JP2011205547A - Information display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the following problem: information stored in an information display device connectable to a plurality of radio communication apparatuses is displayed on the display section of the information display device in a display state regardless of a connected radio communication device.SOLUTION: In an information display device 1 having: a communication unit 11 capable of performing radio communications with a plurality of the radio communication apparatuses 2; a communication controller 10 for controlling the communication unit so as to establish a radio communication connection alternatively with the plurality of radio communication apparatuses 2 through the communication unit 11; a storage unit for storing predetermined information made to correspond to the plurality of radio communication apparatuses; and a display unit 12 for displaying the predetermined information stored in the storage unit. A display controller 10 is provided for making the display state of predetermined information to be displayed on the display unit 12 be different on the basis of a state of connecting the plurality of radio communication apparatuses 2 and the communication unit 11, thereby displaying the predetermined information in the display state corresponding to the radio communication device 2 to be connected.

Description

  The present invention relates to an information display device that communicates with a wireless communication device such as a mobile phone.

  When a mobile phone receives an incoming call, the mobile phone obtains information such as the name corresponding to the caller number from the incoming call information, transmits the information to a wristwatch that can communicate with the mobile phone, and the name etc. with the wristwatch There is a system that displays information about incoming calls. (Patent Document 1)

  In such a system, it is also possible to store information related to incoming calls received from a mobile phone in a wristwatch and display it on a display unit of the wristwatch by a predetermined operation. Furthermore, in such a system, a user who uses a plurality of mobile phones depending on the purpose of use can store information related to incoming calls obtained from the plurality of mobile phones in one wristwatch. .

JP 2002-335567 A

  However, when multiple mobile phones are used according to the purpose of use in this way, the wristwatch displays a mixture of information that is properly used according to the purpose of use, which is difficult to use. There was a problem.

  An object of the present invention is to display information stored in an information display device such as a clock in an easy-to-use manner according to the use state of a wireless communication device.

  In order to achieve the above object, the information display device of the present invention has the following features.

  Communication means capable of wireless communication with a plurality of wireless communication devices, and communication control for controlling the communication means so as to alternatively establish a connection by wireless communication with the plurality of wireless communication devices by the communication means Means, storage means for storing predetermined information associated with the plurality of wireless communication devices, display means for displaying the predetermined information stored in the storage means, the plurality of wireless communication devices, and the communication means Display control means for changing a display mode of the predetermined information displayed on the display means based on a connection state with the display means.

  The information display device further includes device specifying means for specifying the wireless communication device with which the connection is established among the plurality of wireless communication devices, and the display control means is stored in the storage means. The display unit is controlled to display predetermined information in a different display mode depending on the wireless communication device specified by the device specifying unit.

  The information display device further includes an operation unit, and the display control unit switches from a non-display state in which the predetermined information is not displayed to a display state in which the predetermined information is displayed based on an operation of the operation unit. The display means, and when switching from the non-display state to the display state, only the predetermined information associated with the wireless communication device specified by the device specifying means is displayed. The display means is controlled.

  The display control means sends the predetermined information associated with the wireless communication device specified by the device specifying means to the wireless communication device not specified by the device specifying means based on the operation of the operation means. The display means is controlled so as to switch and display the associated predetermined information.

  The display control means displays the predetermined information associated with the wireless communication device specified by the device specifying means from an initial display position of a display area for displaying the predetermined information on the display means. The display means is controlled.

  The display control means includes the predetermined information associated with the wireless communication device specified by the device specifying means and the predetermined information associated with the wireless communication device not specified by the device specifying means. The display means is controlled so as to display different display formats.

The predetermined information is first information received by the communication means from the plurality of wireless communication devices, or information created based on the first information,
Each predetermined information is associated with the wireless communication device that is transmitted when the first information is received from the plurality of wireless communication devices or when information created based on the first creation information is created. And stored in the storage means.

  The wireless communication device is a mobile phone, and the first information is information related to incoming calls to the mobile phone or information related to incoming mails to the mobile phone.

The predetermined information is information representing each of a plurality of predetermined groups,
Information belonging to each group and displayed on the display unit by the display control unit is stored in the storage unit.

  In addition to the predetermined information, the storage means is further displayed on the display means by the display control means in a predetermined display mode regardless of the connection state between the plurality of wireless communication devices and the communication means. Independent information is stored.

  The non-dependent information is received by the communication unit from the plurality of wireless communication devices, and the first information is different second information or information created based on the second information. .

  The wireless communication device is a mobile phone, and the second information is information relating to information transmitted by a base station of the mobile phone so as to be received by a plurality of mobile phones.

  Since the present invention employs the above-described configuration, the information display device exhibits an effect that it can display appropriately according to the wireless communication device being used.

It is a block diagram of a wristwatch type terminal and a mobile phone in the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the operation | movement in which the wristwatch type terminal in the 1st Embodiment of this invention carries out radio | wireless communication with a mobile telephone. Explanation will be given on the exchange of a mobile phone, a user of the mobile phone, a wristwatch type terminal, and a user of the watch type terminal when the wristwatch type terminal and the mobile phone make a short-range wireless communication connection in the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. It is a figure explaining the operation | movement in which the event generation information which generate | occur | produced in the mobile telephone in the 1st Embodiment of this invention is transmitted to a wristwatch type | mold terminal. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the wristwatch-type terminal in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the log | history preservation | save process of the wristwatch type terminal in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the log | history of event occurrence information in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the log | history display process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a mail incoming history in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a news incoming call history in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the history display update process in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the state transition of the display of the mail incoming history in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is an example of a display of a mail arrival history in a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the state transition of the display of the incoming call history of news in the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a mail incoming history in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of a mail incoming history in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of a mail incoming history in the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a mail incoming history in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of a mail incoming history in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the other example of a mail incoming history in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a mail incoming history in the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

  Exemplary embodiments of an information display apparatus according to the present invention will be explained below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of an operation in which the wristwatch-type terminal 1 as the information display device according to the first embodiment of the present invention wirelessly communicates with the mobile phone 2 as a wireless communication device.

