JP2003188945A - Portable terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal device which can transmit information to a user by motion. <P>SOLUTION: An emotional grip 14 is a flat operating stick arranged on a side part of a portable terminal main body. A pressure sensor 15 detects pressure applied to the grip 14. A solenoid 19 pushes out the grip 14 by receiving a driving current from a solenoid driving circuit. When a user A pushes the grip 14, pressure data outputted from the pressure sensor 15 is sent to a portable terminal of a user B. The solenoid driving circuit of the portable terminal of the user B drives the solenoid by some amount of current corresponding to its pressure data. As a result, the grip 14 of the portable terminal of the user B is pushed out. Hence, when the user A grasps the grip 14, the force is transmitted to the user B. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device capable of transmitting information not only by characters and voice but also by movement.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, mobile terminal devices have become more and more multifunctional, and not only information transmission by voice, but also information transmission by mail and connection to the Internet to enjoy chat.

[0003]

However, the conventional portable terminal device can only transmit information by voice or characters, and cannot transmit information by the movement of the portable terminal device. Therefore, it is difficult to transmit mutual feelings. There was a limit. This invention was made in consideration of such circumstances.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal device capable of transmitting information to a user by movement.

[0004]

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the invention according to claim 1 is a plate-shaped operator provided on a side portion of a main body of a portable terminal device. A pressure sensor for detecting the pressure applied to the operating element, a transmitting means for transmitting pressure data corresponding to the output level of the pressure sensor, and a movable member operated by a force corresponding to the pressure data received from the outside. A mobile terminal device, comprising:

The invention described in claim 2 is the same as claim 1.
In the mobile terminal device according to the item [4], the movable member is the operator. The invention according to claim 3 is the mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the movable member is a vibrator for notifying an incoming call. The invention described in claim 4 is the portable terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The actuator is a solenoid.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile terminal device according to the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the mobile terminal device. In FIG.
Reference numeral 1 is a control unit that controls each unit and operates by program control. Reference numeral 2 denotes a ROM (read only memory) in which the program of the control unit 1 is stored and a nonvolatile RAM (random access memory) for storing data.
It is a memory composed by. Reference numeral 3 denotes an operation unit including a numeric keypad and function keys, which is arranged on the surface of the mobile terminal device body H, as shown in FIG.

A communication unit 4 demodulates the modulated voice signal received via the antenna 5 and outputs the demodulated voice signal to the voice processing unit 6, and also outputs the encoded voice signal supplied from the voice processing unit 6. It is modulated and transmitted from the antenna 5. Further, the telephone number, mail address, and other data of the caller received via the antenna 5 are transmitted via the voice processing unit 6 to the control unit 1.
Output to. The voice processing unit 6 expands the compressed voice data output from the communication unit 4, converts it into an analog signal and outputs it to the speaker 7, and converts the voice signal from the microphone 8 into digital voice data. The data is further compressed and encoded and output to the communication unit 4. Reference numeral 10 denotes a ring tone generation unit, which receives a ring tone generation command from the control unit 1 to form a ring tone signal and outputs it to the speaker 11. Reference numeral 12 is a display unit including a liquid crystal panel and a drive circuit thereof (see FIG. 2).

Reference numeral 14 is an emotional grip. This emotional grip 14 is, as shown in FIG.
It is an elongated plate-shaped operator and is arranged along the main body H at a side portion of the main body H. One end (user-side end) 14a is swingably fixed to the body H by a hinge mechanism, and the other end 14b is movably attached to the body H with a constant width. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of the emotional grip 14. As shown in this figure, the end portion 14 b of the emotional grip 14 is
The protrusion 14c is attached to the main body H side of the protrusion 1.
The pressure sensor 15 is attached to the outer wall 20 of the main body H so as to face 4c. The pressure sensor 15 detects the pressure applied to the emotional grip 14 from the outside,
The pressure data (digital data) corresponding to the detected value is output to the control unit 1.

