JP2007312203A - Portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable terminal for allowing a user to easily create an original portable terminal screen. <P>SOLUTION: A user copies a genuine template file, a 256-color pallet data file, and an instruction manual for a portable terminal 100 from a Web 202 or a CDROM 203 to a PC 200. The template file is a file of collection of parts, corresponding to various displaying status in a screen display of the portable terminal 100. Each of parts in the template file is edited, to create an original customized file by a Photoshop(R) 201 of a general-purpose image processing software. A unique extension name is attached to the customized file, and the customized file is transmitted to the portable terminal 100. The portable terminal 100 automatically extracts each image of parts from the customized file to save in an internal customized parts memory. The portable terminal 100 automatically selects an image of parts, corresponding to various display modes, from the customized parts memory for display. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of easily creating an original mobile terminal screen by a user himself / herself.

(Background Technology 1)
Dedicated tools for creating UI (user interface) screens of mobile phones are used in the market. Using this special tool, experienced developers design UI screens using special data. A predetermined UI screen is set in the mobile phone.

(Background Technology 2)
In addition, there is a mobile phone in which a user of the mobile phone can easily customize an incoming call waiting screen or the like (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In Patent Document 1, a user can connect a mobile phone to the Internet, select and obtain data to be displayed from a plurality of types of site screen data, and customize it as an incoming call waiting screen.
Re-published patent WO 00/70794 (page 10, page 15, FIG. 1, FIG. 10)

Even if the function of the dedicated tool of Background Art 1 is applied to a general-purpose personal computer, a user of a general mobile phone who is not familiar with special data processing cannot easily create a UI screen of the mobile phone.
Further, in the background art 2, the user of the mobile phone can only select from a plurality of types of site screen data prepared in advance, and cannot create his own original UI screen. . The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal in which a user can easily create an original mobile terminal screen.

  In order to achieve the above object, a mobile terminal of the present invention includes a receiving means for receiving an image custom file having a part image positioned by coordinates, and a custom part for storing a custom part image cut out from the image custom file. A storage unit; a part correspondence storage unit that stores correspondence between various display images of the mobile terminal and the custom part image; and the custom part image is cut out from the image custom file based on the positioned coordinates, First control means for storing in the custom parts storage means; and second control means for displaying the corresponding custom part images based on the parts correspondence storage means when displaying various display images of the portable terminal. It is characterized by comprising.

  According to the present invention, the user himself / herself easily creates an original mobile terminal screen using general-purpose image creation software such as Photoshop (R) on a personal computer and transmits it to the mobile terminal. It becomes possible to obtain a portable terminal having a portable terminal screen.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a mobile terminal screen customization system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The customization system includes a mobile terminal 100, a PC (personal computer) 200, and the like. The PC 200 is a user PC used by the user of the mobile terminal 100. The PC 200 has a general-purpose image processing software Photoshop (R) 201.

  On the Web 202 site or the CDROM 203, template files (three types) for customizing the screen of the mobile terminal 100, 256 color palette data files, and instructions are prepared by the manufacturer of the mobile terminal 100. The 256-color palette data file is palette data for 256 colors defined in advance for screen customization among colors that can be originally processed by the mobile terminal 100. The user copies the template file, 256-color palette data file, and instructions from the Web 202 or CDROM 203 to the PC 200.

  There are three types of template files: an icon template file, a Windows (R) template file, and a tab list template file. These template files are parts collection files corresponding to various display states of the screen display of the mobile terminal 100. The template file will be described in detail later (FIGS. 2, 3, and 4).

  The user reads the manual and understands which part of the portable terminal 100 each part of the template file corresponds to. Then, the user creates an original custom file by editing each part of the template file using the Photoshop (R) 201 on the PC 200. Then, the user saves the file with a unique extension name as the file name of the custom file. Custom files are encoded and stored with compressed information.

  The user transmits the created custom file from the PC 200 to the portable terminal 100. As a transmission method, the file is transmitted as an attached file of mail communication. Or it transmits by near field communication, such as USB, IRDA (infrared communication), and BT (Bluetooth communication). Or, it may be transmitted in a medium memory such as SD.

  The portable terminal 100 decrypts the received custom file and returns it to the image data format. Then, each part image is extracted from the decrypted custom file and stored in the custom part memory. At this time, which part of the various display states of the portable terminal 100 each custom part image corresponds to is stored. In addition to the custom file, the mobile terminal 100 stores default part images for screen display. Each default part image also stores correspondence with various display states of the portable terminal 100 as in the past.

