JP3887567B2 - Mobile communication terminal and program - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal and a program thereof.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, mobile phones have built in functions such as a mail transmission / reception function and a browser function in addition to the mobile phone function, and are becoming multi-functional. In order to improve the operability, many multifunctional mobile phones have many devised operation menus displayed on the display unit. For example, a graphical user interface (hereinafter referred to as GUI) is shown in FIG. As described above, there is a menu screen 200 in which operation menu items are arranged by text and icons.
[0003]
The menu screen 200 shown in FIG. 5 shows an example in which illustrations representing the contents of operation menu items and corresponding numeric keys (1 to 9) are assigned to each of the nine displayed icons. When one icon is selected on the menu screen 200 by operating the cursor key or the numeric keypad, the display is switched to a more detailed operation screen display corresponding to the menu item. In addition, when there are other menu items corresponding to nine or more types of functions, it is possible to select other menu items by performing a switching operation for switching the entire menu item being displayed on the menu screen 200. .
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in a mobile phone adopting an icon display menu screen as a conventional GUI, the display area of the display unit is limited, and therefore, all icons corresponding to all functions cannot be displayed at one time. There was a problem that it was difficult to grasp the configuration of the entire menu item.
Further, in the menu screen that is elaborately designed as an animation as a GUI, there has been a problem that it takes time to switch the display and the processing load of the control system also increases.
[0005]
An object of the present invention is to facilitate a switching operation of menu items and to easily grasp a menu configuration on a GUI-based menu screen displayed on a mobile communication terminal.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention
In a mobile communication terminal including an input unit having a cursor key and a display unit that displays menu items corresponding to a plurality of functions on a menu screen.
Detecting means for detecting a function selection operation by a cursor key in the input unit;
Display control means for simultaneously displaying the selected function and the non-selected function as icons of different sizes on the menu screen of the display unit according to the function selection operation detected by the detection means; Prepared,
The display control means includes
An icon of the selected function is arranged in the center, and the non-selected function is arranged around the icon of the selected function as an icon smaller than the icon of the selected function. When the function selection operation is the operation of the right cursor key when the function is selected and displayed in the menu screen at the same time and transitions from the selected function to the non-selected function according to the function selection operation detected by the detection function. is the rotation display of the animation in the right direction showing the transition state displaying a predetermined time, if an operation of the left cursor key, and the rotation display of the animation to the left indicating the transition state displays a predetermined time The feature is that the function selected later is placed in the center.
[0007]
Furthermore, the present invention provides
The display control means includes
The selection order of the plurality of functions is determined, and the currently selected function and the next selectable function according to the selection order are simultaneously displayed on the menu screen of the display unit by an icon of a selectable order size. It is preferable to do.
[0008]
Furthermore, the present invention provides
The display control means includes
When displaying the animation indicating the transition state, it is preferable to sequentially switch and display a plurality of types of display data in which the graphic of the function selected before the transition and the graphic of the non-selected function are arranged. .
[0013]
The present invention also provides:
A computer for controlling a mobile communication terminal including an input unit having a cursor key and a display unit that displays menu items corresponding to a plurality of functions on a menu screen.
A detection function for detecting a function selection operation by a cursor key in the input unit;
In accordance with the detected function selection operation, realizing a display control function for simultaneously displaying the selected function and the non-selected function as icons of different sizes on the menu screen of the display unit,
The display control function is:
An icon of the selected function is arranged in the center, and the non-selected function is arranged around the icon of the selected function as an icon smaller than the icon of the selected function. simultaneously displayed on the menu screen, when the transition from the detection function by the function being selected according to the detected function selecting operation to the function of the non-selected, if the function selection operation is an operation of the right cursor key is the rotation display of the animation in the right direction showing the transition state displaying a predetermined time, if an operation of the left cursor key, and the rotation display of the animation to the left indicating the transition state displays a predetermined time It is a program for realizing that a function selected later is arranged in the center.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
1 to 4 are diagrams showing a mobile phone 1 according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.
First, the configuration will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of a mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, a mobile phone 1 includes a display unit 2 and a key input unit 3, and is configured so that the display unit 2 and the key input unit 3 can be folded by a coupling mechanism (not shown) provided at the center thereof. ing. The mobile phone 1 uses a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) method, a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) method, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) method, etc. as a mobile phone method, and particularly limits the mobile phone method. It is not a thing.
