CN1941980B - Mobile terminal supplying low power operation and driving method thereof - Google Patents

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CN1941980B
CN1941980B CN2006101524071A CN200610152407A CN1941980B CN 1941980 B CN1941980 B CN 1941980B CN 2006101524071 A CN2006101524071 A CN 2006101524071A CN 200610152407 A CN200610152407 A CN 200610152407A CN 1941980 B CN1941980 B CN 1941980B
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal with low power function and driving method thereof. The object is to drive only relative modules for call function or screen function by low power mode, and execute call or screen even under the status that the battery capacity is deficient. According to the cell phone with screen function, the present invention is characterized in including: a host module for control all action of the terminal when acting normally, it only drive high frequency module after setting the low power mode of the call function; a assistant memory for saving the low power guide program for the screen function; a multimedia module for receiving guide program for the host module and drive the liquid display screen part, the assistant memory, exterior memory and camera module when acting normally, and drive the liquid display screen part, camera module and screen relative keys of the key area by the guide program in the assistant memory when in the low power mode of the screen function.

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Portable terminal and driving method thereof with low power function
Technical field
The present invention relates to portable terminal, particularly relate to portable terminal and driving method thereof with low power function.
Background technology
Generally speaking, after mobile communication terminal (to call " mobile phone " in the following text) opening power, extremely the state that can make a phone call needs one section boot time.
So-called boot time is meant unlatching (ON) cellular phone power supplies and enters the required time of operate condition that can call.
General mobile phone guiding step is made of following several steps: behind the starting hand-set power supply, carry out the step of hardware initialization; Above-mentioned hardware initialization drives RF module, logic (Logic) module and LCDs (LCD) module after finishing simultaneously.The following describes these steps.
Under the cellular phone power supplies closed condition, if press power key, the then inner all hardware initialization of mobile phone.
Subsequently, the initialization of mobile phone internal hardware drives radio frequency (RF) module, liquid crystal display panel module, logic (logic) module (for example host module (MSM), Digital Signal Processing (DSP), keypad etc.) etc. after finishing simultaneously.
Above-mentioned RF module has searcher (Searcher), searches the base station, receives to send the information that needs, and registers cellphone information with this to the base station, and mobile phone can be conversed.
This mobile phone guiding action needed more than 10 seconds.
, generally speaking, mobile communication terminal has the characteristic that input can't drive voltage (or electric current) the back cut-out (Cut Off) of basic function.This is because to be lower than the performance that the power supply that cuts off voltage can't 100% ensures mobile communication terminal.
But if reality is only used part of functions, even also can move below general cut-out voltage, this realizes by low-power guiding (booting).
As shown in Figure 1, generally speaking, the mobile phone (to call " digital camera phone " in the following text) that is combined with digital camera is made of high-frequency model 110, host module 120, main storage 130, LCDs portion 140, multi-media module 150, additional storage 160, external memory 170, camera model 180 and keypad 190.
Above-mentioned high-frequency model 110 is generally born radio communication function.
Above-mentioned host module 120 is connecting high-frequency model 110, main storage 130, multi-media module 150 and keypad 190, all effects of action of performance control terminal.With regard to the CDMA terminal, this host module 120 can be made of the MSM chip.
The program that above-mentioned main storage 130 preservation operation terminal actions (conversation, data communication) are required and the data of terminal action generation.
Above-mentioned LCDs portion 140 is connected in multi-media module 150, and the image that the display terminal action produces is made of main liquid crystal display panel and auxiliary LCDs.This LCDs portion also can be made of organic light emitting display (OLED).
Above-mentioned multi-media module 150 is connecting host module 120, LCDs portion 140, additional storage 160, external memory 170 and camera model 180, the image that the processing terminal action produces.Multi-media module 150 with this function is handled with application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) (ASIC) formation by DSP or camera image.
Above-mentioned additional storage 160 is preserved the required program of image processing of above-mentioned multi-media module 150 and the data that image processing produces.
Above-mentioned external memory 170 is connected in multi-media module 150, as expanding memory operation, can be made of multiple memory (for example SD card, CD card, MS card etc.).
Above-mentioned keypad 190 and host module 120 mappings, the input and the specific function of performance literal, numeral, additional character are provided with required function.
The digital camera phone of Gou Chenging in case of emergency after the required low-power of operation camera function guides, having driven except that after all the other modules of high-frequency model 110, is converted to low power state like this.
In above-mentioned low-power guiding step, why do not drive high-frequency model 110, be because high-frequency model 110 power consumptions are more.
, but there are the following problems in the past,, need after the obsolete module of reality also enters opening, keep low power state starting the required low-power guiding initial stage of digital camera that is, therefore, shortened terminal service time.
That is, shortcoming in the past is, even the guiding of execution low-power, the obsolete module of digital camera action institute is also with the low power state action, and therefore, low power state can't last long.
Summary of the invention
The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of portable terminal and driving method thereof, converse or the camera function correlation module by only driving, thereby under the state of battery capacity deficiency, also can carry out urgency traffic or photography with low-power mode with low power function.
