CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve both key arrangement efficiency and operability by executing an action corresponding to operation correspondence action contents decided by an operating signal and a character string input state stored in an input state storage means. SOLUTION: The operation of cursor moving key in the character input state of not accepting the movement of cursor is accepted as an acting command concerning the other character input. Namely, a cursor up shift key 81 instructs the upward move of cursor and instructs non-conversion to a tentatively determined character. A cursor left shift key 82 instructs the movement of cursor to the left and instructs a small letter to an input candidate character instructed by a character selecting dial 85. A cursor down shift key 83 instructs the downward movement of the cursor and instructs Chinese character (KANJI) conversion to an undetermined character or KANJI conversion abbreviating reading. A cursor right shift key 84 instructs the movement of cursor to the right and instructs a character kind following a current input character.