JP4256908B2 - Mobile device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a PHS (Personal Handyphone System) that performs wireless communication with a base station, for example.

  In recent years, mobile phones and PHS have exploded in popularity. These mobile phones, PHSs and the like (hereinafter represented by “mobile phone”) are generally provided with a liquid crystal (LCD) display screen and an operation panel on which a plurality of operation buttons are arranged. . In recent years, models having an LCD display screen with a larger screen and models equipped with a wider variety of functions have appeared.

  There is a problem that the key operation becomes complicated and the operation cannot be remembered when there are various functions. In order to solve this, various menu screens are displayed on the LCD display screen, and a menu is selected on those menu screens. In the first place, the desired menu screen is displayed when any operation button is pressed. Even now, it is difficult to remember.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal with improved operability.

The portable terminal of the present invention that achieves the above object is
A display for displaying a screen;
An operation panel having a plurality of keys and generating an event according to the operation position of the keys;
A display control unit,
This display control unit
Control to display a standby screen on the display after the power is turned on;
After the standby screen is displayed, the display unit corresponds to each of the plurality of display positions associated with the operation positions of the plurality of keys on the operation panel, and to each genre associated with the operation positions of the plurality of keys. In response to the control for displaying the first menu screen having each small screen to be displayed, and the operation of any one of the plurality of keys in a state where the first menu screen is displayed on the display unit, Control is performed to display a second menu screen corresponding to the genre corresponding to the small screen displayed at the display position corresponding to the operated position of the operated key of the display unit.

  In the mobile terminal of the present invention, after the standby screen is displayed, each small screen corresponding to each genre appears at each display position corresponding to the operation position of the plurality of keys on the operation panel of the display unit. Since the first menu screen is displayed, the key of the operation position corresponding to the display position of the small screen that recalls the desired genre is operated by looking at the first menu screen. Even if the correspondence with the operation position is not accurately remembered, the user can definitely enter the desired genre, and the operability is greatly improved.

  Here, in the portable terminal of the present invention, the display control unit displays a predetermined standby screen on the display unit when the portable terminal is turned on, and receives a menu display operation. It is preferable that the first menu screen having a design in which the small screen is superimposed on the standby screen is displayed.

  By displaying the first menu screen in which the small screen is superimposed on the standby screen, it is possible to easily recognize that the first menu screen is the first menu screen for selecting a genre.

  In the portable terminal of the present invention, the display control unit operates in response to an operation of any one of the plurality of keys in a state where the first menu screen is displayed on the display unit. A second menu screen having a design in which menus corresponding to the genre are arranged on a background screen corresponding to the genre corresponding to the small screen displayed at the display position corresponding to the key that is displayed. preferable.

  By displaying a background screen corresponding to the second menu screen on the second menu screen, the genre of the second menu screen becomes easy to understand. You can notice mistakes early.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the operability can be further improved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is an external view of a mobile phone as an example of the mobile terminal of the present invention.

  The mobile phone 1 includes, as main components, an antenna 10 for transmitting and receiving radio waves, a light emitting unit 20 for informing that there is an incoming LED and charging, and a speaker (see FIG. 2 speaker 100) placed on the ear for listening to voice, LCD display unit 40 for displaying various screens, input operation unit 50 provided with a plurality of keys, and a microphone (FIG. 2). The microphone 110) is disposed and a receiver 60 for picking up a human voice is provided. Further, a battery charging terminal (not shown) is provided below the receiver 60.

  The light emitting unit 20 is formed with a window in which an opening is provided in the cover of the mobile phone 1 and a light transmissive member is fitted in the opening. Inside the window, a green LED 151 and a red LED shown in blocks in FIG. 2 are formed. The two-color LED 150 including the LED 152 and the optical sensor 155 are arranged in a state of being close to each other. The optical sensor 155 detects the brightness around the cellular phone 1. In the upper part of the input operation unit 50, simple pushbutton keys 51, 52, 53 are arranged on the left and right and in the center, and a key 54 having the configuration described below is arranged around the center key 53. ing. That is, the key 54 has a structure in which four portions of an upper portion 54a, a lower portion 54b, a left portion 54c, and a right portion 54d of the key 54 are pressed, and the four portions are pressed. Can be input with different keys.

  Here, the key 51 is referred to as a menu key or a left soft key, the key 52 is referred to as a right soft key, the center key 53 is referred to as an enter key, the upper portion 54a, the lower portion 54b, and the left portion of the key 54. The portion 54c and the right portion 54d are referred to as an up key, a down key, a left key, and a right key, respectively.

