JP2010103956A - Portable phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve a portable telephone that precisely indicates a picto icon of the portable telephone to which a touch panel is mounted, and can easily recognize a meaning indicated by the picto icon. <P>SOLUTION: The portable telephone includes a picto display control section 110. The picto display control section 110 performs an enlarged display of a picto and displays description information on the picto icon included in the picto if time measured from touch start detected by a touch panel control section 105 exceeds preset time and the displacement of a touch position exceeds a preset displacement when the touch position detected by the touch panel control section 105 is included in a picto enlargement start region preset to the picto of a display 101 on a touch panel 104, thus enabling an operator to precisely indicate the picto icon of the portable telephone to which the touch panel is mounted only by touching the picto, and to easily recognize the meaning indicated by the picto icon. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone equipped with a touch panel.

  In general, a display panel mounted on a mobile phone is provided with an area called a pictograph as an area for displaying radio wave reception status, remaining battery level, presence / absence of mail reception, etc. as icons. Inform the situation. The pictograph is provided at the top of the display screen as shown in FIG.

  By the way, when a mobile phone becomes multifunctional, the types of icons (pict icons) displayed on the pictograph inevitably increase. For this reason, if a general pictogram icon (an icon indicating radio wave reception status, remaining battery power, or mail reception) can be recognized immediately, what does it mean when a pictogram icon that is not familiar to the user is displayed? It is not possible to recognize immediately whether it is a pictograph icon. In this case, the meaning of the displayed pictograph icon can be understood by examining it manually, but it is very time-consuming.

Some mobile phones display the meaning of the pictogram icon by moving the cursor displayed on the display screen to the pictogram and selecting the target pictogram icon with the cursor.
JP 2007-4762 (published January 11, 2007)

  Incidentally, in recent years, display devices equipped with touch panels have been widely used. For example, the touch panel disclosed in Patent Document 1 can be cited. In addition, display devices equipped with a touch panel are being adopted in mobile phones.

  However, the size of the display area of the display screen is limited in the mobile phone. For this reason, the pictogram icon displayed on the pictogram must be reduced. Thus, if the pictogram icon is small, as described above, when the cursor is used, the target pictogram icon can be accurately shown. However, as described above, the mobile phone equipped with the touch panel In this case, it is difficult to show a desired pictogram icon even if a finger larger than the pictogram icon is touched.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize a mobile phone that can accurately indicate the pictogram icon of a mobile phone equipped with a touch panel and easily recognize the meaning indicated by the pictoicon. There is.

  In order to solve the above problems, the mobile phone according to the present invention is a mobile phone equipped with a display device in which a touch panel is placed on a display panel. In the mobile phone, touch detection means for detecting touch on the touch panel; A timer for measuring the time from the start of touch detected by the touch detection means, coordinate information acquisition means for acquiring coordinate information on the display panel corresponding to the touch position on the touch panel detected by the touch detection means, The movement amount calculation means for obtaining the movement amount of the touch position from the coordinate information acquired by the coordinate information acquisition means, and the touch position detected by the touch detection means from the coordinate information acquired by the coordinate information acquisition means Pictograph enlargement activation area preset for pictograph on the touch panel The time measured from the touch start detected by the touch detection means exceeds a preset time, and the movement amount of the touch position calculated by the movement amount calculation means is preset. When the amount of movement is exceeded, the pictograph is enlarged and displayed, and pictorial display control means for displaying explanatory information regarding the pictogram icon included in the pictogram is provided.

  Here, the above-mentioned preset time and preset movement amount, which are judgment criteria for the pictogram display in the pictogram display control means, can be arbitrarily set. In other words, when designing a display device, these values are determined in consideration of various factors such as how much touch time the user continues and whether or not there is a sense of incongruity that the pictogram is enlarged and displayed. It should be a value.

  Therefore, when the time measured by the timer exceeds a preset time, it means that the elapsed time since the user touched the touch panel has reached a certain length. In addition, when the movement amount of the touch position by the movement amount calculation means exceeds a preset movement amount, it indicates that the user is performing an operation of touching the touch panel and tracing.

  Therefore, according to the above configuration, when the touch position is included in the pictogram enlargement activation area of the pictogram when the touch panel is touched, the pictogram is enlarged and an explanation regarding the pictogram icon included in the pictogram is displayed. Therefore, the operator can easily grasp the contents indicated by the pictograph icon included in the pictograph.

