JP2004215024A - Mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a text in which the part desired by a text originator is distinct from other parts. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile terminal includes a text data input unit 2 for receiving the input of text and a format of part of the input text, and a data transmitting/receiving unit 5 for transmitting the received text and the format data in a pair. In the mobile terminal which has received the text data, the part of the text specified by the format data is generated with a format different from the other parts. Then, the text is displayed in which the part desired by the text originator is distinct from the other parts. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal having a so-called electronic mail function for transmitting and receiving text data.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Today, mobile terminals such as mobile phones having an e-mail function are in circulation. In this type of mobile terminal, a text created in text is transmitted and received as an e-mail. Since data transmitted and received by e-mail is limited to text data, only the text is displayed on the mobile terminal that has received the e-mail. Therefore, as a display of the entire sentence, all characters (text) are displayed in the same size, the same font, the same style, and the same color.
[0003]
A mobile terminal that processes and displays text received by e-mail is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-55804 (Patent Document 1). Patent Literature 1 describes a mobile terminal that deletes and displays a predetermined text included in text data received from a network. More specifically, when a sentence exceeding the number of characters that can be displayed on the display screen of the mobile terminal is included, all data that exceeds the number of characters that can be displayed is deleted and displayed. If more than two line feeds are consecutive, the third and subsequent line feeds are deleted and displayed. Further, if there is a blank following the line feed, the blank is deleted and displayed.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-55804
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in a conventional portable terminal, all characters (text) are displayed in the same typeface, the same size, and the same color, so that predetermined characters such as proper nouns are not displayed distinguishably from other characters, which makes it difficult to read. There was a problem.
[0006]
In addition, there is text that is created by using a so-called pictogram combining predetermined characters and giving the pictogram a specific meaning. Can not be used. For this reason, emoticons cannot be used for business sentences.
[0007]
Further, in the mobile terminal described in Patent Literature 1, although it can be displayed in accordance with the display screen, a specific text cannot be emphasized.
[0008]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal capable of transmitting and receiving text in which a part desired by a text creator is distinguished from other parts. The purpose is to:
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, a portable terminal includes: a text receiving unit that receives input of a text; a format receiving unit that receives a format of a part of the input text; And transmitting means for transmitting the text data and the format data in pairs.
[0010]
According to the present invention, the received text data and the format data indicating the format of a part of the text are transmitted as a pair. Can be output in a different format from the other parts. Therefore, it is possible to provide a portable terminal capable of transmitting a text in which a part desired by a text creator is distinguished from other parts.
[0011]
According to another aspect of the present invention, the portable terminal receives the text data and receives the format data indicating a partial format of the received text data in accordance with the format data. Display means for displaying the received text.
[0012]
According to the present invention, the received text is displayed according to the format data on condition that the format data indicating a part of the format of the received text data is received. For this reason, a part of the text specified by the format data can be output in a different format from the other parts. Therefore, it is possible to provide a mobile terminal capable of displaying a text while distinguishing a part desired by the text creator from other parts.
[0013]
Preferably, the format data defines a position of a predetermined text included in the text data and a display mode of the text at the position.
[0014]
According to the present invention, the position of a predetermined text included in the text data and the display mode of the text at that position can be determined from the format data.
[0015]
Preferably, the display mode includes at least one group selected from a character size, a character font, a character style, and a color.
[0016]
According to the present invention, the character size, character font, character style, or color of the predetermined text included in the text data can be displayed differently from other texts.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same parts and components are denoted by the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are the same. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing functions of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, a portable terminal 1 on the transmitting side of text data and a portable terminal 7 on the receiving side are shown. In the figure, only the function when the portable terminal 1 is on the transmitting side and the function when the portable terminal 7 is on the receiving side are shown for the sake of explanation. Have the same function. In the following description, the mobile terminal 1 is assumed to be a transmitting side and the mobile terminal 7 is assumed to be a receiving side mobile terminal, unless otherwise specified.
[0019]
Referring to FIG. 1, mobile terminal 1 and mobile terminal 7 are connected via communication network 6. The communication network 6 is a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet, a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) or an ISDN (integrated services digital network), or a wireless communication network used for mobile phones. The communication may be wired or wireless, and in the case of wireless communication may be communication using electromagnetic waves or communication using infrared rays.
