JP5337441B2 - Portable electronic devices - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable electronic device capable of suitably performing the input of pictorial symbols or face marks. <P>SOLUTION: When a selection key 57 is pressed for a long time, a control part displays a reservation character display area 59 for selectively displaying a pictorial symbol corresponding to an undefined character string at the lower side of a conversion candidate display area 52, and displays a pictorial symbol 60 corresponding to the undefined character string "having been enjoyable" is displayed in the reservation character display area 59. When the selection key 57 is pressed for a short time, the control part controls to insert a selected pictorial symbol 54 immediately after the defined display character string "having been enjoyable ". <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable electronic device such as a cellular phone.

  In recent years, it has become common to transmit document data by a portable electronic device such as a cellular phone having a mail transmission / reception function. Such a portable electronic device is restricted in document creation functions such as a character conversion function and a character decoration function, as compared with an electronic device such as a personal computer, due to restrictions on the key arrangement space. For this reason, various pictograms and emoticons are employed so that expressions that require a plurality of characters can be represented by a single pictogram, and creation and transmission / reception of a document with pictograms and emoticons inserted is enabled. .

When creating a document containing pictograms and emoticons on such a portable electronic device, as a function to support the input of pictograms and emoticons, for example, a character string immediately before input is used as a keyword, and emoticons and emoticons are input candidates. Has been proposed (see Patent Document 1).
JP 2008-129687 A

  However, in the technique of Patent Document 1, since an emoticon or an emoticon is not always displayed as an input candidate, the user selects a desired emoticon or emoticon from a list of many emoticons or emoticons, for example. There is a problem that it is necessary to select, and input of pictograms and emoticons becomes troublesome.

  In addition, the pictograph or emoticon corresponding to the immediately preceding character string is only temporarily displayed as an input candidate temporarily, and after inserting the emoticon or emoticon corresponding to the immediately preceding character string into the document, Even when it is desired to insert the pictograph or emoticon again into the document, there is a problem that it is not displayed as an input candidate.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a portable electronic device that can suitably input pictograms and emoticons.

  In order to solve the above problems, a portable electronic device according to the present invention corresponds to an input unit, a storage unit that sequentially stores a character string input by the input unit as an undefined character string, and the undefined character string A display unit having a first display area for displaying one or a plurality of conversion candidate character strings and a second display area for selectively displaying a special symbol corresponding to the unconfirmed character string, the input unit, A storage unit, and a control unit that controls the display unit, wherein the control unit displays the unconfirmed character string in the second display area when the unconfirmed character string is confirmed as a display character string to be displayed on the display unit. The special symbol selected by the input unit is controlled to be inserted immediately after the determined display character string.

  In addition, when the special symbol displayed in the second display area is selected in the first input mode by the input unit, the control unit is configured to display the display character string in which the selected special symbol is confirmed. When the special symbol inserted immediately after and displayed in the second display area is selected in the second input mode by the input unit, the selected special symbol is displayed according to a predetermined input. It is preferable to control to temporarily store the character string in order to insert it at an arbitrary position in the character string.

  The control unit changes a display order of the conversion candidate character strings in the first display area according to the special symbols selected by the input unit among the special symbols displayed in the second display area. It is preferable to control so as to.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the portable electronic device which can input a pictograph and an emoticon suitably can be provided.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a mobile phone 1 which is an example of a mobile electronic device according to the present invention. FIG. 1 shows a so-called foldable mobile phone, but the mobile phone according to the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a sliding type in which one casing is slid in one direction from a state in which both casings are overlapped, or a rotary type in which one casing is rotated around an axis along the overlapping direction ( Turn type), or a type (straight type) in which the operation unit and the display unit are arranged in one housing and does not have a connecting unit.

  The cellular phone 1 includes an operation unit side body unit 2 and a display unit side body unit 3. The operation unit side body unit 2 includes an operation unit 11 and a microphone 12 into which a voice uttered by a user of the mobile phone 1 is input. The operation unit 11 includes a function setting operation key 13 for operating various functions such as various settings, a telephone book function, a mail function, and the like, and an input operation key 14 for inputting a telephone number and characters such as mail. , And a determination operation key 15 for performing determination and scrolling in various operations.

