SEARCH INTERFACE DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20150036179A1
• Filed: 07/23/2014
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: Nakatsu, Kenta
• Application Number:
  US14/338,924
• Publication Number:
  US 20150036179A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0094 Multifunctional device, i.e. a device capable of all of reading, reproducing, copying, facsimile transception, file transception
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3205 of identification information, e.g. name or ID code H04N2201/3209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3274 Storage or retrieval of prestored additional information

Abstract

An interface device is equipped with a touch panel and a search character input portion, and is used for inputting characters for searching search target data. The touch panel has a display surface including a search result display area for displaying a search result and a character display area for input which displays a character string for input, and detects a pressed position with respect to the display surface. The search character input portion inputs, in response to movement of the pressed position in a state that the pressing on a plurality of characters included in the character group for input displayed in the character display area for input is maintained, the character corresponding to the pressed position sequentially as a search character.

Claims

1. A search interface device used to input characters for searching search target data, the search interface device comprising:

a touch panel having a display surface including a search result display area for displaying a search result and a character display area for input which displays a character group for input, the touch panel which being configured to detect a pressed position on the display surface; and

a search character input portion configured to input, in response to movement of the pressed position in a state that pressing on a plurality of characters included in the character group for input displayed in the character display area for input is maintained, a character corresponding to the pressed position sequentially as a search character.

2. The search interface device according to claim 1, wherein the search character input portion inputs, when the pressed position moves in a state that the pressing on the plurality of characters included in the character group for input displayed in the character display area for input is maintained, the character corresponding to the pressed position on which halt of movement is maintained for a predetermined period of time, sequentially as a search character.

3. The search interface device according to claim 1, further comprising a character display portion configured to display a target character which is input as the search character when the pressed position is located on a character included in the character group for input.

4. The search interface device according to claim 1, wherein multiple types of characters are assigned to a character displayed in the character display area for input, and the search character input portion inputs any of the assigned multiple types of characters, which is selected depending on the time during which pressing on the character is maintained.

5. An electronic device comprising the search interface device according to claim 1.