JP2009093382A - Terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide two rotary operators, that is, a rotary operator for performing a vertical rotating operation and a rotary operator for performing a rotating operation in a clockwise direction and in an anti-clockwise direction with an installation space for almost one rotary operator. <P>SOLUTION: A jog dial 11 is arranged at almost the center of a disk jog dial 10 formed so as to be operable in the clockwise direction and in the anti-clockwise direction so that it can rotate in a direction which is almost orthogonal to the operating direction of the disk jog dial 10. This jog dial 11 is integrally configured with the disk jog dial 10, so that two jog dials can be arranged with an installation space for almost one rotary operator. Also, by the rotating operation of the disk jog dial 10, the direction of the rotary shaft of the jog dial 11 is changed. Consequently, it is possible to change the direction of the rotating operation of the jog dial 11 in vertical, horizontal and oblique directions, and to improve operability. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention can be applied to, for example, a mobile phone, a PHS phone (PHS: Personal Handyphone System), a PDA device (PDA: Personal Digital Assistant), a portable game machine, a notebook or desktop personal computer device, and the like. The present invention relates to a terminal device including the device.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-41963 (Patent Document 1) discloses an electronic device including a jog dial that can improve operability, such as a remote controller device, a mobile phone, and an audio device. This electronic device includes a total of two jog dials, a jog dial for performing a left / right movement operation of the cursor on the display and a jog dial for performing a vertical movement operation of the cursor on the display. The respective jog dials are provided so that the rotation axes thereof are orthogonal to each other, and are provided close to each other so as to be narrower than a value assumed as the width of the operator's thumb (for example, 20 mm). . As a result, the cursor movement operation in the left-right direction and the movement operation in the up-down direction can be performed with separate jog dials, so that troublesome operations such as switching of the control mode can be omitted to improve operability. be able to.

JP 2007-41963 A (page 3, FIG. 1)

  However, in the case of the electronic device disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, at least two physical installation spaces for installing each jog dial are required. In recent years, portable devices such as mobile phones have been miniaturized, and a television broadcast receiving function, a music player function, a current position detection function (GPS unit, GPS: In addition to various functions such as Global Positioning System, a display unit having a large display area and a stereo speaker unit having a large diameter tend to be provided. For this reason, it is difficult to secure an installation space for the two jog dials.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and two rotations, that is, a rotation operator that performs a rotation operation in the vertical direction and a rotation operator that performs a rotation operation in the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction. It is an object of the present invention to provide a terminal device provided with a rotation input device that enables an operation element to be provided in an installation space equivalent to approximately one rotation operation element.

The terminal device according to the present invention is a means for solving the above-described problems.
A plate-shaped first rotary operator that is rotatable in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction,
First rotation detecting means for outputting a rotation operation signal indicating a rotation operation direction and a rotation operation amount of the first rotation operator;
A rotational operation direction that is integrally provided at a substantially central portion of the first rotational operation element so as to rotate together with the first rotational operation element and is substantially orthogonal to the rotational operation direction of the first rotational operation element. A substantially cylindrical second rotary operator,
And a second rotation detecting means for outputting a rotation operation signal indicating a rotation operation direction and a rotation operation amount of the second rotation operator.

  In the present invention as described above, a direction substantially orthogonal to the operation direction of the first rotary operator is provided at the approximate center of the first rotary operator that can be rotated in the clockwise direction and the counterclockwise direction. By integrally providing the second rotary operation element which can be rotated, it is possible to provide two rotary operation elements in an installation space corresponding to approximately one rotary operation element.

  In addition, since the direction of the rotation axis of the second rotary operator can be changed by rotating the first rotary operator, the rotational operation direction of the second rotary operator can be changed only in the vertical and horizontal directions. In addition, the operability can be improved by changing the direction in an oblique direction.

  In the present invention, two rotary operation elements having different rotation operation directions can be provided in an installation space corresponding to approximately one rotary operation element.

  The present invention can be applied to a mobile phone.

[Mechanical configuration of mobile phone]
The mobile phone according to this embodiment is a so-called straight type (= stick type) mobile phone as shown in FIG. A display unit 2 and an operation unit 3 are provided in the front portion 1a of the casing 1 of the mobile phone in order from the top along the longitudinal direction, and between the bottom surface portion 1b of the casing 1 and the operation unit 3. Is provided with a microphone unit 4 for transmission. Further, in order to image a subject on the display surface side of the display unit 2 between the upper surface portion 1c of the housing 1 and the upper end portion 2a of the display unit 2 in order from the left along the short direction of the housing 1. The first camera device 5, the received voice speaker device 6, and the second camera device 7 for imaging a subject on the side opposite to the display surface of the display unit 2 are provided.

