JP2009053385A - Portable terminal and control method of this terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal capable of controlling browsers without a complicated key operation in the portable terminal provided with a plurality of browsers. <P>SOLUTION: The portable terminal is provided with first and second browsers and a rectangular display part, wherein the first browser is a browser for portable terminal and the second browser is a browser for a personal computer. The portable terminal is further provided with: a detection means of detecting the direction of the display part when starting the browser; a selection means of selecting one side browser based on the detection result of the detection means; and a control means of starting the selected browser. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal capable of browsing a site on the Internet with a plurality of browsers and a method for controlling the terminal.

  A portable terminal capable of displaying a web page on the Internet is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-007426 (Patent Document 1).

  Since the mobile terminal described in the first patent document has a browser, the mobile terminal can browse a site by displaying a web page on the Internet.

  Also, a portable terminal including a plurality of browsers and capable of displaying a WEB page on the Internet using these browsers is described in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-350831 (Patent Document 2).

  In the portable terminal described in Patent Document 2, one browser has a higher function than the other browser and there are many types of images that can be handled, and high-performance data processing for images and animations may be performed. It can be done.

  An information terminal that includes a detection sensor that detects the tilt of the screen and switches the display method of the screen according to the detection result of the detection sensor is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2006-135794 (Patent Document 3). )It is described in.

  The information terminal described in Patent Document 3 is provided with a vertically long display. When the information terminal is in the portrait orientation, the portrait display, for example, the character is displayed vertically, and the terminal is In the case of the landscape orientation, the landscape orientation is displayed, for example, the characters are displayed horizontally.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-007426 JP 2006-350831 A JP 2006-135794 A

  Since the portable terminal described in the first patent document does not include two types of browsers, there is a drawback that only one of the site for the portable terminal and the site for the personal computer can be browsed.

  In addition, since the mobile terminal described in Patent Document 2 includes two types of browsers, for example, it is considered that a web page of a site for mobile terminals and a site for personal computers can be displayed and browsed. When displaying a WEB page on a personal computer site on a vertical display, it is often possible to display only the upper part on the left side of the web page. To display the entire page, you must scroll right or down. The entire page could not be viewed. For this reason, when browsing the WEB page of the site for personal computers, there was a possibility that annoying key operation might increase.

  Moreover, in the portable terminal described in Patent Document 3, a technique for changing the display direction of the screen in accordance with the direction of the display unit of the portable terminal is disclosed, but the portable terminal includes two types of browsers. However, as in Patent Document 2, when viewing the PC site with the display unit oriented vertically, only the upper left part can be displayed. Therefore, it is necessary to scroll rightward or downward, and troublesome key operations are not solved.

  The present invention solves the above-described problems, and allows a mobile terminal having a plurality of browsers to control the browser without troublesome key operations.

  The present invention is for solving the above-mentioned problems, and the mobile terminal of the present invention is connected to the Internet, and displays a WEB page of the site for the connected mobile terminal and a WEB page of the site for the personal computer. In a portable terminal provided with a second browser for displaying the web page and a rectangular display unit for displaying the WEB page, a detection unit for detecting the orientation of the display unit when the browser is activated, and a detection result of the detection unit And selecting means for selecting one of the first browser and the second browser, and control means for activating the browser selected by the selecting means.

  According to the mobile terminal control method of the present invention, the first browser for connecting to the Internet and displaying the WEB page for the mobile terminal of the connected site, the second browser for displaying the WEB page of the site for the personal computer, and the WEB In a method for controlling a mobile terminal including a rectangular display unit for displaying a page, a detection step of detecting an orientation of the display unit when the browser is activated, and the first browser according to a detection result of the detection step And a selection step for selecting one of the second browsers, and a control step for starting the browser selected in this selection step.

  According to the present invention configured as above, the following effects can be obtained.

  According to the portable terminal and the control method for the terminal according to the present invention, the browser is automatically selected and activated in accordance with the orientation of the display unit of the portable terminal, so that the operation of the portable terminal is performed by the browser. It can be made simple without the trouble of selecting. Moreover, according to the portable terminal and the control method of the terminal according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically select and activate a browser with simpler key operations.

