Character input device, character input interface control method, and program
AssigneeNEC Casio Mobile Communications, Ltd.
InventorNaomichi Takahashi
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Abstract
A character input device of the present invention includes a skill estimation unit that estimates the skill of a user in character input operation, based on the history of key operation by the user. In this character input device, a determination period for determining an input character being selected by a character input interface unit is increased or decreased, according to the skill estimated by the skill estimation unit. The character input interface unit selects the character based on the number of times at which a same key has been depressed, and judges whether or not the determination operation of the character has been performed, based on the determination period.
Claims20
A character input device comprising:
- a skill estimation unit that estimates a skill of a user in character input operation, based on a history of key operation by the user;
- a character input interface unit that selects an input character based on a number of times at which a same key has been depressed;
- a determination period storage unit that stores an original determination period, selected by the user, for determining the character being selected;
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- a control unit that increases or decreases the determination period according to the skill estimated by the skill estimation unit, wherein during the determination period the character input interface unit judges whether or not a determination operation of the character has been performed;
- wherein the determination period may be adjusted by the user via a menu;
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- the determination period may be adjusted by the user in a stepwise fashion.
A character input interface control method comprising:
- estimating a skill of a user in character input operation by a skill estimation unit, based on a history of key operation by the user;
- storing an original determination period, selected by the user, for determining the character being selected by a character input interface unit;
- and increasing or decreasing the determination period according to the skill estimated by the skill estimation unit,
- wherein during the determination period the character input interface unit selects the character based on a number of times at which a same key has been depressed and judges whether or not a determination operation of the character has been performed, based on the determination period;
- the determination period may be adjusted by the user via a menu;
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- the determination period may be adjusted by the user in a stepwise fashion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.