JP2008085618A - Mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile communication terminal improved in response speed to a user's operation to display a menu screen when displaying the menu screen wherein a plurality of icons composed of a motion picture are arranged. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile communication terminal comprises a package storage portion 32 for storing externally acquired data including motion picture data of each icon acquired from an external apparatus; a still image data generating portion 36 which generates still image data composed of one of frames of the menu screen obtained from the externally acquired data based on the externally acquired data and stores them in a still image storage portion 36a; a still image display portion 37 which reads out the still image data from the still image storage portion 36a based on a user's operation to display the menu screen and displays the still image; and a menu screen display portion 38 which displays the menu screen based on the externally acquired data on the basis of the user's operation to display the menu screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly to an improvement of a mobile communication terminal capable of displaying a menu screen on which a plurality of icons composed of moving images are arranged.

In recent years, mobile phones that can change images, sounds, colors, and the like used for user interfaces to user-preferred ones as necessary have become widespread. For example, it is possible to change the display color of the background image displayed at the time of standby, the ring tone to be played back at the time of incoming call, and the icon as necessary. In addition, there is a mobile phone that can change a screen display of a menu screen configured by arranging a plurality of icons to which various functions are assigned to a user's preference. Recently, a mobile phone capable of changing a menu screen on which icons composed of moving images are arranged has been proposed. A menu screen composed of such moving images is usually provided by an external device such as a web server on a communication network, and is displayed based on data acquired from the web server.
JP 2006-99571 A JP 2004-173101 A

  In general, moving image data has a larger amount of data than still image data, and is therefore compressed and held. For this reason, when the menu screen described above is displayed, it is necessary to decompress the compressed moving image data, and a longer time is required until the display is started compared to a still image. In particular, in a menu screen on which a plurality of icons made up of moving images are arranged, it is necessary to synthesize the moving image data of each icon, so that it takes a long time to start reproduction. Here, in the display of the menu screen, the focus position must be movable on the menu screen by a user operation, and the icon at the focus position needs to be displayed differently from the non-focus state. For this reason, it is not realistic to previously decompress and hold the moving image data for both the focused state and the unfocused state for each icon because the amount of data increases extremely. Therefore, the above-described conventional mobile phone has a problem that when displaying the menu screen, it takes a long time to start reproduction, and the response of the menu display start to the user operation is not good.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a portable communication terminal with improved menu display start responsiveness to a user operation when displaying a menu screen on which a plurality of icons made of moving images are arranged. It is intended to provide. In particular, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal that shortens the time until the menu display is started in response to a user operation when displaying a menu screen that can be moved from a focus position acquired from an external device. .

  A mobile communication terminal according to a first aspect of the present invention is a mobile communication terminal capable of displaying a menu screen on which two or more icons composed of moving images are arranged, and includes moving image data of each icon acquired from an external device. Based on the externally acquired data and externally acquired data storage means for storing externally acquired data, still image data consisting of any frame of the menu screen obtained from the externally acquired data is generated and stored in the memory. Still image data generating means, still image display means for reading out the still image data from the memory based on a menu display operation by a user and displaying a still image, and at the menu display operation based on the externally acquired data And a menu screen display means for displaying the menu screen.

  In this mobile communication terminal, external acquisition data including moving image data of each icon is stored, and still image data including any frame of the menu screen is generated based on the external acquisition data and stored in the memory. When the user performs a menu display operation, the still image data is read from the memory and the still image is displayed, and the menu screen is displayed based on the externally acquired data. With such a configuration, at the time of the menu display operation, still image data stored in advance in the memory is read and the still image is displayed, so that the menu display can be started in a shorter time than the reproduction of the menu screen. Therefore, it is possible to improve the responsiveness of the menu display start to the user operation when displaying the menu screen on which a plurality of icons made of moving images are arranged.

