JP2013042470A - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone in which operability of inputting of character information is improved for easy inputting of character information.SOLUTION: A mobile phone 1 of the present invention comprises: a liquid crystal touch panel 21 provided on a display surface of a first case 11; a liquid crystal touch panel 22 provided on a display surface of a second case 12; a liquid crystal touch panel 23 provided on a display surface of a third case 13; and an electronic component and a battery constituting the mobile phone 1, which are mounted on a fourth case 14. The mobile phone 1 can be folded back by closing four cases. When a Kana input mode is selected while four cases are opened, all input keys required for the Kana input mode are displayed in the size corresponding to the size of an operator's finger of the mobile phone 1, for using the liquid crystal touch panels 21, 22, and 23. Thus character information in the Kana input mode is inputted.

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone that facilitates input of character information, for example, in a mobile phone.

Conventionally, in a mobile phone, about 12 keys are set with numbers, kana characters, and alphabets, and the mode is changed using the mode key for switching the input mode, and the mode is switched to the numeric input mode, kana input mode, alphabet input mode, etc. You are typing.
In such a cellular phone, since the key is small and the key must be pressed many times, the fatigue of the finger is severe and the key may be small.

In particular, a key input method for inputting with a reduced number of keys has been proposed for cellular phones because the number of keystrokes is increased and input operability is poor (for example, Patent Document 1).
In addition, there is a mobile phone that is folded in half, and a display unit and a key unit (input unit) are separated to increase individual keys in the key unit (for example, Patent Document 2).

  However, even with such a two-fold mobile phone, the display part is still small and the key part is also small, especially for elderly people, it is bothersome to see characters on the display part and to input characters from the key part The nature was bad.

  Japanese Patent Publication No. 2005-4500   Japanese Patent Publication No. 2004-48719

As described above, the display unit and the input unit in the mobile phone are small, and it is bothersome to see characters on the display unit and to input characters from the input unit, and the operability is poor.
An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone that improves the operability of character information input and facilitates the input of character information.

  Therefore, the present invention is a mobile phone having a voice input unit and a voice output unit, which is arranged on a display unit and a display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when there is contact by an operator. A first housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device including a touch panel is connected to the first housing so as to be openable and closable so as to face the first housing, and the display unit is disposed on the display surface of the display unit. When there is a contact by an operator, a display-integrated touch panel device including a touch panel that outputs the contact position is provided, and the display unit is connected to the second case so as to be openable and closable. And a third housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a touch position when an operator makes a contact, And a fourth housing on which an electronic component and a battery constituting the mobile phone are mounted, the first housing, the second housing, and the first housing being connected to the housing so as to be openable and closable. 3 and the fourth casing can be folded, and the first casing, the second casing, the third casing, and the fourth casing are opened and the character information is opened. When the input mode is selected, the display integrated touch panel device of the first casing, the display integrated touch panel device of the second casing, and the display integrated touch panel device of the third casing are used, All the input keys necessary for the character information input mode are displayed in a size suitable for the size of the operator's finger, and the character information in the character information input mode is input.

  The present invention can provide a mobile phone that improves the operability of character information input and facilitates the input of character information.

1 is an external view showing an example of a mobile phone to which the first embodiment of the present invention can be applied. FIG. 2 is an external view illustrating a state in which the mobile phone illustrated in FIG. 1 is viewed from the A direction. FIG. 2 is an external view showing a state where the mobile phone shown in FIG. The figure which shows the example which displayed the kana input mode on the liquid crystal touch panel of a mobile telephone. FIG. 6 is an external view illustrating an example of a mobile phone according to a second embodiment. FIG. 6 is an external view illustrating an example of a mobile phone according to a third embodiment. FIG. 10 is an external view illustrating an example of a mobile phone according to a fourth embodiment. FIG. 10 is an external view illustrating an example of a hingeless mobile phone according to a fifth embodiment. FIG. 10 is an external view illustrating an example of a mobile phone according to a sixth embodiment. The figure which shows the state which fastened the fastening part. FIG. 14 is an external view illustrating an example of a mobile phone according to a seventh embodiment.

First, the first embodiment will be described.
FIG. 1 shows an external configuration of a mobile phone 1 according to the present invention. That is, the front surface of the mobile phone 1 is provided with an audio input unit 10 in which a microphone for inputting audio is arranged and an audio output unit 20 in which a speaker for outputting audio is arranged. ing.
Note that FIG. 1 is drawn with substantially the same dimensions as an actual mobile phone. For example, the main body of the mobile phone 1 has a vertical length of 110 mm and a horizontal width of 50 mm.

