COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INPUT UNIT, AND MEDIUM

• US 20150138113A1
• Filed: 11/13/2014
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: YAMASHITA, Makoto
• Granted Patent: US 9,753,640 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• 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: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A communication apparatus includes a display input unit having a display screen and an input unit for receiving an operation relative to the display screen; a control unit configured to control the display input unit so that destination information of a transmission destination is obtained; and a communication unit configured to transmit data to a destination specified with the destination information. The control unit displays a first key correlated to one letter on the display screen. The control unit displays a text input screen on the display screen so that the control unit receives an operation of inputting one letter when the control unit receives an operation of specifying the first key. The control unit obtains a text string formed of the one letter correlated to the first key thus specified and the one letter thus input as the destination information.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a display input unit having a display screen and an input unit for receiving an operation relative to the display screen;

a control unit configured to control the display input unit so that destination information of a transmission destination is obtained; and

a communication unit configured to transmit data to a destination specified with the destination information of the transmission destination thus obtained,

wherein said control unit is configured to control the display input unit to display a first key correlated to at least one letter specified in advance on the display screen,

said control unit is configured to control the display input unit to display a text input screen on the display screen so that the control unit receives an operation of inputting at least one letter relative to the text input screen when the control unit receives an operation of specifying the first key, and

said control unit is configured to obtain a text string formed of the at least one letter correlated to the first key thus specified and the at least one letter thus input as the destination information of the transmission destination.

2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to display the at least one letter correlated to the first key thus specified in a destination display region on the display screen when the control unit receives the operation of specifying the first key, and

said control unit is configured to display the at least one letter thus input in the destination display region when the control unit receives the operation of inputting the at least one letter.

3. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control unit is configured to display the destination display region on the display screen when the control unit receives the operation of specifying the first key.

4. The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said control unit is configured to obtain a text string displayed in the destination display region when the control unit receives a specific determination operation.

5. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit,

wherein said control unit is configured to register the at least one letter correlated to the first key in the storage unit when the control unit receive an operation of setting the at least one letter correlated to the first key, and

said control unit is configured to use the at least one letter correlated to the first key registered in the storage unit when as the at least one letter correlated to the first key.

6. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of first keys.

7. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to control the display input unit to display at least one second key correlated to the destination information set in advance in addition to the first key, and

said control unit is configured to obtain the destination information correlated to the at least one second key as the destination information of the transmission destination when the control unit receives an operation of specifying the at least one second key.

8. The communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said control unit is configured to control the display input unit to display the text input screen on the display screen overlapping the at least one second key so that at least a part of the at least one second key becomes visible.

9. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to control the display input unit to display the text input screen on the display screen overlapping the first key so that at least a part of the first key becomes visible.

10. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to control the display input unit to display the text input screen on the display screen so that the text input screen is not overlapped with the first key.

11. The communication apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said control unit is configured to control the display input unit to display the text input screen on the display screen when the control unit receives an operation of specifying one of the first keys arranged in a screen, and

said control unit is configured to reduce a size of the screen so that the text input screen is not overlapped with the screen.

12. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to receive an operation of setting a display location of the text input screen so that the control unit displays the text input screen at the display location.

13. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to obtain the text string including a telephone number.

14. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said control unit is configured to control the display input unit to display the text input screen including a ten-key screen having a plurality of number keys for inputting a number.

15. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display input unit includes a touch panel.

16. A method of controlling a display input unit having a display screen and an input unit for receiving an operation relative to the display screen so that destination information of a transmission destination is obtained, comprising the steps of:

displaying a first key correlated to at least one letter specified in advance on the display screen,

displaying a text input screen on the display screen when an operation of specifying the first key is received,

inputting at least one letter relative to the text input screen, and

obtaining a text string formed of the at least one letter correlated to the first key thus specified and the at least one letter thus input as the destination information of the transmission destination.

17. A medium storing a program for controlling a display input unit having a display screen and an input unit for receiving an operation relative to the display screen so that destination information of a transmission destination is obtained,

wherein said program is executed with a processor to perform the steps of:

displaying a first key correlated to at least one letter specified in advance on the display screen,

displaying a text input screen on the display screen when an operation of specifying the first key is received,

inputting at least one letter relative to the text input screen, and

obtaining a text string formed of the at least one letter correlated to the first key thus specified and the at least one letter thus input as the destination information of the transmission destination.