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CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD

  • US 20120056814A1
  • Filed: 04/26/2011
  • Published: 03/08/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A character input device comprising:

  • a touch panel for detecting contact with respect to a surface thereof; and

    a control unit for performing, when detection of contact is started on the touch panel, character recognition processing based on a trajectory connecting each position at which the contact is detected, and for displaying, when a character is recognized by the character recognition processing, a virtual keyboard on a display surface of the touch panel to receive input of a character from the virtual keyboard.

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