[0020]
The portable terminals 1 and 7 are portable computers having a function of communicating using the above-described communication network. The mobile terminals 1 and 7 may be so-called mobile phones themselves, or may be devices in which a mobile phone is connected to a notebook or palm-type computer. Hereinafter, the mobile terminals 1 and 7 will be described as mobile phones.
[0021]
The mobile terminals 1 and 7 include a text data input unit 2 for inputting text data, a display unit 3 for displaying text data, a text data processing / processing unit 4, and a device for transmitting or receiving text data. And a data transmission / reception unit 5 of FIG.
[0022]
The display unit 3 is a liquid crystal display device, a cathode ray tube, electroluminescence, a plasma display panel, or the like. The display unit 3 is controlled by the text data processing / processing unit 4, and displays text data.
[0023]
The text data input unit 2 is a button switch provided for inputting a telephone number or the like. Each button is assigned at least one character for inputting text, and the character is input according to the number of times the button is pressed. For example, a button to which a number “1” is assigned is assigned a “character of the line”, and the character “a” is pressed once, the character “i” is pressed twice, The character "U" is input by pressing three times, the character "E" is input by pressing four times, and the character "O" is input by pressing five times. Similarly, "characters in the line", "characters in the line",... Are assigned to the other buttons, respectively, so that all characters of the Japanese syllabary can be input. A button to which the Japanese syllabary is not assigned is assigned a voiced sound, a small letter, a symbol, and the like, and these can be input as text. The text data input by the text data input unit 2 is output to the text data processing / processing unit 4 and displayed on the display unit 3.
[0024]
The text data input unit 2 is also used to input a format corresponding to the input text data. To enter this form, a form is assigned to the button in the same way that the characters described above are assigned to each button. The format includes the font, style, size, and color of the character.
[0025]
Further, text data input unit 2 includes a position designation button (cursor button) for designating the position of the text data. The position designation button is a button switch for instructing four directions of up, down, left, and right. Four button switches may be used, or a switch for detecting the inclination of one stick in four directions may be used. When this position designation button is operated, the cursor displayed on the display unit 3 moves up, down, left and right in the screen of the display unit 3 according to the operation direction of the position designation button. Then, the character of the text is designated at the position indicated by the cursor.
[0026]
By combining the operations of the position designation button and the format button, format data is input. The format data includes the position of a character in the text and the format attached to the character at that position. That is, the position of the character in the text data is designated by operating the position designation button, and the format attached to the character designated by operating the format button is designated. More specifically, while the text is displayed on the display unit 3, the position designation button is operated to move the cursor to the character to be formatted, and the format button is pressed. As a result, format data including the position of the character specified by the cursor and the format specified by the format button is input.
[0027]
The input of the format data is not limited to the above-described method, and any other method may be used as long as the position and the format of the character in the text displayed on the display unit 3 are input. .
[0028]
The data transmission / reception unit 5 is connected to the communication network 6 and enables transmission / reception of text data between the mobile terminals 1 and 7. As a communication protocol between the mobile terminals 1 and 7, a so-called protocol for transmitting and receiving electronic mail is used.
[0029]
The text data processing / processing unit 4 receives the text data from the text data input unit 2 and displays the text on the display unit 3 when creating the text data. Text data is a code for a computer to understand characters. The text is a code obtained by converting this code into a character that can be recognized by a human. The text data processing / processing unit 4 displays the character converted from the code on the display unit 3.
[0030]
Further, the text data processing / processing unit 4 receives the format data from the text data input unit 2 when creating the text data, and displays the text displayed on the display unit 3 in a format according to the format data. As described above, the format data includes the positions of the characters in the text and the format. For example, if the format data is "3rd to 5th character" as the character position in the text and "red" as the format, the 3rd, 4th, and 5th characters of the text are displayed in red. I do.
[0031]
As described above, the text data and the format data are paired data. Further, this correspondence is not limited to the case where one piece of format data forms a pair with one piece of text data, and there are also cases where a plurality of format data forms a pair with one piece of text data. For example, format data in which the character position in the text is "all characters" and the format is "red" and format data in which the character position in the text is "all characters" and the format is "blue" are one. It can correspond to text data.
