JP5246769B2 - Portable terminal device and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal device that includes a display unit and controls a display operation of displayed information, and a program.

  The display quality of portable terminal devices continues to improve year by year. In addition, there are merits such as being able to carry multiple contents, not taking a place for storage, and being able to acquire contents while staying through a network, and it is becoming popular to browse contents such as electronic books on mobile terminal devices. ing. On the other hand, there is a strong demand for making an operation for sending and returning a page as close as possible to a book that turns a paper page.

  As a conventional technique, a technique capable of performing an intuitive page turning or page returning operation such as turning paper is disclosed.

JP 2007-18095 A

  However, in the prior art, since a dedicated operator is used, there is a problem that the size and cost of the mobile terminal device are affected.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal device and a program having operability similar to a book for turning a paper page without using a dedicated operation element. .

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the first case and the second case having a display unit for displaying information on at least one case are connected via a hinge part so as to be opened and closed. A terminal device,
An open / close detection means for detecting which one of the first casing and the second casing is opened or closed without moving one of the first casing or the second casing;
Control means for controlling an operation direction related to display of information by the display section according to an opening / closing operation of the first casing or the second casing detected by the opening / closing detection section; and the display section Information type detection means for detecting the type of information displayed on the display, and storage means for storing information on the page feed direction and feed amount for each type of information, wherein the information type detection means When a content composed of a plurality of pages is detected as one of the types, it is further detected whether the content is vertical writing or horizontal writing, and the control unit determines whether the content is detected by the information type detecting unit. Further controlling the operation direction related to the display, wherein at least the information type detected by the information type detection means is a content composed of a plurality of pages, and When the content is written horizontally, the page feed direction stored in the storage means is used as it is, while when the content is written vertically, the page feed direction stored in the storage means is used in reverse. Further controlling the feed direction of a plurality of pages, and in addition, if the content is a content of a display size that does not fit within the screen of the display unit, the operation direction of scrolling the content is controlled. To do.
Furthermore, a program for realizing the main procedure shown in the invention described in claim 1 is provided to the computer (the invention described in claim 9 ).

The invention dependent on claim 1 is characterized in that the type of information detected by the information type detection means includes a list display of items, and the control means further controls the direction in which the items are selected. The invention of claim 2 may be used.

The invention according to claim 1 or 2 further includes a direction detecting unit that detects a direction of the terminal device, and the control unit is configured to respond to the direction of the terminal device detected by the direction detecting unit. The invention according to claim 3 may further control an operation direction related to the display.

As invention dependent on any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3 , the said hinge part relatively rotates from the state which closed said 1st housing | casing and the 2nd housing | casing, A 1st direction and The opening / closing detection means can be opened and closed in two different directions by opening in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and the opening / closing detection means does not move one of the first casing or the second casing. In the operation of opening or closing the other, it is further detected which housing is opened or closed in the first direction or the second direction, and the control means is detected by the opening / closing detection means. Further controlling the operation direction related to the display depending on which of the first casing and the second casing is opened and closed in the first direction or the second direction. The invention according to claim 4 may be used.

As an invention dependent on any one of claims 1 to 4 , the open / close detecting means further detects an opening / closing amount of an opening / closing operation of either the first casing or the second casing, and The invention according to claim 5 , wherein the control unit further controls an operation amount related to display of information by the display unit in accordance with the opening / closing amount detected by the opening / closing detection unit.

To achieve the above object, the invention described in claim 6 is the invention described in claim 1, wherein the first casing and the second casing including the display unit for displaying information are formed by folding the casing. A terminal device connected in a foldable manner via a biaxial hinge that enables relative rotation of the casing about an axis perpendicular to the axial direction, wherein the first casing is rotated in either direction. Rotation detecting means for detecting whether or not, and control means for controlling an operation direction related to display of information by the display unit according to the direction detected by the detecting means.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the apparatus further comprises a direction detection unit that detects a direction of the terminal device, and the control unit operates according to the direction of the terminal device detected by the direction detection unit. The invention according to claim 7, wherein the direction is further controlled.

As an invention dependent on claim 6 or 7 , the rotation detection means further detects the amount of rotation of the rotation operation, and the control means detects the display according to the rotation amount detected by the opening / closing detection means. The invention according to claim 8 , further comprising controlling an operation amount related to display of information by the unit.

  According to the present invention, in the mobile terminal device provided with the hinge portion, there is an effect that it is possible to realize operability close to that of a book turning a paper page without increasing the number of operators.

(First embodiment)
The first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
This embodiment exemplifies the case where the present invention is applied to a mobile phone device as a mobile terminal device, and FIG. 1 is an external view showing the external appearance of the mobile phone device.
This mobile phone device is composed of two housings, a first housing 1 and a second housing 2, each having a display unit 14 to be described later, and the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are relatively closed. And opened in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and can be opened and closed in two directions with different vertical and horizontal openings.
1A is a vertically opened state and vertically placed, FIG. 1B is a vertically opened and horizontally placed state, FIG. 1C is a horizontally opened and vertically placed state, FIG. (D) represents a state of being horizontally opened and horizontally placed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing basic components of the cellular phone device.
This mobile phone device has various functions such as a voice call function, an e-mail function, and an Internet connection function (Web access function). Although not shown in the figure, this cellular phone device is connected to the Internet via a wireless communication network (public mobile communication network), and exchanges electronic mail with this wireless communication network or a mail server on the Internet side. In addition, any Web page can be accessed via the Internet.

