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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2006
Young-soo Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-gun Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Gwan-seok Ko, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jae-gwa Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young-Soo Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Seung-Gun Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Gwan-Seok Ko, Seongnam-si, KR;
Jae-Gwa Lee, Seoul, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A character entry method and apparatus in a terminal in which characters are grouped into a plurality of character sets and a representative character of each of the character sets is imprinted on a respective key are provided. In the character entry method, when a key imprinted with a representative character is pressed, characters belonging to a character set represented by the representative character are displayed. When a directional key is pressed, the number or duration of key presses of the directional key is counted or measured. A character corresponding to the number or duration of key presses is selected among the displayed characters and entered.