Patent ID: 9348459
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for inputting a character executed by a computer that inputs a character on the basis of a pressing operation performed by a user in a region, the method comprising: obtaining a first pressed position at which the pressing operation has been performed and a first key corresponding to the first pressed position; detecting deletion of a character input using the first key; obtaining, when the deletion is detected, a second pressed position at which a next pressing operation has been performed and a second key corresponding to the second pressed position; determining whether or not a distance between the first pressed position and the second key is smaller than or equal to a threshold; correcting, when the distance is smaller than or equal to the threshold, a range that is recognized as the second key in the region on the basis of the first pressed position; and calculating the threshold in accordance with information regarding the user, wherein the correcting is executed on the basis of the calculated threshold, and the calculating includes calculating the threshold on the basis of a ratio of the number of times in the past that it is determined that the distance is smaller than or equal to a past threshold to the number of pressing operations performed by the user in the past.