JP2002297288A - Information selecting method and portable information terminal equipment and information selection processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily and efficiently select one information from a plurality of information displayed at a display device in portable information terminal equipment. SOLUTION: In a portable terminal 1, a plurality of icons displayed at a display device 16 are assigned to a plurality of button switches of the portable terminal 1 according to a button fixing mode or a button valid use mode, and the icons and the corresponding buttons are displayed so as to be linked to each other. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp which icon can be selected from the respective button switches, and to easily and efficiently select one icon from those icons.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information selection method, a portable information terminal device, and an information selection processing program capable of selecting one piece of information from a plurality of pieces of information displayed on a display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable information terminal devices (hereinafter referred to as "portable terminals") have been used for various purposes. For example, a mobile terminal is used for sending and receiving Internet mail or dedicated mail (a mail limited to a specific model or a specific network subscriber), receiving local information transmitted to a specific area, or using a telephone. Has been done.

[0003] Here, the number of keys or buttons for inputting information is generally limited in a portable terminal, and one piece of information (for example, an instruction to transmit Internet mail) is made from a plurality of pieces of information displayed on a screen. Icon) is a problem. As a conventional example of such a method, there is a method described in JP-A-01-169526. According to this method, the plurality of options displayed on the display device are sequentially changed to a predetermined display state,
When a desired option is changed to a predetermined display state, the user presses a button on the portable device to select the information.

[0004]

However, in such a selection method, there is always one selectable option, and even if the user wants to immediately select a specific option, that specific option is displayed in a predetermined display state. And had to wait until it became selectable. Therefore, there has been a problem that the process of selecting one option from a plurality of options is inefficient.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily and efficiently select one piece of information from a plurality of pieces of information displayed on a display device in a portable information terminal device.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 includes a plurality of selecting means (for example,
Display means (for example, FIG.
An information selection method for selecting one piece of information from a plurality of selection target information (for example, each icon displayed on the display device 16 in FIG. 1) displayed on the display device 16). Each of the selection means can identify and display the relevance to predetermined selection target information, and when a specific one of the plurality of selection means is operated, the selection means identifies the relevance. The displayed selection target information is selected.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable information terminal device comprising a selection means for receiving an instruction input for selecting one piece of information from a plurality of pieces of selection target information displayed on the display means. The selection means includes identification display means (for example, the multicolor LED 11a-3 in FIG. 2) for identifying and displaying the relevance to predetermined selection target information. It is characterized in that selection target information whose relevance is identified and displayed by the display means is selected.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the portable information terminal device according to the third aspect, further comprising a plurality of the selection means, each of which is associated with predetermined selection target information. When a specific selection means among the plurality of selection means is instructed and input, the selection means selects the selection target information for which the relevance is identified and displayed.

Further, according to the present invention, there is provided a portable information terminal apparatus having a selection means for receiving an instruction input for selecting one piece of information from a plurality of pieces of selection target information displayed on a display means. An information selection processing program, wherein the selection means realizes an identification display function for identifying and displaying relevance to predetermined selection target information, and when the selection means receives an instruction, the relevancy is determined by the identification display function. Causes the portable information terminal device to implement a function of selecting the selection target information identified and displayed.

The invention according to claim 14 is the first invention.
3. The information selection processing program according to claim 3, which is an information selection processing program for a portable information terminal device having a plurality of said selection means, wherein each of said plurality of selection means has a relationship with predetermined selection target information. An identification display function for performing identification display is realized, and when a specific selection unit of the plurality of selection units is instructed and input, the selection unit has a function of selecting selection target information that identifies and displays the association. This is realized by the portable information terminal device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the information selecting method according to the first aspect, wherein the selecting means and the predetermined information to be selected are displayed in a common display mode (for example, display color, blinking cycle, etc.). By doing so, the relevance is identified and displayed. The invention according to claim 5 is the portable information terminal device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the identification display means is configured to display the predetermined selection target information in a display mode common to the predetermined selection target information. It is characterized by displaying the relevance with the ID.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the portable information terminal device according to the fifth aspect, wherein the common display mode flashes and displays at the same cycle. The invention according to claim 7 is the same as the invention according to claim 5.
3. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the common display mode is a display using the same color.

