JP2003264614A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone set in which application software displaying an application picture on a display can be switched to desired application software by simple operation. <P>SOLUTION: The portable telephone set is provided with a multi-directional key 3 which can be operated in five or more directions, a memory 19 storing a plurality of pieces of application software, a display 14 and a control circuit 10. The control circuit 10 makes the application software displaying the application picture on the display 14 carry out prescribed operation in response to operation in specific four directions in the operation of said multi-directional key 3 in the five or more directions and switches the application software displaying the application picture on the display 14 to the application software specified by the operation in one or a plurality of directions except for said four directions in the operation in the five or more directions in response to said operation. <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 phone capable of causing a plurality of application software (hereinafter referred to as application software) to perform operations by multiple processing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent development of information and communication technology, the functions that mobile phones can have are increasing.
In addition to the telephone communication function and mail communication function, the function to play music and videos downloaded from the Internet,
2. Description of the Related Art A mobile phone having many functions such as a function of accessing a site on the Internet is known. In this type of mobile phone, a plurality of application software for realizing various functions such as application software for sending and receiving mail and application software for playing music are stored in a built-in memory. In the mobile phone, the user selects a desired application from among a plurality of application software stored in the built-in memory.
When an operation for selecting one application software is performed, the application software is activated and an application screen is displayed on the display. When an operation according to the screen is performed in this state, a predetermined operation according to the operation is performed by the application software. To be executed. For example,
When listening to the downloaded music, by performing an operation of selecting the application software A for playing the music, the application software A is activated and the application screen of the software A is displayed on the display, By performing a predetermined reproduction start operation in this state, the application software A can start the music reproduction operation.

Further, the above-mentioned mobile phone is capable of causing a plurality of application software to perform an operation by multiple processing, and a plurality of application software can be sequentially activated by repeating the above-mentioned application software selecting operation. I can. At this time, the display shows one of these application softwares.
When the application screen of only one application software is displayed and the user performs an operation according to the screen in this state, a predetermined operation according to the operation is executed by the one application software. Subsequently, the application software whose application screen is displayed on the display is switched to the other activated application software, the application screen of the software is displayed on the display, and an operation according to the screen is performed. A predetermined operation corresponding to the operation is executed by the application software later. In this way, it is possible to cause a plurality of application software to execute operations by multiple processing. For example, when the application software A for playing music and the application software B for sending and receiving mail are activated, a predetermined playback start operation is performed with the application screen of the application software A being displayed on the display. By causing the application software A to start the music playback operation by performing the operation, the application software A is switched to the application software B, and the software B
It is possible to cause the application software B to execute a mail creating operation by displaying the application screen of No. 1 on the display and performing a character input operation in this state.

[0004]

However, in the conventional mobile phone, when the application software whose application screen is displayed on the display is switched to another application software, the application software executes various operations. Since the four-direction key to be operated is used, one or more operation keys must be operated in addition to the operation on the four-direction key in order to distinguish it from the operation when the application software executes various operations. There was a problem that the operation was complicated. The purpose of the present invention is
An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone capable of switching application software whose application screen is displayed on the display to desired application software.

[0005]

The mobile phone according to the present invention allows a plurality of application software to execute operations by multiple processing, and each application software causes the application screen to be displayed on the display. While displaying, a predetermined operation is executed by a user operation according to the application screen. In the characteristic configuration of the mobile phone, an operation key that can be operated in five or more directions and an application screen on the display are displayed according to a specific four-direction operation of the operation keys in five or more directions. An operation control means for causing the displayed application software to execute a predetermined operation, and an application screen is displayed on the display in response to an operation in one or a plurality of directions other than the four directions among the operations in the five or more directions. Software switching control means for switching the existing application software to another application software specified by the operation.

[0006] A conventional mobile phone has, for example, four upper, lower, left and right sides.
It has a 4-way key that can be pressed down in any direction.
Each application software executes various predetermined operations according to four-direction operations on the direction keys. Therefore, the mobile phone of the present invention is provided with operation keys that can be operated in five or more directions, and application software in which application screens are displayed on the display according to specific four-direction operations on the operation keys is provided. While executing the predetermined operation, the application software whose application screen is displayed on the display is switched to another application software specified by the operation in response to an operation in one or a plurality of directions other than the four directions. According to the mobile phone of the present invention, as described above,
The application software whose application screen is displayed on the display can be switched to the desired application software by a simple operation of only the operation keys.