The wristwatch type terminal 1 and the mobile phone 2 are wirelessly connected by communication based on the short-range wireless communication standard. When an event occurs such as when the mobile phone 2 receives an incoming call, mail, news or the like from the wireless base station 3, or an alarm set inside the mobile phone 2 or a time-out of a timer that is timed occurs, The mobile phone 2 notifies the wristwatch-type terminal 1 that these events have occurred and the contents related to those events, and information related to those events is displayed on the display screen of the wristwatch-type terminal 1. An example of the short-range wireless communication standard is Bluetooth (registered trademark).

Next, a block diagram of the wristwatch type terminal 1 and the mobile phone 2 in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the wristwatch type terminal 1 shown in FIG. 1A, 10 is a control unit that performs overall control of the wristwatch type terminal 1, 11 is a short-range wireless communication unit for communicating with the mobile phone 2 via the antenna 18, 12 is a display unit for displaying time, 13 to 15 are operation units for operating the wristwatch type terminal 1, 16 is a clock circuit for measuring the current time, 17 is a vibration unit for generating vibrations, 19 is A storage unit that reads and writes data under the control of the control unit.

  In addition to reading and writing this data, the control unit 10 displays some information, selects display control for controlling the display unit 12 to change the display mode of the information, and selects one of the plurality of mobile phones 2. Connection control is performed to control the short-range wireless communication control unit 11 so that the connection is established. That is, the control unit 10 has functions as a display control unit and a communication control unit. Further, the control unit 10 also performs an operation of specifying the currently connected mobile phone 2 from the plurality of mobile phones 2 and has a function as a device specifying means.

  The wristwatch type terminal 1 normally displays the current time measured by the clock circuit 16 on the display unit 12. In addition, the mobile phone 2 communicates with the mobile phone 2 via the short-range wireless communication unit 11, and the mobile phone 2 has received an event such as an incoming call notification, an incoming mail notification, an incoming news notification, an alarm occurrence notification, a timer timeout notification, When information related to the event (hereinafter referred to as event occurrence information) is received, the vibration unit 17 is operated to notify the user of the occurrence of the event, or information related to the event is displayed on the display unit 12. indicate. When the event occurrence information is received, a history table in which the identification information of the mobile phone 2 that sent the event occurrence information, the reception date and time, etc. is registered is stored in the storage unit 19. This history storage process will be described later.

  In the mobile phone 2, 20 is a control unit that performs overall control of the mobile phone 2, 21 is a wireless communication unit for communicating with the base station 3 of the mobile phone via an antenna 29, 22 is a transmission microphone 23, and A signal processing unit that is connected to the reception speaker 24 and performs audio signal processing, 25 is a display unit, 26 is a key input unit, 27 is a short-range wireless communication unit for communicating with the wristwatch type terminal 1 via the antenna 2a, 28 Is a clock circuit for measuring the current time.

  When an event such as an incoming phone call, incoming email, incoming news, coincidence of alarm setting time and current time, timer timeout, or the like occurs, the cellular phone 2 transmits the event occurrence information via the short-range wireless communication unit 27 to the wristwatch type terminal. 1 is notified.

Next, an operation sequence in which the wristwatch type terminal 1 and the mobile phone 2 are connected by short-range wireless communication will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 3 illustrates exchanges between the mobile phone 2, the user of the mobile phone 2, the watch type terminal 1, and the user of the watch type terminal 1 when the wrist watch type terminal 1 and the mobile phone 2 make a short-distance wireless communication connection. FIG. Normally, since the mobile phone 2 and the wristwatch type terminal 1 are used by one user as a set, the user of the mobile phone 2 and the user of the wristwatch type terminal 1 are the same person.

Communication between the mobile phone user and the mobile phone 2 is performed by the display unit 25, the key input unit 26, etc., and communication between the mobile phone 2 and the wristwatch type terminal 1 is performed by short-range wireless communication, and the wristwatch type terminal 1 and the wristwatch Communication between type terminal users is performed by the operation units 13 to 15, the display unit 12, and the like.

  First, the wristwatch type terminal user requests the wristwatch type terminal 1 to enter a connection waiting state (S300). By entering the connection waiting state, it becomes possible to respond to a device search from the mobile phone 2.

  Next, the mobile phone user makes a device search request to the mobile phone 2 (S301), the mobile phone 2 that has received the request searches for nearby devices (S302), and the wristwatch terminal 1 responds to the request. (S303) The mobile phone 2 notifies the mobile phone user of the device search result including the identification information of the wristwatch type terminal 1 (S304). Subsequently, the mobile phone user designates the wristwatch type terminal 1 from the device search result and sends it to the mobile phone 2 to make a connection request (S305), and the mobile phone 2 makes a connection authentication request to the wristwatch type terminal 1. (S306) A connection authentication process is performed between the mobile phone 2 and the wristwatch type terminal 1 (S307).

  In the connection authentication request in S306, the identification information of the mobile phone 2 is transmitted. The wristwatch type terminal 1 can identify the connection partner based on this identification information. In the connection authentication process, the same passcode is input from each device, authentication information is generated based on the input passcode, and the identification information and authentication information of the connection partner are registered in each device as a pair. For example, in Bluetooth (registered trademark), a PIN (Personal Identification Number) code is used as a pass code for generating authentication information. In Bluetooth (registered trademark), authentication information is called a link key.

