Portable electronic device, control method, and control program

• US 9,128,535 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Honma, Hisae, Nomachi, Nayu, Bamba, Hiroyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Alrobaye, Idriss N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Yimer, Getente A
• Application Number:
  US13/350,193
• Publication Number:
  US 20120185617A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,334 Days
• Field of Search: 710/39, 710/1, 710/8, 710/14, 710/104
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0237 using prediction or retrieval techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/00 Handling natural language data speech analysis or synthesis, speech recognition G10L
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/129 Handling non-Latin characters, e.g. kana-to-kanji conversion

Abstract

The portable electronic device includes an operation unit, a storage unit, a setting unit, and a control unit. The operation unit inputs characters. The storage unit stores a first conversion table and a second conversion table different from the first conversion table. The second conversion table is different from the first conversion table. The setting unit sets a first mode and a second mode. In a case in which the first mode has been set by the setting unit, the control unit refers to the first conversion table when characters input by way of an operation of the operation unit are converted into another type of characters or character set. In a case in which the second mode has been set by the setting unit, the control unit refers to the second conversion table when characters input by way of an operation of the operation unit are converted into another type of characters or character set.

Claims

1. A portable electronic device, comprising:

an operation unit for inputting characters;

a display unit for displaying characters that were input by way of an operation of the operation unit;

a first storage unit that stores a first conversion table in which a plurality of first-type characters are recorded, and a second conversion table in which a plurality of second-type characters are recorded, the first conversion table being different from the second conversion table, which are referred to in order to convert characters that were input by way of an operation of the operation unit, into another type of character set;

a setting unit capable of setting a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode;

a conversion table creating unit that extracts and creates a first conversion table and the second conversion table from a single conversion table, in accordance with a mode that has been set by the setting unit; and

a control unit that performs control such that, in a case in which the first mode has been set by the setting unit, the display unit displays the plurality of first-type characters recorded in the first conversion table, and when one of the first-type characters displayed on the display unit is selected by way of the operation unit, the characters displayed on the display unit are replaced with the selected type of characters; and

in a case in which the second mode has been set by the setting unit, the display unit displays the plurality of second-type characters recorded in the second conversion table, and when one of the second-type characters displayed on the display unit is selected by way of the operation unit, the characters displayed on the display unit are replaced with the selected type of character set.

2. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a second storage unit; and

a learning unit, wherein, in a case in which characters were converted by referring to the first conversion table or the second conversion table, and a corresponding relationship of characters before and after such conversion is not stored in the first conversion table or the second conversion table that was referred to, the learning unit associates the corresponding relationship of the characters before and after the conversion with the first conversion table or the second conversion table that was referred to, and stores the corresponding relationship in the second storage unit,

wherein, in a case of referring to the first conversion table, the control unit refers to a corresponding relationship of characters before and after the conversion associated with the first conversion table, and performs restriction so as not to refer to a corresponding relationship of characters before and after the conversion associated with the second conversion table, and

wherein, in a case of referring to the second conversion table, the control unit refers to the corresponding relationship of characters before and after the conversion associated with the second conversion table, and performs restriction so as not to refer to the corresponding relationship of characters before and after the conversion associated with the first conversion table.

3. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a password setting unit that sets a password,

wherein, in either case in which the first mode is switched to the second mode or the second mode is switched to the first mode, the control unit prompts a password to be input, and the control unit permits switching of the modes on condition that the password thus input coincides with a password that has been set in the password setting unit.

4. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first conversion table is configured such that input characters are not converted into kanji characters, or input characters can be converted into only kanji characters conforming to a predetermined kanji character table designated for each school year.

5. The portable electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a registration unit that registers a profile including an age,

wherein, in a case in which an age has been registered with the registration unit when input characters are converted into another type of character set, the control unit selects which one of the first conversion table or the second conversion table is referred to, based on the age registered with the registration unit, regardless of whether the mode that has been set by the setting unit is the first mode or the second mode.

6. A control method comprising:

an operating step of inputting characters by way of an operation unit;

a displaying step of displaying characters that were input in the operating step on a display unit;

a setting step of setting a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode;

a conversion table creating step that extracts and creates a first conversion table and a second conversion table from a single conversion table, in accordance with a mode that has been set by the setting step;

a first controlling step of performing control such that, when characters that were input by way of an operation of the operation unit are converted into another type of character set, in a case in which the first mode has been set in the setting step, the input characters are used for conversion into another type of character set, and the display unit displays a plurality of first-type characters recorded in a first conversion table, based on reference to the first conversion table in which the plurality of first-type characters are recorded, and when one of the plurality of first-type characters displayed on the display unit is selected by way of the operation unit, the characters displayed on the display unit are replaced with the selected type of characters; and

a second controlling step of performing control such that, when characters that were input by way of an operation of the operation unit are converted into another type of character set, in a case in which the second mode has been set in the setting step, the input characters are used for conversion into another type of characters, and the display unit displays a plurality of second-type characters recorded in a second conversion table, based on reference to the second conversion table in which the plurality of second-type characters are recorded, the second conversion table being different from the first conversion table, and when one of the plurality of second-type characters displayed on the display unit is selected by way of the operation unit, the characters displayed on the display unit are replaced with the selected type of characters.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable device storing a control program comprising instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

inputting characters by way of an operation unit;

displaying the characters that were input in the operating step on a display unit;

setting a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode;

creating a conversion table by extracting and creating a first conversion table and a second conversion table from a single conversion table, in accordance with a mode that has been set by the setting step;

performing control such that, when characters that were input by way of an operation of the operation unit are converted into another type of character set, in a case in which the first mode has been set in the setting step, the input characters are used for conversion into another type of character set, and the display unit displays a plurality of first-type characters recorded in a first conversion table, based on reference to the first conversion table in which the plurality of first-type characters are recorded, and when one of the plurality of first-type characters displayed on the display unit is selected by way of the operation unit, the characters displayed on the display unit are replaced with the selected type of characters; and

performing control such that, when characters that were input by way of an operation of the operation unit are converted into another type of character set, in a case in which the second mode has been set in the setting step, the input characters are used for conversion into another type of character set, and the display unit displays a plurality of second-type characters recorded in a second conversion table, based on reference to the second conversion table in which the plurality of second-type characters are recorded, the second conversion table being different form the first conversion table, and when one of the plurality of second-type characters displayed on the display unit is selected by way of the operation unit, the characters displayed on the display unit are replaced with the selected type of characters.