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CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND CHARACTER INPUT CONTROL METHOD

  • US 20100283736A1
  • Filed: 12/26/2008
  • Published: 11/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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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.

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