摘要 |
Disclosed herein is a touch type character input device for expediently inputting characters through a touch type user input device such as a touch screen or a touch pad. The touch type character input device has a touch region where a coordinate is designated or a character is selected using a finger or a tool so as to input the character or the coordinate to a main device. Also the touch type character input device comprises: a first manipulation region defined by a first closed curve within the touch region, a second manipulation region defined by a second closed curve so as to surround the first manipulation region within the touch region, the second manipulation region being the remaining area other than the first manipulation region among the area surrounded by the second closed curve and consisting of a plurality of character sectors each allocated with a corresponding representative character; an input processing section adapted to designate a current character, set an input language mode, or change the position of a cursor in response to a touch signal generated in the first and second manipulation regions; and a character display section adapted to display the current character designated by the input processing section thereon.
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