Samsung patents keyboard that changes layout based on what you type
Samsung has filed a patent for a system that analyzes the context of a text field to determine what kind of information is being entered. The device then displays a virtual keyboard with a layout or settings tailored to that specific type of text, such as numbers or letters.
In the filing’s own words
An electronic device may include: a display; at least one processor including a processing circuit; and a memory including one or more storage media storing instructions, wherein the instructions may, when executed individually or in any combination, by at least one processor, may cause the electronic device to: display, on the display, a screen generated based on data elements arranged in a hierarchical structure; receive an input for a text input portion in the displayed screen; identify, based on the input, a first data element corresponding to the text input portion; identify a second data element related to the first data element; determine, based on the second data element, a type of text to be input through the text input portion; and display, on the display, a virtual keyboard together with the text input portion of the screen according to the determined type of text.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An electronic device comprising: a display; at least one processor comprising processing circuitry; and memory comprising one or more storage media storing instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed, individually or collectively, by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to: display, on the display, a screen generated based on data elements arranged in a hierarchical structure; receive an input to a text input portion in the displayed screen; based on the input, identify a first data element corresponding to the text input portion among the data elements arranged in the hierarchical structure; identify a second data element related to the first data element among the data elements arranged in the hierarchical structure; based on the second data element, determine a type of text to be input through the text input portion; and display, on the display, a virtual keyboard together with the text input portion of the screen according to the determined type of text.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD OR RECOMMENDED WORDS ON BASIS OF ONE OR MORE ELEMENTS DISPLAYED ON SCREEN, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM
- Publication number
- US20260288329A1
- Application number
- 19684674
- Filed
- May 21, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/04886 Physics & computingG06F 40/274 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AI & software
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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