Touchscreen Text Input Gesture Style Application
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current text input methods on electronic devices with touch screens are cumbersome, requiring multiple steps for both inputting text and applying styles, which complicates the process and increases user effort.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that display a keypad and character input window, detect character inputs, and apply styles based on detected gestures, allowing users to input text and apply styles in a simplified and convenient manner by displaying recommended text candidates and applying corresponding styles through gestures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional text input methods with multiple steps are used, then text input functionality is achieved, but user operation complexity increases and time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines text input and style application into a single integrated operation. When a user types text, the system automatically detects gestures (such as drag directions) and applies corresponding styles (underline, strike-through, bold, etc.) simultaneously, eliminating the need for separate style application steps and reducing overall input time
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-configures multiple text styles and automatically detects user gestures to determine which style to apply. By preparing style options in advance and using gesture recognition to automatically select and apply styles, the system eliminates manual style selection steps and reduces input time
2Ease of operation
If traditional text input methods are used, then text input is achieved, but the number of operation steps increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically detects user gestures and applies corresponding styles without requiring explicit user commands for style selection. The gesture recognition system interprets natural typing movements (drag directions, pressure variations) and automatically translates them into style applications, making the system self-serve the style selection function
Solution Approach 2:
The text input interface serves multiple functions simultaneously: it inputs text characters, detects gesture information, determines style applications, and displays styled text all through a single integrated interaction. This multi-functional approach simplifies the user interface by eliminating separate controls for style selection
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AI summary
A method of inputting text in an electronic device having a touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying a screen including a keypad and a character input window, displaying a recommended text related to a character on a candidate window when an input of the character is detected through the keypad, detecting a gesture of a touch input according to the recommended text, and displaying a recommended text to which a style corresponding to the gesture is applied on the character input window.