[0013] The invention according to claim 8 is the portable information terminal device according to any one of claims 4 to 7, wherein the setting means for setting a priority order to the plurality of pieces of selection target information (for example,
CPU 13 and information priority table 14b in FIG. 2)
Allocating means for allocating each of the plurality of pieces of selection target information and selection means for identifying and displaying the association with the selection target information based on the priority order (for example, the CPU 13 and the icon- And a button assignment table 14d).

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the portable information terminal device according to the eighth aspect, the allocating means is configured so that the selection target information set up to a predetermined priority is unique to the selecting means ( For example, buttons 111 and 112 in FIG. 5)
, And the other selection target information is assigned to the predetermined selection means (for example, the button 113 in FIG. 5) in an overlapping manner.

[0015] The invention according to claim 10 is the invention according to claim 8.
The portable information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the allocating unit includes:
Of the plurality of pieces of selection target information, a predetermined number of pieces of the selection target information having the higher priority (for example, an icon of information having the highest relative priority in FIG. 7) are provided by predetermined selection means (for example, FIG. 7). Button 111), and other selection target information (for example, the icon of the information having the second or lower relative priority in FIG. 7) is assigned to the predetermined selection means (for example, button 112 in FIG. 7). It is characterized by overlapping assignment.

In the ninth and tenth aspects of the present invention, the selection target information redundantly assigned to the predetermined selecting means has a display mode in which the information is sequentially identified and displayed by time division, for example. According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the portable information terminal device according to the ninth or tenth aspect, wherein the selection target information, which is repeatedly assigned to the predetermined selecting means, is set to a state capable of being selected in a time division manner. It is characterized by further comprising a control means (for example, the CPU 13 of FIG. 2).

The invention according to claim 12 is the first invention.
1. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the selection control means sequentially displays each of the selection target information redundantly assigned to the predetermined selection means in a display mode common to the predetermined selection means (for example, , The display color, the blinking cycle, etc.) to make it selectable, and the other selection target information (for example,
Icons 143, 1 at t = t60 to t61 in FIG.
44) is set in a display mode having a lower commonality with the predetermined selection means (for example, the display color is the same, and the display state is set to a lighting state, etc.), so that selection is impossible.

According to the present invention, each of a plurality of selection means can easily grasp which selection target information has relevance, and one information can be easily selected from the plurality of selection target information. And it becomes possible to select efficiently.
According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the information having the higher priority can always be selected by the specific selecting means, so that the processing efficiency at the time of selecting the information having the higher priority is improved.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, among the information to be selected displayed on the display device, the information having the highest priority can always be selected by a specific selecting means. In addition, the operation of selecting information having a high degree of complexity can be simplified, and the selection means can be used efficiently. According to the eleventh and twelfth aspects of the present invention, when selecting one of a plurality of pieces of selection target information that is repeatedly assigned to one selection means, the user first selects a target selection target. The selection means to which the information is assigned (ie,
In the twelfth aspect, attention is paid to the selection means which is a display mode having lower commonality, and then, the target selection target information is focused on, and the selection is made by time division (ie, In the twelfth aspect, the target selection target information can be selected by inputting an instruction in the case where the display mode is common to the selection means), so that the convenience in information selection is improved. I do.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a portable terminal 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the mobile terminal 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the mobile terminal 1. 1 and 2, the mobile terminal 1 includes an input unit 11, a button switch unit mounting unit 12, a C
PU 13, memory 14, display device controller 15
, A display device 16 and a mobile phone connection unit 17.

The input section 11 includes a button switch unit 11a for inputting a signal to the portable terminal 1, and the like. The button switch unit 11a and the like are mounted on the button switch unit mounting section 12. That is, the input unit 11 includes one or two detachably configured
By mounting one or more button switch units, it functions as an input device. And the input unit 11
An input signal from the button switch unit is output to the CPU 13.

