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Operation input using touch screen and operation lever

  • US 9,335,846 B2
  • Filed: 04/05/2013
  • Issued: 05/10/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An operation input device, comprising:

  • a touch sensor configured to detect a touch operation performed by a detected object without requiring a contact with a contact point except the touch sensor;

    an operation part comprising an operation lever attached to the touch sensor and configured so as to allow an operation of the operation part in a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction;

    a display control part configured so as to control a display device to display on a display screen a first region that displays a first image based on the operation performed by the detected object, a second region that displays a second image based on the operation of the operation lever in the first direction, and a third region that displays a third image based on the operation of the operation lever in the second direction; and

    a memory part configured to comprise a dictionary in which a plurality of characters, a plurality of words including the characters, and a plurality of sentences including the characters are housed,wherein the display control part is configured to recognize the character written in the touch sensor based on the operation of the detected object, to extract the candidates of the recognized character from the dictionary of the memory part, and to control the extracted result to be displayed on the second region as the second image, andwherein the display control part is configured to, after a character has been selected from the candidates of the recognized character that has been displayed on the second region as the second image by the operation of the operation lever in the first direction, extract the words or the sentences based on the selected character from the dictionary so as to be displayed on the third region as the third image.

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