FIG. 2 shows the mobile phone 1 as viewed from the direction A in FIG. The mobile phone 1 includes a first casing 11, a second casing 12, a third casing 13, and a fourth casing 14.
The first housing 11 and the second housing 12 are connected via the hinge portion 2 so as to be openable and closable so as to face each other, and the hinge portion 3 can be opened and closed so that the second housing 12 and the third housing 13 face each other. The third casing 13 and the fourth casing 14 are connected via the hinge part 4 so as to be openable and closable so as to face each other.
The first casing 11 is provided with the voice input unit 10 and the voice output unit 20.

FIG. 3 shows the cellular phone 1 as viewed from the direction A in FIG. The first casing 11, the second casing 12, the third casing 13, and the fourth casing 14 are in a state similar to the letter W.
The first casing 11 and the second casing 12 can be opened in the direction of arrow a via the hinge portion 2. The second casing 12 and the third casing 13 can be opened in the direction of arrow b via the hinge portion 3. The third casing 13 and the fourth casing 14 can be opened in the direction of arrow c via the hinge portion 4.

That is, the cellular phone 1 of the present invention can be folded by closing four casings, like a four-fold folding screen, and can be folded into four-fold type cellular phones in which character information is input with the four casings open. It is.
A liquid crystal touch panel 21 that is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon is provided on the display surface of the first casing 11.

A liquid crystal touch panel 22 that is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon is provided on the display surface of the second casing 12.
A liquid crystal touch panel 23 that is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon is provided on the display surface of the third casing 13.
Electronic components (not shown) and a battery (not shown) constituting the mobile phone 1 are mounted on the fourth casing 14.

FIG. 4 shows a state in which each casing of the mobile phone 1 is opened. In FIG. 4, as described above, the first casing 11 includes the liquid crystal touch panel 21, the second casing 12 includes the liquid crystal touch panel 22, and the third casing 13 includes the liquid crystal touch panel 23.
FIG. 4 is also drawn with almost the same dimensions as an actual mobile phone. For example, the liquid crystal touch panels 21, 22, and 23 are 42 mm long and 70 mm wide.

Next, the operation of the mobile phone 1 will be described.
FIG. 4 shows a state in which “kana input mode” for inputting Japanese mixed with kanji and kana is selected and hiragana (character information) is input.
When the kana input mode is selected, by using the liquid crystal touch panels 21, 22, and 23, all the input keys necessary for the kana input mode are the size of the finger of the operator (adult to child) of the cellular phone 1. It is displayed in a size adapted to the size. As a result, the operability of the kana input (character information input) is improved and the hiragana (character information) of the kana input mode is input. Note that all input keys necessary for the kana input mode are, for example, a key group as shown in FIG.

  The liquid crystal touch panels 21, 22, and 23 have input keys displayed in association with each other. When the operator's finger of the mobile phone 1 touches (touches) the input key touch panel, the hiragana (character Information) is entered.

  For example, one of the input keys in FIG. 4 is displayed with a length of 10 mm and a width of 14 mm. In this way, it is possible to display an input key having a size adapted to (corresponding to) the size of the operator's finger of the mobile phone 1 that could not be realized with a conventional mobile phone. Note that the size of the input key shown in FIG. 4 is not fixed, but is changed to a size suitable for the finger size of the operator (person from adult to child) and displayed. Also good. In this case, it may be changed in advance or may be changed directly from the liquid crystal touch panels 21, 22, and 23.

  In addition to “kana input mode (character information input mode)” as shown in FIG. 4, “number input mode (character information input mode)”, “alphabet input mode (character information input mode)”, and Germany Foreign language character input modes (character information input mode) such as Japanese and Korean.

  That is, when the character information input code is selected, all the input keys necessary for the selected character information input mode are set to the size of the operator's finger of the cellular phone 1 by using the liquid crystal touch panels 21, 22, and 23. Is displayed in a size suitable for. Thereby, the operability of character information input is improved and character information in the character information input mode is input.

  In the example shown in FIG. 4, all 50 input keys necessary for the “kana input mode” are necessary. However, all the input keys necessary for the “numeric input mode”, “alphabet input mode”, and foreign language character input mode are used. Since the number is less than 50, it can be displayed in a size adapted to the size of the operator's finger of the mobile phone 1.

  Note that the size of the input key is not fixed, and may be changed to a size suitable for the finger size of the operator (person from adult to child) and displayed. In this case, it may be changed in advance or may be changed directly from the liquid crystal touch panels 21, 22, and 23.

  When the inventor (adult) touched a finger with a transparent ruler, the contact range was approximately 5 mm in length and 5 mm in width. As a result, in order to obtain an input key having a size adapted to (corresponding to) the finger size of the operator (a person from an adult to a child) described above, in consideration of the error of the contact range, at least one input key is required. It is desirable that the size is 7 mm or more in length and 7 mm or more in width. However, in consideration of operability, it is desirable that one input key has a size of 10 mm or more and 10 mm or more. In addition, the number of input keys to be displayed and the size of the total display surface of the liquid crystal touch panel are limited, but in consideration of operability, one input key is preferably 30 mm or less and 30 mm or less. Since the size of one input key in FIG. 4 is 10 mm in length and 14 mm in width, it is sufficiently adapted.

