Screen display key input unit
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1. A screen display key input unit for selecting and inputting keys displayed on a screen, comprising:
- keys displayed on the screen and being allocated at least first and second graphic character codes generating characters, digits and symbols;
key input means for designating each key area showing said respective keys; and
selection processing means for outputting either the first or second graphic character code based on a decision where said key input means designates within the key area, wherein said key input means is touch-sensitive input means for touching the respective key area shown on the screen and said selection processing means includes criterion means for deciding whether said touch-sensitive input means shifts over a predetermined length with a continuous touch to the key areas irrespective of movement direction thereof and character generations means for outputting the first graphic character code allocated to the key when the criterion means decides that a moving distance of said touch-sensitive input is shorter than the predetermined length and outputting the second graphic character code allocated to the key when the criterion means decides that said moving distance is longer than the predetermined length.
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Abstract
A screen display key input unit. A screen display has a series of keys which can be operated by touching with a pen, a mouse or the like. Each of the keys are defined with first and second graphic character codes. A key input device points out a key display area on the screen while a selection processor selects one of the two graphic character codes on the key by determining the difference of key selection operations of the key input. The two graphic character codes are defined on each of the keys so that the number of keys shown on the screen is reduced as compared to conventional unit where each key is defined with a single graphic character code.
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23 Claims
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1. A screen display key input unit for selecting and inputting keys displayed on a screen, comprising:
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keys displayed on the screen and being allocated at least first and second graphic character codes generating characters, digits and symbols;
key input means for designating each key area showing said respective keys; and
selection processing means for outputting either the first or second graphic character code based on a decision where said key input means designates within the key area, wherein said key input means is touch-sensitive input means for touching the respective key area shown on the screen and said selection processing means includes criterion means for deciding whether said touch-sensitive input means shifts over a predetermined length with a continuous touch to the key areas irrespective of movement direction thereof and character generations means for outputting the first graphic character code allocated to the key when the criterion means decides that a moving distance of said touch-sensitive input is shorter than the predetermined length and outputting the second graphic character code allocated to the key when the criterion means decides that said moving distance is longer than the predetermined length. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
wherein the six main keys, arranged in the two files relative to any one of the right and left sides in a main key area provided with said fifteen main keys, are respectively allocated vowel keys for inputting letters “ - A”
, “
I”
, “
U”
, “
E” and
“
O”
, showing vowel sounds of Japanese, and a syllabic nasal key for inputting a character “
”
of the syllabic nasal;
wherein the nine main keys, arranged in the other three files of the main key area, are respectively allocated consonant keys for inputting letters “
K”
, “
S”
, “
T”
, “
N”
, “
H”
, “
M”
, “
Y”
, “
R” and
“
W”
; and
wherein the keys, allocated letters “
K”
, “
S”
, “
T”
, “
N” and
“
H”
, are respectively allocated to input letters “
G”
, “
Z”
, “
D”
, “
P” and
“
B”
in a shift state.
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11. The screen display key input unit according to claim 9,
wherein the five main keys of the six main keys, arranged in the two files relative to any one of the right and left sides in a main key area provided with said fifteen main keys, are respectively allocated letters “ - A”
, “
I”
, “
U”
, “
E” and
“
O”
;
wherein the nine keys, arranged in the other three files in the main key area, are respectively allocated to input letters “
K”
, “
S”
, “
T”
, “
N”
, “
H”
, “
M”
, “
Y”
, “
R” and
“
W”
;
wherein the respective keys, allocated letters “
A”
, “
I”
, “
U”
, “
E” and
“
O”
, are allocated a letter “
Q”
, a letter “
J”
, a comma “
,”
, a period “
.” and
a letter “
X”
in a shift state; and
wherein the respective keys, allocated letters “
K”
, “
S”
, “
T”
, “
N”
, “
H”
, “
M”
, “
Y”
, “
R” and
“
W”
, are allocated to input letters “
G”
, “
Z”
, “
D”
, “
P”
, “
B”
, “
C”
, “
F”
, “
V” and
“
L”
in a shift state.
