Patent Document ID: 7505627
Application ID: 10893281

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus for letter recognition in a terminal equipped with a touch screen, comprising: a user interface having a plurality of letter input areas displayed on the touch screen, the plurality of letter input areas each having a pair of first language consonant letters comprising a basic consonant letter and an extended consonant letter, wherein each extended consonant letter has a form similar to a corresponding basic consonant letter, and wherein the basic consonant letters and the extended consonant letters of the first language are mapped and assigned to basic consonant letters and extended consonant letters of a second language; and a controller for selecting one of the consonant letters assigned to a letter input area corresponding to a touch pen input type and enabling display of the selected consonant letter.

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Claim 2:
2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the controller enables display of a basic consonant letter of the first language assigned to a corresponding letter input area when the touch pen input type is a pen click.