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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Shota Kaneko, Sakai, JP;
Tohru Nishikawa, Sakai, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
An interface performs a flick operation with a button selected from buttons of representative characters for each of the syllabic lines of the Japanese syllabary that are array-displayed on a touch panel so as to specify any one of Japanese characters assigned to the representative character in advance. The interface includes a storage unit that stores association information in which up, down, left, and right directions are set to each of the characters assigned to the representative characters in association with each button and a guide image display processing unit that displays a guide image guiding arrangement directions set to the characters assigned to the representative characters prior to selection of a button of the representative character in an outside of an array display region of the representative character.