  That is, the first camera device 5 is a camera device for capturing an image of a user who is using the mobile phone, for example, when performing a videophone call that transmits and receives audio and images to and from the mobile phone of the other party. The second camera device 7 is a camera device for capturing an image of a subject such as a landscape or a desired person.

  The operation unit 3 includes a plurality of pressing operation keys 8 for inputting a desired character or symbol by a pressing operation, an outgoing operation, a call disconnecting operation, and the like, and a desired menu selection operation or a desired character by a rotating operation. And a rotation operation unit 9 for performing input operations such as symbols and symbols.

  In FIG. 2, the enlarged view of this rotation operation part 9 is shown. As can be seen from FIG. 2, the rotation operation unit 9 includes a substantially disc-shaped disc jog dial 10 and a substantially cylindrical jog dial 11 provided at the center of the disc jog dial 10. A substantially disc-shaped disc jog dial 10 is provided on the casing 1 so as to be rotatable in a clockwise direction (CW direction, CW: ClockWise) and a counterclockwise direction (CCW direction, CCW: Counter ClockWise). Yes. Further, the substantially cylindrical jog dial 11 is attached to the disc jog dial 10 so as to be rotatable in the V1 direction and the V2 direction (Vertical direction 1, Vertical direction 2) which are rotation directions orthogonal to the rotation direction of the disc jog dial 10. Is provided. That is, the disc jog dial 10 and the jog dial 11 are integrally configured so that the jog dial 11 itself rotates in the CW direction or the CCW direction in accordance with the rotation operation of the disc jog dial 10.

  FIG. 3A shows an enlarged view of the jog dial 11 and FIG. 3B shows an enlarged view of the disc jog dial 10. As shown in FIG. 3A, the jog dial 11 has a plurality of magnetized regions formed along the longitudinal direction of the jog dial 11. Each magnetized region is alternately magnetized so that the S pole and the N pole are adjacent to each other. Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, the disc jog dial 10 has the counter-operation surface side (the surface opposite to the surface operated by the user's finger) equally divided radially from the center of the disc jog dial 10. It has a plurality of magnetized regions. Each magnetized region is alternately magnetized so that the S pole and the N pole are adjacent to each other.

  In FIG. 4, such a rotary operation unit 9 is cut along a straight line passing through the center of the rotation operation unit 9 and along the short direction of the jog dial 11, and a cross section of the cut surface as viewed from the front. The figure is shown. As can be seen from FIG. 4, a first rotation detection unit 12 that outputs an encode pulse (A signal and B signal) corresponding to the rotation operation of the jog dial 11 to the rotation operation unit 9 in the vicinity of the jog dial 11. And a second rotation detector 13 for outputting an encode pulse (A signal and B signal) corresponding to the rotation operation of the disc jog dial 10 in the vicinity of the disc jog dial 10.

  The second rotation detection unit 13 is provided near the disc jog dial 10 and fixed to the substrate side in the housing 1. On the other hand, the first rotation detection unit 12 is provided in the rotation operation unit 9 and rotates in the CW direction or the CCW direction together with the jog dial 11 according to the rotation operation of the disc jog dial 10. For this reason, the first rotation detection unit 12 and the substrate in the housing 1 are connected by a signal line passing through the cylindrical rotation shaft 14 of the rotation operation unit 9, and the jog dial is connected via this signal line. The encode pulse corresponding to the 11 rotation operations is taken out.

  More specifically, on the counter-rotation detection surface side of the first rotation detector 12 (on the side opposite to the surface opposite to the jog dial 11), as shown in FIG. An output terminal 16 and a pair of B signal output terminals 17 are provided. Correspondingly, the rotary shaft 14 of the rotation operation unit 9 has a ring-shaped terminal 18 that contacts the output terminal 16 for the A signal and a ring-shaped terminal 19 that contacts the output terminal 17 for the B signal. Is provided. As described with reference to FIG. 4, the terminals 18 and 19 are connected to the substrate in the housing 1 through a signal line passing through the cylindrical rotary shaft 14.

  Each of the terminals 16 to 19 is configured to come into sliding contact according to the rotation in the CW direction or CCW direction of the first rotation detector 12 by the rotation operation of the disc jog dial 10 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5D and FIG. 4, the A signal and the B signal output through the output terminals 16 and 17 of the first rotation detection unit 12 are the terminals 18 and 19 on the rotating shaft 14 side. And it is output to the board | substrate of the housing | casing 1 side via the said signal line.

