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Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013

Filed:

May. 27, 2009
Applicants:

Hitoshi Yamazaki, Koshigaya, JP;

Kazuya Anzawa, Yokohama, JP;

Kentaro Endo, Tokyo, JP;

Toshihiko Kamiya, Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Hitoshi Yamazaki, Koshigaya, JP;

Kazuya Anzawa, Yokohama, JP;

Kentaro Endo, Tokyo, JP;

Toshihiko Kamiya, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A character input apparatus includes a liquid crystal monitorwhich overlappingly displays a character selection screenthat displays character selection information for accepting a character input from a user, and a character display areathat displays a character selected from the character selection screen; an eye-gaze trackerfor detecting a finger of the user by tracking the eye-gaze of the user; and a controllerfor controlling the liquid crystal monitorso as to display the character display areain a location that accords with the location of the finger detected by the eye-gaze tracker


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