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Mobile terminal device and program used in mobile terminal device

US8188976B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 14, 2006
Grant dateMay 29, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0233
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile terminal device provided with a plurality of keys includes: a touch pad and a touch detection interface which detect a user touching a key; a press detection interface which detects the user pressing the key; a display unit which sequentially displays characters, as candidate characters, assigned to the key pressed by the user, when the press detection interface detects the user pressing the key; and a controller which converts the candidate character displayed on the display unit to a finalized character, when an untouched time period during the user does not touch the pressed key reaches a predetermined judging time after the press detection interface detects the user pressing the key.

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