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Terminal apparatus, radio communication terminal, and information input method

US5915228A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 1996
Grant dateJun 22, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M2250/70
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A terminal apparatus having a display used for displaying information and a memory used for storing the information, an input device, having a specific operation unit which is operable in two different directions, for detecting the physical moving direction of the specific operation unit, and a control element for switching a letter or a symbol to be displayed on the display based on the detected result of the input device in the letter input mode, or for determining the input.

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