Patent ID: 6563923
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A portable telephone having a ten-key pad which allows input of a plurality of kinds of characters, comprising:each of the keys of the ten-key pad having a plurality of contact points, each of the contact points having a corresponding position with respect to the key, at least one of the contact points being selected depending on which position of the key is pressed, another position of the key being determined by pressing all of the contact points simultaneously; a table for each of the kinds of characters, the table containing correspondence between each position of the key and an individual character of a selected type of characters; and a controller controlling input of an individual character of the selected type of characters depending on a pressed position of the key by referring to the table, the controller determining an individual character of the selected type of characters depending on a combination of a pressed key of the ten-key pad and a pressing count of a pressed position of the pressed key.