  At the time of mutual connection thereafter, connection authentication is performed using this authentication information. The passcode may be input using the operation units 13 to 15 of the wristwatch-type terminal 1, the key input unit 26 of the mobile phone 2, or the like, or stored in advance in each device without performing the input. A fixed passcode may be used. If the connection authentication process is successful, the mobile phone 2 notifies the mobile phone user that the connection has been completed, and the watch type terminal 1 notifies the watch type terminal user that the connection has been completed (S308).

  The above connection operation sequence is a sequence when the short-range wireless communication devices are connected for the first time. In addition to this, the identification information of the partner device registered when the connection is made once is used. Although there is a sequence for connection, the above-described sequence is merely a simplified one, and a description thereof will be omitted. Short-range wireless communication devices that have been connected once can be connected using this simplified connection sequence.

Next, an operation of transmitting event occurrence information generated in the mobile phone 2 to the wrist watch type terminal 1 after the wrist watch type terminal 1 and the mobile phone 2 are connected by short-range wireless communication will be described with reference to FIG.
First, in the mobile phone 2, when an event from the outside of the mobile phone 2 due to an incoming call from the base station 3 such as an incoming call (S500), an incoming mail (S501), or an incoming news (S502) occurs, Event occurrence information such as a call arrival notification (S503), a mail arrival notification (S504), and a news arrival notification (S505) is transmitted from the mobile phone 2 to the wristwatch-type terminal 1, respectively. Processing for receiving information is performed (S508 to S510).

Further, when an internal event occurs in the mobile phone 2 such as when an alarm occurs in the mobile phone 2 or a timer in the mobile phone 2 times out, an alarm notification is sent from the mobile phone 2 to the wristwatch-type terminal 1. (S506) Event notification information such as timer notification (S507) is transmitted, and the wristwatch type terminal 1 performs processing for receiving the event occurrence information (S511, S512).

Next, the internal operation of the wristwatch-type terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. This operation is performed mainly by the control unit 10 of the wristwatch type terminal 1 executing a program for controlling the operation.
First, the wristwatch type terminal 1 is reset by power ON or system reset operation, the respective parts are initialized (S600), and the connection process shown in FIG. 3 is performed (S601). When this connection processing is completed, the wristwatch type terminal 1 and the mobile phone 2 are connected by short-range wireless communication.

  Next, it is determined whether event occurrence information is received from the mobile phone 2 (S602). If it is determined that the event occurrence information has been received (S602: Yes), a history saving process described later is performed (S603). If it is determined that the event occurrence information has not been received (S602: No), for example, the operation units 13-15. To determine whether or not an operation for displaying the history of received event occurrence information has been performed (S604).

  If it is determined that an operation for displaying the event occurrence information history is performed (S604: Yes), a history display process described later is performed (S605), and if it is determined that the operation is not performed (S604: No), the current event occurrence information history is performed. It is determined whether or not an operation for updating the event occurrence information history display has been performed (S606). If it is determined that the event occurrence information history is being displayed and the reception history display update operation has been performed (S606: Yes), a history display update process described later is performed (S607), and the current event occurrence information history is not being displayed. Alternatively, if it is determined that the history display update operation has not been performed (S606: No), it is determined whether an operation to disconnect the connection with the mobile phone 2 has been performed (S608). If it is determined that a disconnection operation has been performed (S608: Yes), it is determined whether or not a connection is established (S609). If it is determined that a connection is being established (S609: Yes), a disconnection process is performed (S610), and the process returns to S601. If it is determined in S609 that the connection is not being established (S609: No), the process returns to S601. If it is determined in S608 that the cutting operation has not been performed, the process returns to S602.

Next, the history storage process in S603 will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the wristwatch-type terminal 1 acquires the type of the received event (S800). The types of events include, for example, incoming calls, incoming emails, incoming voicemails, SMS (Short Message Service) incoming calls, missed call notifications, incoming emergency calls, incoming news, alarms, timer timeouts, and the like. The event occurrence information is given a unique identification number for each event type, and the wristwatch type terminal 1 can recognize the event type by recognizing the identification number.

  Next, the identification date of the connected mobile phone and the date and time when the event occurrence information is received are registered in the history table of the corresponding event type (S801), and the history storage process is terminated (S802). This history table is stored in the storage unit 19. With this identification information, each history is associated with each mobile phone.

  The date and time when the event occurrence information is received, for example, obtains the time when the event occurrence information is received using the clock circuit 16 inside the wristwatch type terminal 1. By this history storage processing, a reception history table of event occurrence information is created for each event type in the wristwatch type terminal 1. An example thereof will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 7A, the event type is a mail arrival history, and the identification information of the mobile phone that is the source of the event occurrence information and the reception date and time are registered in each table row.
In FIG. 7B, the event type is a history of incoming news, and the identification information of the mobile phone that is the source of the event occurrence information and the reception date and time are registered in each table row.
For example, when the mobile phone 2 and the wristwatch type terminal 1 are connected by Bluetooth (registered trademark), a BD address is used as the mobile phone identification number.

Next, the history display process in S605 will be described with reference to FIG. In this process, the history of received event occurrence information is displayed for each event type.
First, the event type to be displayed is selected by the user of the wristwatch type terminal (S1000). For example, a menu for selecting an event type such as an incoming call notification, an incoming mail notification, an incoming news notification, an alarm occurrence notification, a timer timeout notification, or the like is displayed on the display unit 12 and is selected by the user using the operation units 13-15.

