WO2020111001A1

WO2020111001A1 - Portable terminal device

Info

Publication number: WO2020111001A1
Application number: PCT/JP2019/045983
Authority: WO
Inventors: 理恵宮田
Original assignee: 京セラドキュメントソリューションズ株式会社
Priority date: 2018-11-30
Filing date: 2019-11-25
Publication date: 2020-06-04

Abstract

In a portable terminal device (10), a storage unit (18) stores activation of notification by an arbitrarily defined application. A controller (21) causes, in normal mode, a sound generation unit (14) or a vibrator (15) to perform a notification operation when a notification is generated by any one of a plurality of applications, and causes, in business mode, the sound generation unit (14) or the vibrator (15) to perform a notification operation when a notification is generated by an application and activation of notification by said application is stored in the storage unit (18).

Description

Mobile terminal

The present invention relates to a portable mobile terminal device, and particularly to a technique for controlling notification by an application in the mobile terminal device.

On mobile terminal devices such as smartphones, notifications are sent by various applications. For example, an application notifies an incoming call from the outside for each SNS (Social Networking Service). The notification is also given when the schedule management or alarm application is used. However, depending on the user's situation, it is not preferable to be notified about all of these applications.

Therefore, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, when a business mode is set and a call comes in from a person corresponding to the address data dedicated to the private mode, notification processing such as outputting a ring tone is performed. When it is restricted and changed from business mode to private mode, undisplayed information is displayed on the display.

In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, it is determined whether or not an external device capable of short-distance communication with a mobile phone is attached to the human body and the current state of the mobile phone (current position, current position). Based on the time zone, current operation status), multiple operation modes (business mode, private mode, secret mode, security mode, etc.) are switched.

JP, 2012-39544, A JP, 2010-206668, A

However, in both Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, since the business mode or the private mode is collectively applied to a plurality of applications, notification by an application required during work and an application unnecessary for work are performed. It is not possible to select notifications from and to send notifications.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to perform notification only by an application suitable for a user's situation.

A mobile terminal device according to one aspect of the present invention includes a notification unit that performs a notification operation for a user, a storage unit that stores notification ON information indicating that notification by an arbitrary application is permitted, a normal mode or And a control unit that operates the mobile terminal device in the business mode. In the state where the normal mode is set, the control unit causes the notification operation by the notification unit when a notification is issued by the application for any of the plurality of applications, and in the state where the business mode is set, When the notification by the application has occurred and the notification ON information about the application is stored in the storage unit, the notification operation by the notification unit is performed.

According to the present invention, in the state where the business mode is set, only the notification required by the application at work is performed, so that only the application appropriate for the user's situation can be notified.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the portable terminal device concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the portable terminal device concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the initial screen currently displayed on the display part of a portable terminal device. It is a figure which shows the application notification setting screen currently displayed on the display part of a portable terminal device. It is a figure which shows an example of the input with respect to an application notification setting screen. It is a figure which shows notionally the ON of the notification by an application and the business mode table registered conceptually. It is a figure which shows the business mode setting screen currently displayed on the display part of a portable terminal device. It is a flow chart which shows a processing procedure for giving a notice by an application. It is a figure which shows the mark in the status bar currently displayed on the display part of a portable terminal device.

Hereinafter, a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external appearance of a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal device 10 of the present embodiment is, for example, a mobile terminal device such as a smartphone, and includes a display unit 12, a touch panel 13, a sound generation unit 14, a vibrator 15, a communication unit 16, and a storage unit 18. And a control unit 11. These components can send and receive data or signals to each other through the bus.

The display unit 12 is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD: Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (OLED: Organic Light-Emitting Diode).

The touch panel 13 is a touch panel of a resistance film type or a capacitance type. The touch panel 13 is arranged on the screen of the display unit 12 and detects the contact of a finger or the like on the screen of the display unit 12 together with the contact position. When the touch panel 13 detects a touch of a finger or the like, it outputs a detection signal indicating the coordinates of the touch position to the control unit 21 of the control unit 11 or the like. Therefore, the touch panel 13 plays a role as an operation unit for inputting a user operation on the screen of the display unit 12.

The mobile terminal device 10 may include a hard key in addition to the touch panel 13 as an operation unit for inputting a user operation.

The communication unit 16 is a communication interface including a communication module such as a LAN (Local Area Network) chip.

The storage unit 18 is composed of a large-capacity SSD (Solid State Drive), HDD (Hard Disk Drive), or the like, and stores various data and programs.