  A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing the first embodiment, and reference numeral 101 shown in FIG. 1 denotes a portable terminal.

  Reference numeral 102 denotes a display unit, which is a vertically long (rectangular) display unit. Reference numeral 103 denotes a first browser, 104 denotes a second browser, and both browsers 103 and 104 are connected to the Internet, and display a WEB page of the connected site on the display unit 102. The first browser is a mobile terminal browser for displaying a WEB page of the site for mobile terminals, and the second browser is a browser for a personal computer for displaying the WEB page of the site for personal computers on the mobile terminal.

  A detection unit 105 detects the orientation of the display unit 102 when the browser is activated. Reference numeral 106 denotes a selection unit, which selects one of the first browser and the second browser according to the detection result of the detection unit. Reference numeral 107 denotes control means for activating the browser selected by the selection means 106.

  In the mobile terminal 101 configured as described above, the detecting unit 105 detects whether the display unit 102 is vertical or horizontal when the browser is activated by a user operation. Depending on the detection result of the detection means 105, the selection means 106 selects one of the first browser and the second browser, and the control means 107 automatically activates the selected browser. For this reason, it is possible to facilitate the activation of the browser without requiring the user to perform a key operation for designating the browser desired to be activated from the menu screen.

  In addition, since the browser according to the orientation of the display unit 102 is selected by the selection unit 106 depending on the orientation of the display unit 102, an optimal browser, that is, a browser that can browse the entire screen with fewer key operations is automatically selected. Selected and activated.

  Thus, according to the present invention, the operation of the mobile terminal 101 can be a simple operation that saves the trouble of selecting a browser. In addition, a browser with simpler key operations can be automatically selected and activated, and the mobile terminal 101 can be easily used by the user.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  2 to 9 are diagrams relating to the second embodiment, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the portable terminal showing the second embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the portable terminal of the second embodiment.

  A mobile terminal 201 shown in FIG. 2 is applied to a mobile phone. Reference numeral 202 denotes an upper case, 203 denotes a lower case, and 204 denotes a hinge portion that connects the upper case 202 and the lower case 203.

  A display unit 205 uses a vertically long liquid crystal display, and uses a so-called WVGA (Wide Video Graphics Array) having a resolution of 800 pixels vertically and 480 pixels horizontally. Reference numerals 206, 207, 208, and 209 denote a display screen, a display screen right, a display screen lower, and a display screen left, respectively. Reference numeral 210 denotes a sensor as detection means for detecting the direction of the display unit 205, which is disposed in the upper housing 202. For example, an acceleration sensor is used as the sensor. With this sensor 210, whether the display screen upper 206 is downward (A direction), the display screen right 207 is downward (B direction), the display screen lower 208 is downward (C direction), It is detected whether the display screen left 209 is in the downward direction (D direction). Reference numeral 211 denotes an earpiece arranged at the upper part of the upper casing 202 and uses a speaker.

  Reference numeral 212 denotes a key operation unit arranged on the lower housing 203, which includes a cross key and function keys (not shown), and numeric keys shown. Reference numeral 213 denotes a calling unit disposed at the lower part of the lower housing 203, which uses a microphone.

  In FIG. 3, reference numeral 301 denotes an antenna, 302 denotes a wireless unit, and this wireless unit is used for voice communication and data communication. When connecting to the Internet, the wireless unit 302 performs data communication.

  Reference numeral 303 denotes a ROM (Read Only Memory) which stores data and programs (including the programs of the first browser and the second browser) that are read-only in the portable terminal 201. A RAM (Random Access Memory) 304 stores rewritable data and programs as well as data and programs to be stored additionally. A control unit 305 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and the like, and also has a function as a control unit and a function as a selection unit.

  A program for a browser for a portable terminal as the first browser and a browser for a personal computer as the second browser is stored in the ROM 303.

  The browser is called a WWW (World Wide Web) browser or a web browser, and is application software for browsing a WEB page. You can download HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) files, image files, music files, etc. stored on the Internet, analyze the layout, and display and play them.

