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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2009
Kouichi Kanemura, Osaka, JP;
Yasushi Kojima, Osaka, JP;
Teruo Koukai, Nara, JP;
Toshiyuki Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyoshi Ohmiya, Osaka, JP;
Kouichi Kanemura, Osaka, JP;
Yasushi Kojima, Osaka, JP;
Teruo Koukai, Nara, JP;
Toshiyuki Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyoshi Ohmiya, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A character input device includes: a terminal control unit that accepts information on a character candidate being a candidate of an input confirmed character, and performs a displaying process of the character candidate, and generates a guide image whose image varies in accordance with a remaining time until an input confirmation of the character candidate; and a display unit that displays the character candidate and the guide image. By displaying the guide image that varies in accordance with the remaining time before the input character is confirmed, how long it takes until the character is confirmed, or whether the character has already been confirmed is reported to the user, so as to avoid an unintended manipulation of the user.