CN101325760A - Mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a mobile communication terminal with an interface thereof comprising a virtual function key area and could comprising a former display interface area of one windows mobile and a virtual function key area. An implement method of the virtual function key area comprises driving a load module and applying an interactive processing module. The invention enables Windows Mobile PPC Phone system to become more appropriate for more pixel dimensions of screens, specifically the widescreen size of 15: 9, 16: 9, etc.

Description

A kind of communication terminal

Technical field

The present invention is meant a kind of communication terminal, especially based on the Pocket PC mobile phone of Windows mobile platform.

The present invention is equally applicable to other the touch operating equipment based on Windows mobile platform.

Background technology

Windows CE is based on the general-purpose operating system of the electronic equipment exploitation of palmtop computer class, is that a kind of new operating system that core is developed at mobile device just is called with Windows CE---Windows mobile.

Windows mobile is the support multitask, has the operating system of powerful communication capacity and graphing capability, maximum characteristics are that the windows desktop that it is familiar with us has expanded to individual mobile device, on mode of operation and INTERFACE DESIGN, continued Windows operating system style substantially, so Windows mobile is applied in specialty and the business users at long last, satisfies user's office demand.Along with development of science and technology, cell-phone function is in continuous expansion, and mobile phone no longer is confined to the function of simple conversation and transmitting-receiving text, and becomes the personal entertainment communication terminal equipment gradually.Product before the Windows mobile more is to pay attention to commercial affairs, and the design aspect recreational is relatively weaker, and the interface alternation method that the present invention proposes can be improved the recreational and availability of existing operation interface.

What the Pocket PC mobile phone of Windows mobile system adopted at present is the mode of operation that screen touch and physical button formula combine, part operation needs screen and button to be used can to finish, like this will be inconvenient during one-handed performance, and satisfy the enough big screen size of demonstration needs of large information capacity, too much mobile phone physical button can restrict the specification of screen, but the function of these buttons again cannot be default.

Present Windows Mobile PPC Phone system only supports 4: 3 screen such as VGA, QVGA, and 15: 9 screen pixels size (480 * 800) of only a few customization, and along with the development of hardware technology, the screen pixels dimensions is enriched constantly, and the screen of widescreen specification such as 16: 9 becomes the trend of a development.Present Windows Mobile PPC Phone system requirements mobile phone must possess " answering ", the physical button of " hanging up ", for convenience of user's one-handed performance, " beginning (Start) " also advised increasing by system, " confirm (OK) " and the physical button of left and right sides soft key (SOFTKEY), to realize the specific function of software, and physical button has taken a large amount of usable floor areas, to handset size dwindle and the increase of screen size has produced negative influence, and the function of these physical buttons is to point out by set silk-screen icon, and silk-screen does not have the convertible ability that gets, so function singleness of these buttons, under some interface conditions, even there is not an actual functional capability, the lower virtually utilance of these buttons.In addition, the physical location of these physical buttons is relatively-stationary, and from the interactive mode angle, and the product-forming angle says, all makes product itself have certain limitation.

Solution provided by the invention is by the split screen alternant way, on the interactive interface of mobile phone, increase a virtual functions key range, in this zone, under different application operatings, provide different function and user experiences with quick and application function icon display commonly used.

Summary of the invention

For addressing the above problem, the present invention in this zone, under different application operatings, provides different function and user experiences with quick and application function icon display commonly used by increase a virtual functions key range on the interactive interface of mobile phone.

A kind of communication terminal provided by the invention is characterized in that comprising a virtual functions key range on described mobile communication terminal interface.

Described communication terminal is characterized in that comprising windows mobile original display interface zone and a virtual function key zone on described communication terminal interface.

Described communication terminal, its method that realizes the virtual functions key range comprises with lower module:

Drive load-on module;

Use the interaction process module;

Described communication terminal, it drives load-on module and may further comprise the steps:

Beginning;

Os starting;

Display driver begins to load;

Open two sections memory blocks, one section data that are used for storing from system, one section data that are used for storing from functional areas;

Application DMA transmission;

Described communication terminal, it is used the interaction process module and may further comprise the steps:

A system start-up is finished, and application program is in service;

B judges whether to need to change graphical interfaces, if not, returns steps A;

C: otherwise, image change in the system viewing area;

D: need to judge whether change below icon, if not, return steps A

E: otherwise the button display application is made an amendment icon

F: icon changes in the icon display zone

G: end of run

Beneficial effect of the present invention is to allow Windows Mobile PPC Phone system adapt to the Pixel Dimensions specification of more screen, the screen specification of widescreen such as especially 15: 9,16: 9

