JP2007142758A - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone for executing a series of processes by operating a plurality of operation sections depending on an operating mode and enhancing the operability. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile phone has a plurality of operating modes such as a speech mode and a mail mode. A different operating function from each operating mode is assigned to each of a plurality of operating buttons of an operating button group provided to the mobile phone. When a lock switch is set to a lock position and thereafter the mail mode is executed, even if on-hook button is depressed in mistake during an entry operation of a message or the like, since the operation of the on-hook button is set to a holding state, the mail mode is not terminated. Further, when the lock switch is set to an unlock position and the mail mode is started, if the on-hook button is operated in mistake under the mail mode, the mail mode during the active state is terminated. Since the operation of the on-hook button 31 is set to a holding state on the basis of the operation of the lock switch 21, the operability is enhanced. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone that executes a series of processes by operating a plurality of operation units in accordance with an operation mode.

  In recent years, mobile phones having various functions such as a mail function, an Internet function, a game function, and a camera function in addition to a call function are widely used. An operation mode for executing these functions is set in a mobile phone having these functions, and the user selects a desired operation mode. The mobile phone is provided with various operation buttons such as a power button, an on-hook button, an off-hook button, and a dial button, and a series of processes are executed by operating a plurality of operation buttons according to each operation mode. The

As a mobile phone having such a function, the mobile phone (terminal) of Patent Document 1 is provided with a music playback function. In Patent Document 1, there is provided a lock means (key lock slide key) for locking the function of an operator exposed to the outside during execution of music playback processing. This prevents the operator from being erroneously operated when the mobile phone that is playing music is stored in the user's pocket or bag.
JP 2005-167455 A

  However, as an operation mode provided in the mobile phone, for example, there is a mail mode for sending and receiving electronic mail. In this mail mode, the operation buttons are often operated continuously in order to input a message. At this time, even a user who is familiar with the mobile phone may erroneously operate the operation button. The on-hook button terminates a running operation mode such as a call mode. Therefore, if the user mistakenly operates the on-hook button during the message input operation, the mail mode being executed ends. Therefore, the user must restart the mail mode and perform the same operation such as inputting a message again. In addition, since the mobile phone of Patent Document 1 is stored in a pocket or bag after performing a music playback operation, it is rare that the operation unit is operated continuously during the music playback process. For this reason, no consideration is given to preventing erroneous operations when the operation buttons are continuously operated during the execution of the operation mode.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and an object thereof is to provide a mobile phone with improved operability.

  In order to achieve the above object, the mobile phone of the present invention is a mobile phone that executes a series of processes by sequentially operating a plurality of predetermined operation units in accordance with the activated operation mode. Among these operation units, there is provided a hold operation setting means for presetting whether or not to hold an operation performed on at least one operation unit.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the said hold operation setting means puts the operation performed with respect to the operation part to which the process which complete | finishes the said operation mode was assigned on hold. Moreover, it is preferable that the said hold operation setting means puts the operation performed with respect to the operation part to which the process which cancels execution of the said process was assigned.

  According to the mobile phone of the present invention, in the mobile phone that executes a series of processes by sequentially operating a plurality of predetermined operation units in accordance with the activated operation mode, at least of the plurality of operation units. Since there is a hold operation setting means for setting in advance whether or not to hold an operation performed on one operation unit, even if the user makes an incorrect operation on the operation unit, unintentional processing is not executed. . Therefore, the operability of the mobile phone is improved.

  In addition, since the hold operation setting means puts the operation performed on the operation unit assigned with the process for ending the operation mode on hold, the operation mode does not end even if the user performs an erroneous operation. . In addition, the hold operation setting means holds the operation performed on the operation unit to which the process for canceling the execution of the process is assigned, so that even if the user performs an erroneous operation, the execution of the process is erroneously canceled. There is no. Therefore, the operability of the mobile phone is improved.

  FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a mobile phone 2 using the present invention. The cellular phone 2 includes a receiver unit 4 and a transmitter unit 5 that are foldably connected by a hinge portion 3. The handset unit 4 and the handset unit 5 are each formed in a substantially rectangular shape.

  On the front surface 4 a of the receiver unit 4, a receiver speaker 7 a, a sound speaker 7 b, and a liquid crystal display device (LCD) 8 are provided. An antenna 9 that transmits and receives radio signals is attached to the back of the receiver unit 4. Instead of the LCD 8, other electronic displays such as an EL (electroluminescence) display can be used.

  On the front surface 5 a of the transmitter unit 5, a microphone 11 and an operation button group 12 are provided. As the operation button group 12, a power button 13, a menu button 14, a dial button 15, a cross button 16, a determination button 17, and the like are provided.