  In addition to the above configuration, the mobile communication terminal according to the second aspect of the present invention acquires content data consisting of compressed video data from a web server on a communication network, and stores the acquired content data in the external acquisition data storage means as the external acquisition data Content data acquisition means; and menu screen data generation means for generating menu screen data by decompressing the content data acquired by the content data acquisition means, wherein the still image data generation means includes the menu screen data The menu screen display means is configured to display the menu screen based on the menu screen data generated based on the menu display operation by the menu screen data generation means. The

  A mobile communication terminal according to a third aspect of the present invention includes focus moving means for moving a focus position on the menu screen based on a user operation in addition to the above configuration, and the menu screen display means includes an icon for the focus position. Is displayed differently from the non-focus state, and the still image data generating means is configured to generate still image data having the focus position on the menu screen at the start of display of the menu screen as the focus position. The

  In addition to the above-described configuration, the mobile communication terminal according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is configured such that the still image data generating means generates still image data including the first frame of the menu screen.

  According to the mobile communication terminal of the present invention, during the menu display operation, the still image data stored in advance in the memory is read and the still image is displayed, so that the menu screen on which a plurality of icons made up of moving images are arranged is reproduced. Menu display can be started in a short time compared to. In particular, when displaying a menu screen in which the focus position that can be moved acquired from an external device is displayed, it is possible to shorten the time until the menu display is started in response to a user operation. Accordingly, it is possible to improve the responsiveness of the menu display start to the user operation when displaying the menu screen.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a menu content change system 100 including a mobile phone 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The menu content changing system 100 is a communication system including a mobile phone 10, a base station 20, a communication network 21 and a web server 22. The mobile phone 10 is a communication terminal that can be connected to a mobile communication network via a base station 20, and is provided with a display 11 and operation keys such as a menu key 12a, a direction key 12b, and an enter key 12c.

  The communication network 21 is a communication network different from the mobile communication network, and the Internet, a LAN (Local Area Network), or the like is assumed.

  The web server 22 is an information processing apparatus connected to the communication network 21 and provides various contents on the website. In this example, a plurality of web servers 22 having different operators to be managed are connected to the communication network 21.

  The web server 22 provides a menu content change package 23a for mobile phones on the website. The menu content change package 23a is content data used when the menu screen is displayed on the mobile phone 10. A plurality of menu content change packages 23 a are stored in the storage device 23 on the web server 22.

  The base station 20 is connected to the communication network 21, and the mobile phone 10 can access the web server 22 on the communication network 21 by transmitting a connection request by specifying an address. In the cellular phone 10, the web server 22 is accessed as necessary, and processing for obtaining a desired menu content change package 23 a from the storage device 23 on the web server 22 and changing the menu display is performed.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a schematic configuration of the mobile phone 10 of FIG. The cellular phone 10 includes a cellular communication unit 1, a main control unit 2, an operation input unit 3, a receiver 4 for receiving speech, a microphone 5 for transmitting, a speaker 6, and a display 11. The cellular communication unit 1 is a mobile communication processing unit that transmits and receives radio waves to and from the base station 20 via a communication antenna. The main control unit 2 includes a cellular communication unit 1, an operation input unit 3, a receiving receiver 4, a transmitting microphone 5, a speaker 6, and a processor that controls operations of the display 11.

  The operation input unit 3 performs an operation of generating an input signal based on operation of operation keys such as the menu key 12a, the direction key 12b, and the enter key 12c. The menu key 12a, the direction key 12b, and the enter key 12c are operation keys to which different functions can be assigned depending on the operation state, and the function assignment is displayed on the display 11. The menu key 12a is an operation key for displaying a menu screen. The direction key 12b is an operation key for moving the focusing position on the display screen. The enter key 12c is an operation key for executing the selected function.

  The receiver 4 for receiving speech is an output device for voice signals during a call, and the microphone 5 for transmitting is an input device for speech. The speaker 6 is a ring tone data output device. The display 11 is an image data output device having a display screen. For example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) is used.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a main part of the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 2, in which an example of a functional configuration in the main control unit 2 is illustrated. The main control unit 2 includes a content data acquisition unit 31, a package storage unit 32, a menu display setting change unit 33, a menu screen data generation unit 34, a menu screen data storage unit 35, a still image data generation unit 36, and a still image storage unit. 36a, a still image display unit 37, a menu screen display unit 38, and a focus movement processing unit 39.

  The content data acquisition unit 31 performs an operation of acquiring the menu content change package 23 a from the storage device 23 on the web server 22 via the cellular communication unit 1 and storing it in the package storage unit 32. The package storage unit 32 is a storage unit for externally acquired data that stores a plurality of menu content change packages 32 a acquired from an external device such as the web server 22.