A spring 16 for urging the emotional grip 14 outward (direction of arrow Y) is attached just below the pressure sensor 15. Further, a metal shaft 17 is vertically provided on the back surface of the emotional grip 14 below the spring 16, and the shaft 17 is inserted into the body H through a hole formed in the outer wall 20 of the body H. It penetrates through the coil 18 arranged at. The shaft 19 and the coil 18 described above form a solenoid 19. Solenoid drive circuit 22
Generates a solenoid drive current according to the drive data output from the controller 1 and outputs it to the solenoid 19.

Next, the operation of the above portable terminal device will be described. The operation of this mobile terminal device at the time of making / receiving a call is the same as that of the conventional mobile terminal device, and therefore the description thereof is omitted. The operation peculiar to this mobile terminal device will be described below.
Now, it is assumed that both the user A and the user B have the mobile terminal device shown in FIG. 1 and are chatting via the chat server (see FIG. 4). When the user A presses the emotional grip 14 of the mobile terminal device, the pressure data output from the pressure sensor 15 exceeds a certain value. When the pressure data exceeds a certain value, the control unit 1 sends the pressure data to the chat server. The chat server receives the transmitted pressure data, inserts an image of a handshake in the chat screen as shown in FIG. 4, transmits the image to the mobile terminal devices of users A and B, and transmits the pressure data to the mobile terminal device of user B. Send to.

User B's portable terminal device receives pressure data from the chat server, converts the pressure data into drive data for driving the solenoid, and outputs the drive data to solenoid drive circuit 22. The solenoid drive circuit 22 includes the control unit 1
The coil 18 of the solenoid 19 is driven based on the drive data supplied from the. As a result, a force in the arrow Y direction of FIG. 3 is applied to the shaft 17, and the emotional grip 14 is pushed out in the arrow Y direction. This pushing force is proportional to the pressure data transmitted from the chat server, and is therefore proportional to the force with which the user A grips the emotional grip 14 of the mobile terminal device. Then, the user B feels the pushing force from the emotional grip 14 in the hand holding the mobile terminal device.

The user B receives the emotional grip 14
When the user feels the pushing force from the hand and then holds the emotional grip 14, pressure data is transmitted from the mobile terminal device of the user B to the chat server, and the chat server displays the handshake image again on the chat screen. And the pressure data is transmitted to the mobile terminal device of the user A. As a result, the emotional grip 14 of the mobile terminal device of the user A is pushed out with a force proportional to the force with which the user B grips the emotional grip 14.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the grip strength of each hand can be transmitted to the other side by the movement of the emotional grip 14. In the above embodiment, the emotional grip 14 of the user A is used.
Although the emotional grip 14 of the mobile terminal device of the user B is operated by the pressure data based on the operation of, the vibrator of the mobile terminal device of the user B may be operated instead.

Further, in the above embodiment, pressure data transmission is used in chat, but this pressure data transmission is not limited to chat, but various uses are possible. For example, it is possible to confirm each other's feelings by transmitting pressure data to each other during a call.

[0015]

According to the invention of claim 1, a plate-like operator provided on a side portion of the portable terminal device body, a pressure sensor for detecting a pressure applied to the operator, and the pressure sensor. Since it has a transmitting means for transmitting pressure data corresponding to the output level of, and an actuator for operating the movable member with a force corresponding to the pressure data received from the outside,
There is an effect that information can be transmitted to the user of the mobile terminal device of the other party by the movement, and for example, an effect of actually shaking hands can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the mobile terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of an emotional grip 14 in the mobile terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a handshake operation in the mobile terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Control unit 2 ... memory 3 ... Operation part 4 ... Communication section 6 ... Voice processing unit 12 ... Display 14 ... Emotional grip 15 ... Pressure sensor 19 ... Solenoid 22 ... Solenoid drive circuit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plate-shaped manipulator provided on a side portion of a mobile terminal device body, a pressure sensor for detecting a pressure applied to the manipulator, and pressure data corresponding to an output level of the pressure sensor. A mobile terminal device comprising: a transmitting unit for transmitting, and an actuator that operates a movable member with a force corresponding to pressure data received from the outside. 2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the movable member is the operator. 3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the movable member is a vibrator for notifying an incoming call. 4. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the actuator is a solenoid.