JP2002281129A - Portable information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide portable information terminal for allowing a user to surely visualize moving image. SOLUTION: This portable information terminal is provided with a display means 20, a first case 9 having the display means 20, a second case 8 connected via connecting means 7 to the first case 9 capable of being displaced between a first state that the display part 20 is covered and a second state in which the display part is not covered, and a display control means 40 for controlling the display means 20 to start display of moving images when the second case 8 is displaced from the first state to the second state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable information terminal device, and is suitably applied to, for example, a portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional portable telephone, an arbitrary telephone number and a moving image corresponding to the telephone number are registered in advance, and when there is an incoming call from the registered telephone number, a ring tone is sounded. There is an image display apparatus having a moving image display function of displaying a corresponding moving image on a display unit to visually recognize an incoming call.

[0003] Furthermore, there is a foldable mobile phone having a first housing provided with a display portion and a second housing connected to the first housing so as to be openable and closable.

In this foldable portable telephone, the outer shape can be reduced by closing and folding the housing when the mobile phone is in standby or when being carried, and the display unit and various keys are protected by being covered with the second housing. At the time of use, the display unit, various keys, a speaker, a microphone, and the like are exposed by opening the housing so that a call can be made.

[0005]

However, when the above-mentioned incoming moving image display function is applied to a foldable portable telephone, the display of a moving image is started in response to an incoming call. At the time when is opened, a part of the moving image has already been displayed, and there has been a problem that the user cannot visually recognize the entire process of the moving image.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to propose a portable information terminal device capable of surely allowing a user to view a moving image.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a display means for displaying a moving image, a first housing having the display means, and a connection means connected to the first housing are provided. And a second housing displaceable between a first state in which the display unit is covered and a second state in which the display unit is not covered. By providing the display control means for controlling the display means so as to start displaying the moving image when the state is displaced, the user can visually recognize the entire process of the moving image.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Overall Configuration of Mobile Phone with Remote Control In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a mobile phone with a remote controller (hereinafter, referred to as a remote controller) according to the present invention as a whole. It comprises a remote controller 4 connected via a cable 3 and headphones 6 connected to the remote controller 4 via a headphone cable 5.

The mobile phone 2 is divided into a lower housing 8 and an upper housing 9 with a center hinge 7 as a boundary, and a foldable structure which is connected to be openable and closable via the hinge 7. have.

In the lower housing 8, a transmitting / receiving antenna 10 is attached to the upper right side on the back surface of the lower housing 8 so as to be able to be pulled out and housed. (Not shown) for transmitting and receiving radio waves.

The lower housing 8 is provided with a microphone 11 and a memo button 12 which can collect a user's voice during a call at the lower part of the surface, and the memo button 12 records the voice during the call. It is made to be able to do.

The lower housing 8 has operation keys such as numeral keys "0" to "9", a call key, a redial key, a call end and power key, a clear key, and an e-mail key at the center of the surface. 13 is provided, and above the operation key 13, there is provided a rotation pressing operator (hereinafter, referred to as a jog dial) 14 as an operation means capable of rotating operation and pressing operation, and further on both sides of the jog dial 14. Are the left soft key 15 and the right soft key 1 to which various commands are assigned according to the display contents of the display unit 20.
6, an operation key 13, a jog dial 1
4. By operating the left soft key 15 or the right soft key 16, various processes such as menu item selection, call processing, creation of e-mail text, data communication, and the like can be executed.

For example, the portable telephone 1 with a remote control is operated by turning the jog dial 14 by a user, and after a desired telephone number is selected from a telephone number list displayed on the display unit 20, the jog dial 14 is turned down. When the button is pressed inward of the side housing 8, the selected telephone number is determined and the calling process is automatically performed on the telephone number.

In the portable telephone 2, a lower housing 8 as a second housing and an upper housing 9 as a first housing are provided.
Are openably and closably connected, so that in a closed state (folded state), the display unit 20, operation keys, the jog dial 14 and the like provided on the surface of the housing are covered with each other to protect and carry. The size of the entire telephone 2 can be reduced.

The lower housing 8 has a battery pack (not shown) mounted on the back side thereof. When the power is turned on by operating the operation key 13, the battery pack is connected to the internal circuit block. It is configured to operate by supplying electric power and to be activated.

On the other hand, a camera section 17 as a rotatable imaging means is provided at the center of the upper end of the upper housing 9.
The imaging target can be imaged as desired via a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera 18 of the camera unit 17.