  Next, the substantially cylindrical jog dial 11 can be pressed in the direction of the casing 1 in addition to the rotation operations in the V1 direction and the V2 direction. Specifically, the jog dial 11 is rotatably supported by a pair of support columns 21 and 22 as shown in FIG. Each of the columns 21 and 22 has a so-called damper structure in which a spring is provided. Among these, one of the columns 21 is provided with a switch 23 that abuts while the jog dial 11 is being pressed. The switching output of the switch 23 is taken out via an output terminal 24 provided on the bottom surface of the column 21. The terminal 25 provided on the bottom surface of the support column 22 is a dummy terminal for adjusting the height of the support columns 21 and 22.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the output terminal 24 of the column 21 and the dummy terminal 25 of the column 22 come into sliding contact with a ring-shaped terminal 26 provided on the rotating shaft 14 side shown in FIG. Yes. The ring-shaped terminal 26 is connected to the substrate in the housing 1 by a signal line passing through the cylindrical rotation shaft 14 of the rotation operation unit 9, and through this signal line, FIG. As shown, the switching pulse (push signal) corresponding to the pressing operation of the jog dial 11 is taken out.

In this example, the switch 23 is provided only on one of the columns 21, but the switch 23 may be provided only on the other column 22, or the switches 23 may be provided on both columns 21, 22. May be.

[Electric configuration of mobile phone]
Next, as shown in FIG. 7, the cellular phone includes an antenna 31 and a communication circuit that perform wireless communication such as voice call, videophone call, e-mail, Web data (Web: World Wide Web) with a base station. 32, a display unit 2 for displaying operation menus, e-mails, images (still images and moving images), an operation unit 3 including the pressing operation unit 8 and the rotation operation unit 9, a transmission voice, etc. A microphone unit 4 for collecting sound, the first and second camera devices 5 and 7, a speaker unit 6 for outputting received voices, and the like for notifying a user of light transmission / reception and the like by light. A light emitting unit 33 (LED: Light Emitting Diode) is included.

  Further, this mobile phone vibrates the housing 1 of the mobile phone and vibrates a unit 34 for notifying the user of incoming / outgoing calls, a timer 35 for counting time, and a first for detecting the rotation of the jog dial 11. In addition to a communication program and various application programs for performing wireless communication processing via the base station, each of these application programs A memory 36 that stores various data (contents) to be handled, a control unit 37 that controls the operation of the entire mobile phone, and a television that receives a television broadcast signal (for example, a terrestrial digital television broadcast signal). Antenna 38 and television broadcast receiving unit 39 A has.

  In the memory 36, in addition to the communication program, a rotation operation processing program for performing rotation operation processing of the disc jog dial 10 and the jog dial 11, an email management program for controlling creation and transmission / reception of emails, a camera A camera control program for performing imaging control of the units 5 and 7, a schedule book management program for managing a schedule book in which a user's schedule is registered, a phone book management program for managing a phone book, and music A music player program for playing back content, a web browsing program for browsing web pages published on a server device provided on a predetermined network such as a communication network or the Internet, and a television release A receiving unit 39 television signal processing program for recording and playback control of the television broadcasting of the channel-selection control and a desired channel to be received by (TV signal processing program) is stored.

  In addition, the memory 36 includes a schedule book in which a user's desired schedule is registered, a user name such as a user's acquaintance or friend, a still image (face photo, etc.), an address, a telephone number, an e-mail address, and a date of birth. , Etc., a telephone book in which music information is registered, music content that is played back based on the music player program, still image content and moving picture content that are played back based on the viewer function of the camera control program, and e-mail content that is sent and received In addition, calls and incoming / outgoing histories of telephones and electronic mails are stored.

  FIG. 8 is a detailed block diagram of a “rotation detection system” including a first rotation detector 12 that detects the rotation of the jog dial 11 and a second rotation detector 13 that detects the rotation of the disk jog dial 10. . As shown in FIG. 8, the rotation detection system has a V1 rotation pulse or V2 rotation indicating the rotation direction of the jog dial 11 detected based on the phases of the signal A and the signal B output from the first rotation detection unit 12. A rotation pulse generator 41 that outputs pulses, a counter 42 that counts the number of pulses of the V1 rotation pulse output from the rotation pulse generator 41, and supplies the count value to the controller 37; A counter 43 that counts the number of output V2 rotation pulses and supplies the count value to the control unit 37;

The “rotation detection system” also receives a CW rotation pulse or a CCW rotation pulse indicating the rotation direction of the disc jog dial 10 detected based on each phase of the signal A and the signal B output from the second rotation detector 13. The rotation pulse generator 44 to output, the counter 45 that counts the number of CW rotation pulses output from the rotation pulse generator 44, and supplies the count value to the controller 37, and the rotation pulse generator 44 The counter 46 counts the number of CCW rotation pulses and supplies the count value to the controller 37.