  The control unit 11 operates by supplying power from the power supply unit 12 including a secondary battery, and controls the overall operation of the mobile phone device according to various programs in the storage unit 13. Is provided with a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory and the like. The storage unit 13 is an internal memory and has a program area and a data area. In the program area, an operation table MT shown in FIG. 3, which will be described later, an operation direction table DT shown in FIG. 4, and an operation amount shown in FIG. A table QT, a direction flag DF shown in FIG. 6, and a program for realizing the present embodiment are stored in accordance with the operation procedure shown in FIGS. Note that the storage unit 13 may include a removable portable memory (recording medium) such as an SD card or an IC card.

  The display unit 14 is a high-definition display device using liquid crystal, organic EL, or the like, and can display numerical values, characters, standby images, and the like. The pictorial area of the standby screen has time display and reception sensitivity. Etc. are displayed. The operation unit 15 performs dial input, character input, command input, and the like. The control unit 11 executes various processes such as a transmission process as a process according to an operation signal from the operation unit 15. The communication unit 16 includes a radio unit, a baseband unit, a demultiplexing unit, and the like, for example, for transmitting and receiving data to and from the nearest base station during operation of a call function, an e-mail function, and an Internet connection function. During operation of the call function, a signal is acquired from the receiving side of the baseband unit and demodulated into a received baseband signal, and then the sound is output from the speaker SP for call via the telephone unit 17 and the input sound from the call microphone MC is also output. Data is fetched from the telephone unit 17 and encoded into a transmission baseband signal, which is then given to the transmission side of the baseband unit and transmitted from the antenna.

  The case opening / closing detection unit 18 is configured by an angle sensor, and whether the first case 1 and the second case 2 are vertically open or horizontally open, and between the closed state and the fully open state. The angle is detected and the opening / closing information is output to the control unit 11. The housing orientation detection unit 19 is configured by a three-axis type acceleration sensor, and detects whether the apparatus main body is in a portrait orientation or a landscape orientation, and outputs orientation information to the control unit 11.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation table MT.
The operation table MT is stored in the storage unit 13 and stores display operations controlled according to the type of information being displayed. Details will be described later.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the motion direction table DT.
This operation direction table DT is stored in the storage unit 13, and whether the opening / closing direction of the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 is vertically open or horizontally open, and whether the apparatus main body is vertically or horizontally placed The operation direction for controlling the information being displayed when the operation of closing the first housing 1 or the second housing 2 is performed is stored, and details will be described later.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the motion amount table QT.
This operation amount table QT is stored in the storage unit 13, and the operation amount for controlling the information being displayed according to the type of information being displayed and the amount by which the first housing 1 or the second housing 2 is closed and opened. The details are described later.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the direction flag DF.
The direction flag DF is stored in the storage unit 13. When “0”, the direction is referred to in the operation direction table DT of FIG. 3, and when “1”, the direction flag DF is referred to in the operation direction table DT of FIG. The information being displayed is controlled in the opposite direction to the displayed direction.

  Next, the operation concept of the mobile phone device in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, each function described in these flowcharts is stored in the form of a readable program code, and operations according to the program code are sequentially executed. In addition, the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium can be sequentially executed. This also applies to other embodiments described later, and in addition to the recording medium, an operation specific to this embodiment can be executed using a program / data supplied externally via a transmission medium.

  First, the control unit 11 performs initial setting such as clearing a predetermined memory (step A1 in FIG. 7), and then enters a standby state while reading and displaying a predetermined standby image (step A2). Whether or not the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are fully opened is determined from the opening / closing information detected by the housing open / close detection unit 18 in this standby state (step A3). Next, it is determined whether or not an operation for closing the first casing 1 has been performed from the opening / closing information detected by the casing opening / closing detection unit 18 (step A4), and the first casing 1 is closed. Is performed (YES in step A4), it is determined whether or not the second housing 2 is not moving, that is, whether or not an operation for simultaneously closing the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 is not performed. (Step A5) If the second housing 2 is not moving (YES in Step A5), the operation for returning the first housing 1 to the fully opened state from the opening / closing information detected by the housing opening / closing detector 18 is continued. Is determined (step A6). When the operation of returning the first casing 1 to the fully open position is performed (YES in step A6), it is determined that the operation for controlling the display of information being displayed on the display unit 14 is performed, and the display control process ( The process proceeds to step A7). Details of the display control process (step A7) will be described later.

