Flick input

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Japanese flick input keyboard layout

Flick-Input ( Japanese. フ リ ッ ク 入 力 , pronounced furikku-nyūryoku ; from eng. Flick , to German. To flick / snap in the sense of throwing away from a point with a quick movement of a finger ) denotes in Japanese

  1. Generally the use of a flick gesture when operating a touchscreen .
  2. Specifically, a form of input method for Japanese that is often found on smartphones or tablet computers and is one of the most frequently used input methods here.

functionality

According to the 50-sound table of Japanese, ten groups of five sound characters each are arranged on a field of 3 × 4 buttons similar to the T9 system . The five sounds of each button can be entered by simply tapping (one sound) as well as flicking up, down, right or left (another four sounds). This enables faster input compared to systems that require multiple tapping of a button.

history

The first device that enabled flick input for Japanese was the Apple Newton in 1998. However, the system only became widespread with the advent of smartphones, starting with the iPhone in 2008. In the area of ​​desktop PC operating systems , Windows Vista ( with the exception of the Home Basic version ) from 2007 a system called Pen Flick ( ペ ン フ リ ッ ク , pen furikku ) using an input pen . From Windows 7 , a touchscreen version is available, as can also be found on smartphones.

Availability

  • iOS
  • Android
    • Google Japanese Input
    • POBox Touch
    • Apps based on Wnn, such as B. Simeji and OpenWnn plus
  • Windows Phone from version 7.5
  • ATOK variants for iOS and Android
  • various operating systems of Japanese feature phones , among others
    • docomo PRIME series F-06B
    • docomo dynapocket T-01B and IS02
    • au Sportio water beat
    • au AQUOS SHOT SH008

Hardware keyboards

Flick-Input is primarily a technology for touchscreens, but there are also hardware keyboards that mimic the way they work. Google Japan presented one in 2016 as part of an April Fool's joke , whereupon similar products were developed in circles of Japanese keyboard enthusiasts and produced and sold in small quantities.

Patents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Naoko Nagasawa: How Japanese university students type on smartphone and PC . In: コ ン ピ ュ ー タ ＆ エ デ ュ ケ ー シ ョ ン . tape 43 , 2017, p. 67–72 , doi : 10.14949 / konpyutariyoukyouiku.43.67 (Japanese, original title: 大学生 の ス マ ー ト フ ォ ン と PC で の 文字 入 力 方法 .).
  2. ↑ Akira Hasegawa, Satoshi Hasegawa, Masaru Miyao: An evaluation of input system on the touch panel phone . In: モ バ イ ル 学会 (Ed.): シ ン ポ ジ ウ ム モ バ イ ル 研究 論文集 . tape 2010 , 2010, ISSN  1883-2024 , pp. 73-76 (in Japanese, [1] - Original Title: タッチパネル搭載ケータイにおける入力方式の評価.).
  3. ↑ ペ ン フ リ ッ ク と は What is pen flick? (Japanese). Internet Archive. Retrieved June 23, 2018
  4. ↑ 日本語 入 力 物理 フ リ ッ ク バ ー ジ ョ ン Japanese text input hardware flick version (Japanese). Google. Retrieved June 23, 2018
  5. ↑ 物理 フ リ ッ ク を 30 個 量 産 販 売 し て い る 話 30 Hardware Flick Input Keyboards - Manufacture and Sale (Japanese). Qiita. Retrieved June 23, 2018