Data input device and the method thereof
US6377243B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 20, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0236
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The operability in inputting data using a so-called software keyboard is provided wherein a computer displays a software keyboard and a target window to which data is to be inputted, determines whether or not either one of the two buttons of a mouse is clicked, selects data indicated by the pointed key when the left button is clicked and displays it in correlation to the cursor. By repeating the above processes, data is selected and displayed in a frame near the cursor. When the user clicks the target window, the computer supplies data of the character string so far selected to the target program as input data.
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