JP2011209881A - Mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal capable of a user freely change the arrangement or size of each divisionally-displayed screen when divisionally displaying a plurality of the screens on a display part.SOLUTION: The mobile terminal 1 includes: a terminal body 10 having a display face 15 provided with the display part 5, and a plurality of side faces 11, 12, 13, 14 formed around the display face 15; a position detection means 3 detecting a specific position on the side face selected by the user; and a display control means 101 dividing a screen displayed on the display part 5 based on a division line passing the specific position detected by the position detection means 3.

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal.

  Some portable terminals such as a cellular phone have operation keys corresponding to a user's finger arranged on the surface of the terminal body (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this conventional portable terminal, various input operations are easily performed by operating operation keys corresponding to five fingers.

JP 2008-294542 A

  By the way, for example, in the display unit of a touch panel operation type mobile terminal, when the screen for displaying the mail text and the character input screen are split and displayed at the same time, the arrangement and size of each screen that is split and displayed are fixed. The user cannot change it. For example, in order to simplify the character input operation, the character input screen cannot be displayed larger than the display screen of the mail text. As described above, when a plurality of screens are divided and displayed on the display unit, it is desired to freely change the arrangement and size of each of the divided screens according to the user's preference.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and when a plurality of screens are divided and displayed on the display unit, the user can freely set the arrangement and size of each of the divided screens. An object is to provide a portable terminal that can be used.

  In order to solve the above problems, a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a terminal main body having a display surface provided with a display unit, and a plurality of side surfaces provided around the display surface, and a side surface selected by a user. A position detection means for detecting a specific position of the display, and a display control means for dividing the screen displayed on the display unit based on a dividing line passing through the specific position detected by the position detection means. It is said.

  In this portable terminal, the user can select a specific position among the side surfaces provided around the display surface. The selected specific position is detected by the position detecting means. A display control means divides | segments the screen displayed on a display part based on the dividing line which passes along this specific position detected by the position detection means. In this way, the screen of the display unit of the mobile terminal is divided and displayed based on the specific position on the side surface selected by the user. Therefore, the user can freely set the arrangement and size of each screen displayed in a divided manner.

  The position detection means detects a first position on one side surface selected by the user and a second position on the other side surface intersecting with the one side surface selected by the user, and displays control means. Preferably divides the screen displayed on the display unit based on the first dividing line passing through the first position and the second dividing line passing through the second position.

  In this case, the screen of the display unit can be displayed in at least three divisions by two division lines with the first position and the second position which are the desired positions selected by the user as references.

  According to the mobile terminal according to the present invention, when a plurality of screens are divided and displayed on the display unit, it is possible to provide a mobile terminal in which the user can freely set the arrangement and size of each screen displayed in a split manner. .

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a part of a portable terminal according to the present invention. FIG. 2A is a diagram illustrating a fixed state of a physical key for selecting a position detection unit. FIG. 2B is a diagram for explaining a movement state of a physical key for selecting a position detection unit. FIG. 2C is a diagram for explaining a fixed state of the physical key for selecting the position detection unit. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functional components of the mobile terminal according to the present invention. FIG. 4A is a diagram illustrating an example in which three physical keys are in the initial positions and the first screen is displayed. FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating an example in which the first screen and the second screen are displayed side by side in two by moving the physical key. FIG. 5A is a diagram showing an example in which only the second screen is displayed by the movement of the physical key. FIG. 5B is a diagram showing an example in which the first screen and the second screen are vertically displayed by dividing the physical key. FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating an example in which the first screen, the second screen, and the third screen are displayed in three parts by moving the physical key. FIG. 6B is a diagram showing an example in which the third screen and the fourth screen are vertically displayed in two by moving the physical key. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the first screen, the second screen, the third screen, and the fourth screen are displayed in four divisions by moving the physical key.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a mobile terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a part of a portable terminal according to the present invention. The portable terminal 1 physically includes a CPU, a memory, a communication interface, a storage unit such as a hard disk, a position detection unit 3, a physical key 4, a display unit 5 such as a liquid crystal panel display, a terminal body 10, and the like. This is a touch panel operation type mobile phone.