[Rotation detection operation]
Next, the rotation detection operation of each of the jog dials 10 and 11 of the rotation operation unit 9 will be described. In FIG. 8, the rotation of the jog dial 11 is detected by the first rotation detector 12. The first rotation detection unit 12 outputs the signal A shown in FIG. 9A which is at a high level while detecting the S pole, and is at a high level while detecting the N pole. The signal B shown in (b) is output. As described above, the outer peripheral portion of the jog dial 11 is magnetized so that the S pole and the N pole are alternated. For this reason, when the jog dial 11 is rotated, the signal A shown in FIG. 9A and the signal B shown in FIG. 9B are output from the first rotation detector 12.

  Here, since the outer peripheral portion of the jog dial 11 is magnetized so that the S pole and the N pole are alternated, the jog dial 11 is rotated in the V1 direction and rotated in the V2 direction shown in FIG. The appearance of rising edges of the signal A and the signal B differs depending on the operation.

  Specifically, when the jog dial 11 is rotated in the V1 direction, the signals A and B are sequentially output in the order of the rising edge of the signal A and the rising edge of the signal B as shown in FIGS. A rising edge is detected. When the jog dial 11 is rotated in the V2 direction, the rising edges of the signals A and B are in the order of the rising edge of the signal B and the rising edge of the signal A as shown in FIGS. Detected.

  The rotation pulse generator 41 detects the rotation direction of the jog dial 11 by detecting the appearance of the rising edges of each of the signals A and B, and the signal A as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B. When the rising edges of the signals A and B are detected in the order of the rising edge of the signal B and the rising edge of the signal B, it is determined that the jog dial 11 has been rotated in the V1 direction, and the jog dial 11 is in the V1 direction. Is supplied to the counter 42, indicating that the rotation operation has been performed and having the number of pulses corresponding to the rotation operation of the jog dial 11. The counter 42 counts the number of pulses of the V1 rotation pulse and supplies this count value to the control unit 37.

  Similarly, the rotation pulse generator 41 detects the rising edges of the signals A and B in the order of the rising edge of the signal B and the rising edge of the signal A as shown in FIGS. 9 (c) and 9 (d). Determines that the jog dial 11 has been rotated in the V2 direction, indicates that the jog dial 11 has been rotated in the V2 direction, and has the number of pulses corresponding to the rotational operation of the jog dial 11. Is supplied to the counter 43. The counter 43 counts the number of V2 rotation pulses and supplies the count value to the control unit 37.

  On the other hand, in FIG. 8, the rotation of the disc jog dial 10 is detected by the second rotation detector 13. Similarly to the first rotation detection unit 12, the second rotation detection unit 13 outputs a signal A that is at a high level while detecting the S pole, and also detects the N pole. The signal B that becomes high level is output. As described above, the disk jog dial 10 is also magnetized in the vicinity of the outer peripheral portion so that the S pole and the N pole are alternated. For this reason, when the disc jog dial 10 is rotated, the signal A and the signal B are output from the second rotation detector 13.

  Here, since the vicinity of the outer periphery of the disk jog dial 10 is magnetized so that the S pole and the N pole are alternated, the disk jog dial 10 is rotated in the CW direction shown in FIG. The way in which the rising edges of the signal A and the signal B appear differs depending on the rotation operation in the direction.

  Specifically, when the disc jog dial 10 is rotated in the CW direction, the rising edges of the signals A and B are detected in the order of the rising edge of the signal A and the rising edge of the signal B. When the disc jog dial 10 is rotated in the CCW direction, the rising edges of the signals A and B are detected in the order of the rising edge of the signal B and the rising edge of the signal A.

  The rotation pulse generator 44 detects the rotation direction of the disc jog dial 10 by detecting the appearance of the rising edges of the signals A and B, and sequentially detects the rising edge of the signal A and the rising edge of the signal B. When the rising edges of the signals A and B are detected, it is determined that the disc jog dial 10 has been rotated in the CW direction, indicating that the disc jog dial 10 has been rotated in the CW direction and A CW rotation pulse having a pulse number corresponding to the rotation operation of the disc jog dial 10 is supplied to the counter 45. The counter 45 counts the number of CW rotation pulses and supplies the count value to the control unit 37.

  Similarly, when the rotation pulse generator 44 detects the rising edges of the signals A and B in the order of the rising edge of the signal B and the rising edge of the signal A, the disc jog dial 10 is rotated in the CCW direction. When the disc jog dial 10 is rotated in the CCW direction, a CCW rotation pulse having a pulse number corresponding to the rotation operation of the disc jog dial 10 is supplied to the counter 46. The counter 46 counts the number of CCW rotation pulses and supplies the count value to the control unit 37.

