Patent US 10,656,830

The proposed invention relates to the field of inputting simplified Chinese characters, as well as characters of other writing systems that are based on the Chinese characters writing system. The invention essentially offers increased efficiency and speed of inputting characters. Proposed is a method of inputting characters, which comprises: selecting a graph on a graphs matrix, adding said graph to a list of graphs, forming a list of characters by selecting them from a characters description table based on the list of graphs and depending on a preset character selection mode; if there is only one character in the list of characters, automatically transferring this character from the list of characters to the input focus of a program waiting for input, clearing the list of graphs and the list of characters, and proceeding to selecting a graph to input next character; if there is more than one character in the list of characters, displaying the list of characters, wherein if the character is in the first position of the list of characters, transferring this character from the list of characters to the input focus of the program waiting for input, clearing the list of graphs and the list of characters, and proceeding to selecting a graph to input next character; if the necessary character is not present in the first position of the list, proceeding to selecting a next graph or visually finding this character in the displayed list of characters, and transferring it from the list of characters to the input focus of the program waiting for input, clearing the list of graphs and the list of characters, and proceeding to selecting a graph to input next character. In addition, systems and keyboards are proposed to implement the main advantages of the input method: pronunciation independence, speed and ease of input, flexibility, illustrative aspect and ease of mastering the input techniques.