  Next, the wristwatch type terminal 1 determines whether or not it is connected to the mobile phone 2 (S1001). If it is determined that it is connected (S1001: Yes), the event type of the history to be displayed is the mobile phone in which the event has occurred. 2 is determined (S1002). When connected, it is displayed in a different display mode according to the event type of the history to be displayed. That is, if it is determined that the history to be displayed is the history of the mobile phone dependent event (S1002: Yes), the currently connected mobile phone is specified and the display mode according to the currently connected mobile phone is The history of the mobile phone is displayed with priority (S1003), and the history display process is terminated (S1007). Specifically, the currently connected mobile phone is specified by the identification information acquired when connecting to the mobile phone in S601 of FIG. 5.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the history to be displayed is a cellular phone independent event (S1002: No), all the history is displayed in time series (S1005), and the history display process is terminated (S1007). If it is determined in S1001 that the mobile phone 2 is not currently connected (S1001: No), it is determined whether or not the previous disconnection reason is a link loss (S1004).
Here, the disconnection due to link loss means that the communication with the connected mobile phone is far away and communication becomes impossible, and the connection of near field communication is disconnected without the user's knowledge. Non-disconnection means that the user intentionally disconnects the short-range wireless communication by operating the wristwatch type terminal or the mobile phone.

  If it is determined that it is a link loss (S1004: Yes), the display before disconnection is maintained (S1006). If it is determined that the previous disconnection reason is not a link loss (S1004: No), regardless of the event type of the history to be displayed. All the histories are displayed in time series (S1005), and the history display process is terminated (S1007). These history display processes are displayed using the event occurrence information history table stored in the storage unit 19 in S603. That is, in S603, each time event occurrence information is received, mobile phone identification information and date and time when the event occurrence information is received are registered in the history table corresponding to the event type. It will be lined up in chronological order regardless of the mobile phone. When a history of a predetermined mobile phone is preferentially displayed using this history table, a history in which the identification information of the mobile phone is registered is extracted from the history table and displayed with priority.

Here, the mobile phone dependent event in S1002 will be described.
When displaying the history of event occurrence information, the wristwatch type terminal classifies into two types of mobile phone-dependent events as predetermined information and mobile phone-independent events based on the type of event, and displays according to the classification To do.

Mobile phone dependent events are events that occur in a mobile phone due to incoming calls, incoming emails, incoming voicemails, incoming SMSs, missed calls, etc., sent from a mobile phone base station to a specific mobile phone. This is an event that occurred in the mobile phone due to an alarm or timer that occurred inside the mobile phone.
In such an event, the contents of each event are closely related to each mobile phone in which the event occurred.

For example, if you use a mobile phone for work and private use, tell people who have a business relationship contact information for a mobile phone for work, and privately use it for people who have a relationship other than work Often teaches mobile phone contacts.
In many cases, work schedule alarms are registered in work mobile phones, and only schedule alarms other than work are registered in private mobile phones.
Therefore, there are many cases where events related to work occur in a work mobile phone, and events other than work occur in a private mobile phone.
In such a case, rather than simply displaying all events in chronological order, the history of event occurrence information received from the connected mobile phone is preferentially displayed as dependency information depending on the mobile phone. It is easier to use.

On the other hand, a mobile phone independent event is an event that occurs in a mobile phone due to a news incoming call, an emergency call incoming call, or the like, which is transmitted from a mobile phone base station to an unspecified number of mobile phones.
In such an event, the contents of each event are not closely related to the mobile phone in which the event occurred.
For example, when a notified news or emergency call is transmitted to a work mobile phone and a private mobile phone, the contents displayed on both mobile phones are the same.
In such a case, it is more convenient for the user to display the event occurrence information history for each mobile phone as independent information independent of the mobile phone regardless of the mobile phone. For example, all event occurrence information can be displayed in time series.

  These are information created based on the first information (event occurrence information of mobile phone dependent event) and the second information (event occurrence information of mobile phone independent event) which are two pieces of information transmitted from the mobile phone ( This is an example of displaying the above priority display for one of the event occurrence information history information of the mobile phone dependent event and the event occurrence information history information of the mobile phone independent event). The same applies to the case where the information included in the first information and the second information is displayed on the wristwatch type terminal 1 as it is.

  For example, when the first information is incoming information including a mail title and the second information is incoming information including a news title, when the wristwatch-type terminal 1 receives the incoming information, This is a case where the above-mentioned priority display is applied to the list display of the titles of the mail when the news titles are stored in the storage means 19 and displayed on the display unit 12 as a list.

Next, the processing “preferentially display the history of the currently connected mobile phone” in S1003 will be described.
In this process, the history of the currently connected mobile phone is displayed at the top of the display screen. If there are multiple histories of connected mobile phones, the newest ones are displayed in time series.

A history display processing example will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 and 10.
First, the case where the event type of the history to be displayed is a mobile phone dependent event will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 shows a case where one wristwatch type terminal 1 is used by connecting to one of three mobile phones according to the purpose of use, and the wristwatch type terminal 1 displays an incoming mail history.

  When the wristwatch-type terminal 1 is not connected to any of the three mobile phones as shown in FIG. 9A except that the previous connection disconnection is other than link loss, that is, in the state of S1005 in FIG. On the display screen of the wristwatch type terminal 1, all mail incoming histories, that is, mail incoming histories from the A, B, and C mobile phones are displayed in time series.

  As shown in FIG. 9B, when the wristwatch type terminal 1 is connected to the mobile phone A, that is, in the state of S1003 in FIG. 8, the mail of the mobile phone A is displayed on the display unit 12 of the wristwatch type terminal 1. The incoming call history group is displayed at the top. That is, it is displayed from the top, which is the first display position of an area (110 in the example of FIG. 9B) provided for displaying the mail incoming history group in the display unit 12. When the wristwatch-type terminal 1 is connected to the mobile phone B or connected to the mobile phone C, the mail incoming history of the mobile phone B and the mail incoming history of the mobile phone C are displayed on the display unit 12. Displayed at the top.

