JP2001245030A - Screen picture setting method for portable telephone set, and portable telephone set using the screen picture setting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a screen picture setting method for portable telephone set, which can select an optional picture among a plurality of screen pictures and change screen pictures, and to provide a portable telephone set using the screen picture setting method. SOLUTION: An icon picture 'screen' is selected (step 61). Next, a screen list picture is displayed by pressing down the decision key of a navigation key (step 62). Next, whether or not a user selects 'screen selection' for changing the screen picture to another picture is decided (step 63). When the 'screen selection' is selected, a list of registered screen pictures is displayed in each different genre (step 64). Screen pictures of a genre desired by the user are substituted (step 65). Unless the 'screen selection' is selected in the step 63, the current screen picture continues as it is (step 66).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a screen screen setting method for a mobile phone and a mobile phone using the screen screen setting method, and more particularly, to changing a screen screen by selecting an arbitrary screen from a plurality of screen screens. It is configured to be able to.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a portable telephone capable of displaying a screen screen on a display unit, the design of the screen screen is defaulted (fixed), and there has been a problem that the user is too monotonous and gets tired.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and has made it possible to select an arbitrary screen from a plurality of screen screens and change the screen screen. It is an object of the present invention to provide a screen screen setting method for a mobile phone and a mobile phone using the screen screen setting method.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a portable telephone capable of displaying a screen screen on a display unit, an arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display unit is displayed on an arbitrary display. A screen screen setting method for a mobile phone characterized in that the screen screen can be set as a mode screen screen. With this configuration, the user can set a screen screen in any display mode.

[0005] In the invention according to claim 2, an arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display section is selected and displayed by sequentially displaying one screen from a plurality of screen screens. A screen screen setting method for a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the screen screen is a screen screen. With this configuration, an illustration desired by the user can be displayed as a screen screen.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the mobile phone according to the first aspect, the arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display unit is an illustration downloaded from a site. This is the setting method. With this configuration, an illustration desired by the user can be set as the screen screen.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the mobile phone according to the first aspect, the arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display unit is an animation downloaded from a site. Method. With this configuration, an animation desired by the user can be set as the screen screen.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for setting a screen on a portable telephone according to the fourth aspect, wherein the animation is an image in a GIF format. With this configuration, it is possible to reduce the degree of burden on the memory of the mobile phone even when the animation screen is captured.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the portable telephone according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the screen screen in the arbitrary display mode is a standby screen screen. This is the screen screen setting method. With this configuration, it is possible to set as a standby screen screen that the user likes.

The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the screen screen in the arbitrary display mode is a wake-up screen screen at power-on. The screen screen setting method in the mobile phone described in (1). With this configuration, it is possible to set the screen screen as a wake-up screen screen at the time of power-on, which is desired by the user.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone capable of setting a screen screen in a desired display mode using the screen screen setting method according to any one of the first to seventh aspects. It was done. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a mobile phone capable of setting a screen screen desired by the user.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of a portable telephone having a non-voice information communication mode (for example, i-mode) function according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention includes
Charge lamp 2, handset 3, liquid crystal display 4, left soft key 5 also serving as telephone directory button, and call start button 6
, A ten-key or dial key 7, a warp key 8 for warping to a non-voice information communication mode, a transmitter 9, an external connection terminal 10, a voice / manner key 11, a power / end / end /
Answer hold key 12, right soft key 13 also serving as redial / clear button, and navigation key that can select display in each direction of up, down, left and right, also serves as scroll function, and presses center button to make selection 14
, An earphone microphone terminal 15 and an infrared port 16.

FIG. 2 shows a circuit block for realizing the portable telephone having the above configuration. In FIG. 2, the mobile phone transmits radio waves received by the antenna 1 to the radio communication unit 18.
And the received information is transmitted to the control unit 20. The control unit 20 displays the received information such as the received telephone number on the display unit 4 such as a liquid crystal display device.

The control unit 20 converts the received information into voice information, and outputs the voice through a speaker (receiver) 3 of the receiver.
A transmitter (microphone) 9 receives a user's voice and controls the
The signal is transmitted to a communication partner by a transmitting unit (not shown) of the wireless communication unit 18 and the antenna 1. The control unit 20 causes the memory 26 to store voice information such as the contents of a call during a call, or reads out the stored information. The ten-key operating unit 22 inputs a dial signal or the like to the control unit 20 by operating the ten-key 7, and the function key operating unit 24 other than the ten-key inputs the operated function key, for example, the operation of the navigation key 14 to the control unit 20. Things.

