Text input method in portable device and portable device supporting the same

摘要

A text input method in a portable device and a portable device supporting the same are provided. The portable device includes, a touch screen including a display unit for displaying a text input area and a text display area including at least one consonant and vowel, and a touch panel provided at an upper side of the display unit for generating a touch event, and a control unit for controlling text displayed according to a touch event generated from the touch screen, in which the control unit detects multi-touch events for at least two key icons output on the text input area, and controls the display of a specific text composed of a combination of the multi-touched key icons based on the detected multi-touch events.

主权项

1. A text input method for a portable device, the method comprising:
displaying a screen including a text input area with at least one consonant and vowel; detecting one or more multi-touch events obtained by multi-touching at least two key icons included in the text input area, wherein a multi-touch event of the one or more multi-touch events comprises touching one of the at least two key icons while maintaining a touch to another of the at least two key icons; and combining key icons selected based on the multi-touch events to display at least one specific text, wherein the displayed at least one specific text is not input while the one or more multi-touch events are maintained, and wherein each of the at least two key icons is selected from a predetermined set of key icons comprising at least one vowel key icon, at least one consonant key icon, and at least one key icon for inputting a double consonant.