  If it is determined in step A4 that the operation of closing the first housing 1 has not been performed (NO in step A4), an operation of closing the second housing 2 from the opening / closing information detected by the housing open / close detection unit 18 is performed. It is determined whether or not the operation has been performed (step A8). If an operation for closing the second housing 2 is performed (YES in step A8), the first housing 1 is not moving, that is, the second housing. 2 and the first casing 1 are simultaneously closed (step A9). If the first casing 1 is not moving (YES in step A9), then the casing is opened and closed. It is determined from the opening / closing information detected by the detection unit 18 whether or not an operation for returning the second housing 2 to full open has been performed (step A10), and when the operation for returning the second housing 2 to full open is performed. (YES in step A10), displayed on display unit 14 Determines that the operation for performing the display control information has been performed, the process proceeds to the display control process (step A7).

  When the second casing 2 moves in step A5, that is, when it is determined that the first casing 1 and the second casing 2 are simultaneously closed (NO in step A5), the first casing 1 in step A6. When the operation for returning the body 1 to the fully open position is not performed (NO in step A6), the first housing 1 is moved in step A9, that is, the operation for simultaneously closing the second housing 2 and the first housing 1 is performed. If it is determined that it has been performed (NO in step A9), and if the operation of returning the second housing 2 to the fully open state is not performed in step A10 (NO in step A10), the process returns to step A3.

  If it is determined in step A3 that the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are not fully opened (NO in step A3), processing according to other open / close states such as turning off the display is performed (step A11). Return to A3.

  If an operation for closing the second housing 2 is not detected in step A8 in FIG. 7 (NO in step A8) and a web browsing application operation is detected (YES in step A21 in FIG. 8), a web page display operation is performed. Is detected (step A22). If a web page display operation is detected (YES in step A22), a process for displaying the web page is performed (step A23), and the information type is displayed as data. (Step A24), the direction flag DF is set to “0”, and the process returns to step A3 in FIG.

  If no web page display operation is detected at step A22 (NO at step A22) and a bookmark list display operation is detected (YES at step A26), a process for displaying a bookmark list is performed (step A27), and information is displayed. The type is set to list display (step A28), the direction flag DF is set to "0" (step A25), and the process returns to step A3 in FIG.

  If no bookmark list display operation is detected in step A26 (NO in step A26), for example, processing corresponding to other operations such as URL input is performed (step A29), and the process returns to step A3 in FIG.

Although the web browsing application operation has been described above, the same operation is performed in a mail application, a memo application, or the like.
In the case of a mail application, a Web page display operation is an email display operation, a Web page display process is an email display process, a bookmark list display operation is an email list display operation, and a bookmark list display process is an email list display process.
In the case of the memo application, the Web page display operation becomes the memo display operation, the Web page display processing becomes the memo display processing, the bookmark list display operation becomes the memo list display operation, and the bookmark list display processing becomes the memo list display processing. .

  If a web browsing application operation is not detected in step A21 in FIG. 8 (NO in step A21) and an image browsing application operation is detected (YES in step A31 in FIG. 8), whether or not an image display operation has been detected. If an image display operation is detected (YES in step A32), an image display process is performed (step A33), and the information type is set to page display (step A34). The direction flag DF is set to “0” (step A35), and the process returns to step A3 in FIG.

  If no image display operation is detected in step A32 (NO in step A32), for example, processing according to other operations such as image editing is performed (step A36), and the process returns to step A3 in FIG.

If an image browsing application operation is not detected in step A31 of FIG. 8 (NO in step A31) and an electronic book application operation is detected (YES in step A41 of FIG. 9), has an electronic book display operation been detected? If an electronic book display operation is detected (YES in step A42), a process for displaying the contents of the electronic book is performed (step A43), and the information type is set to page display. (Step A44),
Next, it is determined whether or not the contents of the electronic book are vertically written (step A45). If the contents are vertically written (YES in step A45), the direction flag DF is set to “1” (step A46), If it is not writing, that is, horizontal writing (NO in step A50), “0” is set in the direction flag DF (step A48), and the process returns to step A3 in FIG.

  If the electronic book display operation is not detected in step A42 (NO in step A42) and the electronic book list display operation is detected (YES in step A47), a process of displaying the electronic book list is performed (step A48). The information type is set to list display (step A49), the direction flag DF is set to “0” (step A50), and the process returns to step A3 in FIG.

  If an electronic book list display operation is not detected in step A47 (NO in step A47), for example, processing according to other operations such as character size setting is performed (step A51), and step A3 in FIG. Return.

  If no electronic book display application operation is detected in step A41 in FIG. 9 (NO in step A41) and a function menu operation is detected (YES in step A61 in FIG. 9), the information type is set to list display. (Step A62), the direction flag DF is set to “0” (Step A63), and the process returns to Step A3 in FIG.

  If no function menu operation is detected in step A61 in FIG. 9 (NO in step A61) and any other operation is performed (YES in step A71), processing corresponding to the operation is performed (step A72). . For example, processing for setting an arbitrary clock time in response to a user operation, voice phone call processing, and the like are performed.