[0015]
In FIG. 1, the display unit 2 includes a receiving speaker 21 and a display unit 22 configured by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or the like. The key input unit 3 includes a numeric key group 31, a power / on hook key 32, an off hook key 33, a cursor key 34, soft keys S1 and S2, a menu key M, a clear key C, and a microphone 35.
[0016]
The receiving speaker 21 of the display unit 2 outputs a received voice, and the display unit 22 displays a telephone screen, a mail input screen, a dictionary registration screen, etc. as the mobile phone 1 according to an input instruction from the key input unit 3, The information during key input is displayed on each screen.
[0017]
In the key input unit 3, the numeric keypad 31 inputs a telephone number and a character string (kana characters, katakana, English characters, pictograms, etc.), and the power / on hook key 32 inputs power on / off of the mobile phone 1 and call termination. The off-hook key 33 is used to input the start of a call, the cursor key 34 is used to input the movement of the input position on the telephone screen, the mail input screen, the dictionary registration screen, etc. The soft keys S1, S2 are the telephone screen, the mail input screen, A pre-assigned software function is entered on the dictionary registration screen, etc., the menu key M is entered when moving a preset menu such as the telephone mode, mail input mode, dictionary registration mode, and the clear key C is the telephone screen. Enter when canceling input instructions on the mail input screen, dictionary registration screen, etc. The microphone 35 inputs a transmission voice.
[0018]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration inside the mobile phone 1 of FIG. 1, and the same components as those shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 includes an antenna 11, an RF circuit 12, a modem 13, a CPU 14, a RAM 15, a ROM 16, an input unit 17, a receiving speaker 21, a display unit 22, and a microphone 35.
[0019]
The antenna 11 transmits and receives radio communication signals to and from a radio base station (not shown) installed in accordance with the mobile phone system under the control of the RF circuit 12.
[0020]
The RF circuit 12 includes a baseband circuit and the like, amplifies and frequency-converts the signal received via the antenna 11, demodulates the signal, outputs the demodulated signal to the modem 13, and inputs voice and data input from the modem 13. The modulated signal is frequency-converted and amplified and transmitted via the antenna 11.
[0021]
A modem (MODEM: MODulator / DEModulator) 13 extracts a communication control signal from the demodulated signal input from the RF unit 12 and outputs the communication control signal to the CPU 14, and also outputs a communication control signal input from the CPU 14 to the RF unit 12. The communication procedure between the mobile phone 1 and the radio base station is controlled.
[0022]
A CPU (Central Processing Unit) 14 controls various units connected to the mobile phone 1 based on a control program stored in the ROM 16 (mobile phone function, mail transmission / reception function, mail text creation function). , Dictionary registration function, etc.). That is, the CPU 14 reads out a corresponding control program from the ROM 16 in response to various key input instructions from the input unit 17, develops and executes the program in the work area of the RAM 15, and controls each connected unit to perform various functions (mobile phone). (Telephone function, mail transmission / reception function, mail text creation function, dictionary registration function, etc.)
[0023]
Further, the CPU 14 executes a menu display control process (see FIG. 3) to be described later. First, with the basic menu screen displayed immediately after the power is turned on, the operation of the cursor key 34 of the key input unit 3 and the numeric keypad group 31 are performed. When the right cursor key or the left cursor key is operated, the animation screen data stored in the ROM 16 is read and a simple animation that rotates to the right or left is displayed. Or it switches to the icon menu display arrange | positioned in the left direction. When the numeric keypad group 31 is operated, the display is immediately switched to the display assigned to the numeric keypad.
[0024]
A RAM (Random Access Memory) 15 forms a work area for developing a control program read by the CPU 14 from the ROM 16 and executed, data being processed, and the like. A ROM (Read Only Memory) 16 is constituted by a flash ROM or the like, and stores various control programs executed by the CPU 14, the menu display control program, menu screen data for menu display control, and animation screen data.
