JP5032258B2 - Mobile terminal device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal device capable of displaying a standby image for waiting for an incoming call.

  With the widespread use of mobile phones, mobile phones have become more sophisticated, and recently, it has become possible to set any image downloaded and acquired via the Web (World Wide Web) as a standby screen.

  In addition to the increase in image formats that can be handled by mobile phones, in addition to still images (or animated GIF formats) such as the JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) format and GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) format, recently developed by Flash (Macromedia) Format name) There are mobile phones that can register content as wallpaper.

  If the above-mentioned Flash content or the like is installed, the movement of a character or the like can be expressed on the desktop. In addition, Flash format content with a clock display function appears in the background.

By the way, as the above-mentioned display becomes higher in definition (larger capacity) and more advanced with the ability to set a moving image as wallpaper, a plurality of images are registered in advance on the standby screen of the mobile phone, A technique for selecting and displaying a standby screen to be displayed has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-324505 A

According to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, various wallpaper designs can be provided by registering a large number of wallpapers.
However, in order to provide a variety of wallpaper designs on the standby screen of mobile phones, a large amount of memory is naturally required. Is in a situation. For this reason, it cannot be denied that the user gets bored while using the mobile phone continuously.

Further, if a plurality of wallpaper designs are frequently changed and displayed, it becomes difficult to hold the target wallpaper designs in the RAM area.
Since the RAM is relatively expensive, it cannot be ignored in terms of cost, and holding a large number of display data in the RAM area causes inconvenience in improving the display response speed.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal device that does not bore users by providing a variety of wallpaper designs while realizing a reduction in memory capacity.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a mobile terminal device according to the present invention includes a display unit that displays wallpaper , a storage unit that stores a plurality of drawing objects constituting the wallpaper, and at least one of the plurality of drawing objects. determined by a random number, at least one pattern of size and motion of the determined drawing objects determined by a random number, wherein the images that will be drawn by combining with the background image based on the result of the determination as the wallpaper it is obtained and a control unit Ru is displayed on the display unit.
Further, the mobile terminal device of the present invention determines at least one of the display unit for displaying the wallpaper, the storage unit for storing a plurality of drawing objects constituting the wallpaper, and the plurality of drawing objects. A control unit that determines at least one of a size and a movement pattern of the drawn object and displays an image drawn by combining with a background image based on a result of the determination on the display unit as the wallpaper. Is.

Further, in the portable terminal device of the present invention, the plurality of drawing objects are divided into a plurality of groups, wherein, the pre-Symbol drawing object may be determined by a random number to each group.

In the mobile terminal device of the present invention, the storage object stores the drawing object for a specific date, and the control unit monitors time information and detects that a specific date or a specific time is reached. wherein the storage unit obtains the drawing object for a specific date or a specific time may be a drawing object for a specific date or a specific time and the acquired by combining the previous xenon scene image displayed on the display unit.

Further, in the portable terminal device of the present invention, the control unit, when a display request of the picture, may be displayed on the display unit by combining with the background image and the drawing object.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a mobile terminal device that does not bore users by providing a variety of wallpaper designs while realizing a reduction in capacity.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the mobile phone 1 is illustrated as a mobile terminal device.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 includes a communication unit 11, an operation unit 12, an audio processing unit 13, a speaker 14, a microphone 15, a display unit 16, a storage unit 17, and a control unit 18. And composed of

The communication unit 11 captures a plurality of communication systems, for example, according to a communication protocol such as CDMA2000 1x (hereinafter simply referred to as 1x) or EVDO, and a network-side device including a base station connected to a mobile communication network (not shown) Wireless communication between the two.
EVDO communication is faster than 1x communication, and 1x communication is different from EVDO communication in that it supports voice communication in addition to data communication.

  The operation unit 12 includes keys to which various functions are assigned such as a power key, a call key, a numeric key, a character key, a direction key, a determination key, and a call key, and these keys are operated by the user. If so, a signal corresponding to the operation content is generated and input to the control unit 18 as a user instruction.

The audio processing unit 13 processes an audio signal output from the speaker 14 and an audio signal input from the microphone 15.
That is, the audio processing unit 13 amplifies the audio input from the microphone 15, performs analog-digital conversion, further performs signal processing such as encoding, converts it into digital audio data, and outputs the digital audio data to the control unit 18. .
The audio processing unit 13 performs signal processing such as decoding, digital-analog conversion, and amplification on the audio data supplied from the control unit 18, converts the audio data into an analog audio signal, and outputs the analog audio signal to the speaker 14.

