Character input device and method
US6567072B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/0234
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Characters are easily input using a direction indicating device.The device provides a direction indicating device which outputs a rotated direction of lowering, or the direction inclination and its strength, a display device, a key input means, a memory that stores a plurality of character sets, and a control means which selects characters a character set and characters comprising this character set which are stored in memory according to the output of the direction indicating device, and displays them on the display device, and which accepts the output of the direction indicating device as circumferential position information, and selects a specified character from a chart of characters that associates the previously provided position information with the output of the direction indicating device.
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