JP2008203106A - Portable terminal apparatus, time display method used for same, and program thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone capable of displaying time, while shifting it by desired time interval with a timing set by a user, for the time display which displays normal time. <P>SOLUTION: When a function of displaying time, while shifting it is made effective, and an event has been set already, a controller 11 becomes in a waiting state until the set event occurs. Here, when the event set by the user occurs, the controller 11 displays the time, while shifting it by a time set by an offset time display means 12a. The controller 11 sets the function of displaying time effective, while shifting it, and performs event registration processing to an event-setting table 13a, when the controller decides that the event has not yet been registered and the user carries out registration processings. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device, a time display method used therefor, and a program therefor, and more particularly to a clock display function of a mobile phone.

  In recent years, in a clock display function of a mobile phone, it has become possible to automatically correct the time by an automatic time correction function. This is an example in which accurate time information is received and displayed, such as a radio clock such as a wristwatch or a wall clock, in the clock display function of a mobile phone.

  However, the realization of this function may cause only the accurate time to be displayed in the clock display function of the mobile phone, like radio clocks such as wrist watches and wall clocks. This can be understood as having a demerit that it is difficult to display other than the accurate time, on the other hand, while displaying the accurate time.

In addition to the above functions, a method for automatically correcting the time accurately when there is a time difference has been proposed for the clock display function of a mobile phone (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-11-136755

  With the clock display function of the conventional mobile phone described above, there are an increasing number of terminals having an automatic time correction function. A mobile phone with this function can always display the correct time, but even if the time is shifted, the time is automatically corrected immediately, so it is difficult to display other than the correct time. It is coming.

  Even in a cellular phone that does not have an automatic time correction function, it is rare that the time is frequently corrected because it takes time after setting the time with the clock function. In this way, it is difficult to easily realize “to advance the time a little and display it” as was done with an analog clock.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to display a time by shifting a clock display that displays a normal time by a desired time at a timing set by a user, and The object is to provide a time display method and a program therefor.

A mobile terminal device according to the present invention is a mobile terminal device including a clock display function for displaying time, and an automatic time correction function for correcting the time of the clock display function,
An event setting table that holds a preset event and the amount of time shift displayed by the clock display function in association with each other; and a monitoring unit that monitors the occurrence of the event held in the event setting table; Offset time display means for shifting and displaying the time displayed by the clock display function by the shift amount held in the event setting table when the monitoring means detects the occurrence of the event.

A time display method according to the present invention is a time display method used for a portable terminal device including a clock display function for displaying time and an automatic time correction function for correcting the time of the clock display function,
In the portable terminal device, an event setting table is provided to hold a preset event and a shift amount of the time displayed by the clock display function in association with each other,
A monitoring process in which the portable terminal device monitors the occurrence of an event held in the event setting table, and a time displayed by the clock display function when the monitoring process detects the occurrence of the event. Offset time display processing is performed in which the amount of shift held in the setting table is shifted and displayed.

The program according to the present invention is a program that can be executed by a computer and executed by a mobile terminal device including a clock display function that displays time and an automatic time correction function that corrects the time of the clock display function,
In the portable terminal device, an event setting table is provided to hold a preset event and a shift amount of the time displayed by the clock display function in association with each other,
A monitoring process for monitoring occurrence of an event held in the event setting table on the computer, and a time displayed by the clock display function when the monitoring process detects the occurrence of the event, the event setting table The offset time display processing is executed to display the display with a shift by the shift amount held in.

  In other words, the portable terminal device of the present invention is characterized by having a clock display function for displaying time, and having means capable of shifting and displaying the time displayed by the clock display function.

  In recent years, in a clock display function of a mobile terminal device, it has become possible to automatically correct the time by an automatic time correction function. This makes it possible to always display the correct time. On the other hand, with the clock display function, it is difficult to display the time from a time display corrected to an accurate time.

  Although the automatic time correction function can be turned off and the time to be displayed can be shifted manually, it is troublesome to frequently perform this operation. From such a situation, it is difficult to display the time of the mobile terminal device with the time slightly shifted like an analog clock.

  Therefore, in the mobile terminal device of the present invention, the time information is displayed as it is in normal times, but the function of displaying the time by shifting the desired time at the timing desired by the user is provided.

  More specifically, in the mobile terminal device of the present invention, a table of an event setting list set in advance by a user is provided, and an event registered in the event setting list is used as a trigger (trigger) to respond to the event. This is realized by displaying the time shifted by the amount of offset (offset).