  The menu content change package 32a includes a plurality of icon data 41 and background image data 42. The background image data 42 is image data to be displayed as a background image when the menu is displayed, and is composed of compressed still image data or moving image data. The icon data 41 is image data for displaying an icon, and is composed of compressed moving image data. The icon is a display object that is displayed in the display screen so as to overlap the background image, and indicates a function assignment that can be selected when the menu is displayed.

  Here, for the data compression of the icon data 41 and the background image data 42, an image compression method of GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) or JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format is used.

  The menu display setting changing unit 33 performs processing for changing the menu display setting based on a user operation. Specifically, based on the user operation, any one of the selectable menu content change packages 32a is designated as the display data for the menu screen, and the package designation information is rewritten.

  The menu screen data generation unit 34 reads out the menu content change package 32a from the package storage unit 32 and performs expansion processing to generate menu screen data composed of moving image data of each icon. This menu screen data is display data that defines the display of a menu screen on which a plurality of icons made up of moving images are arranged. The menu screen data storage unit 35 is a memory that stores the menu screen data generated by the menu screen data generation unit 34 in a rewritable manner. Here, a VRAM (Video RAM) is used. The menu screen data is generated when the menu display setting is changed and when the menu screen is displayed.

  The still image data generation unit 36 reads the menu screen data from the menu screen data storage unit 35, generates still image data, and stores it in the still image storage unit 36a. This still image data consists of any frame of the menu screen, and is generated based on a menu display setting change operation. The still image data is, for example, bitmap image data. The still image storage unit is a memory that stores still image data in a rewritable manner.

  The still image display unit 37 performs processing for reading still image data from the still image storage unit 36 a and displaying the still image on the display 11 based on a menu display operation by the user. The menu screen display unit 38 reads the menu screen data from the menu screen data storage unit 35 based on the menu display operation, and performs a process of displaying the menu screen on the display 11 based on the read menu screen data. .

  Here, the menu screen data is generated based on the menu display operation by the user, and the generated menu screen data is read to display the menu screen. In the screen display of the menu screen data, reproduction is usually started from the frame image of the first frame. Therefore, in order not to impair continuity in the menu screen display, it is desirable to extract still image data composed of the first frame image of the menu screen from the menu screen data.

  In this way, when the playback of the menu screen made up of moving images is started after the still image is displayed, the display can be switched from the still image display to the menu screen display without interruption. On the other hand, when the frame image of the first frame of the menu screen is extracted as still image data, the continuity of the screen display is lost even if the screen display of the menu screen data is started from the frame image of the second frame. It will never be.

  The focus movement processing unit 39 performs a process of moving the focus position on the menu screen based on a user operation. In the menu screen display unit 38, processing for displaying the icon at the focus position differently from that during non-focus is performed. For example, a process of displaying with different display colors and sizes is performed. Here, it is assumed that the still image data generation unit 36 generates still image data with the focus position on the menu screen at the start of display of the menu screen as the focus position.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the operation in the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 2, and shows an example of the standby screen 51 displayed on the display 11 during standby. The standby screen 51 is a screen display displayed during standby, and includes a pict display area 52, a main display area 53, and a key display area 54. The picto display area 52 is a display area for displaying different pictograms (pictograms) according to the operation state, and is arranged in the upper stage of the screen. Here, an antenna pictograph indicating the radio wave state, a battery pictograph indicating the remaining battery level, and a clock pictograph indicating the date and time are arranged in the pictogram area 52.

  The key display area 54 is a display area for displaying icons indicating function assignments assigned to the operation keys, and is arranged in the lower part of the screen. Here, a menu icon 54 a indicating the function assignment of the menu key 12 a is arranged in the key display area 54.

  The main display area 53 is a display area such as a standby image, and is an area between the pict display area 52 and the key display area 54. If the menu key 12a is operated during such screen display, the menu screen can be displayed.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the operation in the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 2, and shows a menu display setting change screen 61 displayed on the display 11 when the menu display is changed. The setting change screen 61 is a screen display that is displayed based on a user operation when changing the menu display setting. In this example, an inquiry screen as to whether or not to change the menu display setting is displayed as the setting change screen 61 based on the menu content change package 32a designated by the user.