  The mobile phone 2 includes a call mode for making a call as an operation mode, a mail mode for sending and receiving e-mails, a setting mode for making various settings of the mobile phone 2, and a user mode for changing the setting of information related to the user. . As a result, the menu button 14 displays on the LCD 8 a menu screen 25 including icons 20 to 22 and a cursor 23 corresponding to the mail mode, the setting mode, and the user mode, as shown in FIG. The display of the menu screen 25 by pressing the menu button 14 is included in the setting mode.

  The dial button 15 performs telephone number input and character input. The cross button 16 moves the cursor 23 displayed on the LCD 8 to select various items and icons 20 to 22. The determination button 17 determines the item selected by the cross button 16 and the icons 20 to 22.

  Further, an off-hook button 30, an on-hook button 31, and a clear button 32 are provided above the dial button 15. The off-hook button 30 starts a call. The on-hook button 31 terminates the call and terminates the call mode in the call mode, and terminates the active operation mode in an operation mode other than the call mode (mail mode, setting mode, user mode). ) Is displayed on the LCD 8. This standby screen 35 is in a state of waiting for an incoming call in a state where no operation mode is executed. The standby screen 35 displays the electric field strength of the mobile phone 2, the remaining battery level, date, time, and the like on the LCD 8. The clear button 32 cancels execution of processing corresponding to the operation function when each operation button is operated.

  A slidable lock switch 21 is provided on the right side surface 5 b adjacent to the front surface 5 a of the transmitter unit 5. The lock switch 21 serving as a holding operation setting means slides to an unlock position shown in FIG. 1 and a lock position provided above the unlock position. When the lock switch 21 is in the locked position, the operation of the on-hook button 31 is suspended. On the other hand, in the unlock position, the on-hook button 31 is operated.

  The antenna 9 receives a radio signal from another mobile phone and transmits a radio signal transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the outside when a voice call or electronic mail is transmitted / received.

  The receiving speaker 7a outputs the voice (receiving voice) of the other party at a low volume. The sound speaker 7b outputs an incoming melody or the like at a high volume. On the LCD 8, screens such as a standby screen 35 and a menu screen 25 are displayed according to the operation of the operation button group 12. The sending microphone 11 converts the voice (sending voice) of the speaker (user) into an electrical voice signal. This audio signal is transmitted as a radio wave from the antenna 9 and transmitted to the mobile phone of the other party via the base station and the line network.

  FIG. 3 shows an electrical configuration of the mobile phone 2. The system controller 41 comprehensively controls the overall operation of the mobile phone 2. The system controller 41 is connected to the operation button group 12, the lock switch 21, the sound processing circuit 42, the LCD driver 43, the communication I / F 45, the ROM 46, the RAM 47, and the personal data memory 48.

  The voice processing circuit 42 performs various processes such as noise removal on the voice data input / output to / from the reception speaker 7 a and the transmission microphone 11. In addition, the music data stored in the ROM 46 is sent to the sound speaker 7b as an incoming melody when an incoming call is received. The LCD driver 43 performs display control of the LCD 8. The communication I / F 45 transmits and receives radio signals to and from the base station via the antenna 9.

  The ROM 46 is a nonvolatile memory, and stores a program for the system controller 41 to control each unit. The programs stored in the ROM 28 include application programs that execute various operation modes provided in the mobile phone 2.

  The RAM 47 is a volatile memory such as SRAM (Static RAM) or DRAM (Dynamic RAM), and can perform high-speed data input / output with the system controller 41 as a working memory.

  The personal data memory 46 is a rewritable memory such as an EEPROM or a flash memory. The personal data memory 46 stores personal information (name, telephone number, e-mail address, etc.) related to the person registered in the telephone book, e-mail messages and attached images sent and received. The personal data memory 48 and the ROM 46 may be combined using a rewritable memory.

  The menu button 14 inputs a menu display signal to the system controller 41. In response to the menu display signal, the system controller 41 displays the menu screen 25 (see FIG. 2A) on the LCD 8. When the icons 20 to 22 displayed on the menu screen 25 are selected with the cursor 23 by the operation of the cross button 16 and determined with the determination button 17, the application corresponding to the icon 23 (operation mode) determined from the ROM 46 to the system controller 41. The program is read and executed.

  The on-hook button 31 inputs an end signal to the system controller 41. The system controller 41 ends the application program being executed based on the end signal (ends the operation mode), and causes the LCD 8 to display the standby screen 35 (see FIG. 2B).

  The dial button 15 inputs text data assigned to each dial button 15 to the system controller 41. The system controller 41 causes the LCD 8 to display numbers and characters corresponding to the text data. As a result, the telephone number is input in the call mode, and the message and the mail address are input in the mail mode.

