JP2006287617A - Portable terminal and program for portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal and a program for a portable terminal capable of reducing the burden of an input operation of the portable terminal. <P>SOLUTION: An input-output control program 2 for controlling a portable terminal application 1 that uses a display device 3 of the portable terminal and an input device 4 is provided, and the input-output control program 2 registers only a data item of input-output control to be used by a user among many input-output control items. An application program sequentially instructs the execution of all data items to be inputted and outputted, and the input-output control program interrupts the execution of unregistered data items to thereby execute only data items registered by the user among many input-output control items. The user eliminates the needs of input-output, reduces extra operations involved in a skip operation and can execute only required input-output control. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal program capable of simplifying (saving labor) data input.

  In mobile terminal applications such as mobile phones, data can be input using limited input devices such as dial buttons on display (output) devices of limited sizes such as liquid crystal displays. Output must be realized.

On the other hand, the data handled by mobile terminals has not only increased the number of individual data items but also the types of data due to higher functionality of applications.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional example of a phone book registration application program among various applications of a portable terminal. FIG. 7A shows an example of a phone book menu screen. When [8] Phone book registration is selected on the menu screen, a number of input items (data items) for phone book registration as shown in FIG. 7B are displayed. Is displayed.

  In other words, multiple inputs such as name input, reading input, group number input, telephone number input, mail address input, postal code / address input, memo input, and image registration are possible for the other party's telephone to be registered in the mobile phone. Furthermore, it has a function that allows a plurality of inputs for telephone numbers and mail addresses.

  As described above, in the application of the conventional mobile terminal represented by the mobile phone, in order to input the data that the user wants to use in the application, the input field of the data item that is not used is skipped, or the application is used in the application. In order to display and output the desired data, the display output of data items that are not used is skipped, so that there is a problem that operations of a large number of input devices are required.

  In addition, in order to enable smooth skipping, it is necessary to reduce the character size of display data and the like, which causes a problem that visibility of display data to be used deteriorates.

(the purpose)
An object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal and a portable terminal program capable of reducing the burden of an input operation using an input / output device of the portable terminal.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal and a portable terminal program that allow a user to customize input by an input / output device by an application of the portable terminal.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal and a portable terminal program that can save labor in developing a portable terminal application.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal and a portable terminal capable of increasing the character size of data on a display device by customizing input by an input / output device by a user and improving the visibility of display data. Is to provide a program.

  The present invention is an application used in a portable terminal so that an application user can change input / output control of data such as an input device (such as a key input) and an output device (such as a display) within another application or application. An input / output control program 2 for operating a mobile terminal application 1 that uses a display device 3 or an input device 4 of a mobile terminal, with respect to the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal program for setting, executing, and reducing the burden on the user (FIG. 2).

  The portable terminal of the present invention is a portable terminal equipped with an application program that includes input / output control of a plurality of data items for an input / output device, and inputs / outputs only data items selected in advance by a user among the plurality of data items. An input / output control program for controlling execution is provided, and the input / output control of the application program starts execution by outputting an execution instruction to an input / output function for each data item. The control program controls the execution of data items other than the data items selected in advance by the user.

  The input / output control data item to be executed is selected in advance based on the list of the plurality of data items output from the application program when the input / output control program is started. The control is characterized in that, based on the list of data items, data items are sequentially output to the input / output control program, and execution instructions based on the data items are sequentially output to the input / output function.

  Further, the output of the list of the plurality of data items is output from the application analysis program of the mobile terminal instead of being output from the application program, and the input / output control program is a patch program for executing the firmware of the mobile terminal or the application program It is implemented as.

  The portable terminal program according to the present invention includes an application program for causing a control unit of a portable terminal to execute input / output control of a plurality of data items for an input / output device, and a user among the plurality of data items. And an input / output control program for realizing a function of executing input / output control of only the data item selected in advance by executing the input / output control of the application program for each data item. Execution is started by outputting an execution command to the output function, and the input / output control program controls to interrupt the execution of the data items other than the data items previously selected by the user.

