Google Inc.

Song Fu

Wei Sun

Hao Huang

Hanping Feng

Yuanbo Zhang

Jens Nagel

Ruiyi Chen

Robert S Jung

Liangyi Ou

Zhiheng Li

Zhe Su

Jie Pan

A computing device is described that determines, by executing a first application, a thematic texture of a second application separate from the first application. Additionally, the computing device determines, by executing the first application and based at least in part on the thematic texture of the second application, a texture. The computing device assigns, by executing the first application, the determined texture to a region of a graphical keyboard.

Assigning textures to graphical keyboards based on thematic textures of applications

In one example, a computing device includes at least one processor configured to output for display, a graphical keyboard. The at least one processor may also be configured to model, in a first lattice, a plurality of candidate character strings that include symbols of a first alphabet. The first lattice may indicate spatial probabilities of the plurality of candidate character strings. The at least one processor may be configured to determine, using a second lattice that indicates probabilities of one or more words of a second language based at least in part on the spatial probabilities of the plurality of candidate character strings, a probability that the at least one of the plurality of candidate character strings corresponds to at least one word included in the second language. The at least one processor may be configured to output for display, the one or more symbols representing at least one word.

Virtual keyboard input for international languages

A technique is presented for fast input of multi-character compound consonants and vowels on a touch computing device. The technique provides for fast input of multi-character compound consonants and vowels by enabling a user to touch an initial character on a first layout of characters, then slide his/her finger in different directions and/or different distances according to a second layout of characters. The second layout of characters can be based on the first touched character and therefore can have a limited set of characters, e.g., fewer characters in comparison to the first layout of characters. A syllable formed after input of both a consonant and a vowel, represented as one character set, e.g., in the Roman alphabet, can then be transliterated into another language, e.g., Chinese.

Techniques for input of a multi-character compound consonant or vowel and transliteration to another language using a touch computing device

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