JP2010103919A - Personal digital assist and method of controlling the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide more convenient control content based on operation to a touch panel in a personal digital assist. <P>SOLUTION: By flick operation under execution of an application of an "address book", a group of information to be displayed in information stored in an address book data storage section 6313 is changed. The display target is changed by scroll display in a direction, where the flick operation is performed. When the group of information to be displayed is changed, display content at a display section 30 moves to a group ("Ka" line) after change from a group ("A" line) before change after information ("Ka") for identifying the group after change is displayed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable information terminal, and more particularly to a portable information terminal that executes a control operation based on an operation performed on a touch panel and a control method thereof.

  In recent years, various technical developments have been made on portable information terminals. Among these, buttons for key operations that were initially equipped as hardware have been shifted to software keys by installing a touch panel on the portable information terminal. As a result, the key itself can be displayed together with the contents of functions realized by the operation, and the convenience of the portable information terminal is improved.

  In such a portable information terminal, the operation position on the touch panel is further detected by continuously detecting the operation position with respect to the touch panel for a certain period of time, thereby controlling according to the direction of the operation. Various techniques for performing operations are disclosed.

  For example, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-278391) discloses a technique for detecting a locus of an operation position and recognizing a character or the like when an operation of drawing a character on a touch panel is performed. It is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-36426 discloses that a page in a document to be displayed on a display unit is one page ahead according to the direction in which the operation position performed by the user on the touch panel changes. A technique for sending a page or a page before is disclosed.
JP 2000-278391 A JP 63-36426 A

  Improvement of convenience in a portable information terminal is always desired. That is, it is always desired to further enhance the control contents in the portable information terminal based on the operation of the touch panel by the user.

  The present invention has been conceived in view of the actual situation, and an object of the present invention is to provide more convenient control content in a portable information terminal based on an operation on a touch panel.

  The portable information terminal according to the present invention includes a display unit that displays information, a touch panel provided on the front surface of the display unit, a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of information in a group, and the storage unit that stores the storage unit. Control means for displaying information stored in the means, and when the control means detects that an operation has been performed on the touch panel, the display means displays information in the storage means in the display means Switch the group.

  Moreover, in the portable information terminal according to the present invention, the storage means further stores information for identifying the group, and the control means displays information from the first group information to the second group information. When switching between, the display means displays information specifying the second group between the display of the information of the first group and the display of the information of the second group.

  In the portable information terminal according to the present invention, when the display unit switches the display target from the information of the first group to the information of the second group, the control unit sets the second group to the display unit. After the information to be identified is displayed for a certain period of time, the information of the second group is displayed.

  In the portable information terminal according to the present invention, when the control unit is operated with respect to the touch panel during a period in which the information specifying the second group is displayed on the display unit, The group to be displayed is switched to the first group or the third group.

  In the portable information terminal according to the present invention, when the control unit detects that a predetermined operation has been performed on the touch panel, the display unit displays information in the storage unit as a display target. The predetermined operation is an operation of moving a position to be operated with respect to the touch panel in a first direction, and the control means sets the position to be operated with respect to the touch panel as the operation target. When an operation of moving in the second direction intersecting with the second direction is performed, the information to be displayed is switched in the group that is the display target in the display means.

  A method for controlling a portable information terminal according to the present invention is a method for controlling a portable information terminal comprising display means, a touch panel provided in front of the display means, and storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of information in a group. And when displaying the information stored in the storage means on the display means, and detecting that a predetermined operation has been performed on the touch panel, the display means in the storage means And a step of switching a group to be displayed.

  According to the present invention, in the portable information terminal, when an operation is performed on the touch panel, the display target group of information in the storage unit in the display unit is switched.

  As a result, the displayed part of the file displayed on the display means is not simply switched by the operation on the touch panel, but the group to be displayed is switched.

  Therefore, the user can obtain an effect of switching the display target group for information displayed on the display unit by an easy operation.

  In particular, the size of the recording medium has progressed, and the capacity of the recording medium that is fixed (or detachable) to the portable information terminal has increased, so that a large number of file information can be grouped on the recording medium. Even in such a case, the user can obtain the effect of switching the group to be displayed on the display means by an easy operation.