For achieving the above object, at the portable terminal that is equipped with camera function, feature of the present invention is to comprise following several sections: host module, when regular event, the driving of the whole modules of control terminal, after being provided with the low-power mode of call function, it only drives high-frequency model; Additional storage, the low-power of preserving camera function guides the program that needs; Multi-media module after being provided with the low-power mode of camera function, moves above-mentioned low-power boot, and the particular key of a drives camera module, LCDs portion and keypad is carried out photographs and handled.
And for achieving the above object, at the driving method of the portable terminal that has camera function, feature of the present invention is to comprise: confirm step, confirm whether to be set to the low-power mode of camera function; Actuation step if be provided with the low-power mode of above-mentioned camera function, then only drives multi-media module, liquid crystal display panel module, keypad and camera model; Switch process 1, the module converts that makes above-mentioned driving is the low power state of camera function; Switch process 2 if be provided with the photography action, is the module converts that drives with above-mentioned low power state the regular event state then.
And, for achieving the above object, driving method at the portable terminal that has camera function, feature of the present invention be comprise as: key in step, the key that is used for the low-power mode of camera function when key entry determines to be set to low-power mode, and the key that is used for the low-power mode of call function when key entry determines to be set to low-power mode; Confirm step, confirm whether to be set to low-power mode; Determining step if be provided with low-power mode, then judges it is the low-power mode of call function or the low-power mode of camera function; Switch process 1, the low-power mode of above-mentioned call function if the judgment is Yes, host module is converted to low power state after only driving high-frequency model and keypad; Switch process 2, the low-power mode of above-mentioned camera function if the judgment is Yes, multi-media module then after only driving liquid crystal display panel module, keypad and camera model, is converted to low power state.
At said method, another feature of the present invention is also to comprise a step: if be provided with low-power mode, then close the backlight of keypad.
At said apparatus and method, another feature of the present invention is: the low-power guiding is selected to move by the particular key input or the menu of keypad.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing the embodiment of the invention is elaborated, but not as a limitation of the invention.
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Fig. 1 is the pie graph of general digital camera phone;
Fig. 2 is the pie graph of the digital camera phone of the embodiment of the invention.
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Technology of the present invention constitutes main idea and will be elaborated in useful embodiment.In useful embodiment of the present invention, not only put down in writing concrete handling process and many specific details, and added accompanying drawing, help complete understanding the present invention.And, omitted the well-known function that may obscure main idea of the present invention and the detailed description of formation.
Fig. 2 is the mobile phone block diagram of the embodiment of the invention.As shown in the figure, it comprises high-frequency model 210, host module 220, main storage 230, LCDs portion 240, multi-media module 250, additional storage 260, external memory 270, camera model 280 and keypad 290.Above-mentioned keypad 290 shines upon with host module 220 under the regular event situation, under low-power action situation, under the control of multi-media module 260, only shines upon the photography relative keys.
The function that above-mentioned high-frequency model 210, LCDs portion 240 and camera model 280 are carried out is identical with the module of Fig. 1, therefore, omits its detailed functions explanation.
After being provided with the low-power mode that is used for call function, 220 of above-mentioned host modules drive high-frequency model 210.
Above-mentioned multi-media module 260 receives boot from host module 220 when regular event, drive LCDs portion 240, additional storage 260, external memory 270 and camera model 280.When being the low-power mode of camera function, the boot of utilizing above-mentioned additional storage 260 to have drives the photography relative keys of above-mentioned LCDs portion 240, camera model 280 and keypad 290.
That is, above-mentioned multi-media module 250 is equipped with self-guiding function, when regular event, receives boot from host module 220, operation guiding action.If the particular key operation by low-power mode option on the menu or keypad 290 is set to low-power mode, then utilize the boot of preserving in the additional storage 260, operation low-power guiding action.
Above-mentioned keypad 290 has the particular key that is used for the low-power guiding, and one is the key that is used for the low-power action of call function, and another is the key that is used for the low-power action of camera function.Though be only to import a key in the present embodiment, be used to carry out the low-power action, but, where necessary, also can make up a plurality of keys, in order to low-power mode to be set.
The following describes the action and the action effect of the embodiment of the invention that as above constitutes.
At first, behind the input power key, mobile phone carries out initialization under power down state, then, the boot of preserving in the host module 220 operation main storages 230 drives high-frequency model 210 and multi-media module 250, and boot is passed to above-mentioned multi-media module 250.
So multi-media module 250 operations drive LCDs portion 240, additional storage 260, external memory 270 and camera model 280 from the boot that host module 220 receives.
Then, according to user's key operation, host module 220 control high-frequency model 210 and multi-media modules 250, operation conversation or photography action.
In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, can under terminal power down state or current operate condition, press particular key, low-power mode is set.In addition, in an embodiment of the present invention, think when judging when battery capacity is not enough, also can select, low-power mode is set according to the particular key of menu selection or keypad 290 at operate condition.
, in embodiments of the present invention, the situation of low-power mode and the situation that low-power mode is set by menu input are set by particular key input, its low-power action is all identical, therefore, the situation of particular key input only is described.