Next, the count value supplied from the counter 42 indicates that the jog dial 11 has been rotated in the V1 direction, and a value indicating the rotational operation amount (= rotational operation speed) of the jog dial 11. Similarly, the count value supplied from the counter 43 indicates that the jog dial 11 has been rotated in the V2 direction, and a value indicating the rotation amount (= rotational speed) of the jog dial 11. The count value supplied from the counter 45 is a value indicating that the disc jog dial 10 has been rotated in the CW direction, and indicating the amount of rotation (= rotation speed) of the disc jog dial 10, and is supplied from the counter 46. The count value indicates that the disc jog dial 10 has been rotated in the CCW direction, and also represents the amount of rotation operation (= rotational operation speed) of the disc jog dial 10. For this reason, the control unit 37 discriminates the jog dials 10 and 11 that are rotated by the user based on the counter that is the supply source of the count value (= the counter from which the count value is supplied), and each counter 42. , 43 and the counters 45 and 46, respectively, the rotational operation direction and the rotational operation amount are detected. Then, based on the rotation operation processing program stored in the memory 36, the operation target corresponding to the determination result and the detection result is performed.

[Rotation operation processing in simultaneous processing of television broadcasting and e-mail]
The mobile phone of this embodiment can create an e-mail while watching a television broadcast. Specifically, when the television broadcast of the channel received by the television broadcast receiving unit 39 is displayed on the display unit 2, an operation for creating an e-mail is performed from the user via the operation unit 3. In this case, the control unit 37 controls the display screen of the display unit 2 to be divided into two as shown in FIG. 10A, displays a television broadcast in one divided display region, and displays an e-mail in the other divided display region. Display the creation screen. Alternatively, when a viewing instruction operation for television broadcasting is performed from the user via the operation unit 3 while the e-mail creation screen is displayed on the display unit 2, the control unit 37 displays the information shown in FIG. As shown, the display screen of the display unit 2 is divided into two parts, an e-mail creation screen is displayed in one divided display area, and a television broadcast is displayed in the other divided display area.

  FIG. 10A is an example in which the display unit 2 that is normally used in a state of a vertically long display screen is used in a state of a horizontally long display screen by turning the mobile phone in a landscape orientation. 10 (a) shows an example in which a television broadcast is displayed in the right divided display area and an e-mail creation screen is displayed in the left divided display area.

  The e-mail creation screen displayed in the left split display area includes an input confirmed character display area 51 in which characters that have been confirmed to be input are displayed, and a character display area 52 before input that is displayed before characters are confirmed. The conversion candidate display area 53 displays one or a plurality of conversion candidate characters corresponding to the characters input by the user. When a character is input by the user, the control unit 37 displays the character input by the user in the character display area 52 before input confirmation, and one or a plurality of characters corresponding to the character input by the user. Are displayed in the conversion candidate display area 53.

  By rotating the jog dial 11, the user moves the cursor CR that moves between the conversion candidates displayed in the conversion candidate display area 53 to a desired conversion candidate, and presses the jog dial 11. In response to the rotation operation of the jog dial 11, the control unit 37 moves and displays the cursor CR displayed in the conversion candidate display area 53 at the display position of each conversion candidate. Then, the control unit 37 recognizes the conversion candidate where the cursor CR is located when the pressing operation of the jog dial 11 is detected as the conversion candidate designated by the user and inputs this conversion candidate before the input is confirmed. Displayed in the character display area 52.

  Each time a desired character is input from the user, the control unit 37 displays a conversion candidate corresponding to the input character, and the conversion candidate selected from the conversion candidates is displayed in the character display area 52 before input confirmation. indicate. When the control unit 37 detects the pressing operation of the jog dial 11 again when the conversion candidate is displayed in the character display area 52 before input confirmation (= the pressing operation of the jog dial 11 designating input of the conversion candidate). When the pressing operation of the jog dial 11 continuously detected is detected), the character displayed in the character display area 52 before input confirmation is recognized as the character whose input is confirmed by the user, and the character before input confirmation. The characters displayed in the display area 52 are displayed in the input confirmed character display area 51. This makes it possible to create an e-mail that becomes a desired sentence while viewing a television broadcast.

  Here, the control unit 37 controls the movement and display of the cursor CR displayed in the conversion candidate display area 53 in accordance with the rotation operation of the jog dial 11, but as shown in FIG. When the rotation axis is in a state along the short side direction of the mobile phone and the rotation operation of the jog dial 11 is detected, the control unit 37 moves the cursor CR to the right according to the rotation operation of the jog dial 11. Move and display in the left or right direction. Thus, for example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 10A, the cursor CR is controlled to be moved and displayed in the horizontal direction, for example, thank-> new-> interval-> tomorrow.

  On the other hand, when the rotation operation of the jog dial 11 is detected when the rotation axis of the jog dial 11 is in a state along the longitudinal direction of the mobile phone as shown in FIG. 37 moves and controls the cursor CR to move downward or upward according to the rotation operation of the jog dial 11. Accordingly, for example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 10B, the cursor CR is controlled to be moved and displayed in the vertical direction, for example, “Thank you → interval”.