  Hereinafter, a mobile phone which is an embodiment of the portable information terminal of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the portable information terminal of the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone. That is, if the portable information terminal of the present invention is a terminal having a touch panel, it is not necessary to have a function specific to a cellular phone such as a communication function.

[1. Configuration of portable information terminal]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a mobile phone as an embodiment of the portable information terminal of the present invention.

  First, referring to FIG. 1A, a mobile phone 100 is provided with a display unit 30 including a liquid crystal display or the like. The display unit 30 includes a document on a network such as a web page, an e-mail by an address book or mailer stored in the mobile phone 100 (software for creating and sending / receiving e-mail, and storing / managing received mail). Various information such as a creation screen can be displayed.

  In the mobile phone 100, a touch panel 40 is provided on the front surface of the display unit 30. The mobile phone 100 can be used in a horizontally long state as shown in FIG. 1 (A), and can also be used in a vertically long state as shown in FIG. 1 (B).

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically illustrating a hardware configuration of the mobile phone 100.
Referring to FIG. 2, mobile phone 100 includes control unit 50 that controls the overall operation of mobile phone 100, antenna 81 for transmitting and receiving data, and signal processing when data is transmitted and received by antenna 81. A communication control unit 80 that performs the above, a posture detection unit 90 that detects the posture of the mobile phone, a storage unit 60 that includes a flash memory or the like, a touch panel 40, a display unit 30, a display control unit 51 that controls display contents on the display unit 30, The receiver 56 and the microphone 58 mainly used for the call function, the speaker 57 that outputs an alarm sound, the sound output control units 53 and 54 that control the sound output from the receiver 56 and the speaker 57, and the sound input to the microphone 58 Includes a voice input control unit 55 for processing and a camera 91. The control unit 50 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 50 has a built-in timer 50A. The display unit 50 controls the display content of the display unit 30 via the display control unit 51.

  The posture detection unit 90 is for detecting the direction and moving direction of the mobile phone 100 and the acceleration given to the mobile phone 100, and includes, for example, a plurality of gyroscopes, acceleration sensors, and geomagnetic sensors. The orientation of the mobile phone 100 is, for example, whether it is held by the user in a horizontally long state as shown in FIG. 1A, or is held by a user in a vertically long state as shown in FIG. Means. As a technique for detecting the orientation, the moving direction, and the moving speed of the main body of the mobile phone 100 using the attitude detection unit 90, a well-known technique can be adopted, and therefore description thereof will not be repeated here.

  The storage unit 60 includes a basic program storage unit 61 that stores a program for the CPU of the control unit 50 to realize basic functions (such as clock operation and display of wallpaper on the display unit 30) in the mobile phone 100; A data storage unit 62 that stores data such as various setting values related to basic functions and an application data storage unit 63 that stores data such as programs related to applications that can be executed by the mobile phone 100 are included.

  Note that the program executed by the CPU of the control unit 50 may be stored in the storage unit 60 in advance, or may be installed later by being downloaded through a network. Further, the program executed by the CPU of the control unit 50 is recorded on a recording medium detachable from the mobile phone 100 instead of being stored in a storage device (storage unit 60) built in the mobile phone 100. May be. Further, such a program may be directly installed on the mobile phone 100 from the recording medium.

[2. Contents of application data storage unit]
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the storage contents of the application data storage unit 63.

  The mobile phone 100 includes an “address book” for managing personal information such as a telephone number and an e-mail address, for example, a “calendar” for managing schedule information for each day, a size of characters displayed on the display unit 30 and a speaker. Various applications such as “menu setting” for performing various settings in the mobile phone 100 such as the volume of sound output in 57 are installed. The application data storage unit 63 stores data for executing each application.

  The address book information storage unit 6310 stores data for executing the “address book” application. The address book information storage unit 6310 includes a program data storage unit 6311 that stores program data for executing the application, a setting value storage unit 6312 that stores various setting values used in the execution of the program, and an address And an address book data storage unit 6313 for storing personal information registered in the book.

