KR20030006728A - Mobile terminal having hot key trigger key and method for triggering hot key using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of driving a hot key is provided to configure hot key functions further to original functions of each key, and to have a hot key trigger key, thereby supplying more hot keys without changing size of a cellular phone. CONSTITUTION: If an optional key is pressed while a hot key trigger key is not pressed by a user(S10), a cellular phone decides whether the pressed key is the hot key trigger key(S3). If the hot key trigger key is pressed by the user and the pressed key is not the hot key trigger key, the cellular phone processes the pressed key(S4). If the pressed key is the hot key trigger key while the hot key trigger key is not pressed by the user, the cellular phone becomes a hot key trigger state(S5). If the key is in an idle state(S1) and a hot key is triggered(S6), the cellular phone decides whether the pressed key is the hot key(S7). If the pressed key is one of the sixth key from the first key/character keys and the ninth key/character key, the cellular phone processes hot key functions corresponding to the pressed key by the hot key(S8). If the sixth key from the first key/character keys and the ninth key/character key are not pressed, the cellular phone releases the triggered state of the hot key to return to a state which the hot key trigger key is not triggered(S9).

Description

Mobile terminal having hot key trigger key and method for driving hot key using same {Mobile terminal having hot key trigger key and method for triggering hot key using the same}

The present invention relates to a mobile phone, and in particular, for each of the keys of the keypad of the mobile phone main body, a hotkey function is further configured in addition to the original function and a hotkey trigger key can be used without being confused with the original function. A mobile phone and a hot key driving method using the same.

In general, a mobile phone is separated by a liquid crystal display (LCD) portion and a keypad portion, which are flip-type and terminal display elements, such as a lid attached to a bar-shaped bar-shaped bar-type key pad portion. It can be divided into one folder type so that it can be folded.

Such mobile phones were initially used only for voice communication, but recently, various types of mobile phones have been released, such as listening to AM or FM radio broadcasts, downloading and storing MP3 music, and playing and listening when necessary.

The basic configuration of a mobile phone is an antenna for transmitting and receiving wireless signals between a base station and a mobile phone, a speaker for allowing a user to listen to a voice signal, a microphone for receiving a user's voice, and a function button for pressing another phone's phone number or inputting data. Keypad section, a display for displaying dialed telephone number or character indicating the function setting or status of the current mobile phone or a video, flip for protecting the keypad, and sending and receiving data It consists of an earphone connection unit for connecting the data transceiver and earphone for. Optionally, a microphone-in-ear earphone, a hands-free kit for driving a vehicle, and a cable for transmitting data can be used as a receptacle (optional). Receptacle).

In recent years, as a mobile phone has more various functions, a 4 way navigation key, a joy stick, a scroll bar, etc., which are configured in the north-west, north-south form, are used as input means in the keypad portion of the mobile phone.

Such mobile phones were initially used only for voice communication, but recently, they are also used for data communication. Recently, mobile communication service providers provide hundreds of contents such as news, banking, and electronic commerce through wireless internet mobile phones.

Recently, various types of mobile phones, such as listening to AM or FM radio broadcasts using a mobile phone or downloading MP3 music from the Internet as an audio file format (file extension mp3), storing them in the mobile phone, and then playing and listening when needed. This was released.

Mobile phones provide information management such as phone number list, schedule management function, and personal information management, which can store frequently used phone numbers. For the latest models, the phone number, schedule management, and personal information management can be added more. More and more information can be managed. At this time, information management such as telephone number list, schedule management function, personal information management, schedule, Internet execution, etc. are set in the menu list of the mobile phone.

In the mobile phone, menu management is usually performed by setting one of the function keys as a menu key. When the set menu key is pressed, a plurality of main menus embedded in the mobile phone are displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone user displays the plurality of main menus displayed on the display unit. Select one to run the submenu under each main menu.

Recently, a hot key function is added to execute sub menus under the main menu of the mobile phone as soon as the mobile phone presses a single key on the keypad. Such hot keys include a lock setting, a silent mode, and an Internet connection. As technology advances, handsets will become more functional and the number of hot keys needed will increase. However, if a large number of hot keys is required, the size of the terminal is increased, which leads to a problem of reducing the size and weight of the terminal. Therefore, a hot key function is allocated to a key already in use. In other words, the function of the hot key is added to the function keys except for the numeric / character keys. For example, * key is used as a silent mode key and # key is used as a lock key. When the * key is pressed for a set time (for example, 2 seconds or more) in idle state, the call is made in silent mode when the call is made or received. Incoming calls are automatically switched to vibrations. If you press the # key for a set time, the phone's lock function is set so that you can execute various functions of the phone only if you know the password.

However, until now, there is a problem that there is a limit to the number of keys that can be designated as such a hot key. In other words, it is not currently used as a hot key as a digit / letter key. The reason for this is that when a user presses a digit / letter key with the hot key function added to the digit / letter key, It is unclear whether it should be activated or with a hot key. Therefore, until now, in order to perform a hot key function, a separate hot key keypad must be provided in the mobile phone. In this case, as described above, the mobile phone has a limitation in thinning and reducing the number of hot key functions of the mobile phone. There was this.

