IP Library Granted Patent US 9,110,881
Granted Patent B2
US 9,110,881 · App. 13/383,381 · Granted Aug 18, 2015

Character input device and character input program

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Patent No.
US 9,110,881
App. No.
13/383,381
Granted
Aug 18, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The object of the present invention is to provide a character input device that facilities the input of an added value in inputting text including numeric values. In a character input device that adopts a predictive conversion method, a preset mathematical operation is performed when a numeric value is inputted, and the result of the mathematical operation is displayed as a conversion candidate.

Claims (13)

1. A character input device adopting a predictive conversion method, the device comprising:

a conversion candidate generating section that detects two or more numeric values in text being inputted,

wherein the conversion candidate generating section performs a preset mathematical operation in response to the two or more numeric values in text being inputted, and

wherein the conversion candidate generating section displays a result of the mathematical operation as a conversion candidate.

2. The character input device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the result of the mathematical operation displayed as the conversion candidate is continuously displayed until the result of the mathematical operation displayed as the conversion candidate is selected.

3. The character input device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the preset mathematical operation is addition.

4. The character input device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the conversion candidate generating section identifies a character expressing a unit to be inputted subsequent to the numeric value and adds a numeric value that have the same unit.

5. The character input device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the conversion candidate generating section identifies a character string expressing a unit, and displays the result of the mathematical operation and a combination of the result of the mathematical operation and the character string expressing the unit as the conversion candidates.

6. A mobile information terminal comprising the character input device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2014
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: LENOVO INNOVATIONS LIMITED (HONG KONG)
Reel/Frame 033720/0767 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2012
From: AOIKE, TORU
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027540/0768 →