When the camera section 17 is positioned by being inverted by the user, a speaker 19 provided at the center on the back side of the camera section 17 is located at the front as shown in FIG. , Thereby switching to a normal voice communication state.

An LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is provided below the camera section 17 in front of the upper housing 9.
The display unit 20 includes menus corresponding to various functions, reception states of radio waves, remaining battery power, outgoing histories, incoming histories, e-mail texts, telephone directories, schedules, images, and the like. Any information can be displayed.

The upper housing 9 has a removable memory stick (Sony Corporation) on the upper right side of the upper housing 9.
(Registered trademark) 21 is provided.

The memory stick 21 is a kind of flash memory card developed by Sony Corporation, the present applicant, and is an electrically erasable and erasable non-volatile memory in an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable) in a small and thin plastic case. Programmable Re
ad Only Memory), and can write and read various data such as images, sounds, and music via a 10-pin terminal.

The memory stick 21 employs a unique serial protocol that can ensure compatibility with the equipment to be used even when the specification of the built-in flash memory is changed due to an increase in capacity or the like. [MB / S], high-speed performance with a maximum read speed of 2.45 [MB / S], and high reliability are secured by providing an erasure prevention switch.

Therefore, the mobile phone 1 with the remote controller is configured so that the memory stick 21 can be detachably inserted and used.
1 allows data to be shared with other electronic devices.

The memory stick 21 is of a standard type for recording and reproducing various data supplied to a flash memory device as it is, and a predetermined copyright for protecting the copyright of the various data supplied. There is a type with a copyright protection function (by the way, as a copyright protection function, there is a MagicGate (a trademark of Sony Corporation, etc.)).

The upper housing 9 is provided with a remote control jack 21 on the left side of the upper housing 9. When the remote control plug 3 A provided at the end of the remote control cable 3 is inserted, the portable telephone 2 A power supply voltage from a power supply unit in the portable telephone 2 is supplied to the remote controller 4 via the remote control cable 3, and various signals such as an incoming signal and a voice signal from the circuit board of the mobile phone 2 are transmitted to the remote controller 4 via the remote control cable 3. The output has been made.

The remote controller 4 has a built-in circuit board on which various circuit sections of the remote controller 4 are arranged inside a substantially cylindrical housing 24.

The housing 24 is provided with an incoming / outgoing call button 25 near the upper end of the front surface thereof.
A remote control side display section 26 made of LCD is provided below the end button 25, and information corresponding to various functions can be displayed on the remote control side display section 26.

On the right side of the housing 24, a transmission / reception stop button 27 for stopping the communication function of the mobile phone 2 and enabling only the music reproduction function, and a volume adjustment button for adjusting the volume of the headphones 6 are provided. 29, and a music adjustment function button 30 for performing bass emphasis, music repeat setting, and the like in the music playback mode.

Further, the housing 24 is provided with a remote control side jog dial 31 on the upper right side thereof. In the music play mode for playing back the music data stored in the memory stick 21, the remote control side jog dial 31 is provided. Fast-forward and fast-return are performed in accordance with the turning operation of, and playback and stop can be performed by pressing the remote control-side jog dial 31.

In the communication mode for exchanging audio signals with another portable telephone (not shown), the remote control jog dial 31 is connected to the remote control jog dial 3.
A telephone number is selected in response to the turning operation of No. 1 and the telephone number selected by the pressing operation of the remote controller side jog dial 31 is determined to automatically perform a calling process.

Incidentally, when the incoming / end button 25 is pressed in the communication mode, the communication mode is ended and the mode is switched to the music reproduction mode. It is possible to perform processing related to music reproduction of reproduction and stop.

The housing 24 is provided with a microphone 32 at the upper end of the housing 24 and a headphone jack 33 protruding rearward of the microphone 32.

The headphone jack 33 has a headphone plug 5 provided at the end of the headphone cable 5.
Headphones 6 are connected via A.

In the remote controller 4, its housing 24
A clip (not shown) is provided at a predetermined position on the back surface of the device so that the device can be used, for example, in a state of being sandwiched between a breast pocket of an outerwear.

Therefore, in the mobile phone 1 with the remote controller, the user can view the remote controller side display section 26 and easily perform various processes such as a calling process and a call termination process, and input a voice from the microphone 32. In addition, by outputting the voice of the communication partner using the headphone 6, it is possible to transmit and receive a voice signal to and from another mobile phone even when the mobile phone 2 is in a bag. ing.