  When the lock switch 21 is slid from the unlock position to the lock position, the lock switch 21 inputs a hold signal to the system controller 41. The system controller 41, which is a control means, holds the operation of the on-hook button 31 based on the hold signal. Note that “hold” indicates a state in which processing corresponding to the operation function assigned to the on-hook button 31 is not executed, that is, a state in which the system controller 41 does not execute termination processing of the application program in the operation mode.

  When the lock switch 21 is in the unlock position, no hold signal is input from the lock switch 21 to the system controller 41. Accordingly, when the on-hook button 31 is operated during the execution of the operation mode, an end signal is input from the on-hook button 31 to the system controller 41. Therefore, the system controller 41 ends the operating mode being activated, and displays a standby screen on the LCD 8.

  An example in which the mail mode is executed using the mobile phone 2 will be described. If no operation is performed on the cellular phone 2 that is turned on, a standby screen 35 is displayed on the LCD 8. When the mail mode icon 20 is determined on the menu screen 25 displayed by pressing the menu button 14, the mail mode application program is executed and the mail mode is activated. Then, a mail mode screen 50 shown in FIG. The mail mode screen 50 includes items for incoming mail, outgoing mail, new mail creation, and mail setting. The user selects a desired item with the cursor 51.

  When the received mail item is selected, the contents of the electronic mail received by the mobile phone 2 are displayed. When the item of outgoing mail is selected, the content of the electronic mail sent by the user is displayed. When the newly created mail item is selected, an input screen 52 for creating a new mail shown in FIG. 4B is displayed. When the mail setting item is selected, various settings related to transmission / reception of e-mail (such as call rejection, character size) are displayed.

  When the user creates and sends a mail, the user selects a newly created mail item and causes the LCD 8 to display the input screen 52 shown in FIG. In the input screen 52, blank fields 55 to 57 in which a recipient's mail address, title, and text message are input are displayed in order from the top. When one of the blanks 55 to 57 is selected, the screen is switched to the input screen 52, and any one of an address input screen, a title input screen, and a text input screen 58 shown in FIG. In addition, a mail transmission button 60 is displayed at the bottom of the input screen 50. The mail transmission button 60 is selected when the input operation of the mail address, title, and body message is completed, and transmits an e-mail to the recipient. In addition, it is preferable to use a well-known method suitably as the input method of the character and number by the operation button group 12. FIG.

  As described above, when the mail mode is executed, it is necessary to continuously operate the operation button group 12 such as an item selection operation, an email address, a title, and a text message input operation. Although the case where the mail mode is executed as the operation mode has been described, it is necessary to continuously operate the operation button group 12 in order to perform a setting change operation, a display screen switching operation, and the like in other operation modes. . Therefore, the lock switch 21 provided in the mobile phone 2 is placed in the lock position before starting the operation mode, thereby preventing the operation mode from being terminated due to an erroneous operation of the on-hook button 31.

  The operation of the mobile phone 2 having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. From the non-use state in which the cellular phone 2 is folded so that the front face 4a of the handset unit 4 and the front face 5a of the handset unit 5 face each other, the front face 4a and the front face 4a of the handset unit 4 with the hinge portion 3 shown in FIG. The front surface 5a of the transmitter unit 5 is used in a state where the front surface 5a is separated. At this time, in order to prevent erroneous operation of the on-hook button 31, the lock switch 21 is slid from the unlock position to the lock position.

  Pressing the menu button 14 causes the LCD 8 to display the menu screen 25 from the standby screen 35 as shown in FIG. When the mail mode icon 20 is selected with the cursor 23, a mail mode screen 50 (see FIG. 4A) is displayed on the LCD 8. The user selects an item for creating a new mail with the cursor 51. As a result, the input screen 52 (see FIG. 4B) is displayed. When the text message blank 57 on the input screen 52 is selected, a text input screen 58 (see FIG. 4C) is displayed on the LCD 8, and a message is input by continuous operation of the operation button group 12. .

  When the user accidentally presses the on-hook button 31 during the operation of the operation button group 12, if the lock switch 21 is in the lock position, the pressing operation of the on-hook button 31 is suspended and the message input continues. Done. However, when the lock switch 21 is in the unlock position, the operation of the on-hook button 31 is executed, so that the mail mode is terminated, the text input screen 58 displayed on the LCD 8 disappears, and the standby screen 35 is displayed. The Therefore, the user must activate the mail mode again, and perform an item selection operation and a message input operation. Therefore, by operating the lock switch 21 to the locked position, even if the on-hook button 31 is erroneously operated, the operation of the on-hook button is suspended and the operation mode is continued, so that the operability is improved. It is very convenient.

  When the message input is completed, the address blank field 55 and the title blank field 56 are sequentially selected to input the recipient's mail address and message title, and then displayed on the input screen 52. By selecting the sent mail transmission button 60, the created electronic mail is transmitted to the recipient's mobile phone.

