Data input device and display layout method for the same
AssigneeNEC Infrontia Corporation
InventorHiroyasu Hasegawa
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Abstract
A data input device and a display layout method for the same, which permit quickly laying out plural display keys for inputting data by touching these keys. The location of a base key, the spaces between adjacent keys other than the base key and a key alignment parameter for the set/release of the base key are appropriately changeably set, and plural keys are displayed on the display screen. From these keys a base key is selected by the touch, the location of the base key is determined, and other keys in groups related to the base key are laid out at predetermined distances by touching them.
Claims9
A data input device operable for arranging or laying out, in response to a user's touch on a display screen on a display device, plural display keys at display locations, comprising:
- selection means for selecting one of the plural keys included in a group of display keys displayed on the display screen as a base key for the group and also selecting a location to be aligned, wherein the display device displays a plurality of groups and the base key and the location can be selected for each group;
- key space setting means for setting a space between adjacent keys with respect to the base key in each group;
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- set/release means for selecting either setting or releasing of each base key.
A display layout method for a data input device comprising:
- freely displaying plural display keys on a display screen;
- selecting by touch one of the plural displayed display keys included in a group of display keys as a base key for disposition thereof at a desired location;
- and
- preliminarily setting the spaces of the display keys other than the base key in said group, thereby automatically providing the space thereof with respect to the disposition of the base key, wherein the plural display keys are aligned for each of a plurality of groups by successively selecting a plurality of base keys.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.