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.
Claims9
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 exclusive of functions of inputting numeric numbers 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 the individual soft key through the touch panel to accept an input of the numeric number corresponding to the soft key subjected to the touch gesture, and detects an action on the individual hard key to accept the instruction to perform the function corresponding to the hard key subjected to the action,
- wherein the control section assigns the numeric numbers corresponding to the individual soft keys to the respective associated hard keys and, under a condition that a predetermined operation has been performed, detects an action on the individual hard key to accept an input of the numeric number corresponding to the hard key subjected to the action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.