  The present invention is configured and operated as described above, so that the clock display displaying the normal time can be displayed at a timing set by the user and shifted by a desired time. It is done.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a time display example in a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, an example of a mobile phone is shown as an example of a mobile terminal device. In FIG. 1, the date and time are displayed on the lower part of the display unit 10 of the cellular phone 1 [12/25 (Monday) 06:35] (see display A in FIG. 1).

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, similarly to components included in a general mobile phone, a control unit 11, a display unit 10, a ROM (read only memory) 13, a RAM (random access memory) 14, and a key operation unit 15. A voice input / output unit 16 and a radio unit 17. Since these components are components of a general mobile phone, detailed description of the operations of these components is omitted in this embodiment.

  In this embodiment, a time display means 12 is provided in addition to these components. The time display unit 12 includes an automatic time correction unit 12a and an offset time display unit 12b. In this embodiment, the automatic time correction unit 12a provides a function of displaying a normal time, and the offset time display unit 12b can display a time according to the offset amount set by the user.

  In the ROM 13, an event setting table 13a as shown in FIG. 4 is stored, and event occurrence monitoring means 13b for monitoring whether or not a registered event has occurred is stored as a program.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the offset time display means 12b of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the event setting table 13a of FIG. The operation of the offset time display means 12b will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, it is assumed that the time is set in advance in the cellular phone 1 according to the present embodiment. This is called time information (B1 in FIG. 3). This time information may be a time set by the user or an accurate standard time (for example, Japan standard time) obtained by the automatic time correction means 12a.

  If an event registered in advance occurs when the clock setting is completed, the mobile phone 1 performs an operation (shifts the time) according to the event. The time displayed by shifting the time [offset time (B2 in FIG. 3)] is set according to the event that has occurred, and can be obtained by referring to the event setting table 13a shown in FIG. In the mobile phone 1, the offset time (B2 in FIG. 3) acquired is added to the preset time information (B1 in FIG. 3) to calculate the time to be displayed in a shifted manner (B3 in FIG. 3).

  For example, when there is time information “6:55 AM” (B4 in FIG. 3), an event occurs and the offset time corresponding to the event is “advance for 10 minutes” (B5 in FIG. 3). In this case, the time to be displayed in a shifted manner is “7:05 AM” (B6 in FIG. 3) because “the time is 10 minutes ahead” of “6:55 AM”. As described above, in this embodiment, the function of displaying with the time shifted by the method as described above is realized.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a time display method of the mobile phone 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. A time display method of the mobile phone 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the processing shown in FIG. 5 can be realized by the control unit 11 executing a program (program executable by a computer) stored in the ROM 13.

  First, the control unit 11 of the mobile phone 1 determines whether or not to display a certain time (step S1 in FIG. 5). If the time is not shifted and not displayed, the control unit 11 does not perform any operation and returns to the determination in step S1 again.

  When the function of displaying with the time shifted is enabled, the control unit 11 checks whether an event has already been set (step S2 in FIG. 5). If it has not been set, the control unit 11 confirms whether to register an event with the user (step S6 in FIG. 5). When registering the event setting, the cellular phone 1 performs an event registration process in the event setting table 13a (step S7 in FIG. 5), and returns to the determination in step S1. Even when the event setting is not registered, the control unit 11 returns to the determination in step S1 without performing any particular process.

  When the user has already registered the event setting, the control unit 11 waits until the set event occurs (step S3 in FIG. 5). Here, when an event set by the user occurs, the control unit 11 displays the time shifted by the shift time set by the offset time display means 12a (step S4 in FIG. 5).

  When the user finishes the mode for displaying at different times (step S5 in FIG. 5), the control unit 11 ends this mode. In other cases, the control unit 11 returns to the above-described step S3, and transitions to the event generation wait state.

  In this embodiment, by executing the processing flow as described above, a function of shifting and displaying a certain time when a preset event occurs is realized.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the time display can be displayed by shifting the clock display displaying the normal time by a desired time at the timing set by the user. Further, in this embodiment, the user can register in advance a plurality of events for shifting the time, so that the trouble of changing the setting can be omitted.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a mobile phone according to another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the mobile phone according to another embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the mobile phone according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  In FIG. 6, a mobile phone 1a according to another embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the mobile phone 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. The same components are denoted by the same reference numerals. The operation of the same component is the same as that of the above-described embodiment of the present invention.

  The position information acquisition unit 18 is assumed to be a device that acquires position information, such as a GPS (Global Positioning System) device. However, the position information acquisition unit 18 may be any means as long as it is a method for acquiring position information, and is not particularly specified as a GPS device.

  In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of shifting and displaying the time based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 18 is realized. A cellular phone 1a according to another embodiment of the present invention is used in an environment as shown in FIG. 7, for example. In FIG. 7, mobile phones 1b and 1c indicate mobile phones 1a that can be placed at the respective positions.

