METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING IDEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERS INTO HANDHELD DEVICES

摘要

The present invention provides an apparatus for inputting ideographic charactersinto a handheld device, characterized by comprising: a display including a firstwindow for displaying ideographic characters and a second window for displayingsymbols; a scrolling device for scrolling a cursor displayed either in said firstwindow or in said second window; a first part that can be pressed, for switching,when said first part is pressed, said cursor from said second window into saidfirst window; a second part that can be pressed, for selecting, when said secondpart is pressed, a symbol or an ideographic character where said cursor is displayed;and an ideographic character engine, for displaying in said second window symbolsto be selected by said second part, displaying in said first window ideographiccharacters that are associated with a symbol string composed of all symbols thathave been selected by said second part, and inputting into said handheld devicean ideographic character that has been selected by said second part. The apparatusof the present invention is a substitute for the keypad in handheld devices, usedto input ideographic characters into handheld devices.