Cursor display method and character input apparatus
AssigneeAlpine Electronics, Inc.
InventorShinobu Doi
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Abstract
When an input mode is switched from input of a first-type character written in a first character input direction into input of a second-type character written in a second character input direction opposite to the first character input direction, a displayed cursor is moved in the second character input direction in response to progression of input of second-type characters. At that time, first display-position movement processing is performed so that a display position of each character input before the switching is moved in the second character input direction in response to the progression of input of second-type characters with a display position of a second-type character input after the switching being fixed.
Claims18
A cursor display method for inputting a character string in a character input area capable of receiving input of characters and displaying a limited number of input characters, the character string comprising a mixture of a first-type character having a first writing direction and a second-type character having a second writing direction, the cursor display method comprising:
- moving a displayed cursor indicating an input position of a next character in the character input area in a first character input direction corresponding to the first writing direction when the first-type character is input in the character input area in the first character input direction, the cursor being moved in response to progression of input of first-type characters to indicate the input position of the next first-type character;
- and
- moving the displayed cursor in a second character input direction opposite to the first character input direction and performing first display-position movement processing when input of the first-type character is switched into input of the second-type character written in the second character input direction, the displayed cursor being moved in response to progression of input of second-type characters to indicate the input position of the next second-type character, the first display-position movement processing being performed so that a display position of each character input before the switching is moved in the second character input direction in response to the progression of input of second-type characters with a display position of the second-type character input after the switching being fixed.
A character input apparatus capable of inputting a character string in a character input area, the character string comprising a mixture of a first-type character having a first writing direction and a second-type character having a second writing direction opposite to the first writing direction, the character input apparatus comprising:
- a display unit;
- a character-input-area display processing device configured to display the character input area on the display unit, the character input area being capable of receiving input of characters and displaying a limited number of input characters;
- an operation device capable of receiving an operation for inputting a character in the character input area displayed by the character-input-area display processing device;
- a character-input display processing device configured to input and display a character corresponding to the operation of the operation device in the character input area;
- a cursor display processing device configured to display a cursor in the character input area, the cursor indicating an input position of a next character in the character input area;
- and
- a display-position movement processing device capable of moving a display position of the character input and displayed by the character-input display processing device in response to progression of input of characters,
- wherein,
- when the first-type character is input in the character input area in a first character input direction corresponding to the first writing direction, the cursor display processing device moves the displayed cursor in the first character input direction in response to progression of input of first-type characters so that the cursor indicates the input position of the next first-type character, and,
- when input of the first-type character is switched into input of the second-type character written in a second character input direction opposite to the first character input direction, the cursor display processing device moves the displayed cursor in the second character input direction in response to progression of input of second-type characters so that the cursor indicates the input position of the next second-type character, and
- wherein the display-position movement processing device performs first display-position movement processing when the displayed cursor is moved in the second character input direction so that a display position of each character input before the switching is moved in the second character input direction in response to the progression of input of second-type characters with the display position of the second-type character input after the switching being fixed.
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