EP0464712A2
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Display/input control system for software keyboard in information processing apparatus having integral display/input device
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1991-06-28
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-06-28
Abstract
Abstract A predetermined logic keyboard is displayed in accordance with an attribute set for each input field on a data input screen, and a data input operation is performed. The display position of an input area is determined in accordance with contents displayed on a display unit. If the display position of the input area is inadequate, movement of the input area is designated to change its display position. A display pattern to be displayed is selected from a plurality of types of display patterns in accordance with processing contents. When an input pen is kept ON at the same position for a predetermined period of time, processing with respect to the corresponding input area is continuously performed. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Takafumi c/o Intellectual Pty. Div. Ito
- 👤 Hiroyuki c/o Intellectual Pty. Div. Sakamoto
- 👤 Yutaka c/o Intellectual Pty. Div. Kamiyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 08:44
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0488; G06F3/04886
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
250 words
A data input system in an information processing apparatus having an integral display/input device (2) formed by integrally stacking a display unit and a coordinate input unit, and position designating means (3) for designating an arbitrary coordinate position on said coordinate input unit, which are used for data input, characterized by comprising: first display means (21, 23, 24, 7) for causing said display unit to display a data input screen on which at least one input field for displaying contents of input data is set; attribute storage means (22) for storing an attribute of input data corresponding to the input field; logic keyboard storage means (22) for storing information associated with a plurality of logic keyboards corresponding to the types of attributes stored in said attribute storage means, said plurality of logic keyboards being displayed to input data of specific contents; input field discriminating means (3, 27, 21, 23) for discriminating a target input field on a data input screen displayed by said first display means; attribute discriminating means (21, 22, 23) for discriminating an attribute corresponding to the input field discriminated by said input field discriminating means by referring to said attribute storage means; second display means (21, 24, 25, 7) for displaying a logic keyboard corresponding to the attribute discriminated by said attribute discriminating means on the basis of the information stored in said logic keyboard storage means; and means (3, 27, 21) for performing data input by using the logic keyboard displayed by said second display means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
23 words
A system according to claim 1, characterized in that said logic keyboard is constituted by keys required to perform the data input operation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
A system according to claim 1, characterized in that the attribute includes a numeric input field, a kana input field, and a composite (numeric, kana, and alphabet) input field.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
41 words
A system according to claim 1, characterized in that said second display means includes means (21, 23, 25, 7) for displaying said plurality of logic keyboards, and means (3, 27, 21, 23, 25, 7) for switching said plurality of logic keyboards.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
91 words
An information processing apparatus, including an integral display/input device (2) formed by integrally stacking a display unit and a coordinate input unit, for causing said display unit to display, as needed, an input area indicating a specific area on said coordinate input unit, said input area indicating specific processing contents and designating execution of the specific processing contents, characterized in that there is provided display means (21, 7, Fig. 19A) for displaying the input area at an arbitrary position in accordance with contents which are already displayed on said display unit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
57 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that said display means includes means (21, 7, Fig. 19A) for, when a character display area in which input characters are to be displayed is present on a display screen, displaying the input area at a position where the input area and the character display area do not overlap.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
93 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, characterized by further comprising: discriminating means (21, 7, Fig. 19) for, when a position of a character display area in which input characters are to be displayed is changed, discriminating whether the character display area and the input area overlap; and display position changing means (21, 7, Fig. 19) for changing a display position of the input area to a position where the input area does not overlap the character display area when said discriminating means discriminates that the character display area and the input area overlap.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, characterized in that said display means includes means (21, 7, Fig. 19A) for, when another input area, a character display area in which input characters are to be displayed, and an image display area in which an input image is to be displayed are already displayed, displaying the input area at a position at which an area where the input area overlaps the other areas is minimized.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
76 words
An apparatus according to claim 5, characterized by further comprising: discriminating means (7, 3, 27, 21, Fig. 19B) for discriminating whether a designated coordinate position designates movement of the input area displayed by said display means; and display position changing means (21, 25, 7, Fig. 19B) for changing a display position of the input area in accordance with an arbitrarily designated coordinate position when said discriminating means discriminates that movement of the input area is designated.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
93 words
An information processing apparatus including an integral display/input device formed by integrally stacking a display unit and a coordinate input unit, characterized by comprising: means (23) for storing patterns of logic keyboards for inputting data to said information processing apparatus in accordance with information input from said coordinate input unit; logic keyboard display means (21, 7) for displaying the pattern of said logic keyboard on said display unit; and means (21, 7, Fig. 34) for changing the display patterns of said logic keyboards in accordance with a shift state of said logic keyboard.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
90 words
An information processing apparatus including an integral display/input device formed by integrally stacking a display unit and a coordinate input unit, characterized by comprising: means (23) for storing patterns of logic keyboards for inputting data to said information processing apparatus in accordance with information input from said coordinate input unit; logic keyboard display means (21, 7) for displaying the pattern of said logic keyboard on said display unit; and key arrangement changing means (21, 7, Fig. 31) for changing a key arrangement of the pattern of the displayed logic keyboard.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
118 words
An information processing apparatus, including an integral display/input device (2) formed by integrally stacking a display unit and a coordinate input unit, for causing said display unit to display, as needed, an input area indicating a specific area on said coordinate input unit, said input area indicating specific processing contents and designating execution of the specific processing contents, characterized in that there are provided: detecting means (21, Fig. 35) for detecting that the input area is kept designated for a predetermined period of time; and means (21, Fig. 35) for performing specific processing corresponding to the designated input area every time said detecting means detects that the input area is kept designated for the predetermined period of time.
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