(2) Circuit Configuration of Mobile Phone with Remote Control Next, the circuit configuration of the mobile phone with remote control 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Actually, in the mobile phone 1 with the remote control, the mobile-side external interface 4 of the mobile phone 2 is used.
6 and a remote control side external interface 6 of the remote control 4
1 is connected, and various kinds of information are exchanged between the mobile phone 2 and the remote controller 4.

Here, in the portable telephone 2, a CPU (Centra) that controls various functions of the portable telephone 2 in an integrated manner.
l Processing Unit) 40, a transmission / reception unit 42, an audio codec 43, a recording / reproducing unit 44, a memory stick interface 45, a portable external interface 46, and a memory 47 are connected via a bus BUS. A telephone directory list storing a telephone number and a registered image corresponding to the telephone number, schedule data used in a schedule function, and the like are stored. In addition, an open / close detector 4 for detecting the open / close state of the housings 8 and 9 of the mobile phone 1 with remote control is provided on the bus BUS.
9 is connected.

The CPU 40 of the mobile phone 2 is connected to an operation input unit 41 including a memo button 12, an operation key 13, a jog dial 14, a left soft key 15 and a right soft key 16 (FIG. 1), and a display unit 20. ing.

The CPU 40 of the mobile phone 2 transmits and receives various processing commands input via the operation input unit 41 and various processing commands supplied from the remote controller 4 via the mobile external interface 46. Call processing, call termination processing,
Various processes such as a music reproduction process or a music stop process are executed, and information corresponding to various process commands is displayed on the display unit 20.

Here, when a music playback command is supplied by a predetermined operation after the memory stick 21 (FIG. 1) for storing music data is inserted into the memory slot 22, the CPU 40 of the mobile phone 2 makes the music The data is read out via the memory stick interface 45 and the recording / reproducing unit 44, and is converted into an analog music signal by the audio codec unit 43, which is then output via the speaker 19 or the headphone 6.

The CPU 40 of the mobile phone 2 stores the data in the memory 4 in accordance with the instruction information input through the operation input unit 41.
7, a part of the telephone directory list is sequentially displayed on the display unit 20, and a calling process is performed for the selected telephone number.

In this case, the CPU 40 of the mobile phone 2
The audio signal collected by the microphone 11 or 32 is converted into audio data by the audio codec unit 43, modulated by the transmission / reception unit 42, and then transmitted to a base station (not shown) via the antenna 10.

The CPU 40 of the mobile phone 2 performs demodulation processing on the reception signal received via the antenna 10 in the transmission / reception section 42 and converts the resulting audio data into an analog audio signal by the audio codec section 43. This is output via the speaker 19 or the headphones 6.

By the way, when the transmission / reception unit 42 receives the incoming signal via the antenna 10, the CPU 40 of the mobile phone 2 notifies the incoming by sound via the speaker 19 or the headphone 6, and according to the incoming notification display process described later, Display unit 20 displays the registered image corresponding to the telephone number of the caller
To be displayed.

When the transmitting / receiving unit 42 receives an incoming signal via the antenna 10, the CPU 40 of the mobile phone 2
In response to this, an incoming call notification command is generated, and the portable side external interface 46 and the remote control side external interface 6 are generated.
1 to the CPU 60 of the remote controller 4.

The remote controller 4 is connected to the portable external interface 47 via a remote controller external interface 61, and the power supply voltage supplied from the portable telephone 2 via the remote controller external interface 61 is applied to the remote controller 4. It is supplied to the CPU 60 and each circuit block to operate.

Here, the CPU 60 of the remote controller 4 receives an incoming / outgoing call button 25, a transmission / reception stop button 27, a registration information search button 28, a volume adjustment button 29, a music adjustment function button 30, and a remote control jog dial 31 (FIG. 1). Remote control side operation input section 62 and remote control side display section 26
Is connected, and a transfer memory 64 composed of a non-volatile memory capable of recording various information transferred from the mobile phone 2 and capable of rewriting and erasing the recorded information is connected.

The CPU 60 of the remote controller 4 receives various processing instructions given through the remote controller side operation input section 62,
When various processing commands are supplied from the mobile phone 2 via the mobile-side external interface 46 and the remote-control-side external interface 61, information corresponding to the various processing commands is displayed on the remote-control-side display unit 26.

