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US 8,913,022 B2Granted
Character input device, image forming apparatus including the same, and method for controlling the character input device
AssigneeKYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
InventorYoshifumi Okabayashi
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Abstract
Provided is a character input device that can improve user's convenience (can reduce operations to be performed by the user). In this character input device, an operation display portion displays a keyboard screen corresponding to a character type of the first character of the registered user information as an initial screen for accepting re-input, when accepting the re-input of the same user information as the registered user information.
Claims9
A character input device comprising:
- an operation display portion for selectively display one of a plurality of keyboard screens having different character types that can be input, and for accepting input of a character string indicating user information;
- a storage portion for storing screen information for displaying the plurality of keyboard screens, and for storing user information for which input is accepted by the operation display portion;
- and
- a display control portion for controlling display operation of the operation display portion, wherein
- types of character input keys arranged on the plurality of keyboard screens respectively are fixed, and
- when re-input of user information that is same as registered user information already stored in the storage portion is accepted,
- the display control portion determines a character type of a first character of the registered user information that is the same as the user information of which the re-input is being accepted, and
- the operation display portion displays, out of the plurality of keyboard screens, a keyboard screen on which are arranged character input keys that allow input of characters corresponding to the character type determined by the display control portion as an initial screen for accepting re-input.
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A method for controlling a character input device, the method comprising the steps of:
- selectively displaying one of a plurality of keyboard screens having different character types that can be input, so as to accept input of a character string indicating user information;
- and
- storing user information for which input is accepted, wherein
- types of character input keys arranged on the plurality of keyboard screens respectively are fixed,
- when re-input of user information that is same as already stored registered user information is accepted, a character type of a first character of the registered user information that is the same as the user information of which the re-input is being accepted is determined, and, out of the plurality of keyboard screens,
- a keyboard screen on which are arranged character input keys that allow input of characters corresponding to the determined character type is displayed as an initial screen for accepting re-input.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.