- A”
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12. The screen display key input unit according to claim 9, wherein said fifteen main keys are respectively allocated to input a digit “
- 0”
, a digit “
1”
, a digit “
2”
, a digit “
3”
, a digit “
4”
, a digit “
5”
, a digit “
6”
, a digit “
7”
, a digit “
8”
, a digit “
9”
, symbol “
+”
, a symbol “
−
”
, a symbol “
×
”
or “
*”
a symbol “
÷
”
or “
/” and
a symbol “
.”
.
- 0”
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13. The screen display key input unit according to claim 9, wherein said fifteen main keys are respectively allocated to input, as the first and second graphic character codes, bracket symbols “
- ┌
”
, “
┘
”
, “
(”
, “
)”
, “
<
”
, “
>
”
, “
[”
, “
]”
, “
{”
, “
}”
, “
‘
”
, “
’
”
“
“
”
, and “
”
”
, a colon symbol “
;
”
, a semi-colon symbol “
;
”
, an asterisk symbol “
*”
, a sharp symbol “
#”
, an and symbol “
&
”
, a question symbol “
?”
, a qualifying symbol “
!”
, a symbol “
/”
, a symbol “
/”
, a symbol “
˜
”
, a qualifying symbol “
@”
, a dollar symbol “
$”
, a yen symbol “
¥
”
, a hyphen “
-”
, and a symbol “
=”
.
- ┌
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14. The screen display key input unit according to claim 9,
wherein the six main keys, arranged in the two files relative to any one of the right and left sides in a main key area provided with said fifteen main keys, are respectively allocated vowel keys for inputting letters “ - A”
, “
I”
, “
U”
, “
E” and
“
O”
, showing vowel sounds of Japanese, and a syllabic nasal key for inputting a character “
”
of the syllabic nasal;
wherein the nine keys, arranged in the other three files of the main key area, are respectively allocated consonant keys for inputting letters “
K”
, “
S”
, “
T”
, “
N”
, “
H”
, “
M”
, “
Y”
, “
R” and
“
W”
;
wherein the vowel keys allocated letters “
A”
, “
I”
, “
U”
, “
E” and
“
O”
, and a syllabic nasal key allocated a character “
”
are respectively allocated to input letters “
AI”
, “
UI”
, “
UU”
, “
EI”
, “
OU”
, and “
YUU”
in a shift state; and
wherein the keys, allocated letters “
K”
, “
S”
, “
T”
, “
N”
, “
H”
, “
M”
, “
Y”
, “
R” and
“
W”
, are respectively allocated to input letters “
G”
, “
Z”
, “
D”
, “
P”
, and “
B”
, a double consonant character “
”
, one of Japanese Punctuation Mark “
”
, another Japanese Punctuation Mark “
” and
a long vowel mark “
”
in a shift state.
- A”
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15. The screen display key input unit according to claim 9,
wherein said six main keys, arranged in the two fides relative to any one of the right and left sides in a main key area provided with said fifteen main keys, are respectively allocated vowel keys for inputting letters “ - A”
, “
I”
, “
U”
, “
E” and
“
O”
, showing vowel sounds of Japanese, and a syllabic nasal key for inputting a character “
”
of the syllabic nasal;
wherein the nine keys, arranged in the other three files of the main key area, are respectively allocated consonant keys for inputting letters “
K”
, “
S”
, “
T”
, “
N”
, “
H”
, “
M”
, “
Y”
, “
R” and
“
W”
;
wherein the vowel keys allocated letters “
A”
, “
I”
, “
U”
, “
E” and
“
O”
, and a syllabic nasal key allocated a character “
”
are respectively allocated to input letters “
ya”
, “
yuu”
, “
yu”
, “
you” and
“
yo”
, and a double consonant character “
”
in a shift state; and
wherein the keys, allocated letters “
K”
, “
S”
, “
T”
, “
N”
, “
H”
, “
M”
, “
Y”
, “
R” and
“
W”
, are respectively allocated to input letters “
G”
, “
Z”
, “
D”
, “
P”
, and “
B”
, a dot symbol “
.”
, one of Japanese Punctuation Mark “
”
, another Japanese Punctuation Mark “
”
, and a long vowel mark “
”
in a shift state.
- A”
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16. The screen display key input unit according to claim 9, wherein at least one of said fifteen main keys is defined with the third graphic character code in addition to the other two graphic character codes, and wherein said selection processing means includes criterion means for determining which key selection operation of three types is carried out for selecting from the first to third graphic character codes inputted by said key input means, and character generation means for selecting and outputting any one of the first to third generated codes, defined on each of the keys, in response to the key selection operation determined by the criterion means.