The display unit 16 is configured using a display device such as a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) panel, for example, and displays an image corresponding to a video signal supplied from the control unit 18.
Specifically, the display unit 16 displays the destination telephone number at the time of outgoing call, the telephone number of the other party at the time of incoming call, a pictographic image such as date, time, remaining battery power, in addition to received mail and outgoing mail, The display of a standby image is also included.

The storage unit 17 stores various data used for processing in the control unit 18.
The storage unit 17 includes, for example, an application program executed by the control unit 18, an address book for managing personal information such as a telephone number and an e-mail address of a communication partner, an audio file for reproducing a ring tone and an alarm sound, Holds setting data and temporary data used in the program processing.
The storage unit 17 also holds several types of drawing objects that form a standby screen and are grouped into circles, lines, etc., in a vector format (vertices and curve equations connecting them), and controls them as necessary. The data is read by the unit 18 and developed into a figure. That is, it is stored in the storage unit 17 in a format that allows animation control for each display object, such as the Flash format.

  The above-described storage unit 17 is configured by, for example, a nonvolatile storage device (flash memory), a randomly accessible storage device (SRAM, DRAM), or the like.

The control unit 18 controls the overall operation of the mobile phone.
That is, the control unit 18 performs various processes of the cellular phone (controls such as voice calls performed via a circuit switching network, creation and transmission / reception of e-mails, browsing of the Internet Web (World Wide Web) site). The operation of each block described above (transmission / reception of signals in the communication unit 11, input / output of audio in the audio processing unit 13, drawing and display of images in the display unit 16 so as to be executed in an appropriate procedure according to 12 operations Etc.).

  The control unit 18 includes a computer (microprocessor) that executes processing based on a program (operating system, application program, etc.) stored in the storage unit 17, and performs the above-described processing according to a procedure instructed in this program. Run. That is, the instruction code is sequentially read from a program such as an operating system or an application program (here, in particular, a standby application) stored in the storage unit 17 to execute processing.

The control unit 18 also determines at least one of the plurality of drawing objects by lottery, draws at least one of the determined color, arrangement location, size, and movement pattern of the drawing object, and determines the result of the lottery. The display unit 16 has a function of displaying a standby image drawn in combination with a specific background.
Therefore, the control unit 18 includes a main control unit 180, a lottery processing unit 181, a drawing control unit 182, a display control unit 183, a display memory unit, and a timer monitoring unit 185.

The lottery processing unit 181 has a function of performing lottery processing by random number generation or the like under the control of the main control unit 180.
The lottery processing unit 181 selects a drawing object of a circle type or a line type (for example, an example of which is shown in FIG. 3) held in advance in a group in the storage unit 17 by lottery, and the selected drawing The object is delivered to the drawing control unit 182.
The lottery processing unit 181 also draws the color, arrangement location, size and movement pattern of the selected drawing object, and delivers the lottery result to the drawing control unit 182.

The drawing control unit 182 reads a drawing object determined as a result of the lottery by the lottery processing unit 181 and a background image including an additional display object such as a background color and a clock from the storage unit 17 and develops them in the display memory unit . Therefore, it has a function of performing (drawing) high-speed computation and transfer.
The drawing control unit 182 also detects an event such as a user's wedding anniversary (specific date) based on the time information and date information monitored by the timer monitoring unit 185, and the event such as a heart mark is detected from the storage unit 17. The drawing object prepared in the above step may be acquired, and the drawing object may be combined with a specific background image and drawn on the display memory unit .
Further, the drawing control unit 182 further draws drawing objects such as the Milky Way, strips, and bamboo leaves held for Tanabata from the storage unit 17 for each season based on the time information and date information monitored by the timer monitoring unit 185. And the drawing object may have a predetermined background color and may be combined with a specific background image such as a clock and drawn on the display memory unit .

The display control unit 183 reads the display data drawn in the display memory unit in synchronization with the display timing of the display unit 16 under the control of the main control unit 180 and supplies the display data to the display unit 16 to obtain a desired display. Is.