  Therefore, the operator can accurately show the pictogram icon of the mobile phone equipped with the touch panel and can easily recognize the meaning indicated by the pictoicon simply by touching the pictogram.

  The pictogram display control means may enlarge the pictogram when the pictogram icon is present on the pictogram enlargement activation area.

  In this case, when there is no pictogram icon on the pictogram enlargement activation area, it is not necessary to perform pictogram enlargement display, and therefore wasteful processing can be reduced.

  The pictogram display control means may display the explanatory information corresponding to the pictogram icon in conjunction with the pictogram enlargement display when a pictogram icon exists on the pictogram enlargement activation area.

  In this case, the operator can confirm the content of the target pictogram icon with a small number of operations.

  When the pictograph display control means enlarges and displays the pictograms, it is preferable that the pictograms are arranged in the same order as the pictograms displayed on the pictogram before enlarged display.

  In this case, since there is no change in the arrangement order of the pictograms before and after the enlargement of the pictograms, the operator can recognize the pictopicton icons sensuously even if the pictograms are magnified and displayed. Can do.

  The pictogram display control means may be provided separately from the control means for controlling execution of an application executable by the mobile phone, and may perform pictogram display control independently.

  In this case, since the pictogram display control and the application control are independent, the pictogram can be enlarged and the contents of the pictogram icon can be confirmed even while the application is being executed. For example, if a mail is received during 1Seg reception, a pictograph icon indicating the mail reception status is displayed on the pictograph. In this case, the pictogram is enlarged and the mail reception status is indicated without interrupting the 1Seg reception. The contents can be confirmed by selecting the pictograph icon.

  As described above, the mobile phone according to the present invention is a mobile phone equipped with a display device in which a touch panel is placed on a display panel. A timer for measuring the time from the start of touch detected by the means, coordinate information acquisition means for acquiring coordinate information on the display panel corresponding to the touch position on the touch panel detected by the touch detection means, and the coordinate information The movement amount calculating means for obtaining the movement amount of the touch position from the coordinate information acquired by the acquisition means, and the touch position detected by the touch detection means from the coordinate information acquired by the coordinate information acquisition means is displayed on the touch panel. Included in the pict enlargement start-up area preset for pictographs on the display panel The time measured from the touch start detected by the touch detection means exceeds a preset time, and the movement amount of the touch position calculated by the movement amount calculation means is a preset movement amount. When it exceeds, the above-mentioned pictogram is enlarged and a pictogram display control means for displaying explanatory information about the pictogram icon included in the pictogram is provided. It is possible to accurately display the pictogram icon of the mobile phone and to easily recognize the meaning indicated by the pictoicon.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described as follows. Note that in this embodiment, an example in which an image display device is mounted on a mobile phone will be described.

  5A and 5B are views showing an overview of the mobile phone 1 including the image display device having the above-described configuration.

  As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the mobile phone 1 is a slide-type mobile phone in which a first housing 10 and a second housing 20 are provided so as to be slidable in an arrow XY direction. . The mobile phone 1 is assumed to be equipped with various multimedia functions such as a one-segment receiving function, a moving picture reproducing function, a music reproducing function, and a videophone function in addition to a normal telephone function and a mail transmission / reception function.

  Here, in the mobile phone 1, the state shown in FIG. 5A, that is, the state in which the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 are completely overlapped is defined as the first state, and FIG. As shown, a state in which the first housing 10 and the second housing 20 are slid and moved is referred to as a second state.

  For example, when the telephone function and the mail transmission / reception function of the mobile phone 1 are used, the first state shown in FIG. 5A is a standby state, and the second state shown in FIG. 5B is a call (mail operation). It becomes a state. Further, when using a multimedia function such as a one-segment reception function, it is mainly used in the first state shown in FIG.

  The first casing 10 constitutes a main body that is a main body of a mobile phone. As shown in FIG. 5B, the exposed surface when the first casing 10 slides relative to the second casing 20. Is the operation surface 10a.

  On the operation surface 10a, operation key groups necessary for realizing the functions of the mobile phone 1 such as a telephone function and a mail transmission / reception function are arranged. These operation key groups function as an input interface.