  The terminal main body 10 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and includes a display surface 15, a back surface 16 opposed to the opposite side of the display surface 15, and four side surfaces existing between the display surface 15 and the back surface 16 (that is, the first side surface 11). , Second side surface 12, third side surface 13, and fourth side surface 14). As shown in FIG. 1, these four side surfaces 11, 12, 13, and 14 are provided around the display surface 15.

  The display unit 5 is provided on the display surface 15 of the mobile terminal 1 and is a part on which a screen such as a menu screen on which various function icons are displayed, a mail selection screen, a mail text screen, a character input screen, etc., is displayed in a splittable manner. It is. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the display unit 5 has a rectangular shape.

  The position detection unit 3 is a part that detects a specific position on the side surface selected by the user. The position detection unit 3 is, for example, a piezoelectric sensor. A piezoelectric sensor is a passive element using a piezoelectric effect, and is also called a piezoelectric element. The position detection unit 3 converts the force applied to the piezoelectric body existing at the position corresponding to the specific position on the side surface selected by the user into a voltage, thereby converting the information regarding the selected specific position into an electric signal. Is output to the display control unit 101 described later.

  A plurality of position detection units 3 are provided across the four side surfaces 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the terminal body 10 so as to surround the display unit 5. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the position detection unit 3 includes four groove portions 2 (that is, a first groove portion 21, a second groove portion 22, a third groove portion provided on each of the four side surfaces 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the terminal body 10. It is embedded in the groove 23 and the fourth groove 24).

  More specifically, the position detection unit 3 includes a plurality of corner position detection units 31, 32, 33, and 34 and a plurality of side position detection units 311, 312, 313, and 314. The four corner position detectors 31, 32, 33, and 34 are provided at positions corresponding to the four corners to which the four side surfaces 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the terminal body 10 are respectively coupled. On the other hand, the plurality of side position detection units 311, 312, 313, and 314 are provided at positions that connect the adjacent corner position detection units 31, 32, 33, and 34 in a straight line. In addition, the plurality of side position detection units 311, 312, 313, and 314 are arranged with a certain distance from the adjacent side position detection units.

  The physical key 4 is an auxiliary tool for easily selecting a specific position on the side surface by the user. The physical key 4 is slidable on the plurality of position detection units 3. Specifically, the physical key 4 has the side surfaces 11, 12, 13, and 14 of the terminal body 10 along the corners and the grooves 2 (first groove portion 21, second groove portion 22, third groove portion 23, and fourth groove portion 24). The slide movement is possible.

  The user can easily select a specific position on the side surface by fixing the physical key 4 at a specific position on the side surface where the position detection unit 3 is provided. FIG. 1 shows an example in which three physical keys, a first physical key 41, a second physical key 42, and a third physical key 43 are used. For example, as an initial state, the first physical key 41 is fixed on the corner position detection unit 31 that exists at a position corresponding to the corner where the first side surface 11 and the fourth side surface 14 are coupled. The second physical key 42 is fixed on the corner position detection unit 32 that exists at a position corresponding to the corner where the first side surface 11 and the second side surface 12 are coupled. The third physical key 43 is fixed on a corner position detection unit 34 that exists at a position corresponding to the corner where the third side surface 13 and the fourth side surface 14 are coupled. With these physical keys, three specific positions on the side surface respectively corresponding to the positions where the corner position detecting unit 31, the corner position detecting unit 32, and the corner position detecting unit 34 exist are selected. In the initial state, one screen is displayed on the display unit 5.

  The slide movement of the physical key 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 (a) to 2 (c). FIG. 2A to FIG. 2C are diagrams illustrating a side surface of the terminal main body 10. For example, as shown in FIG. 2A, the position of the physical key 4 is set by directing the long axis direction of the physical key 4 in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the groove 2 at the corner of the terminal body 10. Is fixed. Further, as shown in FIG. 2B, the physical key 4 can slide on the side surface of the terminal body 10 by directing the long axis direction of the physical key 4 in a direction parallel to the extending direction of the groove 2. It becomes. Further, as shown in FIG. 2C, the physical key 4 is fixed at a desired position by orienting the long axis direction of the physical key 4 slid to the direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the groove 2. it can.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functional components of the mobile terminal according to the present invention. The mobile terminal 1 includes a display control unit 101 as a functional component, and has a function of controlling split display of the screen of the display unit 5 based on detection of the position of the position detection unit 3 selected by the user. Have. Hereinafter, each component will be described.

