Electronic device, wearable device, and character input control method
AssigneeToshiba Client Solutions CO., LTD.
InventorRyo Hatano
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a character input controller. The character input controller displays a software keyboard including a set of input areas. Each input area of the set includes objects each representing a character. The set of input areas is arranged adjacent to one another in a first direction. The character input controller moves an active input area in the first direction or in a second direction opposite to the first direction, in response to a first operation or a second operation, and changes a character of an active object displayed in the active input area into another character in the active input area, in response to a third operation or a fourth operation.
Claims8
A wearable device comprising a display and an operation device, the wearable device comprising:
- a character input controller that displays a software keyboard on the display, and controls input of a character in response to an operation for the software keyboard using the operation device,
- wherein:
- the character input controller;
- displays the software keyboard comprising a set of input areas, each input area of the set comprising objects each representing a character, the set of input areas being arranged adjacent to one another in a first direction;
- moves an active input area among the set of input areas in the first direction or in a second direction opposite to the first direction, in response to a first operation specifying the first direction or a second operation specifying the second direction;
- and
- changes a character of an active object displayed in the active input area into another character in the active input area, in response to a third operation specifying a third direction perpendicular to the first direction or a fourth operation specifying a fourth direction opposite to the third direction;
- the wearable device further comprises a front part to be positioned on a line of sight of an eyeball when the wearable device is worn on a face or a head, and
- the display is provided on an inside surface of the front part so as to be views by the eyeball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.