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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2017
Filed:
May. 25, 2012
Masateru Fuji, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Bamba, Kanagawa, JP;
Masateru Fuji, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Bamba, Kanagawa, JP;
KYOCERA CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An object is to provide a mobile electronic device and a character input method which can shorten a view point movement distance of a user even in a state where the display screen of the display unit is used horizontally. The control unit displays the first character kind character left aligned on an upper side of the display screen, and displays the second character kind character right aligned on a lower side of the display screen. When a predetermined operation is performed with the operation unit, the control unit maintains the display of either one of the first character kind character and the second character kind character on the display screen according to the operated action while maintaining the display position, and deletes the display of the other one of the first character kind character and the second character kind character.