Further, the CPU 60 of the remote controller 4 can display an incoming call notification for notifying an incoming call on the remote control side display section 26 when an incoming call notification command is supplied via the remote control side external interface 61.

Thus, the remote controller 4 supplies various processing commands input via the remote controller side operation input section 62 to the CPU 40 of the mobile phone 2 via the remote controller side external interface 61 and the mobile side external interface 46 to thereby control the processing. It is possible to cause the mobile phone 2 to execute various processes such as a calling process, a call termination process, a music playback process, and a music stop process.

(3) Incoming Call Notification Display of Mobile Phone with Remote Control In addition to this configuration, the mobile phone with remote control 1 displays an arbitrary telephone number and an arbitrary registered image (for example, a face photograph) corresponding to the telephone number. If you register in the phonebook list and receive an incoming call from the registered phone number,
The corresponding registered image is displayed on the incoming notification screen 100 of the display unit 20.
(FIG. 4) to notify the user of the incoming call intuitively.

At this time, the mobile phone with remote control 1 performs a zooming display in which the registered image is gradually enlarged and displayed, thereby enhancing the visual effect given to the user.

That is, the mobile phone with remote control 1 displays the registered image 101 in a reduced size at the start of displaying the incoming call notification screen 100 (FIG. 4), gradually enlarges the registered image 101, and finally displays the entire registered image 101. (FIG. 5).

Here, the portable telephone with remote control 1 is formed so that the lower housing 8 and the upper housing 9 can be folded.
When the mobile phone with remote control 1 is in the folded state, the display unit 20 is concealed by the lower housing 8, so that even if zooming display is started in the folded state, the user cannot visually recognize it.

Therefore, when the mobile phone with remote control 1 is in the folded state when there is an incoming call, zooming display is started from the time when the mobile phone with remote control 1 is opened by the user. Thus, the zooming display is surely visually recognized by the user.

(3-1) Incoming Call Notification Display Processing Procedure Next, a processing procedure for executing the above-described incoming call notification display will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

The CPU 40 of the mobile phone with remote control 1
When the power is turned on, the process starts from the start step of the routine RT1 of the incoming call notification display processing procedure and moves to step SP1.

At step SP1, the CPU 40 as a display control means waits for an incoming call, and upon receiving the incoming call, proceeds to the next step SP2.

In step SP2, the CPU 40 sounds a pre-registered ringtone from the speaker 19, and proceeds to the next step SP3.

At step SP3, the CPU 40 refers to the telephone directory list and determines whether or not a registered image corresponding to the telephone number of the caller is registered in the telephone directory list.

If a negative result is obtained in step SP3, this means that the registered image corresponding to the telephone number of the caller is not registered in the telephone directory list, and the CPU 40 proceeds to step SP14 to perform processing. To end.

On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP3, this means that the registered image corresponding to the telephone number of the caller is registered in the telephone directory list, and the CPU 40 proceeds to step SP4. Move on to

In step SP4, the CPU 40 determines whether or not the housings 8 and 9 of the mobile phone with remote control 1 are in an open state based on the detection information supplied from the open / close detection section 49. If a positive result is obtained in step SP4, this indicates that the housing of the mobile phone with remote control 1 is in the open state, and the CPU 40 proceeds to step SP5.

In step SP5, the CPU 40 starts a display delay timer (not shown), and proceeds to the next step SP6.
Move on to The display delay timer allows the user to start the zooming display after a predetermined display delay time elapses (for example, two seconds) after the housing is opened, so that the user can use the display unit 20.
The zooming display is performed in such a state that can be visually confirmed.

In step SP6, the CPU 40 determines whether or not the user inputs a call operation for an incoming call. If a negative result is obtained in step SP6, this means that the call operation has not been input, and the CPU 40 proceeds to step SP7 to determine whether or not the display delay timer has timed out.

If a negative result is obtained in step SP7, this means that the display delay timer has not timed out and the display delay time has not elapsed, and the CPU 40 returns to step SP6.

On the other hand, if a positive result is obtained in step SP7, this means that the display delay timer has timed out and the display delay time has elapsed, and the CPU 40 proceeds to step SP8, where the display unit 20 The incoming notification screen 100 is displayed on the
1 is started gradually (FIGS. 4 and 5), and after the zoom display is completed, step S is performed.
The process moves to P14 and ends.

On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP6, this means that a call operation has been input by the user, and the CPU 40 proceeds to step SP6.
Then, the process proceeds to step SP8 to start the zooming display without waiting for the timeout of the display delay timer. After the zooming display is completed, the process proceeds to step SP14 to end the process.

