Patent ID: 8780049

Claim:
An alphabetic character input apparatus comprising: a data storage unit configured to store therein alphabetic character assignment information of each of keys in an alphabetic character input section and a program for inputting an alphabetic character; a key input unit configured to detect a key manipulation signal of a user to select an alphabetic character assigned to each of the keys; a memory configured to store therein alphabetic character assignment information of a key in the alphabetic character input section corresponding to a key manipulation signal lately input by the user; and a clone key configured to be assigned the same alphabetic characters as alphabetic characters non the key corresponding to the key manipulation signal lately input by the user, wherein the clone key is recognized as a different key from the keys of the alphabetic character input section, and an alphabetic character displayed by a manipulation of the key in the alphabetic character input section is not changed into another alphabetic character by a manipulation of the clone key.