Title:
INPUT DEVICE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING SAME
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2007/043222
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An input device of good operability exerting light mental and physical load. The
input device has at least one input key, association storage means for storing an
ordered array of information associated with the input key, selecting means for
selecting predetermined information as input information from the array, touch
detecting means for detecting a touch of an object on the input key, and movement-relevant information
detecting means for detecting movement-relevant information relevant to the
movement of the point of the detected touch of the object on the input key. The selecting
means selects information in a predetermined ranking according to the movement
relevant information from the array stored and associated with the input key
on which the touch of the object is detected.
Inventors:
TAKASAKI SHINICHI
INOUE SHIGEYUKI
YAMAMOTO HIROSHI
INOUE SHIGEYUKI
YAMAMOTO HIROSHI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2006/313371
Publication Date:
April 19, 2007
Filing Date:
July 05, 2006
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD (JP)
TAKASAKI SHINICHI
INOUE SHIGEYUKI
YAMAMOTO HIROSHI
TAKASAKI SHINICHI
INOUE SHIGEYUKI
YAMAMOTO HIROSHI
International Classes:
G06F3/023; G06F3/02; G06F3/0488; G06F3/0489; H03M11/04; H04M1/23
Foreign References:
| JP2005018318A | 2005-01-20 | |||
| JP2003015808A | 2003-01-17 | |||
| JP2005044339A | 2005-02-17 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
NII, Hiromori (6F Tanaka Ito Pia Shin-Osaka Bldg., 3-10, Nishi Nakajima 5-chom, Yodogawa-ku Osaka-city Osaka 11, JP)
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