Next, a second embodiment will be described.
A cellular phone 30 according to the second embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is provided with four liquid crystal touch panels in four casings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same location as the mobile telephone 1 of 1st Embodiment, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
FIG. 5 shows a state in which each casing of the mobile phone 30 is opened. The first casing 11 and the second casing 12 are connected via the hinge portion 2 so as to be openable and closable so as to face each other. The housing 12 and the third housing 13 are connected via the hinge portion 3 so as to be openable and closable so as to face each other, and the third and fourth housings 13 and 14 are connected via the hinge portion 4 so as to be openable and closable. It is connected.

That is, the cellular phone 30 of the present invention can be folded by closing four casings like a four-fold folding screen, and can be folded into four-fold type cellular phones in which character information is input with the four casings open. It is.
A liquid crystal touch panel 31 that is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon is provided on the display surface of the first casing 11.

A liquid crystal touch panel 32 that is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon is provided on the display surface of the second casing 12.
A liquid crystal touch panel 33 which is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon is provided on the display surface of the third casing 13.
The display surface of the fourth casing 14 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 34 which is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.

FIG. 5 is also drawn with substantially the same dimensions as an actual mobile phone. For example, the liquid crystal touch panels 31, 32, 33, and 34 are 42 mm long and 80 mm wide.
FIG. 5 shows a state in which “kana input mode (character information input code)” for inputting Japanese mixed with kanji and kana is selected and hiragana (character information) is input.
For example, one of the input keys in FIG. 5 is displayed with a length of 14 mm and a width of 16 mm. By increasing the number of liquid crystal touch panels by one, larger input keys can be displayed as compared with the mobile phone 1 of the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of the mobile phone 30 will be described.
The cellular phone 1 according to the first embodiment uses three liquid crystal touch panels, whereas the cellular phone 30 is different only in that it uses four liquid crystal touch panels.

  In FIG. 5, in the mobile phone 30, the kana input mode (character information input mode) is selected with the first casing 11, the second casing 12, the third casing 13, and the fourth casing 14 opened. In this case, by using the liquid crystal touch panels 31, 32, 33, 34, all the input keys necessary for the kana input mode (the character information input mode) are adapted to the size of the finger of the operator of the mobile phone 30. The character information of the kana input mode (the character information input mode) is input.

  The liquid crystal touch panels 31, 32, 33, and 34 have input keys displayed in association with each other, and the operator's finger of the mobile phone 30 touches (touches) the input key touch panel to open the hiragana from the contact position. (Character information) is input.

  Further, the size of the input key shown in FIG. 5 is not fixed, but is changed to a size suitable for the finger size of the operator (person from adult to child) and displayed. Also good. In this case, it may be changed in advance, or may be changed directly from the liquid crystal touch panel 31, 32, 33, 34.

Next, a third embodiment will be described.
A mobile phone 40 according to the third embodiment shown in FIG. 6 is provided with three liquid crystal touch panels in three casings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same location as the mobile telephone 1 of 1st Embodiment, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
FIG. 6 shows a state in which each casing of the mobile phone 40 is opened. The first casing 11 and the second casing 12 are connected via the hinge portion 2 so as to be openable and closable so as to face each other. The housing 12 and the third housing 13 are connected via the hinge portion 3 so as to be openable and closable so as to face each other.

That is, the cellular phone 40 of the present invention can be folded by closing three casings like a three-fold folding screen, and can be folded into three-fold type cellular phones in which character information is input with the three casings open. It is.
A liquid crystal touch panel 41 which is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon is provided on the display surface of the first casing 11.

The display surface of the second housing 12 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 42 which is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.
A liquid crystal touch panel 43 that is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon is provided on the display surface of the third casing 13.

Note that FIG. 6 is also drawn with substantially the same dimensions as an actual mobile phone. For example, the liquid crystal touch panels 41, 42, and 43 are 42 mm long and 70 mm wide.
FIG. 6 shows a state in which “kana input mode (character information input code)” for inputting Japanese mixed with kanji and kana is selected and hiragana (character information) is input. For example, one of the input keys in FIG. 6 is displayed with a length of 10 mm and a width of 14 mm.

Next, the operation of the mobile phone 40 will be described.
While the mobile phone 1 of the first embodiment uses three liquid crystal touch panels, the mobile phone 40 also uses three liquid crystal touch panels, and therefore description of the character information input operation is omitted.

  In FIG. 6, when the kana input mode (character information input mode) is selected with the first casing 11, the second casing 12, and the third casing 13 being opened, the mobile phone 40 has a liquid crystal touch panel 41. , 42 and 43, all the input keys necessary for the kana input mode (the character information input mode) are displayed in a size suitable for the size of the operator's finger of the mobile phone 40. Character information in (character information input mode) is input.

