JP2001345917A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone set for performing memory display during a period desired by a user by improving a memory display function. SOLUTION: A telephone set 100 stores the plural pairs of telephone numbers and names on a telephone directory 53 and when the input of the period to display the telephone directory from the user through a key part 70 is detected and reported to a CPU 51 by a key detecting part 54, the CPU 51 stores the relevant period in a setting storage part 52. When the display of the telephone directory is instructed from the user, the telephone directory is read out of the telephone directory 53 and the telephone directory is displayed on a display 60 for the period stored in the setting storage part 52 by an instruction to a display control part 56.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone, and more particularly to an improvement in a memory display function for displaying contents stored in a memory such as a telephone directory or a memo on a display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, most telephones have a memory display function. The memory display function stores information such as a telephone directory in which telephone numbers and names are associated with each other, information such as memos entered by a user, information such as e-mail and news received by communication in a memory inside the telephone, This function is displayed on the display according to the operation. Using this function, the user can make a call to the displayed telephone number or store it as a memo to check the contents at a later date.

In the conventional telephone, most functions including the memory display function are configured to terminate the function and return to the standby display when a user operation is not received within a predetermined period. I have. This is for the purpose of eliminating the inconvenience of having to perform an operation for ending when the user has finished using various functions, and is originally configured for the convenience of the user.

[0004]

However, this configuration may cause inconvenience in the memory display function. To give a specific example, when a memo is displayed and the user transcribes the memo by hand, or when the user checks an e-mail with a long sentence, the memo being displayed is not completely transcribed. Alternatively, before the e-mail is read, the display returns to the standby display after a certain period of time has elapsed. In such a case, the user has to perform the operation of displaying the memo or the e-mail again, and this operation is very troublesome for the user.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone which prevents the above-mentioned problems by improving the memory display function.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a telephone according to the present invention comprises a storage means for storing display information, and an obtaining means for obtaining, from a user, period information on a period for displaying the display information on a display. And when the user instructs to display the display information,
A display control unit that determines a period based on the period information, and causes the display to display display information stored in the storage unit over the determined period.

[0007] According to this configuration, the user can specify the period information relating to the period to the telephone, and display the display information on the display in the period determined based on the specified period information. Can be.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the mobile phone according to the embodiment. In FIG. 1, a mobile phone 100 includes a wireless communication unit 20 that performs wireless communication control via an antenna 10, a microphone 30 and a speaker 40 for performing a call, a control unit 50, and a display 60.
And a key unit 70.

The display 60 switches and displays a plurality of display screens under the control of the display control unit 56. As the types of display screens, there are a standby screen indicating that the terminal is in standby, a telephone directory screen displaying the telephone number and name registered in the telephone directory, and the like. The key unit 70 includes numeric keys from 0 to 9 used for dial operation, call keys used for outgoing and incoming operations, function keys for the user to call various functions, and selection of selection items in setting of various functions. Keys (up / down keys) used for searching the phonebook and phonebook,
An OK key for giving a determination instruction in setting of various functions to the telephone, a power key for turning on and off the power,
A search key (up / down key) used for searching for a telephone number and the like and a clear key for canceling various functions and operations are provided.

The control section 50 realizes a display period setting function which is a feature of the present invention. The display period setting function is a function that allows the user to freely select and set the period during which the telephone directory screen is displayed on the display 60 from several candidates having different periods. Hereinafter, a period during which the telephone directory screen is displayed is referred to as a display period. The control unit 50 also implements a telephone directory display function of displaying a telephone directory screen over a display period set by the display period setting function.

To realize the display period setting function and the telephone directory display function, the control unit 50 includes a CPU 51 and a setting storage unit 5.
2. It has a telephone directory 53, a key detection unit 54, a timer 55, and a display control unit 56. The setting storage unit 52 stores a display period set by the user. The telephone directory 53 stores a plurality of pairs of telephone numbers and names in association with registration numbers.

The key detecting section 54 detects a key operation of the key section 70 and notifies the CPU 51 of the operation. In particular, the key detection unit 54
Detects a series of operations indicating a display period change instruction from the user and notifies the CPU 51 of the sequence. The timer 55 is connected to the CPU 51
While the telephone directory screen is displayed on the display 60 under the control of, the elapsed time is measured.