Specifically, the operation keys can be operated in four directions of up, down, left, and right, and can be operated in a diagonal upper right direction and a diagonal upper left direction. The application software is ordered in accordance with a predetermined rule, and the software switching control means orders the application software displayed on the display in order from the software whenever the operation in the diagonally upper right direction is performed. While switching to another application software with a larger number or another application software with a smaller order, each time an operation is performed in the diagonal upper left direction, it is displayed on the display, contrary to the operation performed in the diagonal upper right direction. Application software that has a smaller order than the other software Switching to the large other application software of the application software or the order.

In the above specific structure, the plurality of application software to be subjected to the multiple processing are ordered according to a predetermined rule. For example, they are ordered according to the order in which they are started up or the identification number of the application software. Then, when the operation key is operated in the four directions of up, down, left and right, the application software executes various predetermined operations according to the operation. In contrast,
When the operation key is operated in the diagonally upper right direction, the application software whose application screen is displayed on the display is switched to another application software having a larger order or another application software having a smaller order. For example, if a plurality of application software that are the target of multiple processing are ordered according to the order in which they are started, the application software displayed on the display is
It is switched to the application software started next to the software.

Further, when the operation key is operated in the diagonally upper left direction, the application software whose application screen is displayed on the display is opposite to that when the operation key is operated in the diagonally upper right direction. It is possible to switch to another application software having a smaller order or another application software having a larger order. In the above example in which the application software displayed on the display is switched to the application software started next to the operation key when the operation key is operated in the diagonally upper right direction, the application software displayed on the display is The application software is switched to the application software that was started immediately before the application software. According to the above specific configuration, as described above, the application software displayed on the display can be switched to either the direction in which the order increases or the direction in which the order decreases. When the number of application software programs that are installed increases, the application software program displayed on the display can be switched to the desired application software program in a shorter time than a mobile phone that can switch in only one direction.

More specifically, it is possible to display a plurality of application screens on top of each other on the display, and the software switching control means comprises:
When an operation is performed in the diagonally upper right direction or diagonally upper left direction, a determining means for determining whether or not the application screens of all application software that are the targets of the multiple processing are displayed on the display, and the multiple processing If it is determined that the application screens of all the target application software are displayed on the display, the order is one larger than the application software whose application screen is displayed on the foreground of the display, or The first screen control means for moving the application screen of the small application software to the foreground of the display, and the application screens of all the application software to be subjected to the multi-processing are not displayed on the display. When it is determined, the second screen control that newly displays the application screen of the application software whose order is one order larger or smaller than the application software whose application screen is displayed on the foreground of the display. And means.

In the above specific structure, the operation keys are moved diagonally to the upper right or diagonally to the upper left while the application screens of all the application software to be multiplexed are displayed on the display in front of and behind each other. When operated, the order is 1 compared to the application software displayed on the foreground of the display.
Only the application screen of the application software that is large or small moves to the foreground of the display.
On the other hand, when the operation key is operated in the upper right direction or in the upper left direction while the application screen of only a part of the application software is displayed on the display, the application displayed on the foreground of the display is displayed. An application screen of application software whose order is larger or smaller by one than the software is newly displayed.

More specifically, the operation key can be operated in an obliquely lower right direction or an obliquely lower left direction, and the software switching control means is operated in an obliquely lower right direction or an oblique lower left direction. Display end control means for terminating the display of the application screen displayed on the foreground of the display.

In the above specific structure, when the operation key is operated in a diagonally lower right direction or diagonally lower left direction,
The display of the application screen displayed on the front of the display ends. As a result, when a plurality of application screens are displayed in an overlapping manner before the operation key is operated, the application screen displayed one behind the application screen whose display has ended is the frontmost screen of the display. Will be located in.

[0014]

According to the mobile phone of the present invention, the application software whose application screen is displayed on the display can be switched to the desired application software by a simple operation.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. The mobile phone according to the present invention includes a front case (11) and a rear case as shown in FIG.
With a flat casing (1) that is a combination of (12),
An antenna (13) is projected on the head of the casing (1). On the front surface of the front case (11), a receiver (20) with a built-in speaker is provided at the upper end, and a transmitter (2) with a microphone is provided at the lower end.
Further, a display (14) for displaying various information is provided on the surface of the front case (11), and a key input device (15) including a plurality of operation keys is provided.