  The user operates the mobile terminal 100 to select whether to use a custom file or a default image as an initial setting. After the initial setting, the portable terminal 100 automatically selects and displays part images corresponding to various display states from the selected one.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an icon template file according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a template file that collects part images mainly related to icons among various display images of the mobile terminal 100. Each of the parts a, b, c, d, e surrounded by a rectangular solid line frame is a part image. Symbol f is a 256 color palette display. The user opens an icon template file with Photoshop (R) 201 on PC 200, and creates an original part image by editing each part using a 256-color palette by normal processing of Photoshop (R) 201. To do.

  The symbol a is a part mainly related to the display of red characters such as numerals, and further, the symbol a1 is capitalized, the symbol a2 is medium, and the symbol a3 is small. The symbol b is a part mainly related to the display of black characters such as numerals, the symbol b1 is provided with capital letters, the symbol b2 is medium characters, and the symbol b3 is provided with small letters. In the mobile terminal 100, for example, when black characters are allocated to a plurality of selection items and the numbers selected by the cursor are displayed in red characters, the display of the symbols a and b is automatically selected and displayed. In the mobile terminal 100, for example, the display character size can be selected by a user operation. Correspondingly, the display of the symbols a1, a2, and a3 is automatically selected and displayed.

For example, the user may rewrite a numerical part image into a Chinese numeral or a Greek numeral. However, the meaning of the numbers should not change.
Similarly to the numerals, codes c1, c2, and c3 are associated with uses in the portable terminal 100, and the display size is switched between large, medium, and small.

  The symbol d is for displaying the radio wave state, and is provided with six part images in order of weak radio waves from the out-of-service state. The user can arbitrarily rewrite these images using the PC 200. Then, on the mobile terminal 100, one of the six customized items is selected and displayed corresponding to the radio wave condition.

The symbol e is for battery status display, and is provided with 5 parts for displaying the remaining battery level and 1 part image for displaying during charging. The user can arbitrarily rewrite these images using the PC 200. And in the portable terminal 100, one of six customized according to a battery state is selected and displayed.
The above contents are described in detail in the manual, and the user can understand the correspondence between various displays of the portable terminal 100 and the part image by reading the manual. Further, these correspondences are stored in the parts correspondence list inside the portable terminal 100, and when the portable terminal 100 performs various displays, the part image corresponding to the various displays by referring to the parts correspondence memory. Is automatically displayed.

  Next, the coordinates of the icon template will be described. The coordinates of the icon template are not visible to the user and need not be conscious. It is used for automatic extraction of each part image on the portable terminal 100. The position of each part is defined with the upper left corner of the icon template as the coordinate base point (x, y = 0, 0). For example, the position of the numeral 2 with the symbol a1 is defined by the part coordinate start point (16, 2) and the part coordinate end point (21, 15).

  When the custom file of the icon customized by the PC 200 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 100, the mobile terminal 100 extracts each part from the custom file based on the coordinates and stores it in the custom part memory.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a window template file according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a template file that collects part images related mainly to windows among various display images of the mobile terminal 100. The only difference from the icon template (FIG. 2) is that the type of part image is mainly related to a window, and the same type of templates are collected in consideration of user convenience. Similarly, each part image is associated with a use in the portable terminal 100.

  The portions denoted by reference numerals g1 and g2 are not windows, but are used as a result display when the user performs some processing operation on the portable terminal 100. This portion corresponds to the fact that the user can switch between large and small display in the portable terminal 100. Description of each part image is omitted.

  Further, the position of each part image is similarly defined by coordinates, and when a custom file of a window customized by the PC 200 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 100, the mobile terminal 100 determines each part defined by the coordinates. Is extracted from the custom file and saved in the custom part memory.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a tab template file according to the embodiment of the present invention. The template file is a collection of part images mainly related to tab display among various display images of the mobile terminal 100. The only difference from the icon template (FIG. 2) is that the type of part image is mainly related to tabs, and the same type of templates are collected in consideration of user convenience. Similarly, each part image is associated with a use in the portable terminal 100.

  In the tab display, nine types of contents are displayed in an overlapping manner as indicated by reference numerals j1 to t1 as tab selection portions. When the user selects any of the symbols j1 to t1 with the cursor on the mobile terminal 100, the details of the selected content are displayed in the foreground. For example, when the part of the code j1 (mail) is selected with the cursor, the detailed part related to the mail is displayed in the foreground as shown by the code j2. A text character and a background image, for example, “Kuman (R)” of a bear image are displayed in the reference symbol j2.

  The user can create an original background image of the parts j2, k2, m2, n2, p2, q2, r2, s2, and t2 of the foreground display of each tab on the PC 200. An image is also displayed in the portion j1 to t1 of the tab selection portion, and the image can be created as a part image in the portions h1 (red) and h2 (black). In the mobile terminal 100, the code h1 (red) portion is selected and displayed for the selected tab.