  The liquid crystal touch panels 41, 42, and 43 display input keys associated with each other, and touch the touch panel of the input keys on which the operator's finger of the mobile phone 40 is displayed (contact) to open hiragana (characters) from the contact position. Information) is entered.

  Also, the size of the input key shown in FIG. 6 is not fixed, but is changed to a size suitable for the finger size of the operator (person from adult to child) and displayed. Also good. In this case, it may be changed in advance or may be changed directly from the liquid crystal touch panels 41, 42, 43.

Next, a fourth embodiment will be described.
The fourth embodiment is a two-fold type mobile phone.
A cellular phone 50 according to the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is provided with two liquid crystal touch panels in two casings, and is hinged so that the first casing 51 and the second casing 52 can be opened and closed. They are connected via the part 53.

That is, the cellular phone 50 according to the present invention can be folded by closing two casings like a two-fold folding screen, and can be folded into two, so that character information is input with the two casings open. It is.
The display surface of the first casing 51 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 54 which is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.
The display surface of the second casing 52 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 55 that is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.

FIG. 7 is also drawn with substantially the same dimensions as an actual mobile phone. For example, the liquid crystal touch panels 54 and 55 are 74 mm long and 50 mm wide.
FIG. 7 shows a state in which “kana input mode (character information input code)” for inputting Japanese mixed with kanji and kana is selected and hiragana (character information) is input. For example, one of the input keys in FIG. 7 is displayed with 10 mm length and 10 mm width.

Next, the operation of the mobile phone 50 will be described.
The cellular phone 1 according to the first embodiment uses three liquid crystal touch panels, whereas the cellular phone 50 is different only in that it uses two liquid crystal touch panels.

  In FIG. 7, the cellular phone 50 uses the liquid crystal touch panels 54 and 55 when the kana input mode (character information input mode) is selected with the first casing 51 and the second casing 52 opened. All the input keys necessary for the kana input mode (the character information input mode) are displayed in a size suitable for the size of the operator's finger of the mobile phone 50, and the kana input mode (the character information input mode) is displayed. Character information is entered.

  The liquid crystal touch panels 54 and 55 have input keys displayed in association with each other, and the operator's finger of the mobile phone 50 touches (touches) the touch panel of the input key to display hiragana (character information) from the contact position. Is entered.

  Further, the size of the input key shown in FIG. 7 is not fixed, but is changed to a size adapted to the finger size of the operator (person from adult to child) and displayed. Also good. In this case, it may be changed in advance or may be changed directly from the liquid crystal touch panels 54 and 55.

  Further, in the bi-fold type mobile phone according to the fourth embodiment, two liquid crystal touch panels are provided in two casings. However, a three-fold type mobile phone may be provided with two liquid crystal touch panels. Alternatively, two liquid crystal touch panels may be provided on four casings in a four-fold type mobile phone.

Next, a fifth embodiment will be described.
The fifth embodiment is a hingeless mobile phone.
FIG. 8 shows an example of a hingeless mobile phone 60, in which the entire housing 65 is integrated. That is, the housing 65 includes a first housing portion (first housing) 65a provided with the liquid crystal touch panel 61, a bent portion 65b, and a second housing portion (second housing) provided with the liquid crystal touch panel 62. 65c, a bent portion 65d, a third casing portion (third casing) 65e provided with the liquid crystal touch panel 63, a bent portion 65f, electronic components (not shown) constituting the mobile phone 60, and a battery (not shown). ) And a fourth housing part (fourth housing) 65g on which the device is mounted.

Further, since the housing 65 is made of a relatively soft resin, each housing portion can be bent by the bent portions 65b, 65d, and 65f. As a result, the four casings can be folded, and a four-fold hingeless mobile phone 60 in which character information is input with the four casings open can be realized.
It should be noted that a hingeless mobile phone can be realized by applying to the first embodiment, the second embodiment, the third embodiment, and the fourth embodiment described above.

Next, a sixth embodiment will be described.
The sixth embodiment is a bracelet type mobile phone.
A cellular phone 70 according to the sixth embodiment shown in FIG. 9 is provided with three liquid crystal panels in three casings.

  The cellular phone 70 is provided with an audio input unit 10 in which a microphone for inputting audio is arranged, and an audio output unit 20 in which a speaker for outputting audio is arranged. In addition, it is possible to make a hands-free call without increasing the output from the audio output unit 20 by setting and listening to the audio output unit 20.

The cellular phone 70 includes a first casing 71, a second casing 72, and a third casing 73.
In the mobile phone 70, the first casing 71 and the second casing 72 are connected to each other via the hinge portion 7a, the intermediate portion 7b, and the hinge portion 7c so that the second casing 72 and the third casing 72 can be bent. The housing 73 is connected via a hinge portion 8a, an intermediate portion 8b, and a hinge portion 8c so that it can be bent, and the third housing 73 can be bent freely such as a hinge portion 9a, an intermediate portion 9b, a hinge portion 9c, and an intermediate portion 9d. It is connected through.