An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and for each of the keys of the keypad unit of the mobile phone main body further configures the function of the hotkey and uses it without being confused with the original function. The present invention provides a mobile phone having a hotkey trigger key and a hot key driving method using the same.

According to one feature of the present invention as described above, a plurality of numeric / letter keys consisting of numbers / letters and hot / hot keys function for displaying a menu function on the display unit of the mobile phone according to the user's one-touch, the number / letter keys It is configured to include a hot key trigger key for controlling to operate as the hot key.

Preferably, the cellular phone further comprises a plurality of function keys for executing functions other than the numeric / character keys, and the hot key trigger key is configured separately in the cellular phone or in one of the function keys.

And preferably press the hot key trigger key first when controlling the numeric / letter keys to which the hot key function is added to operate as the hot key, and then press the hot key when the numeric / letter keys to which the hot key function is added are pressed. It works.

According to another feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, if any key signal is input, determining whether the hot key trigger key of the mobile phone is driven, the hot key trigger key is driven, If the predetermined key signal is a signal input from a hot key, the input hot key function is executed.

Preferably, when the hot key trigger key is not driven, determining whether the arbitrary key signal is a signal input from the hot key trigger key, and the arbitrary key signal is input from the hot key trigger key. The mobile phone sets its state to a hot key triggered state if the signal is a received signal, and processes the input key if the arbitrary key signal is not a signal input from the hot key trigger key.

And disabling the hot key triggered state if the hot key triggered state and the arbitrary key signal are not a signal input from the hot key.

1 is a view showing a keypad of a mobile phone having a hot key trigger key according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for driving a hot key of a mobile phone having a hot key trigger key according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

1,2,3,4,5,6,9: 1st to 6th and 9th digit / character keys with hot key function added

7,8: 7th, 8th digit / letter key

10: 10th digit / letter key (with mode function during operation)

11, 12, 13, 14: Function key 15: CLR key (hot key trigger key)

Hereinafter, a configuration and an operation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a keypad of a mobile phone having a hot key trigger key according to the present invention.

Keypad portion of a mobile phone having a hot key trigger key according to the present invention, the first to tenth digit / character keys (1-10) and the one to ten Arabic numerals and Korean consonants or vowels and English written in one to ten, and one-touch Key 11 for executing the silent function, # key 12 for executing the lock function with one touch, SEND key 13 for executing outgoing calls, programs (e.g., calls, menu functions, etc.) ) And an END key 14 for terminating ") and a CLR (Clear) key 15 used for erasing the input characters in the reverse order of input. At this time, the * key 11, the # key 12, the SEND key 13, the END key 14, and the CLR key 15 are function keys unlike the first to ninth digit / call keys 1-9. do. In particular, * key (11) has an icon of a mobile phone shaking, # key (12) has a lock icon, as described above, when the incoming call or call out as a vibration instead of the sound or, Indicates that the locking function should be executed. At this time, the tenth digit / letter key 10 serves as a function key having a function of automatically notifying the calling party that the mobile phone user is driving together with the function of the digit / letter key 10. That is, when the tenth digit / character key 10 is pressed for a set time or more, the driving mode is automatically set to the calling user who sends the call to the mobile phone user. Connect in voice mailbox mode. This improves the safety of the mobile phone user while driving and at the same time to inform the other party that the mobile phone user is driving, so that you can not make a call to solve the inconvenience caused by not making a call. In this case, when the first to ninth digit / character keys 1 to 9 are pressed like a tenth digit / character key 10 for a predetermined time, the tenth digit / character key ( It cannot be used as a function key as in 10).

At this time, the first to sixth numeric / character keys (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) of the numeric / character keys (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) of the present invention And the ninth digit / letter key 9 have icons which are pictograms other than numbers / letters.

In detail, the first digit / letter key 1 has an icon of a mail envelope, which indicates a message menu.

The second digit / letter key 2 has a book-shaped icon, which represents a phone book menu.

The third digit / letter key 3 has an icon in the form of a date, which represents the schedule menu.

The fourth numeric / letter key 4 has a notepad-shaped icon, which represents the notepad menu.

The fifth digit / letter key 5 has an icon of the letter i, indicating an Internet menu.

The sixth numeric / character key 6 has an icon in the shape of a Bluetooth Trademark, which represents the Bluetooth menu.

The ninth digit / letter key 9 has an icon in which the arrow rotates in one direction, which represents the PC Sync. Menu.

Each icon of each of the first to sixth and ninth digit / character keys (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9) has its own digit / character key (1, 2, 3, 4). In addition to the number / character input function of (5,6,9), a hot key function is newly added to the mobile phone of the present invention, through which a menu embedded in the mobile phone is executed by one touch. At this time, it is necessary to set a trigger key for distinguishing between the normal number / character key function and the hot key function. In the present invention, the CLR key 15 shown in FIG. The hot key function added to the character keys (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9) was set as a hot key trigger key for one-touch execution.

