Patent ID: 9141283
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for inputting a character in a terminal, comprising: a touch screen for displaying a basic key set and an extended key set, the basic key set including a plurality of consonant keys and the extended key set including a plurality of character keys corresponding to a plurality of characters combinable with a consonant corresponding to a consonant key input from the basic key set; and a controller configured to: control the touch screen to display the basic key set, in response to a touch on a consonant key of the plurality of consonant keys, control the touch screen to display a pop-up window comprising an extended key set including a key corresponding to the touched consonant key and the plurality of character keys combinable with the key, the key arranged on a center of the pop-up window and the plurality of character keys being arranged to surround at least a part of the key on the pop-up window, while the touch is maintained, control the touch screen to display the pop-up window at a touched position of the consonant key, the pop-up window being overlapped with the displayed basic key set, and in response to dragging the touch, input a first consonant character corresponding to the key and a second character corresponding to one of the plurality of character keys, wherein the dragging the touch is a drag and drop movement from the key to the one of the plurality of character keys, and wherein the controller is further configured to simultaneously display two consonant characters including a consonant corresponding to a predetermined key by making a first dragging movement, and display the consonant corresponding to the predetermined key input from the basic key set and a character corresponding to a character key input from the extended key set by making a second dragging movement from the predetermined key to the character key.