JP2002300241A - Portable communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a portable communication terminal in which a plurality of images are set as an image for wallpaper and the plurality of images are easily switched. SOLUTION: The plurality of wallpaper images are stored in a storage area only for wallpaper images, and the plurality of wallpaper images can be easily set and changed by switching the wallpaper images one by one by pressing down a particular input key to be a switch key in a waiting state mode while the power is turned on and nothing is inputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a portable communication terminal having display means configured to display various images on a screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a portable telephone, which is a portable communication terminal, is provided with display means such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and various information such as a telephone number to be dialed and radio wave reception intensity are provided on the LCD. Is displayed.

In recent years, images such as illustrations and animations can be displayed on the LCD, particularly on a standby screen, for amusement of a user. Such an image may be written in a storage device in a mobile phone in advance, but is often downloaded from a server.

[0004]

However, in the above-described conventional portable telephone device, only one image can be set as a wallpaper image, and when a new wallpaper image is set, the original image is deleted. There was a problem. Also,
Although it can be saved as a compressed file, there is a problem that it is inconvenient and complicated to set the wallpaper image again.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to set a plurality of images as wallpaper images and to easily switch the images.

[0006]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display means for displaying various information and the like on a screen and displaying an image of a wallpaper on the screen during standby. In a portable communication terminal including at least a storage unit for storing an image of the wallpaper and a plurality of input keys for performing various information and controls, in the standby state, a specific input key among the input keys Is turned on, the image of the wallpaper displayed on the screen by the display means is switched in response to the on operation. As a result, the wallpaper image can be switched without erasing the original wallpaper image when changing the wallpaper image, and without performing complicated setting changes.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the storage unit includes:
The plurality of wallpaper images are stored in a storage area dedicated to wallpaper images. This facilitates the removal of the wallpaper image from the storage area, and makes the change operation faster and easier.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the images of the plurality of wallpapers are switched from one to the next by successively depressing one of the specific input keys. As a result, for example, the wallpaper image can be switched twice by simply pressing one key twice without performing a complicated operation using the menu, which is convenient.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, when the image of the wallpaper is switched by the specific key, a display other than the image of the wallpaper or a blank is continuously displayed on the image of the wallpaper. Thus, a clock display and a schedule screen can be easily displayed in addition to the wallpaper image, which is convenient.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. Here, wallpaper images include, for example, people, landscapes,
An image, such as a geometric pattern, displayed as a background image in a screen of a display unit (display) of the mobile phone device. The wallpaper image may be displayed alone or may be displayed by superimposing clock information characters or the like on the wallpaper image.

Hereinafter, description will be made with reference to FIG. First, in the configuration of the mobile phone 1, the mobile phone 1 has a key operation unit 2 having input keys, a display 3 as display means for displaying numeric information, character information, symbol information, image information, and the like, and a microphone (transmitter). ) 4, a speaker (receiver) 5, and an antenna 6 for transmitting and receiving radio waves.

A control circuit 7 as a control means and a judgment means is mainly composed of a microcomputer. The control circuit 7 includes a voice processing unit 8, a data conversion unit 9, a transmission / reception unit 10, a storage unit 11, the display 3 and the key operation unit 2 are connected.

The audio processing unit 8 is connected to the microphone 4 and the speaker 5, and generates audio data by encoding a reception signal given from the microphone 4.
The voice data is output to the data converter 9, a voice signal is generated by decoding the voice data given from the data converter 9, and the voice signal is output to the speaker 5. I have.

The data converter 9 converts voice data provided from the voice processor 8 and the storage unit 11 into communication data.
The communication data is output to the transmission / reception unit 10, the communication data provided from the transmission / reception unit 10 is converted into audio data, and the audio data is output to the audio processing unit 8.

The transmission / reception unit 10 is connected to the antenna 6 and modulates the carrier with the communication data provided from the data conversion unit 9 to convert the communication data as a transmission signal from the antenna 6 to a base station (not shown). And demodulates the communication data provided as a reception signal from the base station, and outputs the demodulated communication data to the data converter 9. Further, when the transmission / reception unit 10 receives the incoming signal transmitted from the base station, it outputs an incoming detection signal to the control circuit 7.

