Mobile communication terminal
US7777728B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 17, 2006 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/04886
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
It is presented a text input method for an electronic apparatus with a touch sensitive display, the apparatus comprising a user interface, wherein a virtual keyboard is displayed on the display so as to facilitate input of an intended character for a user by touching keys of the virtual keyboard with a pointer, wherein the intended character is determined by considering: a plurality of candidate characters, the plurality of candidate characters being determined with regard to a raw distance, the raw distance being a distance between a first position, the first position being a position of a detected touch of the pointer, and a position corresponding to a character, and linguistic probabilities of each character of the plurality of candidate characters being an intended character. A corresponding electronic apparatus and computer program product are also presented.
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