  Further, the display unit side body unit 3 includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display unit 21 for displaying various types of information and a speaker 22 for outputting the voice of the other party on the call.

  Further, the upper end of the operation unit side body 2 and the lower end of the display unit side body 3 are connected via a hinge mechanism 4. In addition, the cellular phone 1 relatively rotates the operation unit side body 2 and the display unit side body 3 connected via the hinge mechanism 4, thereby displaying the operation unit side body 2 and the display. It can be in a state where the unit side body 3 is open to each other (open state), or the operation unit side body 2 and the display unit side body 3 are folded (folded state).

  Further, the operation unit side body unit 2 is provided with a sub LCD display unit 30 on the outer plane portion for displaying a clock, incoming mail, or the like.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the mobile phone 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 includes an operation unit 11 (input unit), a microphone 12, a main antenna 40, an RF circuit unit 41, an LCD control unit 42, an audio processing unit 43, and a memory 44. (Storage unit) and a control unit 45 are provided in the operation unit side body unit 2, and an LCD display unit 21 (display unit), a speaker 22, a driver IC 23, and a sub LCD display unit 30 are provided as display units. The side housing unit 3 is provided.

  The main antenna 40 communicates with a base station or the like in a first use frequency band (for example, 800 MHz), and can support a second use frequency band (for example, 1.5 GHz) for GPS communication. It is. In the present embodiment, the first frequency band used is 800 MHz, but other frequency bands may be used. Further, the main antenna 40 may be separately provided with an antenna that communicates with an external device in the first use frequency band and can correspond to the second use frequency band for GPS communication.

  The RF circuit unit 41 demodulates the signal received by the main antenna 40 and supplies the processed signal to the control unit 45. Then, the signal supplied from the control unit 45 is modulated and transmitted to an external device (base station) via the main antenna 40. On the other hand, the control unit 45 is notified of the strength of the signal received by the main antenna 40.

  The LCD control unit 42 performs predetermined image processing according to the control of the control unit 45, and outputs the processed image data to the driver IC 23. The driver IC 23 stores the image data supplied from the LCD control unit 42 in the frame memory and outputs it to the LCD display unit 21 or the sub LCD display unit 30 at a predetermined timing.

  The sound processing unit 43 performs predetermined sound processing on the signal supplied from the RF circuit unit 41 under the control of the control unit 45, and outputs the processed signal to the speaker 22. The speaker 22 outputs the signal supplied from the sound processing unit 43 to the outside.

  In addition, the audio processing unit 43 processes the signal input from the microphone 12 according to the control of the control unit 45 and outputs the processed signal to the RF circuit unit 41. The RF circuit unit 41 performs a predetermined process on the signal supplied from the sound processing unit 43 and outputs the processed signal to the main antenna 40.

  The memory 44 includes, for example, a working memory and is used for arithmetic processing by the control unit 45. The memory 44 stores a plurality of applications, various tables necessary for the applications, various information, and the like. The memory 44 may also serve as a removable external memory.

  The control unit 45 controls the entire mobile phone 1 and is configured using a central processing unit (CPU) or the like. In the present embodiment, in particular, control of the operation unit 11, the memory 44, and the LCD display unit 21 by the control unit 45 will be described.

  Here, the control operation of the control unit 45 in the character input screen displayed on the LCD display unit 21 will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, pictograms, emoticons, and the like are collectively referred to as special symbols. In the embodiments described below, pictograms and emoticons are used as examples of special symbols.

  3 to 5 are diagrams showing an example of an e-mail creation screen displayed on the LCD display unit 21 of the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 3A, the mail creation screen is composed of a mail text 50, a cursor 51, a conversion candidate display area 52 (first display area), and soft keys 53. The unconfirmed character string “I enjoyed” in the mail text 50 is selected by the cursor 51, and a plurality of pictograms are displayed in the conversion candidate display area 52 as conversion candidates corresponding to the selected character string.

  At this time, the control unit 45 causes the memory 44 to sequentially store the unconfirmed character string “I enjoyed” input by the operation unit 11 and selected by the cursor 51. Here, it is assumed that at least one or more conversion candidate character strings corresponding to unconfirmed character strings can be displayed in the conversion candidate display area 52.