  The above-mentioned browser for mobile terminals is software for browsing a WEB page that uses text with a small amount of image for mobile terminals. For example, i-mode (NTT DoCoMo's browser) Service name), EZweb (KDDI service name), Yahoo! It is a mobile terminal browser for use when using a service called a mobile phone (SoftBank service name).

  Furthermore, a browser for a personal computer is software for viewing a web page created for a personal computer on a mobile terminal. For example, a PC site viewer (name used by KDDI), a PC site browser (SoftBank) This is a browser called a full browser (name used by NTT DoCoMo and Willcom).

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile terminal according to the second embodiment. When the user performs a key operation for starting the browser, in step 401 (hereinafter, “step” is referred to as “S”) 401, the sensor 210 detects the downward direction of the screen. In step S <b> 402, it is determined whether the detected downward direction is the lower display screen 208, the upper display screen 206, the left display screen 209, or the lower display screen 208. When the angle deviates by 1 degree, no strict discrimination such as other than these is performed. For example, the discrimination is performed with a width of 10 to 20 degrees. However, when the direction does not fall within the range of these widths, for example, when the mobile terminal is held obliquely, it is determined that it is other than the above.

  When it is determined that the lower direction detected in S402 is the lower display screen 208, the control unit 305 activates the mobile terminal browser (first browser) in S403.

  If it is determined that the downward direction detected in S402 is 206 on the display screen, the control unit 305 activates the mobile terminal browser (first browser) in S404.

  If it is determined that the downward direction detected in S402 is the display screen left 209, the control unit 305 activates the personal computer browser (second browser) in S405.

  If it is determined that the downward direction detected in S402 is the display screen right 207, the control unit 305 activates the personal computer browser (second browser) in S406.

  Also, if it is determined that the downward direction detected in S402 is other than the lower display screen 208, the upper display screen 206, the left display screen 209, and the right display screen 207, the control unit 305 causes the mobile terminal browser (second browser) in S407. Start up.

  Then, when the control unit 305 activates the browser for the portable terminal or the browser for the personal computer, the control related to the activation of the browser ends.

  5, 6 and 7 are schematic views showing a state where the browser is activated. 2 is a schematic diagram for omitting a part of the portable terminal shown in FIG. 2 such as a hinge.

  FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state in which the mobile terminal browser is activated, and is a schematic diagram after the control of S403 in FIG. 4 is performed. As can be seen from FIG. 5, a menu mainly consisting of characters is displayed, and it can be seen that the WEB page of the mobile terminal site is displayed. Reference numeral 501 denotes a display at the upper left end of the screen of the display unit 205 in this state, which is combined with the upper left end of the WEB page. The display unit 205 is vertically oriented, but the actual screen display is horizontally oriented. A problem that the direction of the display unit 205 does not match the display direction of the screen is prevented.

  FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the personal computer browser is activated, and is a schematic diagram after the control of S405 in FIG. 4 is performed. Reference numeral 601 denotes the upper left corner of the screen, which is the upper left corner of the display unit 205 in this state, and is combined with the upper left corner of the WEB page. The orientation of the display unit 205 matches the actual screen display orientation. It is displayed.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which the personal computer browser is activated, and is a schematic diagram after the control of S406 in FIG. 4 is performed. Reference numeral 701 denotes the upper left corner of the screen, which is the upper left corner of the display unit 205 in this state, and is combined with the upper left corner of the WEB page. The orientation of the display unit 205 and the actual screen display orientation are The display is consistent.

  In addition, description of the schematic diagram after control of S404 of FIG. 4 is abbreviate | omitted. Also, the schematic diagram after the control of S407 in FIG. 4 is the same as FIG. 5 or the same schematic diagram after the control of S404, and therefore the description thereof is omitted.

  In addition to the method for automatically starting the mobile terminal 201 as described above, the browser is generally started by a mobile terminal equipped with a function that allows the user to specify and start a specific browser. Yes, this portable terminal 201 is also equipped with a function that can be activated by designating this browser.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example in which the user activates the browser for the personal computer with the display unit in the portrait orientation, and FIG. 9 shows the example in FIG. 9 where the control unit activates the browser for the personal computer 305 with the display unit in the landscape orientation. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example.