Here, the configuration of the button switch unit will be described using the button switch unit 11a as an example. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the button switch unit 11a. In FIG. 3, the button switch unit 11a includes a button portion 11a-1 and a cover 11a-2.
And multi-color LED (Light-Emitting Diode) 11a-
3, the base 11a-4, and the switch mechanism 11a-5
And the LED external contact 11a-6 and the button switch external contact 11a-7.

When the button section 11a-1 is pressed, the button switch unit 11a causes the
-4, an electric signal is input, and the signal is output to the CPU 13 from the button switch external contact 11a-7 connected to the base 11a-4. Further, the button switch unit 11a is configured to cause the multicolor LED 11a-3 to emit light in a predetermined mode according to a control signal input from the CPU 13 via the display device controller 15.

The illuminant provided in the button switch can be constituted by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) element, or the like, in addition to the LED. The button switch unit attachment section 12 is configured to be detachable with the button switch unit 11a and the like, and forms the input section 11 by attaching the button switch unit 11a and the like. In FIG. 2, the button switch unit mounting portion 12 to which the button switch unit is not mounted includes:
This shows a state where the cover is attached.

The CPU 13 controls the entire portable terminal 1 and reads and executes programs related to various processes stored in the memory 14 in accordance with various instruction signals input from the input unit 11. The CPU 13 executes an icon-button assignment processing program when the execution of the icon-button assignment processing (described later) is instructed. Then, the CPU 13 stores the processing results of executing the various programs in a predetermined table of the memory 14 described later or causes the display device 16 to display the results.

The memory 14 is composed of a nonvolatile semiconductor memory such as a flash ROM, and includes a user setting table 14a, a reception information priority table 14b,
It stores a highlighting method table 14c and an icon-button assignment table 14d. And memory 1
4 stores the processing results of the icon-button assignment processing and the various processing for controlling the mobile terminal 1 in these tables.

Here, each table stored in the memory 14 will be described. The user setting table 14a is a table that stores the number of button switch units mounted on the input unit 11. Since the number of button switch units required is appropriately mounted by the user, the mobile terminal 1 starts the input unit 1 at the time of startup (when power is turned on).
Recognize the number of button switch units mounted on the unit 1 and store the recognized number in the user setting table 14a. Further, the user setting table 14a includes priority information of the button switch (hereinafter, referred to as “button priority”) input by the user and identification information indicating which one of a button fixed mode and a button effective use mode to be described later is selected. Is stored.

The reception information priority table 14b is a table that stores the priority of each information item whose icon is displayed on the display device 16 (hereinafter referred to as "information priority order"). , Input by the user. The highlighting method table 14c is a table that stores a display mode when an icon displayed on the display device 16 and a button switch are linked (a case where the association between the icon and the button switch is identified and displayed). Specifically, it stores the length of time during which each icon switches between the selected states, the order in which the icons are selected, the frequency of the selected states, the number of blinks, the display color, and the like.

Icon-button assignment table 14d
Stores the assignment of each icon and button switch set by the icon-button assignment process described later. The display device controller 15 displays icons associated with various information and predetermined information (such as a message for the user) on the display device 16 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 13, and displays an LED of each button switch unit.
Is emitted in a predetermined mode (for example, period, color, etc.).

The display device 16 is composed of a color liquid crystal display cell of a dot matrix type, an EL element, or the like, and displays icons and predetermined information associated with various information in accordance with a signal input from the display device controller 15. . Note that, for example, when the mobile terminal 1 receives Internet mail, an icon for instructing browsing of Internet mail is displayed on the display device 16, or when a mobile phone is received, the display of the mobile phone is displayed. An icon indicating the receiving process is displayed,
When the mobile terminal 1 enters a receivable area of the area information transmitted toward a specific area, an icon for instructing reception of the area information is displayed. The mobile phone connection unit 17 is an interface for connecting the mobile phone device and the mobile terminal 1, and the mobile terminal 1 can communicate with the mobile phone 1 by connecting the mobile phone device.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the button fixing mode and the button effective use mode will be described. The button fixing mode is a mode in which a button switch is fixedly assigned to an icon corresponding to information having a high information priority. That is, in the button fixed mode, when a plurality of selectable icons are displayed, a specific button switch is always assigned to the icon with the higher information priority,
One button switch is collectively assigned to icons with low information priorities. Therefore, the user can always select the icon indicating the information with the higher information priority with the fixed button switch.

