| 摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an input device which enables keys to be arranged in very high density on its small contact position detecting means, can select all the Kana characters and alphabetical characters and so on by single operation and is difficult to be damaged. <P>SOLUTION: The input device is provided with a contact position detecting means which outputs a signal indicating a contacted position for a contact time period (S2, 3) and is constituted so that a character or a symbol may be displayed on a display screen. Further, the input device is provided with; a virtual keyboard in which each of virtual keys corresponding to a plurality of characters or symbols is arranged in correspondence to each region partitioned on a contact position detecting means; means (S4, 5) which output code signals which indicate the characters or the symbols of a virtual key corresponding to a region including the contacted position, for a contact time period; a means (S6) which preliminarily displays the characters or symbols of the outputted code signals on the display screen; and means (S10, 11) which definitely display the characters or the symbols on the display screen when the code signals are stopped. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI</p> |
