Text character input device and text character input method
First Claim
1. A text character input device for inputting a text character comprising:
- an area storage that stores positions of a plurality of areas in a display screen, wherein the areas are configured on the display screen;
a text character storage that stores a plurality of inputtable text characters assigned to each of the areas;
a visual line detector that detects a position of a visual line of a text character input person in the display screen, wherein the text character input person is a person attempting to input the text character;
a text character display thatdetermines when the position of the visual line of the text character input person is present within any of the areas of the display screen, anddeploys and displays in the display screen the plurality of inputtable text characters assigned to the area within which the position of the visual line of the text character input person is present; and
a text character selector that selects an input text character from the plurality of inputtable text characters displayed on the display screen in accordance with an operation performed by the text character input person.
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Abstract
A text character input device for inputting a text character selectively from text characters displayed on a display screen is provided. The text character input device includes an area storage that stores positions of areas in the display screen, a text character storage that stores inputtable text characters assigned to any of the areas, a visual line detector that detects a position of a user'"'"'s visual line in the display screen; a text character display that deploys and displays the text characters assigned to an area when the user'"'"'s visual line is present within the area; and a text character selector that selects an input text character from the displayed text characters in accordance with a user'"'"'s operation.
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14 Claims
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1. A text character input device for inputting a text character comprising:
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an area storage that stores positions of a plurality of areas in a display screen, wherein the areas are configured on the display screen; a text character storage that stores a plurality of inputtable text characters assigned to each of the areas; a visual line detector that detects a position of a visual line of a text character input person in the display screen, wherein the text character input person is a person attempting to input the text character; a text character display that determines when the position of the visual line of the text character input person is present within any of the areas of the display screen, and deploys and displays in the display screen the plurality of inputtable text characters assigned to the area within which the position of the visual line of the text character input person is present; and a text character selector that selects an input text character from the plurality of inputtable text characters displayed on the display screen in accordance with an operation performed by the text character input person. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A text character input method for inputting a text character comprising:
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detecting a position of a visual line of a text character input person in a display screen, wherein the text character input person is a person attempting to input the text character; determining whether the position of the visual line of the text character input person is present within any of a plurality of areas pre-configured on the display screen; when the position of the visual line of the text character input person is present within any of the plurality of areas, reading out a plurality of stored text characters assigned to the area within which the position of the visual line of the text character input person is present and displaying the read out plurality of stored text characters on the display screen; and detecting an operation performed by the text character input person to select an input text character from the plurality of stored text characters displayed on the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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