Portable information terminal capable of entering thereinto plurality of character types, record medium recording control program, and method for character entry processing
OwnerMitsuru KAMIYABUinventor
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Abstract
A portable information terminal causes a display unit to display a first region that corresponds to an entry standby display in a character entry state of a first character type via a first operation key, and a second region that corresponds to a display for character entry in a character entry state of a second character type via a second operation key, and accepts entry of a character in the first character type or the second character type in accordance with the first operation key or the second operation key, while maintaining the character entry state of the first character type and the character entry state of the second character type.
Claims21
A portable information terminal, comprising:
- a display unit;
- an operation unit having a first operation key and a second operation key for allowing a user to perform an operation for character entry;
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- a control unit for controlling processing for said character entry, wherein
- said control unit includes a display control unit for causing said display unit to display a first region and a second region,
- said first region corresponds to an entry standby display in a character entry state of a first character type via said first operation key, and said second region corresponds to a display for character entry in a character entry state of a second character type via said second operation key, and
- said control unit further includes an entry control unit accepting entry of a character of said first character type or said second character type in accordance with said first operation key or said second operation key, while maintaining the character entry state of said first character type and the character entry state of said second character type.
A record medium recording a control program for causing a portable information terminal to execute character entry processing, said portable information terminal including an operation unit having a first operation key and a second operation key for allowing a user to perform an operation for character entry, a display unit, and a processing unit, and said control program including the steps of:
- said processing unit causing said display unit to display a first region corresponding to an entry standby display in a character entry state of a first character type via said first operation key, and a second region corresponding to a display for character entry in a character entry state of a second character type via said second operation key;
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- said processing unit accepting entry of a character of said first character type or said second character type in accordance with said first operation key or said second operation key, while maintaining the character entry state of said first character type and the character entry state of said second character type.
A method for character entry processing, executed in a portable information terminal including an operation unit having a first operation key and a second operation key for allowing a user to perform an operation for character entry, a display unit, and a processing unit, comprising the steps of:
- said processing unit causing said display unit to display a first region corresponding to an entry standby display in a character entry state of a first character type via said first operation key, and a second region corresponding to a display for character entry in a character entry state of a second character type via said second operation key;
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- said processing unit accepting entry of a character of said first character type or said second character type in accordance with said first operation key or said second operation key, while maintaining the character entry state of said first character type and the character entry state of said second character type.
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