The main control unit 180 determines at least one of the plurality of drawing objects by lottery, draws at least one of the determined color, arrangement location, size, and movement pattern of the drawing object. Based on the result, the function as the control unit 18 that displays the standby image drawn by combining with a specific background on the display unit 16 is realized.
Therefore, the main control unit 180 performs the above-described blocks (lottery processing unit 181, drawing control unit 182, display control unit 183, display memory unit, timer monitoring unit) during the wallpaper display process when executing the standby application described below. 185).

  Note that the functions of the blocks 180 to 185 described above are achieved by executing the respective programs stored in the storage unit 17 by the control unit 18. The processing units are not shown only as being included in the block, but are shown separately for the sake of simplicity.

2 and 3 are flowcharts showing extracted wallpaper display processing when the standby application of the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention is executed. The basic operation (FIG. 2) and the lottery processing (FIG. 3) are shown. Each of these is shown.
Hereinafter, the operation of the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.

When the power is turned on, the control unit 18 (main control unit 180) first starts the drawing object lottery processing by the lottery processing unit 181.
In the lottery process (step S21), as shown in the detailed procedure in FIG. 3, first, the main control unit 180 determines whether or not the timer monitoring unit 185 has notified an event indicating that it is a specific day. (Step S211).
Here, the “specific date” indicates the date and time when the user previously registered the event, such as a birthday or a wedding anniversary.

When the event registration date / time has not yet been reached (step S211 “No”), the main control unit 180 instructs the lottery processing unit 181 to perform the drawing object lottery processing.
Here, the lottery processing unit 181 executes a drawing object lottery process. First, the drawing objects stored in the storage unit 17 are grouped into several types such as a circle system and a line system and stored. A lottery by random numbers is performed, and one drawing object is further selected from the group selected here (step S212).
On the other hand, when the event time has been reached (step S211 “Yes”), the corresponding drawing object for the specific date additionally registered in the storage unit 17 becomes a lottery object, and the lottery processing unit 181 Is performed (step S213).

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 4, the storage unit 17 has a total of four drawing objects for each group of (a) circle system, (b) line system 1, and (c) line system 2. Eleven drawing objects are stored in vector format.
In addition, in the storage unit 17, drawing objects such as a heart symbol, the Milky Way, a strip pattern, and snow are preliminarily stored in association with each specific time, a specific date, or a season (specific period in a date unit) for the event. Stored in the format. The lottery processing in steps S212 and S213 described above selects at least one drawing object from these drawing objects by winning.

Subsequently, the lottery processing unit 181 performs lottery of the arrangement, color, size, and movement pattern of the selected drawing object (step S214).
Specifically, the lottery processing unit 181 performs lottery from the three types of screen arrangement patterns shown in FIG. 5, that is, the arrangement patterns determined on the three types of screens of the circle system and the two line systems.
In addition, the lottery processing unit 181 draws three types of color patterns and a color arrangement pattern indicating which object of the designated block is to be colored as shown in FIG.
Therefore, a total of 1188 patterns of the number of drawing objects 11 × screen arrangement pattern 3 × color pattern 3 × color arrangement pattern 3 × each object pattern 4 can be selected randomly. Various drawing objects can be generated by adding motion patterns.

  In the lottery process in step S214 described above, at least one drawing object pattern is selected by winning from among the various decoration patterns of the drawing objects won in the processes in steps S212 and S213.

The description returns to the flowchart of FIG. After the lottery process by the lottery processing unit 181 described above (step S21), the main control unit 180 starts the drawing process by the drawing control unit 182.
The drawing control unit 182 reads the drawing object selected by the lottery process from the storage unit 17, expands the vector in the display memory unit according to the arrangement and color, and further synthesizes the background data read from the storage unit 17. Thus, drawing is performed (step S22).

The display data drawn in the display memory unit is read out by the display control unit 183 in synchronization with the display timing of the display unit 16 and output to the display unit 16 so that the display data can be displayed in the display form shown in FIG. it can.
Figure 7 is a bar Rentain, Tanabata, composite display example of the drawing object and the background image that is prepared for the memorial event date, such as Christmas is shown.

