JP3670192B2 - Portable radio and display content changing method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a portable wireless device including a main first display and a second display that assists the first display.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A foldable portable wireless device including a conventional main first display and a second display for assisting the display is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-37697. According to this, the first display is arranged on the front side of the casing, the second display is arranged on the rear side of the casing, and the portable radio is folded in the second display. Even if it is in a state, it is provided so that the user can see it.
[0003]
As a result, even when the user folds the mobile phone, the user visually observes the second display, so that some information displayed on the first display, for example, electric field strength, battery voltage, clock Etc. can be obtained.
[0004]
FIG. 6 shows an example of contents displayed on the conventional second display. As shown in this figure, an electric field bar, a remaining battery level, and a clock are displayed on the second display. These pieces of information are all information displayed on the first display, and are set in advance so that information that the user wants to acquire at the time of standby is displayed on the second display.
[0005]
However, since the second display unit plays an auxiliary role of the first display unit, the display area is configured to be smaller than that of the first display unit, so the amount of information that can be displayed is limited. End up. Moreover, since the content displayed on the second display is preset, it has been impossible to change it according to the needs of the user. For this reason, the conventional portable wireless device has a drawback that the function is not fully utilized even though the second display is provided.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides a portable wireless device in which a user can arbitrarily set display contents to be displayed on a second display that is smaller than the first display. For the purpose.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, in a portable wireless device comprising a first display and a second display, a first storage means for storing display items of the first display (implementation). In the form, ROM), second storage means (RAM in the embodiment) for storing display items of the second display, and the display items (embodiment) stored in the first storage means. Then, from the information stored in the ROM, the display item to be displayed on the second display is selected from the contents displayed on the “sub-screen display selection” screen (in the embodiment, the decision key 15 is Selection means for updating the display item stored in the second storage means (in the embodiment, the operation unit 10, that is, the upper key 11, the left key 12, and the lower key 13). , Right key 14 and enter key 15) And wherein the Rukoto.
[0008]
Further, in the above invention, designation means for designating display items to be displayed on the first display (in the embodiment, the up key 11, the left key 12, the down key 13, the right key 14, and the enter key 15); And processing means (in the embodiment, a processing circuit) for reading the display item designated by the designation means from the first storage means and displaying it on the first display.
In the invention described above, the designation means has a function of scrolling display contents displayed on the first display.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
1 to 3 are diagrams showing a configuration of a portable wireless device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This portable radio is a foldable portable radio. FIG. 1 is a rear view of the portable radio of the present invention, a side view of the portable radio shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a portable radio shown in FIG. FIG. Here, the front side is the side facing inward when the portable wireless device is folded.
[0010]
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a first housing, reference numeral 2 is a second housing, reference numeral 3 is a hinge, reference numeral 4 is a whip antenna that can be extended and stored, and reference numeral 5 is a second display. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 6 denotes a speaker unit, and reference numeral 7 denotes a first display. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 8 is an input key, 9 is a microphone section, and 10 is an operation section. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation unit 10 includes an upper key 11, a left key 12, a lower key 13, a right key 14 and a decision key 15 for scrolling display contents vertically and horizontally. By operating the user, it is possible to change a screen to be displayed on the first display 7 and a setting. 1 to 3, elements having the same configuration and function are denoted by the same reference numerals.
[0011]
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the first display 7 is arranged on the front side of the first casing 1, and the second display 5 is arranged on the back side of the first casing. . In this way, the second display 5 is arranged so that the user can see even when the hinge 3 is closed, that is, the portable radio is folded.
Further, in the portable wireless device, a process for executing a predetermined process by executing a program corresponding to the request in response to various requests issued when the input key 8 or the operation unit 10 is operated. A circuit (not shown), a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing a program executed by the processing circuit, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) for data storage are provided. In this RAM (not shown), for example, the contents of user settings, the telephone number of the other party, etc. are stored in a predetermined area.
[0012]
Next, processing performed by the portable wireless device in the present embodiment will be described. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the first display 7 displays items as shown in A of FIG. 5 as display items in the normal standby state. That is, the first display 7 includes a “battery level” indicating the remaining battery level, an “electric field bar” indicating the electric field strength, a “date”, a “clock”, a “volume level” for increasing the volume, and a telephone directory. "Change phone book", "Menu" for user settings, etc., and "Low volume" to decrease the volume are displayed. In addition, the second display 5 is set in advance so that items such as “remaining battery power”, “electric field bar”, and “clock” as shown in FIG. 6 are displayed, for example.
[0013]
Hereinafter, when the user wants to change the display item of the second display 5, for example, the “second battery”, “electric field bar”, “destination telephone number at incoming” and “manner” are displayed on the second display 5. A case where it is desired to display “setting” will be described with reference to FIG.
[0014]
First, while confirming the standby screen (A in FIG. 5) displayed on the first display 7, the user operates the right key 14 and selects “Menu” to set various user settings. A request to display a screen on which a list is displayed, that is, a “menu” screen is issued. As a result, a menu screen display request signal is input to a processing circuit (not shown), and the processing circuit reads screen data stored in association with this signal from the ROM and outputs it to the first display 7. . As a result, a “menu” screen as shown in FIG. 5B is displayed on the first display 7.