  The display control unit 101 is a part that performs control for dividing the screen displayed on the display unit 5 based on a dividing line that passes through a specific position selected by the user and detected by the position detection unit 3. Specifically, the display control unit 101 outputs a signal related to the divided display of the screen to the display unit 5 based on the electrical signal related to the position of the position detection unit output from the position detection unit 3.

  Here, as described above, the screen division display of the display unit 5 is performed based on the dividing line passing through the specific position on the side surface selected by the user, but the corner position detection units 31, 32, 33, and 34. When the user selects only a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the image exists, it does not contribute to the split display of the screen. On the other hand, when a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the side position detection units 311, 312, 313, and 314 exist is selected by the user, the display control unit 101 selects the selected specific position. Based on the dividing line passing through the position, the screen of the display unit 5 controls the divided display. For example, when a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the side position detection unit is present is selected by the user, the specific position is used as a starting point, and the position is opposed to the selected specific position. By defining the extending dividing line, the display unit 5 can display the divided line linearly.

  Hereinafter, a specific example of the screen division operation on the display unit 5 of the mobile terminal 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, an example will be described in which a user selects a specific position on a side surface using three physical keys. First, in the initial state, the display unit 5 displays only one screen. In this case, all three physical keys are fixed at a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where any one of the corner position detection units exists by the user's selection. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the first physical key 41 is fixed at a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the lower right corner position detection unit 31 exists. The second physical key 42 is fixed at a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the upper right corner position detection unit 32 exists. The third physical key 43 is fixed at a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the lower left corner position detection unit 34 exists. The position detection unit 3 detects a specific position on the selected side surface, and outputs an electrical signal related to the selected specific position to the display control unit 101. In this case, since only a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the corner position detection unit exists is selected, it does not contribute to the split display of the screen of the display unit 5 and is shown in FIG. For example, only one first screen 51 indicating “mail reception” is displayed on the entire surface of the display unit 5. Here, for example, when the user performs a touch operation on a portion indicating “mail reception” on the first screen 51, for example, “mail subject view” is displayed on the first screen 51.

  Subsequently, after one physical key fixed to a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the corner position detection unit exists is slid by a user operation, one of the side position detection units This physical key is fixed at a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the key exists. For example, as shown in FIG. 4B, the user slides the second physical key 42 fixed at a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the corner position detection unit 32 exists to the left. Then, it fixes to the specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where one side part position detection part 312 exists. In this case, three specific positions on the side surface selected via the three physical keys 41, 42, 43 are selected. In the position detector 3, three specific positions on the side surface corresponding to the positions where the selected corner position detector 31, corner position detector 34, and side position detector 312 exist are detected. An electrical signal related to the selected specific position is output to the display control unit 101. Then, the display control unit 101 controls the division display of the screen of the display unit 5 with reference to the dividing line K1 passing through a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the selected side position detection unit 312 exists. Do. More specifically, a dividing line K1 extending from the specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the selected side position detecting unit 312 exists to the position facing the specific position is defined. Thus, the display unit 5 is linearly divided into two horizontally. As a result, the first screen 51 and the second screen 52 are displayed in two parts on the display unit 5. On the first screen 51 and the second screen 52, desired screens selected by the user are displayed. For example, when the subject of a desired mail is selected from the “mail subject view” displayed on the first screen 51 by touch operation, the selected “text of received mail” is displayed on the second screen 52.

