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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Kosuke Endo, Minato-ku, JP;
Takamoto Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Shiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Hironobu Aoki, Minato-ku, JP;
Hironori Suzuki, Minato-ku, JP;
Kosuke Endo, Minato-ku, JP;
Takamoto Tsuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Shiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Hironobu Aoki, Minato-ku, JP;
Hironori Suzuki, Minato-ku, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus that determines a position of a touch input received at a display of the information processing apparatus, controls the display to display a string of candidate characters for input at a position on the display corresponding to the position of the touch input, detects selection of a desired character from the string of candidate characters, and controls the display to display the desired character in a character input field on the display.