Apparatus and method for providing user interface providing keyboard layout

摘要

An apparatus for providing a user interface, which provides a keyboard layout, is provided. A display portion of a user interface apparatus displays a portion of a plurality of keys that are included in the keyboard layout, and provides individual input keys of at least a predetermined size inside a display area that is limited by not displaying the portion of the plurality of keys. The keys which are displayed on the display portion comprise a first input key, which is allocated to a first character, and a second input key, which is allocated to a second character that differs from the first character. In this case, when a sensor portion detects user input with respect to the first input key, and the first input key moves to a position of the second input key by means of the user input, so that the first input key comes closer to the second input character to be at a distance shorter than a predetermined critical value, a processor decides a third character, which differs from the first and second characters, as a current input value that corresponds to the user input, wherein the third character corresponds to a character which is not separately displayed as an individual input key by the display portion.

主权项

1. An apparatus for providing a user interface (UI) providing a keyboard layout, the apparatus comprising:
a display to display a first input key assigned to a first character, and a second input key assigned to a second character differing from the first character; a sensor to sense a user input with respect to the first input key; and a processor to determine a third character differing from the first character and the second character to be a current input value corresponding to the user input, when the first input key is moved to a position of the second input key and positioned at a distance less than a preset threshold from the second input key or overlapped with the second input key in response to the user input; wherein the user input corresponds to an input in which the first input key is dragged after the first input key is touched by the user; and wherein the third character is displayed at a position between the first input key and the second input key.