JP2010015529A - Cellular phone having same character input instruction function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem in the related art in which when continuously inputting the same character that is not a character assigned first to a character input key to which a plurality of characters is assigned, the character input key to which this character is assigned must be repeatedly pressed down until the character to be input appears. <P>SOLUTION: The cellular phone includes a function key for instructing continuous input of the same character as a previously input character as one of character input keys. According to this, when the same character assigned to one character input key, for example, "gogo" is continuously input, the key pressing frequency can be reduced, and the operation is facilitated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a character input function of a mobile phone.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional mobile phone character input function is to input characters by operating keys 1 to 9, and keys assigned with a plurality of characters as keys * and #.

  According to the conventional techniques as described above, when the same character that is not the first assigned character of a key to which a plurality of characters are assigned is continuously input, the character is assigned to the key to be assigned. I had to press repeatedly and enter.

  An object of the present invention is to enable the same character as the character previously input to be input by a single key operation.

  In order to solve the above-described object, the present invention provides a key for instructing to continuously input the same character as the character previously input as a character input key.

  As described above, according to the present invention, in order to provide a key for instructing to continuously input the same character as the character previously input, the key is assigned to one key such as “gogo”. When the same character is continuously input, the number of key presses can be reduced and the operation becomes easy.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  1 in FIG. 1 is an F1 function key for instructing the input of the same character as the character that has been previously input, 2 is a display unit, 3 is a cursor movement up and down, left and right, and is pressed down after inputting a kana character Then, a push key for instructing conversion to Kanji and a decision to press when the center is pressed, 4 is a character input key to which the number 2 and the character of “Kakikukeko” are assigned, and 5 is a key for instructing the processing of muddy points It is.

  FIG. 2 shows an input procedure using a conventional character key for inputting “PM”, and FIG. 3 uses an F1 function key for instructing to continuously input the same character as the character input before the present invention. FIG. 4 shows an input procedure using the conventional character key when inputting “Large”, and FIG. 5 shows an input procedure when using the F1 function key of the present invention.

  The operation of the above configuration will be described below.

First, the procedure for inputting “PM” characters on a conventional mobile phone will be described with reference to FIG.
It is assumed that the initial condition for character input is the kana-kanji conversion mode. When the character input key 4 is pressed, “ka” is displayed on the display unit 2. Subsequently, when the same character input key 4 is pressed four times in succession, “K”, “K”, “K”, and “K” are displayed on the display unit 2 instead of “K”. When “ko” is displayed, the key 5 for instructing the muddy point is pressed to “go”. Next, when the character input key 4 is pressed five times in succession, “ka”, “ki”, “ku”, “ke”, and “ko” are displayed next to “go” on the display unit 2. The key 5 for instructing is pressed to “go”, and then the downward direction of the push key 3 is pressed. As a result, kana-kanji conversion is instructed, and “afternoon” is displayed on the display unit 2.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the procedure for inputting “PM” characters on a cellular phone provided with the same character input instruction function of the present invention will be described as follows.
It is assumed that the initial condition for character input is the kana-kanji conversion mode. First, when the character input key 4 is continuously pressed five times, “ka”, “ki”, “ku”, “ke”, and “ko” are displayed on the display unit 2. Therefore, the key 5 for instructing the processing of the muddy point is pressed to “go”. Next, when the F1 function key 1 for instructing the input of the same character as the previous character is pressed, the same character as “go” is input and “go” is displayed on the display unit 2. Subsequently, by pressing down the push key 3, kana-kanji conversion is instructed and “PM” is displayed on the display unit 2.

  FIG. 4 shows a conventional character input procedure for inputting “Large” by the same operation as described above, and FIG. 5 shows a character input procedure for input using the F1 function key 1 of the present invention.

  In this way, the number of key inputs can be reduced by providing the function keys for instructing the input of the same character as the character whose input has been confirmed immediately before.

  As described above, the case of inputting Japanese characters has been described. However, even when English characters are input, for example, continuous characters such as “good” or “teeth”, they can be input in the same procedure as described above.

The figure which showed the arrangement | sequence of the character input key of the mobile telephone which shows embodiment of this invention, a function key, etc. Character input procedure when inputting “PM” on a conventional mobile phone Character input procedure for inputting “afternoon” by the cellular phone of the present invention Character input procedure for entering "Large" on a conventional mobile phone Character input procedure when inputting “Large” by the cellular phone of the present invention

Explanation of symbols

1 Function keys for instructing the input of the same character as the character that has been confirmed to be input the last time 2 Display unit 3 Up / down / left / right cursor movement, an instruction to convert to Kanji when pressed down after inputting a kana character, and center Push key that can be instructed to press when 4 is pressed 4 Character input key that is assigned the number 2 and the character of “Kakikukeko” 5 Key to instruct the processing of muddy points

Claims (1)

  A mobile phone comprising an instruction key for continuously inputting the same character.

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