[0025]
As the menu screen data and animation screen data, as shown in FIG. 4, a basic menu screen 221 when a telephone function is selected, a basic menu screen 226 when a recording function is selected, and a four-screen animation screen showing a transition state of the selected function Data 222 to 225 are stored, and bar menu display data shown in the basic menu screens 221 and 226 are also stored. Each animation screen data 222 to 225 is a screen in which only large, medium, and small circular figures simulating large, medium, and small circular menu icons arranged in the basic menu screens 221 and 226 are arranged. It is data and the menu contents are not written.
In addition, although not shown in FIG. 4, as other selectable functions, the screen data and bar menu display data of the basic menu screen when the camera function is selected, the basic menu screen when the TOOL function is selected, are similarly stored.
[0026]
The input unit 17 includes the numeric keypad group 31, the power / on hook key 32, the off hook key 33, the cursor key 34, the soft keys S1 and S2, the menu key M, and the clear key C shown in FIG. An input signal corresponding to is output to the CPU 14.
[0027]
The reception speaker 21 converts the reception voice signal input from the CPU 14 into a reception voice and outputs it. The display unit 22 is display-controlled by a display control signal input from the CPU 14, displays a telephone screen, a sentence input screen, a dictionary registration screen, and the like, and displays various information during key input on each input screen. The microphone 35 converts the user's transmitted voice into a transmitted voice signal and outputs it to the CPU 14.
[0028]
Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.
2 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 and the menu screen transition diagram shown in FIG.
[0029]
In FIG. 3, the CPU 14 reads the basic menu screen data stored in the ROM 16 immediately after the mobile phone 1 is turned on, and displays the basic menu screen 221 as shown in FIG. Shall be displayed.
The basic menu screen 221 indicates that the function currently selected at the center of the screen is a basic telephone function (large circular icon in the center in the figure), and the surrounding area is operated by a left / right cursor key operation. As two selectable functions, three recording functions (each medium circular icon in the figure) and TOOL function (each small circular icon in the figure) are alternately arranged. These icon arrangements indicate that the next selectable function after the selected telephone function is the medium circular icon recording function, and the next selectable function is the small circular icon TOOL function. Yes.
Furthermore, in the lower part of the basic menu screen 221, four menu icons indicating all menu items in a bar shape are shown in order from the left end (phone function, recording function, camera function, TOOL function) to indicate all selectable functions. It is assumed that a numerical value that can be directly selected by a numeric keypad operation is assigned to each menu icon. In this case, the telephone function menu icon located at the left end is displayed as a selected state (pressed state).
[0030]
Next, the CPU 14 monitors the operation of the cursor key 34 of the key input unit 3 and the operation of the numeric keypad group 31, and first detects whether or not the right cursor key of the cursor key 34 has been pressed (steps S2 and S5). , S8). When it is detected that the right cursor key has been pressed (step S2: Y), the CPU 14 once erases the basic menu screen 221, and then, as the right animation screen data from the ROM 16, for example, an animation screen shown in FIG. Data 222->223->224-> 225 are sequentially read out every 180 ms and are sequentially displayed on the display unit 22 so that a circular figure having a plurality of sizes imitating menu icons can be displayed so as to rotate to the right. (Step S3).
[0031]
When the animation screen display in which the menu icon is rotated is finished, the CPU 14 displays the basic menu screen that has transitioned to the recording function menu icon located to the right of the telephone function menu icon on the basic menu screen 221, and thus the animation screen 225. Then, the recording function selection screen data is read from the ROM 16 and, for example, the recording function selection screen 226 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed (step S4). On the recording function selection screen 226, the menu icon of the bar menu is changed to the right from the telephone function and redisplayed with the menu icon of the recording function selected.
[0032]
In the recording function selection screen 226, the recording function currently selected at the center of the screen (large circular icon in the center in the figure) is shown, and the area around it can be selected by operating the left and right cursor keys. As two functions, three telephone functions (each small circular icon in the figure) and camera functions (each medium circular icon in the figure) are alternately arranged.
These icon layouts indicate that the next selectable function after the selected recording function is the medium circular icon camera function, and the next selectable function is the small circular icon phone function. Yes.
In addition, in the lower part of the recording function selection screen 226, four menu icons indicating all menu items are displayed in a bar shape to indicate all selectable functions, and the recording function located second from the left end is displayed. A menu icon is displayed in a selected state (pressed state).
