Patent ID: 8922492
Filing Date: 2014-12-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A character inputting device comprising: a display unit; and circuitry configured to the character browsing region is highlighted in the first direction sub-region according to the first direction indicating action, the character browsing region is highlighted in the second direction sub-region according to the second direction indicating action, in the character browsing region, the character candidates surround the current character selected and vary according to the current character selected, a size of a display area displaying the current character selected is substantially the same as that of the first direction sub-region and the second direction sub-region, and when two successive direction indicating actions indicate different directions, the second of the two successive direction indicating actions both confirms the current character indicated by the first of the two successive direction indicating actions to complete the input of the current character and selects a next character after the current character.