KR20070071879A - Display method of sms of mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for displaying a short message in a mobile terminal is provided to enable a user, who has poor sight, to conveniently read the letters of a received short message by enlarging the size of the short message. A control part in a mobile terminal judges whether key input is generated(S11). If a key is inputted, the control part determines whether a short message is displayed(S13). If a short message is displayed, the control part confirms whether the inputted key is a short message size modification button(S15). If so, the control part judges whether the short message size modification button is for an overall screen display command, an enlargement command or a reduction command(S17). If the short message size modification button is for the overall screen display command, the control part displays the displayed short message on the whole screen(S19). If the short message size modification button is for the enlargement command, the control part enlarges and displays the short message(S21). If the short message size modification button is for the reduction command, the control part reduces and displays the short message(S23).

Description

Display method of text message on mobile terminal {Display method of SMS of mobile phone}

1A and 1B are front and rear views showing the appearance of a mobile communication terminal applicable to the present invention, respectively;

2 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal that can be applied to the present invention;

3 is an exemplary screen displayed as a basic method of displaying a text message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is an exemplary screen showing a full screen view of a text message display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

5 is an exemplary screen showing an enlarged view of a text message display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

6 is a flowchart illustrating a text message display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

*** Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing ***

100 and 200: mobile communication terminal 110: main body

112: numeric / character key buttons 113: microphone hole

114: volume button 115: text message size change button

116: Standard terminal slot 117: Camera lens

118: flash 119: infrared communication element

120: slider 121: function key button

122: flat panel indicator 123: speaker hole

130: antenna 140: battery pack

143: charging terminal 210: control unit

220: radio frequency transmitting and receiving unit 222: antenna

230: key input unit 232: function keys

234: numeric / character keys 240: memory

242: program storage unit 244: data storage unit

250: voice signal processor 252: microphone

254: speaker 260: flat panel display driver

262: flat panel indicator 270: vibration generating unit

272: vibration motor 274: LED drive unit

276: LED 280: camera driver

282: camera 284: image processing unit

286: infrared transmitting and receiving unit 288: GPS processing unit

310: status bar 330: text message display window

340: scroll bar 320: menu bar

The present invention relates to a text message display method of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a text message display method of a mobile communication terminal to be displayed by changing the size of the received text message.

The mobile communication terminal, which is a necessity for modern people, is not only compact and lightweight due to steady development, but also is emerging as a complex communication terminal having various functions such as mp3, camera and navigation. In addition to the above functions, such a mobile terminal has a voice mail service (also known as a voice mail service) that allows a sender to leave a message in the recipient's voice mailbox or a fax mailbox when the receiver cannot answer a call. Voice Activated Dialing Service, which uses numbers and letters to connect / recognize devices to memorize / register subscriber's voice and to make voice calls without dialing the phone number when subscribers call Short message service (SMS) and short message service that can send and receive messages about 80 bytes, that is, 40 ~ 50 characters in Korean and 80 characters in English, can make a sentence longer and can add sound, video, etc. It provides various functions and services such as Multimedia Message Service (MMS).

However, as these mobile communication terminals are miniaturized by continuous development, the size of the characters displayed on the screen is inevitably reduced. However, users who do not see small letters such as presbyopia may receive text messages displayed on the screen even if the text messages are received. There was a problem that the text is too small to read the contents of the received text message.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problem, and an object thereof is to provide a method for displaying a text message of a mobile communication terminal which can change the horizontal and vertical sizes of the text message.

Character message display method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention for achieving the above object is to convert and display the horizontal and vertical length of the displayed text message when a text message size conversion command is input in a state in which a random text message is displayed; It provides a text message display method of a mobile communication terminal.

Hereinafter, a text message displaying method of a mobile communication terminal according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail.

1A and 1B are a front view and a rear view showing an appearance of a mobile communication terminal applicable to the present invention, respectively, illustrating a slide type mobile communication terminal. Of course, it should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the terminal of this manner and structure. As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, a mobile communication terminal (hereinafter, also referred to as a “terminal”) 100 to which the present invention can be applied includes a main body 110 and a flat panel display 122 having a main circuit built therein. It may be made to include a slider 120 that slides up and down in the main body 110 while mounting.

In the above-described configuration, the front of the main body 110 has a number / letter key button 112 is used to receive the numbers and letters, the upper surface to perform infrared communication (IrDA) with the antenna and other external communication devices The infrared communication element 119 to be used is disposed, and a microphone hole 113 communicating with an internal microphone (not shown) is punctured at a lower position. The main body 110 is also provided with a rear surface in place, for example, a camera lens 117 and a flash 118 for illumination at night, and a battery pack 140 is detachable at the bottom thereof. The lower surface of the main body 110 is provided with a standard connection terminal slot 116 through which power for transmitting / receiving data with other terminals or charging the battery pack 140 coupled to the main body 110 is transmitted. .

On the other hand, the front surface of the slider 120 is provided with a flat panel display 122 for displaying various characters or graphic elements indicating the operation and operation state of the mobile communication terminal 100 and still images and moving pictures, and below the terminal ( A function key button 121 used to select or receive various functions included in 100 is disposed. Further, a speaker hole 123 communicating with an internal speaker (not shown) is drilled in place of the slider 120, for example, the flat display 122. In the drawing, reference numeral 114 denotes a volume button, 115 denotes a text message size change button for displaying a text message displayed on the flat panel display in a zoomed-out, reduced or full screen mode, and 143 is exposed to a lower portion of the battery pack 140. The charging terminal is shown.

