1. A character input device, comprising: a display unit; a touch sensor for detecting a contact with a surface thereof; a character recognition processing unit for performing a first character recognition process for recognizing a character used for a first function and a second character recognition process for recognizing a character used for a second function, on the basis of a locus connecting positions where the contact is detected by the touch sensor; and an input control unit for displaying, on the display unit, a first input screen for the first function onto which the character recognized by the first character recognition process is input and/or a second input screen for the second function onto which the character recognized by the second character recognition process is input, wherein the input control unit is configured to, upon displaying the first input screen, output the character recognized by the first character recognition process onto the first input screen, and upon displaying the second input screen, output the character recognized by the second character recognition process onto the second input screen.
2. The character input device according to claim 1 , wherein the input control unit is configured to display only one of the first input screen and the second input screen on the display unit when a second character is recognized by at least one of the first character recognition process and the second character recognition process.