  The input / output control data item to be executed is selected in advance based on the list of the plurality of data items output from the application program when the input / output control program is started. The control is characterized in that the data items are sequentially output to the input / output control program based on the list of data items, and the execution instructions based on the data items are sequentially output to the input / output function.

  Furthermore, it includes an application analysis program for a portable terminal that outputs a list of the plurality of data items instead of the application program, and the input / output control program is a firmware for the portable terminal or an application program execution patch program. And

  According to the present invention, by installing an input / output control program for controlling data input / output to / from an input / output device from a mobile terminal application, any input / output control program can be set in advance in the input / output control program for any mobile terminal application. By inputting input / output control information such as an application name and user usage data, the user can freely save input / output operations.

  In addition, since the input / output control settings related to the input / output control for the input / output device of the mobile terminal application and the control of execution or non-execution of data input / output by this can be processed on the control side, the mobile terminal application so far is modified It can be used as it is without any problems.

  Furthermore, the developer of the portable terminal application can save the development of the application by entrusting the user with customization of input / output control.

  In addition, by setting fewer data items to be used in the input / output control program in advance, the display size of the display data on the display device can be increased, the visibility of the display data can be improved, and skip operations can also be performed. It becomes possible to carry out smoothly.

(Description of configuration)
Next, the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a block configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The mobile terminal 10 according to the present embodiment includes an input device 4 represented by a key input unit including dial buttons and a display device represented by a liquid crystal display capable of displaying input data from the input device 4 ( Output device) 3, a memory unit 5 including RAM, ROM, and other storage devices for storing various programs and input / output data, and a computer for controlling the input / output devices by the various programs and realizing the respective functions. And a wireless unit for communication as a portable terminal and a voice unit for outputting voice and various display sounds. Hereinafter, the configuration and function of each unit will be described.

  In the memory unit 5, various application programs for realizing various functions of the mobile terminal, and input / output of data to and from the input device 4 and the output device 3 (collectively referred to as “input / output device”) requested by the application program. Various programs such as an input / output control program to be controlled (input / output control) and input / output data are stored.

  The input device 4 includes function keys, numeric keys, and the like, and outputs each input data to the control unit 6 by an operation from the user. The output device 3 outputs data from the control unit 6 and displays it on a display device, for example. Therefore, the input device 4 and the output device 3 can be provided with a program such as a device driver for executing various applications of the mobile terminal.

  The control unit 6 includes a computer, reads various application programs and input / output control programs from the memory unit 5, and performs control for realizing various functions of the mobile terminal including the input / output devices. In this embodiment, the input / output device in the function of the program is controlled by starting a specific application program, and the input / output operation of the user's input / output device can be simplified by the input / output control program. The function to perform input / output control such as input of data and display of input data is realized.

  As an input / output control function of the present embodiment, as a specific example of an application program, for example, a program function capable of realizing the function of “phone book registration”, the application program is activated to the user. Selection screen for input items (data items) such as name, pretend kana, address, telephone number, etc. to display device 3 for prompting input, display of individual data items, and input of data from input device 4 to data items Input control function, input data display control function, that is, input / output control for the input / output device.

  The input / output control program 2 may be implemented in advance as firmware in the portable terminal, or may be implemented as an execution patch program for various portable terminal applications represented by the application program 1. Furthermore, an application analysis program for analyzing the application of the mobile terminal is provided, and a part of the function of the application program (output of a list of a plurality of data items to be described later) is replaced with the application analysis program. Can be configured to process.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a data input / output control system for the input / output device of the portable terminal of the present embodiment. The input / output control program 2 installed in the portable terminal is involved in the input / output required for the output device 3 and the input device 4 by the various application programs 1 (applications) used in the portable terminal. In this configuration, only the input / output selected by the user is controlled.

The functions related to input / output control of the application program 1 and the input / output control program 2 of the present embodiment are as follows.
The application program 1 requests input / output of data from the input / output device as described above upon activation. When the I / O control program is in a standby state for I / O control requests from the application program at startup, when the I / O control request is issued from the application program, the data related to the I / O control request is registered as usage data by the user. If it is not registered, it is controlled that the input / output control of the application program for the input / output device is completed.