[0033]
Further, when it is detected that the left cursor key is pressed on the recording function selection screen 226 (step S5: Y), the CPU 14 displays the left animation screen data from the ROM 16 in the reverse order to the right animation. The animation screen data 225 → 224 → 223 → 222 shown in FIG. 4 is sequentially read out every 180 ms and sequentially displayed on the display unit 22 so that a plurality of circular figures simulating menu items appear to rotate to the left. (Step S6).
[0034]
After the end of the animation screen display, the CPU 14 reads the basic menu screen data from the ROM 16 in order to display the telephone function menu icon located on the left side of the recording function menu icon on the basic menu screen 221. For example, FIG. A basic menu screen 221 is displayed (step S7).
[0035]
When the numeric keypad operation of the numeric keypad group 31 is detected on the basic menu screen 221 or the recording function selection screen 226 (step S8: Y), the CPU 14 ends the basic menu display, and the function screen of the corresponding menu icon from the ROM 16 is displayed. The data is read out and directly transitioned and displayed in the function screen corresponding to the numeric keypad (step S9).
[0036]
Further, after displaying each menu screen in steps S4, S7, and S9, the CPU 14 returns to monitoring the operation of the cursor key 34 of the key input unit 3 and the operation of the numeric keypad group 31. If the CPU 14 detects a key operation other than the numeric keypad assigned to the horizontal cursor key or the menu icon in the key operation monitoring state (step S8: N), the CPU 14 determines another key operation according to the contents of the key operation. Transition to processing.
[0037]
In the above description of the operation, a case has been described in which a simple animation is displayed and transitioned between the basic menu screen 221 and the recording function selection screen 226 by operating the left and right cursor keys, but the TOOL function, which is another function, Similarly, when a transition between the recording function and the camera function is performed by the key operation of the left and right cursor keys, the function selection screen is displayed after the simple animation is displayed.
[0038]
As described above, in the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment, in the menu display control process for displaying a menu icon and selecting a function, the currently selected function, selectable functions positioned before and after the function, A menu screen that allows easy understanding of the menu structure is displayed, and the menu screen of the selection function is switched by a simple operation of the left and right cursor keys, so the user can easily select the function while grasping the overall menu structure. Can be changed.
[0039]
Therefore, on a GUI-based menu screen displayed on a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, it is possible to easily switch menu items and to easily grasp the menu configuration.
[0040]
Further, in the above embodiment, in the basic menu screen, the currently selected function is displayed with a large circular icon in the center, and the next selectable function positioned before and after that is displayed with a medium circular icon. The next selectable function is displayed with a small circular icon, and the function selection screen can be switched in association with the operation of the left / right cursor key, so the user presses the left / right cursor key several times. Then, it is possible to easily grasp whether the target function can be selected.
[0041]
Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the function screen can be directly switched by assigning a numerical value for each menu icon in the menu screen in association with the numeric keypad operation, so that the user can wait for the simple animation display without waiting for the simple animation display. It is also possible to transition directly to. For this reason, the user can easily grasp that the target function can be directly selected by pressing the numeric keypad.
[0042]
In the above embodiment, when the menu screen is switched, the animation screen data composed of four frames is sequentially displayed, and the switching process is displayed as an animation. Therefore, a simple animation is displayed even with relatively little screen data. Even in an electronic device with a relatively small memory capacity such as a mobile phone, a variety of menu screen displays can be easily realized.
[0043]
In addition, the animation screen data that consists of four pieces displays the transition state by arranging large, medium, and small circular icons that imitate menu icons, and excludes text data and menu data that represent menu items. did. For this reason, it is not necessary to prepare animation image data for transition for every one of the menu icons when transitioning from any function selection, and the transition state can be changed only by the animation screen data composed of four images. Simple animation can be displayed, and the display process can be simplified.
[0044]
In addition, in this embodiment, all menu icons are unified into large, medium, and small circles, so that the screen indicating that the function is changing can be easily configured without a sense of incongruity even if it is configured with a picture that uses only the outer circle. Animated display is now possible. In addition, during the simple animation display, the bar menu display and the menu icon are erased, so that the processing load during the simple animation display can be further reduced.
