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Patent No.:

US 11418659 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022

Filed:

Jul. 09, 2018

Information processing apparatus and method for controlling information processing apparatus comprising utilizing hardware numeric keys for character string input into input regions and pressing an input region multiple instances to display a software keyboard for character string input into an input region

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yasuhiro Hosoda, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division

Primary Examiner:

Chad Dickerson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00411 (2013.01); G06F 3/1204 (2013.01); G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1256 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); H04N 1/00514 (2013.01); G06F 3/04886 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling an information processing apparatus includes executing first input processing to receive a first input instruction of characters to the input region for input characters while the input region is being displayed, executing second input processing to receive a second input instruction of characters to the input region while the input region is not being displayed. Whether to execute the first input processing or the second input processing is determined according to a user operation for input of at least any of letters, numerals, and symbols in the input region.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Hosoda, Yasuhiro. (2022). Information processing apparatus and method for controlling information processing apparatus comprising utilizing hardware numeric keys for character string input into input regions and pressing an input region multiple instances to display a software keyboard for character string input into an input region (U.S. Patent No. 11418659). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11418659

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