  WEB pages of sites for personal computers have a horizontal size of 800 pixels or more, but as shown in FIG. 8, there are very many web pages made of 800 pixels wide.

  Since a general portable terminal has a vertically long display unit, it is often the case that the entire image cannot be displayed as shown in FIG. 8, or the frame structure of the WEB page is not displayed well. In the case of FIG. 8, since the right side portion and the lower side portion of the WEB page are not completely displayed, scrolling in the X1 direction (right direction) and scrolling in the Y1 direction (downward direction) are necessary. In order to grasp the image, the user needs to press the key many times. As described above, in order to confirm the entire WEB page, many key operations are required, and the key operations are complicated.

  Therefore, if the portable terminal 201 of the present application has a function of displaying a horizontally long screen and further has a display unit 205 with a resolution of WVGA, the lower part may not be displayed as shown in FIG. However, compared with the one shown in FIG. 8, the WEB page of the personal computer site can be viewed in a state closer to the original display. As can be seen from FIG. 9, since the lower part is not completely displayed, it is necessary to scroll in the Y2 direction (downward) in order to confirm the lower part. Since the full width of the page is displayed, it is easy to grasp the entire upper part of the page.

  In other words, when browsing a WEB page created with a width of 800 pixels, a relatively large WEB page can be displayed and confirmed only by scrolling in the Y2 direction, and operability can be improved. At the same time, confirmation of the WEB page can be facilitated.

  In the second embodiment, the sensor detects the direction of the display unit 205 when the browser to be activated is operated by the user. In general, when the display unit 205 performs key operations in a vertical state and browses a WEB page for a personal computer, the user may then turn the mobile terminal sideways (the display unit sideways). That is, it is conceivable that the time when the key operation for starting the browser is performed and the time when the portable terminal 201 is directed in the direction in which the browser is actually used are slightly shifted in time. The timing detected by the sensor 210 may be slightly delayed from the key operation so that the optimal browser is selected so that the optimal browser is selected even if there is a deviation.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing a state in which the personal computer browser is activated when the display unit of the mobile terminal according to the third embodiment of the present invention is rotated. Although a cross key or the like is provided, description in this schematic diagram is omitted.

  In the third embodiment, the part different from the second embodiment is the structure of the portable terminal 1001 and is particularly fixed so that the upper housing 1003 having the vertically long display unit 1002 can be rotated from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction. However, it can be moved from the vertically long display portion 1002 to the horizontally long display portion 1002.

  In FIG. 10, the upper housing 1003 is stopped by a shaft (not shown), and the upper housing 1003 (display unit 1002) can be turned horizontally or vertically in a state where the shaft can be moved up and down. . Since the surface relationship between the surface of the upper housing 1003 and the surface of the lower housing 1004 is substantially flush, the corner 1005 of the upper housing 1003 does not hit the lower housing 1004 during rotation. In order to do so, the shaft is supported by the structure so that it moves up and down.

  In this portable terminal 1001, it is considered that the lower casing 1004 of the terminal is often used in a state where the terminal is gripped by a hand or the lower casing 1004 is in a state as shown in FIG. In the third embodiment, as a sensor for mechanically detecting the orientation of the display unit, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, a switch type that is turned on while the display unit 1002 (upper housing 1003) is rotated. These mechanical sensors are used (not shown). Further, in a state where the display unit 1002 is not rotated, this sensor is turned off.

  In the portable terminal 1001 configured as described above, when the sensor detects that the display unit 1002 is in the horizontal direction as illustrated in FIG. 10, the control unit activates the personal computer browser. Although not shown, when the sensor detects that the display unit 1002 is vertically oriented, the control unit activates the mobile terminal browser.

  As described above, when the browser is activated with the display unit 1002 in the portrait orientation, the control unit activates the personal computer WEB browser as in the mobile terminal of the second embodiment. If there is, the entire width can be displayed, so that the confirmation of the WEB page can be facilitated.

  Although the example using a mechanical sensor has been described as the sensor of the third embodiment, the acceleration sensor described in the second embodiment may be used.

