Data input device with a display keyboard
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1. A character input device comprising:
- a display screen;
a display controller for displaying a keyboard on said display screen, the keyboard including keys each of which is assigned a plurality of characters;
a pointing device for designating one of said keys on said display screen;
determining means for determining a motion of said pointing device on said designated key; and
input means for entering one character from the plurality of characters assigned to said designated key in accordance with the motion of the pointing device determined by said determining means with respect to the designated key.
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Abstract
A data input device including a display screen on which a keyboard appears, and a tablet that covers the screen. Keys are displayed in such a manner that a single alphabet character appears in a single key representation area. A mark drawn with a pen on the tablet indicates the transformation or modification of the specified character, such that a character indicated by a touch is entered in lowercase, and a character indicated by a check is entered in uppercase. Furthermore, by displaying a plurality of symbols in a single key representation area, one of the symbols can be selected and entered, depending on the manner in which the pen touches the screen.
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17 Claims
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1. A character input device comprising:
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a display screen; a display controller for displaying a keyboard on said display screen, the keyboard including keys each of which is assigned a plurality of characters; a pointing device for designating one of said keys on said display screen; determining means for determining a motion of said pointing device on said designated key; and input means for entering one character from the plurality of characters assigned to said designated key in accordance with the motion of the pointing device determined by said determining means with respect to the designated key. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A data input device comprising:
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display means for displaying a keyboard having a plurality of keys each of which is assigned a plurality of characters corresponding to predetermined pen operations respectively; a tablet provided for selection of one of said keys of the keyboard displayed on said display means; a pen for selecting one of said keys with said tablet; detecting means for detecting a type of pen operation by said pen on a single key representation area of said tablet corresponding to said selected key; and determination means for determining one of said plurality of characters corresponding to the type of pen operation detected by said detecting means with respect to the single key representation area of said selected key. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of determining input data, comprising the steps of:
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a) displaying a keyboard on a screen; b) assigning a plurality of characters to keys of said keyboard, respectively; c) associating marks made by motion of a pen with said plurality of characters, respectively; d) drawing a mark with a pen on a selected key on the keyboard displayed on the screen; e) detecting a motion of the pen to detect a drawn mark; and f) determining one of said characters for said selected key on the basis of the detected drawn mark. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of determining input data, comprising the steps of:
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displaying a keyboard on a display screen; assigning a plurality of characters to keys of said keyboard, respectively; designating with a pointing device one of said keys which is displayed on said display screen; determining a motion of said pointing device with respect to said designated key; and entering one character from the plurality of characters assigned to said designated key in accordance with the motion of the pointing device as determined by said determining step with respect to the designated key.
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