  In FIG. 7, when the user wants to display the time a little advanced while the mobile phone 1 b is at home 2, the user sets the event “when entering a specific area” in advance as in the event setting table 13 a shown in FIG. 4. , And the time (for example, “advance for 15 minutes”) to be shifted is registered as the action.

  In this case, the user acquires the position information of the home 2 by the position information acquisition unit 18 and registers it as an event (specific area 100), and also registers an action when the event setting condition is satisfied. In the case of this event, as shown in FIG. 4, the setting “progress 15 minutes” is registered. In this event setting, while the user carrying the mobile phone 1a is at home 2, the time displayed by the mobile phone 1b is displayed 15 minutes earlier.

  On the other hand, when the user carrying the mobile phone 1a leaves home 2 for commuting and moves toward the station 3, that is, when the user moves from the location of the mobile phone 1b to the location of the mobile phone 1c, It is possible to redisplay the time that has been displayed while being at home 2 in the originally set time information. This is because it is possible to automatically change (update) the time that has been shifted and displayed to the originally set time information by moving away from the location information area registered by the user, that is, the home 2. .

  The present embodiment is characterized in that the time display of the mobile phone 1a is shifted according to the event, and various events can be considered as the event (trigger condition) to be set.

  As an application example of the present invention, in addition to the above-described embodiment, when a specific push type content (for example, an e-mail) is received, it is also possible to display the content by shifting the time. Specifically, it is possible to display the time earlier by an e-mail service that notifies the weather forecast when the weather forecast is raining or when an e-mail notifying the train delay information is received.

  The present invention can be applied to all portable terminal devices having a small clock display function such as PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) in addition to the above-described mobile phone.

It is a figure which shows the example of a time display in the portable terminal device by one Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the mobile telephone by one Example of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the offset time display means of FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the event setting table of FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a time display method of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the mobile telephone by the other Example of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the mobile telephone by the other Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1,1a-1c mobile phone
10 Display section
11 Control unit
12 Time display means
12a Automatic time correction means
12b Offset time display means
13 ROM
13a Event setting table
13b Event occurrence monitoring means
14 RAM
15 Key operation section
16 Voice input / output section
17 Radio section
18 Location information acquisition unit

Claims (9)

A portable terminal device including a clock display function for displaying time and an automatic time correction function for correcting time of the clock display function,
An event setting table that holds a preset event and the amount of time shift displayed by the clock display function in association with each other; and a monitoring unit that monitors the occurrence of the event held in the event setting table; Offset time display means for displaying the time displayed by the clock display function by a shift amount held in the event setting table when the monitoring means detects the occurrence of the event. Mobile terminal device. Including location information acquisition means for acquiring location information of the terminal itself;
The monitoring means detects that the event has occurred when the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means is the set position when the event is the arrival of the terminal at a preset position. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the offset time display means is notified.   3. The offset time display means returns the time of the clock display function corrected by the automatic time correction function when movement from the set position is detected by the monitoring means. Mobile terminal device.   The portable terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the portable terminal device is at least one of a cellular phone, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). A time display method used for a portable terminal device including a clock display function for displaying time and an automatic time correction function for correcting time of the clock display function,
In the portable terminal device, an event setting table is provided to hold a preset event and a shift amount of the time displayed by the clock display function in association with each other,
A monitoring process in which the portable terminal device monitors the occurrence of an event held in the event setting table, and a time displayed by the clock display function when the monitoring process detects the occurrence of the event. A time display method, comprising: performing an offset time display process of displaying a shift by a shift amount held in a setting table. In the portable terminal device, including location information acquisition means for acquiring location information of the own terminal,
In the monitoring process, if the event is that the terminal has reached a preset position, the event is detected when the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit is the set position. The time display method according to claim 5, wherein the offset time display process is notified that the occurrence of occurrence is detected.   In the offset time display process, the portable terminal device returns to the time of the clock display function corrected by the automatic time correction function when movement from the set position is detected in the monitoring process. The time display method according to claim 6.   8. The time according to claim 5, wherein the portable terminal device is at least one of a cellular phone, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). Display method. A program that is executed by a portable terminal device that includes a clock display function that displays time and an automatic time correction function that corrects the time of the clock display function and that can be executed by a computer,
In the portable terminal device, an event setting table is provided to hold a preset event and a shift amount of the time displayed by the clock display function in association with each other,
A monitoring process for monitoring occurrence of an event held in the event setting table on the computer, and a time displayed by the clock display function when the monitoring process detects the occurrence of the event, the event setting table A program for executing an offset time display process in which the display is shifted by the shift amount held in the display.

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