The sound generator 14 is composed of a speaker, etc., and sounds an alarm sound. The vibrator 15 includes a motor or the like that causes the mobile terminal device 10 to vibrate, and causes the main body of the mobile terminal device 10 to vibrate.

The control unit 11 is composed of a processor, a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like. The processor is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), or the like. The control unit 11 functions as the control unit 21 when the control program stored in the ROM or the storage unit 18 is executed by the processor. The control unit 21 of the control unit 11 may be configured by a hardware circuit instead of the operation based on the control program described above.

The control unit 21 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal device 10. The control unit 11 is connected to the display unit 12, the touch panel 13, the sound generation unit 14, the vibrator 15, the communication unit 16, the storage unit 18, and the like. The control unit 21 controls the operation of each of the above-described constituent elements or controls transmission/reception of signals or data to/from each constituent element.

The control unit 21 plays a role as a processing unit that executes various processes. The control unit 21 has a function of controlling the display operation of the display unit 12. The control unit 21 also has a function of controlling the communication operation of the communication unit 16.

Note that the sound producing unit 14 and the vibrator 15 correspond to the “notifying unit” in the claims.

Here, in the mobile terminal device 10, when the control unit 21 receives an incoming call from the outside by the communication unit 16 for each type of SNS such as “Facebook (registered trademark)” and “LINE (registered trademark)”, The application is executed, the sounding unit 14 or the vibrator 15 is activated, and the incoming call is notified. The control unit 21 also executes a schedule management or alarm application, activates the sound generation unit 14 or the vibrator 15, and notifies the date and time designated in advance. However, depending on the situation of the user (for example, at work), it is not preferable to be notified of all the applications.

Therefore, in the mobile terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment, when the notification by the application is generated in the state where the business mode is set, whether the notification by the application is turned on in advance is determined. If the notification is set to ON, the notification by the application is performed by the sound generation unit 14 or the vibrator 15, and if the notification is not set to ON, the application is not notified. To do.

Further, if the business mode is not set, the control unit 21 sets the normal mode and causes the application to notify all of the applications.

The control unit 21 allows the user to use any of the applications by operating the touch panel 13, regardless of whether the business mode or the normal mode is set. Therefore, the control unit 21 does not limit the use of any application even if the notification by the application is restricted by setting the business mode.

In order to use the business mode, it is necessary to make settings in advance to allow notification by applications as described above for each application. For example, it is assumed that the control unit 21 causes the display unit 12 to display the initial screen G1 as shown in FIG. An icon IC corresponding to the business mode is displayed on the initial screen G1. When the user performs a touch operation on the icon IC, the control unit 21 accepts the touch operation on the icon IC through the touch panel 13, and the control unit 21 displays the application notification setting screen G2 as shown in FIG. 4A on the display unit 12. Let

On the application notification setting screen G2, all the applications AP1, AP2,... Stored in the storage unit 18 or a plurality of applications AP1, AP2,. Check boxes CB corresponding to... And OFF of notification by each application AP1, AP2,. The application identification function is a known function. Applications selected by this identification function include the above-mentioned SNS applications. The control unit 21 receives an instruction as to whether or not to permit notification by the application corresponding to the operated check box CB, depending on whether or not the user operates the check box CB corresponding to the application. When the control unit 21 accepts an instruction to permit the notification by the application corresponding to the check box CB through the touch panel 13 by the user's operation on the check box CB, the check box CB is checked on the display unit 12. Display an image that indicates that If the control unit 21 does not operate the check box CB by the user and does not accept the instruction to permit the notification by the application corresponding to the check box CB, the check box CB is not checked on the display unit 12. The image showing that is displayed. By default, the notification is not permitted for any of the applications, and the display is such that none of the check boxes CB is checked.

The user examines, for each application in the application notification setting screen G2, whether or not notification by the application is necessary even at work, and touches the check box CB corresponding to any application that requires notification. Do the operation. Through the touch panel 13, the control unit 21 receives an instruction to permit notification by an application corresponding to the operated check box CB based on a touch operation on the check box CB. The control unit 21 displays an image indicating that the touch-operated check box CB is checked, and permits the notification by the application corresponding to the touch-operated check box CB. As a result, for example, as shown in FIG. 4B, notification by any of several applications AP1, AP3,... That require notification even during work is permitted, and the corresponding check box CB is checked. Is displayed. Hereinafter, allowing notification and performing notification will be referred to as notification on, and not allowing notification and not performing notification will be referred to as notification off.

