JP6000880B2 - Mobile terminal device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for controlling a mobile terminal device.

  Many applications (application programs) installed in a smartphone have a function of connecting to the Internet.

  For this reason, when the mobile phone wireless network is out of the service area or is outside a wireless LAN hotspot such as Wi-Fi, an application using such a communication function cannot be used normally.

JP 2006-350757 A

  As described above, it is natural that an application using a communication function cannot be used normally in an environment where communication is not possible, but an elderly user or a user with poor basic knowledge of communication is in a state where communication is possible. The app may start without confirming that there is something (such as an antenna mark standing).

  In this case, the function cannot be normally used, such as an error display due to the inability to perform communication, so that it is often mistaken for a malfunction of the application or the mobile terminal device.

  In addition, when the battery level of the mobile terminal device has decreased, if it is not in an environment where it can be charged immediately, you should refrain from using it except for unnecessary applications, but which applications are likely to consume power There was nothing to know.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses a technology that can notify whether or not the user is in an environment where electronic money can be charged based on whether or not the Internet connection is possible. However, the technology is specialized for a portable terminal device having an electronic money utilization function, and cannot solve the above-described problems.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object thereof is to convey the state and characteristics of an application intuitively and easily to the user.

In order to solve the above problems, in the present invention, there is a predetermined condition that may change the icon of the application program, the communication state has changed, and communication is no longer possible. a determination unit condition indicating if it is determined whether or not filled with, if the predetermined condition is determined to have been met to obtain the setting state of the application programs installed, set to the application program An acquisition unit that acquires a usable level of the application program with reference to a table that associates a state with a usable level at the time of communication interruption, and changes the icon of the application program according to the acquired usable level Ru and a change means.
Also, it is determined whether a predetermined condition that may change the icon of the application program, a condition indicating that the communication state has changed and communication is no longer possible is satisfied. An error relating to the communication function by temporarily starting an installed application program to obtain an error log and analyzing the error log when it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied Acquisition means for acquiring an available level at the time of communication disconnection from the state, and changing means for changing the icon of the application program according to the acquired available level.

  According to the present invention, the state and characteristics of the app can be intuitively communicated to the user.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the system concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart (the 1) which shows the process example of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a data structure of an application useable level table. It is a figure (the 1) which shows the example of an icon. It is FIG. (2) which shows the example of an icon. It is a flowchart (the 2) which shows the process example of embodiment. It is a flowchart (the 3) which shows the process example of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the data structure example of an application electric power level table. FIG. 10 is a third diagram illustrating an example of an icon. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of an icon (part 4);

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described.

<Configuration>
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, a mobile terminal device 1 such as a smartphone or a mobile phone can be connected to a base station 3 of a mobile phone wireless network or a wireless LAN access point 4 such as Wi-Fi. The base station 3 and the access point 4 are connected indirectly or directly to the network 2 such as the Internet.

  The mobile terminal device 1 includes a basic function unit 11, a communication state detection unit 12, an application usable level acquisition unit 13, a battery state detection unit 14, an application usage power level acquisition unit 15, and an application icon change unit 16 as functional units. I have. These functional units are realized by a computer program executed on hardware resources such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and a RAM (Random Access Memory) of the computer constituting the mobile terminal device 1. Is.

  A plurality of applications (application programs) 17 are installed in the mobile terminal device 1.

  The basic function unit 11 is a part that provides functions as a general portable terminal device such as a call, data communication, and application execution.

  The communication state detection unit 12 has a function of detecting whether or not the mobile terminal device 1 is in a state where communication with the outside is possible. Here, the communication is possible without distinguishing whether the communication is possible via the cellular phone wireless network or the communication such as Wi-Fi, but the two are distinguished. You may make it do. Whether or not communication with the outside is possible can be determined by referring to the state value managed by the communication management function of the OS (Operating System) of the mobile terminal device 1.

  The application usable level acquisition unit 13 has a function of acquiring a usable level depending on the degree of dependence on data communication for each of the applications 17 when the communication state detection unit 12 detects that communication is not possible. doing. For example, when the data communication cannot be performed, the usable level of the application that can not use most of the functions is low, the usable level of the application that can use about half of the functions even if the data communication cannot be performed is the medium level, and the data communication is The usable level of an application that can use almost all functions even if it cannot be performed is set to a high level.

  The battery state detection unit 14 has a function of detecting whether or not the remaining battery level of the mobile terminal device 1 falls below a predetermined ratio (for example, 30%). Whether or not the remaining battery level is lower than a predetermined ratio can be determined by referring to a state value managed by the power management function of the OS of the mobile terminal device 1.

  The application usage power level acquisition unit 15 has a function of acquiring the usage power level for each of the applications 17 when the battery state detection unit 14 detects that the remaining battery level is below a predetermined ratio. For example, the power used by the application can be divided into three levels, such as a low level, a medium level, and a high level.

  The app icon changing unit 16 changes the app icon according to the level (usable level, power usage level) acquired by the app usage level acquisition unit 13 and / or the application power usage level acquisition unit 15. It has a function to do. The icon can be changed by, for example, making the shape of the icon lacking by image processing (changing the outline of the display portion by mask processing, etc.), applying a shade, or adding a new image. .

