JP2006042123A - Portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone which is operated regardless of places and by which various operations such as cursor control by a mouse operation are freely performed. <P>SOLUTION: The portable telephone includes a touch panel operated by fingers. The various operations are performed by transmitting the operating signal of the touch panel. For example, the touch panel is arranged on a rear surface and a click button switch is arranged on at least one of right and left side surfaces. The operations include the cursor control of a personal computer, the remote control operation of an audio visual apparatus, and the keyless entry of an automobile, etc. The operating signal is transmitted by Bluetooth(R) connection. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a novel mobile phone capable of performing operations such as cursor control of a computer device by wireless connection.

  In various computer devices such as a so-called personal computer, as a coordinate input device for moving a cursor or pointer indicating a coordinate point to an arbitrary position on a screen displayed on an image display device (monitor) or specifying a range Mouse input devices are widely used. The mouse input device is arranged on the front side of the case body, the case body having a curved shape that fits the hand, a trackball that is partially exposed on the bottom surface of the case body and that rotates as the case body operates. It consists of multiple click buttons.

  In recent years, with the spread of notebook personal computers and the like, it has become difficult to deal with the mouse input devices, and notebook personal computers equipped with so-called touchpads and accupoints as pointing devices instead of mouse input devices are widely used. It is commercially available.

  By the way, among notebook personal computers, small portable personal computers, PDAs, and the like are being further miniaturized, and the pointing device may not be equipped due to space restrictions. In such a case, the input operation can be performed only by a keyboard operation, and there is a problem that the convenience of the operation is lacking, and there is a demand for a countermeasure.

Thus, it has been proposed to use a mobile phone as a wireless mouse (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2). In the inventions described in these patent documents, by incorporating a motion sensor or the like in a mobile phone, coordinate input, cursor control, and the like similar to those of a normal mouse input device are enabled.
JP 2004-147272 A JP 2003-69677 A

  However, with a wireless mouse of the same method as a normal mouse input device, it is difficult to operate if there is no flat place to place the mouse, such as work while moving by car or train, and eventually you have to rely on the keyboard There is a problem.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of such conventional circumstances, and provides a mobile phone that can be operated at any place and can perform various operations such as cursor control by mouse operation. For the purpose.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, a mobile phone according to the present invention includes a touch panel that can be operated with at least fingers, and various devices are operated by transmitting operation signals of the touch panel.

Since the mobile phone of the present invention includes a touch panel that can be operated by fingers as cursor control means, cursor control (coordinate input) or the like is possible regardless of location, for example, work while moving in a car or train Etc., the operation signal is stably input. Therefore, the mouse operation can be performed without depending on the keyboard, and the convenience of the operation is ensured.

  According to the mobile phone of the present invention, it is possible to freely perform various operations such as cursor control by mouse operation regardless of location, and it is possible to easily perform cursor control and various device operations of a personal computer. .

  Hereinafter, a mobile phone to which the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The cellular phone 1 according to the present embodiment is a so-called folding cellular phone as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B and FIGS. 2A and 2B. That is, the cellular phone 1 includes an operation unit 2 in which operation buttons such as number keys and various operation keys are arranged, and a display unit 3 in which a sub display 4 and a camera lens 5 are provided on the liquid crystal display screen or the back surface. Is done.

  The operation unit 2 and the display unit 3 are coupled via an openable / closable hinge unit when used as a normal mobile phone, and the user expands the operation unit 2 and the display unit 3 during use. Check the key operation and display, use it as a telephone, or send and receive mail. Here, the operation unit 2 is provided with a microphone, and the display unit 3 is provided with a speaker. During a call, the speaker of the display unit 3 is pressed against an ear so as to speak toward the microphone of the operation unit 2. . On the other hand, when not in use, the operation unit 2 and the display unit 3 can be folded and folded and folded in a compact manner.

  In the mobile phone 1 of this embodiment, a Bluetooth-equipped mobile phone is used as a substitute for a mouse, and a pointing device (mainly a touch panel) is mounted on the Bluetooth-equipped mobile phone.

