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Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2014
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hao Huang, Beijing, CN;

Song Fu, Beijing, CN;

Wei Sun, Beijing, CN;

Hanping Feng, Beijing, CN;

Assignee:

GOOGLE INC., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 17/22 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04886 (2013.01); G06F 3/018 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 17/2217 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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