In the button fixed mode, the display device 1
The information priority is referred to for the information corresponding to the icon displayed in No. 6, and the button switch is fixedly assigned based on the information priority. For example, if the number of button switches is x
If the number is "1", the button priority order is "1" to "x-1".
The icons with information priorities "1" to "x-1" are assigned to the button switches up to 1 respectively. The icons corresponding to the information having the information priority of “x” or less are collectively assigned to the button switches having the button priority of “x”.

Next, the button effective use mode is a mode in which a button switch having a higher button priority is dynamically assigned to an icon of information having a higher information priority among information (icons) which can be selected at present. . That is, in the button effective use mode, when a plurality of selectable icons are displayed, among the currently selectable information (icons), the icon having the higher information priority is sequentially assigned to the button switch having the higher button priority. , And one button switch is collectively assigned to the icons having the lower information priority. Therefore, the user can often select a desired icon only by operating a button switch having a higher button priority, and the processing efficiency in selecting the icon is increased.

In the button effective use mode, the information corresponding to the icons displayed on the display device 16 is referred to as the information priority, and the button switches are dynamically assigned based on the information priority. For example, if the number of button switches is x and the number of icons displayed on the display device 16 is y
, And “1, 2, 3,...” In descending order of the information priority of currently selectable icons, and (x−1) buttons in descending order of button priority. (X-1) icons are assigned to the switches in a one-to-one order in descending order of information priority. The icons corresponding to the information having the information priority of x-th or less are collectively assigned to the button switches having the button priority of “x”.

In the button effective use mode,
When one of the icons of the information with the higher information priority is not displayed (cannot be selected), the icon of the information with the information lower in priority than that information is sequentially moved up by the assigned button switch. That is, if the button priority of the button switch to which the icon that is not displayed is assigned is “z”, the icons assigned to the button switches having the button priority of “z” or less are The button switch is assigned to the button switch having the button priority of “1” higher. At this time, with respect to the icons assigned to the button switch having the button priority "x", the icon having the highest information priority among the icons is assigned to the button switch having the button priority "x-1". Other information icons
The button switch with the button priority “x” is assigned as it is.

It is assumed that the user inputs whether the button switch is to be assigned in the fixed button mode or the button effective use mode. Next, the icon-button assignment processing will be described.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the icon-button assignment processing executed by the CPU 13. In the description of FIG. 4, the symbols (“x”, “y”, etc.) used in the description of the button fixing mode and the button effective use mode are used.

In FIG. 4, when the icon-button assignment process is started, first, the CPU 13
To access the user setting table 14a (step S1). Next, the CPU 13 reads out the number of currently installed button switch units from the user setting table 14a (step S2), and furthermore,
It is determined whether or not the button fixing mode is set in the user setting table 14a (step S3).

If it is determined in step S3 that the button fixing mode is set, the CPU 13 receives an input of the information priority from the user (step S3).
4), refer to the reception information priority order table 14b (step S5). Next, the CPU 13 reads the information priority of the information for displaying the icon on the display device 16 from the reception information priority table 14b (step S6).

Next, the CPU 13 determines whether or not the information priority read at step S6 is equal to or higher than "x-1" (step S7), and the information priority read at step S6 is "x--1". If it is determined to be 1 "or more, the highlighting method table 14c is referred to (step S8). Then, the CPU 13 displays the icon of the information to be displayed in association with the corresponding button switch (the button switch assigned in the button fixing mode) (described later) based on the display mode shown in the highlighting method table 14c (step). S9).

Further, the CPU 13 stores the correspondence between the icons and the button switches set in step S9 in the icon-button assignment table 14d (step S10), and ends the icon-button assignment processing. If it is determined in step S7 that the information priority read out in step S6 is less than "x-1", the CPU 13 refers to the highlighting method table 14c (step S11).