At first, under power down state, if the user has imported the key of the low-power mode that is used for call function in keypad 290, then the low-power boot of preserving in the host module 220 operation main storages 230 only drives high-frequency model 210.
At this moment, multi-media module 250, LCDs portion 240, additional storage 260, external memory 270 and camera model 280 keep closed condition, and 290 of keypads are mapped to host module 220.
After this, host module 220 is converted to low-power mode, the state that maintenance can be made a phone call.
In addition, under power down state, if the user has imported the low-power mode that is used for camera function at keypad 290, then host module 220 and high-frequency model 210 keep closed condition, discern the low-power boot of preserving in the multi-media module 250 operation additional storages 260 of above-mentioned key input, LCDs portion 240 that only makes and photograph relevant and camera model 280 initialization drive then.
At this moment, keypad 290 has only the key relevant with camera function to be mapped to multi-media module 250, the closed condition that is in backlight.This is to drive and the required consumption of cell power supply of backlight drive in order to reduce unnecessary key.
It is backlight whether LCDs portion 240 can select to use, above-mentioned LCDs portion's 240 drivings main liquid crystal display panel or auxiliary LCDs.But, the situation that only drives auxiliary LCDs must be can show photographic image in the above-mentioned auxiliary LCDs function.
Then, multi-media module 250 is converted to low-power mode, waits for operation photography action.
On the other hand, above-mentioned useful embodiment of the present invention is illustrated, but the present invention is defined in the foregoing description, practitioner with the relevant relevant art field of the present invention general knowledge can carry out multiple modifications and changes to the present invention in the scope in inventive concept that does not surmount following claims record and field.
In sum, the present invention only drives the required module of call function or camera function after being provided with low-power mode, thereby even have under the not enough a little state of battery supply, also can move the function that needs, and improves user's effect easily.

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1. the portable terminal with low power function is characterized in that, comprising:
Host module, when regular event, the driving of the whole modules of control terminal;
Additional storage, the low-power of preserving camera function guides the program that needs;
Multi-media module, after the key of the low-power action that is used for camera function that utilizes keypad is provided with the low-power mode of camera function, move described low-power boot, the photography relative keys of a drives camera module, LCDs portion and keypad is carried out photographs and is handled.
2. the portable terminal with low power function is characterized in that, comprising:
Key input apparatus, it has been specified the 1st key of the low-power mode setting that is used for call function and has been used for the 2nd key of the low-power mode setting of camera function;
Host module, when the guiding of regular event, the driving of the whole modules of control terminal;
When being provided with low-power mode, then only drive high-frequency model and key input apparatus by described the 1st key input;
Additional storage, the required program of low-power guiding of preserving camera function;
Multi-media module when being provided with low-power mode by described the 2nd key input, then moves described boot, and the photography relative keys of a drives camera module, LCDs portion and keypad is carried out photographs and handled.
3. the portable terminal with low power function according to claim 1 is characterized in that, multi-media module is selected the action of operation low-power mode according to the key input or the menu of the low-power action that is used for camera function of keypad.
4. according to claim 1 or the described portable terminal of claim 2, it is characterized in that keypad only drives the photography relative keys when the low-power mode of camera function with low power function.
5. the driving method with portable terminal of low power function is characterized in that, comprising:
Confirm step, whether affirmation utilizes the particular key of the low-power guiding that is used for camera function of keypad to be set to the low-power mode of camera function;
Actuation step, when the low-power mode that is provided with described camera function, the photography relative keys of a multi-media module drives camera module, liquid crystal display panel module and keypad then;
Switch process 1, the module converts that makes the camera function of described driving is a low power state;
Switch process 2 when being provided with the photography action, is the module converts that drives with described low power state the regular event state then.
6. the driving method with portable terminal of low power function according to claim 5 is characterized in that, low-power mode is operated by the particular key that is used for the low-power guiding of menu selection or keypad and is provided with.
7. the driving method with portable terminal of low power function according to claim 5 is characterized in that, also comprises a step: if be provided with low-power mode, then close the backlight of keypad.
8. the driving method with portable terminal of low power function is characterized in that, comprising:
Key in step, the key that is used for the low-power mode of camera function when key entry determines to be set to low-power mode, and the key that is used for the low-power mode of call function when key entry determines to be set to low-power mode;
Confirm step, confirm whether be set to low-power mode, described low-power mode is the low-power mode of call function or the low-power mode of camera function;
Determining step when being provided with low-power mode, then judges it is the low-power mode of call function or the low-power mode of camera function according to being provided with;
Switch process 1 is the low-power mode of described call function when being judged as, and host module is converted to low power state after only driving high-frequency model and keypad;
Switch process 2 is the low-power mode of described camera function when being judged as, and then multi-media module is converted to low power state behind photography relative keys that only drives liquid crystal display panel module, keypad and camera model.
9. the driving method with portable terminal of low power function according to claim 8 is characterized in that, low-power mode is operated by the particular key that is used for the low-power guiding of menu selection or keypad and is provided with.
10. the driving method with portable terminal of low power function according to claim 8 is characterized in that, also comprises a step: when being provided with low-power mode, then close the backlight of keypad.
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