[0045]
In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which a transition is made between the basic menu screen 221 in which the telephone function is selected as the basic menu screen and the basic menu screen 226 in which the recording function is selected. Even when transitioning between the basic menu screen when the camera function is selected and the basic menu screen when the TOOL function is selected, the display is controlled by the menu display control process shown in FIG. 3, and the simple animation screen shown in FIG. Is displayed.
[0046]
Note that the display example of the animation screen shown in FIG. 4 does not particularly limit the configuration and display form of the screen data, and is appropriately changed according to the memory capacity mounted on the mobile phone, the display performance of the display unit, and the like. Is possible.
In the above-described embodiment, a case where a simple animation is displayed and the function transitions slowly every time the cursor key 34 is operated in the left-right direction has been described. For example, according to the long-press operation of the cursor key 34 in the left-right direction. If the basic menu screen 221 shown in FIG. 4 is directly switched to the basic menu screen 226 for display, the function selection screen can be displayed at high speed. This is a menu display function that can be realized because the mobile phone according to the present embodiment stores basic menu screen data and animation screen data as separate display data.
[0047]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, on a GUI-based menu screen displayed on a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, it is possible to easily switch menu items and to easily grasp the menu configuration.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external appearance of a mobile phone 1 according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration inside the mobile phone 1 of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing menu display control processing executed by CPU 14 of FIG. 2;
4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a transition state of a menu screen that is switched and displayed in the menu display control process of FIG. 3. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen displayed on a conventional mobile phone.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone 2 Display part 3 Key input part 11 Antenna 12 RF circuit 13 Modem 14 CPU
15 RAM
16 ROM
17 Input unit 21 Reception speaker 22 Display unit 31 Numeric keypad 32 Power / On-hook key 33 Off-hook key 34 Cursor key 35 Microphone C Clear key M Menu key S1, S2 Soft key

Claims (4)

In a mobile communication terminal including an input unit having a cursor key and a display unit that displays menu items corresponding to a plurality of functions on a menu screen.
Detecting means for detecting a function selection operation by a cursor key in the input unit;
Display control means for simultaneously displaying the selected function and the non-selected function as icons of different sizes on the menu screen of the display unit according to the function selection operation detected by the detection means; Prepared,
The display control means includes
An icon of the selected function is arranged in the center, and the non-selected function is arranged around the icon of the selected function as an icon smaller than the icon of the selected function. When the function selection operation is an operation of the right cursor key when the function is selected and displayed in the menu screen at the same time and transitions from the selected function to the non-selected function according to the function selection operation detected by the detection means. is the rotation display of the animation in the right direction showing the transition state displaying a predetermined time, if an operation of the left cursor key, and the rotation display of the animation to the left indicating the transition state displays a predetermined time A mobile communication terminal characterized in that a function selected later is arranged in the center. The display control means includes
The selection order of the plurality of functions is determined, and the currently selected function and the next selectable function according to the selection order are simultaneously displayed on the menu screen of the display unit by an icon of a selectable order size. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein: The display control means includes
When displaying an animation indicating the transition state, a plurality of types of display data in which a figure of a function being selected before the transition and a figure of a function not being selected are arranged are sequentially switched and displayed. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2.   A computer for controlling a mobile communication terminal including an input unit having a cursor key and a display unit that displays menu items corresponding to a plurality of functions on a menu screen.
  A detection function for detecting a function selection operation by a cursor key in the input unit;
  In accordance with the detected function selection operation, realizing a display control function for simultaneously displaying the selected function and the non-selected function as icons of different sizes on the menu screen of the display unit,
  The display control function is:
  An icon of the selected function is arranged in the center, and the non-selected function is arranged around the icon of the selected function as an icon smaller than the icon of the selected function. When the function selection operation is the operation of the right cursor key when the function is selected and displayed in the menu screen at the same time and transitions from the selected function to the non-selected function according to the function selection operation detected by the detection function. Displays the animation of the rotation display in the right direction indicating the transition state for a predetermined time, and when it is an operation of the left cursor key, displays the animation of the rotation display in the left direction indicating the transition state for a predetermined time. A program for realizing the function selected later in the center.

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