Information input device, information input method, information input control program, and electronic device
First Claim
1. An information input device comprising:
- a display unit displaying a plurality of first characters arranged in rows and columns;
a detecting unit arranged in front of the display unit or behind the display unit, wherein the detecting unit detects whether a physical contact from an outside has been made and which detects a contacted position when the physical contact is made; and
a control unit identifying a first character of the plurality of first characters, wherein the identified first character is displayed at a position corresponding to the contacted position, based on a signal from the detecting unit;
wherein when the detecting unit detects the physical contact, the control unit;
determines at least one second position overlapping at least one adjacent position in the arranged rows and columns, wherein the at least one adjacent position is adjacent to the position at which the identified first character is displayed,decides second characters based on the identified first character, anddirects the display unit to display, along with the display of the identified first character corresponding to the contacted position, the second characters in the at least one second position, respectively.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an information input device, in which information is inputted by easy operations, even if a display unit size is limited. An information input device of the present invention has: a display unit displaying a plurality of figures; a detecting unit arranged in front of the display unit or behind the display unit, and detecting whether a physical contact from an outside exists or not and a contacted position at which the physical contact exists; and a control unit deciding a figure displayed on the display unit and a position at which the figure is displayed, and inputting information based on a signal from the detecting unit, and when the detecting unit detects the physical contact exists, the control unit determines a first figure displayed at a nearest position to the contacted position in the plurality of figures based on the contacted position and decides a second figure displayed at a position surrounding the contacted position based on a kind of the first figure.
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12 Claims
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1. An information input device comprising:
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a display unit displaying a plurality of first characters arranged in rows and columns; a detecting unit arranged in front of the display unit or behind the display unit, wherein the detecting unit detects whether a physical contact from an outside has been made and which detects a contacted position when the physical contact is made; and a control unit identifying a first character of the plurality of first characters, wherein the identified first character is displayed at a position corresponding to the contacted position, based on a signal from the detecting unit; wherein when the detecting unit detects the physical contact, the control unit; determines at least one second position overlapping at least one adjacent position in the arranged rows and columns, wherein the at least one adjacent position is adjacent to the position at which the identified first character is displayed, decides second characters based on the identified first character, and directs the display unit to display, along with the display of the identified first character corresponding to the contacted position, the second characters in the at least one second position, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
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7. An information input device comprising:
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a display unit displaying a plurality of first characters arranged in rows and columns; a detecting unit arranged in front of the display unit or behind the display unit, wherein the detecting unit detects whether a physical contact from an outside has been made and which detects a contacted position when the physical contact is made; and a control unit identifying a first character of the plurality of first characters, wherein the identified first character is displayed at a position corresponding to the contacted position based on a signal from the detecting unit; wherein when the detecting unit detects the physical contact, the control unit; determines at least one second position overlapping at least one adjacent position in the arranged rows and columns, wherein the at least one adjacent position is adjacent to the position at which the identified first character is displayed, decides second characters based on the identified first character, directs the display unit to display, along with the display of the identified first character corresponding to the contacted position, the second characters in the at least one second position, respectively, and inputs information based the identified first character and a relative position of the contacted position at a time just before when the contact is released to a position at which the first character is displayed, when the detecting unit detects the contact exists and then the contact is released.
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9. An information input method comprising:
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displaying a plurality of first characters arranged in rows and columns; detecting whether a physical contact from an outside has been made, and detecting a contacted position when the physical contact is made; identifying a first character of the plurality of first characters, wherein the identified first character is displayed at a position corresponding to the contacted position; determining at least one second position overlapping at least one adjacent position in the arranged rows and columns, wherein the at least one adjacent position is adjacent to the position at which the identified first character is displayed; deciding second characters based on a kind of the identified first character; displaying, along with the display of the identified first character corresponding to the contacted position, the second characters in the at least one second position, respectively; and inputting information based on the contacted position. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. An information input device comprising:
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a display means for displaying a plurality first of characters arranged in rows and columns; a detecting means arranged in front of the display means or behind the display means, wherein the detecting means detects whether a physical contact from an outside has been made and which detects a contacted position at when the physical contact is made; and a control means identifying a first character of the plurality of first characters, wherein the identified first character is displayed at a position corresponding to the contacted position based on a signal from the detecting means, wherein when the detecting means detects the physical contact, the control means; determines at least one second position overlapping at least one adjacent position in the arranged rows and columns, wherein the at least one adjacent position is adjacent to the position at which the identified first character is displayed, decides second characters based on the identified first character, and directs the display means to display, along with the display of the identified first character corresponding to the contacted position, the second characters in the at least one second position, respectively.
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12. An information input device comprising:
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a display unit adapted to display a plurality of first characters arranged in rows and columns; a detecting unit adapted to detect whether a physical contact from outside has been made and which detects a contacted position when the physical contact is made; and a control unit adapted to; identify a first character of the plurality of first characters, wherein the identified first character is displayed at a position corresponding to the contacted position, based on a signal from the detecting unit; wherein the control unit is adapted to respond to the contacted position information by; determining at least one second position overlapping at least one adjacent position in the arranged rows and columns, wherein the at least one adjacent position is adjacent to the position at which the identified first character is displayed; deciding a plurality of second characters based on the identified first character; and directing the display unit to display, along with the display of the identified first character corresponding to the contacted position, the second characters in the at least one second position, respectively.
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Specification