Then, based on the display mode shown in the highlighting method table 14c, the CPU 13 displays the icon of the information to be displayed in association with the button switch having the button priority "x" in an interlocked manner (step S13). S1
2). Then, the CPU 13 proceeds to the process of step S10. If it is determined in step S3 that the button fixing mode is not set, the CPU 13 determines that the button effective use mode is set, and receives an input of the information priority from the user (step S1).
3), refer to the reception information priority order table 14b (step S14).

Next, the CPU 13 reads out the information priority of the information for displaying the icon on the display device 16 from the reception information priority table 14b, and the information priority indicates the information priority of the information for displaying the icon on the display device 16. It is calculated whether the information priority is second highest (step S1).
5). Next, the CPU 13 determines whether or not the height of the information priority calculated in step S15 (hereinafter, referred to as “relative priority”) is “x−1” or more (step S16). If it is determined that the relative priority is “x−1” or more, the highlighting method table 14c is referred to (step S17).

Then, the CPU 13 switches the icon of the information to be displayed to the corresponding button switch (the button switch assigned by the button effective use mode) based on the display mode shown in the highlighting method table 14c.
(Step S18), and the process proceeds to step S10. The CPU 13 generates the information to be displayed every time (for example, when a mobile phone receives an incoming call and displays an icon for reception processing of the mobile phone).
Then, the above-described icon-button assignment processing is executed, and for each piece of information, it is determined to which button switch the corresponding icon is assigned.

As a result of the execution of the icon-button assignment processing, the button switches and the icons are displayed in conjunction with each other as follows. 5 to 7 are diagrams showing the correspondence between icons and button display modes in the case of interlocking display. FIGS. 5 and 6 are diagrams showing the case of the button fixed mode, and FIG. It is a figure showing the case of a mode. 5 to 7, “icon” indicates each icon associated with the information to be displayed, and “button” indicates a button switch mounted on the mobile terminal 1. The horizontal axis represents time t.

FIG. 5 shows that, in the button fixing mode, icons 141 to 144 are displayed on the display device 16 and the number of button switches of the portable terminal 1 is set to three of the buttons 111 to 113.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the icon and the display mode of the button when the number is one. In FIG. 5, the button 111 has an icon 141, the button 112 has an icon 142, a button 11
3 are assigned icons 143 and 144, respectively. An icon 141 and an icon 142 are always assigned to the button 111 and the button 112, respectively, and the button and the icon are always in the same display mode (display color, blinking cycle, etc.).

On the other hand, the icon 143 and the icon 14
4 is assigned to the button 113 in a time sharing manner. That is, when the icon 143 is assigned to the button 113, the button 113 has the same display mode as the icon 143 (for example, time t = t50 to t51), and the button 11
When the icon 144 is assigned to the button 3, the button 113 has the same display mode as the icon 144 (for example, time t = t51 to t52). Here, while the icons 143 and 144 are not assigned to the button 113, the icons 143 and 144 have a display mode different from that of the button 113 (a different blinking cycle or the like). However, even when the icons 143 and 144 are not assigned to the button 113, the icon 14
The icons 143 and 144 are lit in the same display color as the button 113 to identify that information corresponding to the buttons 3 and 144 has been generated. Flashes.

Next, FIG. 6 shows that in the button fixed mode, icons 141 to 144 are displayed on the display device 16 and the number of button switches of the portable terminal 1 is changed to the button 111,
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence between icon and button display modes when the number is 112; In FIG. 6, the button 111 has an icon 141, and the button 112 has an icon 142 to 142.
144 are respectively assigned. An icon 141 is always assigned to the button 111, and the button 111 and the icon 141 are always in the same display mode (display color, blinking cycle, etc.).

On the other hand, icons 142 to 144 are assigned to buttons 112 in a time-sharing manner. That is, when the icon 142 is assigned to the button 112, the button 1
12 has the same display mode as the icon 142 (for example, time t = t60 to t61), and when the icon 143 is assigned to the button 112, the button 112 has the same display mode as the icon 143 (for example, , Time t = t61 to t62), and an icon 144 is displayed on the button 112.
Is assigned, the button 112 has the same display mode as the icon 144 (for example, time t = t
63-t64). Here, the icons 142 to 144 are
While not assigned to the button 112, the display mode is different from that of the button 112 (different blinking cycle or the like). However, as in the case of FIG. 5, the icons 142, 143, 1
Even when 44 is not assigned to the button 113, the icons 142, 143, and 144 are used to identify that information corresponding to the icons 142, 143, and 144 has occurred.
144 is lit in the same display color as the button 113, and when it is assigned to the button 113,
Flashes in the same cycle.