  In the main display area of the setting change screen 61, an inquiry window 62 and selection buttons 62a and 62b are arranged. The selection buttons 62 a and 62 b are icons that are operated depending on whether or not to execute the setting change, and are arranged in the inquiry window 62. Here, when one selection button 62a is operated, the setting change process is executed, and when the other selection button 62b is operated, the setting change process is not executed, and the original setting screen is restored.

  In the key display area of the setting change screen 61, in addition to the menu icon 54a, an end icon 54a for ending the menu display setting change mode and returning to the original screen display is arranged. When the setting change process is started, a menu screen data generation process by the menu screen data generation unit 34 is started, and still image data for menu display is extracted from the menu screen data.

  6 (a) and 6 (b) are transition diagrams showing an example of the operation in the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 2. FIG. 6 (a) shows a screen display output during the menu display change process. FIG. 6B shows a screen display output at the end of the change process. During the menu display setting change process, a window 63 in which a message “Dressing” indicating that processing is in progress is displayed in the main display area of the setting change screen 61.

  At the end of the setting change process, a window 64 in which a message “Dressing complete” indicating the end of the process is displayed. In this setting change process, the menu content change package 32a designated by the user is read from the package storage unit 32, menu screen data is generated, the frame image of the first frame is extracted as a still image for menu display, and the still image storage is performed. It is stored in the part 36a.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the operation in the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 2, and shows a menu screen 71 displayed on the display 11 when the menu is displayed. This menu screen 71 is a screen display that is displayed based on the operation of the menu key 12a, and a plurality of different icons 73 made of moving images are displayed in the main display area 72 as top menu contents. In this example, the frame image of the first frame of the menu screen data is displayed. Specifically, the icons 73 of “web”, “net app”, “camera”, “mail”, “data box”, “address”, “setting”, “kit”, and “tool” have three rows. They are arranged in a matrix of 3 columns.

  The “web” icon is an icon for selecting a web browser function for accessing a web server 22 on the communication network 21 and browsing a website. The “net application” icon is an icon for selecting a function for communicating with other terminals via the communication network 21. The “camera” icon is an icon for selecting an imaging function by the camera.

  The “mail” icon is an icon for selecting a function for sending an e-mail and browsing a received mail. The “data box” icon is an icon for selecting a function for confirming data stored in the memory. The “address” icon is an icon for selecting a function for browsing the phone book data.

  The “setting” icon is an icon for selecting a function for changing various settings. The “kit” and “tool” icons are icons for selecting predetermined functions, respectively.

  Each icon 73 is made up of a moving image in which the color, size, shape, and position in the screen change independently of other icons.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of the operation in the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 2, and shows the state of the menu screen 71 during the reproduction of the menu screen data. On this menu screen 71, each icon 73 is displayed with its position changed vertically or horizontally. The icon 73a arranged at the center of the main display area is an icon designated as a focus position at the start of display of the menu screen. Yes.

  By operating the direction key 12b, the focus position can be moved up, down, left and right, and the other icons 73 can be focused. Further, if the enter key 12c (function assignment display 74) is operated, the function assigned to the focus position icon 73 can be executed.

  In the present embodiment, the frame image of the first frame of such a menu screen is stored in advance as a still image for menu display, and when the menu key 12a is operated, the still image is displayed prior to the start of reproduction of the menu screen data. An image is displayed. Thereby, it is possible to shorten the time until the reproduction of the menu screen data is started in response to the menu display operation by the user, and to improve the visual response.

  Steps S101 to S108 in FIG. 9 are flowcharts showing an example of the menu display operation in the mobile phone 10 in FIG. First, when the menu key 12a is operated, the still image display unit 37 reads still image data from the still image storage unit 36a and displays it on the display 11 (steps S101 and S102). Next, the menu screen data generation unit 34 reads the menu content change package 32a from the package storage unit 32 based on the menu display operation by the menu key 12a, generates menu screen data, and stores the menu screen data storage unit 35 in the menu screen data storage unit 35. (Steps S103 and S104).

  At this time, the menu screen display unit 38 reads the menu screen data from the menu screen data storage unit 35 and reproduces the menu screen (step S105). Next, if there is a movement operation of the focus position by the direction key 12b, the focus movement processing unit 39 performs a process of changing the focus position (steps S106 and S107). If the function assigned to the icon on the menu screen is executed or the end icon is operated, the menu screen display unit 38 ends the menu display process (step S108).