  The calendar information storage unit 6320 includes a program data storage unit 6321 that stores program data for executing the “calendar” application, and a setting value storage unit 6322 that stores setting values used to execute the program. And a calendar data storage unit 6323 for storing registered schedule data.

  The menu setting information storage unit 6330 includes a program data storage unit 6331 that stores program data for executing a “menu setting” application, and a setting value storage unit that stores setting values used to execute the program. 6332 and a menu data storage unit 6333 that stores setting contents for each registered menu.

FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically illustrating the storage mode of the address book data storage unit 6313.
Referring to FIG. 4, in address book data storage unit 6313, each personal information is grouped and stored based on the first character of the title (eg, name or store name) of each personal information. Yes.

  Specifically, personal information whose title begins with a line (A, i, u, e, o), personal information whose title begins with a line (ka, ki, k, ke, ko), and a title. Personal information that begins with a line (sa, shi, su, se, so), personal information that begins with a title (tachi, tsu, te, and), and a title that has a title (a, n, n, Personal information that begins with ne, no), personal information that begins with a line (ha, hi, fu, he, ho) and personal information that begins with a line (ma, mi, mu, me, mo) And personal information that begins with the title line (Ya, Yu, Yo), personal information that begins with the title line (La, Ri, Ru, Re, Ro), and title, Personal information that begins with, and personal information whose title begins with a character other than the above (for example, Roman letters or numbers) are grouped together and are the same As the data layer, stored in the address book data storage unit 6313.

  In addition, as an aspect of storing in a grouped manner, a well-known technique such as attaching a common tag to each personal information (individual address data) for each group, or storing in a storage area set for each group, etc. Can be applied.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of the content of data stored in the address book data storage unit 6313.

  Referring to FIG. 5, in address book data storage unit 6313, each personal information includes a title and address data such as a telephone number and a mail address of each individual. Each piece of personal information is stored as a group for each line to which the first character of the title reading kana belongs. The address data corresponds to information such as each individual's telephone number and mail address. In FIG. 5, the registration data column of each personal information is left blank for ease of explanation, but in the actual mobile phone 100, corresponding data is stored in each column. And

  FIG. 6 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a data storage mode in the calendar data storage unit 6323.

  Referring to FIG. 6, in calendar data storage unit 6323, schedule data registered in mobile phone 100 is grouped for each day and stored as data of the same hierarchy.

  The schedule data for each day includes data for specifying a schedule corresponding to the entire day, a schedule corresponding to a specific time in the day, and a schedule corresponding to a certain time zone in the day.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating an example of a data storage mode in the menu data storage unit 6333.

  Referring to FIG. 7, menu data storage unit 6333 has “contents” that is a setting content of basic operation of mobile phone 100 and settings for a function for connecting mobile phone 100 to other devices. Divided into four groups: “External connection”, “Call / TV call” which is a setting content related to the calling function of the mobile phone 100, and “Network” which is a setting content regarding the network interface equipped in the mobile phone 100. Various setting contents are stored. Setting contents included in each group of “main body”, “external connection”, “call / TV call”, and “network” are stored in the same hierarchy.

  Each group includes one or a plurality of setting contents. For example, “main unit” group includes “manner mode setting content” “display setting content” “dressing arrangement content” “sound / vibration / light content” (output from speaker 57) Setting contents of the sound volume to be turned on, setting contents of ON / OFF of the vibration function of the mobile phone 100, and ON / OFF of lighting of a light (not shown in FIG. 2) mounted on the mobile phone 100 for shooting of the camera 91, etc. OFF content, etc.), “Date / time setting content”, “Key backlight setting content”, “Language (display language in display section 30) content”, “User dictionary content”, “Key shortcut setting” Content ”.

[3. Contents of data display processing]
FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a data display process, which is a process for controlling the content displayed on the display unit 30 in response to an operation on the touch panel 40 when various applications are executed on the mobile phone 100.

  Referring to FIG. 8, in the data display process, first, in step S10, control unit 50 determines whether or not a flick operation in a predetermined direction is performed on touch panel 40, and such an operation is performed. If determined, the process proceeds to step S20.

