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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2006
Young-soo Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Jae-gwa Lee, Seoul, KR;
Young-Soo Park, Yongin-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 and any one of the displayed characters is marked with a selection indication. When a move key is pressed, the duration of the key press of the move key is measured and the selection indication is sequentially moved. When input of the move key is released, a character marked with the selection indication is entered.