  Next, FIG. 3B shows a mail creation screen in a state where the pictogram 54 is selected from a plurality of conversion candidates by operating the operation unit 11 in FIG. At this time, since the pictogram 54 in the conversion candidate display area 52 is selected, the character string “I enjoyed” which was an unconfirmed character string in FIG. 3A is confirmed and becomes a confirmed character string.

  And the control part 45 is controlled to display the soft key 55 different from the soft key 53 currently displayed in Fig.3 (a). The soft key 55 includes direction keys 56 and 58 and a selection key 57. Here, in the present embodiment, each soft key corresponds to an arbitrary key of the operation unit 11, and each soft key can be selected by pressing the arbitrary key of the operation unit 11. Set to

  FIG. 3C shows a mail creation screen when the selection key 57 in FIG. 3B is pressed for a long time, that is, when any key of the operation unit 11 corresponding to the selection key 57 is pressed for a long time. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 3C, when the selection key 57 is pressed for a long time in FIG. 3B, the control unit 45 displays the selected pictograph 60 in the display character string of the mail text 50 according to a predetermined input. Control is made to temporarily store the data in the memory 44 for insertion at an arbitrary position.

  At this time, the control unit 45 displays a reserved character display area 59 (second display area) for selectively displaying a pictogram corresponding to the unconfirmed character string below the conversion candidate display area 52, and displays the reserved character display. The pictograph 60 corresponding to the undetermined character string “I enjoyed it” is displayed in the area 59.

  Thus, according to the mobile phone 1 of the present embodiment, the pictogram corresponding to the unconfirmed character string is displayed in the reserved character display area 59. Therefore, when the user of the mobile phone 1 inputs the pictogram corresponding to the unconfirmed character string again, or when inputting the pictogram in the character string not corresponding to the unconfirmed character string, the character string corresponding to the pictogram again. A desired pictogram can be inserted without inputting.

  FIG. 3D shows a mail creation screen when the selection key 57 is pressed for a short time in FIG. 3B, that is, when any key of the operation unit 11 corresponding to the selection key 57 is pressed for a short time. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 3D, when the selection key 57 is pressed for a short time in FIG. 3B, the control unit 45 immediately follows the confirmed display character string “I enjoyed” the selected pictograph 54. Control to insert.

  As described above, according to the mobile phone 1 of the present embodiment, pictograms corresponding to the undetermined character string can be input into the mail text 50.

  Next, the operation of the control unit 45 when inserting the pictograph 60 displayed in the reserved character display area 59 into the mail body 50 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4A is a display screen similar to that of FIG. 3C described above, and shows a state where a pictograph 60 is displayed in the reserved character display area 59.

  When the cursor 61 is moved immediately after the character string “I enjoyed” the mail text 50 from FIG. 4A, the control unit 45 displays a soft key 62 as shown in FIG. 4B. The soft key 62 includes a cancel key 63, a reserved character input key 64, and a menu key 65.

  When the reserved character input key 64 is selected in FIG. 4B, as shown in FIG. 4C, the control unit 45 is displayed in the reserved character display area 59 immediately after the character string “It was fun”. It controls to insert the pictograph 60.

  Further, when the cursor 61 is moved immediately after the character string “Today is very tired” from the mail text 50 from FIG. 4A, as shown in FIG. Display.

  When the reserved character input key 64 is selected in FIG. 4D, as shown in FIG. 4E, the controller 45 displays the reserved character display area 59 immediately after the character string “Today is very tired”. Control is performed to insert the pictogram 60 displayed on the screen.

  Thus, according to the mobile phone 1 of the present embodiment, control is performed so that the pictogram displayed in the reserved character display area 59 is inserted and displayed at an arbitrary position in the mail text 50. Therefore, since the pictograph once displayed in the reserved character display area 59 is continuously displayed in the reserved character display area 59 without disappearing from the display screen, the user of the mobile phone 1 again receives the character string corresponding to the pictogram. Can be inserted a plurality of times at any position desired by the user.

  Next, an operation of changing the display order of the conversion candidate character strings in accordance with the special symbols displayed in the reserved character display area 59 by the control unit 45 will be described with reference to FIG.

