Patent ID: 8665221
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for inputting Chinese characters to an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a plurality of numeric input keys for inputting numeric numbers and a plurality of control keys for navigation, selection, and editing, the method comprising: decomposing a Chinese character into a plurality of character elements based on the structure of the character; identifying a plurality of Chinese number characters respectively corresponding to the character elements based on a first mapping; identifying a plurality of numeric input keys respectively corresponding to the Chinese number characters based on a second mapping; pressing the identified numeric input keys in a predetermined order; navigating to the wanted candidate in a list of character candidates with at least one of the control keys; selecting the wanted candidate with at least one of the control keys; and correcting any error made in the other steps with at least one of the control keys; wherein: the first mapping is based on the similarity in the shapes between the character elements and the Chinese number characters; and the second mapping is essentially based on the meaning of the Chinese number characters; wherein the first mapping is as follows: