JP2008085445A - Portable information device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To further facilitate an operation required by a user to execute processing using a display means provided on the external surface of a casing in a portable information device. <P>SOLUTION: In the cellular telephone 1, a single operation key 15 provided near a second display section 12 is operated by appropriate combination of a plurality of kinds of operation modes ("double press", "press", and "press and hold"). Thus, this operation can update the contents of a menu for set contents for executing an application which are displayed on the second display section 12, or can update the set contents about the application to be stored in a set content storage section in the cellular telephone 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information device, and more particularly to a portable information device including a display unit on the outer surface side of a housing.

  A display located on the outer surface of the case in a portable information device such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) or a mobile phone, or a display located on the outer side in a folded state when the case is foldable Some have

  And about such a display, various techniques have been disclosed regarding the setting of display contents.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 and Patent Literature 2 disclose a technique for setting the display content of the display as described above according to a menu screen displayed on another display (main display).

Patent Document 3 discloses a technique for temporarily changing the display contents of a display by operating an operation button provided in the vicinity of the display.
JP 2001-285445 A JP 2003-209602 A JP 2003-99156 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2, it is necessary to perform the display setting of the display as described above while viewing the display of another display, and the menu screen is displayed every time the display setting is performed. Since it is necessary to select an item to be set after displaying, there is a problem that the operation is complicated.

  Moreover, in the technique described in Patent Document 3, when the button is operated, the display content can be changed only temporarily, so the changed display content cannot be maintained, and the display content is changed. Therefore, there is a problem that a complicated operation is required.

  That is, in the conventional portable information device, when performing an operation using the display as described above, a complicated operation is required.

  The present invention has been conceived in view of such a situation, and an object of the present invention is to perform an operation required by a user for processing using a display unit provided on an outer surface of a housing in a portable information device. To make it easier.

  A portable information device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a first housing, a second housing, and a connecting portion that foldably connects the first housing and the second housing. , Display means provided on the outer surface in a state in which the first housing and the second housing are folded, and can be operated in a state in which the first housing and the second housing are folded. A single operation means provided for inputting information related to the display content of the display means at a certain position, a control means capable of executing a plurality of applications including display control of the display means, and the control First storage means for storing a menu for an application executed by the means, and second storage means for storing setting contents for the operation executed by the control means, wherein the control means includes the first storage Content corresponding to the menu stored in the means The menu corresponding to the display of the display means is changed or the menu corresponding to the display of the display means is changed to the second storage means according to the type of operation on the operation means. It is memorized.

  A portable information device according to another aspect of the present invention includes a housing, display means provided on the outer surface of the housing, and information related to display contents of the display means provided on the outer surface of the housing. A first operating means provided for inputting the control, a control means capable of executing a plurality of applications including display control of the display means, and a first menu for storing a menu for the application executed by the control means Storage means and second storage means for storing setting contents for the operation executed by the control means, wherein the control means displays contents corresponding to the menu stored in the first storage means. The menu corresponding to the display on the display means is changed or the menu corresponding to the display on the display means is changed according to the type of operation on the operation means. Characterized in that in the storage means.

  In the portable information device according to the present invention, it is preferable that the display unit and the operation unit are provided in the first casing.

  Further, in the portable information device according to the present invention, the first storage unit stores a plurality of menus in a hierarchy, and the control unit stores the display unit according to a type of operation on the operation unit. Change the menu corresponding to the display to the menu stored as the next lower hierarchy in the first storage means, or store the menu corresponding to the display of the display means as the same hierarchy in the first storage means. Or the menu corresponding to the display of the display means is changed to a menu stored as an upper hierarchy in the first storage means, or the display means displays The corresponding menu is preferably stored in the second storage means.

  In the portable information device according to the present invention, when the first type of operation is performed on the operation unit, the control unit displays a menu corresponding to the display on the display unit. When the menu is stored as the next lower hierarchy in the storage means, and the second type operation different from the first type is performed on the operation means, the display on the display means Or the menu corresponding to the display of the display means is changed to a level one higher in the first storage means. When the menu is changed to a stored menu and a third type of operation different from the first and second types is performed on the operation unit, the display unit corresponds to the display. It is preferable to store the menu in the second storage means.

  In the portable information device according to the present invention, the control means may determine the type of operation for the operation means based on the number of operations for the operation means within a predetermined time or the time of continuous operation. preferable.

  The portable information device according to the present invention further includes a communication unit for communicating with an external device, and the control unit is a display corresponding to a predetermined menu on the display unit and includes link information. When a specific operation is performed on the operation means when the information is displayed, information based on the link information is acquired via the communication means, and the acquired information is displayed on the display means. Is preferably displayed.

  According to the present invention, when the setting contents for the operation executed by the control means are stored, the user performs a different kind of operation on the single operation means, thereby displaying the setting contents. The display content in the means can be changed, or the setting content can be stored.

  That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to perform an operation using the display unit while viewing the display on the display unit (changing the display content and storing the set content described above). From this, according to the present invention, the user does not need to perform the operation using the display means while looking at the display of the other display means, and it is not necessary to input the same setting contents many times. Operations required by the user for processing using the display means can be facilitated.

Hereinafter, a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 are external views of the mobile phone 1. The mobile phone 1 includes a first housing 10, a second housing 20, and a connecting portion 30 that foldably connects the first housing 10 and the second housing 20. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the first casing 10 and the second casing 20 are folded in the mobile phone 1, and FIG. 2 shows the first casing 10 and the second casing in the mobile phone 1. A state where the body 20 is opened is shown.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the first housing 10 is provided with a first display portion 11 and a receiver hole 19 on a surface located inside in an opened state. The first housing 10 is provided with a second display unit 12 and operation keys 15 on the outer surface side in a folded state. The 1st display part 11 and the 2nd display part 12 consist of LCD (liquid crystal display).

  The second casing 20 is used for setting various functions such as a key group 21 including a numeric keypad and used for dialing on a surface located on the inner side in a folded state, and a telephone. Operation key groups 22 and 23 including function keys are provided. Although not shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the second casing 20 includes a camera (a camera 26 described later) on the back surface of the surface on which the operation key groups 21 to 23 are provided. It has been. The side surface of the second housing 20 is provided with a shutter key 25 used for shooting by the camera 26 and an operation key group 24 used for zoom adjustment at the time of shooting. A microphone hole 29 is provided below the operation key group 21 of the second housing 20.

  Referring particularly to FIG. 1, in the first housing 10, the second display unit 12 has a substantially rectangular shape. The vertical center of the second display unit 12 is located below the vertical center of the first housing 10. The operation key 15 is located below the second display unit 12 in the first housing 10. Since the second display unit 12 and the operation key 15 are arranged in this manner in the first housing 10, the user holds the cellular phone 1 so that the connecting unit 30 is positioned at the upper end as shown in FIG. In this case, the cellular phone 1 is stably held in the user's hand even when the operation key 15 is operated.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 1.
Referring to FIG. 3, the mobile phone 1 includes the first display unit 11, the second display unit 12, the operation keys 15, the operation key groups 21 to 24, the shutter key 25, and the camera 26, A control unit 50 for overall control of the operation of the mobile phone 1 is included.

  In addition, the mobile phone 1 includes display control units 51 and 52 that control display modes of the first display unit 11 and the second display unit 12, respectively. Mobile phone 1 also includes a communication control unit 80 and an antenna 81 for transmitting and receiving information to and from other devices.

  Also, whether the mobile phone 1 is in a state in which the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 are folded as shown in FIG. 1 or in an opened state as shown in FIG. Including a state detection unit 59 for detecting The state detection unit 59 includes, for example, a circuit including a magnet provided in the first housing 10 and a sensor provided in the second housing 20. In the cellular phone 1, when the first casing 10 and the second casing 20 are folded, the sensor detects the magnetism of the magnet, but when the sensor is open, the sensor Is configured so that the magnetism of the magnet cannot be detected. The circuit detects the open / closed state of the mobile phone 1 based on the magnetic detection result of the sensor, and outputs a signal corresponding to the open / closed state to the control unit 50.

  The mobile phone 1 also includes a microphone 58 and a receiver 56 for telephone functions. In the mobile phone 1, when the telephone function is realized, the user inputs sound into the microphone 58 through the microphone hole 29 and listens to sound output from the receiver 56 through the receiver hole 19. Furthermore, the mobile phone 1 includes a speaker 57 for outputting an alarm sound or the like. In the mobile phone 1, the sound output from the speaker 57 is output to the outside through a hole (not shown) provided in either the first casing 10 or the second casing 20. In the mobile phone 1, the voice input control unit 55 that converts voice input through the microphone 58 into digital data, and the voice output control that converts voice data into analog data in order to output voice from the receivers 56 and 57. Parts 53 and 54 are included.

  The mobile phone 1 includes a storage unit 60 that stores various information. Note that the storage unit 60 includes menu information storage unit 61 for storing menu items for various applications executed by the control unit 50, and information for specifying the contents of settings for various applications executed by the control unit 50. A setting content storage unit 62 to be stored and a data storage unit 63 to store application programs executed by the control unit 50 and various data necessary for executing the programs are included.

  Table 1 schematically shows information stored in the menu information storage unit 61.

  As understood from Table 1, the menu information storage unit 61 stores items related to operation settings of applications executed on the mobile phone 1 in a hierarchical manner.

  Specifically, items “clock”, “music”, and “news” are stored as the first hierarchy. “Clock” means a clock display application in the second display unit 12. “Music” means an application for reproducing music data stored in the data storage unit 63 (or an external device). “News” refers to an application for displaying news information by accessing a predetermined server on the network and receiving distribution of Web content related to news stored in the server.

  Further, as can be understood from Table 1, a menu of “display pattern”, “display color”, “character font”, and “character size” is stored as the second hierarchy corresponding to “clock”. In addition, as a third hierarchy corresponding to “display pattern”, a menu of “24 hours display” and “12 hours display”, and as a third hierarchy corresponding to “display color”, menus of “blue” and “red” are provided. The third hierarchy corresponding to “character font” includes menus “font A” and “font B”, and the third hierarchy corresponding to “character size” includes “large”, “medium”, and “small”. Each menu is stored.

  The “display pattern” is a menu item for setting whether to display the time for 24 hours or 12 hours in the clock display, and a menu of specific setting contents is displayed in the third hierarchy corresponding thereto. Items are stored.

  “Display color” is a menu item for setting a color for displaying time information in the clock display, and a menu item for specifically specifying the color to be set in the third hierarchy corresponding thereto. Is remembered. Note that the data storage unit 63 stores control details (information for specifying a color, etc.) for displaying time information in a color corresponding to each menu item stored in the third hierarchy. Thereby, the control unit 50 is set by reading the control content for displaying the time information in the color from the data storage unit 63 by setting the display color and executing the control operation based on the read content. The time information can be displayed on the second display unit 12 in the displayed color.

  The “character font” is a menu item for setting a font for displaying time information in the clock display, and a menu item for specifically specifying the font to be set in the third hierarchy corresponding thereto. Is remembered. The data storage unit 63 stores control contents (information for specifying a font, etc.) for displaying time information in a font corresponding to each menu item stored in the third hierarchy. As a result, the control unit 50 reads the control content for displaying the time information in the font from the data storage unit 63 by setting the font, and executes the control operation based on the read content. The time information can be displayed on the second display unit 12 in a font.

  “Character size” is a menu item for setting the size of characters for displaying time information in the clock display, and for specifying the size to be set in the third hierarchy corresponding to this. Menu items are stored. In the data storage unit 63, the control content for displaying time information in the character size corresponding to each menu item stored in the third hierarchy (information for designating the number of character points, etc.) Is remembered. Thereby, the control part 50 reads the control content for displaying time information by the magnitude | size corresponding to a setting content from the data storage part 63 by the size of a character being set, and performs control action based on it. By executing, the time information can be displayed on the second display unit 12 with the number of points corresponding to the set size.

  Further, as can be understood from Table 1, a menu of “display content”, “playlist”, and “equalizer” is stored as the second hierarchy corresponding to “music”. In addition, as the third hierarchy corresponding to “display contents”, the menu “song name” “song name + artist name” is provided, and as the third hierarchy corresponding to “playlist”, the menus “folder 1” and “folder 2” are provided. In addition, menus of “normal”, “jazz”, “classic”, and “lock” are stored as the third hierarchy corresponding to “equalizer”.

  “Display content” is a menu item for setting the content of information to be displayed on the second display unit 12 in music playback, and the third layer corresponding to this is for specifying the content to be set. Menu items are stored. That is, on the third layer, a menu (“Song Name”) for displaying only the song name of the song being played on the second display unit 12 during music playback, and the song name of the song being played and the song are played. A menu for displaying the artist name (“song name + artist name”) is stored.

  The “play list” is a menu item for specifying a music to be reproduced in music reproduction. The data storage unit 63 defines a plurality of folders for storing music data. A menu for designating a folder storing music data to be reproduced is stored as the third hierarchy corresponding to the “play list”. As for the “play list”, a menu item for designating which song is to be reproduced among the songs stored in the folder designated in the third hierarchy is stored as the fourth hierarchy.

  “Equalizer” is a menu item for specifying a sound quality adjustment pattern for each frequency range when music is played. In Table 1, specifically, menus corresponding to four types of patterns of “normal”, “jazz”, “classic”, and “rock” are stored as the third hierarchy.

  In the present embodiment, the ranks of the first to fourth hierarchies described in Table 1 are defined for the hierarchies. Specifically, the following description will be made with the first hierarchy as the highest hierarchy and the fourth hierarchy as the lowest hierarchy.

  Further, as shown in Table 1, for the second to fourth layers, a menu “up to the upper layer” is appropriately stored. This menu is not a menu used for settings relating to execution of an application, but a menu used for folding control processing described later.

  Next, Table 2 schematically shows a storage mode of information in the setting content storage unit 62.

  The setting content storage unit 62 stores setting content for each application executed in the mobile phone 1. In addition, the setting content about each application can be updated according to the operation mode with respect to the user's operation key 15, as will be described later.

  In Table 2, an item “default” is provided, and for this item, a check is made at a location corresponding to the “clock display” application. “Default” is information for specifying a default operation when the mobile phone 1 is in a folded state. That is, if the “clock display” application is checked for the “default” item, it means that the clock display is made on the second display unit 12 when the cellular phone 1 is folded. As for the item “default”, only one of the applications is checked. Also, which application is checked for the “default” item can be changed as described later.

  The control unit 50 sets a pointer for one menu among all the menus shown in Table 1, moves the position of the pointer according to the operation on the operation key 15, and refers to the position of the pointer. Then, display control of the second display unit 12 is performed. Information on the position of the pointer is stored in the data storage unit 63, for example.

  As for display control based on the pointer position, for the clock display application, when the pointer is positioned in the first hierarchy, the setting contents (display pattern, display color, character font, and When the pointer is positioned in the second or third hierarchy, the menu item shown in Table 1 is displayed. Character strings (“display pattern”, “24 hour display”, etc.) are displayed on the second display unit 12.

  Regarding the music playback application, when the pointer is positioned on the first layer, information according to the setting content corresponding to the “display content” in Table 2 is displayed on the second display unit 12. When the pointer is positioned on the second and third layers, the character strings corresponding to the menu items shown in Table 1 ("display contents", "playlist", "equalizer", "song title", "folder 1", "normal") And the like are displayed on the second display unit 12. When the pointer is positioned on the fourth hierarchy, information according to the setting content corresponding to “display content” in Table 2 is displayed for the song on which the pointer is positioned.

  Regarding the display of news information, the pointer can be located only in the first hierarchy. When the pointer is positioned at “news”, the second display unit 12 displays the title of the application such as “news information” for a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds), and then displays the received news information. The

  Next, processing (control processing at the time of folding) performed by the control unit 50 regarding the operation of the operation key 15 when the cellular phone 1 is folded will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 which are flowcharts of the processing. . When the control unit 50 detects that the mobile phone 1 has been changed from the opened state to the folded state based on the information input from the state detection unit 59, the control unit 50 starts the folding control process.

  First, referring to FIG. 4, in the folding control process, control unit 50 executes a default operation in step S1, and advances the process to step S2. The default operation is an operation based on information stored in the setting content storage unit 62. Specifically, the default operation is an operation of executing an application whose “default” item is checked. In the example shown in Table 2, the control unit 50 executes a clock display application as a default operation. When the clock display application at this time is executed, a 24-hour display is adopted as the display pattern, as stored in the setting content storage unit 62 (as shown in Table 2), and the display color is displayed. Blue is adopted, font B is adopted as the character font, and “medium” is adopted as the character size. When executing the default operation, the control unit 50 positions the pointer described above in the first layer of the application corresponding to the operation.

  In step S <b> 2, the control unit 50 determines whether or not the operation key 15 has been double clicked (described as “W click” in FIG. 4). In the present embodiment, three types of operations of “double click”, “click”, and “long press” are defined as operations for the operation key 15. When the control unit 50 detects that the operation key 15 has been pressed twice or more within a predetermined time, the control unit 50 determines that “double click” has been performed, and only once with respect to the operation key 15 within the predetermined time. When it is detected that the pressing operation has been performed, it is determined that “click” has been performed, and when it is detected that the operation key 15 has been pressed for a predetermined time or longer, it is determined that “long press” has been performed. Then, when it is determined that the double click has been made, the control unit 50 proceeds to step S3, and when it is determined that the double click has not been performed, the control unit 50 proceeds to step S8.

  In step S3, the control unit 50 determines whether or not a menu is stored in the hierarchy one level lower than the current pointer position in Table 1. If it is determined that the menu is stored, it is not stored in step S4. If determined, the process proceeds to step S5. In step S3, specifically, for example, when the pointer is positioned on the “clock” (first level of the clock display application), the “display pattern” is displayed on the next lower level (second level). Are stored, the process proceeds to step S4. On the other hand, when the pointer is positioned at “jazz” (third level of the music playback application), the menu is not stored in the next lower level (fourth level) corresponding to the menu (song A to song A). Since C, song D to song G are menus in the fourth hierarchy corresponding to folder 1 and folder 2 and not menus in the fourth hierarchy corresponding to “jazz”), the process proceeds to step S5.

  In step S4, the control unit 50 moves the pointer to the first menu of the next lower hierarchy, and returns the process to step S2. When the pointer is moved, the control unit 50 changes the display content on the second display unit 12 accordingly.

  In step S5, the control unit 50 determines whether or not the pointer is positioned at “news” (first layer of the application displaying the news information) in Table 1, and if not, step S2 Processing is returned to That is, when the pointer is at a position where no menu is stored in the lower hierarchy and is at a position other than “News”, even if the operation key 15 is double-clicked, the control unit 50 displays the second display unit. 12 display contents are not changed. On the other hand, when determining that the pointer is positioned on “news”, the control unit 50 advances the process to step S6.

  In step S6, the control unit 50 causes the communication control unit 80 to access the link information included in the news information received at that time, and proceeds to step S7.

  In step S7, the control unit 50 shifts the display of news information from the second display unit 12 to the first display unit 11, that is, turns off the second display unit 12 and displays the received information in the first display. This is displayed on the unit 11 and the process is terminated.

  Note that the process of step S7 may be changed to a process of continuously displaying information obtained by accessing the link information in step S6 on the second display unit 12. In this case, the folding control process is not terminated, and the process returns to step S2.

  In step S8, the control unit 50 determines whether or not the operation key 15 has been clicked. If it is determined that the operation key 15 has been clicked, the process proceeds to step S9, and if it has not been clicked, the process proceeds to step S11.