  As illustrated in FIG. 5A, when the character string “Thank you” is input in the mail text 50, the control unit 45, along with the conversion candidate display area 52 that displays conversion candidates for special symbols, Control is performed to display word conversion candidates “Thank you” and “ant ga” in the conversion candidate display area 70 for displaying the word conversion candidates corresponding to “”.

  Then, after moving the cursor to the pictograph 54 in the conversion candidate display area 52 (FIG. 5B), when the pictograph 79 is selected by pressing the selection key 57 for a long time (FIG. 5C), control is performed. The unit 45 controls the selected pictogram 79 to be displayed in the reserved character display area 59.

  At this time, since the selected pictograph 79 is a pictograph corresponding to “ant”, the control unit 45 displays “Thank you” in FIG. 5A when the display order of the conversion candidates displayed in the conversion candidate display area 70 is displayed. In FIG. 5C, control is performed so as to change the order of “ant” and “thank you”.

  Therefore, the user of the mobile phone 1 can preferentially use the word “ant” corresponding to the pictograph of “ant” as a conversion candidate.

  Further, after the cursor is moved to the emoticon 80 in the conversion candidate display area 52 (FIG. 5D), the emoticon 80 is selected by pressing the selection key 57 for a long time (FIG. 5E). The control unit 45 performs control so that the selected emoticon 80 is displayed in the reserved character display area 59.

  At this time, since the selected emoticon 80 is an emoticon corresponding to “thank you”, the control unit 45 displays the conversion candidates displayed in the conversion candidate display area 70 in the order shown in FIG. As in the order of “thank you” and “ant”, in FIG. 5E, control is performed so as to maintain the order of “thank you” and “ant”.

  For this reason, the user of the mobile phone 1 can preferentially use the word “thank you” corresponding to the emoticon “thank you” as a conversion candidate.

  As described above, according to the mobile phone 1 of the present embodiment, the display order of the word conversion candidates can be changed according to the pictograms and emoticons as special symbols displayed in the reserved character display area 59. Therefore, the user of the mobile phone 1 can suitably perform not only the input of pictograms and emoticons but also the input operation of words corresponding to the pictograms and emoticons.

  Here, a control procedure for displaying a pictograph in the reserved character display area 59 by the control unit 45 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG.

  In step S <b> 1, the control unit 45 controls to move the cursor to the conversion candidate display area 52 that displays a pictogram in accordance with an operation by the operation unit 11.

  In step S <b> 2, the control unit 45 controls the soft key 55 to be displayed at a predetermined display position on the LCD display unit 21.

  In step S <b> 3, the control unit 45 detects that the selection key 57 has been selected by pressing any key of the operation unit 11 corresponding to the selection key 57.

  In step S4, when an arbitrary key of the operation unit 11 corresponding to the selection key 57 is pressed in step S3, the control unit 45 determines whether the pressing of the arbitrary key is a long press or a short press. That is, it is determined whether or not the time during which the selection key 57 is pressed is equal to or longer than a certain time. If the pressing of the selection key 57 is a long press (Yes), the process proceeds to step S5. On the other hand, if the selection key 57 is pressed shortly (No), the process proceeds to step S6.

  In step S5, the control unit 45 inserts the pictograph 54 selected by long-pressing the selection key 57 in step S4 at an arbitrary position in the display character string of the mail body 50 in accordance with a predetermined input. To temporarily store in the memory 44.

  In step S6, the control unit 45 displays a reserved character display area 59 for displaying the pictograph 60 controlled to be stored in step S5 below the conversion candidate display area 52, and ends the series of processes.

  In step S7, the control unit 45 performs control so that the pictograph 54 selected by short pressing the selection key 57 in step S4 is inserted immediately after the confirmed display character string, and the series of processing ends.

  Next, a control procedure for inserting the pictogram displayed in the reserved character display area 59 by the control unit 45 into the mail body 50 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In step S11, the control unit 45 displays the pictogram 60 controlled to be stored in step S5 in the reserved character display area 59. In addition, the process of the control part 45 in step S11 is the same as the process of step S6 of FIG.

  In step S <b> 12, the control unit 45 performs control so that the cursor is moved to an arbitrary position in the mail body 50 according to the operation by the operation unit 11.