  Further, the position of each part image is similarly defined by coordinates, and when a custom file of a window originally created by the PC 200 is transmitted to the mobile terminal 100, the mobile terminal 100 is defined by the coordinates. Extract a part from a custom file and save it in a custom part memory.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of user processing in the PC according to the embodiment of the present invention. The user copies genuine template files (three types), 256-color palette data files, and instructions for the portable terminal 100 from the Web 202 or the CD ROM 203 to a folder. There are three types of template files: an icon template file, a Windows (R) template file, and a tab list template file (step S1).

  The user opens the template, for example, an icon template file, with the image processing software “Photoshop (R)” (step S2). The user creates and edits an image of the part of the icon template that is desired to be originally created with the 256 color palette (step S3). The user saves the edited file by specifying the provided 256-color palette data. Further, it is saved as an icon custom file for transmission to the mobile terminal with the extension “.tsbi (k)” (step S4).

  Similarly, the user also edits the window template file and the tab list template file, and designates and saves 256-color palette data. Also, as a custom file for transmission to a mobile terminal, the extension is appended with “.tsbw (k)” for a window custom file, and “.tsbt (k)” is appended for a tab list custom file. (Step S5).

  Then, the user transmits three types of edited custom files to the mobile terminal. The types are an icon custom file “xxx.tsbi (k)”, a window custom file “xxx.tsbw (k)”, and a tab list file “xxx.tsbt (k)” (step S6).

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram of relevant portions of the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. The portable terminal 100 includes an antenna 1, a communication control unit 2, a PC interface 3, an SD interface 4, an image custom file storage unit 5, a 256 color list storage unit 6, an icon custom part storage unit 7, a window custom part storage unit 8, a tab It comprises a custom parts storage unit 9, an operation unit 10, a display unit 11, a parts correspondence list storage unit 12, a main control unit 13, and the like.

  The antenna 1 and the communication control unit 2 perform wireless communication with a base station (not shown), and receive a custom file created by the PC 200 as an attached file for mail communication through the public network. The PC interface 3 performs near field communication such as USB, IRDA (infrared communication), or BT (Bluetooth communication) and receives a custom file created by the PC 200. The SD interface 4 is an interface of a medium memory such as SD, and receives a custom file created by the PC 200 via the SD.

The image custom file storage unit 5 stores the custom file transmitted from the PC 200. The 256 color list storage unit 6 is a memory that stores a list of 256 colors defined in advance for screen customization among colors that the mobile terminal 100 can originally process.
The icon custom part storage unit 7 is a memory for recording each part extracted from the icon custom file. The window custom part storage unit 8 is a memory for recording each part extracted from the custom file for windows. The tab custom part storage unit 9 is a memory for recording each part extracted from the tab custom file.

  The operation unit 10 is an operation input unit such as a key. The display unit 11 is a display unit configured by an LCD or the like. The parts correspondence list storage unit 12 is a memory that stores correspondences between various display states of the mobile terminal 100 and part images.

  The main control unit 13 performs overall control of the mobile terminal 100. In particular, in connection with the present invention, each custom file transmitted from the PC 200 is decoded and returned to the image data format. Then, each part is extracted from each decrypted custom file based on the coordinates, and is stored in the icon custom part storage unit 7, the window custom part storage unit 8, and the tab custom part storage unit 9. The portable terminal 100 refers to the part correspondence list storage unit 12 when performing various displays, and includes an icon custom parts storage unit 7, a window custom parts storage unit 8, and a tab custom parts storage unit corresponding to various displays. The part image in 9 is selected and displayed.

  The mobile terminal 100 has an existing parts storage unit (not shown) separately from custom parts such as the icon custom parts storage unit 7, the window custom parts storage unit 8, and the tab custom parts storage unit 9. The user can then select either custom or existing part images.

The detailed operation of the main control unit 13 will be described later.
FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart relating to the custom screen initial setting of the main control unit of the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. When the custom screen initial setting is set by the user, the main control unit 13 of the portable terminal 100 enters a custom screen initial setting operation. First, the icon part, window part, or tab part selected by the user is preview-displayed (step S11). Next, it is checked whether communication is currently being performed (step S12). If this is during communication, communication is prioritized and the custom screen initialization is not performed and the process is terminated (step S13).

  If communication is not being performed in step S12, then a battery remaining amount check is performed (step S14). If this is less than the specified value, the custom screen initialization is not performed and the process is terminated (step S13). This is in order to prevent the custom screen initial setting from being interrupted halfway due to the fact that a considerable amount of time is required for the custom screen initial setting and the remaining battery power is exhausted.