A plurality of application software for realizing a plurality of functions are stored in a built-in memory (not shown) of the mobile phone, and the key input device (15) is
It has a function key (150) to be operated when displaying an application selection screen described later. Further, the above-mentioned mobile phone is capable of causing a plurality of application software programs that have been started up to perform an operation by multiple processing as described later, and the application screens of the plurality of application software programs are overlapped with each other in the front-rear direction and the display (14 ) Can be displayed on the surface of the front case (11) in the vertical and horizontal directions, the diagonal upper right direction, the diagonal upper left direction, the diagonal lower right direction, the diagonal lower left direction, and the front surface of the casing (1). On the other hand, a multi-directional key (3) is provided which can be pressed down in nine directions which are vertical. Multi-directional key
By pressing (3) vertically, horizontally, or vertically, it is possible to cause the application software whose application screen is displayed on the front of the display (14) to perform a predetermined operation in response to the pressing operation. It is possible. On the other hand, by pressing the multidirectional key (3) in the upper right direction, the upper left direction, the lower right direction or the lower left direction, the application software in which the application screen is displayed on the front of the display (14) is displayed. It is possible to switch to another application software according to the pressing operation.

FIG. 2 shows an electrical configuration of the mobile phone. As shown in the figure, the receiving circuit (17) and the transmitting circuit (18) are connected in parallel to the duplexer (16), and the signal received by the antenna (13) passes through the duplexer (16) and the receiving circuit ( 17) and the received signal is demodulated. The received signal is supplied to the speaker (21) via the control circuit (10) and emitted. Also a microphone
The transmission signal input to (22) is supplied to the transmission circuit (18) via the control circuit (10) and is modulated. The modulated transmission signal is transmitted from the antenna (13) via the duplexer (16). The control circuit (10) includes the display (1
4), the key input device 15 and the multi-directional key 3 are connected, and the memory 19 in which a plurality of application software is stored is also connected.

In the mobile phone, the memory (1
When the user presses the function key (150) of the key input device (15) when 9) application software A to I are stored in 9), as shown in FIG. An application selection screen for selecting one application software from I is displayed on the display (14). On the selection screen,
Identification images of nine application softwares A to I are displayed. Then, when the user presses the multi-directional key (3) in four directions, up, down, left, and right, in response to the operation, nine thick frames surrounding one identification image are displayed in the application software A.
Move between the identification images of ~ I. In this way, the figure
As shown in (b), the thick frame is moved to the identification image of the application software A, and when the user vertically presses the multidirectional key (3) in this state, the application software A is read from the memory (19) and activated. To be done. Also, as shown in FIG. 7C, the application screen of the application software A
(4) is displayed in the upper and center of the display area of the display (14), and the application software A
The icon (40) indicating that is activated is displayed
It is displayed at the bottom of the display area of (14). Around the icon 40 of the application software A, a thick frame indicating that the application screen (4) of the application software A is displayed on the foreground of the display (14) is displayed.

In this state, the user again inputs the key input device (15).
When the function key (150) of is pressed, the application selection screen is displayed on the display (14) and the icon (40) of the activated application software A is displayed on the selection screen as shown in FIG. To be done. Next, the user operates the multi-directional key (3) in four directions of up, down, left and right to move the thick frame surrounding the identification image to the identification image of the application software E as shown in FIG. When the multidirectional key (3) is pressed vertically, the application software E is read from the memory (19) and activated. Further, as shown in FIG. 6F, the application screen (4) of the application software E is the application software A.
The application software E icon (40) is displayed on the right side of the application software A icon (40) while being displayed in front of the application screen (4). Also, the thick frame surrounding the icon (40) of the application software A as shown in FIG. 7C moves to the icon 40 of the application software E as shown in FIG.
In FIG. 3 (f), for convenience, the two application screens (4) and (4) are displayed with their positions shifted vertically and horizontally, but in reality, the two application screens are displayed with respect to each other. Are displayed in top, bottom, left and right.

As described above, the operation of pressing the function key (150) of the key input device (15), the operation of pressing the multidirectional key (3) in four directions of up, down, left and right, and the vertical operation of the multidirectional key (3). By repeating the operation of pressing in the direction, a plurality of application software among the nine application software stored in the memory (19) can be sequentially activated. On the display (14), the application screens of the started application software are sequentially displayed from the back to the front, and the icons of the started application software are displayed in order from left to right. become. Also, each time the application software is activated, the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon of the application software activated at that time.

