Patent ID: 9632698
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. An operation control device comprising: a pressure detecting portion that is provided in a display portion that displays an input area in which character information is input, the pressure detecting portion detecting pressure with which an operation body depresses a display surface of the display portion to operate the input area; and an operation control portion that switches an input mode of the character information based on a change in the pressure detected by the pressure detecting portion; wherein the operation control portion determines an input of the character information that is selected by operation of the operation body that is in contact with the display surface, when it is detected that the pressure detected by the pressure detecting portion has decreased by greater than or equal to a predetermined percentage within a predetermined time period, wherein subsequently, the operation control portion switches the input mode of the character information based on the change in the pressure detected by the pressure detecting portion and on the character information that is determined to be input, wherein, after switching the input mode of the character information, a navigation through a list of selectable characters is controlled by varying the pressure with which the operation body depresses the display surface while maintaining the contact of the operation body with the display surface, and wherein the contact of the operation body is maintained with the display surface during a whole time period beginning from the determination of the character information to be input, through the navigation through the list of selectable characters.