Moreover, the hinge part 7a, the intermediate | middle part 7b, and the hinge part 7c are generically described as the connection part 7 below. The hinge portion 8a, the intermediate portion 8b, and the hinge portion 8c are collectively referred to as a connecting portion 8 below. The hinge portion 9a, the intermediate portion 9b, the hinge portion 9c, and the intermediate portion 9d are collectively referred to as a connecting portion 9 below.
In addition, you may make it mount the electronic components (not shown) and battery (not shown) which comprise the mobile telephone 70 in the connection parts 7, 8, and 9. FIG.

  The display surface (display unit) of the first casing 71 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 81 that is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.

The display surface (display unit) of the second casing 72 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 82 which is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.
The display surface (display unit) of the third casing 73 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 83 which is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.

  In addition, the mobile phone 70 includes a fastening portion 5 connected to the other end opposite to the connecting portion 7 connected to one end of the first casing 71, and a hinge portion 9c connected to one end of the intermediate portion 9d. A fastening portion 6 connected to the end is provided. The fastening portion 5 and the fastening portion 6 can be fastened and unfastened by bending and rounding the cellular phone 70, and FIG. 9 shows the state of fastening release.

FIG. 10 shows a state seen from the direction B in FIG. 9 in a state where the fastening portion 5 and the fastening portion 6 are fastened by bending and rounding the mobile phone 70.
That is, as shown in FIG. 10, this cellular phone 70 can be fastened to the arm (wrist) by fastening the fastening portion 5 and the fastening portion 6, and can be carried as a bracelet (bracelet). it can. That is, the mobile phone 70 is a bracelet type mobile phone.
At this time, when the first casing 71, the second casing 72, and the third casing 73 are mounted on the arm (wrist) with the display surfaces of the first casing 71, the second casing 72, and the third casing 73 facing outward, the display function of the mobile phone 70 is mounted on the arm (wrist). It can be seen as it is.

  In addition, when the first casing 71, the second casing 72, and the third casing 73 are attached to the wrist (wrist) with the back side opposite to the display surface facing outward, the decoration (for example, decoration) The mobile phone 70 can be carried around in a fashionable manner. In this case, the wristband may be attached to the wrist in advance so that the display surface does not directly touch the arm (wrist), and the mobile phone 70 may be attached to the wristband, which is also a part of fashion. For example, since the horizontal length of the casing of the mobile phone 70 is 70 mm, the display surface does not directly touch the arm (wrist) if the length of the wristband is set to 70 mm or more.

  In addition, the length of the fastening part 5 and the fastening part 6 can be changed according to the circumference | surroundings of an arm (wrist) for such a purpose. Moreover, the connection parts 7, 8, and 9 do not need to be the structure mentioned above, and the point should just be easy to mount | wear to an arm (wrist).

FIG. 9 is also drawn with almost the same dimensions as an actual mobile phone. For example, the first casing 71, the second casing 72, and the third casing 73 have a vertical length of 40 mm and a horizontal length of 70 mm in the drawing. The liquid crystal touch panel 81, the liquid crystal touch panel 82, and the liquid crystal touch panel 83 have a vertical length of 32 mm and a horizontal length of 50 mm in the drawing.
FIG. 9 shows a state in which “Kana input mode (character information input code)” for inputting Japanese mixed with kanji and kana is selected and hiragana (character information) is input. For example, one of the input keys in FIG. 9 is displayed with a length of 8 mm and a width of 10 mm.

Next, the operation of the mobile phone 70 will be described.
While the mobile phone 1 of the first embodiment uses three liquid crystal touch panels, the mobile phone 70 also uses three liquid crystal touch panels, and therefore description of the character information input operation is omitted.
In FIG. 9, the mobile phone 70 can be fastened and unfastened by the fastening portion 5 and the fastening portion 6, and can be carried as a bracelet by fastening the fastening portion 5 and the fastening portion 6.

  In FIG. 9, the cellular phone 70 uses the liquid crystal touch panels 81, 82, and 83 when the kana input mode (character information input mode) is selected with the fastening portion 5 and the fastening portion 6 released. Thus, all the input keys necessary for the kana input mode (the character information input mode) are displayed in a size suitable for the size of the operator's finger of the mobile phone 70, and the kana input mode (the character information input mode). ) Character information is input.

  The liquid crystal touch panels 81, 82, and 83 display input keys in association with each other, and touch the touch panel of the input keys on which the operator's finger of the mobile phone 70 is displayed (contact) to open hiragana (characters) from the contact position. Information) is entered.

  In addition, the size of the input key shown in FIG. 9 is not fixed, but is changed to a size suitable for the finger size of the operator (person from adult to child) and displayed. Also good. In this case, it may be changed in advance or may be changed directly from the liquid crystal touch panels 81, 82, 83.