FIG. 9 shows a procedure executed by the control circuit (10) in order to realize the application software starting operation. As shown in the figure, first, in step S1, it is determined whether or not the function key (150) of the key input device (15) is pressed. If NO is determined, the same determination is repeated in step S1 while YES is determined. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S2, and it is determined whether or not one or more of the nine application software stored in the memory (19) has already been activated, and it is determined to be no. If so, the process proceeds to step S3, the application selection screen is displayed on the display (14) as shown in FIG. 3A, and then the process proceeds to step S5. On the other hand, if there is one or more application software that has already been activated and the answer is YES in step S2, the process proceeds to step S4 and the application selection screen is displayed (14) as shown in FIG. ) And the icon (40) of the application software that has already been activated is displayed on the selection screen, and then the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, it is determined whether or not the multi-directional key (3) is pressed in any of the up, down, left, and right directions. If the determination is no, the same determination is repeated in step S5, but yes is determined. If it is determined, the process proceeds to step S6, and in response to the pressing operation on the multidirectional key (3),
Move the thick frame surrounding the identification image of the application software. Then, in step S7, the multi-directional key (3)
Is determined in the vertical direction, the process returns to step S5 if it is determined to be no, whereas the display of the application selection screen is terminated in step S8 if determined to be yes. Next, in step S9, after the application software corresponding to the identification image surrounded by the thick frame is read from the memory (19) and activated, step S1
0, the application screen (4) of the read application software and the icon (40) are displayed on the display (14) as shown in FIG. 3 (c) or (f), and a thick line is displayed around the icon (40). The frame is displayed and the process returns to step S1. By the above procedure, the above-mentioned application software starting operation is realized.

4 to 8 show that the application software A to C are activated in this order, and then the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper right, diagonally upper left or diagonally lower right. The screen displayed in (14) is displayed. 4 (a) to (c), FIG. 5 (a) (b), and FIG.
In (b) to (d) and FIGS. 7 (b) to (d), as in FIG. 3 (f), for convenience, two or three application screens are displayed with their positions shifted vertically and horizontally. However, in reality, these application screens are displayed with their positions aligned vertically and horizontally.

As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the application screens (4), (4) and (4) of the application software A to C are displayed on the display (14) in this order from back to front. When the user presses the multi-direction key (3) diagonally to the upper left, the application screen (4) of the application software B that was started immediately before the application software C is displayed on the display (14) as shown in FIG. While moving to the foreground, the thick frame surrounding the icon (40) of the application software C as shown in FIG.
Move to the icon (40) of the application software B as shown in (b).

In this state, the user again presses the multidirectional key (3).
When is pressed diagonally to the upper left, application software A that was started one before application software B
The application screen (4) moves to the foreground of the display (14) as shown in (c) of the figure, and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software A. When the multi-direction key (3) is further pushed diagonally to the upper left in this state, the application screen (4) of the application software C that was last activated moves to the front of the display (14) as shown in FIG. At the same time, the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software C as shown in FIG.

In this way, the application screens of all started application software are displayed (14).
When the multi-directional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper left in the state where it is displayed in a superimposed manner, the application software displayed in the foreground of the display (14) at that point is not the one that was started first. In this case, the application screen (4) of the application software that was started immediately before the application software is moved to the foreground of the display (14) each time, and a thick frame surrounding the icon is displayed. You will move to the application software icon (40). On the other hand, when the application software displayed on the foreground of the display (14) is the one that was launched first, the application screen (4) of the application software launched last is the foreground of the display (14). When the icon is moved to, the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4 (c), when the application screen (4) of the application software A is displayed on the foreground of the display (14), the user operates the multidirectional key (3).
When is pressed diagonally to the upper right, the application screen (4) of the application software B started next to the application software A is displayed on the display (14) as shown in FIG.
While moving to the foreground, the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software B. In this state, when the user again presses the multidirectional key (3) in the diagonally upper right direction, the application screen (4) of the application software C started next to the application software B is displayed (14) as shown in FIG. ), The thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software C. In this state, if you press the multi-direction key (3) further diagonally to the upper right,
The application screen (4) of the first launched application software A moves to the foreground of the display (14) as shown in FIG. 7C, and a thick frame surrounding the icon indicates the application software A icon (40). Move to.

In this way, the application screens of all the activated application software are displayed (14).
When the multi-directional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper right in the state that it is being displayed on top of, the application software displayed on the foreground of the display (14) at that time is not the one that was last launched. In each case, the application screen (4) of the application software started next to the application software moves to the foreground of the display (14) and a thick frame surrounding the icon indicates the application software. It will move to the icon (40). On the other hand, when the application software displayed on the foreground of the display (14) is the one that was last launched, the application screen (4) of the application software that was started first is the foreground of the display (14). When the icon is moved to, the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5A, the application screens (4), (4) and (4) of the application software A to C are displayed on the display (14) in this order from back to front. When the user presses the multi-direction key (3) in the diagonally lower right direction, the display of the application screen (4) of the application software C is finished as shown in FIG. The application screen (4) of the selected application software B is displayed.
The thick frame surrounding the icon (40) of the application software C as shown in (a) of FIG. 14 is located on the forefront of (14) and the icon of application software B as shown in (b) of FIG. Go to (40).