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17. The screen display key input unit according to claim 9, wherein at least one of said main keys is defined with the third graphic character code and the fourth graphic character code in addition to the other two graphic character codes, and wherein said selection processing means includes criterion means for determining which key selection operation of four types is carried out, and character generation means for selecting and outputting any one of the first to fourth generated codes, defined on each of the keys, in response to the key selection operation determined by the criterion means.
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18. The screen display key input unit according to claim 9, wherein said main keys are respectively allocated to show letters “
- Q”
, “
E”
, “
T”
, “
U”
, and “
O”
on each left half-area of the five keys from the left to the right in the top rank of said arranged fifteen main keys, letters “
A”
, “
D”
, “
G”
, J7 , and “
L”
on each left half-area of five keys from the left to the right in the middle rank, and letters “
Z”
, ”
C”
, “
B”
, and “
M”
on each left half-area of four keys from the left to the right in the bottom rank, and wherein said keys, allocated to show “
Q”
, “
E”
, “
T”
, “
U”
, “
O”
, “
A”
, “
D”
, “
G”
, “
J”
, “
Z”
, “
C” and
“
B”
on the left half-areas thereof, are respectively allocated to show letters “
W”
, “
R”
, “
Y”
, “
I”
, “
P”
, “
S”
, “
F”
, “
H”
, “
K”
, “
X”
, “
V” and
“
N”
on the respective right hall-areas thereof.
- Q”
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19. The screen display key input unit according to claim 18, wherein the keys, allocated to show “
- L” and
“
M”
, are respectively allocated a long vowel mark “
” and
one of Japanese Punctuation Mark “
”
on the right half-areas thereof, and wherein the key, arranged in the rightmost file of the bottom rank of said arranged main keys, is allocated to show another Japanese Punctuation Mark “
”
on the left half-area thereof and a symbol on the right half-area thereof.
- L” and
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20. The screen display key input unit according to claim 18, wherein the keys, allocated to show “
- L” and
“
M”
, are respectively allocated a semi-colon symbol “
;
” and
a comma symbol “
,”
on the right half-areas thereof, and wherein the key, arranged in the rightmost file of the bottom rank of said arranged main keys, is allocated to show a period symbol “
.”
on the left half-area thereof and a colon symbol “
;
”
on the right half-area thereof.
- L” and
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21. The screen display key input unit according to any one of claim 1, further comprising arrangement change means for changing the arrangements of the generated graphic character codes when a character, a digit or a symbol and the key shown with the symbol, which are shown on the screen, is touched.
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22. The screen display key input unit according to claim 1, further comprising a support key area provided in addition to a main key area, provided with fifteen keys arranged in 3 ranks lengthwise and 5 files breadthwise, to be provided therein with plural support keys, defined with various functions, adjacent to the main key area.
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23. A screen display key input unit for selecting and inputting keys displayed on a screen comprising:
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keys displayed on the screen and being allocated at least first and second graphic character codes generating characters digits and symbols;
key input means for designating each key area showing said respective keys; and
selection processing means for outputting either the first or second graphic character code based on a decision where said key input means designates within the key area, wherein said key input means is touch-sensitive input means for touching the respective key area shown on the screen and said selection processing means includes criterion means for deciding whether said touch-sensitive input means pushes the key area under a predetermined pressure and character generations means for outputting the first graphic character code allocated to the key when the criterion means decides that a pressure degree applied by said touch-sensitive input means is lower than the predetermined pressure and outputting the second graphic character code allocated to the key when the criterion means decides that said pressure degree is higher than the predetermined pressure.
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Current AssigneeMalikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
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Original AssigneeMisawa Homes Company Limited (Toyota Motor Corporation)
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InventorsKato, Yoshiya, Kato, Syunji
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Primary Examiner(s)Hjerpe, Richard
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Assistant Examiner(s)LESPERANCE, JEAN E
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Application NumberUS09/101,799Time in Patent Office1,069 DaysField of Search345/179, 345/173, 345/168, 345/171, 345/172, 345/339, 345/146, 345/169, 341/22, 341/21, 341/23US Class Current345/179CPC Class CodesG06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handw...G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display...