Next, FIG. 7 shows a case where the icons 141 to 144 are displayed on the display device 16 at a predetermined timing in the button effective use mode, and the number of button switches of the portable terminal 1 is two buttons 111 and 112. It is a figure which shows the correspondence of the display mode of an icon and a button. In FIG. 7, initially, the only displayed icon 142 is assigned to the button 111 (t = t70 to t7).
1). At this time, the button 111 and the icon 142 have the same display mode (display color, blinking cycle, etc.). On the other hand, no icon is assigned to the button 112.

Next, when the icon 143 is displayed (t
= T71), and the icon 143 is assigned to the button 112 (t = t71 to t72). And the icon 142
Is not displayed (t = t72), the only displayed icon 143 is assigned to the button 111 (t = t72 to t73).

Further, when the icon 141 is displayed (t = t73), the icon 141 having the higher information priority among the icons 141 and 143 is displayed on the button 111.
Icon 143 assigned to the
Is assigned to the button 112 (t = t73 to t7)
4). Hereinafter, similarly, when the icon is displayed and when the icon is not displayed, among the displayed icons, the icon with the highest information priority is sequentially assigned to the button 111,
Other icons are assigned to the buttons 112 (for example, t = t74, t75, t76, t77).

When there are a plurality of icons to be assigned to the buttons 112, these icons are assigned to the buttons 112 in a time-division manner as in the case of the button fixed mode. The icons that are not currently assigned to the button 112 are lit in the same display color as the button 112 in order to identify that information has been generated, as in the case of FIGS.

As described above, in the portable terminal 1 to which the present invention is applied, the plurality of icons displayed on the display device 16 are different depending on the plurality of button switches of the portable terminal 1 and the button fixed mode or the button effective use mode. The icon is assigned and the corresponding button is displayed in conjunction with the icon. Therefore, it is possible to easily grasp which icon is selected by each of the plurality of button switches, and it is possible to easily and efficiently select one icon from the plurality of icons.

[0054]

According to the present invention, each of the plurality of selection means can easily grasp which selection target information has relevance, and one of the plurality of selection target information can be regarded as one information. Can be easily and efficiently selected. According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the information having the higher priority can always be selected by the specific selecting means, so that the processing efficiency at the time of selecting the information having the higher priority is improved.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, among the information to be selected displayed on the display device, the information having the highest priority can always be selected by a specific selecting means. In addition, the operation of selecting information having a high degree of complexity can be simplified, and the selection means can be used efficiently. According to the eleventh and twelfth aspects of the present invention, when selecting one of a plurality of pieces of selection target information that is repeatedly assigned to one selection means, the user first selects a target selection target. The selection means to which the information is assigned (ie,
In the twelfth aspect, attention is paid to the selection means which is a display mode having lower commonality, and then, the target selection target information is focused on, and the selection is made by time division (ie, In the twelfth aspect, the target selection target information can be selected by inputting an instruction in the case where the display mode is common to the selection means), so that the convenience in information selection is improved. I do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a portable terminal 1. FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the mobile terminal 1.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a button switch unit 11a.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an icon-button assignment process executed by a CPU 13;

FIG. 5 shows icons 141 to 141 in a fixed button mode.
FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the correspondence between icons and button display modes when 144 is displayed on the display device 16 and the number of button switches of the mobile terminal 1 is three buttons 111 to 113.

FIG. 6 shows icons 141 to 141 in a fixed button mode.
FIG. 144 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the icons and the display modes of the buttons when the number of button switches of the mobile terminal 1 is two, ie, the buttons 111 and 112 are displayed on the display device 16.