  As described above, the incoming mail history is displayed in a different display mode by switching the incoming call history displayed at the top in accordance with the mobile phone connected to the wristwatch type terminal 1. Further, as described above, when the wristwatch-type terminal 1 is not connected to any of the mobile phones A, B, and C, the mail arrival history of each mobile phone A, B, and C is displayed in time series. The display mode is different from the case where the mobile phone is connected to any one of the mobile phones. Such a display mode is performed by the control unit 10 controlling the display unit 12.

  It should be noted that a boundary line is displayed between the incoming mail history of the mobile phone connected to the wristwatch-type terminal 1 and the incoming mail history of other mobile phones, or the mobile phone connected to the wristwatch-type terminal 1. By displaying the incoming mail history with a line surrounded by a line, it may be displayed so that the incoming mail history of the mobile phone connected to the wristwatch-type terminal 1 can be distinguished from the other incoming history.

  Next, the case where the event type of the history to be displayed is related to the mobile phone independent event will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 shows a case where one wristwatch-type terminal 1 is connected to one of three mobile phones according to the purpose of use and the incoming call history of news is displayed on the wristwatch-type terminal 1.

  When the wristwatch-type terminal 1 is not connected to any of the three mobile phones as shown in FIG. 10A except that the previous connection disconnection is other than link loss, that is, in the state of S1005 in FIG. On the display screen of the wristwatch type terminal 1, incoming news histories of all news, that is, incoming news histories from mobile phones A, B, and C are displayed in time series.

  As shown in FIG. 10B, when the wristwatch-type terminal 1 is connected to the mobile phone A, that is, in the state of S1005 in FIG. That is, the incoming call history of news from each mobile phone of A, B, C is displayed in time series.

Next, the history display update process (S607) will be described with reference to FIG.
The history display update process is a process of changing the history of the mobile phone to be preferentially displayed by the operation of the operation units 13 to 15 to the history of another mobile phone when the incoming call history related to the mobile phone dependent event is being displayed. .

First, it is determined whether the event type of the currently displayed history is a mobile phone dependent event (S1300). If it is determined that the event type is a mobile phone dependent event (S1300: Yes), whether there is a history of another mobile phone. If it is determined that there is a history of another mobile phone (S1301: Yes), the history of another mobile phone is preferentially displayed (S1302), and the history display update process is terminated (S1304). . When it is determined in S1300 that the event type to be displayed is a mobile phone independent event (S1300: No), the history display update process is terminated (S1304). When it is determined in S1301 that there is no history of another mobile phone (S1301: No), the history of the connected mobile phone is preferentially displayed (S1303), and the history display update process is terminated (S1304). . An example of the operation of the history display update process will be described in detail in the next history display transition.

Transition of history display when each event of connection, disconnection, link loss, and history display update operation with respect to the wristwatch type terminal 1 occurs will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 12 is an example when a mail reception history is displayed as the event type of the mobile phone dependent event. Assume that three mobile phones A, B, and C have been connected to one wristwatch-type terminal 1, and the wristwatch-type terminal 1 already holds a history of event occurrence information that has occurred in each mobile phone.

  First, when the wristwatch-type terminal 1 is not connected to any of the mobile phones A to C, the wristwatch-type terminal 1 performs an operation for displaying an incoming mail history by operating the operation units 13 to 15 to receive all mails. The history is displayed in time series (S1400). A detailed example of S1400 is shown in FIG. It can be seen that the history of event occurrence information for all mobile phones A, B, and C is displayed in time series.

  When the wristwatch type terminal 1 is connected to the mobile phone A in the state of S1400, the mail history group of the mobile phone A is displayed at the top (S1401), and the mail history groups of the mobile phones B and C are displayed below it. Is displayed. Each history is displayed in time series in each history group. A detailed example of S1401 is shown in FIG. The incoming mail histories (1), (2) and (3) of the mobile phone A are displayed in chronological order at the top, and the incoming mail histories of the other mobile phones B and C are displayed below it. I understand.

  Next, when the operation unit 14 of the wristwatch type terminal 1 is operated from S1401, a history group of another mobile phone B is displayed at the top, and a history group of other mobile phones A and C is displayed below it ( S1402). A detailed example of S1402 is shown in FIG. It can be seen that the mail incoming histories (1) and (2) of the mobile phone B are displayed in time series at the top, and the mail incoming histories of the other mobile phones A and C are displayed below it.

  Next, when the operation unit 14 of the wristwatch type terminal 1 is operated from S1402, a history group of another mobile phone C is displayed at the top, and a history group of other mobile phones A and B is displayed below it ( S1403). A detailed example of S1403 is shown in FIG. It can be seen that the mail incoming histories (1) and (2) of the mobile phone C are displayed in time series at the top, and the mail incoming histories of the other mobile phones A and B are displayed below it.

Next, when the operation unit 14 of the wristwatch type terminal 1 is operated from S1403, the history group of the mobile phone A is displayed at the top and the history groups of the other mobile phones B and C are displayed below it (S1401). .
In short, every time the operating means 14 is pressed, the history information of the mobile phone displayed at the top is switched cyclically such as A, B, C, A. Further, when the operation means 15 is pressed, the order is switched in the reverse order, that is, A, C, B, A.

  When the operation unit 13 is pressed in any of S1401, S1402, and S1403, all histories are displayed in time series (S1405). With this configuration, it is easy to use when it is desired to check all mail arrival histories in chronological order, instead of being organized for each mobile phone.

  In addition, when a disconnection operation is performed with the wristwatch type terminal 1 or the mobile phone in any of S1401, S1402, and S1403, the short-range wireless communication connection is disconnected and all are displayed in time series (S1400). With this configuration, when the user disconnects with the intention of the user, the entire history is often viewed in chronological order regardless of the mobile phone, so that the usability is improved.

  If the short-range wireless communication connection has lost a link loss in any of S1401, S1402, and S1403, the state before the link loss is maintained (S1404). With this configuration, since the link loss is a case where the short-range wireless communication connection is disconnected regardless of the user's intention, it is convenient for the user to maintain the display state before the link loss.