  In step S9, the control unit 50 determines whether or not the menu is stored in the same hierarchy as the current pointer position. If it is determined that the menu is stored, the process proceeds to step S10. The pointer position is moved to the next menu, and the process returns to step S2. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S9 that no other menu is stored in the same hierarchy as the current pointer position, the process directly returns to step S2.

  In step S11, the control unit 50 determines whether or not the operation key 15 has been pressed for a long time. If it is determined that the operation key 15 has been pressed for a long time, the process proceeds to step S12, and if it is not, the process returns to step S2.

  In step S12, the control unit 50 determines whether or not the current pointer position is in the first hierarchy. If it is determined to be, the control unit 50 proceeds to step S13. .

  In step S13, the control unit 50 registers the application corresponding to the current pointer position as a default action, and returns the process to step S2. The registration as the default operation means that the application column corresponding to the default item in Table 2 is checked. In the present embodiment, the check in the default item column cannot be entered into two applications at the same time.

  In step S14, the control unit 50 determines whether or not the current pointer position is the menu “up to hierarchy”. If so, the process proceeds to step S15. If not, the process proceeds to step S16. , Proceed with each process.

  In step S15, the control unit 50 changes the pointer position to the next menu in the next higher hierarchy, and returns the process to step S2. The “next menu in the next higher hierarchy” is a menu next to the menu corresponding to the current pointer position in the hierarchy one level higher than the current pointer position (one lower in Table 1). For example, when the pointer is positioned at “up to the hierarchy” in the second hierarchy for the clock display application, the “hierarchy immediately above the current pointer position” is “the first hierarchy”, and “the current pointer is The “menu corresponding to the current pointer position in the hierarchy one position above” is “clock”, and the next menu is “music”.

  In step S16, as in step S3, the control unit 50 determines whether or not a menu is stored in the hierarchy immediately below the current pointer position in Table 1, and if it is determined that it is stored, step S2 If it is determined that the data is not stored, the process proceeds to step S17.

  In step S17, the control unit 50 updates the stored content of the setting content storage unit 62 to a menu corresponding to the current pointer position, and returns the process to step S2. In step S17, specifically, for example, when the pointer is positioned at “song name”, in step S17, the setting content storage unit 62 is updated in a state where the setting content corresponding to the display content is set to “song name”. The

  In the folding control process described above, when the cellular phone 1 is folded after the first casing 10 and the second casing 20 are opened, the default operation stored in the setting content storage unit 62 is specified. Perform default actions based on the information. Thus, the user can cause the mobile phone 1 to execute the stored default operation without setting each time when folding.

  In the folding control process described above, the control unit 50 can change (update) the setting content for the default operation stored in the setting content storage unit 62 according to the operation mode of the operation key 15.

  In the present embodiment described above, one operation key 15 provided in the vicinity of the second display unit 12 is operated in a plurality of types of operation modes (in this embodiment, “double click” “click” “long press”). By appropriately combining the operations, the second display unit 12 can change the display of the menu for setting contents for executing the application, or the setting contents stored in the setting contents storage unit 62 can be updated. can do. Further, the menu display can be changed and the setting contents can be updated by providing only the minimum number of operation keys, which can contribute to downsizing of the portable information device.

  In the present embodiment, since the menu related to the application is stored in a hierarchy as shown in Table 1, the user can display information corresponding to the desired menu in the second display unit with fewer operations. 12 can be displayed.

  Note that the “plural types of operation modes” in the portable information device according to the present invention are not limited to three types, and the menu item as shown in Table 1 is for moving the pointer position up one level. Operation mode, operation mode for moving the pointer position to the next lower level, operation mode for moving the pointer position to another menu on the same level, and operation corresponding to the pointer position in the portable information device There may be four types so as to correspond to each of the operation modes for storing as the setting contents.

  Further, the operation mode is not limited to the above three types, and other modes such as “triple click” (an operation mode in which the operation means (operation key 15) is operated (pressed) three times within a predetermined time) are also possible. May be included.