  According to the present embodiment, at the time of the menu display operation, the still image data stored in advance in the still image storage unit 36a is read and the still image is displayed, so that the menu can be displayed in a shorter time than the reproduction of the menu screen 71. Can start. Therefore, it is possible to improve the responsiveness of the menu display start to the user operation when displaying the menu screen 71 on which the plurality of icons 73 made of moving images are arranged.

  In the present embodiment, an example in which the frame image of the first frame of the menu screen is stored in advance as a still image for menu display and this still image is displayed based on the menu display operation has been described. The present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the menu display is interrupted and switched to another screen display during playback of the menu screen, the frame image of the menu screen immediately before the menu display is interrupted is extracted and stored in the memory. When the menu display is resumed, this frame image (still image) may be displayed prior to the start of playback of the menu screen. In this way, it is possible to improve the responsiveness of the menu display start to the user operation when the menu display is resumed.

  In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which one frame image is stored as a menu display still image for the menu content change package 32a specified by the user. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is not something that can be done. For example, when the language used for the screen display such as standby display can be changed, a plurality of still images with different languages are stored in advance, and the still images corresponding to the language designation are displayed based on the menu display operation. May be. Alternatively, when an enlargement mode for enlarging and displaying characters or the like as compared with the normal mode can be selected, two still images for the normal mode and the enlargement mode are stored in advance, and a still image according to the designation of the operation mode May be displayed based on a menu display operation.

It is the figure which showed the example of 1 structure of the menu content change system 100 containing the mobile telephone 10 by embodiment of this invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a schematic configuration of the mobile phone 10 in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a main part of the mobile phone 10 in FIG. 2, in which an example of a functional configuration in the main control unit 2 is illustrated. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation in the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 2, and illustrates an example of a standby screen 51 displayed on the display 11 during standby. It is a figure showing an example of operation in cellular phone 10 of Drawing 2, and a menu display setting change screen 61 displayed at the time of change of menu display is shown. FIG. 3 is a transition diagram showing an example of an operation in the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 2, showing a screen display during the menu display change process and a screen display at the end of the change process. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the operation in the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 2, and shows a menu screen 71 displayed on the display 11 when a menu is displayed. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation in the mobile phone 10 of FIG. 2 and illustrates a state of a menu screen 71 during reproduction of menu screen data. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of a menu display operation in the mobile phone 10 of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular communication part 2 Main control part 3 Operation input part 4 Receiver for receiving 5 Microphone for transmitting 6 Speaker 10 Mobile phone 11 Display 12a Menu key 12b Direction key 12c Decision key 20 Base station 21 Communication network 22 Web server 23 Storage device 23a Menu content change package 31 Content data acquisition unit 32 Package storage unit 33 Menu display setting change unit 34 Menu screen data generation unit 35 Menu screen data storage unit 36 Still image data generation unit 36a Still image storage unit 37 Still image display unit 38 Menu screen Display unit 39 Focus movement processing unit 100 Menu content changing system

Claims (4)

In a mobile communication terminal capable of displaying a menu screen on which two or more icons made of moving images are arranged,
External acquisition data storage means for storing external acquisition data including moving image data of each icon acquired from an external device;
Still image data generating means for generating still image data consisting of any frame of the menu screen obtained from the externally acquired data based on the externally acquired data and storing it in a memory;
Still image display means for reading the still image data from the memory based on a menu display operation by a user and displaying a still image;
A portable communication terminal comprising: a menu screen display means for displaying the menu screen based on the externally acquired data during the menu display operation. Content data acquisition means for acquiring content data consisting of compressed video data from a web server on a communication network and storing the content data in the external acquisition data storage means as the external acquisition data;
Menu screen data generation means for decompressing the content data acquired by the content data acquisition means and generating menu screen data;
The still image data generating means generates still image data based on the menu screen data,
2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the menu screen display means displays the menu screen based on the menu screen data generated by the menu screen data generation means based on the menu display operation. . Focus moving means for moving the focus position on the menu screen based on a user operation,
The menu screen display means displays the icon at the focus position differently from the non-focus state,
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the still image data generating means generates still image data having the focus position on the menu screen at the start of display of the menu screen as the focus position. .   4. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the still image data generating unit generates still image data including a first frame of a menu screen.