Information input apparatus
AssigneeSony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorShunichi KUSANO
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Abstract
An information input apparatus including a user interface that detects a first input operation and a processor that assigns information to each of a plurality of directions from a position centered at the first input operation detected by the user interface. The user interface detects a second input operation corresponding to one of the plurality of directions, and the processor selects information assigned to the one of the plurality of directions as an input.
Claims20
An information input apparatus comprising:
- a user interface configured to detect a first input operation;
- a processor configured to assign information to each of a plurality of directions from a position centered at the first input operation detected by the user interface, wherein
- the user interface is configured to detect a second input operation corresponding to one of the plurality of directions, and
- the processor is configured to select information assigned to the one of the plurality of directions as an input.
A method of controlling a user interface of an information input apparatus, the method comprising:
- detecting, at a user interface of the information input apparatus, a first input operation by a user;
- assigning, by a processor of the information input apparatus, information to each of a plurality of directions from a position of the first input operation detected by the user interface;
- detecting, by the user interface, a second input operation by the user corresponding to one of the plurality of directions;
- and
- selecting, by the processor, information assigned to the one of the plurality of directions as an input.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an information input apparatus, cause the information input apparatus to perform a method, the method comprising:
- detecting a first input operation by a user;
- assigning information to each of a plurality of directions from a position of the first input operation detected by the user interface;
- detecting a second input operation by the user corresponding to one of the plurality of directions;
- and
- selecting information assigned to the one of the plurality of directions as an input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.