  Note that the communication state detection unit 12, the application usable level acquisition unit 13, the battery state detection unit 14, the application usage power level acquisition unit 15, and the application icon change unit 16 target all applications installed in the mobile terminal device 1. In this case, it can be realized as a part of the OS function (including function expansion by plug-in). When an application within a predetermined range is targeted, it can be realized by an application (a top application, a summary application, etc.) that supervises the group of applications.

<Operation>
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing example of the above-described embodiment, in which the app icon is changed according to the communication state.

  In FIG. 2, when the process is started by the periodic process, the communication state detection unit 12 determines whether or not there is a change in the communication state from the previous communication state (step S101), and when it is determined that there is no change (step S101). No) ends the process.

  When it is determined that there is a change in the communication state (Yes in step S101), the communication state detection unit 12 determines whether or not communication is possible (step S102).

  When it is determined that the communication is not possible (No in step S102), the application usable level acquisition unit 13 refers to the setting state for each of the applications 17. The setting state of the application 17 can be referred to from the application management function of the OS.

  Next, the application usable level acquisition unit 13 refers to the application usable level table, and acquires the usable level depending on the degree of dependence on data communication for each of the applications 17 according to the setting state (step). S104).

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the application usable level table. Items (fields) such as “application ID (application name)”, “application setting state”, “application usable level when communication is interrupted”, and the like are displayed. Have.

  The “application ID (application name)” is information that identifies an application. The “application setting state” is information indicating the state of items that can be changed by the user, such as synchronization enable / disable setting. The “usable level of the application when communication is interrupted” is a function in which the function in the corresponding setting state is confirmed in advance for each application. Based on the ratio of the function depending on communication and the function not depending on communication, for example, a high level, Medium level, low level, etc. are set. The application usable level acquisition unit 13 refers to the application usable level at the time of communication disconnection from the application usable level table using the application ID or the application name and the setting state as a key, and sets the usable level of the application for each application 17. Get about.

  Returning to FIG. 2, the application icon changing unit 16 changes the icon for each application whose application usable level has been changed (step S <b> 105), and ends the process.

  4A and 4B are diagrams showing examples of icons. FIG. 4A shows a case where the usable level is high and the icon is not changed. FIG. 4B shows a case where the usable level is medium and a part of the icon is missing. (C) shows a case where the usable level is low and the icon is mostly missing.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of an icon. FIG. 5A shows a case where the usable level is high and the icon is not changed. FIG. 5B shows a case where the usable level is medium and the icon is in front. When the light gray shade is changed to a shade, (c) shows the case where the usable level is low and the icon is changed to a dark gray shade on the front of the icon.

  Returning to FIG. 2, when it is determined that the communication is possible (Yes in step S102), the application icon changing unit 16 restores the changed application icon to the original state (normal state) (step S106). The process is terminated.

  In this way, when communication is no longer possible, the user can intuitively know how much functionality can be used by changing the icon according to the app's usable level. If you want to use a function, there is an advantage that you can wait until it becomes communicable, or even if there is a function that cannot be activated and used, it will not be misunderstood as a malfunction of the application or device.

  As a modification of the above-described embodiment, the communication frequency within a past fixed period can be classified for each application, and managed in association with an application ID or the like in a table or the like. In this case, management may be performed separately for each setting state of the application. Apps with high communication frequency are considered to have a large damage to the overall function when communication is no longer possible, so the available level is low when communication frequency is high, and it can be used when communication frequency is medium The level can be a medium level, and the available level when the communication frequency is low can be a high level.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing another example of processing in the above-described embodiment, in which an application usable level is acquired by another method.

  In FIG. 6, when the process is started by the regular process, the communication state detection unit 12 determines whether or not the communication state has changed from the previous communication state (step S201), and determines that there is no change (step S201). No) ends the process.

  When it is determined that there is a change in the communication state (Yes in step S201), the communication state detection unit 12 determines whether or not communication is possible (step S202).

  If it is determined that the communication is not possible (No in step S202), the application usable level acquisition unit 13 displays a message indicating that the application is temporarily activated for the test (step S203). This is to prevent the user from feeling uncomfortable when the screen is displayed on the front of the screen at the time of activation, and can be omitted.

  Next, the application usable level acquisition unit 13 sequentially activates the target application sequentially (step S204). In addition, about the type of application which can be started in the background, it is desirable to start in the background.

  Next, the application usable level acquisition unit 13 acquires an error log in the temporary activation of the application (step S205).

  Next, the application usable level acquisition unit 13 analyzes the error log and determines the usable level of the application from the presence / absence and frequency of the error regarding the communication function (step S206). Since an application that uses the communication function generates an error when communication is not possible, the usable level can be determined based on the type and frequency of the error.