  Further, 3 × 5 = 15 key groups 55 are arranged in a portion below the portion where the keys 51 to 54 of the input operation unit 50 are arranged. Among these 15 key groups 55, there is a clear key 55a which will be described later.

  All these keys 51 to 55 are made of a translucent material, and are illuminated from the inside of the mobile phone 1 by a key backlight 153 shown by blocks in FIG. 2 so that they can be seen in a dark place.

  Further, the LCD display unit 40 is also illuminated by a screen light 154 indicated by a block in FIG. 2 so that the screen displayed there is easy to see. However, when the external environment is bright during key operation, the key backlight 153 remains canceled to reduce power consumption.

  FIG. 2 is an internal circuit block diagram of the mobile phone 1 whose appearance is shown in FIG.

  The radio wave received by the antenna 10 is picked up by the wireless transmission / reception unit 70 and a signal is taken out and sent to the signal processing unit 80.

  In addition, when there is an incoming call, the wireless transmission / reception unit 70 notifies the control unit 120 to that effect.

  The signal processing unit 80 separates the signal sent from the wireless transmission / reception unit 70 into an audio signal and an image or character signal, sends the audio signal to the interface unit 90, and sends the image signal or character signal to the control unit 120. send. The interface unit 90 sends the audio signal sent from the signal processing unit 80 to the speaker 100, and the audio is output from the speaker 100.

  On the other hand, at the time of transmission, an audio signal picked up by the microphone 110 is sent to the radio transmission / reception unit 70 via the interface unit 90 and the signal processing unit 80, and the radio transmission / reception unit 70 converts the audio signal into a signal to be put on the radio wave. It is converted and sent to the antenna 10 and radiated as a radio wave to space.

  Various sounds and screens are stored in the storage unit 130, and can be additionally stored.

  The LCD display unit 40 in FIG. 2 corresponds to the LCD display unit 40 in FIG. 1, and the input operation unit 50 in FIG. 2 corresponds to the input operation unit 50 in FIG.

  During standby, the control unit 120 reads out the standby screen from the storage unit 130 and displays it on the LCD display unit 40. When the wireless transmission / reception unit 60 notifies that there is an incoming call, the control unit 120 receives an incoming melody from the storage unit 130. The read melody is generated from the speaker 100 via the signal processing unit 80 and the interface unit 90, and the green LED 151 of the two-color LEDs 150 is lit to notify the incoming call by light. Further, upon receiving the incoming call notification, the control unit 120 turns on the screen light 154 to illuminate the LCD display unit 40, and turns on the key backlight 153 when the surroundings are dark.

  Further, the control unit 120 makes a telephone call according to the operation of the input operation unit 50, stores various setting conditions performed according to the operation of the input operation unit 50 in the storage unit 130, or displays on the LCD display unit 40. Control the screen. Further, during charging of a battery (not shown), the red LED 152 of the two-color LED 150 is turned on to notify that charging is in progress.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a change in the menu screen displayed on the LCD display unit 40 by a key operation.

  FIG. 3A shows a state in which a standby screen is displayed. When the upper left menu key 51 on the operation panel 50 shown in FIG. 1 is pressed while the standby screen is displayed, FIG. The first menu screen of FIG. 3 (E) is displayed. The menu screen shown in FIG. 3E is an example of the first menu screen according to the present invention. This menu screen is a menu screen having a design in which a plurality of small screens are arranged on the standby screen. The small screens on the menu screen are the operations shown schematically around FIG. Corresponds to the position (each key). Here, the menu screen of FIG. 3E is referred to as a graphical menu.

  This graphical menu has a standby screen as a background screen. By displaying this standby screen, it can be easily understood that this graphical menu is the first menu screen.

  When the upper part (up key) 54a of the key 54 shown in FIG. 1 is pressed at the stage where the graphical menu of FIG. 3 (E) is displayed, the small screen on the upper side of the LCD display unit in FIG. 3 (E). The menu screen shown in FIG. 3B corresponding to “packet” is displayed. Similarly, the lower part (lower key) 54b and the left part (left key) of the key 54 shown in FIG. ) 54c and the right part (right key) 54d are pressed, the small screen “information” on the lower side of the LCD display section in FIG. 3E, the small screen “select” on the left side, and the small screen “screen” on the right side respectively. 3 (H), FIG. 3 (D), and FIG. 3 (F) are displayed.