Next, the details of the operation of the display control process (step A7) will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the information type of the information being displayed on the display unit 14 is acquired (step B1), and the display operation is acquired from the information type acquired in step B1 with reference to the operation table MT of FIG. 3 (step B2). Subsequently, whether the opening / closing information detected by the casing opening / closing detection unit 18 is vertically opened or horizontally opened (style), or whether the orientation information detected by the casing orientation detecting unit 19 is vertically installed or placed horizontally (orientation). (Step B3), the value of the direction flag DF in FIG. 6 is acquired (step B4), the style and orientation acquired in step B3 with reference to the motion direction table DT in FIG. 4, and the direction acquired in step B4 The operation direction is acquired from the value of the flag DF and whether the first casing 1 or the second casing 2 is closed (step B5).

  Next, the angle at which the first housing 1 or the second housing 2 is closed detected by the housing open / close detection unit 18 is acquired (step B6), and the operation amount table QT of FIG. An operation amount corresponding to the acquired angle is acquired (step B7), and the display of information being displayed on the display unit 14 is controlled by the operation direction acquired in step B5 and the operation amount acquired in step B7 (step B8). ), Return to the previous state and proceed to the next step.

  For example, when viewing a horizontally written electronic book in landscape orientation vertically (see FIG. 1C), the first casing 1 (right side) is closed until the angle between the fully open state and the center is fully opened until the fully opened state. When opened, since the information type is “page display”, the value of the direction flag DF is “0”, the style is “horizontal open”, the direction is “vertically placed”, and the angle is “fully open to center”, the operation table With reference to MT (FIG. 3), motion direction table DT (FIG. 4), motion direction table QT (FIG. 5), and direction flag DF (FIG. 6), page feed is performed in the feed direction in units of one page. In other words, it is possible to turn the page with an operational feeling similar to turning to the next page by turning the right page in a horizontally written book. Similarly, when the valve is closed to the position between the center and fully closed and opened to the fully opened angle, the angle becomes “center to fully closed”. Therefore, when page feed in units of 10 pages is fully closed and then fully opened. Since the angle is “fully closed”, it is possible to jump to the last page and quickly turn the pages of the paper book.

  In addition, when the second housing 2 (left side) is closed and returned to the fully open position, the pages are returned in units of one page each when the angle is “fully open to center”, “center to fully closed”, and “fully closed”. Unit page return, jump to the first page, you can turn the page on the left side of the paper book and return to the previous page. Furthermore, in the case of vertical writing, the value of the direction flag DF is “1”, and in the case of horizontal writing, the feed and return directions are all reversed, and as in the case of horizontal writing, the page on the left side is turned over. You can go to the next page, turn the page on the right side and turn the page to return to the previous page. When browsing an electronic book is an image browsing, the “page unit” for sending and returning becomes “image unit”, and the image can be sent and returned.

  Information type when the second casing 2 (right side) is closed and fully opened at the position between the fully open and the center when the horizontally written e-book is viewed in the horizontal orientation (Fig. 1 (B)). Is “page display”, the value of the direction flag DF is “0”, the style is “vertically open”, the orientation is “landscape”, and the angle is “fully open to center”. Also, when the angle is “center to fully closed” or “fully closed”, each page feeds by 10 pages and jumps to the last page, and the first housing 1 (left side) is closed and fully opened. In this case, the angles are “fully open to center”, “center to fully closed”, and “fully closed”, and each page returns in units of 1 page, page returns in units of 10 pages, and jumps to the first page. In the case of vertical writing, the value of the direction flag DF is “1”, and in the case of horizontal writing, the sending and returning directions are all reversed.

  In addition, when the second casing 2 (lower side) is closed and opened to the fully open position at the position between the center and the center when the web page is viewed in the laterally open horizontally (FIG. 1D), the information is displayed. The type is “data display”, the value of the direction flag DF is “0”, the style is “horizontal open”, the direction is “horizontal”, and the angle is “fully open to center”. Scroll. In addition, when the angle is “center to fully closed” or “fully closed”, it is scrolled in the downward / feed direction in units of 100 dots and jumped to the end, and the first casing 1 (upper side) is closed until it is fully opened. When opened, the angle is “fully open to center”, “center to fully closed”, and “fully closed”, and scrolls in the upward / return direction in units of 10 dots, scrolls in the upward / return direction in units of 100 dots, head It becomes a jump to. The same scrolling operation is performed even when the mail text is being viewed or the memo is being viewed.

  When the function menu is displayed in the vertically open vertically position (FIG. 1 (A)), when the angle is between the fully open position and the center, the second housing 2 (lower side) is closed to the fully open position and the information type is "List display", direction flag DF value is "0", style is "vertically open", orientation is "vertically placed", angle is "fully open to center", so selection item's bottom / feed direction Will be moved to. In addition, when the angle is “center to fully closed” or “fully closed”, the selected item is moved downward / forward in the unit of 10 items and moved to the last item, and the first casing 1 (upper side) If the angle is "open to center", "center to fully closed", or "fully closed", the selected item will move up and back in the unit of 10 items each. Moves the selected item up / back and moves to the first item. The same selection item moving operation is performed in the bookmark list mail list display, the memo list display, and the electronic book list display.

