Patent ID: 9442655
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A character input device, comprising at least one controller that executes a program to: detect a position of a touch operation in an area in which a plurality of numbers are indicated; identify one of the plurality of numbers which is associated in advance with the detected position; display said identified number and first and second related characters of said identified number, in a manner that said first and second related characters are positioned around said identified number, wherein said first related character is positioned in a first direction from said identified number, wherein said second related character is positioned in a second direction from said identified number, and wherein the first direction is substantially orthogonal to the second direction; and make selectable said second related character, when the touch operation moves in the first direction from the identified number and then subsequently and directly changes from moving in the first direction to moving in the second direction.