Patent ID: 6351657
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A portable telephone apparatus, comprising:a housing; a receiver; a transmitter; memory means for storing a plurality of kana-characters in a matrix table having X and Y axises of coordinates and a plurality of kanji-characters; first and second information selecting means protruding from a side and a front of said housing, respectively, said first information selecting means being rotatably operated in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction, said second information selecting means being rotatably operated in a third direction and a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, said first and second information selecting means being mounted so as to rotate in directions perpendicular to each other, at least one of said first and second information selecting means operable to be pushed in a direction perpendicular to the axis of its rotating operation; display means for displaying information for selection by said first and second information selecting means; control means for causing said memory means to read out a kana-character which is stored at a certain coordinate of the matrix table in said memory means in response to rotational operations of said first and second information selecting means and causing said display means to display the kana-character read out from said memory means, inputting the kana-character displayed on said display in response to the pushed operation of said at least one of said first and second information selecting means, and entering into a kana-kanji conversion mode in response to the pushed operation of one of said first and second information selecting means, causing said display means to display kanji-characters corresponding to the inputted kana-character in a predetermined order in response to sequential pushed operation of one of said first and second information selecting means and inputting the displayed kanji-character in response to the pushed operation of said first and second information selecting means.