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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2011
Tomohiro Sudo, Yokohama, JP;
Hideko Murakami, Yokohama, JP;
Tomohiro Sudo, Yokohama, JP;
Hideko Murakami, Yokohama, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
According to an aspect, a character input device includes: a display unit; a touch sensor for detecting a contact with a surface thereof; a character recognition processing unit for performing a first character recognition process for recognizing a character used for a first function and a second character recognition process for recognizing a character used for a second function, on the basis of a locus connecting positions where the contact is detected by the touch sensor; and an input control unit for displaying, on the display unit, a first input screen for the first function onto which the character recognized by the first character recognition process is input and/or a second input screen for the second function onto which the character recognized by the second character recognition process is input.