CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND CHARACTER INPUT CONTROL METHOD
First Claim
1. A character input device for changing, in accordance with a state of inputting of characters, a process assigned to a candidate selection key displayed in such a manner as to be selectable by a user, and for carrying out, when the candidate selection key is selected, the process assigned to the selected candidate selection key,said character input device comprising:
- character string candidate determination section for assigning, to the candidate selection key, a character string input process in which a character string determined according to a character string before an input position is inputted to the input position; and
process candidate determination section for assigning, to the candidate selection key, a process that is related to inputting of characters and that is other than the character string input process,when the candidate selection key is selected, the process assigned by the character string candidate determination section or the process candidate determination section being carried out, wherein when the input position is at a starting position or when a space or period exists right before the input position, the process candidate determination section assigns a process for switching between inputting of a lowercase alphabet and inputting of a capital alphabet to the candidate selection key.
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Abstract
The character input device (5) (i) determines an input candidate that is a character string to be inputted at an input position on a basis of a character string before the input position, (ii) causes a display screen to display a candidate selection key to which the determined input candidate is assigned in such a manner as to allow a user to select the candidate selection key, and (iii) when the displayed candidate selection key is selected, inputs at the input position the character string of the input candidate assigned to the selected candidate selection key, the character input device including a first candidate determination section (38) for assigning a Caps key to the candidate selection key, a second candidate determination section (39) for assigning a Done key to the candidate selection key, and an editing candidate determination section (40) for assigning a Clear key to the candidate selection key. This allows determining an input candidate with high probability. In this manner, in the character input device (5), an input candidate with high probability is assigned to the candidate selection key, allowing a user to easily and swiftly input characters.
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26 Claims
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1. A character input device for changing, in accordance with a state of inputting of characters, a process assigned to a candidate selection key displayed in such a manner as to be selectable by a user, and for carrying out, when the candidate selection key is selected, the process assigned to the selected candidate selection key,
said character input device comprising: -
character string candidate determination section for assigning, to the candidate selection key, a character string input process in which a character string determined according to a character string before an input position is inputted to the input position; and process candidate determination section for assigning, to the candidate selection key, a process that is related to inputting of characters and that is other than the character string input process, when the candidate selection key is selected, the process assigned by the character string candidate determination section or the process candidate determination section being carried out, wherein when the input position is at a starting position or when a space or period exists right before the input position, the process candidate determination section assigns a process for switching between inputting of a lowercase alphabet and inputting of a capital alphabet to the candidate selection key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6)
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3. (canceled)
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7. A character input device, (i) displaying a candidate selection key to which an input candidate that is a candidate of a character string to be inputted at an input position is assigned on a basis of a character string before the input position, and (ii) when the displayed candidate selection key is selected, inputting the character string of the input candidate assigned to the selected candidate selection key at the input position,
said character input device comprising: -
process candidate determination section for assigning, to the candidate selection key, a process that is related to inputting of characters and that is other than the character string input process; separator judgment section for judging whether a character right before the input position is a separator for separating words; first candidate determination section for, when a character right before the input position is a separator, regarding as an input candidate a candidate of a word inputted after a word right before the separator; and second candidate determination section for, when a character right before the input position is not a separator, regarding as an input candidate a candidate of a character string for completing as a word a right-before character string that is a continuous character string whose last character is right before the input position and which does not include a separator. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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11. (canceled)
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21. (canceled)
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23-24. -24. (canceled)
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25. A character input control method of a character input device for changing, in accordance with a state of inputting of characters, a process assigned to a candidate selection key displayed in such a manner as to be selectable by a user, and for carrying out, when the candidate selection key is selected, the process assigned to the selected candidate selection key,
said method comprising the steps of: -
(i) assigning, to the candidate selection key, a character string input process in which a character string determined according to a character string before an input position is inputted to the input position; (ii) assigning, to the candidate selection key, a process that is related to inputting of characters and that is other than the character string input process; and (iii) when the candidate selection key is selected, carrying out the process assigned to the candidate selection key in the step (i) or the step (ii), the step (ii) assigns a process for switching between inputting of a lowercase alphabet and inputting of a capital alphabet to the candidate selection key, when the input position is at a starting position or when a space or a period exists right before the input position.
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26-27. -27. (canceled)
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