  When the I / O control program controls the application program as I / O control is completed, the application program determines whether there is another I / O control request, and if there is another I / O control request, An output control request is issued, and thereafter, the same processing is performed by the application program and the input / output control program.

  By repeating the above processing of the application program and the input / output control program, only the input / output control registered in the input / output control program is executed, and the unregistered input / output control is omitted. This eliminates an extra input / output operation involving a skip operation or the like that does not require input / output for the user, and enables only the input / output control desired by the user. Therefore, the user's usage data is registered (input / output control setting) in advance for the input / output control program.

(Description of operation)
Next, the operation of the input / output control setting and the application execution based on the setting in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 will be described in detail with reference to a flowchart. Hereinafter, the program flow related to data input / output in the application program 1 in FIG. 2 will be described as the application side (AP side), and the program flow in the input / output control program 2 will be described as the control side.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a flowchart when setting the input / output control of the present embodiment.
First, the user performs a setting function start operation for customizing the input / output control displayed on the function screen on the display. The control side is activated (started) by the user's start operation, the control side displays a list of applications that can be set on the display, and the user sets the target of input / output control according to the present embodiment from the list. An application (AP) is selected (s1).

When an application (AP) for customizing input / output control is selected on the control side (s1), the application side is activated (start).
Upon startup from the control side, the application side outputs a list (data item list) of input / output data items (names) requested by the application in the function of the application to the control side (s2), and input / output control on the application side End the processing flow related to the setting of (End).

  When the control side obtains the data item list from the application side, it displays one or more data items (usage data) that the user wants to use from the data item list on the display device so that the user can select the data item list. When a data item is selected from the data item list (s3), the control side registers (stores) the selected use data in association with the application name as input / output control information (s4), and data input / output on the control side The processing flow related to the control setting is ended (END). The control side is configured to return to the application list display screen in step s1 at the end (end) of setting of one application, so that a plurality of applications can be set continuously.

  As described above, when the user starts the application, the setting of the input / output control program on the control side that controls the input / output of the data items input / output by the application is completed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a flowchart when the mobile terminal application is executed in accordance with the setting of the data input / output control shown in FIG.
When the user activates a specific application from the function screen or the like of the portable terminal (start), the application side outputs the application name (s11) and activates the control side (start).

  The control side determines whether or not the received application name (AP name) is registered as the application name of the input / output control information (s21). If not registered, the input / output control program is terminated (end), and thereafter. In this data input / output control, the application directly requests the input / output device to execute input / output as follows.

  In other words, after the application side notifies the control side of the application name, after waiting for the processing time (a fixed time) of the control side step s21 set by the timer (1) (s12), the input / output data item list of the application side The first data item (name) is output to the control side and the application side (s13). Here, the input / output control program for the notification of the data item (name) has already been completed and does not operate on the control side, but the application side has an input function for data input and data display of individual data items prepared in advance. An execution instruction related to the data item is output to the output function (s16) (s14). When the input / output control of the data item by the input / output function (s16) ends and the end of processing is notified from the input / output function (s16), whether or not there is a request for the next data item based on the data item list. (S15), if there is a next data item, the same processing from step s13 is performed, and the same processing is repeated until all data items in the data item list are completed (s13 to s16). End input / output control independent of the input / output control program (end).

  If the application name notified from the application side in step s21 on the control side is registered, the control side is involved in the subsequent input / output control and controls the input / output in the application for the input / output device.

  After notifying the control side of the application name, the application side waits for the processing time (fixed time) of the control side step s21 set by the timer (1) (s12), and then starts the input / output data item list of the application. The data item (name) is notified to the control side (s13), and an execution instruction related to the data item is output to the input / output function (s16) prepared in advance (s14). The control side that has received the data item (name) from the application side determines whether or not the data item is registered as usage data by the user (s22). By returning to the reception standby state, it is not involved in the input / output control processing by the input / output function (s16) based on the input / output execution instruction on the application side regarding the data item. Further, if the data item is not registered as usage data by the user, control for interrupting the input / output control processing by the input / output function (s16) by the execution instruction of the data item on the application side (non-operational) is performed. Perform (s24).