The display controller 56 displays various display screens on the display 60 under the control of the CPU 51. The CPU 51 controls other components in the control unit 50 to perform a process for setting a display period by a user and a process for displaying a telephone directory. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a process for setting a display period. Steps 21, 22, 26, and 29 in the drawing show display screens displayed on the display 60 by the display processing of the CPU 51.

A screen 200 displayed on the display,
300, 400 and 500 shall be indicated. During standby, the CPU 51 instructs the display control unit 56 to display the standby screen 200 on the display 60 (step 21). As shown in the figure, the standby screen 200 displays pictographs indicating the radio wave state, pictographs indicating the remaining battery power, and the date and time. Note that the standby screen 200 shows a general display mode, but is not limited to this display mode.

While the standby screen 200 is being displayed, the key unit 7
0 function key is pressed, and then a function number for calling the display period setting function is pressed (step 2).
2), the key detection unit 54 detects this and notifies the CPU 51. Upon receiving the notification, the CPU 51 sets the display control unit 56
And the display period setting screen 300 is displayed on the display 60.
Is displayed (step 23).

When the user presses the OK key while the display period setting screen 300 is being displayed (step 25), the key detection unit 54 detects this and notifies the CPU 51. Upon receiving the notification, the CPU 51 instructs the display control unit 56 to display the display period setting screen 400 on the display 60 (step 26). As shown in the figure, on the display period setting screen 400, “10 seconds”, “30 seconds”, “60 seconds”
A list including a plurality of display period information such as "seconds" and "unlimited" is displayed. These pieces of display period information are candidates for allowing the user to select a display period. For example, the display period information “10 seconds” indicates that the standby screen is displayed after the telephone directory screen is displayed for 10 seconds from the time when the telephone directory screen is displayed. The display period information “unlimited” indicates that the telephone directory screen is continuously displayed without any restriction on the display period. However, regardless of the display period information,
When the clear key, the power-off key, the call key, etc. of the key unit 70 are operated, or when an incoming call is received, the display is switched from the telephone directory screen to another screen such as a standby screen.

In the list of the display period setting screen 400, "60 seconds" is highlighted and indicates that it is selected. An icon indicating the search key of the key unit 70 is displayed on the left side of the list, indicating that the selection of the display period information can be changed by pressing the search key of the key unit 70.
When the user presses the OK key while the display period setting screen 400 is being displayed (step 27), the key detection unit 54 detects it and notifies the CPU 51.

Upon receiving the notification, the CPU 51 writes 60 seconds, which is the display period information selected on the display period setting screen 400, into the setting storage unit 52 as the display period set by the user (step 28). More CPU
51 instructs the display control unit 56 to display a registration completion screen 500 on the display 60 to indicate to the user that the setting of the display period has been completed (step 29). CPU
51 displays the registration completion screen 500 for several seconds, and then instructs the display control unit 56 to display the standby screen 200.

As described above, the present mobile phone presents a user with a plurality of display period candidates and allows the user to select a desired display period from the plurality of display periods.
It is configured such that a user can easily set a desired display period. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process related to telephone directory display. Steps 30 and 32 in the figure show display screens displayed on the display 60 by the display processing of the CPU 51.

In step 30, the CPU 51 instructs the display control unit 56 to display the standby screen 20 on the display 60.
Display 0. When a telephone directory display operation is performed via the key unit 70 while the standby screen 200, which is the same screen as in step 21 of FIG. 2, is displayed (step 31), the key detection unit 5
4 detects the operation and notifies the CPU 51 of the operation. Here, as a procedure of the telephone directory display operation, for example, pressing a function key followed by pressing a predetermined function number to call a telephone directory display function, or registering a telephone number and name set Pressing a number or the like is a general operation procedure conventionally provided.

Upon receiving the notification of the telephone directory display operation, the CPU 5
1 instructs the display control unit 56 to display the telephone directory screen 600 (step 32). Display control unit 5 receiving instructions
6 displays on the display 60 a telephone directory screen 600 using the telephone number and name read from the telephone directory 53. At the same time as this display, the CPU 51 reads the display period information stored in the setting storage unit 52 (step 33).