  In step S13, the control unit 45 detects pressing of an arbitrary key on the operation unit 11 corresponding to the reserved character input key 64 at an arbitrary position where the cursor has moved in step S12.

  In step S14, the control unit 45 performs control so that the pictograph 60 displayed in the reserved character display area 59 is inserted and displayed at an arbitrary position in the mail body 50 in which the cursor is moved in step S12. The process ends.

  Next, a control procedure for changing the display order of conversion candidates in accordance with the pictograms displayed in the reserved character display area 59 by the control unit 45 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  In step S <b> 21, the control unit 45 receives an input of a character string from the operation unit 11 and displays the received character string on the mail body 50.

  In step S22, the control unit 45 displays a conversion candidate display area 52 that displays pictogram conversion candidates corresponding to the character string displayed in step S21, and converts a predicted conversion candidate of a word corresponding to the character string. Control is performed to display in the candidate display area 70.

  In step S <b> 23, the control unit 45 detects that one pictogram is selected from among the pictogram conversion candidates displayed in the conversion candidate display area 52 in accordance with the operation of the soft key 55.

  In step S24, the control unit 45 displays the pictograph selected in step S23 in the reserved character display area 59.

  In step S25, the control unit 45 controls to change the display order of the conversion candidates corresponding to the pictograms displayed in the reserved character display area 59 in the conversion candidate display area 70, and ends the series of processes.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment was described, this invention can be implemented with a various form, without being limited to embodiment mentioned above. For example, in the present embodiment, the mobile phone 1 is described as a mobile electronic device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, but is not limited to this, but a PHS (registered trademark), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable navigation device, a notebook. A personal computer etc. may be sufficient.

  In the above-described embodiment, the control operation of the control unit 45 on the character input screen displayed on the LCD display unit 21 has been described using the e-mail creation screen. However, the control operation of the mobile phone 1 of the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention is not limited to this, and any function that inputs text information is applicable.

  In the above-described embodiment, the pictogram and the emoticon are used as an example of the special symbol. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an image, a symbol, or the like may be used as the special symbol.

1 is an external perspective view of a mobile phone 1 that is an example of a mobile electronic device according to the present invention. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function of the mobile telephone 1 which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the mail preparation screen displayed on the LCD display part 21 of the mobile telephone 1 of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the mail preparation screen displayed on the LCD display part 21 of the mobile telephone 1 of this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the mail preparation screen displayed on the LCD display part 21 of the mobile telephone 1 of this embodiment. 7 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for displaying a pictograph in a reserved character display area 59 by a control unit 45. 7 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for inserting a pictograph displayed in a reserved character display area 59 by a control unit 45 into a mail body 50. 7 is a flowchart showing a control procedure for changing the display order of conversion candidates in accordance with pictograms displayed in a reserved character display area 59 by a control unit 45.

Explanation of symbols

1 Mobile phone 11 Operation unit (input unit)
21 LCD display (display)
44 Memory (storage unit)
45 Control unit 52 Conversion candidate display area (first display area)
54 Pictogram 57 Selection key 59 Reserved character display area (second display area)
60 Emoji

Claims (2)

An input unit for receiving input and selection of characters ;
An unconfirmed character string input by the input unit is displayed as an unconfirmed character string, and a display unit that displays the unconfirmed character string and the confirmed character string that has confirmed the unconfirmed character string as a display character string ;
A control unit for controlling the input unit及 beauty the display unit, comprising,
The input unit is capable of accepting selection according to the first input mode and the second input mode,
The display unit displays a first display area for displaying one or a plurality of conversion candidate character strings corresponding to the unconfirmed character string, and a second display for selectively displaying a special symbol corresponding to the unconfirmed character string. Has a display area,
The controller is
When the special symbol displayed in the second display area is selected in the first input mode, the special symbol is inserted immediately after the undetermined character string corresponding to the selected special symbol. ,
When the special symbol displayed in the second display area is selected in the second input mode, the selected special symbol is displayed to be inserted at an arbitrary position of the display character string, and the input A portable electronic device that inserts the special symbol in response to an input to the unit . The control unit may change the order of the conversion candidate character string in the first display area in response to the special symbol selected by the input unit of the said special symbols displayed in the second display area let, portable electronic device according to claim 1.

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