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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Matsuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Amada, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Uchino, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Yamanaka, Chiba, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input control unit includes: a keyboard storage unit for storing keyboard screens each corresponding to a set of characters or symbols; a keyboard display unit for reading one of the keyboard screens and displaying the read keyboard screen on the screen; an input receiving unit for receiving a selection of the character or the symbol by the user; and a switching control unit for reading keyboard screens from the keyboard storage unit, displaying the read keyboard screens on the screen as selection candidates, and switching the selection candidate from among the plurality of keyboard screens. When the switching control unit receives a user control input to confirm the candidate being selected from the user, the keyboard display unit displays the keyboard screen selected on the screen, and receives a selection of the character or the symbol selected from the user.