Character input apparatus and character input method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorNoriyo FUJII
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Abstract
A character input apparatus includes a display an input module and an area controller. The display displays characters and a cursor position. The input module has a plurality of keys for instructing deletion of characters displayed on the display. The area controller (i) measures a press time in a case where a key of the input module is pressed, (ii) determines whether the press time is a short time or a long time, (iii) performs an input unique to the key when the press time is a short time, and (vi) instructs a transition to a long press mode to delete characters in a range predetermined with respect to the cursor position when the press time is a long time.
Claims6
A character input apparatus comprising:
- a display that displays characters and a cursor position;
- an input module that has a plurality of keys for instructing deletion of characters displayed on the display;
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- an area controller (i) that measures a press time in a case where a key of the input module is pressed, (ii) that determines Whether the press time is a short time or a long time, (iii) that performs an input unique to the key when the press time is a short time, and (vi) that instructs a transition to a long press mode to delete characters in a range predetermined with respect to the cursor position when the press time is a long time.
A character input method comprising:
- displaying characters and a cursor position;
- inputting at least one of a plurality of keys for instructing deletion of displayed characters;
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- measuring a press time in a case where one of the plurality of keys is pressed;
- determining whether the press time is a short time or a long time;
- performing an input unique to the key when the press time is a short time;
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- instructing a transition to a long press mode to delete characters in a range predetermined with respect to the cursor position when the press time is a long time.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.