Next, a seventh embodiment will be described.
The seventh embodiment is also a bracelet type mobile phone.
A cellular phone 90 according to the seventh embodiment shown in FIG. 11 has four liquid crystal panels provided in four casings. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same location as the mobile telephone 70 of 6th Embodiment, and description is abbreviate | omitted.

A cellular phone 90 shown in FIG. 11 includes a first casing 71, a second casing 72, a third casing 73, and a fourth casing 74.
In the mobile phone 90, the first casing 71 and the second casing 72 are connected to each other via the hinge portion 7a, the intermediate portion 7b, and the hinge portion 7c so that the second casing 72 and the third casing 72 can be bent. The housing 73 is connected via a hinge portion 8a, an intermediate portion 8b, and a hinge portion 8c so that it can be bent, and the third housing 73 and the fourth housing 74 can be bent so that they can be bent. It is connected via the part 9c.

Moreover, the hinge part 7a, the intermediate | middle part 7b, and the hinge part 7c are generically described as the connection part 7 below. The hinge portion 8a, the intermediate portion 8b, and the hinge portion 8c are collectively referred to as a connecting portion 8 below. The hinge portion 9a, the intermediate portion 9b, and the hinge portion 9c are collectively referred to as a connecting portion 9 below.
In addition, you may make it mount in the connection parts 7, 8, and 9 the electronic component (not shown) which comprises the mobile telephone 90, and a battery (not shown).

  The display surface (display unit) of the first casing 71 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 81 that is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.

The display surface (display unit) of the second casing 72 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 82 which is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.
The display surface (display unit) of the third casing 73 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 83 which is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.
The display surface (display unit) of the fourth casing 74 is provided with a liquid crystal touch panel 84 that is a display integrated touch panel device including a liquid crystal display device and a capacitive touch panel laminated thereon.

  Further, the mobile phone 70 is opposite to the connecting portion 9 connected to one end of the fourth housing 74 and the fastening portion 5 connected to the other end opposite to the connecting portion 7 connected to one end of the first housing 71. And a fastening portion 6 connected to the other end of the head. The fastening portion 5 and the fastening portion 6 can be fastened and unfastened by bending and rounding the cellular phone 90, and FIG. 11 shows a state of fastening release.

  When the first casing 71, the second casing 72, the third casing 73, and the fourth casing 74 are mounted on the arm (wrist) with the display surfaces of the first casing 71, the second casing 72, the third casing 73, and the fourth casing 74 facing outward, the display function of the mobile phone 90 is It can be visually recognized while wearing.

  In addition, when the first casing 71, the second casing 72, the third casing 73, and the fourth casing 74 are attached to the arm (wrist) with the back opposite to the display surface of the first casing 71, the second casing 72, the third casing 73, and the fourth casing 74. It is possible to enjoy carrying the mobile phone 90 in a fashionable manner by decorating (for example, making a decoration mobile phone). In this case, the wristband may be attached to the wrist in advance so that the display surface does not directly touch the arm (wrist), and the mobile phone 70 may be attached to the wristband, which is also a part of fashion. For example, since the horizontal length of the casing of the mobile phone 70 is 70 mm, the display surface does not directly touch the arm (wrist) if the length of the wristband is set to 70 mm or more.

  In addition, the length of the fastening part 5 and the fastening part 6 can be changed according to the circumference | surroundings of an arm (wrist) for such a purpose. Moreover, the connection parts 7, 8, and 9 do not need to be the structure mentioned above, and the point should just be easy to mount | wear to an arm (wrist).

FIG. 11 is also drawn with substantially the same dimensions as an actual mobile phone. For example, the first casing 71, the second casing 72, the third casing 73, and the fourth casing 74 have a vertical length of 38 mm and a horizontal length of 70 mm in the drawing. The liquid crystal touch panel 81, the liquid crystal touch panel 82, the liquid crystal touch panel 83, and the liquid crystal touch panel 84 have a vertical length of 30 mm and a horizontal length of 50 mm in the drawing.
FIG. 11 shows a state in which “Kana input mode (character information input code)” for inputting Japanese mixed with kanji and kana is selected and hiragana (character information) is input. For example, one of the input keys in FIG. 11 is displayed with a length of 10 mm and a width of 10 mm.

Next, the operation of the mobile phone 90 will be described.
The cellular phone 1 of the first embodiment uses three liquid crystal touch panels, whereas the cellular phone 90 is different only in that it uses four liquid crystal touch panels, and therefore description of the character information input operation is omitted.
The mobile phone 90 can be fastened and unfastened by the fastening portion 5 and the fastening portion 6, and can be carried as a bracelet by fastening the fastening portion 5 and the fastening portion 6.

  In FIG. 11, when the kana input mode (character information input mode) is selected in the state in which the fastening portion 5 and the fastening portion 6 are released, the mobile phone 90 has a liquid crystal touch panel 81, 82, 83, 84. , All the input keys necessary for the kana input mode (the character information input mode) are displayed in a size suitable for the finger size of the operator of the mobile phone 90, and the kana input mode (the character information) Input mode) character information is input.

