Title:
CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/060773
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
It is possible to increase speed of character input through a keyboard. In a character
input device included in a game device (100), a keyboard display control unit
(22) displays an on-screen keyboard on the screen. A cursor display control unit
(14) displays a plurality of cursors on the on-screen keyboard. A cursor operation
unit (10) receives a cursor operation by a user. A cursor shift processing unit
(12) moves the cursors on the on-screen keyboard according to the cursor operation
received by the cursor operation unit (10). An input operation unit (16) receives
a character input operation by the user. An input processing unit (18) specifies
a character inputted by a desired cursor among the cursors according to the character
input operation received by the input operation unit (16).
Inventors:
ISOMINE MAKOTO (JP)
KITAGAWA TATSUHIRO (JP)
NANJI KAZUNORI (JP)
HAYASHI YOZO (JP)
KITAGAWA TATSUHIRO (JP)
NANJI KAZUNORI (JP)
HAYASHI YOZO (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2006/316328
Publication Date:
May 31, 2007
Filing Date:
August 21, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC (JP)
ISOMINE MAKOTO (JP)
KITAGAWA TATSUHIRO (JP)
NANJI KAZUNORI (JP)
HAYASHI YOZO (JP)
ISOMINE MAKOTO (JP)
KITAGAWA TATSUHIRO (JP)
NANJI KAZUNORI (JP)
HAYASHI YOZO (JP)
International Classes:
G06F3/023; G06F3/02; G06F3/038; H03M11/04
Foreign References:
| JP2004227089A | 2004-08-12 | |||
| JPH08249126A | 1996-09-27 | |||
| JP2004318462A | 2004-11-11 | |||
| JP2003283867A | 2003-10-03 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MORISHITA, Sakaki (Ebisu-Nishi Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 21, JP)
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