In this state, the user again presses the multidirectional key (3).
When is pressed diagonally to the lower right, the display of the application screen (4) of the application software B ends as shown in FIG. 7C, and the application screen of the application software A that was started immediately before the application software B is displayed.
(4) is located in the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software A.

As described above, the multi-directional key (3) is slanted to the right while the application screens of all or some of the launched application softwares are displayed on the display (14). When pressed down, the display (1
Application screen (4) displayed on top of 4)
Is displayed, the application screen (4) of the application software started immediately before the application software is located at the forefront, and a thick frame surrounding the icon indicates the application software icon.
Will move to (40).

Further, as shown in FIG. 6A, among the application software A to C, when the application screen (4) of only the application software A is displayed on the display (14), the user selects the multidirectional key (3). ) Is pressed diagonally to the upper right, the application screen of the application software B started next to the application software A (4)
Is displayed on the foreground of the display (14) as shown in (b) of the figure, and the thick frame surrounding the icon of the application software A as shown in (a) of the figure shows the application as shown in (b) of the figure. Move to the Soft B icon (40). In this state, when the user again presses the multidirectional key (3) in the diagonally upper right direction, the application screen of the application software C started next to the application software B is displayed.
(4) is displayed on the foreground of the display (14) as shown in (c) of the figure, and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software C. The same figure
When the user presses the multi-direction key (3) diagonally to the upper left while the application screen (4) of only the application software A is displayed on the display (14) as shown in (a), the last application launched The software C is displayed on the foreground of the display 14 as shown in FIG. 9D, and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon 40 of the application software C.

Of the application software A to C,
When the user presses the multidirectional key (3) diagonally to the upper left while the application screen (4) of only the application software C is displayed on the display (14) as shown in FIG. 7A, the application software C Application screen of application software B that was started one before
(4) is displayed on the foreground of the display (14) as shown in (b) of the same figure, and the thick frame surrounding the icon of the application software C is shown as (b) in the same figure as (a). Move to the icon (40) of application software B as shown.
In this state, when the user again presses the multidirectional key (3) in the diagonally upper left direction, the application screen (4) of the application software A that was started immediately before the application software B is displayed as shown in FIG. A thick frame displayed on the foreground of (14) and surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software A. or,
When the user presses the multidirectional key (3) diagonally to the upper right while the application screen (4) of only the application software C is displayed on the display (14) as shown in FIG. Application software A
Is displayed on the foreground of the display (14), and a thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software A.

As described above, the multi-directional key (3) is slanted to the upper right while the application screen of one or a plurality of the application software among the plurality of activated application software is displayed on the display (14). When the application software displayed on the foreground of the display (14) at that time is not the one that was last activated when pressed in the direction, the application software shown in FIG.
As described above, the application screen (4) of the application software started next to the application software is displayed on the foreground of the display (14), and a thick frame surrounding the icon surrounds the icon (40) of the application software. Will be moved to. Meanwhile, the display (14)
When the application software displayed in the foreground of is the one that was launched last, as shown in FIG. 7 (d),
The application screen (4) of the first activated application software is displayed in the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software.

When the multi-directional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper left, if the application software displayed on the foreground of the display (14) at that point is not the one that was started first, Each time, as shown in FIGS. 7 (b) and 7 (c), the application screen (4) of the application software started immediately before the application software is displayed on the foreground of the display (14) and the icon is displayed. The thick frame surrounding the circumference of the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software. Meanwhile, the display (1)
When the application software displayed in the foreground of is the one that was started first, as shown in FIG. 6 (d),
The application screen (4) of the last activated application software is displayed on the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software.

Further, among the application software A to C, while the application screen (4) of only the application software A is displayed on the display (14) as shown in FIG. ) Is pressed diagonally to the lower right, the display of the application screen (4) of the application software A ends, and the standby screen (41) is displayed on the display (14) as shown in FIG. In this state, when the user presses the multidirectional key (3) in the left and right direction, the thick frame surrounding the icon moves between the icons of the application software A to C according to the operation, as shown in FIG. When the multi-directional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper right while the icon (40) of the application software B is surrounded by a thick frame, the display of the standby screen (41) ends,
The application screen (4) of the application software B is displayed on the display (14) as shown in FIG. In this way, of the launched multiple application software,
When the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the lower right while the application screen (4) of only one application software is being displayed on the display (14), the display of the application screen (4) is displayed. Exit and wait screen (4
1) is shown on the display (14). In this state, when the multidirectional key (3) is pressed in the left / right direction, the thick frame surrounding the icon moves between the icons of the plurality of activated application software according to the operation, and the thick frame is When the multi-direction key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper right while it is located on the icon of any application software, the display of the standby screen (41) ends and the icon is surrounded by a thick frame. The application screen (4) of the application software will be displayed on the display (14).

