APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING A CHARACTER

摘要

A character input device includes: stick; a selection button for inputting a selection signal; a storage unit storing a first table including a plurality of Chinese character configuration units corresponding to each movement direction of the stick, and a second table including a Chinese character corresponding to an arrangement of at least one Chinese character configuration unit; a sensor unit sensing a movement direction of the stick from a center point of the stick; a search unit searching for a Chinese character configuration unit corresponding to the sensed movement direction by referring to the first table; a Chinese character generation unit 1) arranging Chinese character configuration unit(s) found up to a current point in time and generating an "incomplete Chinese character" corresponding to the arranged Chinese character configuration unit(s) by referring to the second table and 2) generating at least one first Chinese character that can be generated when additionally arranging at least one Chinese character configuration unit to the arranged Chinese character configuration unit(s) by referring to the second table; a display unit selecting a (2N+1) x (2N+1) number of display regions formed of a 2N+1 number of rows and a 2N+1 number of columns on a predetermined display, and A) displaying the generated incomplete Chinese character in a center display region selected by an N+lth row and an N+lth column from the display regions and B) displaying the generated at least one first Chinese character in other display regions except for the center display region, one by one, the N being a positive number; and a verification unit, when a user having read the displayed first Chinese characters inputs a selection signal for selecting any one of the displayed first Chinese characters by using the selection button, determining the selected Chinese character as the user's inputted character, wherein the incomplete Chinese character indicates a Chinese character having at least one stroke less than the first Chinese character.