EDITOR FOR SCREEN KEYBOARD ON DISPLAY DEVICE AND EDITING METHOD THEREFOR

摘要

A device and a method for editing a screen keyboard are provided to enable a user to change a shape of the screen keyboard or character buttons and arrangement of the character buttons so as to be suitable for users' characteristics and tastes and add supplementary character buttons, thereby improving input speed and providing convenience in input. A storage(36) stores data for forming an initial screen keyboard, which will be displayed on a display unit(10), according to the kind of a screen keyboard. The storage stores data about a screen keyboard changed from the initial screen keyboard and stores data for forming selection buttons displayed on the display unit in order to perform a screen keyboard edit function. A screen keyboard changing unit(32) changes the initial screen keyboard according as a button for switching a mode into a screen keyboard edit mode is selected and a screen keyboard change signal is inputted. A control module(31) reads out the data for forming the selection buttons from the storage in response to a screen keyboard edit signal, displays the read data on the display unit, and controls the screen keyboard changing unit based on selection signals of the selection buttons and the screen keyboard changing signal.