| 主权项 |
1. An information processing system with a display monitor and a user-interface for enabling a user to interact with the information processing system, wherein:
the user-interface comprises a first control input for, in a first operational mode of the information processing system, enabling the user to control one of:
moving a cursor on a screen of the display monitor in substantially a first orientation relative to the display monitor; andscrolling in substantially the first orientation; the user-interface comprises a second control input for, in the first operational mode of the information processing system, enabling the user to control one of:
moving the cursor on the screen in substantially a second orientation relative to the display monitor, different from the first orientation; andscrolling in substantially the second orientation;the information processing system has a second operational mode for enabling the user to enter a string of alphanumerical characters into the information processing system via interaction with the user-interface;
in the second operational mode, the information processing system is configured for controlling the display monitor to present a plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters in a spatial configuration comprising a first array of first ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters and a second array of second ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters;the display monitor is operative to present the first array and the second array as extending in parallel in substantially a same specific one of the first orientation and the second orientation;
furthermore in the second operational mode, the information processing system is configured for:
enabling the user to select a specific combination of a specific one of the first alphanumerical characters and a specific one of the second alphanumerical characters through positioning an indicium at a specific position corresponding with the specific combination in the spatial configuration using one of the first control input and the second control input;enabling the user to select a particular one of the specific first alphanumerical character and the specific second alphanumerical character through using the other one of the first control input and the second control input the first control input comprises at least one of the following:
a first set including a first switch for moving the cursor in a first direction in the first orientation and a second switch for moving the cursor in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, in the first orientation;a scroll wheel for scrolling in the first direction or in the second direction in dependence on a clockwise rotating of the first scroll wheel or an anti-clockwise rotating of the first scroll wheel, respectively; the second control input comprises:
a second set including a third switch for moving the cursor in a third direction in the second orientation and a fourth switch for moving the cursor in a fourth direction, opposite to the third direction, in the second orientation; the user-interface comprises a third control input for, in the first operational mode of the information processing system, confirming selection of a menu option by the user after having positioned the cursor at the menu option, the third control input is positioned in the user-interface between the first switch and the second switch and between the third switch and the fourth switch; the spatial configuration comprises a third array with third ones of the plurality of selectable alphanumerical characters;the third array substantially extends in the same specific one of the first orientation and the second orientation;the third array is positioned between the first array and the second array;
in the second operational mode, the information processing system is configured tor enabling the user to select a specific one of the third alphanumerical characters that is located between the specific first alphanumerical character and the specific second alphanumerical character, via the third control input. |