  Here, the flick operation refers to an operation of quickly moving on the touch panel 40 using a finger or a tablet pen on the touch panel 40. The predetermined direction is, for example, as shown in FIG. 9A, when the mobile phone 100 is used in a vertically long state, the direction indicated by the double arrow R1 is the horizontal direction, and the double arrow R2 The horizontal direction (or the direction from left to right) when the direction indicated by is the vertical direction can be used. Further, as shown in FIG. 9B, when the mobile phone 100 is used in a horizontally long state, the direction indicated by the double arrow R3 is the horizontal direction, and the direction indicated by the double arrow R4 is the vertical direction. In the horizontal direction (or the direction from left to right).

  The control unit 50 continuously detects the operation position on the touch panel 40 to detect a change in the operation position along with the time change, and thereby whether or not the flick operation has been performed and the flick operation has been performed. Detect direction.

  In step S20, the control unit 50 is a group in which data is stored at the same level as the group currently displayed on the display unit 30, and the symbols of the next group (each group is displayed in a predetermined order). A control operation for displaying (identifying information) is started, and the process proceeds to step S30.

  In step S30, the control unit 50 determines whether or not the control content for displaying the symbol started in step S20 is completed. If it is determined that the control content is not yet completed, the process proceeds to step S60.

  In step S60, as in step S10, the control unit 50 determines whether or not a flick operation in a predetermined direction has been performed on the touch panel 40. If it is determined that the flick operation has been performed, the process returns to step S20. If determined, the process proceeds to step S70.

  In step S70, the control unit 50 determines whether or not a drag operation in the return direction has been performed on the touch panel 40. If it is determined that the drag operation has been performed, the process proceeds to step S80. return.

  Here, the drag operation in the return direction is a screen for the control for displaying the next group of symbols started in step S20 to change the display content on the display unit 30 to the display screen of the symbol. Is a drag operation in the direction opposite to the scroll direction.

  Here, the touch operation refers to an operation in which a state in which a finger or a tablet pen is continuously touched at the same position on the touch panel 40 for a predetermined time or longer is continued. Whether or not the control unit 50 continues to be the same position for a predetermined time or longer with respect to the touch panel 40 (or, if there is a change in the operation position, the distance at which the operation position is changed is within a predetermined threshold value). Thus, it is determined whether or not a touch operation has been performed.

  In step S80, control for returning the display content on the display unit 30 to the content of the group that has been displayed so far is performed, and the process returns to step S10. As a result of the processing in step S80, information about a certain group is displayed on the display unit 30, but control for displaying the symbol of the next group is started in step S20. Then, the flick operation is performed again in step S10. The display content of the display unit 30 is returned to the content of the group that was displayed before it was determined that it was made.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S30 that the control content for displaying the symbol has been completed, the control unit 50 advances the process to step S40.

  In step S40, the control part 50 starts the control content for displaying the information contained in the following group on the display part 30, and advances a process to step S50.

  In step S50, the control unit 50 waits until the control content for displaying the information of the next group started in step S40 is completed, and returns to step S10 when determining that the control content is completed.

  In the data display processing described above, when information included in a certain group for a certain application is displayed on the display unit 30 of the mobile phone 100, a flick operation is performed on the touch panel 40 in a predetermined direction. Information included in the next group of the certain group is displayed (step S10, step S40, step S50). That is, in the mobile phone 100, a group of information to be displayed on the display unit 30 is switched by performing a flick operation on the touch panel 40 in a predetermined direction. .

  Further, in the data display process described above, when the group of data to be displayed on the display unit 30 is switched, switching is performed between the display of the information of the current display target group and the display of the information of the next group. Information (symbol) specifying the next group to be displayed later is displayed (step S20).

  Further, in the data display process described above, for the “next group” symbol, the control content for displaying the symbol is completed in step S30 after the control for displaying the symbol is started in step S20. Until it is determined, it is displayed at least.