10 to 13 show the control circuit (10) for realizing the above-mentioned application screen switching operation.
Represents the procedure to be executed by. As shown in FIG. 10, first, in step S11, it is determined whether or not the multi-directional key (3) is pressed in the diagonal direction. If NO is determined, the same determination is repeated in step S11, but YES is determined. If so, the process proceeds to step S12, and the multi-directional key
The direction in which (3) is pressed is determined.

If the pressing direction of the multi-directional key (3) is the diagonally upper right direction, the process proceeds to step S13 of FIG. 11 to determine whether or not the standby screen is displayed on the display, and the result is YES. If so, the process proceeds to step S14 to end the display of the standby screen, and then to step S1.
After shifting to 5, the application screen of the application software in which the icon is surrounded by a thick frame is displayed on the display, and the process returns to step S11. As mentioned above
When the multi-directional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper right while the screen shown in FIG. 8 (c) is displayed on the display (14), the application of the application software B is displayed as shown in FIG. 8 (d). The screen (4) will be displayed on the display (14).

On the other hand, if NO in step S13 of FIG. 11, the process proceeds to step S16 and it is determined whether or not the application screens of all the activated application software are displayed on the display. Here, if NO is determined, the process proceeds to step S17 to determine whether or not the application software displayed on the forefront of the display is the last one to be activated, and if NO is determined. Is step S18
The application screen of the application software started next to the application software displayed on the foreground of the display is displayed on the foreground of the display, and the thick frame surrounding the icon is moved to the icon of the application software. After that, the process returns to step S11 of FIG. As described above, while the screen shown in FIG. 6 (a) is displayed on the display (14), the multi-directional key
When (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper right, the application screen (4) of the application software B started next to the application software A is displayed in the foreground of the display (14) as shown in (b) of the figure. When the thick frame surrounding the icon is moved to the icon (40) of the application software B and the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper right in this state, the application is displayed as shown in FIG. The application screen (4) of the application software C started next to the software B is displayed on the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software C. .

If YES is determined in step S17 of FIG. 11, the process proceeds to step S19 to display the application screen of the first activated application software on the foreground of the display and to enclose the icon with a thick frame. After moving to the icon of the application software, the process returns to step S11 in FIG. As described above, when the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper right while the screen shown in FIG. 7 (a) is displayed on the display (14), as shown in FIG. The application screen (4) of the application software A started up is displayed on the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software A.

If the application screens of all the activated application softwares are displayed on the display, it is judged as YES in step S16, the process proceeds to step S20, and the application software displayed on the foreground of the display is It is determined whether or not the application software has been activated last time, and if the result is NO, the process proceeds to step S21, and the application software activated next to the application software displayed on the foreground of the display is detected. After the application screen is moved to the foreground of the display to be displayed and the thick frame surrounding the icon is moved to the icon of the application software, the process returns to step S11 of FIG. As described above, when the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper right while the screen shown in FIG. 4 (c) is displayed on the display (14), the application as shown in FIG. Soft A
The application screen (4) of the application software B started next to moves to the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software B. Key (3)
When is pressed diagonally to the upper right, as shown in (c) of the figure,
The application screen (4) of the application software C started next to the application software B moves to the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software C. .

If YES is determined in step S20 of FIG. 11, the process proceeds to step S22 to move and display the application screen of the first activated application software on the foreground of the display.
After moving the thick frame of the icon to the icon of the application software, the process returns to step S11 of FIG. As described above, when the multi-direction key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper right while the screen shown in FIG. 4 (a) is displayed on the display (14), as shown in FIG. The application screen (4) of the application software A started up is displayed on the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame of the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software A.