When the user touches the OK key K1 on the application notification setting screen G2 after setting the notification by any application AP1, AP3,... The unit 21 receives a touch operation on the OK key K1 through the touch panel 13 and stores in the storage unit 18 notification ON by any application AP1, AP3,... Register in the existing business mode table BDT. As a result, the storage unit 18 stores notification-on information indicating that notification by an arbitrary application is permitted. FIG. 5 shows an example of the contents of the business mode table BDT.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which the ON notification of the SNS application AP 1 and the alarm application AP 3 is registered in the business mode table BDT.

Then, when the control unit 21 receives the touch operation on the OK key K1, the control unit 21 displays the business mode setting screen G3 as shown in FIG. 6 on the display unit 12. On the business mode setting screen G3 shown in FIG. 6, an on key K3 for instructing the setting of the business mode, an off key K4 for instructing the non-setting of the business mode, an OK key K5, and a cancel key K6 are displayed. . When the user touches one of the keys K3 and K4 and then touches the OK key K5, the control unit 21 sets the business mode based on these operations (the key K3 is operated). Case) or an instruction to select non-setting of the business mode (when the key K4 is operated). The control unit 21 sets or does not set the business mode based on the content of the received instruction. The control unit 21 also sets the normal mode to non-setting when the business mode is set, and sets the normal mode when setting the business mode to non-setting. The control unit 21 causes the display unit 12 to display the initial screen G1 shown in FIG. 3 again.

In the state where the business mode is set as described above, the control unit 21 makes a notification only by the application for which notification ON is registered, and does not make a notification by another application. The control unit 21 also sets the normal mode in the state where the business mode is not set, and notifies the application of all the applications.

Next, in the mobile terminal device 10 of the present embodiment, a processing procedure for performing notification by an application will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In the mobile terminal device 10, the control unit 21 is waiting for the notification to be generated by the application (that is, the state in which the notification is required based on the operation of the application) (step S101 “No”), and the notification is generated. When the determination is made (step S101 “Yes”), it is determined whether the business mode is set or not set (step S102).

For example, when the control unit 21 determines that the business mode is not set (step S102 “not set”), that is, when the normal mode is set, it determines whether the manner mode is set or not set (step S102). S103). In the manner mode, as is well known, the control unit 21 stops the notification by the sounding of the alarm sound and instead performs the notification by the occurrence of vibration. The control unit 21 sets or does not set the manner mode according to the operation of the user through the touch panel 13.

When the control unit 21 determines that the manner mode is not set (step S103 “not set”), the sounding unit 14 is activated and the sounding unit 14 outputs an alarm sound (step S104). On the other hand, when the control unit 21 determines that the manner mode is set (step S103 “setting”), the control unit 21 activates the vibrator 15 and causes the main body of the mobile terminal device 10 to vibrate (step S105). This notifies the user of the notification by the application. The control unit 21 may cause the display unit 12 to display a pop-up screen for notifying the notification by the application at the same time when the sound generation unit 14 or the vibrator 15 is activated.

On the other hand, when the control unit 21 determines that the business mode is set (step S102 “setting”), the control unit 21 refers to the business mode table BDT stored in the storage unit 18, and the notification is generated in step S101. It is determined whether or not the notification ON by the determined application is registered, that is, whether or not the notification ON information about the application for which the notification is generated in step S101 is stored in the storage unit 18 ( Step 106).

For example, when the control unit 21 determines that the notification ON by the application is not registered (step S106 “No”), the control unit 21 ends the process of FIG. 7 without activating the sound generation unit 14 and the vibrator 15. In this case, the control unit 21 does not cause the display unit 12 to display the pop-up screen for notifying the notification by the application.

On the other hand, when the control unit 21 determines that the notification ON by the application is registered (step S106 “Yes”), it determines whether the manner mode is set or not (step S107).

Then, when the control unit 21 determines that the manner mode is not set (step S107 “non-setting”), the sounding unit 14 is activated, and the sounding unit 14 outputs an alarm sound (step S108). On the other hand, when the control unit 21 determines that the manner mode is set (step S107 “setting”), the control unit 21 activates the vibrator 15 and causes the main body of the mobile terminal device 10 to vibrate (step S109). This notifies the user of the notification by the application. At this time, the control unit 21 may cause the display unit 12 to display a pop-up screen for notifying the notification by the application.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the state where the business mode is set, only the notification by the application for which the notification is turned on is performed, and the notification by another application is not performed. Therefore, the user can set to receive only the notification by the necessary application without receiving the notification by the unnecessary application during work. Further, even if the notification by the application is restricted, the use of the application is not restricted, so that the convenience of the mobile terminal device 10 is not impaired.