  When a drag operation in the return direction is performed on the touch panel 40 from the start to the completion of the control content for displaying the symbol, the group to be displayed on the display unit 30 is changed to the next group. Without switching, the group is returned to the group that has been the display target until now (the current group) (step S30, step S70 to step S80). Further, when the touch operation in the predetermined direction described above is performed on the touch panel 40 from the start to the completion of the control content for displaying the symbol (step S60), the “next” corresponding to the symbol is displayed. Control for displaying the symbols of the next group is started without displaying the personal information of “group of” (steps S60 and S20). In other words, in the present embodiment, when an operation is performed on the touch panel during a period in which information specifying the second group (a symbol “ka”) is displayed, the first group (“A” row) ) Or the third group (the “sa” line) is switched to the display target group.

[4. Switching the display target group while “Address Book” is running]
FIG. 10 shows a display when the flick operation is performed when the personal information of a certain group is displayed during execution of the “address book” application, and the display content is switched to the personal information of the next group. An example of content transition is shown.

FIG. 10A shows an example of a screen displayed on the display unit 30.
With reference to FIG. 10 (A), a state in which a plurality of cards having tabs are overlaid is schematically shown on a screen 300. Specifically, on the screen 300, the card 301 having the tab 301A is displayed in the forefront, and an image in which a plurality of cards each having the tabs 302A, 303A, 304A, and 305A are located is displayed behind the card 301. ing.

  In each of the tabs 301A, 302A, 303A, 304A, and 305A, “a”, “ka”, “sa”, “ta”, which are information for identifying each group in which the personal information is grouped in the address book data storage unit 6313. “NA” is displayed. In addition, the address book data storage unit 6313 includes “ha”, “ma”, “ya”, “ra”, “wa”, and “other” as other information for specifying a group in which personal information is stored. Then, “A” to “NA” are displayed because of the space.

  On the card 301 corresponding to the row, a part of the title of the personal information of the group of the row is displayed in the address book data storage unit 6313.

  When a flick operation is performed on the touch panel 40 from right to left (in the direction of arrow R10 in FIG. 10A) while the screen 300 is displayed on the display unit 30, the display in the card 301 is changed to the arrow R10. Start scrolling in the direction.

  In FIG. 10B to FIG. 10D, the display on the card 301 is scrolled in the direction of the arrow in each figure, and the next group “ka line” is selected from the title of the personal information of the group in that line. It is a figure which shows progress until "ka" which is the information to specify is displayed.

  In the order of the screen 310 in FIG. 10B, the screen 320 in FIG. 10C, and the screen 330 in FIG. 10D, the display in the card 301 is gradually switched in the display unit 30.

  10A to 10D, the control content for displaying the next group of symbols in step S20 after the flick operation in a predetermined direction is detected in step S10 of FIG. This corresponds to the state in which the control content for symbol display is completed in step S30.

  If no touch operation is performed on the touch panel 40 until the display of “ka”, which is the symbol of the next group, is completed on the card 301 (NO in both step S60 and step S70), The display content is further scrolled to the left, and finally a screen 340 is displayed on the display unit 30 as shown in FIG.

  On the screen 340, the card 302 that displays the title of the personal information of “Ka Line”, which is the next group of “A Line”, which was the display target on the screen 300, is replaced with the card 301 on the screen 300, and the most The state of coming to is shown.

  Next, after the control content for displaying the symbol of the next group is started in step S20, the change in the display content when the flick operation is performed on the touch panel 40 before the control content is completed will be described. To do.

  FIGS. 11A to 11C show screens 300, 310, and 320 shown in FIGS. 10A to 10C, respectively.

  When the screen 300 shown in FIG. 11A is displayed on the display unit 30 and a flick operation is performed on the touch panel 40 in the direction of the arrow R10, the screen shown in FIGS. 11B and 11C is displayed. As shown, the screen displayed on the display unit 30 changes from the screen 300 to the screen 310 and from the screen 310 to 320 so that the display in the card 301 scrolls to the left. Then, the screen 330 shown in FIG. 10D is displayed, and the symbol “ka” is displayed at the center in the left-right direction of the card 301 before the control content for displaying the symbol is completed. That is, for example, when the screen 320 in FIG. 11C is displayed, if the left flick operation indicated by the arrow R11 is further performed, the display in the card 301 is continuously scrolled to the left. Is done.