  Note that the operation direction to be sent depending on whether the first housing 1 or the second housing 2 set in the operation direction table DT of FIG. 4 is closed may be arbitrarily set by the user. The operation amount set in the operation amount table QT in FIG. 5 may be arbitrarily set by the user. Further, a click feeling may be given at the center position of the movement amount separation.

(Modification)
As a modification of the mobile terminal device shown in FIG. 1, the display unit 14 may be provided in both the first housing 3 and the second housing 4 as shown in FIG. 11. Further, as a hinge that can be opened and closed only in one direction, it may be determined whether it is placed vertically or horizontally.
FIG. 11A shows a state in which it is placed vertically, and FIG. 11B shows a state in which it is placed horizontally.
When both the first housing 3 and the second housing 4 have the display unit 14, the information type “page display” of the operation amount table QT and the angle “full open to center” are “page 2”. -It is good also as an image.

  As described above, a display unit that displays information is provided on at least one of the casings, and one of the first casing and the second casing of the terminal device that is connected to be opened and closed via the hinge section is not moved. Of the operations to open or close the other, which casing is opened or closed is detected, and depending on whether the detected opening / closing operation of the first casing or the second casing is performed, the display unit By controlling the operation direction related to the display of information, the display operation direction can be controlled only by detecting the opening / closing operation of the first casing or the second casing without providing a dedicated operation element.

  Furthermore, the type of information displayed on the display unit is further detected, and the operation direction related to the display is further controlled according to the type of detected information, so that the first case or the second case It is possible to control the operation direction of the display according to the type of information only by detecting either of the opening / closing operations.

  Also, the type of information detected is content consisting of a plurality of pages, and the page feed direction of the content is controlled, so that either the first housing or the second housing can be opened and closed. By simply operating, it is possible to perform operations such as page turning and returning of an electronic book or a digital photograph. In particular, when displaying an electronic book, the operation can be performed with an operation feeling close to that of a paper book.

  Furthermore, by detecting whether the content is vertical writing or horizontal writing and further controlling the page turning direction according to the detected vertical writing or horizontal writing, the page turning direction depends on whether the writing is vertical writing or horizontal writing. Can be operated with the same operational feeling as a paper book with a different.

  The type of information detected is content of a display size that does not fit within the screen of the display unit, and the operation direction of content scrolling is controlled, so that the first housing or the second housing is controlled. A web page display and mail display that do not fit on the screen can be scrolled by only opening or closing the body.

  Furthermore, the type of information to be detected is a list display of items, and by controlling the direction in which items are selected, only the opening / closing operation of either the first housing or the second housing can be performed. , You can select setting items and bookmark list.

  Further, by further detecting the orientation of the terminal device and further controlling the operation direction related to the display in accordance with the detected orientation of the terminal device, the display orientation is switched depending on the orientation of the terminal device. Can also be controlled in an appropriate direction of motion.

  Further, the hinge portion is relatively rotated from the closed state of the first housing and the second housing, and is opened in the first direction and the second direction orthogonal to the first direction. It can be opened and closed in two different directions, and either one of the first direction or the second direction can be opened or closed without moving one of the first case or the second case. Depending on whether the detected opening or closing operation of the first casing or the second casing is performed in the first direction or the second direction. Further, by further controlling the operation direction related to display, a terminal device that can be opened and closed in two different directions called a 2-way open style can be controlled in an appropriate operation direction even if the display direction is switched depending on the opening and closing direction.

  Further, the amount of opening or closing of the opening / closing operation of either the first housing or the second housing is further detected, and the display operation amount related to the display of information by the display unit is determined according to the detected opening / closing amount. By further controlling, it is possible to variably control the display operation amount such as the number of pages to be paged and the number of scroll dots only by changing the opening / closing amount of the first casing or the second casing.

(Second Embodiment)
Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the above-described first embodiment, the mobile phone device is provided with a hinge portion that can be opened and closed in two directions and can be opened vertically and horizontally. However, in this second embodiment, a biaxial hinge is used. The first housing 1 is a mobile phone device that can rotate with respect to the second housing 2. Here, in both the embodiments, the same or the same names are denoted by the same reference numerals, the description thereof will be omitted, and the following description will focus on the features of the second embodiment. . 3, 6, 8, and 9 described in the first embodiment are the same in the second embodiment, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

FIG. 12 is an external view showing the external appearance of this mobile phone device.
In this cellular phone device, the first casing 1 and the second casing 2 each having a display unit for displaying information can be rotated relative to each other about an axis perpendicular to the folding axis direction of the casing. Are foldably connected via a biaxial hinge.
FIG. 12A shows a vertically placed state, and FIG. 12B shows a horizontally placed state.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing basic components of the cellular phone device.
Since 11 to 19 are common to the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
The case rotation detection unit 20 is configured by an angle sensor, and detects whether the first case 1 is rotated in the right / upward direction or the left / downward direction and to what angle. The rotation information is output to the control unit 11.

FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining the motion direction table DT.
The operation direction table DT is stored in the storage unit 13 and stores an operation direction for controlling information being displayed depending on whether the apparatus main body is placed vertically or horizontally, and details will be described later.

FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the motion amount table QT.
The operation amount table QT is stored in the storage unit 13 and stores the operation amount for controlling the information being displayed according to the information type being displayed and the angle at which the first housing 1 is rotated. To be described later

Next, the operation concept of the mobile phone device in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.
First, the control unit 11 performs initial settings such as clearing a predetermined memory (step C1 in FIG. 16), and then enters a standby state while reading and displaying a predetermined standby image (step C2). In this standby state, the first casing 1 and the second casing 2 are fully open from the opening / closing information detected by the casing opening / closing detection unit 18, and the first casing is determined from the rotation information detected by the casing rotation detection unit 20. It is determined whether 1 is facing the front, that is, whether the rotation angle is “0 °” (step C3). If fully open and the first housing 1 is facing the front (YES in step C3). Then, it is determined whether or not an operation for rotating the first casing 1 has been performed from the rotation information detected by the casing rotation detection unit 20 (step C4), and the operation for rotating the first casing 1 is performed. If it has been performed (YES in step C4), it is determined from the opening / closing information detected by the casing rotation detection unit 20 whether or not an operation for returning the first casing 1 to the front has been performed (step C5). When an operation to return one housing 1 to the front is performed ( YES in Step C5), determines that the operation for controlling the display of information being displayed on the display unit 14 has been performed, the process proceeds to the display control processing 2 (step C6).

  If the first casing 1 is not returned to the front in step C5 (NO in step C5), the process returns to step C3.

If it is determined in step C3 that the first casing 1 and the second casing 2 are fully open and the first casing 1 is not facing the front (NO in step C3), the other opening / closing / rotating state is set. A corresponding process is performed (step C7), and the process returns to step C3.
If an operation for rotating the first housing 1 is not detected in Step C4 (NO in Step C4), an operation for closing the second housing 2 is not detected in Step A8 of FIG. 7 of the first embodiment. In this case (NO in step A8), the operations in steps A21 to A62 in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 are the same as those in step A3 except that the return destination is step C3 instead of step A3.

Next, details of the operation of the display control process 2 (step C6) will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the information type of the information being displayed on the display unit 14 is acquired (step D1), and the display operation is acquired from the information type acquired in step D1 with reference to the operation table MT of FIG. 3 (step D2). Subsequently, the orientation information detected by the housing orientation detection unit 19 is used to obtain whether the device is placed vertically or horizontally (orientation), and from the rotation information detected by the housing rotation detection unit 20, the direction is the right / upward direction or left The direction or the rotation direction is acquired (step D3), the value of the direction flag DF in FIG. 6 is acquired (step D4), and the direction and rotation direction acquired in step D3 with reference to the operation direction table DT in FIG. The operation direction is acquired from the value of the direction flag DF acquired in step D4 (step D5).

  Next, the rotation angle detected by the casing rotation detection unit 20 is acquired (step D6), and the operation amount corresponding to the angle acquired in step D6 is acquired with reference to the operation amount table QT of FIG. 15 (step D7). ), The display of the information being displayed on the display unit 14 is controlled by the movement direction obtained in step D5 and the movement amount obtained in step D7 (step D8), and the process returns to the previous state and proceeds to the next step.

  For example, a state in which the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are fully open and the first housing 1 is facing the front while viewing a horizontally written electronic book in a vertical orientation (FIG. 12A), that is, an angle When the first housing 1 is rotated leftward from 0 ° to a position where the rotation angle is between 0 ° and 45 ° and returned to the front, the information type is “page display” and the value of the direction flag DF Is “0”, the orientation is “vertically placed”, and the angle is “0 ° to 45 °”. Therefore, the motion table MT (FIG. 3), the motion direction table DT (FIG. 14), and the motion direction table QT (FIG. 15). Referring to the direction flag DF (FIG. 6), page feed is performed in the feed direction in units of one page. Similarly, when it is rotated to a position between 45 ° and 90 ° and returned to the front, the angle becomes “45 ° to 90 °”, so page feed in units of 10 pages is rotated to 90 ° to the front. When it is returned, the angle becomes “90 °”, so that it jumps to the last page.

  Further, when the first casing 1 is rotated rightward and returned to the front, the page is in units of one page each when the angle is “0 ° to 45 °”, “45 ° to 90 °”, and “90 °”. Return, page return in units of 10 pages, jump to the first page. Further, in the case of vertical writing, the value of the direction flag DF is “1”, and in the case of horizontal writing, the direction of sending and returning is all reversed. The “page unit” becomes the “image unit”, and the image can be sent and returned.

