PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND KEY ARRANGEMENT ALTERATION METHOD THEREFOR

Title:

PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND KEY ARRANGEMENT ALTERATION METHOD THEREFOR

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/093230

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Disclosed is a portable information terminal that includes: an operation image display unit that display a key arrangement comprising a plurality of keys that include specific keys; a detection unit that detects the key operation of a user upon the operation image display unit; a prediction unit that predicts the key that will possibly be operated next from among the plurality of keys upon the operation image display unit, on the basis of the detection results of the detection unit; and a display control unit that, when the key predicted by the prediction unit is predicted to be a key in the vicinity of the specific keys from among the plurality of keys upon the operation image display unit, alters the key arrangement upon the operation image display unit in a manner such that the specific keys are distanced from the predicted key.

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Inventors:

HIRAMOTO TOMOHIRO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2011/051165

Publication Date:

August 04, 2011

Filing Date:

January 24, 2011

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

NEC CORP (JP)
HIRAMOTO TOMOHIRO (JP)

International Classes:

G06F3/023; H03M11/04; H04M1/247

Foreign References:

JPH11272386A	1999-10-08
JP2006293797A	2006-10-26
JP2005190335A	2005-07-14
JP2002032176A	2002-01-31
JP2008158723A	2008-07-10
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