[0015]
Next, on this “menu” screen, the user operates the operation unit 10 to request to display a “sub-screen display selection” screen that is a screen for changing display items to be displayed on the second display 5. To do. That is, the user presses the down key 13 to move “sub-screen display selection” to the center of the screen, and then performs an operation of pressing the enter key 15 (C in FIG. 5). As a result, a “sub-screen display selection” screen display request signal is input to the processing circuit, and the processing circuit reads out the stored screen data from the ROM based on this signal and outputs it to the first display 7. As a result, a “sub-screen display selection” screen as shown in FIG. 5D is displayed on the first display 7.
[0016]
On this “sub-screen display selection” screen, a plurality of items are displayed in a list. For example, display items that are considered to be information that the user wants to obtain, such as “remaining electricity”, “electric field bar”, “clock”, “partner number”, “email presence / absence”, “manner setting”, are displayed, In addition, as shown in the second display 5, (*) is added to the items set as items displayed on the second display 5.
[0017]
The user adds (*) to “Destination No.” and “Manner setting”, which are items to be newly displayed on the second display 5 on this screen, and “clock” of items that are not desired to be displayed. Perform the operation to delete (*) added to.
[0018]
Hereinafter, an operation procedure performed by the user will be described. First, on the “sub-screen display selection” screen provided first, the remaining battery level is selected as shown in FIG. In this state, the user first presses down key 13 twice to select “Clock” in order to select “Clock” which is an item whose setting is to be changed. Thereby, the display screen of the 1st indicator 7 switches in order of D of Drawing 5, E of Drawing 5, and Drawing 5.
[0019]
When “Clock” is selected, an operation of deleting the added (*) is performed. That is, the user presses the enter key 15 while “clock” is selected. Thereby, as indicated by G in FIG. 5, (*) added to the “clock” is deleted. In this embodiment, (*) addition / deletion is performed by pressing the enter key 15.
[0020]
Subsequently, the user presses the down key 13 once to select “destination No.”, which is an item whose setting is to be changed next, and displays “destination No.” in the center (H in FIG. 5). ). In this state, the user presses the enter key 15 to add (*) to “other party No”. Subsequently, the user presses the down key 13 twice in order to select “manner setting”, which is an item whose setting is to be changed. As a result, the display screen of the first display 7 is switched in the order of J in FIG. 5 and K in FIG. The user presses the enter key 15 once with the screen of K in FIG. 5, that is, with “manner setting” selected. As a result, as shown in L of FIG. 5, (*) is added to “Manner setting”.
[0021]
When the user adds (*) to all items desired to be displayed on the second display 5 and deletes (*) added to items not desired to be displayed by the above-described operation, The down key 13 is pressed to select “end setting”. As a result, “end of setting” is selected as indicated by M in FIG. The user further presses the enter key 15 to execute the setting end.
[0022]
Thereby, the display item data input by the user on the “sub-screen display selection” screen is output to the processing circuit, and the processing circuit displays the display item data of the second display unit stored in the predetermined area of the RAM. Is replaced with the display item data just input. When the display item rewriting process is completed, the processing circuit outputs a message notifying the first display device 7 that the setting change process has been completed. As a result, the first display 7 displays the contents as indicated by N in FIG. Then, after a predetermined time has elapsed since this screen was displayed, the display screen of the first display 7 returns to the standby screen shown in FIG.
[0023]
By performing the above operation, as shown in FIG. 7, the second display 5 displays “remaining battery power”, “electric field bar”, “destination phone number at incoming” and “manner setting”. Is done.
In the present embodiment, the setting is performed by the operation unit 10 including the four keys 11 to 14 up, down, left, and right and the enter key 1. However, the setting is performed from the jog (rotation) key or the input key 8. May be. In addition, although the display / non-display of each display item is set by the presence or absence of (*) on the “sub-screen display selection” screen, the display / non-display setting method of this item is not limited to this method. .
[0024]
In the present embodiment, the display items displayed on the second display are not limited to text information, but can store pictures such as pictures and photographs in a RAM or ROM so that a user's favorite photograph can be displayed. Can be displayed on the second display.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the portable wireless device of the present invention, the first storage means for storing the display items of the first display and the second storage means for storing the display items of the second display. And a selection means for selecting a display item to be displayed on the second display device from the display items stored in the first storage means and updating the display item stored in the second storage means. Therefore, even when the portable wireless device is folded, the information required by the user can be displayed on the second display, so that the convenience is improved.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a rear view of a portable wireless device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the portable wireless device according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the portable wireless device according to the embodiment.
4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an operation unit 10 illustrated in FIG. 3. FIG.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation for changing the display content of the second display unit 5;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the display content of the second display 5 before the display content is changed.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the display content of the second display 5 after changing the display content.
[Explanation of symbols]
5 2nd display 7 1st display 10 Operation part (designating means)
11 Up key 12 Left key 13 Down key 14 Right key 15 Enter key

Claims (2)

In a portable wireless device including a first display and a second display on a surface opposite to the surface having the first display,
The display item of the first display is stored, the display item of the second display is selected from the display items and displayed on the first display, and the setting change is performed from the displayed item. Screen display selection means for selecting display items to be performed,
Portable radio and displaying the display contents based on the selection by the selecting means to the second display. In the display content changing method for changing the display content of the second display in a portable wireless device including the first display and the second display,
The display item of the second display selected from the stored display items of the first display is displayed on the first display, and the setting is changed from the displayed item to change the setting. A display content changing method, comprising: displaying the displayed item on the second display.

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