JP2006065713A - Portable terminal, control method of computer, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal which does not reduce a speed in switching a menu while key repeating is being controlled in the selection of the menu and gives a feeling of comfort when used, and also provide a control method of computer and a program thereof. <P>SOLUTION: When the reproduction key of an operation part 12 is pressed down, a reproduction-and-display control part 22 reproduces a selected voice menu on which a cursor is displayed on a ringing melody setting screen. At that time, when an up or down key is pressed in a long period of time, the cursor is scrolled in the upward or downward direction on the menu selection screen of a display part 10, and the menu is selected. At that time, the voice data under reproduction are not changed, and an excessive load on a CPU for the reproduction processing of the voice data can be avoided. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement in menu selection control in a portable terminal having a menu selection screen.

  Conventionally, when you want to input the process assigned to the same key of a mobile terminal multiple times in succession, if you keep pressing the key for a predetermined time or longer, so-called long press, the predetermined process will be executed at regular time intervals. Key repeat control has been put into practical use. This key repeat control is also used for control for selecting a desired menu in a portable terminal having a menu selection screen.

For example, Patent Literature 1 below discloses key repeat control in which a time interval at which processing is executed is shortened when a long press is continued beyond a certain time.
JP 2003-162356 A

  However, in the above conventional technique, when large-capacity processing, for example, voice menu switching or selection is assigned to a key, the voice data is reproduced each time the selection display such as a cursor is switched by key repeat control. The process to perform and the process to stop are executed. For this reason, there is a problem that the load on the CPU increases, the process cannot catch up with the movement of the cursor, and the switching of the voice menu becomes slow.

  In addition, during the key repeat control when the key is held down, the process of playing back the audio data is executed as described above, so that a piece of music unnecessary for the user is played back for a short time (several milliseconds). There was also a problem of discomforting the person.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal, a computer control method, and a user-friendly feeling that does not reduce the menu switching speed during key repeat control during menu selection. To provide a program.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a portable terminal having a selection screen capable of selecting desired data from a menu displayed on the screen, and reproducing control means for reproducing the data selected and displayed on the selection screen. When the selection display is switched, the reproduction menu changing means for changing the data to be reproduced according to the selection display, and the selection display on the display screen when the data selection input key is pressed for a long time. Scroll control means for scrolling, and change suppression means for suppressing change processing of data to be reproduced by the reproduction menu changing means during scrolling of the selection display. Here, it is preferable that the change suppression unit cancels the suppression of the change process when the long-pressed key is released.

  The present invention is also a computer control method, comprising: reproducing data of a menu that is selected and displayed on a selection screen displayed on the screen; and data to be reproduced when the selection display is switched. The step of changing according to the selection display, the step of scrolling the selection display on the display screen when the data selection input key is pressed for a long time, and the change processing of the data to be reproduced is suppressed during the scrolling. And a step.

  Further, the present invention provides a reproduction control means for reproducing data of a menu that has been selected and displayed on a selection screen displayed on the screen, and the data to be reproduced in accordance with the selection display when the selection display is switched. Replay menu changing means to change, scroll control means for scrolling the selection display on the display screen when the data selection input key is pressed for a long time, and data to be played back by the play menu changing means during the scrolling It is a program operated as a change suppression means for suppressing the change process.

  According to the present invention, when the selection display on the display screen is scrolled by pressing and holding the input key, the process for changing the data to be reproduced by the reproduction menu changing unit is suppressed, so that the menu switching speed does not decrease.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention (hereinafter referred to as an embodiment) will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a mobile terminal according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the mobile terminal includes a display unit 10, an audio output unit 11, an operation unit 12, a storage unit 14, a time measurement unit 16, a communication unit 18, and a control unit 20.

  The display unit 10 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays key input contents such as character data, various graphics, and the like. Moreover, the audio | voice output part 11 is comprised, for example with a buzzer, a speaker, etc., and outputs a predetermined | prescribed audio | voice.

  The key input is performed by the operation unit 12 shown in FIG. This operation part 12 is comprised by the operation button etc. of a portable terminal, for example.

  The storage unit 14 includes, for example, a working RAM of the control unit 20, an EEPROM as a nonvolatile memory, a magnetic storage medium, and the like, and stores various data such as key input contents, programs, and the like.

  The time measuring unit 16 includes a time measuring function such as a timer, and measures time data necessary for controlling the portable terminal.

  The communication unit 18 communicates with the base station by a known method to realize a call function as a mobile communication terminal. When the present invention is applied to a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) or the like, the communication unit 18 is not always necessary.

  The control unit 20 is composed of a CPU, for example, and controls these operations while exchanging data with the display unit 10, the audio output unit 11, the operation unit 12, the storage unit 14, the time measurement unit 16, and the communication unit 18. .

  The playback / display control unit 22 of the control unit 20 mainly controls the content displayed on the display unit 10 and the audio output from the audio output unit 11. The scroll control unit 24 scrolls the selection display of a cursor or the like when the key is pressed and held, that is, performs control for continuously switching the display location in a predetermined order. The determination unit 26 performs control for determining whether or not the user has pressed a key, whether or not the timer of the time measurement unit 16 has expired, and the like.

  Note that the control unit 20 described above may be a computer that is configured around a CPU. In this case, each function of the control unit 20 is realized by the CPU executing a program stored in a memory card or other medium. Is done.