  The liquid crystal touch panels 81, 82, 83, and 84 are displayed with input keys associated with each other, and the operator's finger of the mobile phone 90 touches (touches) the touch panel of the input keys to display the hiragana from the contact position. (Character information) is input.

  Further, the size of the input key shown in FIG. 11 is not fixed, but is changed to a size adapted to the finger size of the operator (person from adult to child) and displayed. Also good. In this case, it may be changed in advance or may be changed directly from the liquid crystal touch panels 81, 82, 83, 84.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the mobile phone is folded in four, and the liquid crystal touch panel is used to display the input key having a size adapted to (corresponding to) the size of the operator's finger of the mobile phone. By doing so, operability can be improved.
In addition, the operability is improved by displaying the input key of a size adapted to (corresponding to) the size of the finger of the operator of the mobile phone by using the four liquid crystal touch panels with the mobile phone folded in four. Can do.
In addition, the operability is improved by displaying the input key with a size adapted to (corresponding to) the size of the finger of the operator of the mobile phone using three liquid crystal touch panels with the mobile phone folded in three. Can do.
Further, the operability is improved by displaying the input key having a size adapted to (corresponding to) the size of the operator's finger of the cellular phone using two liquid crystal touch panels by folding the cellular phone in two. Can do.

Further, the operability can be improved by displaying the input key with a size adapted to (corresponding to) the size of the finger of the operator of the mobile phone by using a liquid crystal touch panel with three mobile phone touch panels. it can.
Further, the operability can be improved by displaying the input key having a size adapted to (corresponding to) the size of the finger of the operator of the mobile phone by using the liquid crystal touch panel with four mobile phone touch panels. it can.

Further, it can be applied to a portable terminal such as a PHS and a tablet terminal similar to the portable telephone.
Moreover, not only hiragana but also foreign language characters (character information) such as English alphabet, German and Korean can be supported.
In the above embodiment, a liquid crystal display device is used for the display unit. However, an organic EL display device may be used as long as it can be displayed thinly. In addition, although a capacitive touch panel is provided, it may be possible to input by stacking transparent panels whose positions can be specified.

In addition, in order to make an input key having a size adapted to (corresponding to) the finger size of an operator (person from an adult to a child), in consideration of the error of the contact range, one input key is at least 7 mm in length. It is desirable that the width is 7 mm or more. However, in consideration of operability, it is desirable that one input key has a length of 10 mm or more and a width of 10 mm or more. In addition, the number of input keys to be displayed and the size of the total display surface of the liquid crystal touch panel are limited, but in consideration of operability, one input key is preferably 30 mm or less and 30 mm or less.
Note that the input keys described above are not limited in shape because they can be displayed as necessary, such as squares such as squares, rectangles, and rhombuses, rounded squares with rounded corners, circles, ellipses, and the like. It is only necessary to improve the operability of character information input and to easily input character information.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage. In addition, the embodiments may be combined as appropriate as possible, and in that case, the combined effect can be obtained. Furthermore, the above embodiments include inventions at various stages, and various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, even if some constituent requirements are deleted from all the constituent requirements shown in the embodiment, the problem described in the column of the problem to be solved by the invention can be solved, and the effect described in the column of the effect of the invention Can be obtained as an invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,30,40,50,60,70,90 ... Cell-phone, 2,3,4,53 ... Hinge part, 10 ... Voice input part, 11,51 ... First housing, 12,52 ... Second Housing 13, third housing 14, fourth housing 20, audio output unit 21, 22, 23, 24, 31, 32, 33, 34, 41, 42, 43, 54, 55, 61, 62, 63, 81, 82, 83, 84 ... liquid crystal touch panel (display integrated touch panel device), 65 ... housing.

Claims (7)