  As shown in FIG. 1B, the touch panel (touch screen) 6 is mounted on the back surface of the operation unit 2 and adjacent to the battery cover 7. In addition, the click button portions 8 and 9 are assigned to the left and right side surfaces of the operation unit 3. In the case of a right-handed person, the cellular phone 1 is operated by operating the touch panel 6 with the index finger, the left click button portion 8 with the thumb, and the right click button portion 9 with the middle finger. The ring finger and the little finger are attached to the back surface of the mobile phone 1 so as to support the mobile phone 1.

  A circuit configuration of the cellular phone 1 is shown in FIG. In the mobile phone 1, a Bluetooth chip 11 for wireless communication is mounted together with a flash memory 12. As the Bluetooth chip 11, a chip compatible with HID (Human / machine Interface Devices), which is a compatible protocol for exchanging with a standard driver such as a peripheral device such as a Bluetooth mouse, is used. In addition, an input unit 14 such as a touch panel and a click button and an electric sensor 15 that detects input are mounted as the mouse function part 13. Signals are exchanged between the mouse function part 13 and the Bluetooth chip 11, and operation signals are exchanged with the personal computer 16 via the Bluetooth chip 11. The personal computer 16 is also equipped with a Bluetooth unit 17 for wirelessly transmitting and receiving signals according to the Bluetooth standard.

Bluetooth (Bluetooth) is a technology that makes it possible to easily recognize each other and exchange data between various devices such as mobile devices, mobile phones, personal computers, etc., using radio waves with a frequency of 2.4 GHz. The corresponding module is also small, has low power consumption, and has a feature that it can be easily mounted on a portable device. Therefore, by adopting this as a wireless standard for signal transmission / reception, it becomes possible to incorporate wireless means without significantly increasing the size of the cellular phone 1.

With the above configuration, the mouse operation can be detected by operating the touch panel 6 through Bluetooth connection, and the position information can be transmitted to the personal computer 16 side. The features are as follows.
(1) By using a Bluetooth mobile phone that has become widespread in recent years, it is possible to substitute a mouse with a device that is always possessed.
(2) The mouse can be operated anywhere. In addition, since the connection is Bluetooth, the connection status is stable.
(3) Since the battery of the mobile phone is used, no external power supply is required. In addition, since it is a Bluetooth connection, power consumption can be reduced.
(4) The click button of the mouse can be replaced with a standard mobile phone button.
(5) Since HID-compatible Bluetooth chips (or modules) are abundant and widely distributed, they can be mounted easily and inexpensively.
(6) Since the mobile phone with a foldable camera, which is currently mainstream, resembles the shape of a small mouse, it has the advantage of being easily held by hand.

  As mentioned above, although the mobile phone to which the present invention is applied has been described, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. For example, in the previous embodiment, the cursor control of the personal computer is performed. However, the operation target is not limited to the personal computer. By mounting a Bluetooth chip on the operation target device, an audio visual device (AV device) is provided. It can be applied to the operation of the car or keyless entry of the car.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the touch panel 6 is mounted in the vicinity of function buttons often used for general mobile phones, and can be arranged as a substitute for the down, left, right cross buttons. is there. As the decision button, the entire touch panel 6 is a switch, and when it is pressed, it is regarded as a decision. As a result, the number of buttons can be reduced, and the mouse operation can be realized even in the application of the mobile phone 1.

1 shows an example of a cellular phone to which the present invention is applied, in which (a) is a plan view of a display unit and (b) is a plan view of an operation unit. An example of the mobile phone to which the present invention is applied is shown, (a) is a left side view and (b) is a right side view. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the mobile telephone to which this invention is applied. It is a top view which shows the other example of the mobile telephone to which this invention is applied.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone 2 Operation part 3 Display part 4 Sub display 5 Camera lens 6 Touch panel 7 Battery cover 8, 9 Click button part 11 Bluetooth chip 12 Flash memory 13 Mouse functional part 14 Input part 15 Electric sensor 16 Personal computer 17 Bluetooth unit

Claims (4)

  A mobile phone comprising a touch panel that can be operated with at least fingers, and various devices are operated by transmitting an operation signal of the touch panel.   2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the operation is at least one of cursor control of a personal computer, remote control operation of an audiovisual device, and keyless entry of an automobile.   3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the operation signal is transmitted by Bluetooth connection. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the touch panel is provided on the back surface, and a click button switch is provided on at least one of the left and right side surfaces.

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