<Modification 1>
In Modification 1, when the business mode is set and the notification by the application for which notification ON is not registered occurs, the control unit 21 displays the notification of the application by an image on the screen of the display unit 12. Display it in the upper status bar.

When the control unit 21 determines that the notification by the application has occurred and the notification ON by the application is not registered in the state where the business mode is set, the control unit 21 does not perform the notification by the sound generation unit 14 and the vibrator 15, For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a mark MK, which is an image for notifying that notification has been made by the application, is displayed on the status bar SB on the display unit 12. As a result, the user can know the presence or absence of the notification by the application for which the notification is turned off while the business mode is set.

<Modification 2>
In the second modification, a schedule indicating the date and time when the normal mode or the business mode is set is stored in the storage unit 18 in advance. The control unit 21 compares the current date and time measured by the clock unit (timer or the like) built in the control unit 11 with the schedule stored in the storage unit 18, and according to the schedule, the current date and time. The normal mode or the business mode is set according to. For example, the control unit 21 sets the normal mode or the business mode according to the contents stored as a schedule, such as working days and holidays. This can save the trouble of operating the business mode setting screen G3 as shown in FIG.

<Modification 3>
In Modification 3, in the state where the normal mode is set, the control unit 21 causes the display unit 12 to display each icon indicating all applications. Therefore, in this state, the user can use any of the applications by operating the touch panel 13. Further, when the business mode is set, the control unit 21 causes the display unit 12 to display only the icon of the application for which notification ON is registered. In this state, the user can use only the application for which notification ON is registered.

It should be noted that the configurations and processes of the above-described embodiments and modified examples described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8 are merely examples of the present invention, and the present invention is not intended to be limited to the configurations and processes.

Claims

A notification unit for notifying the user,
A storage unit that stores notification-on information indicating that notification by any application is permitted,
A control unit for operating the mobile terminal device in the normal mode or the business mode,
In the state where the normal mode is set, the control unit causes the notification unit to perform the notification operation when a notification is generated by the application for any of a plurality of applications, and the business mode is set. In the state where the notification is performed by the application, the notification operation by the notification unit is performed when the notification ON information about the application is stored in the storage unit. apparatus.
In the state in which the business mode is set, the control unit, even when the notification by the application is generated, if the notification ON information about the application is not stored in the storage unit The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the notification operation is not performed by the notification unit.
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit performs the notification operation by generating a notification sound or a vibration.
In the state where the business mode is set and the manner mode is not set, the control unit is in the case where a notification is generated by the application, and the notification ON information by the application is When stored in the storage unit, a notification sound is generated by the notification unit, the business mode is set, and the manner mode is set, the notification by the application is generated. The mobile terminal device according to claim 3, wherein the notification unit causes the vibration when the notification-on information by the application is stored in the storage unit.
Further equipped with a display unit,
In the state where the business mode is set, when the notification by the application is generated and the notification ON information by the application is stored in the storage unit, When a notification sound or vibration is generated by the notification unit and the notification by the application is generated and the notification ON information by the application is not stored in the storage unit, the notification unit notifies The mobile terminal device according to claim 3, wherein an image indicating the notification by the application is displayed on the status bar on the screen of the display unit without generating sound or vibration.
The storage unit stores a schedule indicating which of the normal mode and the business mode is set according to the date and time,
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit sets the normal mode or the business mode according to date and time according to the schedule stored in the storage unit.
Further comprising an operation unit operated by a user to instruct one of the normal mode and the business mode,
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit sets the normal mode or the business mode instructed by an operation of the operation unit.
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit does not restrict use of any of the plurality of applications regardless of whether the business mode or the normal mode is set.
Further equipped with a display unit,
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the notification unit to perform a notification operation, and simultaneously causes the display unit to display a screen for notifying a notification by the application.
Further equipped with a display unit,
The control unit causes the display unit to display a plurality of icons indicating each of the plurality of applications in the state where the normal mode is set, and the storage unit in the storage unit when the business mode is set. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein only the icon indicating the application in which the notification-on information is stored is displayed on the display unit.