Information terminal
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsTakanori Nishiyama, Kazunori Yanagisawa, Sakae Itakura
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Abstract
A portable radio telephone set provided with a display section includes a rotary selector which turns to select various functions. A menu displayed on the display section is selected by the rotary selector during a non-conversation time, and the sound volume can be adjusted during the conversation time. The adjusting operation can be performed from both the front and the rear sides of the telephone set. The rotary selector and button keys are arranged within the operation range of the thumb, and ordinary dial functions performed by operating these rotary selector and button keys are provided.
Claims9
An information terminal, comprising:
- a display section for displaying a table of characters and a cursor, the table including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns;
- a selector movable in a first direction to move the cursor to a desired one of the rows on said table and movable in a second direction to move the cursor to a desired one of the columns on said table, so as to define a desired character displayed at a position defined by the intersection of the desired one of the rows and the desired one of the columns;
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- a button actuable to select the defined character, repeated movement of said cursor permitting continuous selection of characters one by one to form a character sequence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.