  The second casing 20 constitutes an image display unit that displays information (telephone number, moving image, still image, one-segment video, etc.) that can be displayed on the mobile phone 1, and further includes a second casing. The 20 display surfaces 20a constitute an operation surface using a touch panel on which a user can directly perform various operations by touching with a finger or the like.

  As described above, the mobile phone 1 employs a touch panel on the display surface 20 a of the second housing 20 as an input interface other than the operation key group disposed on the operation surface 10 a of the first housing 10. Thereby, the user can operate the mobile phone 1 even in the first state shown in FIG. When the display surface 20a of the second housing 20 is used as an operation surface, the second housing 20 is completely overlapped with the first housing 10 mainly as shown in FIG. 5 (a). Although used in a state, it is not limited to this.

  Hereinafter, an operation for enlarging and displaying a pictogram always displayed on the display surface 20a of the second housing 20 in the mobile phone 1 will be described. Here, the pictogram is an icon (hereinafter, referred to as the icon) that indicates the status of functions that can be executed on the mobile phone 1 such as an icon that indicates a communication status, an icon that indicates a remaining battery level, and an icon that indicates a mail reception status. An area for displaying a picto icon).

  A pictogram display process in the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment will be briefly described below.

  FIG. 2A shows a standby screen in the mobile phone 1, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing a state where the pictogram portion is enlarged from the state shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, the display screen of the mobile phone 1 is composed of a pict 301 formed in the upper part and a normal display area 302 formed therebelow.

  The pictogram 301 is an area for displaying the various pictogram icons described above.

  The normal display area 302 is an area for displaying an execution screen of various applications executed on the mobile phone 1 and a standby screen.

  In this embodiment, when the user drags or taps an arbitrary pictograph in the direction of the arrow on the display screen in the state shown in FIG. 2A, the pictograph 301 is enlarged as shown in FIG. 2B. Is displayed.

  The enlarged picture 301 is composed of an enlarged picture 311 and an explanatory text display area 312 as shown in FIG.

  The enlarged pictogram 311 displays an enlarged pictogram icon that has been enlarged to a size that the user can easily touch with a finger.

  In the explanatory text display area 312, the explanatory text of the enlarged pictogram icon set to the focus among the enlarged pictogram icons displayed in the enlarged pictogram 311 is displayed. Here, the enlarged pictogram icon for which focus is set is a pictogram icon indicating a packet communication state in which the peripheral portion is displayed thick in FIG. The pictogram icon to which the focus is set refers to the selected pictogram icon.

  FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part of the pict 301.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the pictogram 301 includes a plurality of hit areas 301 a serving as areas for recognizing an operator's touch operation.

  The hit area 301a may be set to a size that allows the touch operation by the touch panel 104 to be recognized when the operator touches with a general finger size, and is not particularly limited. Note that even if an area other than the hit area 301a of the pictogram 301 is touched, the enlarged display of the pictogram 301 is not performed. Even when the hit area 301a does not exist on the pictogram icon, the enlarged display of the pictogram 301 is not performed even if the hit area 301a is touched.

  FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating a display example of a pictographic icon of the enlarged pict 311 when the screen display of the mobile phone 1 is set to the portrait display.

  FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a display example of a pictograph icon of the enlarged pict 311 when the screen display of the mobile phone 1 is set to the landscape display.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, in the case of the portrait display, since the display width is narrow, the pictogram icon is displayed in five horizontally, and in the case of enlarging and displaying five or more pictogram icons, a plurality of stages are arranged. Will be used and displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 4A, pictogram icons are displayed in order from the top row to the first row 311a, the second row 311b, the third row 311c,.

  However, the pictograph icons displayed on the first stage 311a which is the uppermost stage display five pictogram icons set in advance. Here, as five pictogram icons, a pictogram icon indicating the radio wave status, a pictogram icon indicating the packet communication status, a pictogram icon indicating the reception status of mail, a pictogram icon indicating the manner mode setting status, and a pictogram icon indicating the remaining battery level Is adopted.

  Further, the arrangement of these pictogram icons is the same as the arrangement when displayed on the pictogram 301 before enlargement. Thereby, the operator can recognize the kind of pictogram icon sensuously.

  This arrangement of pictogram icons is taken into consideration when the landscape display is set. For example, as shown in FIG. 4B, since the display area of the first stage 311a is widened horizontally, one pictogram icon indicating the remaining battery level at the right end is moved to the right end, and this first stage 311a is moved to the first stage. A pictographic icon to be displayed in the third row 311c in the portrait display is displayed during 311a. If there is no pictogram icon to be displayed, the space is left blank.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the mobile phone 1 includes a display 101, a CPU 201, a ROM 202, a RAM 203, a key 114, a touch panel 104, a motion sensor 115, a timer 106, and a communication unit 107.

  The key 114, the touch panel 104, and the motion sensor 115 are devices for detecting user inputs and operations.

  The timer 106 is a device for measuring the time required for processing.

  The communication unit 107 is a device for performing network data communication and telephone connection.

  The display 101 is a device for displaying and presenting the result of the internal processing of the device to the user.

  The CPU 201 is a device that controls each of the above devices.

  The ROM 202 is a storage device for storing procedures (programs and the like) necessary for control in the CPU 201, and the RAM 203 is for temporarily storing processing contents when control by the CPU 201 is executed. Storage device.

  FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing blocks that the CPU 201 functions when controlling each device in the mobile phone 1 having the hardware configuration.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the CPU 201 includes an input / operation detection unit 211, a network management unit 212, a time management unit 213, a process execution unit 214, an enlarged pict control unit 215, a screen rotation control unit 216, and a page information creation unit 217. , A screen information storage unit 218 and a screen display control unit 219. A program for executing a function in each of these units is stored in the ROM 202 and is read out as necessary by the CPU 201 to execute the function in each of the above units.

  The input / operation detection unit 211 detects that the user has operated the key 114, the touch panel 104, and the motion sensor 115 described above, and delivers the information to the processing execution unit 214 according to a predetermined format. .

  The network management unit 212 passes the information received from the communication unit 107 to the process execution unit 214 according to a determined format, and also sends the next information from the communication unit 107 in response to a request from the process execution unit 214. To get.

  The time management unit 213 monitors the passage of time using the above-described timer 106 in response to a request from the process execution unit 214, and notifies the process execution unit 214 of the request when it is requested.

  The process execution unit 214 determines a process to be executed based on information notified from the input / operation detection unit 211, the network management unit 212, and the time management unit 213. Then, a processing request is made to the necessary control / management units (enlarged picture control unit 215, screen rotation control unit 216, page information creation unit 217).

  The enlarged picture control unit 215 performs display / erasure / display update of the enlarged picture in response to a request from the processing execution unit 214. The screen display information necessary for this is stored in the screen information storage unit 218.

  The screen rotation control unit 216 performs display switching control between the vertical screen and the horizontal screen in response to a request from the processing execution unit 214. When display switching occurs, the screen display information is created and stored in the screen information storage unit 218.

  In response to a request from the process execution unit 214, the page information creation unit 217 reads information relating to the explanation corresponding to the enlarged pictogram icon on which the enlarged pictogram icon is displayed and the focus is set from a storage unit (not shown), and displays the screen display information. Create The created screen display information is stored in the screen information storage unit 218.

  The screen information storage unit 218 stores screen display information therein in response to a request from each control unit. When there is a request from the outside, the stored screen display information is provided.

  The screen display control unit 219 transfers the screen display information stored in the screen information storage unit 218 to the display 101 (described later), and performs screen display according to the transferred display information.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration block diagram of a mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment.

  The mobile phone 1 includes a display 101, a display control unit 102, a VRAM 103, a touch panel 104, a touch panel control unit 105, a timer 106, a communication unit 107, a frame buffer 109, a pict display control unit 110, an enlarged display control unit 111, and a touch panel state memory. Unit 112 and control unit 113 (CPU 201).

  The display 101 is a display device that displays a screen image read from the VRAM 103 by the display control unit 102, and includes a thin film display panel such as a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) panel.

  The touch panel 104 is disposed so as to overlap the display 101 and functions as a sensor device for detecting an operation such as a user's pressing, tracing, and releasing.

  The touch panel control unit 105 monitors the state of the touch panel 104 at regular intervals notified from the timer 106, and whether or not the touch panel 104 is pressed and where the pressed coordinates are on the touch panel 104. Such information is read, and the information is stored in the touch panel state storage unit 112.

  The touch panel control unit 105 compares the information previously stored in the touch panel state storage unit 112 with the newly read information. If the touch panel control unit 105 changes from a non-pressed state to a pressed state, The event is notified to the browser control unit 110 together with the coordinates. Similarly, when the pressed state continues, the continuous control event is notified to the browser control unit 110 together with the coordinates when the pressed state changes from the pressed state to the non-pressed state. .

  The communication unit 107 acquires data such as HTML, style sheets, scripts, images, and the like in accordance with Internet protocols such as HTTP, and passes them to the pictogram display control unit 110.

  The pictogram display control unit 110 is a hardware control unit for realizing the enlarged pictogram control unit 215 shown in FIG. 7, and data acquired by the communication unit 107, data such as the remaining battery power in the device, or A pictographic icon indicating various function setting information by the control unit 113 is displayed on the pictograph. Information regarding the generated pict icon is transferred to the VRAM 103.

  In addition, the pictogram display control unit 110 performs pictogram enlargement display control based on the event and coordinates notified from the touch panel control unit 105. If a touchdown event is notified from the touch panel control unit 105 and the coordinates notified thereafter are included in the pictogram hit area, the pictogram display control unit 110 displays the pictogram in an enlarged manner.

  If the coordinates notified from the touch panel control unit 105 are not included in the pictogram hit area, the pictogram display control unit 110 controls not to perform pictogram enlargement display.

  The enlarged display control unit 111 enlarges a pictograph to be enlarged and displayed by the pictographic display control unit 110, selects a pictograph icon to be displayed and a pictograph icon set with focus, and writes the selected pictograph icon on the VRAM 103.

  The control unit 113 is a control device that controls the entire apparatus, such as power control, and is included in the CPU 201 described above.

  In the mobile phone 1 having the above-described configuration, each unit shown in FIG. 1 functions as follows.

  That is, the touch panel 104 detects that the touch panel 104 has been touched, the timer 106 measures the time from the start of the touch that is detected by the touch panel controller 105, and is detected by the touch panel controller 105. The coordinate information on the display 101 corresponding to the touch position on the touch panel 104 is acquired by the display control unit 102, the movement amount of the touch position is obtained by the control unit 113 from the acquired coordinate information, and the touch panel is obtained from the coordinate information. When the touch position detected by the control unit 105 is included in a pictogram enlargement activation area preset on the pictogram of the display 101 on the touch panel 104, the touch panel control unit 105 When the time measured by the timer 106 from the detected touch start exceeds a preset time, and the movement amount of the touch position calculated by the control unit 113 exceeds the preset movement amount, the pictograph The display control unit 114 controls to display the pictorial icons included in the pictograms while displaying the pictograms in an enlarged manner.

  According to the above configuration, when the touch position is included in the pictogram enlargement activation area of the pictogram when the touch panel is touched, the pictogram is enlarged and the explanation regarding the pictogram icon included in the pictogram is displayed. Therefore, the operator can easily grasp the content indicated by the pictogram icon included in the pictogram.

  Therefore, the operator can accurately show the pictogram icon of the mobile phone equipped with the touch panel and can easily recognize the meaning indicated by the pictoicon simply by touching the pictogram.

  The pictogram display control unit 114 may enlarge the pictogram when the pictogram icon is present on the pictogram enlargement activation area.

  In this case, when there is no pictogram icon on the pictogram enlargement activation area, it is not necessary to perform pictogram enlargement display, and therefore wasteful processing can be reduced.

  Further, the pictogram display control unit 114 may display the explanation information corresponding to the pictogram icon in conjunction with the pictogram enlargement display when the pictogram icon exists on the pictogram enlargement activation area. .

  In this case, the operator can confirm the content of the target pictogram icon with a small number of operations.

  The pictogram display control unit 114 preferably arranges the pictograms in the same order as the pictograms displayed in the pictogram before enlarged display when displaying the pictograms.

  In this case, since there is no change in the arrangement order of the pictograms before and after the enlargement of the pictograms, the operator can recognize the pictopicton icons sensuously even if the pictograms are magnified and displayed. Can do.

  The pictogram display control unit 114 may be provided separately from a control unit that controls execution of an application that can be executed by the mobile phone 1, and may independently perform pictogram display control.

  In this case, since the pictogram display control and the application control are independent, the pictogram can be enlarged and the contents of the pictogram icon can be confirmed even while the application is being executed. For example, if a mail is received during 1Seg reception, a pictograph icon indicating the mail reception status is displayed on the pictograph. In this case, the pictogram is enlarged and the mail reception status is indicated without interrupting the 1Seg reception. The contents can be confirmed by selecting the pictograph icon.

  The pictogram display process in the mobile phone 1 having the above configuration will be described below.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of the pictogram display process in the mobile phone 1.

  First, it is determined whether or not the touch coordinates are the coordinates of the pictogram enlargement activation area (step S11). Here, it is determined whether or not the coordinate position detected by the touch panel is a coordinate position included in the hit area 301a that is the pictogram enlargement activation area. Specifically, the touch panel control unit 105 sends a detection signal obtained by a touch operation on the touch panel 104 to the control unit 113, and the control unit 113 obtains the coordinate position of the display 101 corresponding to the touch position of the touch panel 104. Thus, it is determined whether or not the obtained coordinate position is included in the hit area 301a of the pictograph 301.

  If it is determined in step S11 that the touch coordinates are the picto enlargement activation area, the process proceeds to step S12, and the pictogram icon information currently being displayed is stored. Here, the pictogram icon information is temporarily stored in the RAM 203.

  Subsequently, it is determined whether there is a priority pictograph icon around the touch coordinates (step S13). Here, the priority pictogram icon indicates a pictogram icon existing on the pictogram enlargement activation area. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, if a pictogram icon exists on a hit area 301a that is a pictogram enlargement start area including touch coordinates, the pictogram icon is a priority pictogram icon, and the pictogram icon is displayed on the hit area 301a. Without it, there is no priority pictograph icon.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S11 that the touch coordinates are not in the pictogram enlargement activation area, the event is forwarded to the arrangement under the pictogram and the process is terminated (step S14).

  Forwarding an event to an arrangement below the above-mentioned pictogram means that the process of expanding the pictogram is exited (does not take place). That is, when a pictograph is touched and it is determined that the touch coordinates are not in the pictogram enlargement activation area, if there is an arrangement object under the touched pictogram, the fact that the arrangement object has been touched is notified.

  For example, when the screen has a hierarchical structure, a shortcut icon may be arranged as an arrangement object in a layer below the pictograph. This shortcut icon is for starting some associated function. Therefore, when a pictograph is touched and it is determined that the touch coordinates are not in the pictogram enlargement activation area, if a shortcut icon is placed below the touched layer, the function associated with the shortcut icon is Will start.

  Note that when a pictograph is touched and it is determined that the touch coordinates are not in the pictogram enlargement activation area, nothing is performed unless a shortcut icon is arranged in a layer below the touched layer.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S13 that there is no priority pictograph icon, the focus is set to a pictograph icon closer to the touch coordinates (step S15).

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S13 that there is a priority pictogram icon, focus is set to the pictogram icon (step S16).

  Here, the focus setting for the pictogram icon means that the explanatory text is displayed first when the pictogram icon is enlarged.

  Subsequently, a pictogram enlargement process is started with the stored / set information (step S17). Here, the picto enlargement process is started based on the information (pict icon information) stored in the RAM 203 in step S12 and the focus information set in steps S15 and S16.

  FIG. 9A to FIG. 9G are diagrams showing a normal process flow in the picto enlargement process. Here, an example in which the screen display of the mobile phone 1 is set to the portrait display will be described.

  First, as shown in FIG. 9A, when a pictograph on the standby screen is touched (traced), the pictograph is enlarged and displayed as shown in FIG. 9B. A description is displayed. Here, the focus setting is a pictograph icon indicating the packet communication status. In this state, when the pictogram icon set with focus is touched, information about the pictogram icon is displayed as shown in FIG. Here, since there is no specific information related to the pictogram icon indicating the packet communication status, only the pictogram explanatory text is displayed, so the same information is displayed in FIG. 9B and FIG. 9C. .

  When the “close” icon is touched in the state shown in FIG. 9C, the screen returns to the standby screen shown in FIG.

  Next, when another pictogram icon is touched from the state shown in FIG. 9B, the focus is set on the touched pictoicon as shown in FIG. 9D, and an explanatory text corresponding to the pictoicon is displayed. Is displayed. Here, an example in which a pictogram icon indicating the mail reception status is touched is shown. If another pictogram icon is touched in this state, the focus is set to the touched pictopic icon, and the description is displayed.

  In the example shown in FIG. 9D, since there is an explanation that there is unread mail, when checking this unread mail, a pictogram indicating the mail reception status on the display screen is touched.

  When the above icon is touched, as shown in FIG. 9E, the “confirm” icon for confirming the mail is set to focus. Here, if “Confirm” is touched, an email confirmation screen is displayed as shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when the “close” icon for closing the screen is touched in the state shown in FIG. 9E, the focus is set on the “close” icon as shown in FIG. 9G. If close is touched here, the screen returns to the standby screen shown in FIG.

  Fig.10 (a)-FIG.10 (h) are the figures which show the flow of the process of the direct start in a pictographic expansion process. Here, an example in which the screen display of the mobile phone 1 is set to the portrait display will be described.

  First, as shown in FIG. 10A, when a pictograph on the standby screen is touched (traced), the pictograph is enlarged and displayed as shown in FIG. 10B. A description is displayed. Here, the focus setting is a pictograph icon indicating the packet communication status. In this state, when a pictogram icon other than the pictogram icon for which focus is set is touched, as shown in FIG. 10C, focus is set on the touched pictoicon (an icon indicating the insertion state of the memory card), and the pictogram is displayed. When the icon is touched, information related to the icon is displayed as shown in FIG. If the “close” icon is touched in this state, the screen returns to the standby screen shown in FIG.

  The above operation may be performed by key operation instead of touch operation. For example, the target pictogram icon may be selected by key operation in the state shown in FIG. In this case, the state shown in FIG. 10E transitions to the state shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 10 (d) and FIG. 10 (f), since there is no transition destination in the focus icon, the display is as it is.

  On the other hand, when the pictogram icon indicating the mail reception status is touched from the state illustrated in FIG. 10B, the pictogram icon indicating the mail reception status is focused as shown in FIG. The contents related to the icon (here, “unread mail exists”) are displayed. Here, when the confirmation icon is touched, as shown in FIG. 10 (h), the inbox as the transition destination is displayed.

  Even when checking the mail reception status, it is possible to operate with the cursor keys.

  According to the mobile phone 1 having the above-described configuration, simply touching and tracing the pictogram icon displayed on the pictogram, the pictogram is enlarged and displayed, and the description of the pictogram icon and the current situation are displayed. ing. Thereby, the operator can accurately display the pictogram icon of the mobile phone equipped with the touch panel, and can easily recognize the meaning indicated by the pictoicon.

  Moreover, since the pictograph is an area that is always displayed even while the mobile phone 1 is executing an application that can be executed, even if the application is being executed, the application that is being executed can be selected by touching the pictograph. You can check the contents of the pict icon you want to know by suspending or running it in the background to enlarge the pictograph.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope shown in the claims. That is, embodiments obtained by combining technical means appropriately modified within the scope of the claims are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  Finally, each block of the CPU 201, in particular, the pictogram display control unit 114 may be configured by hardware logic, or may be realized by software using the CPU as follows.

  In other words, the pictograph display control unit 114 includes a central processing unit (CPU) that executes instructions of a control program that implements each function, a read only memory (ROM) that stores the program, and a random access memory (RAM) that expands the program. ), A storage device (recording medium) such as a memory for storing the program and various data. An object of the present invention is a recording medium in which a program code (execution format program, intermediate code program, source program) of a control program of the pictogram display control unit 114, which is software that realizes the functions described above, is recorded in a computer-readable manner. Can also be achieved by reading the program code recorded on the recording medium and executing it by the computer (or CPU or MPU).

  Examples of the recording medium include tapes such as magnetic tapes and cassette tapes, magnetic disks such as floppy (registered trademark) disks / hard disks, and disks including optical disks such as CD-ROM / MO / MD / DVD / CD-R. Card system such as IC card, IC card (including memory card) / optical card, or semiconductor memory system such as mask ROM / EPROM / EEPROM / flash ROM.

