MOBILE TERMINAL, KEY DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND KEY DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20110319139A1
• Filed: 06/24/2011
• Published: 12/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: KONDO, Masuo
• Application Number:
  US13/168,156
• Publication Number:
  US 20110319139A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/70 methods for entering alphabetical characters, e.g. multi-tap or dictionary disambiguation methods for entering alphabetical characters per se G06F3/0237

Abstract

A mobile phone 10 comprises a display 30; a panel 38 that is disposed corresponding to the display 30; a touch detection section 36 that detects a touch operation corresponding to the panel 38; and a processor 24. On the display 30, soft keys 68 of a QWERTY layout are displayed. When a touch operation is performed with respect to the panel 38, the processor 24 inputs characters that correspond to the soft keys 68, based on the touch operation. The processor 24 predicts the characters to be input next, based on the characters that are input. The processor 24, when the characters are input based on the touch operation, predicts the characters to be input next, and enlarges the touch area of the keys corresponding to the characters.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display section that displays a plurality of character input keys;

a panel that is disposed, corresponding to the display section;

a touch detection section that detects a touch operation to the panel; and

a processor inputs, when the touch operation to the panel is detected by the touch detection section, based on the touch operation, the character input keys included in the plurality of character input keys that are displayed on the display section, and enlarges the touch area of the character input keys that are predicted to be input next, so as not to overlap with the touch area of other character input keys.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein

the processor resets the touch area that is enlarged to the original touch area when the touch area is enlarged by the touch area enlargement section and characters likely to be input next cannot be predicted.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 further comprising:

a storage section that stores a key table showing the touch area of the character input keys;

wherein

the key table comprises an enlargement key table showing the enlarged touch area and a normal key table showing the normal touch area, and

the display section displays the character input keys, based on the enlargement key table and the normal key table.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein:

the prediction section predicts characters most likely to be input next, based on the rule of Roman character input for Japanese characters.

5. A key display program that causes

a processor of a mobile terminal, comprising:

a display section that comprises a panel and displays a plurality of character input keys; and

a touch detection section that detects a touch operation, and in which characters are input when the touch operation is detected on the touch area of the plurality of character input keys,

to function as a prediction section that predicts characters most likely to be input next, when characters are input resulting from the touch operation, and as a touch area enlargement section that enlarges the touch area of the character input keys corresponding to the characters that are predicted by the prediction section so as not to overlap with the touch area of other character input keys.

6. A key display method of a mobile terminal comprising:

a display section that comprises a panel and displays a plurality of character input keys; and

a touch detection section that detects a touch operation, and in which characters are input when the touch operation is detected on the touch area of the plurality of character input keys, wherein

when the characters are input, resulting from the touch operation, the characters most likely to be input next are predicted, and

the touch area of the character input keys corresponding to the predicted characters is enlarged, so as not to overlap with the touch area of other character input keys.