KEY LAYOUT SETTING APPARATUS TO LAY OUT PLURALITY OF KEYS ARBITRARILY FOR DATA INPUT, KEY LAYOUT SETTING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH KEY LAYOUT SETTING PROGRAM IS STORED, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR KEY LAYOUT SETTING PROGRAM
US6441808B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/04886
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A free key layout setting apparatus is mounted in a data input apparatus. The data input apparatus includes a display unit covered with a touch panel. A plurality of keys are laid out and displayed on a display screen of the display unit according to layout data prestored in a ROM or a RAM. When an arbitrary key is touched through the touch panel in the display screen, a CPU of the data input apparatus carries out a function corresponding to that key. In setting the layout data to lay out each of the plurality of keys at an arbitrary position in the display screen in the free key layout setting apparatus, the CPU generates layout data as desired by the user including various data such as the size for display, the display position, a code identifying the type of the function of the ECR executed by operation of a key, and a character string of a label displayed on a key. The layout data is stored in the ROM or the RAM.
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