  The pictogram display control unit 114 may be configured to be connectable to a communication network, and the program code may be supplied via the communication network. The communication network is not particularly limited. For example, the Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, ISDN, VAN, CATV communication network, virtual private network, telephone line network, mobile communication network, satellite communication. A net or the like is available. Also, the transmission medium constituting the communication network is not particularly limited. For example, even in the case of wired such as IEEE 1394, USB, power line carrier, cable TV line, telephone line, ADSL line, etc., infrared rays such as IrDA and remote control, Bluetooth ( (Registered trademark), 802.11 wireless, HDR, mobile phone network, satellite line, terrestrial digital network, and the like can also be used. The present invention can also be realized in the form of a computer data signal embedded in a carrier wave in which the program code is embodied by electronic transmission.

  It is suitable for a mobile phone equipped with a touch panel.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1, showing an embodiment of the present invention, is a block diagram showing a main part configuration of a mobile phone. (A) shows the standby screen in a mobile phone, (b) is a figure which shows the state which expanded the pictogram part from the state shown to the figure (a). It is the figure which expanded the principal part of the pictograph. (A) is a figure which shows the example of a display of the pictogram icon of the expansion pictogram when the screen display of a mobile phone is made into a portrait display, (b) is an enlarged pictogram when the screen display of a mobile phone is made into a landscape display It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the pictograph icon. (A) (b) is a figure which shows the external appearance of the mobile telephone provided with the image display apparatus of the said structure. It is a schematic block which shows the hardware constitutions of the mobile telephone shown in FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram showing a software configuration of the mobile phone shown in FIG. 1. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the pictographic expansion display process in the mobile telephone shown in FIG. (A)-(g) is a figure which shows the flow of the normal process in a pictographic expansion process. (A)-(h) is a figure which shows the flow of the process of the direct start in a pictographic expansion process.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone 10 1st housing | casing 10a Operation surface 16 Step 20 2nd housing | casing 20a Display surface 101 Display 102 Display control part 103 VRAM
104 Touch Panel 105 Touch Panel Control Unit 106 Timer 107 Communication Unit 109 Frame Buffer 110 Pictogram Display Control Unit 111 Enlarged Display Control Unit 112 Touch Panel Status Storage Unit 113 Control Unit 114 Key 115 Motion Sensor 201 CPU
202 ROM
203 RAM
211 Input / Operation Detection Unit 212 Network Management Unit 213 Time Management Unit 214 Processing Execution Unit 215 Expanded Pictogram Control Unit 216 Screen Rotation Control Unit 217 Page Information Creation Unit 218 Screen Information Storage Unit 219 Screen Display Control Unit 301 Picto 301a Hit Area 302 Normal Display area 311 Enlarged picture 311a First stage 311a First stage 311b Second stage 311c Third stage 312 Description sentence display area

Claims (5)

In a mobile phone equipped with a display device with a touch panel overlaid on the display panel,
Touch detection means for detecting touch on the touch panel;
A timer for measuring the time from the start of the touch detected by the touch detection means;
Coordinate information acquisition means for acquiring coordinate information in the display panel corresponding to the touch position on the touch panel detected by the touch detection means;
A movement amount calculation means for obtaining a movement amount of the touch position from the coordinate information acquired by the coordinate information acquisition means;
When the touch position detected by the touch detection means from the coordinate information acquired by the coordinate information acquisition means is included in a pictogram enlargement activation area preset for pictograms of the display panel on the touch panel. ,
When the time measured from the touch start detected by the touch detection means exceeds a preset time, and the movement amount of the touch position calculated by the movement amount calculation means exceeds the preset movement amount And a pictographic display control means for enlarging and displaying the pictogram and displaying explanatory information regarding the pictogram icon included in the pictogram. The pictogram display control means is
2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein when a pictogram icon is present on the pictogram enlargement activation area, the pictogram is enlarged and displayed. The pictogram display control means is
3. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein when a pictogram icon is present in the pictogram enlargement activation area, the explanation information corresponding to the pictoicon is displayed in conjunction with the pictogram enlargement display. The pictogram display control means is
4. When displaying a pictograph in an enlarged manner, the arrangement order of the pictogram icons is made the same as the arrangement order of the pictogram icons displayed on the pictogram before the enlargement display. Mobile phone. The pictogram display control means is
5. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone is provided separately from a control unit that controls execution of an application executable by the mobile phone, and performs pictogram display control independently.

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