Text input method in touch screen terminal and apparatus therefor

摘要

A method and an apparatus input test in a touch screen terminal. The method comprises designating a certain region on a keyboard interface picture, not permitting text input through a keyboard when touch drag started from the designated region is sensed and acquiring a path of the touch drag, acquiring a path of following touch drag when at least the one or more following touch drag are sensed, and reading out at least the acquired one or more paths by cursive character recognition, deducing a character, determining the deduced character as an input target, and permitting the text input through the keyboard.

主权项

1. A method to input a text in an electronic device including a touch screen, the method comprising:
designating an input window, a keyboard, and a region on the touch screen; detecting whether a touch input is started from the keyboard or the designated region, wherein the designated region is a region on the touch screen having an area that is less than a total area of the touch screen; in response to detecting the touch input starting from the keyboard, detecting a key on the keyboard that corresponds to the detected touch input and identifying a first character that corresponds to the detected key; in response to detecting the touch input starting from the designated region, disabling a text input mode through the keyboard to allow the touch input to extend into the keyboard, acquiring at least one or more paths of the detected touch input, and identifying a second character using character recognition based on the acquired one or more paths; and inputting the first or second character in the input window.