arrangement for all Hangul, which consists of consonant alphabets, vowel alphabets, and consonant alphabets, A lower row of white piano keyboard consonant keys 410, or a lower row of white piano keyboard consonant keys The first consonant in the upper portion 420; Piano keyboard type black key vowel key lower row 430, or piano keyboard type black key vowel key The upper stage 440 is disposed at a position suitable for simultaneous or sequential keystrokes, and further, A lower row of white piano keyboard consonant keys 410, or a lower row of white piano keyboard consonant keys In the upper row 420, at a position suitable for hitting the second consonant patchim once or twice in sequence, It is a Korean / North Korean Hangul alphabet key layout that features a piano keyboard type arrangement of each key. The following is an example of inputting Korean / North Korean Hangul. As an example of inputting Kim's Hangul (three alphabet keys "Hu", "I", and "Ro"), see the conceptual diagram of the piano keyboard type Hangul input device (140 sounds) in Figure 4. While pressing the consonant key 1 "F (K or G)", While pressing the vowel key 10 "I (i)" almost simultaneously or sequentially, Press the consonant key 5 "ro (M)" almost simultaneously or sequentially. By pressing the consonant and vowel keys simultaneously or sequentially, Hangul input can be approximately twice as fast and easily. If the consonant and vowel keys are pressed simultaneously or sequentially, and the consonant keys are pressed as patchims one or two times in succession, Hangul can be confirmed and input in approximately two or three keystrokes. If you only type the vowel keys without typing the silent consonant keys, the Hangul will be confirmed and input with one keystroke. Furthermore, the consonant letter "○" in the patchim is not silent but changes to "n". In a smartphone terminal device with a small screen size, by pressing the horizontal scroll key in the upper row 440 of the piano keyboard type black vowel keys in the conceptual diagram of the piano keyboard type Hangul input device (140 sounds) in Figure 4, the key arrangement of the jamo including the patchim on the right side of the piano keyboard type Hangul input device (KIS code all Hangul) in Figure 5 is displayed. Pressing the horizontal scroll key again will display the 140-syllable Hangul alphabet key layout. Although not disclosed in the present invention, it is also possible to input all consonants and vowels using a general shift key method rather than a horizontal scrolling method. As described above, the piano keyboard-type key arrangement, which is suitable for simultaneous keystrokes, allows Hangul to be input approximately twice as quickly and easily as with a keyboard that has consonant and vowel keys on either side. Concerning the layout of the consonant and vowel keys, it is possible to place the frequently used alphabet keys in the center. As in Japanese, the frequency of the vowel consonant "yayuyo" is high, and as in Korean, the frequency of the lowercase kana "aiueowa" is also high. Please note that instead of pressing the conversion confirmation keys for each Hangul character, if you press the Hangul alphabet keys for multiple characters of a word in succession, The Hangul alphabet of the preceding character and the Hangul alphabet of the next character are ambiguous because of the struggle between the single and double consonant letters, the vowel letters, and the patchim consonant letters. 1) You may press the vowel letter while holding down the consonant letter, and then release the consonant letter, but you must press the patchim consonant letter while holding down the vowel letter, and then release all the letters once one Hangul character has been confirmed. 2) Making the most of the piano keyboard-style key arrangement, which is ideal for simultaneous keystrokes, The timing of typing the preceding Hangul alphabet and the next Hangul alphabet is as follows: By setting up a little time filler and confirming the Hangul with Delmitta processing as if there were rest notes in the music score, it is possible to save the trouble of typing the variable confirmation key. A consonant and a vowel are considered to be two beats, and a consonant, a vowel, and a patchim consonant are considered to be three beats. 3) Although the number of keystrokes increases, this is an easy-to-understand method in which Hangul and Chinese characters can be confirmed by pressing the Enter key, space key, Hangul conversion key, and Kanji conversion key once or twice. Possible methods include: If there are homonyms in Hangul, the number of times you need to type the Kanji conversion key is the same as the number of homonyms. For example, if you type the Hangul alphabet key for the Korean reading "banghwa" and then type the Kanji conversion key, the characters "arson" and "fire prevention" will appear. Kanji characters are displayed in sequence as conversion candidates, as well as homonyms in Japanese and other languages. EXAMPLES

[0011] The keyboard layout for the TKB thumb shift includes the following: In addition to the Burmese, Kana, and Hangul mentioned above, the frequency of yokon gekon (consonant and short consonants) is very high in Southeast Asian languages ​​(including Sanskrit, Pali, Hindi, and Chinese, as well as Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Lao, Indonesian, Malay, and Sinhalese of Sri Lanka) that are loanwords influenced by India and China, making it possible to easily input two-character strings (6 times faster) or three-character strings (9 times faster) containing yokon gekon (consonant and short consonants in Japanese, which occur more than 80% of the time) with just one keystroke. EXAMPLES

