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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Yushi Nagasaka, Ritto, JP;
Masato Fujishiro, Yokohama, JP;
Atsuhisa Inakoshi, Yokohama, JP;
Katsuhiro Mitsui, Ritto, JP;
Yukiko Takaba, Yokohama, JP;
KYOCERA CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device includes a housing, a touch screen arranged on the housing, a plurality of first software keys arranged along a first edge of the touch screen, a plurality of second software keys arranged along a second edge of the touch screen, a plurality of physical keys arranged along the first edge, and at least one controller. The at least one controller is configured to execute a process according to an operation on any one of the first software keys, the second software keys and the physical keys. The at least one controller is further configured to allocate characters 'Q', 'W', “E”, “R”, “T”, “Y”, “U”, “I”, “O” and “P” to the physical keys respectively, characters “A”, “S”, “D”, “F”, “G”, “H”, “J”, “K” and “L” to the first software keys respectively, and characters “Z”, “X”, “C”, “V”, “B”, “N” and “M” to the second software keys respectively.