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Mobile communication terminal

US7777728B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 17, 2006
Grant dateAug 17, 2010
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Expiry dateMar 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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