The CPU 51 determines whether or not the read display period information is unlimited. If the display period information is not limited, the process proceeds to step 39, and if not, the process proceeds to step 35 (step 34). For example, in the example of FIG.
Since the display period information of seconds is stored, the CPU 51 determines that the display period information is not unlimited in the determination of step 34, and proceeds to step 35.

In step 35, the CPU 51 sets the timer of the timer 55 to 60 seconds and starts measurement. After the timer is set, when the key detection unit 54 detects the press of the call key and notifies the CPU 51 (step 36), the CPU 51 performs a calling process to the telephone number displayed on the telephone directory screen 600 (step 36). 3
8).

When the key detection unit 54 does not notify the detection of the press of the talk key, the key detection unit 54 detects that the standby recovery operation has been detected by the key detection unit 54 and notifies the CPU 51 of the operation, or 60 seconds after the timer is set. When the time has elapsed, the display control unit 56 is instructed to display the standby screen 200 on the display 60. Here, the standby return operation indicates a case where the clear key is pressed on the key unit 70 and a case where the power key is pressed.

In other words, in steps 35 to 37, until the 60 seconds set by the user have elapsed since the telephone directory screen 600 was displayed, unless the telephone key is pressed or the standby return operation is performed, the telephone directory screen 600 is displayed. 600 will continue to be displayed. On the other hand, in step 34, CP
When determining that the read display period information is unlimited, the U51 notifies the key detector 54 of the detection of the pressing of the call key (step 39), and the telephone number displayed on the telephone directory screen 600. Transmission processing is performed to the destination (step 38).

When the key detecting unit 54 does not notify the detection of the pressing of the talk key, the CPU 51 instructs the display control unit 56 when the key detecting unit 54 detects the standby return operation and notifies the CPU 51 (step 40). Then, the standby screen 200 is displayed on the display 60. In other words, when the setting is unlimited, the telephone directory screen 600
Is displayed, the telephone directory screen continues to be displayed regardless of the elapsed time of the display unless the call key is pressed or the standby return operation is performed.

As described above, the control unit 50 displays the telephone directory screen according to the display period set by the user. As described above, the mobile phone 100 according to the present embodiment presents a display period setting screen to the user and selects a desired display period so that the user can easily set a desired display period. Then, when displaying the telephone directory, the telephone directory is displayed over the display period selected by the user. Further, in this telephone directory display, the user can terminate the telephone directory display at an arbitrary timing by pressing the clear key and the power key, and pressing the call key to address the telephone number displayed on the telephone directory screen. Can also be sent.

Although the telephone according to the present invention has been described based on the portable telephone according to the above embodiment, the telephone is not limited to the above embodiment and may be as follows. (1) In the mobile phone 100 of the present embodiment, the telephone directory screen 100 includes a telephone number and a name. In addition to the telephone number and the name, telephone numbers such as an address, an e-mail address, a date of birth, and a place of work are provided. May be stored in the telephone directory 53, and the contents of the telephone directory 53 may be combined to form a telephone directory screen. As a combination, for example, there is only one name, one name and address, and a list of a plurality of names. (2) In the mobile phone 100 of the present embodiment, the display period setting function and the telephone directory display function are directed to the telephone directory, but need not be limited to the telephone directory. For example, the user can set a period during which such information is to be displayed for reception information received via wireless communication, input information input by a user, setting information indicating the setting status of various functions of the telephone, and the like. It may be configured to display such information for a set display period. Here, the reception information refers to a mail document and an image received by a character transmission service such as an E-mail or a P-mail, a news or a weather forecast received by using the information distribution service, and the like. The input information refers to a memo input by the user, a symbol representing an incoming melody created by the user, an image created by the user, a mail document and an image created by the user for sending an email, and the like. The setting information indicates to the user what various settings of the mobile phone, such as ring volume, ring tone, key operation sound, standby display screen type, answering machine, etc., are set. This is the information for making it work.
Any other information that can be displayed on the display may be used. (3) In the above (2), the user may set one display period for one of these pieces of information and display the information over the display period. A user may set a display period for each of a plurality of pieces of information, and display each piece of information over a display period set for the information. . With this configuration, the user can set different display periods such as, for example, 10 seconds for the telephone directory, 60 seconds for the reception information, and 30 seconds for the setting information, and each information is set to the information. Display period. (4) In the display period setting function of the present embodiment, the display period is set by presenting display period candidates to the user through the display period setting screen 400 and allowing the user to select one of the candidates. In addition, the display period candidates indicate the display period itself such as “10 seconds, 30 seconds, 60 seconds, and unlimited”.
Not limited to such a configuration, the following may be performed. (I) The display period candidates are “10 seconds, 30 seconds, and 60 seconds”.
Seconds, unlimited ", for example," 20 seconds, 30
Seconds, 40 seconds, 50 seconds, 60 seconds "or other values, or the number of candidates may be changed. (Ii) Instead of using the value indicating the display period itself as a candidate, the mobile phone 100 is configured to determine the display period according to a specific condition or situation at the time of display, and the user can display the display period according to any condition or situation. A configuration may be adopted in which some candidates are presented to select one to determine the period, and one is selected. The candidates include, for example, the following.
Determine the display period in proportion to the amount of information to be displayed, determine the display period in accordance with the time of display, and if the information to be displayed is a telephone number in the phone book, the number of past calls to that telephone number Alternatively, the display period is determined according to the number of incoming calls in the past, and the display period is determined according to the operation speed of the user.

