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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2012
Yoshimi Nishii, Kyoto, JP;
Susumu Kobayashi, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihiro Ujiie, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Yamauchi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshimi Nishii, Kyoto, JP;
Susumu Kobayashi, Kyoto, JP;
Yoshihiro Ujiie, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Yamauchi, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A character input prediction apparatus includes: an operation input unit that obtains information of a character input operation by a user using a character key layout display which includes character keys; a dictionary storage unit that stores a dictionary including candidate character strings; an indication movement detection unit that detects an indication position and an indication direction respectively showing a position and a movement direction of the character input operation in the character key layout display, from the information of the character input operation; a filter generation unit that determines a character range located in the indication direction with the indication position as a base point, in the character key layout display; and a dictionary search unit that searches the dictionary for a predictive character string including any character included in the character range.