  FIG. 14 shows an example of displaying a history of incoming news as an event type of a cellular phone independent event. It is assumed that three mobile phones A, B, and C have been connected to one wristwatch-type terminal 1 and already have a history of event occurrence information generated by each mobile phone.

  14A, first, when the wristwatch-type terminal 1 is not connected to any of the mobile phones A to C, the wristwatch-type terminal 1 displays a news incoming history by operating the operation units 13 to 15. When operated, all news incoming histories are displayed in time series (S1600). A detailed example of S1600 is shown in FIG. It can be seen that news incoming histories of all mobile phones A, B, and C are displayed in chronological order.

When the wristwatch type terminal 1 is connected to the mobile phone A in the state of S1600, the history display state is not changed, and all news incoming histories are displayed in time series (S1601).
When the short-distance wireless communication connection of the wristwatch type terminal 1 is disconnected by a user operation in the state of S1601, the history display state does not change and all news incoming histories are displayed in time series (S1600).
In the state of S1601, when the short-range wireless communication connection of the wristwatch-type terminal 1 is disconnected due to a link loss, the history display state does not change and all news incoming histories are displayed in time series (S1602).
In short, the history of all event occurrence information is displayed in time series in all states.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The wristwatch type terminal 1 according to the second embodiment is configured as shown in FIG. 1A and performs the operations shown in FIGS. 3 to 12 as in the first embodiment.
The difference from the first embodiment is the display mode that preferentially displays the event occurrence information history of the mobile phone dependent event in S1003 of FIG. 8 and S1302 of FIG. 11, so here only the display mode is displayed. explain.

  In the event occurrence information history priority display of the mobile phone dependent event in the first embodiment, the history of the event occurrence information of the mobile phone to be preferentially displayed is collectively displayed in the top row, but the mobile phone in the second embodiment is displayed. The event occurrence information history priority display of the phone dependent event highlights the reception history of the event occurrence information of the mobile phone to be prioritized.

FIG. 15 shows an operation example of the second embodiment.
FIGS. 15A, 15B, and 15C are examples of highlighting the history of event occurrence information for mobile phones A, B, and C, respectively, and event occurrence information for each mobile phone A, B, and C is shown. It can be seen that all the reception histories are displayed in time series, and the reception history of the event occurrence information of the mobile phone to be preferentially displayed is displayed in bolder than the reception history of other event occurrence information.
FIG. 16 shows another example of highlighting.

FIGS. 16A, 16B, and 16C are examples of highlighting the history of event occurrence information of mobile phones A, B, and C, respectively, and event occurrence information of each mobile phone A, B, and C is shown. It can be seen that all the reception histories are displayed in time series, and a small image (mail mark in the example of FIG. 16) is displayed at the top of the reception history of the event occurrence information of the mobile phone to be preferentially displayed.
FIG. 17 shows another example of highlighting.

  FIGS. 17A, 17B, and 17C are examples of highlighting event occurrence information of mobile phones A, B, and C, respectively, and receiving event occurrence information of mobile phones A, B, and C, respectively. All the histories are displayed in time series, and the reception history of the event occurrence information of the mobile phone to be preferentially displayed is displayed in a color different from the reception history of other event occurrence information. It shows that the event occurrence information history surrounded by a square is colored.

  As described above, in the second embodiment, the reception history of event occurrence information to be preferentially displayed is highlighted, so that the display format is different from the reception history of other event occurrence information. Since the display mode of the event occurrence information is changed according to the mobile phone connected to the mobile phone, it is easy to recognize the reception history of the event occurrence information to be preferentially displayed. Further, as described above, since the event occurrence information is not highlighted when the mobile phone is not connected to the wristwatch-type terminal 1, the mobile phone is connected to the wristwatch-type terminal 1 also in the second embodiment. The display mode of the event occurrence information is different depending on whether it is performed or not.

  Also, as an example of highlighting other than the highlighting shown in FIGS. 15 to 17, the size of the reception history of the event occurrence information of the mobile phone to be preferentially displayed is set as the character of the reception history of other event occurrence information. It may be displayed larger than the size of.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The wristwatch type terminal 1 according to the third embodiment is configured as shown in FIG. 1A and performs the operations shown in FIGS. 3 to 12 as in the first embodiment.
The difference from the first embodiment is the display mode that preferentially displays the event occurrence information history of the mobile phone dependent event in S1003 of FIG. 8 and S1302 of FIG. 11, so here only the display mode is displayed. explain.

  The event occurrence information history priority display of mobile phone dependent events in the third embodiment displays the event occurrence information history for each mobile phone using a folder, and the event occurrence information history folder of the mobile phone to be preferentially displayed. Is displayed at the top.

FIG. 18 shows an operation example of the third embodiment.
FIGS. 18A, 18B, and 18C are examples in which the history of event occurrence information of the mobile phones A, B, and C is preferentially displayed, and the folders of the respective mobile phones are displayed at the top. I understand that. That is, it is displayed from the top, which is the first display position of an area (210 in the example of FIG. 18A) provided for displaying the history of event occurrence information in the display unit 12. By arbitrarily selecting and determining these folders with the operation units 13 to 15, the contents of the selected folder, that is, the contents of the reception history of specific event occurrence information are expanded and displayed as shown in FIG. can do.

The folder is created based on the event occurrence information when the wristwatch terminal 1 receives the event occurrence information for the first time from a mobile phone that has never received the event occurrence information.
Information about these folders is stored in the storage unit 19, and is added in groups for each information folder every time event occurrence information is received and a history is created.

  In this way, the folder is associated with the mobile phone from which the event occurrence information is transmitted, and the mobile phone to which the history of each event occurrence information grouped for each mobile phone belongs is displayed. is doing. In other words, the folder displays a certain group, and information belonging to the group is stored in the storage unit 19 as information displayed on the display unit 12.