  Further, when the determination key 53 shown in FIG. 1 is pressed while the graphical menu of FIG. 3E is displayed, FIG. 3C corresponding to the small screen “mail” in the center of FIG. ) Menu screen is displayed.

  Further, when the left soft key 51 and the right soft key 52 shown in FIG. 1 are pressed while the graphical menu of FIG. 3E is displayed, the small screen “setting” in the lower left corner of FIG. ", Corresponding to the small screen (book mark) in the lower right corner. The menu screens shown in FIGS. 3G and 3I are displayed. Here, FIGS. 3B, 3C, 3D, 3F, 3G, 3G, 3G except for the standby screen of FIG. 3A and the graphical menu of FIG. Each of the screens (H) and (I) corresponds to a second menu screen according to the present invention.

  In each second menu screen, menus represented by characters are arranged, and are different for each second menu screen. A background screen that recalls the genre of each second menu screen is displayed. With this background screen, it is possible to intuitively know the genre of the currently displayed menu screen without reading the arranged menus and considering the genre.

  After any of the second menu screens is displayed, any of the menus in the displayed menu screen is selected by the same operation method as before, and processing corresponding to the selected menu is performed. Done.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a menu screen display routine executed by the control unit 120 of FIG.

  When the mobile phone is turned on, the background screen of FIG. 3A is displayed on the LCD display section (step a), and it is detected whether or not the menu key (key 51 shown in FIG. 1) has been pressed. (Step b).

  When the menu key 51 is pressed, the graphical menu shown in FIG. 3E is displayed. When the graphical menu is displayed, the up key 54a, the down key 54b, the left key 54c, the right key 54d, the enter key 53, When either the left soft key 51 or the right soft key 52 is pressed (steps c, d,..., I), a menu screen corresponding to the pressed key shown in FIG. 3 is displayed (step c2). , D2, ..., i2). When the clear key 55a shown in FIG. 1 is pressed at the stage where the graphical menu of FIG. 3E is displayed (step (j)), the display returns to the standby screen display (step a). When the clear key 55a is pressed while the menu screen for each genre is displayed (steps c3, d3,..., I3), the process returns to the graphical menu.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the graphical menu displaying the small screen for recalling each genre at the display position corresponding to the key arrangement position (operation position of the operation panel) of the LCD display unit is shown. The keys to be operated are intuitively understood, and the operability is improved. In the graphical menu, by leaving the standby screen as a background screen, it is possible to recognize at a glance that the screen is excellent in design and is a screen for selecting a genre.

  Furthermore, the genre of the currently displayed menu screen can be intuitively understood by displaying a background screen that recalls the genre of the menu screen on the menu screen for each genre.

  The above embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to a mobile phone, but the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone, and can be widely applied to PHS and other mobile terminals.

1 is an external view of a mobile phone which is an example of a mobile terminal according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is an internal circuit block diagram of the mobile phone 1 whose appearance is shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the change of the menu screen displayed on a LCD display part by key operation. It is a flowchart which shows a menu screen display routine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone 10 Antenna 20 Light emission part 30 Transmission part 40 LCD display part 50 Input operation part 51 Left soft key 52 Right soft key 53 Center key 54 Key 54a Up key 54b Down key 54c Left key 54d Right key 55 Key group 55a Clear key 70 Wireless transmission / reception unit 80 Signal processing unit 90 Interface unit 100 Speaker 110 Microphone 120 Control unit 130 Storage unit 150 Two-color LED
153 Key backlight 154 Screen light 155 Optical sensor

Claims (2)

A display for displaying a screen;
An operation panel having a plurality of keys and generating an event according to the operation position of the keys;
A display control unit,
The display control unit
Control for displaying a standby screen on the display unit after the power is turned on;
After the standby screen is displayed, the display unit is associated with each of the plurality of display positions associated with the operation positions of the plurality of keys on the operation panel. A control for displaying a first menu screen having each small screen corresponding to each genre, and any one of the plurality of keys in a state in which the first menu screen is displayed on the display unit In response to the operation, a control is performed to display a second menu screen corresponding to the genre corresponding to the small screen displayed at the display position corresponding to the operated position of the operated key on the display unit. A mobile terminal characterized by.   The display control unit receives an operation of any one of the plurality of keys in a state where the first menu screen is displayed on the display unit, and operates the operated key of the display unit. A second menu screen having a design in which menus corresponding to the genre are arranged on the background screen corresponding to the genre corresponding to the small screen displayed at the display position corresponding to the operation position of The mobile terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that:

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