METHOD FOR INPUTTING PUNCTUATION MARK AND SYMBOL IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE INPUT SYSTEM

摘要

PURPOSE:To smoothly and continuously switch the mapping of a key and a punctuation mark and symbol, etc., in parallel with input operation at the time of inputting the punctuation mark and the special symbol by changing dynamically the mapping of the key and a character in accordance with the inputting state of a user. CONSTITUTION:In a Japanese language input system, a keyboard device 1, a key/KANA (Japanese syllabary) mapping means 2 to convert input from this keyboard 1 into KANA, a KANA/KANJI (Chinese character) converting means 4 to convert KANA into KANJI, a candidate list selecting means 5 to display a candidate list in response to KANA/KANJI conversion, and select a candidate, and a punctuation mark.symbol list display selecting means 6 to select the candidate of the punctuation mark or the special symbol are provided. Then, at the time of inputting the punctuation mark or the special symbol, the mapping of the key and the character is changed dynamically in accordance with the inputting state of the user. Accordingly, the switching of the mapping of the key and the punctuation mark and symbol, etc., can be executed continuously in parallel with the inputting operation through smooth operation.