  In the example shown in FIG. 18 as well, the incoming mail history is displayed in a different display mode in which the folder displayed at the top is switched according to the mobile phone connected to the wristwatch type terminal 1. Further, as described above, when the wristwatch-type terminal 1 is not connected to any of the mobile phones A, B, and C, the mail arrival history of each mobile phone A, B, and C is displayed in time series. The display mode is different from the case where the mobile phone is connected to any one of the mobile phones.

FIG. 19 shows another example in which the event occurrence information history is displayed in a folder.
FIGS. 19A, 19B, and 19C are examples in which the reception histories of event occurrence information of mobile phones A, B, and C are displayed in folders, respectively, and event occurrences of mobile phones A, B, and C are generated. Information reception history folders are displayed in a predetermined order, and the lines constituting the reception history folder of event occurrence information to be preferentially displayed are displayed boldly.
As in FIG. 18, by arbitrarily selecting and determining these folders with the operation units 13 to 15, the contents of the selected folder can be expanded and displayed as shown in FIG.

In addition, when the portable receiving terminal 1 is not connected to any of the mobile phones A, B, and C, all folders are not highlighted, so the display mode of event occurrence information in this case is portable receiving This is different from the case where the terminal 1 is connected to one of the mobile phones A, B, and C.
As described above, in the example of FIG. 19 of the third embodiment, the reception history folder of the event occurrence information to be preferentially displayed is highlighted with a bold line, so that the reception history folder of other event occurrence information is displayed. Since the display format is different and the display mode of the event occurrence information is changed according to the mobile phone connected to the wristwatch type terminal 1, the reception history of the event occurrence information to be preferentially displayed can be easily recognized.

Another example of displaying the event occurrence information history in a folder is shown in FIG.
FIGS. 20A, 20B, and 20C are examples in which the reception history of the event occurrence information of the mobile phones A, B, and C is displayed in folders, respectively, and the event occurrence of each mobile phone A, B, and C is shown. Among the information reception history folders, the contents of the event occurrence information folder to be preferentially displayed are expanded and displayed in advance. By arbitrarily selecting and deciding these folders with the operation units 13 to 15, the contents of the selected folder can be expanded and displayed as shown in FIGS. 20 (b) and 20 (c).

When the portable receiving terminal 1 is not connected to any of the mobile phones A, B, and C, all folders are displayed in an expanded manner. In this case, the display mode of event occurrence information is the portable receiving terminal. 1 is different from the case of being connected to one of the mobile phones A, B, and C.
As described above, in the example of FIG. 20 of the third embodiment, the contents of the reception history folder of the event occurrence information to be preferentially displayed are expanded and displayed in advance, thereby Since the display format is different and the display mode of the event occurrence information is changed according to the mobile phone connected to the wristwatch type terminal 1, the reception history of the event occurrence information to be preferentially displayed can be easily recognized.

[Fourth Embodiment]
Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
A wristwatch type terminal 1 according to the fourth embodiment is configured as shown in FIG. 1A and performs the operations shown in FIGS. 3 to 12 as in the first embodiment.
The difference from the first embodiment is the display mode that preferentially displays the event occurrence information history of the mobile phone dependent event in S1003 of FIG. 8 and S1302 of FIG. 11, so here only the display mode is displayed. explain.
The event occurrence information history priority display of mobile phone dependent events in the fourth embodiment displays only the event occurrence information history of the mobile phone to be prioritized.

FIG. 21 shows a specific display mode of the fourth embodiment.
FIGS. 21A, 21B, and 21C are examples in which event occurrence information histories from mobile phones A, B, and C are preferentially displayed, and only the history of each mobile phone is displayed. I understand. In other words, if there is an operation to display the event occurrence information history of a mobile phone dependent event while connected to a mobile phone, the event occurrence information history associated with the connected mobile phone shifts from the non-display state to the display state. Only the history of each mobile phone is displayed as shown in FIGS. 21 (a), (b), and (c).

Therefore, the display mode of the event occurrence information differs depending on the mobile phone connected to the wristwatch type terminal 1.
In addition, when none of the mobile phones A, B, and C are connected to the wristwatch-type terminal 1, all event occurrence information histories are displayed in time series. In this case, the event occurrence information display mode is portable This is different from the case where the type receiving terminal 1 is connected to one of the mobile phones A, B, and C.

  In the third embodiment, an example is shown in which the event occurrence information history for each mobile phone is displayed as a folder. However, as in the fourth embodiment, event occurrence information of a connected mobile phone is displayed. Only the history folder may be displayed. In other words, if there is an operation to display the event occurrence information history of a mobile phone dependent event while connected to a mobile phone, the folder display from the hidden state of the event occurrence information history folder associated with the connected mobile phone Only the history folder of each mobile phone is displayed.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the event occurrence information is transmitted to the connected wristwatch-type terminal 1 each time an event occurs in the mobile phone 2 and stored in the storage unit 19. Not limited to, the mobile phone 2 holds at least an event occurrence information history that has not yet been notified to the wristwatch-type terminal 1, and the watch-type terminal 1 to the mobile phone 2 regardless of the event occurrence to the mobile phone 2. The present invention can also be applied to a configuration in which an event history is read and an event history that has not been notified is added and stored in the event history history table of each mobile phone stored in the storage unit 19. In short, any configuration may be used as long as the wristwatch type terminal 1 can recognize the event that occurred in the mobile phone 2 and its contents.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the event occurrence information history display mode received from the connected mobile phone, the event occurrence information history display mode received from another mobile phone, and the mobile phone are connected. In the above example, the display mode of the event occurrence information history is different, but the display mode of event occurrence information received from the connected mobile phone and the history of event occurrence information received from other mobile phones are shown. May be configured to be different from the display mode of the history of event occurrence information that is not connected to the mobile phone. For example, when the wristwatch type terminal 1 that holds the history of event occurrence information received from the mobile phones A, B, and C is connected to any of the mobile phones A, B, and C, the mobile phone The history of event occurrence information received from A may be preferentially displayed, and the history of all event occurrence information may be displayed in chronological order when not connected to any mobile phone.

  Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the example in which the target to be preferentially displayed on the wristwatch type terminal 1 is the history of event occurrence information received from the connected mobile phone is shown, but is stored in the wristwatch type terminal 1. It may be possible to manually change the association between the event information history and each mobile phone 1. For example, when a user who uses the mobile phone A for work and the mobile phone B for private use uses the wristwatch type terminal 1 and the mobile phone A connected to each other, the mobile phone A may be misplaced. When a private mail is sent to the phone A, the user associates the event occurrence information history associated with the cellular phone A with the cellular phone B using the operation units 13 to 15 of the wristwatch type terminal 1. It is easy to use if it is configured.

  In addition to the association changing operation, the contents of the event occurrence information may be manually added or modified. For example, the watch type terminal 1 may be configured such that the date and time, contents, etc. of the schedule information can also be input.

  Further, the predetermined information for changing the display mode displayed on the display unit 12 in association with each mobile phone is not acquired from the mobile phone 2 but is input using the operation units 13 to 15 of the wristwatch type terminal 1. It may be configured to store it in the storage unit 19. For example, the titles and contents of memos related to work, the titles and contents of private memos, and information such as A and B for identifying mobile phones associated with these are input using the operation units 13 to 15. When the wristwatch type terminal 1 is connected to the mobile phone A, the memo titles are displayed in a list on the display unit 12 with priority given to the memos related to work. When 1 is connected to the mobile phone B, the memo titles may be displayed in a list with priority given to private memos.

  In addition, although the connection operation has been described with an example of Bluetooth (registered trademark), it is not limited thereto. In short, any connection method may be used as long as the wristwatch type terminal can acquire identification information that can uniquely identify the connection partner at the time of connection.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Watch-type terminal 2 Mobile phone 2a Antenna 3 Wireless base station 10 Control part 11 Near field communication part 12 Display part 13, 14, 15 Operation part 16 Clock circuit 17 Vibration part 18 Antenna 19 Storage part 20 Control part 21 Wireless communication part Reference Signs List 22 Signal processing unit 23 Transmission microphone 24 Reception speaker 25 Display unit 26 Key input unit 27 Short-range wireless communication unit 28 Clock circuit

Claims (12)

A communication means capable of wireless communication with a plurality of wireless communication devices;
Communication control means for controlling the communication means so as to alternatively establish a connection by the wireless communication to the plurality of wireless communication devices by the communication means;
Storage means for storing predetermined information associated with the plurality of wireless communication devices;
Display means for displaying the predetermined information stored in the storage means;
An information display device comprising: a display control unit that changes a display mode of the predetermined information displayed on the display unit based on a connection state between the plurality of wireless communication devices and the communication unit. The information display device further includes a device specifying unit that specifies the wireless communication device with which connection is established among the plurality of wireless communication devices,
The display control means controls the display means so that the predetermined information stored in the storage means is displayed in a different display mode depending on the wireless communication device specified by the device specifying means. The information display device according to claim 1. The information display device further includes an operation means,
The display control unit controls the display unit to switch from the non-display state in which the predetermined information is not displayed to the display state in which the predetermined information is displayed based on the operation of the operation unit, and from the non-display state. 3. The display unit is controlled to display only the predetermined information associated with the wireless communication device specified by the device specifying unit when switched to the display state. The information display device described.   The display control means sends the predetermined information associated with the wireless communication device specified by the device specifying means to the wireless communication device not specified by the device specifying means based on the operation of the operation means. 4. The information display apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the display unit is controlled so as to switch to and display the associated predetermined information.   The display control means displays the predetermined information associated with the wireless communication device specified by the device specifying means from an initial display position of a display area for displaying the predetermined information on the display means. The information display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit is controlled.   The display control means includes the predetermined information associated with the wireless communication device specified by the device specifying means and the predetermined information associated with the wireless communication device not specified by the device specifying means. 3. The information display apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the display unit is controlled so as to display different display formats. The predetermined information is first information received by the communication means from the plurality of wireless communication devices, or information created based on the first information,
Each predetermined information is associated with the wireless communication device that is transmitted when the first information is received from the plurality of wireless communication devices or when information created based on the first creation information is created. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein the information display device is stored in the storage unit.   8. The wireless communication device according to claim 7, wherein the wireless communication device is a mobile phone, and the first information is information related to an incoming call to the mobile phone or information related to an incoming mail to the mobile phone. Information display device. The predetermined information is information representing each of a plurality of predetermined groups,
The information display apparatus according to claim 1, wherein information that belongs to each of the groups and is displayed on the display unit by the display control unit is stored in the storage unit. .   In addition to the predetermined information, the storage means is further displayed on the display means by the display control means in a predetermined display mode regardless of the connection state between the plurality of wireless communication devices and the communication means. The information display device according to claim 1, wherein non-dependent information is stored. In addition to the predetermined information, the storage means is further displayed on the display means by the display control means in a predetermined display mode regardless of the connection state between the plurality of wireless communication devices and the communication means. Memorize independent information
The non-dependent information is received by the communication unit from the plurality of wireless communication devices, and the first information is different second information or information created based on the second information. The information display device according to claim 7 or 8. The wireless communication device is a mobile phone;
12. The information display device according to claim 11, wherein the second information is information related to information transmitted by the base station of the mobile phone so as to be received by a plurality of mobile phones.

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