  In this case, the symbol “ka” is not followed by the title of the personal information of the group of the ka line, but as shown in the card 301 in the screen 350 of FIG. The symbol “sa” is scrolled and displayed.

  The transition of the display from the screen 320 in FIG. 11C to the screen 350 in FIG. 11D corresponds to the processing being returned to step S20 when YES is determined in step S60 in FIG. That is, after the control content for displaying the symbol of the next group is started in step S20, if a flick operation is performed before the control content is completed (NO in step S30, YES in step S60), step Before the content of the next group is displayed in S40, the control content for displaying the symbol of the next group is started in Step S20.

  In the above description with reference to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, only the display content based on the left flick operation on the touch panel 40 has been described.

  Here, a change in display content when a vertical (for example, upward) flick operation is performed on the touch panel 40 will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 12A shows the same screen 300 as the screen 300 shown in FIG. When the screen 300 is displayed on the display unit 30, if a flick operation is performed in the upward direction (the direction of the arrow R12 in FIG. 12A), the display unit 30 displays the screen shown in FIG. The displayed screen 360 is displayed.

  The card 301 on the screen 360 shows a state after the title of the personal information displayed on the card 301 on the screen 300 is scrolled in the direction of the arrow R12.

  In the card 301 on the screen 360, the personal information titles for the top three persons in the card 301 on the screen 300 disappear and the personal information titles on and after the fourth person in the card 301 on the screen 300 are deleted. Slide in the direction of arrow R12 so as to fill the display position of the title, and in the space for three people below the card 301 on the screen 360, a new personal information stored in the group of that row is stored. The title is displayed.

  That is, in the cellular phone 100, when a left / right flick operation is performed on the touch panel 40, among the cards having the tabs 301A, 302A, 303A, 304A, and 305A, what is displayed on the display unit 30 is switched. The display content of the display unit 30 is controlled. Note that the cards corresponding to the tabs 301A, 302A, 303A, 304A, and 305A display the titles of the personal information of the groups corresponding to the symbols described in the respective tags. In other words, when the address book application is being executed, a flick operation in the left-right direction is performed on the touch panel 40, thereby switching the group to be displayed as the title of the personal information.

  For example, when the flick operation is performed in the vertical direction, the title of the personal information to be displayed is switched in the group displaying the title on the display unit 30.

  In the display control described above, the control unit 50 switches the display target group by the flick operation in the left-right direction, and switches the data to be displayed in the group that is the display target by the flick operation in the vertical direction. . Note that a group to be displayed may be switched by a flick operation in the vertical direction, and display target data in the same group may be switched by a flick operation in the left and right direction. Further, the above display control may be realized in the state of being held in the vertically long direction shown in FIG. 9A, or realized in the state of being held in the horizontally long direction shown in FIG. 9B. May be.

  In addition, in the display control described above, when a touch operation or the like is performed on the touch panel 40 in an area corresponding to the title of the personal information displayed on the screen 300 or the like, the personal information stored in association with the title is stored. Is displayed on the display unit 30.

  As described above, when a flick operation is performed during execution of the “address book” application, the group of information to be displayed in the information stored in the address book data storage unit 6313 is changed. The display target is switched by scroll display in the direction in which the flick operation is performed.

  When the group of information to be displayed is changed, the display content on the display unit 30 is changed before the change (“A” line) before the change to the changed group (“K” line). The information (“ka”) for identifying the group is displayed.

[5. Switching the display target group while “Calendar” is running]
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of display contents of the display unit 30 when the “calendar” application is being executed.

  Referring to FIG. 13, screen 400 shows at least part of information registered as a schedule for Wednesday, April 23, 2008. In the screen 400, the date displayed on the display unit 30 is displayed in the date display column 401, and the schedule registered in the group of dates displayed in the display column 401 is displayed in the display column 402. Information is displayed.

  In general, it is assumed that future information is located on the right and past information is located on the left. Therefore, the flicking operation in the right direction indicated by the arrow R22A in FIG. 13 corresponds to the operation for turning the information located on the left side, that is, the operation for turning the past schedule data.

