Patent Document ID: 20120218178
Application ID: 13356753
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A character input device that comprises a display part and an input part and inputs a character according to an operation of the input part by a user, wherein the input characters belong to any one of a plurality of first character groups, the character input device comprising: a first character group selector that selects a first character group which the input characters belong to, from the plurality of first character groups, according to the operation of the input part by the user; a first character group information displayer that displays first character group information about the first character group selected by the first character group selector in the display part; a character selector that selects the input character from the first character group selected by the first character group selector, according to the operation of the input part by the user; and an input character determiner that determines the character selected by the character selector as the input character, according to the operation of the input part by the user.