  As described above, the mobile terminal 1 includes the display surface 15 provided with the display unit 5 and the plurality of side surfaces 11, 12, 13, and 14 provided around the display surface 15. Control for dividing a screen displayed on the display unit 5 based on a position detection unit 3 for detecting a specific position on the side surface selected by the position detector and a dividing line passing through the specific position detected by the position detection unit 3 Part 101. In the mobile terminal 1, the user can select a specific position among the side surfaces provided around the display surface 15, and the selected specific position is detected by the position detection unit 3. The display control unit 101 divides the screen displayed on the display unit 5 based on the dividing line passing through the specific position detected by the position detection unit 3. In this way, the screen of the display unit 5 of the mobile terminal 1 is divided and displayed based on the specific position of the side surface selected by the user. Therefore, the user can freely set the arrangement and size of each screen displayed in a divided manner.

  Moreover, in this portable terminal 1, since the position detection part 3 is provided not on the display surface 15 of the portable terminal 1, but on the side surfaces 11, 12, 13, and 14, the user can easily hold the portable terminal 1 while holding it. A specific position on the side surface can be selected. Furthermore, by using the physical key together, the operation for selecting a specific position on the side surface can be performed more reliably and smoothly.

  The configuration and operation of the mobile terminal 1 according to the present embodiment have been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, after the operation of FIG. 4B, the physical key 42 slid by the user's operation is further slid leftward, and then the identification on the side surface corresponding to the position where the corner position detection unit 33 exists is specified. It may be fixed on the position. For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, after the user further slides the second physical key 42 on the side position detection unit 312 in the left direction, the user moves to the position where the upper left corner position detection unit 33 exists. Secure on a specific position on the corresponding side. In this case, since only a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the corner position detection unit 31, the corner position detection unit 33, and the corner position detection unit 34 exist is selected, the screen of the display unit 5 is displayed. Only the second screen 52 is displayed on the entire surface of the display unit 5. On the second screen 52, for example, only one screen showing “mail body” is displayed large. Therefore, as described above, by selecting a specific position desired by the user while moving, the display unit 5 has the arrangement and size desired by the user based on the dividing line K1 passing through the selected specific position. After the two screens consisting of the first screen 51 and the second screen 52 are divided and displayed horizontally, the selection of the specific position is further canceled and another specific position (here, the corner position detection unit 33) By selecting a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the existing position, the second screen 52 having the arrangement and size desired by the user can be displayed.

  4A, for example, as shown in FIG. 5B, the user is fixed at a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the lower left corner position detection unit 34 exists. After the third physical key 43 is slid upward, the third physical key 43 may be fixed on a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where one side position detection unit 312 exists. In this case, three specific positions on the side surface corresponding to the positions of the corner position detection unit 31, the corner position detection unit 32, and the side position detection unit 313 are selected via the three physical keys. ing. Among these, the selection of a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the corner position detection unit 31 and the corner position detection unit 32 exist does not contribute to the split display of the screen. On the other hand, the selection of a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the side position detection unit 312 exists contributes to the split display of the screen. That is, the display control unit 101 controls the division display of the screen of the display unit 5 with reference to the dividing line K2 passing through a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the side position detection unit 312 exists. For example, with the selected specific position as a starting point, a dividing line K2 extending toward a position facing the selected specific position is defined, whereby the display unit 5 is linearly divided into two vertically. The As described above, the first screen 51 and the second screen 52 having a desired size can be displayed in two vertically divided portions on the display unit 5 by the user's selection operation. For example, when the “mail subject view” is displayed on the first screen 51 and the user selects a desired mail subject by touch operation, the selected “text of received mail” is displayed on the second screen 52. Is done.

  Further, after the operation of FIG. 5B, for example, as shown in FIG. 6A, the user is fixed at a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the upper right corner position detection unit 32 exists. After the second physical key 42 is slid in the left direction, the second physical key 42 may be fixed at a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where one side position detection unit 312 exists. In this case, a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the corner position detection unit 31, the side position detection unit 312, and the side position detection unit 313 exist is selected via three physical keys. . Of these, the selection of a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the corner position detection unit 31 exists does not contribute to the split display of the screen. On the other hand, selection of a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the side part position detection unit 312 and the side part position detection unit 313 exist contributes to split display of the screen. The display control unit 101 displays the display unit 5 with reference to two dividing lines K2 and K3 passing through two specific positions on the side surface corresponding to the positions where the side position detection unit 312 and the side position detection unit 313 exist. Can be divided and displayed. For example, the display unit 5 is defined by defining, for example, a dividing line K2 extending from the specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the side position detection unit 313 exists to the opposite side to the specific position. Is linearly divided vertically and extends from a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the side position detection unit 312 exists, for example, toward a position facing the specific position. By defining the dividing line K3, a part of the display unit 5 is linearly divided horizontally.