When the pressing direction of the multi-direction key (3) is diagonally upper left, the process shifts from step S12 of FIG. 10 to step S23 of FIG. 12, and the application screens of all the activated application software are displayed on the display. Judge whether it is displayed or not. Here, if it is determined to be no, the process proceeds to step S24 to determine whether or not the application software displayed on the foreground of the display is the first one to be launched, and if it is determined to be no. Moves to step S25, displays the application screen of the application software that is activated immediately before the application software displayed on the foreground of the display on the foreground of the display, and displays a thick frame surrounding the icon. After moving to the application software icon, the process returns to step S11 in FIG. As described above, the screen shown in FIG.
When the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper left in the state displayed in 4), the application of the application software B that was started immediately before the application software C as shown in FIG. Screen (4) is display (14)
When the multi-directional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper left in this state, the thick frame that is displayed on the foreground and surrounds the icon moves to the icon (40) of application software B, and in this state (c) ), The application screen (4) of the application software A that was started immediately before the application software B is displayed on the foreground of the display (14), and a thick frame surrounding the icon indicates the icon (40) of the application software A. ) Will be moved to.

If YES is determined in step S24 in FIG. 12, the process proceeds to step S26 to display the application screen of the last-launched application software on the foreground of the display and to enclose the icon with a thick frame. After moving to the icon of the application software, the process returns to step S11 in FIG. As described above, when the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper left while the screen shown in FIG. 6 (a) is displayed on the display (14), as shown in FIG. The application screen (4) of the application software C started up is displayed on the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software C.

When the application screens of all the activated application softwares are displayed on the display, it is determined as YES in step S23 of FIG. 12, the process proceeds to step S27, and is displayed on the forefront of the display. It is determined whether or not the application software is the one that was started first, and if the result is NO, the process proceeds to step S28, and the application software that is displayed before the application software displayed on the forefront of the display is started. After the application screen of the selected application software is moved to the foreground of the display to be displayed and the thick frame surrounding the icon is moved to the icon of the application software, the process returns to step S11 of FIG. As described above, the screen shown in FIG.
When the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper left in the state displayed in 4), the application of the application software B that was started immediately before the application software C as shown in FIG. Screen (4) is display (14)
When the thick frame surrounding the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software B and the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper left,
As shown in (c) of the same figure, the application screen (4) of the application software A started immediately before the application software B moves to the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame surrounding the icon indicates the application software A. Will move to the icon.

If YES is determined in step S27 of FIG. 12, the process proceeds to step S29 to move and display the application screen of the last-started application software on the foreground of the display.
After moving the thick frame of the icon to the icon of the application software, the process returns to step S11 of FIG. As described above, when the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the upper left while the screen shown in FIG. 4 (c) is displayed on the display (14), as shown in FIG. The application screen (4) of the application software C started up to the front moves to the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame of the icon moves to the icon (40) of the application software C.

When the pressing direction of the multi-directional key (3) is the diagonally lower right direction, the process shifts from step S12 of FIG. 10 to step S30 of FIG. 13 to select one of the plurality of started application software. It is judged whether or not the application screen of only the application software is displayed on the display, and if the judgment is No, step S
After shifting to 31 and ending the display of the application screen displayed on the foreground of the display and moving to the icon of the application software that was started immediately before the application software, step S11 in FIG. Return to. As described above, while the screen shown in FIG. 5 (a) is displayed on the display (14), the multidirectional key
When (3) is pressed diagonally to the lower right, the display of the application screen (4) of the application software C displayed in the foreground is completed, and as shown in FIG. The application screen (4) of the application software B started immediately before is located on the foreground of the display (14), and the thick frame surrounding the icon indicates the application software B icon (40).
Will be moved to. Also, in this state, multi-directional key (3)
Is pressed diagonally to the lower right, the display of the application screen (4) of the application software B displayed in the foreground ends, and as shown in FIG. The application screen (4) of the application software A started in
It will be located in the foreground of 4), and the thick frame surrounding the icon will move to the icon of application software A.

If the application screen of only one application software among the plurality of started application software is displayed on the display, YES is determined in step S30 of FIG. 13 and the process proceeds to step S32. The display of one application screen displayed on the display is ended. Then, in step S33, after displaying the standby screen on the display, the process returns to step S11 in FIG. As described above, FIG.
When the multidirectional key (3) is pressed diagonally to the lower right while the screen shown in (a) is displayed on the display (14), the application screen of the application software A is displayed.
After the display of (4) is completed, as shown in (b) of the figure, the standby screen
(41) will be shown on the display (14).

