Electronic apparatus and key operation control method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorHironori Motoe
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a key operation unit including a first region in which a first key group is arranged and a second region in which a second key group is arranged, a switch, and a key operation control unit which outputs, when a given key of the first key group is pressed together with an operation of the switch, a key code assigned to a key located at a position in the second region which corresponds to a position of the given key in the first region, and outputs, when an arbitrary key of the second key group is pressed, a key code assigned to a key located at a position in the first region which corresponds to a position of the arbitrary key in the second region.
Claims5
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a key operation unit comprising at least one of a first region in which a first key group is arranged and a second region in which a second key group is arranged;
- a key code generation unit configured
- to generate, when a first key of the first key group is pressed, two key codes including a key code assigned to the first key and a key code assigned to a key located at a position in the second region which corresponds to a position of the first key in the first region, and
- to generate, when a second key of the second key group is pressed, two key codes including a key code assigned to the second key and a key code assigned to a key located at a position in the first region which corresponds to a position of the second key in the second region;
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- a key operation control unit configured to select one character string from a plurality of character strings obtained by combinations of exclusively selecting the two key codes generated by the key code generation unit, and to output a key code representing the selected character string.
A key operation control method for an electronic apparatus comprising a key operation unit comprising at least one of a first region in which a first key group is arranged and a second region in which a second key group is arranged, the method comprising:
- generating, when a first key of the first key group is pressed, two key codes including a key code assigned to the first key and a key code assigned to a key located at a position in the second region which corresponds to a position of the first key in the first region;
- generating, when a second key of the second key group is pressed, two key codes including a key code assigned to the second key and a key code assigned to a key located at a position in the first region which corresponds to a position of the second key in the second region;
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- selecting one character string from a plurality of character strings obtained by combinations of exclusively selecting the two generated key codes and outputting a key code representing the selected character string.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.