摘要 |
Disclosed is a multilingual key input apparatus and method capable of inputting a plurality of keys and outputting a character corresponding to a combination of the input keys. Upon a reference key being input, at least one associated key including inputtable characters is displayed on a screen. When the input of the associated key is detected within a preset time, a character selected by the detected reference key and associated key or a character selected by using the selected character as a reference key and recursively using the succeeding key as an associated key is output as a target character. The key input includes an actual key input, a touch and a touch & drag, and especially, displaying and outputting a character is controlled according to a dragged position and direction of the touch & drag. |