  On the other hand, a flick operation from the right to the left as indicated by an arrow R21A in FIG. 13 is considered to be an operation for turning up future schedule data. Accordingly, when the screen 400 is displayed on the display unit 30, the touch panel 40 is flicked from left to right (arrow R22A) once, so that the currently displayed 4 is displayed on the screen 400. The schedule data stored in the group of April 22, which is the day before the month 23, is displayed, and a flick operation from the right to the left (arrow R21A) is performed. The schedule data for April 24, the next day of the day, is displayed.

  Hereinafter, changes in display contents in each case will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining a change in display contents that causes the display unit 30 to display schedule data stored in the group on the previous day of the current display target.

FIG. 14A shows the same screen 400 as the screen 400 shown in FIG.
When the screen 400 is displayed on the display unit 30 and a flick operation is performed on the touch panel 40 in the direction of the arrow R22A, the display content of the display unit 30 is as shown in FIGS. 14 (B) to 14 (E). As shown, the screen 410, the screen 420, the screen 430, and the screen 440 change in this order.

  Specifically, from the screen 410 to the screen 430, the display content of the display column 401 does not change, and the display content of the display column 402 is scroll-displayed in the direction of the arrow R22A that is the flicked direction. Thereby, in the display column 402, the schedule data stored in the group of April 23 is scrolled and gradually disappears, and instead, information for specifying a group in which the schedule data is displayed next. The display ratio of the screen that displays information indicating April 22 ("04/22 (Tue)") is increasing.

  In the screen 430 of FIG. 14D, only information for specifying the group after the switching is displayed in the display column 402.

  Then, the scroll display in the display column 402 further proceeds, and only the schedule data in the group on April 22 is displayed in the display column 402 as shown as a screen 440 in FIG. At this time, the date displayed in the display column 401 is changed to Tuesday, April 22, 2008.

  FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining changes in display contents that cause the display unit 30 to display schedule data stored in the group of the next day that is the current display target.

FIG. 15A shows the same screen 400 as the screen 400 shown in FIG.
When the screen 400 is displayed on the display unit 30 and the touch panel 40 is flicked in the direction of the arrow R21A, the display content of the display unit 30 is as shown in FIGS. As shown, the screen changes in the order of screen 450, screen 460, screen 470, and screen 480.

  Specifically, from screen 450 to screen 480, the display content of display field 401 does not change, and the display content of display field 402 is scroll-displayed in the direction of arrow R21A, which is the direction in which the flick operation is performed. Thereby, in the display column 402, the schedule data stored in the group of April 23 is scrolled and gradually disappears, and instead, information for specifying a group in which the schedule data is displayed next. The display ratio of the screen that displays information (“04/24 (Thu)”) indicating April 24 is increasing.

  In the screen 470 of FIG. 15D, the display column 402 displays only information for specifying the group after switching.

  Then, the scroll display in the display field 402 further advances, and only the schedule data in the group on April 24 is displayed in the display field 402 as shown as a screen 480 in FIG. At this time, the date displayed in the display column 401 is changed to Thursday, April 24, 2008.

[6. Switching the display target group while executing “Menu Settings”
FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of display contents of the display unit 30 when the “menu setting” application is being executed.

  FIG. 16A shows a screen 500 that displays the setting item content (title) of “main body”.

  The screen 500 schematically shows a state in which a plurality of cards having tabs are stacked. Specifically, on the screen 500, a card 501 having a tab 501A is displayed in the forefront, and an image in which a plurality of cards each having tabs 502A, 503A, and 504A are positioned is displayed behind the card 501. .

  In each of the tabs 501A, 502A, 503A, and 504A, “main body”, “external connection”, “call / TV call”, and “network” that are the titles of the groups in which the setting contents are grouped in the menu data storage unit 6333 are displayed. Each piece of identifying information is displayed.

  When the screen 500 is displayed on the display unit 30 and a flick operation is performed on the touch panel 40 in the direction of the arrow R24, the display content of the display unit 30 is scrolled and displayed in the direction of the arrow R24. The screen changes to a screen 520 shown in FIG. 14C through a screen 510 shown in B).