  As described above, the position detection units 313 and 312 have the first (specific) position on the one side surface 13 selected by the user and the first on the other side surface 12 intersecting the one side surface 13 selected by the user. The second (specific) position is detected, and the display control unit 101 displays the display unit based on the first dividing line K2 passing through the first position and the second dividing line K3 passing through the second position. 5 is preferably divided. By selecting two specific positions on the side surfaces 12 and 13 by the user, the first screen 51, the second screen 52, and the third screen 53 having the desired arrangement and size are displayed on the display unit 5 in three divisions. Can be made. Therefore, by the user's selection operation, for example, “Mail subject view” is displayed on the first screen 51, “Body of received mail” is displayed on the second screen 52, and “Body of reply mail” is displayed on the third screen 53. Can be displayed as a desired arrangement and size.

  Further, in the example shown in FIG. 6A, one of the dividing lines K3 extends to a position where it intersects with the other dividing line K2, and the other dividing line K2 is not penetrated, so that the screen is displayed in three divisions. Yes. However, the screen is divided into four parts by extending one split line K3 to the point where it intersects the other split line K2 and extending the other split line K2 to the outer edge side of the screen. You can also. Such setting operation of dividing line definition can be performed in advance by the user and can be executed by the display control unit 101.

  Further, after the operation of FIG. 6A, for example, as shown in FIG. 6B, after the second physical key 42 is further slid leftward, the position where the upper left corner position detection unit 332 exists. The second physical key 42 is fixed at a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the left and the first physical key 41 on the lower right corner position detecting unit 31 is slid to the left, and then the lower left corner position is You may fix on the detection part 34. FIG. In this case, a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the corner position detection unit 33, the side position detection unit 313, and the corner position detection unit 34 exist is selected via three physical keys. . Of these, the selection of two specific positions on the side surface corresponding to the positions where the corner position detection unit 33 and the corner position detection unit 34 exist does not contribute to the split display of the screen. On the other hand, selection of a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the side position detection unit 313 exists contributes to split display of the screen. The display control unit 101 allows the screen of the display unit 5 to be divided and displayed on the basis of the dividing line K2 passing through the specific position. For example, by defining a dividing line K2 that starts from a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the selected side position detection unit 313 exists, and extends toward a position facing the specific position, for example. The display unit 5 is linearly divided vertically. By selecting a specific position on the side surface by the user as described above, the third screen 53 and the fourth screen 54 having a desired arrangement and size can be vertically divided and displayed on the display unit 5. By the user's selection operation, for example, the “text of reply mail” can be displayed on the third screen 53 and the “keyboard input screen” can be displayed on the fourth screen 54.

  Furthermore, after the operation of FIG. 6A, for example, as shown in FIG. 7, after the user slides the first physical key 41 to the left, it corresponds to the position where the side position detection unit 314 exists. It may be fixed on a specific position on the side. In this case, three specific positions on the side surface corresponding to the positions where the side part position detection unit 312, the side part position detection unit 313, and the side part position detection unit 314 exist are selected via three physical keys. ing. The display control unit 101 allows the screen of the display unit 5 to be divided and displayed on the basis of the three dividing lines K2, K3, and K4 that pass through these three specific positions, respectively. For example, starting from a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the position where the side position detection unit 313 exists, for example, a dividing line K2 extending toward a position facing the specific position, and the side position detection unit 312 Starting from a specific position on the side surface corresponding to the existing position, for example, on the side surface corresponding to the dividing line K3 extending toward the position facing the specific position and the position where the side position detection unit 314 exists As shown in FIG. 7, the display unit is divided into four parts by a dividing line K4 extending from the specific position to the position facing the specific position, for example. As described above, the first screen 51, the second screen 52, the third screen 53, and the fourth screen 54 having a desired arrangement and size can be displayed in four divisions on the display unit 5 by the user's selection operation. By the user's selection operation, for example, “Mail subject view” is displayed on the first screen 51, “Keyboard input screen” is displayed on the second screen 52, and “Reply mail text” is displayed on the third screen 53. In addition, a “ten-key input screen” or the like can be displayed on the fourth screen 54.