  Similarly to the portable terminal of the second embodiment, even if the user rotates the display unit 1002 from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction after the operation of starting the browser by delaying the detection timing of the sensor, the personal computer The browser may be selected and activated.

  In the second embodiment and the third embodiment, the example of the mobile terminal has been described as a mobile phone, but other than this, PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) and PDA (Personal Digital Assistants, personal portable information terminal) It may also be applied to portable game machines that can be connected to the Internet.

It is a schematic block diagram of the portable terminal which shows 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of the portable terminal which shows 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the portable terminal of the said 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the control action at the time of browser starting of the portable terminal of the 2nd embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the state which the browser for portable terminals started in the state which faced the display part upwards in the portable terminal of the said 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the state which the browser for personal computers started in the state which turned the display part to the left in the portable terminal of the said 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the state which the browser for personal computers started in the state which turned the display part to the right in the portable terminal of the said 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display state when a user starts the browser for personal computers when a display part is made into the vertical direction in the portable terminal of the said 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the display state when a control part starts the browser for personal computers when a display part is made into a horizontal direction in the portable terminal of the said 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the state which started the browser for personal computers when the display part was rotated sideways in the portable terminal of the said 3rd Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Mobile terminal 102 Display part 103 1st browser 104 2nd browser 105 Detection means 106 Selection means 107 Control means 201 Mobile terminal 202 Upper housing | casing 203 Lower housing | casing 204 Hinge part 205 Display part 206 On display screen 207 Display screen right 208 Display Below screen 209 Display screen left 210 Sensor 211 Reception unit 212 Key operation unit 213 Calling unit 301 Antenna 302 Wireless unit 303 ROM
304 RAM
305 Control unit 501 Upper left corner of screen 601 Upper left corner of screen 701 Upper left corner of screen 1001 Mobile terminal 1002 Display unit 1003 Upper housing 1004 Lower housing 1005 Corner

Claims (10)

A mobile phone comprising a first browser for connecting to the Internet and displaying a WEB page for a site for the connected mobile terminal, a second browser for displaying a WEB page for a site for a personal computer, and a rectangular display for displaying the WEB page On the terminal,
Detecting means for detecting the orientation of the display unit when starting the browser;
Selection means for selecting one of the first browser and the second browser based on the detection result of the detection means;
A portable terminal comprising control means for activating a browser selected by the selection means.   2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein when the display unit detects that the display unit is in landscape orientation, the selection unit selects the second browser.   3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the display is a combination of a current upper left corner of the display unit and an upper left corner of a WEB page to be displayed in accordance with a direction detected by the detection unit. Terminal.   4. The portable terminal according to claim 2, wherein when the detection unit detects that the display unit is not in landscape orientation, the selection unit selects the first browser. 5.   2. The detection means according to claim 1, wherein the detection means is an acceleration sensor or a sensor that detects the direction of the rotated display unit if the display unit has a structure that can be rotated from the vertical direction to the horizontal direction. The portable terminal in any one of thru | or 4. A mobile phone comprising a first browser for connecting to the Internet and displaying a WEB page for a mobile terminal of the connected site, a second browser for displaying a WEB page of a site for a personal computer, and a rectangular display unit for displaying the WEB page In the terminal control method,
A detection step of detecting an orientation of the display unit when starting the browser;
A selection step of selecting one of the first browser and the second browser according to the detection result of the detection step;
And a control step of activating the browser selected in the selection step.   The method for controlling a portable terminal according to claim 6, wherein, when the detection unit detects that the display unit is in landscape orientation, the selection step selects the second browser.   The display step of displaying a combination of the current upper left corner of the display unit and the upper left corner of the WEB page to be displayed according to the direction detected by the detection step. 6. A method for controlling a portable terminal according to 6 or 7.   The method for controlling a mobile terminal according to claim 6, wherein, when the detection unit detects that the display unit is not in landscape orientation, the selection step selects the first browser. .   The sensor used in the detection step is an acceleration sensor or a sensor that detects the direction of the rotated display unit if the display unit has a structure that rotates vertically or horizontally. A method for controlling a portable terminal according to any one of claims 6 to 9.

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