Thus, the received signal collected by the microphone 4 in response to the utterance is coded by the voice processing unit 8 and converted into voice data, converted by the data conversion unit 9 into communication data, and further transmitted and received. By modulating the carrier in the unit 10, the carrier is transmitted to the base station as a transmission signal. The communication data demodulated by the transmission / reception unit 10 is converted into audio data by the data conversion unit 9, decoded by the audio processing unit 8 and converted into a transmission signal, and output from the speaker 5 as a transmission signal. Will be.

The display 3 is provided with various display signals such as an incoming call display signal, a memory dial information display signal, and a memo text information display signal from the control circuit 7, and responds to these various display signals. Thus, various display messages based on numerical information, character information or symbol information, image information, and the like are displayed.

The key operation section 2 outputs a key operation detection signal to the control circuit 7 in response to operation of any one of various input keys.
At this time, the control circuit 7 decodes and identifies the key operation detection signal provided from the key operation unit 2.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The control circuit 7
Is in a state of waiting for an incoming call (standby state,
The following describes a case where the power is turned on and there is no input, and the user switches the wallpaper image by operating a key from this state.

First, in the standby state, when the control circuit 7 recognizes that the user has pressed the wallpaper switching key of the key operation unit 2 ("YES" in step S1 of FIG. 2).
And 1 is added to n. Here, n corresponds to the nth stored image data in the wallpaper switching image storage area, which is a storage area dedicated to the wallpaper image (step S2). Here, a dedicated key may be provided as the wallpaper switching key, but in this case, the power supply key constitutes the wallpaper switching key. That is, the wallpaper changes one after another by repeatedly turning on the power key for a short time, and the power is turned off when the power key is pressed for a long time. Then, NO in step S1 where the user does not press the switching key
In this case, the detection of the key press is continued.

Next, when an image is registered in the n-th area in the wallpaper switching image storage area (determined as "YES" in step S3), the image registered in the n-th area is replaced with the wallpaper image. (Step S
5). If the image has not been registered in the n-th area in step S3 (if "NO" is determined in step S3), the process proceeds to step S4, and the control circuit 7 returns n to the initial value.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the plurality of wallpaper images can be easily switched one after another by depressing the power key. FIG. 3 shows an example of switching of the wallpaper image at this time. In the standby mode, the baseball image 30 serving as the wallpaper image is displayed. When the power key is turned on for a short time, the clock display 31 as an example of an image (moving image) other than the still wallpaper image appears and then again. When the power key is turned on for a short time, a car wallpaper image 32 appears. Furthermore, when the power key is turned on for a short time, an image of the third wallpaper appears. Note that only the wallpaper image may be continuous, or a blank may be displayed instead of the clock display. Further, an image other than the wallpaper image such as a schedule display may be displayed instead of the clock display.

The present invention is not limited to only the above embodiment. For example, a calendar may be displayed as a wallpaper image. Further, the portable communication terminal may be a portable telephone, a PHS (simplified portable telephone), or an electronic organizer with a wireless function. Further, the key operation unit may be configured such that the input keys are integrated with the terminal body, separately mounted, or of a touch panel type, and are not limited to those shown in the embodiments.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a mobile phone serving as a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the mobile phone.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a change in a screen displayed on a display unit of the mobile phone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile telephone which becomes a portable communication terminal 2 Key operation part which has a power key etc. which becomes a specific input key 3 Display which becomes a display means 30, 32 The image of a baseball, the image of a car which becomes an image of a wallpaper 31 The image other than the image of a wallpaper 6 Antenna 7 Control circuit 8 Audio processing unit 9 Data conversion unit 10 Transmission / reception unit 11 Storage unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Display means for displaying various information on a screen and displaying an image of a wallpaper on the screen during standby, and a storage unit for storing at least the image of the wallpaper.
In a portable communication terminal including a plurality of input keys for performing various information and controls, in the standby state, a specific input key among the input keys is turned on to respond to the on operation. And switching an image of the wallpaper displayed on the screen by the display means. 2. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit stores the plurality of wallpaper images in a storage area dedicated to wallpaper images. 3. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the images of the plurality of wallpapers are switched from one to the next by successively pressing down one of the specific input keys. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the image of the wallpaper is switched by the specific key, a display other than the image of the wallpaper or a blank is continuously displayed on the image of the wallpaper. A portable communication terminal according to any one of the above.