Character input device, character-input control method, storing character input program
US8791918B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 5, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F3/04886
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
According to an aspect, a character input device includes a touch panel, a vibrating unit, and a control unit. The touch panel displays a plurality of buttons each of which corresponds to a character, and detects a contact operation. The vibrating unit vibrates the touch panel. When the contact operation by a contact is detected by the touch panel while the contact on the touch panel is continued since a start of the contact at a first position on the touch panel on which the plurality of buttons are displayed, the control unit receives a character corresponding to a button, as an input, displayed at the position where the contact operation is detected. The control unit causes the vibrating unit to change a vibration behavior of the touch panel when the contact operation is detected.
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