JP2002010361A - Mobile telephone inputting selectively displayed characters - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent from miss-inputting with selections of characters by visually checking hiragana characters, alphabet letters and the like pre-displayed on a display. SOLUTION: Hiragana characters (3), alphabet letters and the like are displayed on a display (2) of a mobile telephone (1), one character of the characters (3), the alphabet letters and the like is set as a selected character (4) shown with an inverse or in a different color, pointing of the character (4) is enabled to move to any characters from the top and bottom, from side to side, and also the character (4) allowed to be inputted at the specified point on the display (2) by an operation of a button (not shown).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone in which hiragana, alphabet and the like from which input characters can be selected are displayed on a display in advance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, when inputting a portable telephone, a dial button on which a hiragana character and an alphabet are set has been repeatedly pressed to select an input character from characters displayed sequentially.

[0003]

Pressing the dial button many times to display characters sequentially is a cause of erroneous input due to mis-pressing. Therefore, by displaying the hiragana, the alphabet, and the like on the display in advance, the operation of repeatedly pressing the dial button can be omitted, and the above-described drawbacks can be solved.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems Hiragana, alphabets and the like are displayed in advance on the display of the mobile phone, and the characters such as the hiragana and the alphabet are selected as characters to be designated by a method such as inversion or a different color. Can be moved to upper, lower, left and right characters by operating a button, and the designated selected character can be input to a designated place on the display by operating the button, thereby solving the problem.

[0005] The display of hiragana, alphabets and the like can be displayed in the same order as the keyboard characters, or the display can be switched such that the hiragana is in alphabetical order and the alphabets are sequentially arranged from A to Z. Thus, various types of display can be performed.

[0006] In addition, the designated selected character is input to a designated place on the display by operating a button, but it is also possible to press the button again to change the input character to a murmur or a muddy sound.

In addition, a dial phone is displayed in place of a dial button by displaying dialed digits in place of hiragana and alphabets and enabling the dialed digits to select digits such as a destination telephone number. You can also.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Select from among the many display methods provided on a mobile phone, such as the alphabetical order used on a computer keyboard, the hiragana alphabetical order, and the alphabetical order from A to Z. The displayed hiragana and alphabet are displayed on the display. In addition, the displayed characters such as hiragana, alphabet, etc. are selected characters indicated by inversion, different colors, etc., and this selected character is moved to the upper, lower, left and right characters by button operation, so that other characters can be selected characters. Becomes Further, by operating the button, the selected character is input to the designated position on the display.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. A Japanese alphabet (3) in alphabetical order selected from the many display methods provided on the mobile phone (1) is displayed on the display (2), and a character in the hiragana (3) is inverted and selected. By selecting the character (4) and moving the instruction of the selected character (4) to the upper, lower, left and right characters by operating the button (5), the character can be selected. Further, by operating a button (not shown), the selected character (4) is inputted to a designated place on the display (2).

In the figures, reference numerals and functions (6) are examples of reference numerals and functions that are preferably displayed as necessary, and other reference numerals and functions can be displayed. Also, without displaying these codes and functions,
The operation can be performed with a dial button (not shown).

In the figure, the inversion indicating the selected character (4) is shown using oblique lines.

[0012]

As described above, in the portable telephone for selectively inputting the displayed characters according to the present invention, hiragana, alphabet, and the like are displayed on the display in advance, so that the input characters can be visually selected and selected. Can be prevented.

[0013]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a main part of a mobile phone for selectively inputting displayed characters according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 mobile phone 2 display 3 hiragana 4 selected character 5 button 6 sign, function

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display (2) of a mobile phone (1)
The hiragana (3), the alphabet, etc. are displayed on the screen, and the hiragana (3), the alphabet, etc., is selected as a selected character (4) which is designated by inversion, a different color, etc., and the selected character (4)
Can be moved to upper, lower, left, and right characters by operating the button (5), and the designated selected character (4) can be input to the designated place of the display (2) by operating the button (not shown). However, a mobile phone that selectively displays displayed characters.