The memory 26 can store in advance the still image data or the moving image data of the screen screen, and can store the image data of illustrations and animations downloaded in the non-voice information communication mode. In the setting operation mode of the standby screen screen and the wake-up screen screen at power-on, the control unit 20 operates the navigation keys 14 of the function key operation unit 24 while viewing the screen screen displayed on the display unit 4. The screen screen can be selected and determined by operating. The infrared input / output unit 28 exchanges an infrared signal via the infrared port 16. These circuit blocks are housed in the housing of FIG.

FIG. 3 shows the display unit 4 of the portable telephone having the above configuration.
2 shows an example of an icon screen displayed at the time of a meeting. In this example, an icon screen is displayed in a cross shape, and an i-mode main icon, an i-mode mail icon, a phonebook icon, a screen icon, and a menu icon are displayed in the middle clockwise from above. Then, the selected icon screen is enlarged and displayed so that it is possible to know which icon screen is currently selected.

FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 show transitions of the display screen of the portable telephone for explaining the embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone having a non-voice information communication mode (for example, i-mode) function according to the present embodiment is in a standby state when the power key 12 is operated, and five icon screens as shown in FIG. You.

When the icon screen "screen" is selected in this state, the selected icon is enlarged and displayed as shown in FIG. Here, by pressing the enter key of the navigation key 14, the screen list screen can be displayed.

Next, a function is selected by operating the lower or upper scroll key of the navigation key 14. FIG. 4B shows that the “screen display” highlighted is selected as a function, and the “calendar” as shown in FIG. 4C which is currently selected as the screen screen is used as the screen screen. Is displayed.

If the user wishes to change the currently selected screen screen, for example, the above-mentioned "calendar", to another, the same screen as that shown in FIG. Select "Screen selection" on the screen.

By selecting the function "screen selection", a list of registered screen screens is displayed for each genre as shown in FIG. In this case, the highlighted “illustration” is selected, but scrolling is performed with the navigation key 14 of the function key operation unit 24 to display “clock”, “illustration + clock”, and “calendar” in the inverted display position. Can be moved and selected. Also, a registration number is set for this “illustration”, and the user selects the “illustration” with the registration number 2 as the second from the top in FIG. 4 (e), and selects this as the screen screen. For example, the registration number 2 of “illustration” in the genre can be displayed as a screen screen as a standby screen screen from the next time. on the other hand,
When the navigation 14 of the function key operation unit 24 is operated while the illustration is displayed, the screen is switched from the state of displaying the illustration of FIG. 4F to the screen of “illustration + clock” in FIG. The screen is switched to the calendar screen shown in FIG. 4C. In this way, the screen screen itself not seen in FIG. 4 (e) is scrolled sequentially, and if there is a favorite screen, it can be selected and determined when it is displayed.

According to the present invention, a GIF format (Graphics I
nterchange Format) image, you can register it as an "illustration" screen on the screen screen.
In addition, GIF format (Graphics Interch
screen setting is possible even when an animation of an ange format) is flowing, and this can be used as a screen screen. Hereinafter, this function will be described.

By pressing the left soft key 5 while displaying the site, a submenu screen as shown in FIG. 5A is displayed. Here, “screen setting” which is highlighted is selected. To set from “Screen memo”,
Display the screen memo to be set, and press the left soft key 5 to select "Screen setting".

When the enter key of the navigation key 14 is pressed in order to confirm that "screen setting" has been selected, a screen for registering an image is displayed, and if there is a registered image, it is displayed. FIG. 5B shows an example of displaying an already registered image.

Further, by pressing the left or right scroll key of the navigation key 14, the screen is switched to a screen for registration, and FIG.
Select an illustration or animation that can be overwritten as shown in the above, and overwrite the illustration or animation to be registered there.

Finally, when the enter key of the navigation key 14 is pressed, a setting completion screen is displayed as shown in FIG. Since then
This set illustration or animation can be displayed as a screen screen.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the first embodiment for explaining the processing operation when the user desires to change the screen screen to another one.

In FIG. 6, the icon screen "screen"
Is selected (step 61). Next, the screen list screen is displayed by pressing the enter key of the navigation key (step 62).

Next, it is determined whether the user has selected "screen selection" for changing the screen screen to another (step 63). If "screen selection" is selected, a list of registered screen screens is displayed for each genre (step 64). Then, the screen is replaced with a screen screen of a genre desired by the user (step 65). If "screen selection" is not selected in step 63, the screen screen as it is is continued (step 66).

FIG. 7 is a flow chart of the second embodiment for explaining the processing operation when the user desires to change the screen screen to another one. In this embodiment, when the user selects “screen selection”, the user selects “screen selection” instead of displaying a list of registered screen screens as shown in step 64 of FIG. When selected, the currently set screen screen is displayed instead of the screen screen list.