In the mobile phone according to the present invention, as described above, the front surface of the display (14) is operated by a simple operation of pressing the multi-directional key (3) in the upper right direction, the upper left direction or the lower right direction. The application software for which the application screen is displayed can be switched to a desired application software among the plurality of launched application software. Also, FIG. 4 and FIG.
By pressing the multi-directional key (3) diagonally to the upper left as shown in, the application software displayed on the foreground of the display (14) is switched to the application software that was started immediately before the software. By pressing the multi-direction key (3) diagonally to the upper right, the application software displayed on the foreground of the display (14) can be switched to the application software started next to the software. . In this way, it is possible to switch the application software displayed on the foreground of the display (14) to either the direction in which the startup order is earlier or the direction in which it is later, so the application that is the target of multiple processing. When the number of software is increased, the application software displayed on the foreground of the display (14) can be switched to a desired application software in a shorter time than a mobile phone capable of switching in only one direction. Furthermore,
Icons of multiple launched application software (4
0) are arranged from left to right according to the boot order display (1
Since it is displayed in 4), it is possible to switch the application software to the desired application software in a shorter time by operating the multidirectional key (3) in the diagonal upper right direction or the diagonal upper left direction. You can judge.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone according to the present invention viewed from the front side.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the mobile phone.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example in which a screen of a display is changing when an application is activated.

FIG. 4 is an example in which the screen of the display is changed by pressing the multidirectional key diagonally to the upper right or diagonally to the upper left while the application screens of all the activated application software are displayed on the display. FIG.

FIG. 5 is a diagram in which a multidirectional key is pressed diagonally to the lower right while the application screens of all or some of the plurality of launched application software are displayed on the display. It is a figure showing the example which the screen of is changing.

FIG. 6 is an example in which the screen of the display is changed by pressing the multi-directional key diagonally to the upper right or diagonally to the upper left while the application screen of the first launched application software is being displayed on the display. FIG.

FIG. 7 shows an example in which the screen of the display is changed by pressing the multi-directional key diagonally to the upper right or diagonally to the upper left while the application screen of the last launched application software is displayed on the display. FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a case where the display screen is displayed by pressing the multidirectional key diagonally to the lower right while the application screen of only one of the plurality of launched application software is being displayed on the display. It is a figure showing the example which is changing.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an application software starting procedure executed in the mobile phone.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an application screen switching procedure executed in the mobile phone.

11 is a first partial view of FIG. 10. FIG.

FIG. 12 is a second partial view of FIG.

13 is a third partial view of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

(1) Casing (11) Front case (12) Rear case (13) Antenna (14) Display (15) Key input device (3) Multi-directional key

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of application software can be caused to execute an operation by multi-processing, and each application software displays an application screen on a display by the execution, and
In a mobile phone that executes a predetermined operation by a user operation according to the application screen, an operation key that can be operated in five or more directions, and a specific four directions among the operation keys in five or more directions. Operation control means for causing the application software whose application screen is displayed on the display to execute a predetermined operation in accordance with the operation of, and operation in one or a plurality of directions other than the four directions among the operations in the five or more directions. Accordingly, the mobile phone is provided with software switching control means for switching the application software whose application screen is displayed on the display to another application software specified by the operation. 2. The operation keys can be operated in four directions of up, down, left and right, and can be operated in an oblique upper right direction and an oblique upper left direction, and a plurality of application software which are targets of multiple processing. Are ordered in accordance with a predetermined rule, and the software switching control means sets the order of the application software displayed on the display to be larger than the software whenever the operation in the diagonally upper right direction is performed. Each time an operation is performed in the upper left direction, the application displayed on the display is switched to the other application software in which the operation is performed in the other direction. Software to other applications that are in lesser order than the software The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone is switched to another application software having a larger order. 3. A plurality of application screens can be displayed on the display in a manner that they are overlapped with each other in front and back, and the software switching control means provides a multiplex operation when an operation is performed in an oblique upper right direction or an oblique upper left direction. Judgment means to judge whether or not the application screens of all the application softwares to be processed are displayed on the display, and the application screens of all application softwares to be multi-processed are displayed on the display. When it is determined that the application screen is displayed, move the application screen of the application software that is one order larger or smaller than the application software whose application screen is displayed on the foreground of the display to the foreground of the display. An application in which the application screen of the first screen control means and the application screen of all the application software that is the target of the multi-processing is displayed on the foreground of the display when it is determined that the application screen is not displayed on the display. The application screen of the application software, which is one order larger or smaller than the software, is newly displayed on the foreground of the display.
The mobile phone according to claim 2, further comprising a screen control means. 4. The operation key can be operated in an obliquely lower right direction or an obliquely lower left direction, and the software switching control means, when an obliquely lower right direction or an oblique lower left direction is operated, 4. The mobile phone according to claim 3, further comprising display end control means for ending display of the application screen displayed on the forefront of the display.