As described above, in the case of the mobile phone according to the embodiment, the jog dial 11 itself can be rotated by rotating the disc jog dial 10. For this reason, the user rotates the disc jog dial 10 to change the direction of the rotation axis of the jog dial 11 in the short direction of the mobile phone (see FIG. 10A) or in the longitudinal direction of the mobile phone (see FIG. 10 (b)). Therefore, the rotation axis of the jog dial 11 can be rotated in a direction in which the cursor CR can be easily moved (= the rotation operation direction of the jog dial 11 can be freely changed up, down, left, and right), and character input operations can be performed. The operability can be improved.

[Selecting the desired menu]
Next, when selecting a desired menu using the rotation operation unit 9, the user first presses the jog dial 11 while the standby screen is displayed. When the control unit 37 detects the pressing operation of the jog dial 11 while the standby screen is displayed, the control unit 37 recognizes that the display of the menu list is designated, and for example, as shown in FIG. 11, entertainment, mail, network mode , Application, telephone, data box (data box)...

  Next, the user rotates the disc jog dial 10 so that the rotation axis of the jog dial 11 is set in a direction along the short direction of the mobile phone, and the jog dial 11 is rotated in the V1 direction or the V2 direction. When this rotation operation is performed, the control unit 37 moves the cursor CR in the order of entertainment → mail → network mode → application → phone → data box.

  The user moves the cursor CR to a desired main menu item and presses the jog dial 11. When the pressing operation of the jog dial 11 is detected while the main menu is displayed, the control unit 37 displays on the display unit 2 a submenu of the main menu item where the cursor CR is located when the pressing operation is performed. Control display. For example, if the jog dial 11 is pressed while the cursor CR is positioned at the entertainment main menu item, the control unit 37 will display the My Select, music player, calendar, camera, movie, etc. shown in FIG. The display 2 controls each entertainment sub-menu item.

  The user rotates the disc jog dial 10 to rotate the jog dial 11 whose rotation axis is along the short direction of the mobile phone in the V1 direction or the V2 direction. The cursor CR is moved to a submenu item, and then the jog dial 11 is pressed. The control unit 37 moves and controls the cursor CR in the order of My Select → Music Player → Calendar → Camera → Movie... According to the rotation operation of the jog dial 11, and when the pressing operation of the jog dial 11 is detected. Controls execution of an application program corresponding to the submenu item where the cursor CR is located.

  When the cross key and the enter key are used to select, for example, the submenu item of the movie in FIG. 11, first, the menu key is pressed, and then the cursor CR is positioned on the entertainment main menu item. Press the Enter key to display the submenu, then press the down key of the cross key four times to move the cursor CR to the display position of the submenu item of the movie and press the Enter key To do. In this case, a total of six pressing operations are required, and the three keys of the menu key, the enter key, and the cross key need to be operated (= the key to be operated needs to be changed three times).

  However, in the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, the disc jog dial 10 can be rotated to make the jog dial 11 easy to operate, and the jog dial 11 can be rotated and pressed. Menu items can be selected and operated. Therefore, a desired submenu item can be selected by operating only the jog dial 11. In addition, a pressing operation of the jog dial 11 for displaying the main menu from the standby screen, a pressing operation of the jog dial 11 for selecting a desired main menu item from the main menu, and a desired submenu item from the submenu are selected. The desired submenu item can be selected by a total of three pressing operations including the pressing operation of the jog dial 11, and the desired submenu item can be selected by a half pressing operation using the cross key and the determination key. Menu items can be selected.

In this example, the cursor CR on the main menu and the cursor CR on the sub menu are moved by rotating the jog dial 11, but may be moved by rotating the disc jog dial 10. In this case, the control unit 37 sequentially moves and controls the cursor CR on each main menu item of the main menu according to the rotation operation of the disc jog dial 10, and also controls the cursor on each submenu item of the submenu. The CR is sequentially moved and displayed. As a result, the user rotates the disc jog dial 10, moves the cursor CR on the desired main menu item or sub menu item, and presses the jog dial 11 to move the desired sub menu item. You can choose.

[Alarm setting operation]
Next, in the mobile phone according to this embodiment, the jog dial 11 can be set as an hour hand and a minute hand of a clock, and an alarm can be set at a desired time. In this case, the user selects alarm setting from the menu item, and selects whether to perform alarm setting using the jog dial 11 as the hour hand of the clock, or to perform alarm setting using the jog dial 11 as the minute hand of the clock. Then, by rotating the disc jog dial 10, the jog dial 11 is pressed by setting the position of the jog dial 11 to a desired time position.

