Patent ID: 9606727
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G

Claim:
1. An apparatus for providing a user interface (UI) providing a keyboard layout, the apparatus comprising: a display to display a first input key assigned to a first character, and a second input key assigned to a second character differing from the first character; a sensor to sense a user input with respect to the first input key; and a processor to determine a third character differing from the first character and the second character to be a current input value corresponding to the user input, when the first input key is moved to a position of the second input key and positioned at a distance less than a preset threshold from the second input key or overlapped with the second input key in response to the user input; wherein the user input corresponds to an input in which the first input key is dragged after the first input key is touched by the user; and wherein the third character is displayed at a position between the first input key and the second input key.