Meanwhile, the mobile phone 1 having a foldable casing, for example, if the disk-play housing call is finished and closed (Step S23 "Yes"), the display by the display unit 16 is erased (step S24 In addition, if there is no key input even if the open state continues for a certain time (step S25 “Yes”), a time-out is detected and the screen display is erased for power saving (step S24).
In addition, when the display housing is shifted from the closed state to the open state, or when a key input interrupt occurs after the non-operation state continues, or within the timeout period (step S25 “No”), drawing processing by lottery is performed. It is restarted (step S22).
After the screen contents are erased (step S24), when the display housing is opened or a key input or the like is received and a standby screen display request is made (step S26 “Yes”), the main control unit 180 selects the lottery processing unit. The lottery process by 181 (step S27) and the drawing process by the drawing control unit 182 are started (step S28).
The lottery process (step S27) is the same as the above-described step S21 (S211 to S214), and the drawing process (step S28) is the same as the above-described step S22. Therefore, the description is omitted to avoid duplication. .

As described above, according to the mobile terminal device of the embodiment of the present invention, at least one of a plurality of drawing objects is determined by lottery, and the color, arrangement location, size, and movement of the determined drawing objects are determined. By drawing at least one pattern and displaying a standby image drawn by combining with a specific background image based on the result of the lottery, various wallpaper designs can be realized while reducing the capacity of the storage unit 17 Therefore, it is possible to provide a standby screen that does not bore the user.
In addition, by adding wallpaper designs prepared for anniversary events or seasonally, it is possible to create a standby screen that is differentiated from other companies, providing convenience and convenience for users. it can.
In addition, a drawing object for each event may be downloaded using the communication unit 11. In this case, as compared with the case of downloading one standby screen, only a small object is downloaded in size, so that the cost and time required for downloading can be reduced.

In the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1, the display memory unit is described as having the configuration including the control unit 18. However, the display memory unit is assigned to a predetermined area of the storage unit 17 or the display memory unit is displayed. You may have in the part 16 (however, in this case, the display control part 183 is also included in the display part 16).
Further, in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the patterns grouped in the circle system and the line system are illustrated as the drawing objects, but only the clock is illustrated as the background image. However, the contents are arbitrary in any case.

  Further, only the cellular phone 1 is illustrated as the portable terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention, but the portable terminal device has the same configuration, for example, mounted on a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), an electronic notebook, a game machine, a notebook PC, or the like. The same can be applied to the case.

  Note that all of the functions of the control unit 18 shown in FIG. 1 may be realized by software, or at least a part thereof may be realized by hardware. For example, data processing in the main control unit 180 and the lottery processing unit 181 may be realized on a computer by one or a plurality of programs, or at least a part thereof may be realized by hardware.

It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the basic operation | movement of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the lottery process by the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the drawing object used with the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen arrangement pattern of the drawing object used with the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the color arrangement pattern of the drawing object used with the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of a screen structure of the standby screen of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile phone, 11 ... Communication part, 12 ... Operation part, 13 ... Audio | voice processing part, 14 ... Speaker, 15 ... Microphone, 16 ... Display part, 17 ... Memory | storage part, 18 ... Control part, 180 ... Main control part 181 ... Lottery processing unit, 182 ... Drawing control unit, 183 ... Display control unit, 185 ... Timer monitoring unit.

Claims (5)

A display for displaying wallpaper ;
A storage unit for storing a plurality of drawing objects constituting the wallpaper ;
Wherein at least one of the plurality of drawing objects determined by a random number, determined by at least one random number of size and motion pattern of the determined drawing objects, by combining with the background image based on the result of the determination and a control unit for the images that will be drawn Ru is displayed on the display unit as the wallpaper,
A portable terminal device comprising: A display for displaying wallpaper;
A storage unit for storing a plurality of drawing objects constituting the wallpaper;
Determining at least one of the plurality of drawing objects, determining at least one of the size and movement pattern of the determined drawing object, and combining an image drawn with a background image based on the result of the determination; A control unit to be displayed on the display unit as the wallpaper;
Mobile terminal comprising the. The plurality of drawing objects are divided into a plurality of groups,
The controller is
The portable terminal device according to claim 1 or 2 pre SL drawing object and determining by a random number for each of the groups. The drawing object is stored for a specific date in the storage unit,
The controller is
When the time information is monitored and it is detected that the specific date or specific time is reached, the drawing object for the specific date or specific time is acquired from the storage unit, and the acquired drawing object for the specific date or specific time is acquired in advance. mobile terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, combined with a xenon scene image and displaying on the display unit. The controller is
When there is a request to display the wallpaper, the drawing object and the background image are combined and displayed on the display unit.
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal device is a mobile terminal device.

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