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Information processing device and character input method

US9256363B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2011
Grant dateFeb 9, 2016
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Expiry dateSep 15, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/04845
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to an aspect, an information processing device includes: a touch panel for detecting a contact; and a controller configured to display a virtual keyboard including a plurality of buttons on the touch panel, and receive, when the touch panel detects a contact started at a first position on the surface of the touch panel and terminated at a second position on the surface of the touch panel, a character string including characters corresponding to the buttons displayed on a trajectory obtained by connecting each position at which the contact is detected from when the contact is started at the first position to when the contact is terminated at the second position as input.

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