The method is effective when the information to be displayed is information having different amounts of information, ie, different numbers of characters, such as received information such as e-mails and input information such as memos. In other words, the time required for the user to confirm the displayed information should be longer in proportion to the number of characters. Therefore, when the amount of display information is large, the display period is made longer than when the amount of display information is small. Can be prevented from failing to confirm.

In the case of such a configuration, the portable telephone 1
00 stores the amount of information for each piece of information to be displayed, calculates the display period based on the stored amount of information, and displays the calculated display period. Alternatively, the information amount may be measured at the time of display, and the display period may be determined based on the measured information amount. In, for example, a different display period may be set according to a time zone. More specifically, 9
If the time zone from 17:00 to 17:00, that is, the working time zone can be set to 10 seconds, and the other time zones can be set to 60 seconds, the user can confirm the received mail and the like outside the working hours. This is effective when the user wants to change the display period depending on the time zone, for example, it is possible to take a longer time than during the working hours.

In this case, the portable telephone 100 has a table in which time zones and display periods are associated with each other, and at the time of display, the time at that time is compared with the time zone of the table to read out the corresponding display periods. The configuration may be as follows. In the configuration, it may be configured to display for a longer time than a telephone number with a larger number of past calls or calls, or conversely, configured to be displayed for a shorter time with a larger number of past calls or calls. You may. For example, if a configuration is made such that a telephone number with a larger number of past calls or calls is displayed in a shorter period of time, the user can use a telephone number with a smaller number than a phone number with a larger number of calls or calls before that phone number. Since it is considered that it takes time to confirm the number because the number of times the number is viewed is small, it is effective because the display period is suitable for the time of the user's viewing.

In this case, the portable telephone 100 counts the number of outgoing calls or incoming calls for each outgoing or incoming call and stores it in correspondence with the telephone number, and also associates the range of the number of outgoing or incoming calls with the display period. To remember. When displaying the telephone number, first, the number of outgoing calls or the number of incoming calls corresponding to the telephone number is read, and then the display period corresponding to the read out number of calls or the number of incoming calls is read out. Is displayed.

In the configuration, for example, the display period is shortened when the operation speed of the user is high, and the display period is lengthened when the operation speed is low. Operation speed measurement
For example, the number of times a key such as a telephone number is pressed within a certain period may be counted, and the number may be regarded as a speed. You may consider it. The number of key presses within a certain period immediately before the display may be counted and regarded as the speed. The reason why such a configuration is effective is that it is generally considered that the operation speed is substantially proportional to the time required for visually observing the display information.

