摘要 |
<p><P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable easy character input while efficiently practically using a display area. <P>SOLUTION: When a portable terminal 1 detects the contact of the finger by a contact detection part 13, the portable terminal 1 refers to a state of a button display flag 12. When flag setting is 'on', the portable terminal 1 makes a display control part 15 display a plurality of display buttons stored in a display button storage part 14 on a display part 16. When a user of the portable terminal 1 selects the display button by button pressing-down operation through an input part 11, a character on the display button is inputted to an input area on a screen. Thereby, the display button uses the area on the screen only when the character input is required, and the use of the display area accompanying the character input can be held at a minimum. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI</p> |