  Specifically, when the alarm setting is performed using the jog dial 11 as the hour hand of the clock, the disc jog dial 10 is rotated by the user, and the rotation axis of the jog dial 11 is set to the short time of the mobile phone as shown in FIG. When the jog dial 11 is pressed with the direction along the hand direction, the control unit 37 sets an alarm at a time 9 hours after the current time. On the other hand, when the alarm setting is performed using the jog dial 11 as the minute hand of the clock, the disk jog dial 10 is rotated by the user, and the rotation axis of the jog dial 11 is short as shown in FIG. When the jog dial 11 is pressed with the direction along the hand direction, the control unit 37 sets an alarm at a time 45 minutes after the current time.

  Further, when the alarm setting is performed using the jog dial 11 as the hour hand of the clock, the disk jog dial 10 is rotated by the user, and the rotation axis of the jog dial 11 extends along the longitudinal direction of the mobile phone as shown in FIG. In the case where the jog dial 11 is pressed, the control unit 37 sets an alarm at a time 6 hours after the current time. On the other hand, when the alarm setting is performed using the jog dial 11 as the minute hand of the clock, the disk jog dial 10 is rotated by the user, and the rotation axis of the jog dial 11 is the longitudinal axis of the mobile phone as shown in FIG. When the jog dial 11 is pressed after the direction is set, the control unit 37 sets an alarm at a time 30 minutes after the current time.

  Further, when the alarm setting is performed using the jog dial 11 as the hour hand of the clock, the disk jog dial 10 is rotated by the user, and the rotation axis of the jog dial 11 is set to 1 o'clock on the dial of the clock as shown in FIG. When the jog dial 11 is pressed after the direction is set, the control unit 37 sets an alarm at a time one hour after the current time. On the other hand, when the alarm setting is performed using the jog dial 11 as the minute hand of the clock, the disk jog dial 10 is rotated by the user, and the rotation axis of the jog dial 11 is set to the dial of the clock as shown in FIG. When the jog dial 11 is pressed after setting the direction to 1 o'clock, the control unit 37 sets an alarm at a time 5 minutes after the current time.

In the case of the mobile phone according to the embodiment, since the jog dial 11 itself can be rotated by rotating the disc jog dial 10, it is possible to perform such an alarm setting with a simple operation. it can.

[Modification]
The above-described embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to a straight type (= stick type) mobile phone. However, the present invention is not limited to a folding type mobile phone, a slide type mobile phone, or a jack knife type mobile phone. You may apply to a telephone. In any case, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

  FIG. 13 shows an embodiment of a foldable mobile phone to which the present invention is applied. In this case, the mobile phone has a configuration in which the upper housing 61 and the lower housing 62 are connected to each other via the hinge portion 63 so as to be foldable. Further, the rotation operation unit 9 is provided between the lower end portion of the display unit 64 and the hinge unit 63.

  The hinge part 63 enables the upper casing 61 and the lower casing 62 to be rotated in the direction in which the mobile phone is folded, and also in the direction orthogonal to the folding direction. 62 is rotatably connected. FIG. 14A shows the cellular phone in a state in which the upper housing 61 and the lower housing 62 are rotated and folded in a direction orthogonal to the folding direction. In this case, both the display unit 61 and the rotation operation unit 9 are exposed.

  In this state, the user rotates the jog dial 11 and the disk jog dial 10 of the rotation operation unit 9 to change the operation direction of the jog dial 11 as shown in FIGS. 14 (a) and 14 (b). Input operation or desired menu selection operation. As a result, similar to the above, various operations such as creating an e-mail while viewing a desired television broadcast can be made possible.

Normally, in the case of a foldable mobile phone, the operation unit is hidden when the mobile phone is folded, so that a desired operation becomes difficult. However, in the case of the mobile phone of the embodiment, the display unit 64 and The rotation operation unit 9 can be exposed, and the operation direction of the jog dial 11 can be changed to a desired direction by rotating the disk jog dial 10 of the rotation operation unit 9, so that the cellular phone is folded. In the state, the same operation as that in the state in which the mobile phone is opened can be performed.

[Effect of the embodiment]
As is clear from the above description, the mobile phone of this embodiment has a rotation operation unit 9 in which a jog dial 11 and a disk jog dial 10 whose rotation operation directions are orthogonal to each other are integrally formed. Therefore, a total of two jog dials, that is, the disc jog dial 10 and the jog dial 11 can be provided in the installation space for one disc jog dial 10.