FIG. 7 shows an icon 14 in the button effective use mode.
1 to 144 are displayed on the display device 16 at a predetermined timing, and the number of button switches of the mobile terminal 1 is changed to the button 111,
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a correspondence between icon and button display modes when the number is 112;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile terminal 11 Input part 11a Button switch unit 11a-1 Button part 11a-2 Cover 11a-3 Multicolor LED 11a-4 Base 11a-5 Switch mechanism part 11a-6 External contact for LED 11a-7 External for button switch Contact 12 Button switch unit mounting section 13 CPU 14 Memory 14a User setting table 14b Reception information priority table 14c Highlighting method table 14d Icon-button assignment table 15 Display controller 16 Display 17 Mobile phone connection

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Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. An information selection method for selecting one piece of information from a plurality of pieces of selection target information displayed on a display means by a plurality of selection means, wherein each of the plurality of selection means is a predetermined one. It is possible to identify and display the relevance with the selection target information, and when a specific selection unit of the plurality of selection units is operated, the selection target information for which the selection unit is displaying the relevance is selected. An information selection method characterized by being selected. 2. The information selection method according to claim 1, wherein the relevance is identified and displayed by setting the selection means and the predetermined selection target information in a common display mode. 3. A portable information terminal device comprising selection means for receiving an instruction input for selecting one piece of information from a plurality of pieces of selection target information displayed on a display means, wherein the selection means is An identification display unit that identifies and displays the relevance to the selection target information, wherein the selection unit, when an instruction is input, selects the selection target information whose relevance is identified and displayed by the identification display unit. Mobile information terminal device. 4. A plurality of said selection means, each of said plurality of selection means identifies and displays a relationship with predetermined selection target information, and a specific one of said plurality of selection means receives an instruction input. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the selecting means selects the selection target information for identifying and displaying the relevancy.
The portable information terminal device described in the above. 5. The identification display unit according to claim 3, wherein the identification display unit identifies and displays the relevance to the predetermined selection target information in a display mode common to the predetermined selection target information. Portable information terminal device. 6. The portable information terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the common display mode is displayed by blinking at the same cycle. 7. The portable information terminal device according to claim 5, wherein the common display mode is a display using the same color. 8. A setting means for setting a priority to the plurality of pieces of selection target information, and displaying the relevance between each of the plurality of pieces of selection target information and the selection target information based on the priority. The portable information terminal device according to any one of claims 4 to 7, further comprising: allocating means for allocating to the selecting means. 9. The assigning means assigns the selection target information set up to a predetermined priority to the unique selecting means.
9. The portable information terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the assignment is performed on a one-to-one basis, and the other selection target information is assigned to the predetermined selection means in a redundant manner. 10. The assigning means assigns a predetermined number of the pieces of selection target information having a higher priority order among the plurality of pieces of selection target information to the predetermined selection means on a one-to-one basis. 9. The portable information terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the information is assigned to the predetermined selecting means redundantly. 11. The mobile phone according to claim 9, further comprising selection control means for setting the selection target information redundantly assigned to the predetermined selection means in a time-division selectable state. Information terminal device. 12. The selection control means sets each of the selection target information assigned to the predetermined selection means in a display manner common to the predetermined selection means in a selectable state. 12. The non-selectable state, wherein the other selection target information assigned to the predetermined selection means in a redundant manner is displayed in a display mode having lower commonality with the predetermined selection means. The portable information terminal device described in the above. 13. An information selection processing program for a portable information terminal device, comprising: selection means for receiving an instruction input for selecting one piece of information from a plurality of pieces of selection target information displayed on a display means, The selection means is provided with an identification display function for identifying and displaying a relationship with predetermined selection target information, and when the selection means is instructed and input, the selection target whose relationship is identified and displayed by the identification display function. An information selection processing program for realizing a function of selecting information in a portable information terminal device. 14. An information selection processing program for a portable information terminal device comprising a plurality of said selection means, wherein each of said plurality of selection means identifies and displays a relevance to predetermined selection target information. A function is realized, and when a specific one of the plurality of selecting means is instructed and input, the selecting means provides the portable information terminal device with a function of selecting the selection target information indicating the relevance. 14. The information selection processing program according to claim 13, wherein the program is realized.