  After the output of the input / output control execution command (s14), the application side ends the input / output control of the data item and receives the notification of the end of processing from the input / output function (s16). It is determined whether there is a data item request (s15). If there is a next data item, the same processing from step s13 is performed, and the same processing is repeated until all the data items in the data item list are completed. (S13 to s16).

  In the repeated operation of the above processing, the control side relates to all data items by the timer (2) for a predetermined time longer than the processing time required by steps s22, s24 and s16 after the notification of the data item from the application side. When the end of the process is monitored and no notification of the data item name is received from the application side, the timer (2) expires a predetermined time and times out (s23), and the process on the control side is also ended (END).

  As described above, the application side repeats the input / output control request based on the data item notification until the mobile terminal application is terminated, and the control side inputs / outputs the data input / output control based on the application side input / output control request. Whether to make a request to the device is executed independently of the processing on the application side, and when the input / output control request by the notification of the data item ends, the data input / output control also ends.

  In this embodiment, since the data input / output control setting and the data input / output control are all processed on the control side, it is possible to use the mobile terminal application without modification.

(Other embodiments)
In the above embodiment, when the data input / output control shown in FIG. 3 is set, the application side outputs the data item list to the control side. However, the data item list is output by the application itself. Instead, it is possible to adopt a configuration in which an application analysis program of the mobile terminal is substituted.

  Moreover, when executing the mobile terminal application according to the setting of the data input / output control, it has been described by the configuration that the application side performs in the control of outputting the application name to the control side. It is possible to adopt a program configuration in which a task management program is substituted.

Next, the operation of a more specific embodiment according to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 will be described below.
FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data item list, input / output data, and control data according to the present embodiment. An example of application of the input / output control program to the phone book registration application is shown. In this example, only the “name” and “phone number” of the input / output control of the phone book registration are used for the input / output device. An example customized to execute I / O is shown.

  First, in the input / output control setting of FIG. 3, after the control side is started, the input / output control setting application list shown in FIG. 5 (a) is output, and the setting shown in FIG. 5 (b) is displayed on the display device. A menu screen is displayed, and the user selects an application for telephone directory registration (s1). As a result, the data item list shown in FIG. 5C is output from the application side (s2), and the screen shown in FIG. 6A is displayed on the display device. When the user selects only “name” and “phone number” from the data item list (s3) and performs a registration operation (s4), the number of the data item in the data item list is stored in the flag storage area of the memory unit 5. Control data which is association data of 1, 2,..., I and respective selection / non-selection flag (bit) “1” / “0” is stored, thereby completing the customization setting.

  Next, in the execution of the mobile terminal application shown in FIG. 4, when the user activates “phone book registration”, the application side outputs the application name “phone book registration” to the control side and the application side (s11). The application side notifies the control side of the “name” of the first data item in the “phone book registration” data item list after the completion of the control side step s21 set by the timer (1) (s13), The execution instruction relating to the “name” is output to the input / output function (s16) prepared in advance (s14).

  Upon receiving the data item “name”, the control side determines whether or not the “name” is registered as usage data by the user by referring to the flag from the number of the data item (s22). Since the flag is registered as “1”, the control side immediately returns to the standby state for reception of the next data item “Reading”, and the input / output function (s16) performs input / output control processing of the data item “name”. By not participating, "name" input / output control is executed.

  Next, the application side determines whether or not there is a second data item based on the data item list (s15). Since there is a data item “reading” in the second, the same processing from step s13 is performed. Start. When the control side receives the notification of the second data item “Reading”, since “Reading” is not registered as a data item with the flag “0”, the processing of the input / output function s16 by the input / output execution instruction on the application side is performed. Interrupt.

