INTEGRATED INPUT METHOD FOR WESTERN EUROPEAN LANGUAGES IN PORTABLE INPUT ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

摘要

Current input methods for Western European portable input electronic apparatuses accommodate only phonemes of Western European languages; however, they do not accommodate the phoneme structures of the same. In the present invention, by performing setting so that, for a number of keys, one key is assigned input for a plurality of alphabet letters in a form which accommodates the entirety of phoneme structures of Western European languages, for across all Western European languages. It is then possible to input the same content as with a current personal computer in methods which use a 3 row, 3 column keyboard and switch keyboards manually, with approximately a 30% increase keystrokes, and in methods which use a 3 row, 5 column keyboard and do not switch keyboards, with approximately a 10% increase in keystrokes. In methods which use a 3 row, 3 column keyboard and determine a input result in accordance with a dictionary, it is possible to input the same content with approximately a 25% increase in keystrokes, and in the case of a similar 3 row, 5 column keyboard, with a similar number of keystrokes as with a current personal computer.

主权项

1. A method for inputting Western European languages through alphabet in portable electronic apparatus wherein plural letters are assigned to single key, the method comprising:
setting up, in all the Western European languages, plural letters in which each key is assingned to certain letters complimentary in spelling; assigning each key for vowel to its accented vowels and changed vowels; and assigning certain key for consonant to its changed consonant, so as to input every European language through unified keyboard with 15 keys or less than 15 keys.