The screen 520 is a screen for displaying the setting item content (title) of “external connection”.
As described above with reference to FIG. 16, when a flick operation is performed during the execution of the “menu setting” application, a group of information to be displayed in the information stored in the menu data storage unit 6333. Is changed.

  For this application, when the group of information to be displayed is changed, information for specifying the group after the change before the display content on the display unit 30 moves from the group before the change to the group after the change ( In the example shown in FIGS. 16A to 16C, “external connection”) is not displayed.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

In one Embodiment of the portable terminal of this invention, it is a front view of a mobile telephone. It is a figure which shows typically the hardware constitutions of the mobile telephone of FIG. It is a figure which shows typically the memory content of the application data storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the memory | storage form of the data in the address book data storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the content of the data memorize | stored in the address book data storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the memory | storage form of the data in the calendar data storage part of FIG. It is a figure which shows typically an example of the memory | storage form of the data in the menu data storage part of FIG. It is a flowchart of the data display process which the control part of FIG. 1 performs. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation direction of the touch panel in the process of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the change of the display content of the display part of FIG. 1 when the "address book" application is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating the other example of the change of the display content of the display part of FIG. 1 when the "address book" application is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating the further another example of the change of the display content of the display part of FIG. 1 when the "address book" application is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the change of the display content of the display part of FIG. 1 when the "schedule" application is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating the other example of the change of the display content of the display part of FIG. 1 when the "schedule" application is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating the further another example of the change of the display content of the display part of FIG. 1 when the "schedule" application is performed. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the change of the display content of the display part of FIG. 1 when the "menu setting" application is performed.

Explanation of symbols

  30 display unit, 40 touch panel, 50 control unit, 50A timer, 51 display control unit, 53, 54 audio output control unit, 55 audio input control unit, 56 receiver, 57 speaker, 58 microphone, 60 storage unit, 61 basic program storage Unit, 62 data storage unit, 63 application data storage unit, 80 communication control unit, 81 antenna, 90 attitude detection unit, 91 camera, 100 mobile phone, 300, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350 screen, 301 card, 301A , 302A, 303A, 304A, 305A, 501A, 502A, 503A, 504A tab, 360, 400, 500, 510, 520 screen, 401, 402 display field, 6310 address book information storage unit, 6311, 6321, 6331 program data storage Part, 6312, 6322, 6332 Setting value storage unit, 6313 Address book data storage unit, 6320 Calendar information storage unit, 6323 Calendar data storage unit, 6330 Menu setting information storage unit, 6333 Menu data storage unit.

Claims (6)

Display means for displaying information;
A touch panel provided in front of the display means;
Storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of information in groups;
The display means includes a control means for displaying information stored in the storage means,
When the control unit detects that an operation has been performed on the touch panel, the control unit switches a group that is a display target of information in the storage unit in the display unit. The storage means further stores information for identifying the group,
When the display means switches the display target from the information of the first group to the information of the second group, the control means displays the information of the first group and the information of the second group on the display means. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein information specifying the second group is displayed during display.   When the display means switches the display target from the first group information to the second group information, the control means causes the display means to display information for identifying the second group for a certain period of time, The portable information terminal according to claim 2, wherein information on the second group is displayed.   The control means displays the first group or the third group when an operation is performed on the touch panel during a period in which the display means displays information specifying the second group. The portable information terminal according to claim 2, wherein the target group is switched. When the control unit detects that a predetermined operation has been performed on the touch panel, the control unit switches a group to be a display target of information in the storage unit in the display unit,
The predetermined operation is an operation of moving a position to be operated with respect to the touch panel in a first direction;
When an operation for moving a position to be operated with respect to the touch panel in a second direction intersecting with the second direction is performed, the control unit includes a group within a group to be displayed on the display unit. The portable information terminal according to claim 1, wherein information to be displayed is replaced. A control method for a portable information terminal comprising: a display unit; a touch panel provided on a front surface of the display unit; and a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of information in groups.
Displaying the information stored in the storage means on the display means;
A method for controlling a portable information terminal, comprising: a step of switching a display target group of information in the storage unit in the display unit when it is detected that a predetermined operation has been performed on the touch panel.

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