  2 and 3 show a flow of operations of the mobile terminal according to the present invention. FIG. 4 shows an example of a menu selection screen displayed on the display screen of the display unit 10 shown in FIG. Here, an incoming melody setting screen is shown as the menu selection screen.

  In FIG. 2, when the play key of the operation unit 12 is pressed in the state where the ring melody setting screen of FIG. 4 is displayed (S1), the voice reproduction process is called (S2) and is selected on the ring melody setting screen. The playback / display control unit 22 plays back the song on which the cursor 28 representing the menu (song title) is displayed. The reproduction / display control unit 22 in this case functions as the reproduction control means of the present invention. The audio reproduction process will be described later with reference to FIG.

  Next, when the determination unit 26 determines that the up / down key for moving the cursor 28 up and down on the incoming melody setting screen has been pressed upward or downward (S3), the long press timer of the time measurement unit 16, that is, the key A timer for determining whether or not is held down is turned on (S4). The up and down keys are assigned to the operation unit 12.

  When the up / down key is pressed in S3, the scroll control unit 24 deletes the cursor 28 currently displayed in cooperation with the reproduction / display control unit 22 (S5), and the direction of the pressed up / down key. Control is performed to create the cursor 28 on the song name next to (S6). By the processes of S5 and S6, a process of moving in the direction of the up / down key where the cursor 28 is pressed is executed.

  In the above state, the determination unit 26 determines whether the long press timer is turned off (S7) and whether the up / down key is released (S8). If the up / down key is not released and the long press timer is turned off, it means that the up / down key has been pressed for a long time, and the processing from S4 is executed again. As a result, the cursor 28 is scrolled upward or downward on the incoming melody setting screen shown in FIG. 4 at regular intervals (every set time of the long press timer), and key repeat control is executed. In this case, the audio reproduction process is not restarted, and the reproduction of the audio data reproduced in the audio reproduction process activated in S2 is continued. Therefore, a piece of music unnecessary for the user is not reproduced. Further, since the CPU only scrolls the cursor 28 and does not need to stop and start the audio reproduction process, the menu switching speed (cursor scrolling speed) decreases during the key repeat control at the time of menu selection. You can avoid that. As described above, the playback / display control unit 22 and the scroll control unit 24 that execute control that does not change the audio data while the cursor 28 is scrolling function as the change suppression unit of the present invention.

  On the other hand, if the up / down key is released before the long press timer is turned off, the playback / display control unit 22 stops the playback of the audio data currently being played back (S9), and the voice playback processing application started in S2 is executed. The process ends (S10). Thereafter, the audio reproduction process is called again (S11), and the processes from S3 are executed again. In the processes from S9 to S11, the reproduction / display control unit 22 changes the audio data to be reproduced according to the song name on which the cursor 28 is currently displayed. In this case, the reproduction / display control unit 22 functions as a reproduction menu changing unit of the present invention.

  FIG. 3 shows a flow of the operation of the audio reproduction process shown in S2 of FIG. In FIG. 3, when the audio playback process is called, the playback / display control unit 22 performs interrupt prohibition setting to prohibit interrupts from other classes until the end of the audio playback process (S101).

  Next, the reproduction / display control unit 22 activates an audio reproduction processing application for reproducing audio data (S102).

  The reproduction / display control unit 22 acquires the file name of the audio data on which the cursor 28 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed by the operation of the audio reproduction processing application (S103), and accesses the storage unit 14 ( S104), the voice data corresponding to the file name is read from the storage unit 14 (S105).

  Next, the reproduction / display control unit 22 reproduces the read audio data (S106), and cancels the interrupt prohibition setting (S107).

  Thus, the audio reproduction process ends.

It is a block diagram of the structure of one Embodiment of the portable terminal concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation | movement of the portable terminal concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow of operation | movement of the portable terminal concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the menu selection screen displayed on the display screen of the display part shown by FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Display part, 11 Sound output part, 12 Operation part, 14 Storage part, 16 Time measurement part, 18 Communication part, 20 Control part, 22 Playback | regeneration, Display control part, 24 Scroll control part, 26 Judgment part, 28 Cursor.

Claims (4)

A mobile terminal having a selection screen that allows a user to select desired data from a menu displayed on the screen,
Reproduction control means for reproducing the data selected and displayed on the selection screen;
Reproduction menu changing means for changing data to be reproduced according to the selection display when the selection display is switched;
Scroll control means for scrolling the selection display on the display screen when the data selection input key is pressed for a long time;
A change suppression unit that suppresses a change process of data to be reproduced by the reproduction menu changing unit during the scroll;
A portable terminal comprising:   The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the change suppression unit releases the suppression of the change process when the long-pressed key is released. Replaying the menu data selected and displayed on the selection screen displayed on the screen;
Changing the data to be reproduced according to the selection display when the selection display is switched;
Scrolling the selection display on the display screen when the data selection input key is pressed for a long time;
And a step of suppressing the process of changing the data to be reproduced during the scrolling. Computer
Playback control means for playing back the menu data selected and displayed on the selection screen displayed on the screen;
A reproduction menu changing means for changing data to be reproduced according to the selection display when the selection display is switched;
Scroll control means for scrolling the selection display on the display screen when the data selection input key is pressed for a long time, and change suppression for suppressing change processing of data to be reproduced by the reproduction menu changing means during the scrolling means,
A program characterized by operating as

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