  While viewing a horizontally written electronic book in landscape orientation (FIG. 12B), the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are fully open and the first housing 1 faces the front, that is, the angle is 0. When the first casing 1 is rotated upward to a position between 0 ° and 45 ° and returned to the front, the information type is “page display” and the value of the direction flag DF is “ 0 ”, the orientation is“ landscape ”, and the angle is“ 0 ° to 45 ° ”, so page feed is performed in units of one page. In addition, when the angle is “45 ° to 90 °” or “90 °”, each page feeds by 10 pages and jumps to the last page, and the first housing 1 is rotated downward to the front. In the case of returning, when the angle is “0 ° to 45 °”, “45 ° to 90 °”, and “90 °”, page return in units of 1 page each, page return in units of 10 pages, jump to the first page, Become. In the case of vertical writing, the value of the direction flag DF is “1”, and in the case of horizontal writing, the sending and returning directions are all reversed.

  Further, the first casing 1 and the second casing 2 are fully opened and the first casing 1 is facing the front while viewing the Web page in the horizontal orientation (FIG. 12B), that is, the angle is 0. When the first casing 1 is rotated upward to a position between 0 ° and 45 ° and returned to the front, the information type is “data display” and the value of the direction flag DF is “ Since 0 ”, the orientation is“ horizontal ”, and the angle is“ 0 ° to 45 ° ”, scrolling is performed in the downward / feed direction in units of 10 dots. In addition, when the angle is “45 ° to 90 °” or “90 °”, it becomes a scroll to the bottom / feed direction in units of 100 dots and a jump to the tail, and the first casing 1 is rotated downward. When returning to the front, the angle is “0 ° to 45 °”, “45 ° to 90 °”, and “90 °”, and scrolls in the upward / return direction in units of 10 dots and upward / return directions in units of 100 dots, respectively. Scroll to and jump to the beginning. The same scrolling operation is performed when the mail text is being viewed or the memo is being viewed.

  While the function menu is displayed vertically (FIG. 12A), the first housing 1 and the second housing 2 are fully open and the first housing 1 is facing the front, that is, the angle is 0 °. When the first housing 1 is rotated leftward to a position between 0 ° and 45 ° and returned to the front, the information type is “list display” and the value of the direction flag DF is “0”. Since the orientation is “vertically placed” and the angle is “0 ° to 45 °”, the selected item is moved downward and in the feed direction in units of one item. In addition, when the angle is “45 ° to 90 °” or “90 °”, the selected item is moved downward / forward in the unit of 10 items and moved to the last item, and the first casing 1 is moved to the right. When rotating in the direction and returning to the front, when the angle is “0 ° to 45 °”, “45 ° to 90 °”, and “90 °”, the selection item in the unit of one item each in the up / return direction Move, move in the upward / return direction of the selected item in units of 10 items, and move to the top item. The same selection item moving operation is performed in the bookmark list, mail list display, memo list display, and electronic book list display.

  Note that the operation direction to be sent depending on which direction the first casing 1 set in the operation direction table DT of FIG. 14 is rotated may be arbitrarily set by the user. The operation amount set in the operation amount table QT in FIG. 15 may be arbitrarily set by the user, and the operation amount separation angles are set to 0 °, 45 °, and 90 °. It is good also as a different angle according to it. Moreover, you may make it give a click feeling by the angle of the division | segmentation of operation amount.

  As described above, it is detected in which direction the first casing having the display unit of the terminal device connected so as to be foldable via the biaxial hinge unit is rotated, and the display unit is detected by the detected operation. By controlling the display operation direction related to information according to the above, it is possible to control the display operation direction only by detecting the rotation direction of the first housing without providing a dedicated operator.

  Further, by further detecting the orientation of the terminal device and further controlling the operation direction related to the display in accordance with the detected orientation of the terminal device, the display orientation is switched depending on the orientation of the terminal device. Can also be controlled in an appropriate direction of motion.

  Further, the amount of rotation of the first casing is further detected by further detecting the amount of rotation of the rotation operation, and further controlling the amount of display operation related to information by the display unit according to the detected amount of rotation. You can variably control the amount of display movement, such as the number of pages to be paged and the number of dots for scrolling, simply by changing them.

  Each of the above-described embodiments is not limited to a mobile phone device, and can be similarly applied to a mobile terminal device such as a PDA, a digital camera, or a music player.