  If the remaining battery level is greater than or equal to the specified value in step S14, then as a validity check of the custom file, it is checked whether the custom file name has a specified extension (step S15). If it is not valid, the custom screen initialization is not performed and the process is terminated (step S13).

  If this is valid, it is overwritten in the MIME-TYPE field for digital copyright management as follows as additional data of the custom file. “Icon / x-tsbi-v (k)” for icon custom files, “application / x-tsbw-v (k)” for window custom files, “application / x-tsbt-v ( k) "is overwritten (step S16). This is to avoid inconsistency between the extension and MIME-TYPE when it is determined in step S15 that the file is a custom file when performing digital copyright management.

  Next, as another validity check of the custom file, it is checked whether the pixel size of the custom file is specified or whether the header information is as specified (step S17). If any one is not valid, the custom screen initialization is not performed and the process is terminated (step S13).

  If this is valid, the custom file is decrypted and returned to the image data format (step S18). At this time, the colors of all the bits are confirmed, and it is checked whether there are any colors other than the prescribed 256 colors stored in the 256 color list storage unit 6 (step S19). This is because when the user edits using the Photoshop (R) on the PC 200, the user may edit using a color other than the prescribed 256 colors, and the mobile terminal 100 checks this.

  If there are colors other than the prescribed 256 colors in step S19, it is determined that the color is not valid, and the custom screen initialization is not performed, and the process ends (step S13). If there is no color other than the prescribed 256 colors, then, as a justification, next, a process of cutting out each part from each decoded custom file based on the coordinates is performed (step S20). Then, each part is classified and stored in the icon custom parts storage unit 7, the window custom parts storage unit 8, and the tab custom parts storage unit 9 (step S21). The custom screen initialization is thus completed, and the screen shifts to the standby screen display (step S22).

  In step S19, the process ends when there is a color other than the prescribed 256 colors. For example, the color other than the prescribed 256 colors is converted into one of the approximate prescribed 256 colors without ending. Then, the process may proceed to step S20 and subsequent steps to complete the custom screen initial setting.

  FIG. 8 is an operation flowchart regarding screen display of the main control unit of the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. The main control unit 13 of the portable terminal 100 refers to the part correspondence list storage unit 12, and stores the icon custom parts storage unit 7, window custom parts storage unit 8, and tab custom parts storage unit 9 corresponding to the current display status. Are selected (step S31). Then, the selected part images are combined to form an entire image and displayed (step S32).

  According to the embodiment of the present invention, a user can easily create a part image of a custom screen for a mobile terminal using a general-purpose PC by using a general-purpose image processing software and a template provided by a mobile terminal manufacturer. It can be created easily. Then, by transmitting the custom file to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal automatically extracts a part image from the custom file and creates an original part image collection. Then, the mobile terminal 100 can automatically read and display each part image corresponding to the content displayed in various operation states of the mobile terminal 100.

The figure explaining the customization system of the portable terminal screen which concerns on the Example of this invention. The figure explaining the icon template file which concerns on the Example of this invention. The figure explaining the window template file which concerns on the Example of this invention. The figure explaining the tab template file which concerns on the Example of this invention. The flowchart of the user process in PC concerning the Example of this invention. The block diagram of the relevant part of the portable terminal which concerns on the Example of this invention. The operation | movement flowchart regarding the custom screen initial setting of the main control part of the portable terminal which concerns on the Example of this invention. The operation | movement flowchart regarding the screen display of the main-control part of the portable terminal which concerns on the Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Antenna 2 Communication control part 3 PC interface 4 SD interface 5 Image custom file memory | storage part 6 256 color list memory | storage part 7 Icon custom part memory | storage part 8 Window custom part memory | storage part 9 Tab custom part memory | storage part 10 Operation part 11 Display part 12 Parts Correspondence list storage unit 13 Main control unit 100 Mobile terminal 200 PC
201 General-purpose image processing software 202 Web
203 CDROM

Claims (3)

Receiving means for receiving an image custom file having a part image positioned at coordinates;
Custom part storage means for storing a custom part image cut out from the image custom file;
Parts correspondence storage means for storing correspondences between various display images of the mobile terminal and the custom parts image;
First control means for cutting out the custom part image from the image custom file based on the positioned coordinates and storing it in the custom part storage means;
A portable terminal comprising: a second control unit that displays the corresponding custom part image based on the part correspondence storage unit when displaying various display images of the portable terminal. The first control means includes
Check whether the extension, image size and header information of the received image custom file are as specified, and check whether the image color of the image custom file is as specified. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, wherein the mobile terminal is cut out. The first control means includes
3. The portable terminal according to claim 2, wherein if the extension of the received image custom file is as specified, a unique digital rights data name is added to a data field representing a digital right of the image custom file.

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