| 摘要 |
The present invention can input specific emoticons or stickers, among numerous emoticons or stickers stored in a database, more easily. According to the present invention, an emoticon input method includes: a step in which a virtual keyboard area on a touchscreen receives a gesture input; a step in which a virtual keyboard for receiving character inputs switches to a gesture input mode when the gesture input is received; a step in which the trajectory of the gesture input of the user, in the gesture input mode, is recognized; a step in which a symbol configuring emoticons, corresponding to the recognized gesture trajectory, is determined among symbols configuring the emotions stored in the database; a step in which the emoticons, including the determined symbol among the emotions stored in the database, are displayed on the virtual keyboard; and a step in which an emoticon, arranged in an area of the virtual keyboard, is input when the specific area is selected in an area displaying the emoticons on the virtual keyboard. According to the present invention, a sticker input method includes the steps of: making an input operation on a touchscreen for a sticker search; comparing the input information for searching the sticker and information including characters, symbols, and figures included in metadata allocated to the respective stickers; displaying stickers, including metadata information determined to be corresponding to the input made for the sticker search in the comparison step, on a screen for user selection; and inputting a sticker selected among the displayed stickers. The comparison in the comparison step is made in a range covering the entire sticker database instead of a range including only a specific character folder. |