In this configuration, the mobile phone 100
Calculates the number of key presses of the user within a certain period, regards it as the operation speed, and determines and stores the display period according to the operation speed. Specifically, for example, 10
When 20 key operations are performed per second, the display period is set to 1
If the key operation is performed 10 times in 10 seconds with 0 second, the display period is determined as 20 seconds. Alternatively, the mobile phone 100 always counts the number of times a user presses a key within a certain period, regards it as an operation speed, and when a user instructs display of display information, calculates a display period from the operation speed at that time. It is determined, and the display information is displayed over the display period. (Iii) Instead of presenting and selecting display period candidates, the user may be able to make a key input of any desired display period. For example, when the user inputs “8” from the key unit 70 on the display period setting screen, the mobile phone 100 stores 8 seconds as a display period set by the user, and performs display for 8 seconds when displaying. With such a configuration, the user has a greater degree of freedom in setting the display period than when the user is presented with and selects a display period candidate. (5) In this embodiment, one display information is displayed at a time, but a plurality of display information may be switched and displayed at a time. For example, displaying the phonebook one or more at a time, scrolling received mails, displaying a plurality of received mails one by one, or displaying other information unrelated to the phonebook after displaying the phonebook For example, displaying received news and the like. (6) In the above (5), each time a plurality of pieces of display information is displayed, a timer for the display period may be reset to recalculate the display period, or a plurality of pieces of display information may be displayed during one display period. You may comprise so that it may be displayed. (7) In the present embodiment, the configuration is a mobile phone, but this configuration is not limited to a mobile phone,
The present invention may be applied to other types of telephones such as an answering machine and a PHS.

[0035]

According to the present invention, a storage unit for storing display information, an obtaining unit for obtaining period information on a period for displaying the display information on a display from a user, and when an instruction to display the display information is made by the user. And display control means for determining a period based on the period information, and displaying display information stored in the storage unit on a display over the determined period.

According to this configuration, the user can specify the period information relating to the period to the telephone, and the display information can be displayed on the display in the period determined based on the specification. is there. The storage means stores one or more pieces of display information, and the display information includes:
Telephone directory information consisting of a set including at least a telephone number and a name, reception information received by communication, input information input by the user, and any one of setting information indicating the setting status of various functions of the telephone, The obtaining unit obtains the period information for each display information stored in the storage unit from a user, and the display control unit is instructed by the user to display the display information stored in the storage unit. Then, a period is determined based on the period information corresponding to the display information, and the display information is displayed over the determined period.

According to this configuration, there is an effect that the user can specify the period information not only for the telephone directory but also for various display information such as reception information and input information.
The one or more period information includes a value representing the period, an instruction to determine the period in proportion to the information amount of the display information, an instruction to determine the period according to the time, and one set in the telephone directory information. At least one of an instruction to determine the period according to the past number of outgoing calls or incoming calls to the telephone number of the set and an instruction to determine the period according to the operation speed of the user. It is characterized by including.

According to this configuration, by using the value indicating the period as the display information, the user can directly specify the desired period of the user by directly inputting the value indicating the period such as 20 seconds or 30 seconds. . In addition, an instruction to determine the period according to the time, an instruction to determine the period according to the past number of outgoing calls or incoming calls to the telephone number of the set when displaying one set in the telephone directory information, The user can also instruct the telephone to determine the period according to the display conditions, conditions, and the like, such as an instruction to determine the period according to the operation speed of the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure for setting a display period.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when a telephone directory is displayed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 antenna 20 wireless communication unit 30 microphone 40 speaker 50 control unit 51 CPU 52 setting storage unit 53 telephone directory 54 key detection unit 55 timer 56 display control unit 60 display 70 key unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing display information, an obtaining unit for obtaining period information on a period for displaying the display information on a display from a user, and when an instruction to display the display information is made by a user. And a display control means for determining a period based on the period information and displaying the display information stored in the storage means on a display over the determined period. 2. The storage means stores one or more pieces of display information, wherein the display information includes at least telephone directory information including a set including a telephone number and a name, received information received through communication, and input by a user. The input information and the setting information indicating the setting status of various functions of the telephone. The obtaining unit obtains the period information from a user for each display information stored in the storage unit. When a user instructs to display the display information stored in the storage unit, the display control unit determines a period based on the period information corresponding to the display information, and displays the display over the determined period. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein information is displayed. 3. The one or more period information includes: a value representing the period; an instruction to determine the period in proportion to the amount of information of the display information; an instruction to determine the period according to the time; When one set of information is displayed, an instruction to determine a period according to the past number of outgoing calls or incoming calls to the telephone number of the set, and an instruction to determine the period according to the operation speed of the user. 3. A telephone according to claim 2, comprising at least one of the following.