A mobile phone having a voice input unit and a voice output unit,
A first housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device that includes a display unit and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when the operator touches the display unit;
A display integrated type including a display unit and a touch panel which is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when contacted by an operator is provided so as to be opposed to the first casing. A second housing provided with a touch panel device;
A display integrated type that is openably and closably connected to face the second casing and includes a display unit and a touch panel that is disposed on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when contacted by an operator. A third housing provided with a touch panel device;
A fourth housing which is connected to be openable and closable so as to face the third housing, and on which an electronic component and a battery constituting the mobile phone are mounted;
Have
The first casing, the second casing, the third casing, and the fourth casing can be folded by closing,
When the character information input mode is selected in a state where the first casing, the second casing, the third casing, and the fourth casing are opened, the display-integrated touch panel device of the first casing And the second casing display-integrated touch panel device and the third casing display-integrated touch panel device, all the input keys necessary for the character information input mode are A mobile phone that is displayed in a size adapted to the character size and that receives character information in the character information input mode. A mobile phone having a voice input unit and a voice output unit,
A first housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device that includes a display unit and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when the operator touches the display unit;
A display integrated type including a display unit and a touch panel which is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when contacted by an operator is provided so as to be opposed to the first casing. A second housing provided with a touch panel device;
A display integrated type that is openably and closably connected to face the second casing and includes a display unit and a touch panel that is disposed on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when contacted by an operator. A third housing provided with a touch panel device;
A display integrated type including a display unit and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when contacted by an operator is provided so as to be opposed to the third casing. A fourth housing provided with a touch panel device;
Have
The first casing, the second casing, the third casing, and the fourth casing can be folded by closing,
When the character information input mode is selected in a state where the first casing, the second casing, the third casing, and the fourth casing are opened, the display-integrated touch panel device of the first casing And the second casing display integrated touch panel device, the third casing display integrated touch panel device, and the fourth casing display integrated touch panel device, which are necessary for the character information input mode. A mobile phone characterized in that all input keys are displayed in a size adapted to the size of the operator's finger, and character information in the character information input mode is input. A mobile phone having a voice input unit and a voice output unit,
A first housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device that includes a display unit and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when the operator touches the display unit;
A display integrated type including a display unit and a touch panel which is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when contacted by an operator is provided so as to be opposed to the first casing. A second housing provided with a touch panel device;
A display integrated type that is openably and closably connected to face the second casing and includes a display unit and a touch panel that is disposed on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when contacted by an operator. A third housing provided with a touch panel device;
Have
The first casing, the second casing, and the third casing can be folded by closing,
When the character information input mode is selected in a state where the first casing, the second casing, and the third casing are opened, the display-integrated touch panel device of the first casing and the second casing By using the display integrated touch panel device and the third housing integrated display touch panel device, all the input keys necessary for the character information input mode are adapted to the size of the finger of the operator. A mobile phone, wherein the character information in the character information input mode is input. A mobile phone having a voice input unit and a voice output unit,
A first housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device that includes a display unit and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when the operator touches the display unit;
A display integrated type including a display unit and a touch panel which is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when contacted by an operator is provided so as to be opposed to the first casing. A second housing provided with a touch panel device;
Have
Can be folded by closing the first housing and the second housing;
When the character information input mode is selected with the first casing and the second casing open, the display-integrated touch panel device of the first casing and the display-integrated touch panel device of the second casing That all the input keys necessary for the character information input mode are displayed in a size adapted to the size of the finger of the operator, and the character information in the character information input mode is input. A featured mobile phone. A mobile phone having a voice input unit and a voice output unit,
A first housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device that includes a display unit and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when the operator touches the display unit;
A first touch panel that is foldably connected to the first housing, a display unit, and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when contacted by an operator; A second housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device including:
A display unit, and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when there is a contact by an operator. A third housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device including:
A third connecting portion that is foldably connected to the third housing;
A first fastening portion connected to the other end opposite to the first connecting portion connected to one end of the first housing;
A second fastening portion connected to the other end opposite to the third housing connected to one end of the third connecting portion;
Have
The first fastening part and the second fastening part can be fastened and unfastened, and the first fastening part and the second fastening part can be fastened and carried as a bracelet. When the character information input mode is selected with the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion being released from fastening, the display-integrated touch panel device of the first housing and the second housing By using the display integrated touch panel device and the third housing integrated display touch panel device, all the input keys necessary for the character information input mode are adapted to the size of the finger of the operator. A mobile phone, wherein the character information in the character information input mode is input. A mobile phone having a voice input unit and a voice output unit,
A first housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device that includes a display unit and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when the operator touches the display unit;
A first touch panel that is foldably connected to the first housing, a display unit, and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when contacted by an operator; A second housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device including:
A display unit, and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when there is a contact by an operator. A third housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device including:
A display unit, and a touch panel that is arranged on the display surface of the display unit and outputs a contact position when there is contact by an operator; A fourth housing provided with a display-integrated touch panel device including:
A first fastening portion connected to the other end opposite to the first connecting portion connected to one end of the first housing;
A second fastening portion connected to the other end opposite to the third connecting portion connected to one end of the fourth housing;
Have
The first fastening part and the second fastening part can be fastened and unfastened, and the first fastening part and the second fastening part can be fastened and carried as a bracelet. Can
When the character information input mode is selected with the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion being unfastened, the display-integrated touch panel device of the first housing and the display of the second housing By using the integrated touch panel device, the display integrated touch panel device of the third casing, and the display integrated touch panel device of the fourth casing, all the input keys necessary for the character information input mode are assigned to the operator. A mobile phone characterized in that it is displayed in a size adapted to the size of the finger and character information in the character information input mode is input.       The cellular phone according to claim 5 or 6, wherein a decoration is provided on a back surface opposite to the plurality of display surfaces.

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