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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1998
Jin Guo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Carlos Isak McEvilly, Redwood City, CA (US);
Figen Ulgen, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for inputting ideographic characters such as Chinese and Japanese characters, comprising an input pad having at least three rows and three columns of keys, forming a square with four corners and one corner key at each corner. At least two of the corner keys ( ) have corner-shaped stroke representions shaped approximately in correspondence with the corresponding corners. This gives a user a useful visual aid. Keys of a left-hand row ( ) represent strokes that predominate in left-hand portions of characters and radicals, and keys of a right-hand row ( ) represent strokes that predominate in right-hand portions of characters and radicals. A lower-left key ( ) represents a stroke having a right hook and a lower-right key ( ) represents a stroke having a left hook. These features lend themselves to ergonomic efficiency in character entry.