Character input apparatus and storage medium in which character input program is stored

• US 20030212674A1
• Filed: 06/10/2003
• Published: 11/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1996
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nakagawa, Katsuya
• Granted Patent: US 7,055,099 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/3
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/242 Dictionaries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/274 Converting codes to words; Guess-ahead of partial word inputs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/53 Processing of non-Latin text kana-to-kanji conversion G06F40/129; vowelisation G06F40/232

Abstract

An operation such as changing the coordinates of a specified position is performed on a two-dimensional display screen 103 of a display unit 5 by using an input pen 102, a touch-panel, etc., as an operation input unit 103 to shift the list of candidate character strings which is displayed on the display screen at the initial screen. The contents of the list of the candidate character strings which are displayed on the display screen 103 are continuously changed until a desired candidate character string appears on the screen 103.

Claims