Mobile terminal device and program used in mobile terminal device
US8188976B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 14, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 29, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 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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