[0012] On the Korean Hangul virtual keyboard input screen of smartphones, tablet devices, and PC devices, In recent years, Samsung's in-camera virtual keyboard artificial intelligence Selfie Type AI engine can be used as a virtual keyboard for Korean Hangul input. [Explanation of symbols]

[0013] 110 Numeric keyboard section 120 Singing sound character string key display section 130 Clear character string key display section 140 Voiced consonant character string key display section 150 Semi-voiced sound character string key display section 210 Numeric keyboard section 220 Consonant alphabet key section 220-7 Consonant Letter Key 230 Vowel Key 240 Tone Keys 240-1 Tone 1 Descending Key 240-2 Tone 2 Low flat key 240-3 Tone 3 High flat key 240-4 4th tone 250 Japanese character strings including yōon and sōon 251 Step display unit 252 Numerical keyboard section A row (KasaTanaHamaRa) display section 253 Japanese character string key part including double consonants 254 Japanese yōon (contains clear consonants) 255 Japanese voiced consonant string key part including yoon 256 Japanese semi-voiced consonant string key part including yoon 410, 510 Piano keyboard type white keys, lower row of consonant keys 420, 520 Piano keyboard type white keys, upper row of consonant keys 430, 530 Piano keyboard type black keys, lower row of vowel keys 440, 540 Piano keyboard type black keys, upper row of vowel keys

Claims

1. When the "2k ka" key to the "9r ra" key on the numeric keyboard section 110 are pressed, A position where you can type almost simultaneously or sequentially with other fingers or the same finger. A clear sound character string key display section 130, a voiced sound character string key display section 140, and The semi-voiced sound character string key display unit 150 displays two or three character strings including the "i-dan" consonant sound. Place the Burmese string key, And, the double-sound character string key display unit 120 displays two characters including the double-sound characters "a-dan" to "o-dan". Place the Burmese string key, Or, When the "1a" key on the numeric keyboard 110 is pressed, A position where you can type almost simultaneously or sequentially with other fingers or the same finger. The double-sound character string key display unit 120 displays: Burmese character string keys for the two characters "Ah, I, Uh, Eh, O" including the glottal stop are arranged. Or, When the "0 wa on" key on the numeric keyboard 110 is pressed, A position where you can type almost simultaneously or sequentially with other fingers or the same finger. The double-sound character string key display unit 120 displays: Burmese character string keys for the two characters "wa, wo, n" including the glottal stop are arranged. A multilingual character input device comprising:

2. When the consonant alphabet keys 220 of the numeric keyboard section 210, “1a a row” key to “9r ra row” key and “0 wa wo n” key are pressed, 230 vowel keys are arranged around 220 consonant keys of the numeric keyboard section 210, and When swiping to the vowel keys 230, the tone keys 240 are arranged in the direction of the swipe, and the Burmese alphabet keys are arranged at a position where the consonant keys, vowel keys, and tone keys can be swiped continuously with the same finger. A multilingual character input device.

3. The "2 ka row" key to the "9 ra row" key of the character string key part 250 including Japanese yōon and gōon sounds When pressed, the button displayed above it will A multilingual character input device characterized in that, by swiping the side of a kishichinihimiri display unit 251, a key unit of a character string key unit 250 including Japanese tsuon and tsuon consonants is arranged above the kishichinihimiri display unit 251.

4. In the alphabet key arrangement of the 140 sounds of Hangul, which consists of consonant letters and vowel letters, A lower row of white piano keyboard consonant keys 410 or a lower row of white piano keyboard consonant keys An upper portion 420; Piano keyboard type black key vowel key lower row 430, or piano keyboard type black key vowel key The upper section 440 is placed in a position suitable for simultaneous or sequential typing. The present invention is characterized by arranging each key, and, In the alphabet key arrangement of all Hangul, which consists of consonant letters, vowel letters, and consonant letters, A lower row 510 of white piano keyboard-type consonant keys, or a lower row 510 of white piano keyboard-type consonant keys The first consonant in the upper portion 520; Piano keyboard type black key vowel key lower row 530, or piano keyboard type black key vowel key The upper stage 540 is disposed at a position suitable for simultaneous or sequential keystrokes, and further, A lower row 510 of white piano keyboard-type consonant keys, or a lower row 510 of white piano keyboard-type consonant keys In the upper row 520, the second consonant patchim is placed in a position suitable for hitting once or twice in sequence. A multilingual character input device having Hangul alphabet keys.

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