  Moreover, in this Embodiment demonstrated above, although the portable information device according to this invention is comprised so that two housings connected so that folding is possible, it is not limited to this, A housing | casing is 1 It may be one. When there is one casing, the folding control process as described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 is not the two casings folded, but other conditions (the casing is shaken). It is preferable that corrections are made as appropriate, for example, when an impact of a predetermined value or more is applied.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is an external view in the state by which the 1st housing | casing and the 2nd housing | casing of the mobile phone which is one embodiment of this invention were folded. 1 is an external view of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state where a first housing and a second housing are opened. FIG. It is a figure which shows typically the hardware constitutions of the mobile telephone of FIG. It is a flowchart of the control process at the time of folding which the control part of FIG. 3 performs. It is a flowchart of the control process at the time of folding which the control part of FIG. 3 performs.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone, 10 1st housing | casing, 11 1st display part, 12 2nd display part, 15 operation key, 19 receiver hole, 20 2nd housing | casing, 21-24 operation key group, 25 shutter key, 26 Camera, 29 Microphone hole, 30 Connection unit, 50 Control unit, 51, 52 Display control unit, 53, 54 Audio output control unit, 55 Audio input control unit, 56 Receiver, 57 Speaker, 58 Microphone, 59 Status detection unit, 60 Storage unit 61 Menu information storage unit 62 Setting content storage unit 63 Data storage unit 80 Communication control unit 81 Antenna

Claims (7)

A first housing;
A second housing;
A connecting portion that foldably connects the first housing and the second housing;
Display means provided on an outer surface in a state where the first casing and the second casing are folded;
A single operating means provided for inputting information related to the display content of the display means at a position where the first casing and the second casing can be operated in a folded state;
Control means capable of executing a plurality of applications including display control of the display means;
First storage means for storing a menu for an application executed by the control means;
Second storage means for storing the setting content for the operation executed by the control means,
The control means includes
The display unit displays contents corresponding to the menu stored in the first storage unit,
A portable information device that changes the menu corresponding to the display of the display means or stores the menu corresponding to the display of the display means in the second storage means according to the type of operation on the operation means . A housing,
Display means provided on the outer surface of the housing;
A single operation means provided on the outer surface of the housing and provided for inputting information related to the display content of the display means;
Control means capable of executing a plurality of applications including display control of the display means;
First storage means for storing a menu for an application executed by the control means;
Second storage means for storing the setting content for the operation executed by the control means,
The control means includes
The display unit displays contents corresponding to the menu stored in the first storage unit,
A portable information device that changes the menu corresponding to the display of the display means or stores the menu corresponding to the display of the display means in the second storage means according to the type of operation on the operation means .   The portable information device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit and the operation unit are provided in the first housing. The first storage means stores a plurality of menus in a hierarchy,
The control means, depending on the type of operation on the operation means,
Changing the menu corresponding to the display of the display means to a menu stored as the next lower hierarchy in the first storage means,
Change the menu corresponding to the display of the display means to a menu stored as the same hierarchy in the first storage means,
Changing the menu corresponding to the display of the display means to a menu stored as a hierarchy one level higher in the first storage means, or
The portable information device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a menu corresponding to the display of the display means is stored in the second storage means. The control means includes
When the first type of operation is performed on the operation means, the menu corresponding to the display on the display means is changed to a menu stored as the next lower hierarchy in the first storage means. ,
When a second type of operation different from the first type is performed on the operation unit, a menu corresponding to the display of the display unit is stored in the first storage unit as the same hierarchy. Or the menu corresponding to the display of the display means is changed to a menu stored as a hierarchy one level higher in the first storage means,
When a third type of operation different from the first and second types is performed on the operation means, a menu corresponding to the display on the display means is stored in the second storage means. The portable information device according to claim 4.   The portable information device according to claim 4, wherein the control unit determines the type of operation for the operation unit based on the number of operations for the operation unit within a predetermined time or the time of continuous operation. . A communication means for communicating with an external device;
The control means is a display corresponding to a predetermined menu on the display means, and when information including link information is displayed, when a specific operation is performed on the operation means, the control means The portable information device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein information based on the link information is acquired via a communication unit, and the acquired information is displayed on the display unit.

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