[0032]
The text data and the format data are stored in association with a storage device such as a random access memory (RAM) of the mobile terminals 1 and 7.
[0033]
When text data is input from a data transmission / reception unit 5 described later, the text data processing / processing unit 4 displays the text on the display unit 3. When the format data paired with the text data is input from the data transmitting / receiving unit 5, the text is displayed on the display unit 3 in a format according to the format data.
[0034]
When the text data and the format data are input from the text data processing / processing unit 4, the data transmission / reception unit 5 pairs them and transmits them to another communication terminal. Here, since the text data is transmitted by e-mail, as a method of pairing the format data with the text data, transmission as an attached file can be considered. Instead of using an attached file, format data may be included in text data and transmitted. In this case, it is preferable to attach a predetermined mark so that the portable terminal that has received the text data can identify which part of the text data corresponds to the format data.
[0035]
The data transmitting / receiving unit 5 outputs text data and format data received from another mobile terminal to the text data processing / processing unit 4. In addition, the information is temporarily stored in a storage device included in the mobile terminal.
[0036]
In the portable terminal 1 described above, when the user inputs a text and a format using the text data input unit 2, the text data and the format data are paired. Then, the text data and the format data are transmitted to the mobile terminal 7 according to an instruction from the user. The process of transmitting text data from the mobile terminal 1 to the mobile terminal 7 uses a conventionally known protocol for transmitting and receiving so-called electronic mail. Here, the detailed description will not be repeated.
[0037]
In the portable terminal 7, when the text data and the format data are received by the data transmitting / receiving unit 5, the text data processing / processing unit 4 displays the text on the display unit 3 according to the format data.
[0038]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing executed in each of the mobile terminals 1 and 7. FIG. 2A shows a process executed by the portable terminal 1 on the transmitting side, and FIG. 2B shows a process executed by the portable terminal 7 on the receiving side.
[0039]
Referring to FIG. 2A, when the user texts, the input is received by text data input unit 2 (step S1). In accordance with this, the input text is displayed on the display unit 3 by the text data processing / processing unit 4. The user can operate the position designation button and the format button of the text data input unit 2 while viewing the displayed text to designate a desired character and input a format.
[0040]
In step S2, it is determined whether the input of the format has been accepted. When the input of the format is accepted, the process proceeds to step S3, and otherwise, the process proceeds to step S4.
[0041]
In step S3, format data is created in accordance with the input format, and stored in association with the text data input in step S1.
[0042]
Then, in response to the reception of the transmission instruction, an e-mail with the text data as the text and the corresponding format data as the attached data is transmitted to the portable terminal 7 (step S4).
[0043]
Here, a case where a format corresponding to text data is input and transmitted is shown, but a plurality of format data may be prepared in advance and stored in the storage device. In this case, at the time of the text data transmission instruction, the corresponding format data is designated from a plurality of pre-stored format data and transmitted together with the text data. By doing so, the same text data can be transmitted in different formats, so that the same text can be transmitted in different formats depending on the destination.
[0044]
Referring to FIG. 2 (B), when portable terminal 7 receives text data from portable terminal 1 (step S5), it is determined whether or not format data has been received (step S6). In the present embodiment, text data and format data are transmitted by e-mail, so it is determined whether or not the format data is attached to the text data of the body as an attached file. If the format data has been received, the process proceeds to step S7, and if not, the process skips step S7 and proceeds to step S8.
[0045]
Then, the text data processing / processing unit 4 creates a text in accordance with the received format (step S7), and the created text is displayed on the display unit 3 (step S8).
[0046]
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a text created by the mobile terminal 1 according to the present embodiment. 3A to 3D, the same text data is used for the sake of explanation. That is, the first line is data consisting of five characters of "Good morning." The second line is data consisting of six characters of "I'm fine today," and the third line is data consisting of five characters of "OK." And In this example, the format is set for each line. For this reason, the position data of the format data is represented by a line number.