That is, in the flowchart of FIG. 7, the icon screen "screen" is selected (step 71). Next, the screen list screen is displayed by pressing the enter key of the navigation key 14 (step 72).

Next, it is determined whether or not the user has selected "screen selection" for changing the screen screen to another (step 73). If "screen selection" is selected, the currently set screen screen is displayed (step 74). Thereafter, when a scroll operation is instructed by the navigation key 14 (step 75), another screen screen is displayed according to the scroll instruction (step 76).

Then, by pressing the enter key of the navigation key 14 when the screen screen is displayed, the screen screen is replaced with the screen screen desired by the user (step 77). If "screen selection" is not selected in step 73, the current screen is continued (step 78) as in the flowchart of FIG.

The operation mode for displaying a screen on the display unit 4 includes a standby mode and a wake-up mode. Therefore, a screen screen to be displayed for each display operation can be arbitrarily set.

[0036]

The first aspect of the present invention as described above.
The described invention is characterized in that, in a mobile phone capable of displaying a screen screen on a display unit, any screen screen displayed on the display unit can be set as a screen screen in any display mode. This is a screen screen setting method for a mobile phone. With this configuration, the user can set a screen screen in any display mode.

In the invention according to claim 2, an arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display section is selectively displayed by sequentially displaying one screen from a plurality of screen screens. A screen screen setting method for a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the screen screen is a screen screen. This configuration has an effect that an illustration desired by the user can be displayed as a screen screen.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the mobile phone according to the first aspect, the arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display unit is an illustration downloaded from a site. This is the setting method. This configuration has an effect that an illustration desired by the user can be set as a screen screen.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the mobile phone according to the first aspect, an arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display unit is an animation downloaded from a site. Method. This configuration has an effect that an animation desired by the user can be set as a screen screen.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the method for setting a screen screen in a portable telephone according to the fourth aspect, wherein the animation is an image in a GIF format. With this configuration, it is possible to reduce the degree of burden on the memory of the mobile phone even when the animation screen is captured.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the portable telephone according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the screen screen in the arbitrary display mode is a standby screen screen. This is the screen screen setting method. With this configuration, there is an effect that the screen can be set as a standby screen screen that the user likes.

The invention according to claim 7 is characterized in that the screen screen in the arbitrary display mode is a wake-up screen screen at power-on. The screen screen setting method in the mobile phone described in (1). This configuration has an effect that the screen can be set as a screen screen for wake-up when the power is turned on, which is desired by the user.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone capable of setting a screen screen in a desired display mode using the screen screen setting method according to any one of the first to seventh aspects. It was done. With this configuration, it is possible to provide a mobile phone capable of setting a screen screen desired by the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing circuit blocks for realizing the mobile phone shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 shows an example of an icon screen displayed at the time of waiting on the display of the mobile phone in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a transition of a display screen of the mobile phone for explaining the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is another diagram showing a transition of a display screen of the mobile phone for explaining the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the first embodiment for explaining a processing operation when the user desires to change the screen screen to another screen screen;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a second embodiment for explaining a processing operation when the user desires to change the screen screen to another screen screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Antenna 2 Incoming / Charging lamp 3 Handset 4 LCD display 5 Left soft key 6 Call start key 7 Numeric keypad 8 Warp key 9 Handset 10 External connection terminal 11 Voice / Manner key 12 Power / end / answer hold key 13 Right soft key 14 Navigation keys 15 Earphone microphone terminal 16 Infrared port 18 Wireless communication unit 20 Control unit 22 Numeric keypad operation unit 24 Function key operation unit 26 Memory 28 Infrared input / output unit

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone capable of displaying a screen screen on a display unit, wherein an arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display unit can be set as a screen screen in an arbitrary display mode. Screen screen setting method for mobile phones. 2. An arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display unit is a screen screen selected and displayed by sequentially displaying one screen from a plurality of screen screens. The method for setting a screen screen in a mobile phone according to claim 1. 3. The screen screen setting method according to claim 1, wherein the arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display unit is an illustration downloaded from a site. 4. The screen screen setting method according to claim 1, wherein the arbitrary screen screen displayed on the display unit is an animation downloaded from a site. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the animation is an image in a GIF format. 6. The screen screen setting method for a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the screen screen in the arbitrary display mode is a standby screen screen. 7. The screen screen according to claim 1, wherein the screen screen in the arbitrary display mode is a wake-up screen screen at the time of power-on. Setting method. 8. A mobile phone capable of setting a screen screen in a desired display mode by using the screen screen setting method according to claim 1.