CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE, CHARACTER INPUT METHOD, PROGRAM AND TERMINAL DEVICE

摘要

In a character input device wherein, upon selection of a button (101) which is displayed upon a screen of a display unit (100), a plurality of selection option buttons (102) are expanded and displayed around the button (101), a line (105) (corresponding to line (35) of the embodiment) and an arc (107) (corresponding to an arc (34) of the embodiment) are set. The line (105) passes through a predetermined point (104), which is upon a surface that is parallel to a display surface (103) of the display unit (100) and which is positioned off the display surface (103), and the central point of the button (101). The arc (107) treats the distance from the predetermined point (104) to the central point of the button (101) as a radius L. Ones of the plurality of selection option buttons (102) are displayed upon the line (105), and the remainder of the plurality of the selection option buttons (102) are displayed upon the arc (107).