  Further, in the example shown in FIG. 7, the two dividing lines K3 and K4 extend to a place where they intersect with the other dividing line K2, and the screen is displayed in four divisions by preventing the other dividing line K2 from penetrating. ing. However, the dividing line K3 or / and the dividing line K4 extends to a position where the dividing line K2 intersects with the other dividing line K2, and the other dividing line K2 is penetrated and further extended to the outer edge side of the screen, thereby dividing the screen into five. Or it can also be divided into six. Such setting operation of dividing line definition can be performed in advance by the user and can be executed by the display control unit 101.

  Hereinafter, modified examples will be described. In the above embodiment, an example in which there are three specific positions on the side surface selected by the user is shown, but the number is not limited to this number, and one or two may be used. As the number of specific positions on the side surface selected by the user is increased, the number of screen divisions can be increased. Moreover, although the example which uses the physical key 4 for selection of the specific position on the side by a user was shown, the physical key 4 is not necessarily required. In addition, although an example in which the position detection unit is a piezoelectric sensor has been shown, the position detection unit may be an electrostatic sensor, and in this case, the physical key 4 is unnecessary. The electrostatic sensor changes information on its position into an electric signal by a slight change in capacitance such as a fingertip touched by a user. Specifically, the parasitic capacitance of the human body that is the user is passed through the capacitive coupling between the user's finger and the electrode of the electrostatic sensor through the electrostatic sensor that exists at a position corresponding to the specific position on the side surface selected by the user. The position detector 3 detects the capacitance displacement as a voltage change. The position detection unit 3 appropriately corrects the voltage extracted based on the digital value obtained by converting the detected voltage by the AD converter, and outputs the corrected voltage to the display control unit 101 as an electrical signal.

  In addition, the display contents of each screen divided and displayed on the display unit 5 can be freely moved left and right and up and down in each screen by the user's operation (for example, touch operation), and the enlarged and reduced display is performed in each screen. It is also possible. In this way, screen display according to the user's preference can be realized. Moreover, although the example in which the portable terminal 1 is a touch panel operation type was shown above, for example, a button operation type portable terminal other than the touch panel operation type may be used. Moreover, although the portable terminal 1 showed the example which is a rectangular parallelepiped shape which consists of a total of six surfaces, the display surface 15, the back surface 16, and the four side surfaces 11, 12, 13, and 14, the shape of the portable terminal 1 is this. For example, an oval shape provided with a curved side surface around the display surface may be used. In any of these cases, as in the above-described embodiment, when a plurality of screens are divided and displayed on the display unit, the mobile terminal that allows the user to freely set the arrangement and size of each screen to be divided and displayed Can be provided.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable terminal, 2 ... Groove part, 3 ... Position detection part, 4 ... Physical key, 5 ... Display part, 10 ... Terminal main body, 11, 12, 13, 14 ... Side surface, 15 ... Display surface, 16 ... Back surface, 101 ... display control unit.

Claims (2)

A terminal body having a display surface provided with a display unit, and a plurality of side surfaces provided around the display surface;
Position detecting means for detecting a specific position on the side surface selected by the user;
A portable terminal comprising: display control means for dividing a screen displayed on the display unit based on a dividing line passing through the specific position detected by the position detecting means. The position detecting means detects a first position on one side surface selected by the user and a second position on another side surface intersecting with the one side surface selected by the user,
The display control means divides a screen displayed on the display unit based on a first dividing line passing through the first position and a second dividing line passing through the second position. The portable terminal described.

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