2 is an electrical block diagram of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied. As shown in FIG. 2, the electric configuration of the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention can be applied is a radio frequency transmitter / receiver 220 that transmits / receives a radio frequency signal with a base station through an antenna 222, and numbers / Key input unit 230, which includes a function key input unit 232 and a number / character key input unit 234 for generating a corresponding key signal when the character key button 112 and the function key button 121 are operated A memory 240 including a program storage unit 242 for storing various application programs, such as a message size change program, and a data storage unit 244 for temporarily storing data generated during a calculation process or storing data set by a subscriber. ), A microphone 252 for converting an external sound wave into a corresponding analog form speech signal, a speaker 254 for converting an analog form speech signal generated inside the terminal into sound waves, An audio signal processor 250 and a flat panel display 262 for converting an analog signal from an audio signal input from the signal 252 into a corresponding digital voice signal and converting the digital voice signal into a corresponding analog voice signal and outputting the same to the speaker 254. ) And a vibrating motor 272 that generates vibrations when the flat panel display driver 260 and the terminal 100 operating in the vibration mode, and the driving unit 270, visually when an event such as receiving a call or a message occurs. LED 276 to display and its drive unit 274, infrared transmission and reception unit 286 for emitting infrared rays from the outside as a short-range communication means, and a control unit 210 for controlling them collectively Can be.

In addition to the mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied, a camera driver 280 for driving the camera 282 under the control of the camera 282 installed in place of the main body 110 or the slider 120, the control unit 210, An image processor 284 for processing image data output from the camera 282 and a GPS processor 288 for generating absolute position data of the terminal by receiving a radio signal emitted from a GPS satellite may be further provided. There will be.

In the above-described configuration, the text message size changing program is executed when a key signal is input from the text message size changing button 115 while the text message is displayed on the flat panel display 262, and is input through the key input unit 230. This is accomplished by expanding or contracting the text message currently displayed according to the user's command and displaying it on the flat panel display 262.

In particular, when a full screen display command is input from the user through the key input unit 320, the entire size of the displayed text message is adjusted to be displayed on the entire flat panel display 262.

3 is an exemplary screen displayed as a basic method of displaying a text message of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, the general text message display screen includes a status bar 310 displaying various states of the current mobile communication terminal such as reception rate, bell / vibration mode, battery level, and current time, deleting, storing, and forwarding a text message. The text message displayed on the menu bar 320 for popping up various menus, a text message display window 330 in which a received text message or a selected text message is displayed, and a text message display window 330 are not displayed on one screen. In this case, it includes a scroll bar 340 to view a portion that is not displayed.

Therefore, when the text message is generally displayed, the text message is displayed in a predetermined size in a space except the status bar 310 and the menu bar 320 of the flat panel display 262 in a full screen, and the user scroll bar 340. ) Can be used to read invisible content.

4 is an exemplary screen showing a full screen view of a text message display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In the example screen of FIG. 3, the status bar 310 and the menu bar 320 are located. It is a case where the text message display window 330 is enlarged up to a portion, and it can be seen that the text size is enlarged at the same time as the entire text message is shown.

5 is an exemplary screen of an enlarged view of a text message displaying method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. In the exemplary screen of FIG. 4, a portion of a text message is enlarged by receiving an enlarged command from a user and a flat panel display ( 262) a state shown throughout.

Accordingly, the user can view the contents of the received text message while moving the text message up, down, left, and right using the scroll bar 340.

Meanwhile, the text message size change key button 115 for changing the size of the text message is illustrated in the present invention, but one key button may be provided for each of the enlarged, reduced and full screen views, and the size of the text message is displayed. When there is only one change key button 115, it may be preferable to enlarge, reduce, and display the full screen according to the pattern of pressing the text message size change key button 115, that is, the number of times and the length of the press.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a text message display method of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the text message displaying method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention first determines whether there is a key input in step S11.

As a result of the determination in step S11, if there is no key input, step S11 is repeated until there is a key input, and if there is a key input, the process proceeds to step S13 to determine whether a text message is displayed on the flat panel display 262.

As a result of the determination in step S13, if the text message is not in the displayed state, the flow proceeds to step S25 to perform a command corresponding to the key input. If the text message is displayed, the flow proceeds to step S15 and the text message size change key button 115 is applied. Judge.

As a result of the determination in step S15, if it is not the text message size changing key button 115, the flow advances to step S25. In the case of the text message size changing key button 115, the flow proceeds to step S17. Or determine whether the reduction command.

As a result of the determination in step S17, in the case of a full screen display command, the flow proceeds to step S19 to display the currently displayed text message on the full screen. In the case of an enlargement command, the flow proceeds to step S21 to enlarge and display the currently displayed text message by a predetermined size. In the case of a reduction command, the flow proceeds to step S23 to reduce and display the currently displayed text message by a predetermined size.

The text message display method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the range allowed by the technical idea of the present invention.

According to the text message display method of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention as described above, it can be enlarged while maintaining the shape of the received text message so that the text of the received text message can be read even to users who do not see small letters It is effective.

Claims (4)

When a text message size conversion command is input while an arbitrary text message is displayed, the text message displaying method of the mobile communication terminal converts and displays the horizontal and vertical lengths of the displayed text message. The method of claim 1, The size converting command is a full screen display command, and the horizontal and vertical lengths of the displayed text messages are converted by the horizontal and vertical lengths of the flat panel display of the mobile communication terminal. . The method of claim 1, The size converting command is enlarged or reduced, and the horizontal and vertical lengths of the displayed text message are enlarged and reduced by a predetermined length. The method of claim 3, wherein When the horizontal or vertical length exceeds the horizontal or vertical length of the flat panel display of the mobile communication terminal, only a partial region of the text message is displayed, and a portion not displayed is displayed by moving the displayed region of the text message. Character message display method of a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that.

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