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US 10,158,773 B2Granted
Input device
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorYasushi Takatsuki
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Abstract
A control section allows a screen of a display section to display a plurality of numeric keys, detects a touch gesture on the individual numeric key through a touch panel to allow an input of a numeric number corresponding to the numeric key subjected to the touch gesture, and detects an action on each of hard keys to accept an instruction to perform a function corresponding to the hard key subjected to the action. When a predetermined action is performed on one or more individuals of the hard keys, the control section assigns numeric numbers to the respective hard keys and detects an action on the individual hard key to allow an input of the numeric number corresponding to the hard key subjected to the action.
Claims11
An input device comprising:
- a display section;
- a touch panel provided on the display section;
- a plurality of hard keys through which inputs of respective instructions associated with a plurality of individual functions are accepted;
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- a control section that allows a screen of the display section to display soft keys associated with a plurality of respective numeric numbers, detects a touch gesture on any one of the soft keys through the touch panel to accept an input of the numeric number corresponding to the one soft key subjected to the touch gesture, and detects an action on any one of the hard keys to accept an instruction to perform the function corresponding to the one hard key subjected to the action,
- wherein the control section assigns the plurality of respective numeric numbers corresponding to the soft keys to the respective associated hard keys, under a condition that a predetermined operation has been performed, detects an action on any one of the hard keys to accept an input of the numeric number corresponding to the one hard key subjected to the action, and under a condition that the predetermined operation has not been performed, detects an action on any one of the hard keys to accept an input of an instruction to perform the function corresponding to the one hard key subjected to the action,
- the predetermined operation is a predetermined action on one or more individuals of the hard keys, and
- when the numeric numbers input by actions on the hard keys indicate a predetermined code, the control section starts a maintenance mode in which positions of gestures on the soft keys for accepting inputs of the numeric numbers are adjustable.
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An input device comprising:
- a display section;
- a touch panel provided on the display section;
- a plurality of hard keys through which inputs of respective instructions associated with a plurality of individual functions are accepted;
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- a control section that allows a screen of the display section to display soft keys associated with a plurality of respective numeric numbers, detects a touch gesture on any one of the soft keys through the touch panel to accept an input of the numeric number corresponding to the one soft key subjected to the touch gesture, and detects an action on any one of the hard keys to accept an instruction to perform the function corresponding to the one hard key subjected to the action,
- wherein the control section assigns the plurality of respective numeric numbers corresponding to the soft keys to the respective associated hard keys, under a condition that a predetermined operation has been performed, detects an action on any one of the hard keys to accept an input of the numeric number corresponding to the one hard key subjected to the action, and under a condition that the predetermined operation has not been performed, detects an action on any one of the hard keys to accept an input of an instruction to perform the function corresponding to the one hard key subjected to the action,
- furthermore, the control section stores, according to a correspondence relation specified by an operator, an association of each of the hard keys with one of the numeric numbers.
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An input device comprising:
- a display section;
- a touch panel provided on the display section;
- a plurality of hard keys through which inputs of respective instructions associated with a plurality of individual functions are accepted;
- and
- a control section that allows a screen of the display section to display soft keys associated with a plurality of respective numeric numbers, detects a touch gesture on any one of the soft keys through the touch panel to accept an input of the numeric number corresponding to the one soft key subjected to the touch gesture, and detects an action on any one of the hard keys to accept an instruction to perform the function corresponding to the one hard key subjected to the action,
- wherein the control section assigns the plurality of respective numeric numbers corresponding to the soft keys to the respective associated hard keys, under a condition that a predetermined operation has been performed, detects an action on any one of the hard keys to accept an input of the numeric number corresponding to the one hard key subjected to the action, and under a condition that the predetermined operation has not been performed, detects an action on any one of the hard keys to accept an input of an instruction to perform the function corresponding to the one hard key subjected to the action,
- furthermore, the control section allows the screen of the display section to display a plurality of icons and, when detecting through the touch panel a touch gesture on a specified icon of the plurality of icons, determines the touch gesture as the predetermined operation and detects an action on any one of the hard keys to accept an input of the numeric number corresponding to the one hard key subjected to the action, and
- the specified icon is displayed in a larger size than the other icons.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.