The external view of the mobile telephone apparatus applied as a portable terminal device. (A)-(D) are the figures for demonstrating the style and direction of a mobile telephone apparatus. The block diagram of the system containing the basic component of the mobile telephone apparatus applied as a portable terminal device. The figure for demonstrating operation | movement table MT. The figure for demonstrating the operation | movement direction table DT. The figure for demonstrating the operation amount table QT. The figure for demonstrating direction flag DF. The flowchart which showed the whole operation | movement of the mobile telephone apparatus started execution with power activation. The flowchart which showed the operation | movement following FIG. The flowchart which showed the operation | movement following FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the display control process (step A7 in FIG. 7) in detail. The external view of the modification of the mobile telephone apparatus applied as a portable terminal device. (A)-(B) is a figure for demonstrating the direction of a mobile telephone apparatus. The external view of the mobile telephone apparatus applied as a portable terminal device in 2nd Embodiment. (A)-(B) is a figure for demonstrating the direction of a mobile telephone apparatus. The block diagram of the system containing the basic component of the mobile telephone apparatus applied as a portable terminal device in 2nd Embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the operation | movement direction table DT in 2nd Embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the operation amount table QT in 2nd Embodiment. The flowchart which showed the whole operation | movement of the mobile telephone apparatus started execution with power activation in 2nd Embodiment. 17 is a flowchart for explaining in detail display control processing 2 (step C6 in FIG. 16) in the second embodiment.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st housing | casing 2 2nd housing | casing 3 The 1st housing | casing 4 in a modification 2nd housing | casing 11 in a modification 11 Control part 12 Power supply part 13 Storage part 14 Display part 15 Operation part 16 Communication part 17 Telephone part 18 Case Opening / closing detector 19 Housing orientation detector 20 Housing rotation detector

Claims (9)

A terminal device in which a first housing and a second housing including a display unit for displaying information on at least one housing are connected via a hinge portion so as to be openable and closable,
An open / close detection means for detecting which one of the first casing and the second casing is opened or closed without moving one of the first casing or the second casing;
Control means for controlling an operation direction related to display of information by the display unit, depending on which of the first casing or the second casing is detected by the opening / closing detection means;
Information type detection means for detecting the type of information displayed on the display unit;
Storage means for storing information on the page feed direction and feed amount for each type of information,
The information type detection means further detects whether the content is vertical writing or horizontal writing when detecting content consisting of a plurality of pages as one of the information types,
The control means further controls an operation direction related to the display according to the type of information detected by the information type detection means, and includes at least a plurality of types of information detected by the information type detection means. In the case of content composed of pages, and when the content is horizontal writing, the page feed direction stored in the storage unit is used as it is, whereas when the content is vertical writing, it is stored in the storage unit. The page feed direction is used in reverse to further control the feed direction of the plurality of pages . In addition, when the content is a content of a display size that does not fit within the screen of the display unit, A portable terminal device that controls an operation direction of scrolling . The type of information detected by the information type detection means includes a list display of items,
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit further controls a direction in which the item is selected. It further comprises a direction detecting means for detecting the direction of the terminal device,
The control means, the direction depending on the orientation of the terminal device detected by the detecting means, the portable terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that to further control the operation direction about the display . The hinge portion rotates relative to the first housing and the second housing from the closed state, and opens in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Can be opened and closed in two different directions,
The opening / closing detection means is configured to open or close one of the first casing or the second casing without moving one of the first casing or the second casing. Detect further whether it is open or closed,
The control means depends on which opening / closing operation of the first casing or the second casing detected by the opening / closing detection means is performed in the first direction or the second direction. Te, portable terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that to further control the operation direction about the display. The opening / closing detection means further detects an opening or closing amount of an opening / closing operation of either the first casing or the second casing,
The control means, in response to the opening and closing amount detected by the opening and closing detecting means, according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that to further control the operation amount related to the display of information by the display unit Mobile terminal device. The first casing and the second casing having a display unit for displaying information are connected to each other via a biaxial hinge section that allows the casing to relatively rotate about an axis orthogonal to the folding axis direction of the casing. A terminal device connected in a foldable manner,
Rotation detection means for detecting in which direction the first casing is rotated;
Control means for controlling an operation direction related to display of information by the display unit according to the direction detected by the detection means;
The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: It further comprises a direction detecting means for detecting the direction of the terminal device,
The mobile terminal device according to claim 6 , wherein the control unit further controls an operation direction related to the display in accordance with a direction of the terminal device detected by the direction detection unit. The rotation detection means further detects the amount of rotation of the rotation operation,
The mobile terminal device according to claim 6 or 7 , wherein the control unit further controls an operation amount related to display of information by the display unit according to a rotation amount detected by the open / close detection unit. On the computer,
Of the operations of opening or closing the first casing or the second casing without moving one of the first casing or the second casing, which has a display unit for displaying information on at least one casing, which casing is opened or closed Open / close detection procedure to detect,
A control procedure for controlling an operation direction related to display of information by the display unit, depending on which of the first casing or the second casing is detected by the opening / closing detection procedure.
An information type detection procedure for detecting the type of information displayed on the display unit;
A storage procedure for storing information on page feed direction and feed amount for each type of information,
The information type detection procedure further detects whether the content is vertical writing or horizontal writing when detecting content consisting of a plurality of pages as one of the information types,
The control procedure further controls an operation direction related to the display according to the type of information detected by the information type detection procedure, and at least a plurality of types of information detected by the information type detection procedure are included. If the content consists of pages and the content is written horizontally, the page feed direction stored in the storage procedure is used as it is, while if the content is written vertically, it is stored in the storage procedure. The page feed direction is used in reverse to further control the feed direction of the plurality of pages . In addition, when the content is a content of a display size that does not fit within the screen of the display unit, A program characterized by controlling an operation direction of scrolling .

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