For reference, although not illustrated in the drawing, without adding a trigger key function for a hot key trigger to the CLR key 15, a hot key function key is separately set in the keypad portion of the mobile phone or a hot key trigger key with a side button on the side of the mobile phone. It can also be set and used.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a hot key triggering method of a mobile phone having a hot key trigger key according to the present invention.

First, when the key is pressed (S10), the mobile station modem (MSM), which is the main processor of the mobile phone, determines the state of the current mobile phone. At this time, the state of the mobile phone may be in a call (not shown), the Internet may be running (not shown), or may be in an IDLE state as shown in the drawing (S1).

At this time, if the current mobile phone is in the IDLE state, the hot key of the current mobile phone (CLR key 15 of FIG. 1) is not triggered (Hot key not triggered) (S2), hot key is triggered (Hot key According to the triggered S6, the next steps S3 and S7 proceed. That is, any key among the keys of the keypad is pressed after the hot key trigger key (15 in FIG. 1) is pressed, or any key among the keys of the keypad is pressed while the hot key trigger key is not pressed. Depending on whether it is pressed, the next steps S3 and S7 proceed.

At this time, if the hot key trigger key (15 in Fig. 1) is not pressed by any user in the state of being pressed (S10), it is determined whether the pressed key is the hot key trigger key (S3).

If it is determined that the hot key trigger key is not pressed by the user and the pressed key is not the hot key trigger key, the pressed key is processed (S4). That is, the pressed key is not the CLR key (15 in FIG. 1), and executes a function of displaying a number or letter as the first to tenth digit / letter keys 1 to 10, or the tenth digit / letter key ( A function during operation is executed as a function of 10), or a function as the eleventh to fourteenth function keys 11 to 14 is performed.

The determination result (S3) If the hot key trigger key is not pressed by the user, if the pressed key is a hot key trigger key (S5).

However, when the key is pressed (S10), if the IDLE state (S1) and the hot key is triggered (S6), it is determined whether the pressed key is a hot key (S7). That is, as described with reference to FIG. 1, the first to sixth numeric / character keys (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and the ninth numeral / character as well as the function of the numeric / character keys are added. It is to judge which of the keys 9 has been pressed.

Judgment result (S7) If any one of the first to sixth digit / letter keys (1,2,3,4,5,6) and the ninth digit / letter key (9) is pressed, the pressed key is pressed. The corresponding hot key function is processed as a hot key displayed on the display unit of the cellular phone (S8).

However, if the determination result S7 of the first to sixth digit / character keys (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) and the ninth digit / character key 9 is not pressed, that is, the seventh and eighth digits. If any one of the keys or function keys (Nos. 11, 12, 13 and 14 in Fig. 1) is pressed, it is treated as a user error and the hot key trigger state is released to return to the untriggered hot key trigger key state. (S9).

Although not shown in the drawing, if the user accidentally presses the hot key trigger key again, the hot key triggered state is not released, and the next key is pressed (S10).

As described above, the present invention can provide more hot keys without changing the size of the mobile phone by providing a hot key trigger key in the mobile phone, so that all of the keys already in use can be used as hot keys. The trigger key can also provide more hot keys without any hardware burden if you use keys that are not specifically used in the idle state.

Claims (6)

Numerous numeric and alphanumeric keys with the addition of a hot key function to launch the phone's built-in menu functions according to the user's one touch, And a hot key trigger key for controlling the numeric / letter keys to operate as the hot key. The mobile phone of claim 1, wherein the mobile phone further comprises a plurality of function keys for executing functions other than the numeric / character keys, and the hot key trigger key is configured separately in the mobile phone or is configured in one of the function keys. Mobile phone having a hot key trigger key, characterized in that. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the hot key trigger key is first pressed when the numeric / letter keys to which the hot key function is added operate as the hot key, and then the numeric / letter keys to which the hot key function is added are pressed. Mobile phone having a hot key trigger key, characterized in that operated by the hot key. Determining whether a hot key trigger key of the cellular phone is driven when an arbitrary key signal is input; Executing the input hot key function when the hot key trigger key is driven and the arbitrary key signal is a signal input from the hot key. Key driven method. The method of claim 4, wherein if the hot key trigger key is not driven, Determining whether the arbitrary key signal is a signal input from the hot key trigger key; If the arbitrary key signal is a signal input from the hot key trigger key, the cellular phone sets its state to a hot key triggered state, and if the arbitrary key signal is not a signal input from the hot key trigger key, Hot key driving method of a mobile phone having a hot key trigger key, characterized in that the step of processing the input key. The method according to claim 4, wherein if the hot key is triggered and the arbitrary key signal is not a signal input from the hot key, And releasing the hot key triggered state.