Pocket telephone
First Claim
1. A pocket telephone including an operation surface on which function keys and character input keys arrayed in three columns by four rows are provided, said character input keys comprising:
- three columns of keys, one of which consisting of four character input keys to which four out of five alphabet letters corresponding to the vowels in Japanese are assigned to be used to enter Japanese characters in Romaji input mode, the remaining one of the five alphabet letters being assigned to a function key just above the top character input key in the same column, wherein the keys of the five alphabet letters are arranged in the order of the vowels according to the Japanese syllabary.
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Abstract
The focus is positioned on one of the icons shown on a main menu screen and the focal icon is shown enlarged, while the remaining icons are visible.
On the main menu screen 40, as shown in FIG. 6(b), a plurality of icons 41 corresponding to items or groups of items from which to choose are shown. The focus (selector) is positioned on one of the icons (the focal icon is surrounded by a frame-like cursor 42) and the focal icon is shown enlarged. By working the joy stick (not shown), the user can shift the focus to any icon. The remaining icons 41 other than the focus icon 41 shift to be more closely spaced, thus widening the area where the focal icon is shown. No matter what icon 41 is chosen as the focal one, the icons 4 shown remain the same.
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1. A pocket telephone including an operation surface on which function keys and character input keys arrayed in three columns by four rows are provided, said character input keys comprising:
three columns of keys, one of which consisting of four character input keys to which four out of five alphabet letters corresponding to the vowels in Japanese are assigned to be used to enter Japanese characters in Romaji input mode, the remaining one of the five alphabet letters being assigned to a function key just above the top character input key in the same column, wherein the keys of the five alphabet letters are arranged in the order of the vowels according to the Japanese syllabary.
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2. A pocket telephone arranged such that a standby screen is displayed when its power is turned on and a predetermined screen is opened by actuating a function key on the operation surface, wherein:
the predetermined screen is superposed on the standby screen so that the standby screen will be visible through the predetermined screen. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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