If a negative result is obtained in step SP4, this means that the case of the portable telephone 1 with remote control is in the closed state, and the CPU 40 proceeds to step SP9.

At step SP9, CPU 40 determines whether or not the incoming call is continuing. If an affirmative result is obtained in step SP9, this indicates that the incoming call is continuing, and the CPU 40
Return to 4.

On the other hand, if a negative result is obtained in step SP9, this means that the incoming call has been disconnected, and the CPU 40 proceeds to step SP10.
The telephone number of the caller is stored in the memory 47 as the incoming call history, and the routine goes to the next step SP11.

At step SP11, the CPU 40
Based on the detection information supplied from the opening / closing detection unit 49, it is determined whether or not the housings 8 and 9 of the mobile phone with remote control 1 are in an open state. The process proceeds to SP12 to activate the display delay timer, and proceeds to the next step SP13.

At step SP13, the CPU 40
It is determined whether or not the display delay timer has timed out.
Move to P8.

In step SP8, the CPU 40 displays the incoming call history notification screen 110 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 on the display unit to notify the user that there is an incoming call, and gradually enlarges the registered image 101. Zooming display is started, and after the zooming display is completed, the process proceeds to step SP14 and ends.

(4) Operation and Effect In the above configuration, the C
When an incoming call is received, the PU 40 sounds a pre-registered ringtone from the speaker 19 and, if a registered image corresponding to the caller's telephone number is registered in the telephone directory list, displays this on the display unit 20. .

Here, the CPU 40 initially displays the registered image in a small size, and thereafter gradually enlarges the registered image to perform a zooming display, thereby enhancing the visual effect, thereby making the registered image more impressive to the user. Recognize

At this time, the CPU 40 detects the open / closed state of the mobile phone 1 with the remote control, and starts the zooming display after a predetermined display delay time has elapsed after the housing has been opened by the user, whereby the user can display the display unit. The zooming display is started in a state where the user can surely visually recognize the image 20, and the user is reliably made to recognize the entire process of the zooming display.

(5) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the incoming call notification of the telephone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The present invention may be applied to various incoming call notifications.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a foldable portable telephone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a flipper in which a part of a housing can be freely opened and closed. Type mobile phone, a slide type mobile phone with a part of the housing made slidable,
The present invention may be applied to various types of mobile phones.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the present invention is applied to portable telephone 1 with a remote controller. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a portable telephone having no remote controller or having a communication function is provided. PDA (Person
al Data Assitant) may be applied to various portable information terminal devices.

[0081]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an incoming call is received from a caller, the second housing is moved from the first state to the second state.
The display of the moving image is started when the display is displaced to the state described above, so that the user can reliably view the entire process of the moving image.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating an entire configuration of a mobile phone with a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an upper housing when a camera unit is rotated.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a mobile phone with a remote controller.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an incoming call notification screen.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an incoming call notification screen.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an incoming call notification display processing procedure.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an incoming call history notification screen.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of an incoming call history notification screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... mobile phone with remote control, 2 ... mobile phone, 4 ...
... remote control, 8 ... lower housing, 9 ... upper housing, 11 ...
... microphone, 19 ... speaker, 14 ... jog dial, 15 ... left soft key, 16 ... right soft key, 21 ... memory stick.

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A display means for displaying a moving image, a first housing having the display means, and a first state connected to the first housing via connection means and covering the display unit. And a second housing that can be displaced between a second state that does not cover the display unit, and that the moving image is displayed when the second housing is displaced from the first state to the second state. Display control means for controlling the display means to start display. 2. A communication device for performing communication with a predetermined transmission source, wherein the display control unit is configured to switch the second housing from the first state to the second state when receiving an incoming call from the transmission source. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the display means is controlled to start displaying the moving image when displaced. 3. The display control means according to claim 2, wherein said display control means starts displaying said moving image after a predetermined display delay time elapses after said second housing is displaced from said first state to said second state. 3. The portable information terminal device according to claim 2, wherein the portable information terminal device controls the means. 4. The display control means according to claim 3, wherein said display control means controls said display means to start displaying said moving image even before said display delay time elapses when a call for said incoming call is started. A portable information terminal device according to claim 1. 5. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the moving image is a moving image related to the transmission source. 6. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said display means displays an image related to said transmission source as a moving image by gradually enlarging said image.