[0047]
FIG. 3A shows an example in which the character size is specified in the format. Referring to FIG. 3A, the format has a character size of 16 points on the first line, 12 points on the second line, and 10 points on the third line. On the display screen, text is displayed according to this format. The characters in the first line are displayed in a size of 16 points, the characters in the second line are displayed in a size of 12 points, and the characters in the third line are displayed in a size of 10 points.
[0048]
FIG. 3B shows an example in which a character font is specified in the format. Referring to FIG. 3B, the first line is a Mincho font, the second line is a Gothic font, and the third line is a square font. On the display screen, the characters on the first line are displayed in Mincho, the characters on the second line are displayed in Gothic, and the characters on the third line are displayed in square type.
[0049]
FIG. 3C shows an example in which a character style is specified in the format. Referring to FIG. 3 (C), the first line is in italic, the second line is in bold, and the third line is in a standard character style. On the display screen, the characters on the first line are displayed in italics, the characters on the second line are displayed in bold, and the characters on the third line are displayed in a standard style.
[0050]
FIG. 3D shows an example in which a color is specified in the format. In FIG. 3D, the first line is displayed in red, the second line is displayed in blue, and the third line is displayed in yellow. In this drawing, colors cannot be represented, but on the actual display screen, the characters on the first line are displayed in red, the characters on the second line are displayed in blue, and the characters on the third line are displayed in yellow Is done.
[0051]
Here, an example is shown in which the format is different in character size, character font, character style, and color, but these may be combined with each other.
[0052]
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to create a text in which the character font, size, style, color, and the like of a specific portion of the created text are different from those of other portions. In addition, the character font, size, style, color, and the like of a specific portion of the text thus created can be displayed differently from other portions. For this reason, it is possible to emphasize which part in the text is important, which part is desired to be conveyed, and to emphasize proper nouns and various characters. Therefore, it is possible to transmit a text in which a portion desired by the user of the mobile terminal 1 is emphasized.
[0053]
In the portable terminal 7 receiving such a text, the part emphasized by the creator of the sentence is displayed in a format different from that of the other parts, so that the sentence can be read comfortably. In addition, since the text is displayed on the portable terminal 7 in a format determined by the creator of the text (the user of the mobile terminal 1), it is easy to convey the intention of the text creator.
[0054]
In the present embodiment, a portable terminal has been described as an example, but the invention can also be grasped as a text editing method and a text editing program executed by the portable terminal.
[0055]
(1) That is, the text editing method is
Accepting text input;
Accepting a partial format of the input text;
Transmitting the received text data and the format data in pairs.
[0056]
(2) In the text editing method, the text data may be received in accordance with the format data on condition that the text data is received and format data indicating a partial format of the received text data is received. Displaying the displayed text.
[0057]
(3) Preferably, in the text editing method, the format data defines a position of a predetermined text included in the text data and a display mode of the text at the position.
[0058]
(4) Preferably, in the text editing method, the display mode includes at least one group selected from a character size, a character font, a character style, and a color.
[0059]
(5) In addition, the text editing program
Accepting text input;
Accepting a partial format of the input text;
Transmitting the received text data and the format data as a pair.
[0060]
(6) In addition, the text editing program receives text data;
Displaying the received text according to the format data on condition that format data indicating a part of the format of the received text data is received.
[0061]
(7) Preferably, in the text editing program, the format data defines a position of a predetermined text included in the text data and a display mode of the text at the position.
[0062]
(8) Preferably, in the text editing program, the display mode includes at least one group selected from a character size, a character font, a character style, and a color.
[0063]
The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing functions of a mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a process executed by the mobile terminal according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a text created by the mobile terminal according to the present embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
1, 7 mobile terminal, 2 text data input section, 3 display section, 4 text data processing / processing section, 5 data transmission / reception section, 6 communication network.

Claims (4)

A text accepting means for accepting text input,
Format accepting means for accepting a partial format of the input text,
A mobile terminal comprising: a transmitting unit configured to transmit the received text data and the format data in pairs. Receiving means for receiving text data;
A portable terminal, comprising: display means for displaying a received text according to the format data on condition that format data indicating a partial format of the received text data is received. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the format data defines a position of a predetermined text included in the text data and a display mode of the text at the position. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the display mode includes at least one group selected from a character size, a character font, a character style, and a color.

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