The present invention simultaneously improves the availability of this system by the software interactive functional areas of a flexibility and changeability are provided for the user.Because functional areas are by the software control displaying contents, so the developer can be according to mutual needs, and the display message in the domain transformation neatly is to realize abundanter and more easy to identify and easy-to-use software function.For example, when original physical button has certain concrete function, show and its identical functions icon, and do not have under the interface conditions of concrete function at some original physical button, utilize this zone to show that some has the shortcut icon of actual functional capability (contact person, short message service, media player, IE browser etc.), to improve user's service efficiency.In addition,, can also develop the plug-in unit (as Program Manager etc.) of some function aspects at functional areas based on the opening of Windows Mobile system, thus the added value in enhanced feature district.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is based on the communication terminal schematic diagram of Windows Mobile PPC Phone system in the prior art.

Fig. 2 is a module diagram of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of the perpendicular screen state of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the horizontal screen state of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is the flow chart of the specific embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiment

For addressing the above problem, the present invention is by increasing a virtual functions key range on the interactive interface of mobile phone, be on the basis that does not change original Windows Mobile system, screen portions beyond the territory, system control area is handled, (annotate: on the mobile phone that windows mobile system supports by split screen is mutual, display screen is distributed, system only takies a part of viewing area in the middle of the screen, viewing area 1 as shown in Figure 2, and the specific interactive interface beyond the remaining areas display system, virtual functions key range 2 as shown in Figure 2, this zone can to system with interior interactive portion play a part one auxiliary, with the deficiency of the mutual aspect of resolution system self, and then improve ease for use.Two different zones on a hardware screen, have been divided because be, different functions is finished in different zones, therefore it is mutual to be called split screen) method, on interface (UI), divided a virtual functions key range 2 (being designated hereinafter simply as functional areas) and realized abundanter mutual method.Functional areas 2 can be used for putting display screen with more usable floor area in order to replace original functional entity button, thereby when increasing the screen physical size, effectively control the increase of mobile phone physical size.

In these functional areas 2, under different application operatings, provide different function and user experiences with quick and application function icon display commonly used.

The system that realizes the function that aforesaid split screen is mutual comprises two modules, drives load-on module and uses the interaction process module.After system begins, the os starting 501 of system;

Display driver begins to load 502;

Simultaneity factor is opened the memory block, wherein distributes one section memory block to be used for storing data 503 from system, distributes one section memory block to be used for storing data 504 from functional areas;

Application DMA (direct memory access) transmission 505;

After system start-up is finished, application program in service 506;

Operating system judges whether to need to change graphical interfaces, if not, after the retrieval system startup is finished, application program in service 506;

Otherwise image change 508 in the system viewing area;

System judges whether the icon of needs change functional areas according to the variation of application program, if not, after turning back to system start-up and finishing, application program in service 506 these steps;

Otherwise the button display application makes an amendment 510 to icon;

Icon changes 511 in the icon display zone;

End of run 512.

The present invention can allow the user according to different its display position concrete on screen of occupation mode conversion such as screen anyhow, to adapt to user's use habit of bimanualness when one-handed performance and horizontal screen when the perpendicular screen respectively, thereby improve the ease for use in user's use, its interface schematic diagram as shown in Figure 4.

Front and following disclosure concentrate on and disclose several embodiment, but disclosedly only illustrate, and are not interpreted as limitation of the present invention.This paper embodiment concentrates the example explanation for Pocket PC mobile phone, but it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be applied in the touch operating equipment of utilization Windows Mobile platform.

The above only is a preferred implementation of the present invention; should be pointed out that for those skilled in the art, under the prerequisite that does not break away from the principle of the invention; can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications also should be considered as protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (5)

1, a kind of communication terminal is characterized in that

On described mobile communication terminal interface, comprise a virtual functions key range.

2, communication terminal according to claim 1 is characterized in that comprising windows mobile original display interface zone and a virtual function key zone on described communication terminal interface.

3, communication terminal according to claim 2, its method that realizes the virtual functions key range comprises with lower module:

Drive load-on module;

Use the interaction process module;

4, communication terminal according to claim 3, it drives load-on module and may further comprise the steps:

Beginning;

Os starting;

Display driver begins to load;

Open two sections memory blocks, one section data that are used for storing from system, one section data that are used for storing from functional areas;

Application DMA transmission;

5, communication terminal according to claim 3, it is used the interaction process module and may further comprise the steps:

A system start-up is finished, and application program is in service;

B judges whether to need to change graphical interfaces, if not, returns steps A;

C: otherwise, image change in the system viewing area;

D: need to judge whether change below icon, if not, return steps A

E: otherwise the button display application is made an amendment icon

F: icon changes in the icon display zone

G: end of run

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