  Similarly, since the third data item “group” is not registered as a data item with the flag “0”, the processing of the input / output function s16 by the input / output execution instruction on the application side is interrupted, and the fourth data item “group” is stopped. Since the data item “telephone” is registered as the flag “1”, input / output is executed on the application side by the processing of the input / output function s16 by the input / output execution command.

  Further, data items are sequentially notified from the application side to the control side, but all of them are flag “0”, and the processing of the input / output function s16 is interrupted by the control by the control side, and all the processes are completed. Then, the timer (2) times out and the telephone registration application ends.

  Through the above processing, name input, reading input, group number input, telephone number input, mail address input, postal code / address input, memo input, image registration, etc. related to the other party's telephone to be registered in the mobile terminal The phone number and e-mail address can be input multiple times, but only two input / output controls for the data items "name" and "phone number" are executed by the user's customization. Is done.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the phone book registration screen on the display device is also limited to data items registered by the user, and it is possible to reduce the user's operation burden such as a skip operation of data items that are not used. . In addition, since the number of data items can be significantly reduced before customization, the phone book registration screen is displayed as shown in the figure by performing display processing that variably controls the character size of display data according to the number of data items. Uppercase letters can be displayed, and visibility can be improved.

The present invention can be applied to application applications mounted on mobile phones typified by phone books and i-applis. In addition, the present invention can be widely applied to application uses such as car navigation, PDA, and portable AV equipment mounted on a portable terminal whose input / output devices are limited compared to a desktop PC or the like.

It is a figure which shows the block configuration of the portable terminal of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of the control system of the data input / output of the portable terminal of one embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the flowchart at the time of performing the setting of the input / output control of this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the flowchart at the time of performing a portable terminal application according to the setting of the input / output control of this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the various data of the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of customization of a present Example. It is a figure which shows the example of the input / output control with respect to the conventional input / output device.

Explanation of symbols

1 Application Program 2 I / O Control Program 3 Output (Display) Device 4 Input Device 5 Memory Unit 6 Control Unit

Claims (12)

In a portable terminal equipped with an application program that involves input / output control of multiple data items for an input / output device,
A portable terminal, comprising: an input / output control program that controls execution of input / output control of only a data item selected in advance by a user among the plurality of data items. The input / output control of the application program is started by outputting an execution instruction to the input / output function for each data item, and the input / output control program executes the data item other than the data item preselected by the user. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is controlled to be interrupted. 3. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein data items for input / output control to be executed are selected in advance based on the list of the plurality of data items output from the application program when the input / output control program is started. Terminal. The input / output control of the application program is characterized by sequentially outputting data items to the input / output control program based on the list of data items and sequentially outputting execution instructions based on the data items to the input / output function. The portable terminal according to claim 3. 5. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the output of the list of the plurality of data items is output from an application analysis program of the mobile terminal instead of being output from the application program. 6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the input / output control program is implemented as a firmware for the mobile terminal or an application program execution patch program. An application program for realizing a function of executing input / output control of a plurality of data items for the input / output device in the control unit of the mobile terminal, and only data items preselected by the user among the plurality of data items A portable terminal program comprising: an input / output control program for realizing a function of executing input / output control in an executable manner. The input / output control of the application program starts execution by outputting an execution instruction to the input / output function for each data item, and the input / output control program executes the execution of the data item other than the data item previously selected by the user. The mobile terminal program according to claim 7, wherein control is performed so as to be interrupted. 9. The mobile device according to claim 7, wherein data items for input / output control to be executed are selected in advance based on the list of the plurality of data items output from the application program when the input / output control program is started. Terminal program. The input / output control of the application program sequentially outputs data items to the input / output control program based on the list of data items, and sequentially outputs execution instructions based on the data items to the input / output function. The portable terminal program according to claim 9. 11. The portable terminal program according to claim 9, further comprising a portable terminal application analysis program that outputs the list of the plurality of data items instead of the application program. The portable terminal program according to any one of claims 7 to 11, wherein the input / output control program is a patch program for executing firmware of the portable terminal or an application program.

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