  Next, the application icon changing unit 16 changes the icon for an application whose application usable level has been changed (step S207), and ends the process. Examples of icon changes are the same as those shown in FIGS.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the communication is possible (Yes in step S202), the application icon changing unit 16 restores the changed icon of the application to the original state (normal state) (step S208), and performs processing. finish.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing another processing example of the above embodiment, in which the app icon is changed according to the battery state.

  In FIG. 7, when the process is started by the regular process, the battery state detection unit 14 determines whether or not the remaining battery level of the mobile terminal device 1 falls below a predetermined ratio (for example, 30%) (step S301).

  When it is determined that the remaining battery level has fallen below the predetermined ratio (Yes in step S301), the application power consumption level acquisition unit 15 refers to the application power consumption table and acquires the power consumption level for each of the applications 17 (step S1). S302).

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the application power consumption level table, and includes items such as “application ID (application name)” and “power consumption level”. The “application ID (application name)” is information that identifies an application. “Used power level” is, for example, a low level, a medium level, a high level, or the like set based on the power used by the application. The application usage power level acquisition unit 15 refers to the usage power level from the application availability level table using the application ID or the application name as a key, and acquires the usage power level of the application for each of the applications 17.

  Returning to FIG. 7, the application icon changing unit 16 changes the icon for each application whose power usage level has been changed (step S <b> 303), and ends the process.

  9A and 9B are diagrams showing examples of icons. FIG. 9A shows a case where a power consumption level is low and a light bulb with a small amount of light emission is added to the left of the original icon. When a medium light bulb shape is added to the left of the original icon at the middle level, (c) shows a light bulb shape with a large light emission amount to the left of the original icon when the power consumption level is high. Each case is shown.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing another example of the icon. FIG. 10A shows a case where the power consumption level is low and a figure “MP5” indicating the amount of power is added to the original icon, and FIG. When the figure of “MP30” indicating the amount of power is added to the original icon at the medium power level, (c) adds the figure of “MP100” indicating the amount of power to the original icon when the power level used is high. Each case is shown.

  In addition to the icon change described above, gray shades and the like are added to the activated apps to notify the user that the apps are activated, and to save power by forcibly terminating them. It can also be done.

  Returning to FIG. 7, when it is determined that the remaining battery level is not lower than the predetermined rate (No in step S301), the battery state detection unit 14 further determines whether the remaining battery level exceeds a predetermined rate (for example, 40%). Is determined (step S304), and if it is determined not to exceed (No in step S304), the process is terminated.

  If it is determined that the remaining battery level exceeds the predetermined rate (Yes in step S304), the application icon changing unit 16 restores the changed application icon to the original state (normal state) (step S305), and performs the process. finish.

  In this way, when the remaining battery power is low, the user can intuitively determine which application is effective in reducing battery consumption by changing the icon according to the power usage level of the application. There is an advantage that it can be understood and an efficient operation can be promoted.

<Summary>
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the state and characteristics of the app can be intuitively communicated to the user.

  The present invention has been described above by the preferred embodiments of the present invention. While the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, various modifications and changes may be made to the embodiments without departing from the broad spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the claims. Obviously you can. That is, the present invention should not be construed as being limited by the details of the specific examples and the accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile terminal device 11 Basic function part 12 Communication state detection part 13 Application use level acquisition part 14 Battery state detection part 15 Application use power level acquisition part 16 Application icon change part 17 Application 2 Network 3 Base station 4 Access point

Claims (4)

That may change the icon of the application program, a predetermined condition set in advance, there is a change in communication state, and condition indicating if no longer able to communicate, it is determined whether or not filled Judgment means,
When it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the setting state of the installed application program is acquired, and the application program, the setting state, and the available level at the time of communication disconnection are referred to Obtaining means for obtaining an available level of the application program ;
A portable terminal device comprising: changing means for changing an icon of the application program in accordance with the acquired usable level . Judgment to determine whether a predetermined condition that may change the icon of the application program, a condition indicating that the communication state has changed and communication is no longer possible is satisfied Means,
When it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the installed application program is temporarily started to obtain an error log, and the error log is analyzed to disconnect the communication from the error state related to the communication function. Acquisition means for acquiring the available level of time,
Changing means for changing the icon of the application program according to the acquired available level;
Mobile terminal apparatus comprising the. A computer constituting the mobile terminal device;
That may change the icon of the application program, a predetermined condition set in advance, there is a change in communication state, and condition indicating if no longer able to communicate, it is determined whether or not filled Judgment means,
When it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the setting state of the installed application program is acquired, and the application program, the setting state, and the available level at the time of communication disconnection are referred to Obtaining means for obtaining an available level of the application program ;
A portable terminal device control program that functions as a changing unit that changes an icon of the application program in accordance with an acquired available level . A computer constituting the mobile terminal device;
Judgment to determine whether a predetermined condition that may change the icon of the application program, a condition indicating that the communication state has changed and communication is no longer possible is satisfied means,
When it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied, the installed application program is temporarily started to obtain an error log, and the error log is analyzed to disconnect the communication from the error state related to the communication function. Acquisition means for acquiring the available level of time,
Changing means for changing the icon of the application program in accordance with the acquired usable level
Mobile terminal device control program to function as.