  Further, by rotating the disc jog dial 10, the rotation operation direction of the jog dial 11 can be changed, so that the operability can be improved. For example, when the rotation operation direction of the jog dial 11 is fixed in the horizontal direction, for example, the operation target object in the game can be moved only in the horizontal direction. The key will be used. For this reason, the jog dial is not suitable for moving the operation target object of the game, but in the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, the rotation operation direction of the jog dial 11 is performed by rotating the disk jog dial 10. Can be changed to a desired direction not only in the vertical and horizontal directions but also in an oblique direction, so that the operation target object of the game can also be favorably moved.

  Further, when only one of the jog dial 11 and the disk jog dial 10 is provided, if only one of the jog dials breaks down, various operations of the mobile phone are hindered. In the case of this mobile phone, since the two jog dials 10 and 11 are provided, even if one of the jog dials breaks down, the operation of the mobile phone can be supplemented with the other jog dial.

  Finally, the above-described embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to a mobile phone. However, the present invention is not limited to a PHS phone (PHS: Personal Handyphone System), a PDA device (PDA: Personal Digital Assistant). The present invention may be applied to a terminal device such as a portable game machine, a notebook or desktop personal computer device, or an input device such as a mouse device. In either case, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

  The above-described embodiment is an example of the present invention. For this reason, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made according to the design and the like as long as they do not depart from the technical idea of the present invention. I add that there is something.

It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the straight type mobile telephone used as embodiment which applied this invention. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the rotation operation part provided in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the magnetization state of the jog dial and disc jog dial of the rotation operation part provided in the mobile phone of the embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the rotation operation part provided in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating how to take out the rotation operation signal of the jog dial of the rotation operation part provided in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the press structure of the jog dial of the rotation operation part provided in the mobile telephone of embodiment. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment. It is a block diagram of a rotation detection system of the mobile phone according to the embodiment. It is a wave form diagram of the rotation detection signal output from the rotation operation part provided in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of operation of the rotation operation part provided in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating menu selection operation using the rotation operation part provided in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating alarm setting operation using the rotation operation part provided in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the folding-type mobile telephone used as the modification of embodiment to which this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows an example of operation of the rotation operation part in the folding type | mold mobile phone used as the modification of the mobile phone of embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case, 2 Display part, 3 Operation part, 4 Microphone part, 5 Self-portrait camera part, 6 Speaker part, 7 Camera part, 8 Press operation key, 9 Rotation operation part, 10 Disc jog dial, 11 Jog dial, 12 First rotation detection unit, 13 Second rotation detection unit, 14 Rotating shaft, 16 A signal output terminal, 17 B signal output terminal, 18 terminal, 19 terminal, 21 Jog dial column, 22 Jog dial column, 23 Switch, 24 terminal, 25 dummy terminal, 26 terminal, 31 antenna, 32 communication circuit, 33 light emitting unit (LED: Light Emitting Diode), 34 vibration unit, 35 timer, 36 memory, 37 control unit, 38 television antenna, 39 Television broadcast receiving unit, 41 rotation pulse generator, 42 counter, 3 counter, 44 rotation pulse generator, 45 counter, 46 counter, 51 input confirmed character display area, 52 input confirmed character display area, 53 conversion candidate display area, 61 upper casing, 62 lower casing, 63 hinge section, 64 display

Claims (4)

A plate-shaped first rotary operator that is rotatable in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction,
First rotation detecting means for outputting a rotation operation signal indicating a rotation operation direction and a rotation operation amount of the first rotation operator;
A rotational operation direction that is integrally provided at a substantially central portion of the first rotational operation element so as to rotate together with the first rotational operation element and is substantially orthogonal to the rotational operation direction of the first rotational operation element. A substantially cylindrical second rotary operator,
A terminal device comprising: a rotation input device including a rotation operation signal of a rotation operation signal of the second rotation operator and a rotation operation signal indicating a rotation operation amount. The terminal device according to claim 1,
A display unit;
The display area of the display unit is divided into at least two display areas, one of the display areas is displayed based on the first application program, the other display area is displayed based on the second application program, and Based on the rotation operation signal from the first rotation detection means and the rotation operation signal from the second rotation detection means, the operation target displayed in the one display area and / or the other display A terminal device comprising: control means for moving and controlling the operation target displayed in the area. The terminal device according to claim 2,
Television broadcast reception function,
An email creation function,
The control means controls display of the television broadcast received by the reception function of the television broadcast in the one display area, and displays an email creation screen based on the email creation function in the other display area. And e-mail creation processing on the e-mail creation screen based on the rotation operation signal from the first rotation detection means and the rotation operation signal from the second rotation detection means. A terminal device. The terminal device according to claim 1,
It has an alarm function to notify the alarm at a desired time,
The control means performs an alarm setting by setting a time corresponding to the direction of the rotation axis of the second rotary operator rotating according to the rotary operation of the first rotary operator as an alarm setting time. Terminal device to do.

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