  Thereafter, the user slides the lock switch 21 in the lock position to the unlock position, and presses the on-hook button 31 to end the mail mode. At this time, the standby screen 35 (see FIG. 2B) is displayed on the LCD 8. In this embodiment, the input operation of the mail address and the title is performed after performing the input operation of the body message, but the input order may be reversed.

  In the above embodiment, the operation of the on-hook button 31 is put on hold by setting the lock switch 21 to the lock position. In addition, when the lock switch 21 is at the lock position, the execution of the process is canceled. The operation of the clear button 32 may be put on hold.

  In this case, when the clear button 32 is pressed during operation of the operation button group 12, a clear signal is input to the system controller 41. When the clear signal is input, the system controller 41 cancels the process executed immediately before the clear button 32 is pressed. As a result, the cellular phone 2 returns to the state before the canceled processing is executed, that is, the state where the operation button two before the clear button is pressed is operated. For example, after the mail mode is activated and the input screen 52 (see FIG. 4B) is displayed on the LCD 8 from the mail mode screen 50 (see FIG. 4A) by the selection operation of the cross button 15, the clear button is displayed. If 32 is pressed by mistake, the display process of the input screen 52 is canceled, and the mail mode screen 50 is displayed instead of the input screen 52.

  Thus, in order to prevent an erroneous operation of the clear button together with the on-hook button 31, the user slides the lock switch 21 from the unlock position to the lock position before starting the mail mode. As a result, a hold signal is input from the lock switch 21 to the system controller 41. Based on this hold signal, the system controller 41 holds the end signal from the on-hook button 31 and the clear signal from the clear button 32. Accordingly, even if the user operates the operation button group 12 continuously, even if the clear button 32 is pressed by mistake, the processing executed before the clear button 32 is pressed is not canceled. Therefore, the operability of the mobile phone 32 is improved.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the on-hook button 31 or the clear button 32 is pressed during message input operation has been described as an example. However, when an item selection operation or address / title input operation is performed in the mail mode. Even if the on-hook button 31 is operated by mistake, if the lock switch 21 is set to the locked position, the mail mode is not terminated, and the selection operation and the input operation can be continued.

  In addition, when it is desired to end the mail mode being executed halfway, the mail mode is ended by sliding the lock switch 21 at the lock position to the unlock position and operating the on-hook button 31, and the LCD 8 waits. A screen 35 is displayed.

  In the case of the call mode, the setting mode, and the user mode, the cellular phone 2 can be activated even if the on-hook button 31 is erroneously operated even if the on-hook button 31 is erroneously operated. It never ends. In addition, each operation mode is executed by selecting the icons 20 to 22 from the menu screen 25. The call mode is activated when an incoming call is received or when a telephone number input operation is performed. Is preferred. As a result, if the lock switch 21 is set to the locked position, the telephone mode is not ended even if the on-hook button 31 is erroneously operated when the telephone number is input by the dial button 15. Can continue.

  The mobile phone 2 has a mail mode, a setting mode, and a user mode as operation modes, but is not limited to this. A camera mode that can be used, an image editing mode that edits images shot in the camera mode, a music playback mode that plays music, a schedule mode that manages schedules, a TV program viewing mode that receives TV programs, Further, operation modes such as a game mode, a calendar mode, and a calculator mode may be provided as appropriate. In the case of a mobile phone having a TV program viewing function, it is preferable to use the antenna 9 as a TV antenna and receive a VHF or UHF TV radio signal.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the lock switch 21 was provided in the right side surface of the transmitter unit as a hold operation setting means, the installation location of the lock switch 21 is not limited to this and may be any place that can be easily operated by the user. . Further, the lock switch 21 is slid between the unlock position and the lock position, but any switch can be used as long as the operation of the on-hook button such as the push button type or the select type is suspended or executed.

It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the structure of the mobile telephone of this invention. It is explanatory drawing explaining a menu screen and a standby screen. It is a block diagram which shows the electric constitution of a mobile telephone. It is explanatory drawing explaining the screen displayed on LCD in mail mode. It is a flowchart which shows the flow until it transmits mail.

Explanation of symbols

2 Digital Camera 12 Operation Button Group 14 Menu Button 15 Dial Button 16 Cross Button 21 Lock Button 41 System Controller

Claims (3)

In a mobile phone that executes a series of processes by sequentially operating a plurality of predetermined operation units in accordance with the activated operation mode,
A mobile phone comprising: a hold operation setting unit that presets whether or not to hold an operation performed on at least one of the plurality of operation units.   2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the hold operation setting means puts an operation performed on an operation unit to which a process for ending the operation mode is assigned on hold.   3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the hold operation setting unit puts an operation performed on an operation unit to which a process for canceling the execution of the process is assigned.

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