JP5447495B2 - Mobile terminal, display information expansion method and program in mobile terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a display information expansion method and program in a mobile terminal, and more particularly to a display information expansion method and program in a mobile phone or the like.

  Conventional portable terminals such as mobile phones, PHS (Personal Handy Phone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and personal computers include a display unit for displaying information, and there are devices that can enlarge characters and images.

  11 and 12 are diagrams showing an example of enlarged character display on a display unit of a conventional portable terminal. FIG. 11 shows an example of a menu screen in which characters are enlarged, and shows that the item “perform various settings” is selected (focused).

  However, since the conventional character enlargement has a configuration in which all characters displayed on the screen are uniformly enlarged, there is a problem that the number of characters that can be displayed is smaller than before enlargement.

  For example, the item above the item “use tool” in FIG. 11 has disappeared from the menu screen due to the enlargement of characters, and the screen had to be scrolled down to confirm the item. .

  FIG. 12 shows the screen after scrolling. Referring to FIG. 12, by scrolling down the screen, it can be confirmed that the item “use camera” exists above the item “use tool”.

  As described above, the conventional enlargement of characters sometimes requires a scroll operation to search for an item, and there is a problem that the operation becomes complicated.

  On the other hand, as an example of a conventional example for solving these problems, a technique is disclosed in which three lines of character strings are selected, of which the second line is enlarged and the first and third lines are reduced. As another example, as another example, a technique for enlarging and displaying the last 6-digit number input while shifting the numeric keys (see Patent Document 2), preset characters, pictograms and alphanumeric characters are displayed. An expanding technique (see Patent Document 3) and a technique in which a character indicating the meaning of an icon appears below the icon (see Patent Document 4) are disclosed.

JP 2000-284774 A (paragraphs 0022, 0023, FIG. 4B) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 06-012047 (paragraph 0014, FIG. 3) Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 09-284365 (paragraph 0017, FIG. 2 (b)) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-023117 (paragraphs 0027 and 0028, FIG. 3)

  However, even if the same number of characters as before the enlargement can be secured on the display screen after the character enlargement by these conventional techniques (particularly, Patent Document 1), the character can only be enlarged.

  For example, if you select and expand the "Phone" item on the menu screen, the user actually wanted to look up the phone number, but when you open the next screen, it shows a different "phone function" It is possible that the screen has appeared. In that case, the user must return to the menu screen and search for the item again.

  On the other hand, Patent Document 4 discloses a technique in which a character indicating the meaning of an icon appears when an icon is selected. However, this has nothing to do with character enlargement, and is therefore a completely different invention from the present invention.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a display information enlargement method for a portable terminal capable of enlarging desired display information and displaying the enlarged information in an easy-to-understand manner, and the portable terminal and program thereof.

In order to solve the above problems, a mobile terminal according to the present invention includes a display unit that displays a plurality of items including a character string indicating a function;
Selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of items;
A string indicating the functions included in the item selected by said selecting means, into a string that describes the meaning of the character string indicating the functions included in the selected item, enlarge the converted character string while, characterized in that it comprises a control unit to display items other than items said selected directly on the display unit.

Moreover, the display information expansion method in the portable terminal according to the present invention includes a display step of displaying a plurality of items including a character string indicating a function,
A selection step of selecting one of the plurality of items;
A string indicating the functions included in the item selected by said selecting step, converted to a string that describes the meaning of the character string indicating the functions included in the selected item, enlarge the converted character string while, characterized in that it comprises a control step of displaying items other than items said selected directly on the display unit.

The program according to the present invention is a program to be executed by a computer of a mobile terminal,
A display step for displaying a plurality of items including character strings indicating functions;
A selection step of selecting one of the plurality of items;
A string indicating the functions included in the item selected by said selecting step, converted to a string that describes the meaning of the character string indicating the functions included in the selected item, enlarge the converted character string while, characterized in that it comprises a control step of displaying items other than items said selected directly on the display unit.

  According to the present invention, the display information is enlarged and the information amount is increased so that the information can be easily understood.

  According to the present invention, since the above configuration is included, desired display information can be enlarged, and the enlarged information can be easily displayed.

It is a block diagram of an example of the portable terminal which concerns on this invention. It is an external view of an example of the portable terminal which concerns on this invention. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information displayed on a display unit 50. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the information with which the information amount displayed on the display part 50 increased. 2 is a configuration diagram of a ROM 60. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the display information expansion method which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the display of the display part 50 when the character string of "phone" is selected. It is a figure which shows the display of the display part 50 when the character string of "function" is selected. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a case where a mountain image is selected from a plurality of images and displayed on the display unit 50. It is a figure in case the image which expanded the center part of the image of the mountain is displayed on the display part 50. FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the character enlarged display in the display part of the conventional portable terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the character enlarged display in the display part of the conventional portable terminal.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of a portable terminal according to the present invention. The figure shows the configuration of a mobile phone as an example of a mobile terminal.

  Referring to the figure, the mobile phone uses an on-hook and off-hook button, a button input unit 10 for inputting a dial and the like, and a button input from the button input unit 10 to perform character display, image display, and communication control by program control. A control unit 20 for performing transmission, a transmission / reception unit 30 for transmitting / receiving radio waves to / from a base station (not shown), an antenna unit 40 for actually transmitting / receiving radio waves, and a display for displaying character information and image information according to instructions from the control unit 20 And a ROM (read only memory) 60 in which character information and image information to be displayed on the display unit 50 are stored.

  Further, the control unit 20 determines what kind of operation should be performed based on the determination result from the pressed button determination unit 21 and the pressed button determination unit 21 that determines the type of button pressed by the button input unit 10. A state monitoring unit 22 that monitors whether or not a state is present, a communication control unit 23 that controls communication with the base station according to a monitoring result of the state monitoring unit 22, and a storage unit that stores a program for a display information expansion method 24. The state monitoring unit 22 controls the display unit 50 based on a program stored in the storage unit 24.

  FIG. 2 is an external view of an example of a portable terminal according to the present invention. Referring to the figure, in the mobile phone according to the present invention, as the button input unit 10, the dial button unit 11 on which numeric and sign buttons are arranged, and the character string displayed on the display unit 50 are placed on or displayed. A direction button unit 12 having up / down / left / right direction buttons for specifying a selection range of images to be displayed or switching a screen, and a function button unit 13 in which menu buttons, phone book buttons, and the like are arranged. Yes.

  Next, a function for increasing the amount of display information and a function for expanding display information will be described. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of information displayed on the display unit 50, FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of information in which the amount of information displayed on the display unit 50 is increased, and FIG.

  3 and 4 show an example of the menu screen, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, text information such as a telephone book and a list of received mails may be used.

  In FIG. 3, character strings “tool”, “setting”, “function”, “phone”, “mail”, “Internet”, “camera” are displayed. It is stored in the standard size storage area 61.

  A character string (detailed display information) in which the information amount of these character strings is increased is stored in the enlarged size storage area 62 of the ROM 60 in an enlarged size. Referring to FIG. 4, the detailed display information includes “use tools” for “tool”, “use various settings” for “setting”, “use all functions” for “function”, “ More detailed information such as "Use phone function" for "Phone", "Use email" for "Mail", "Use Internet" for "Internet", "Use camera" for "Camera" Say.

  Further, the character strings “tool”, “setting”, “function”, “phone”, “mail”, “Internet”, and “camera” shown in FIG. 3 are stored in the reduced size storage area 63 of the ROM 60 in a reduced size. ing.

  Next, a display information expansion method will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the display information expansion method according to the present invention.

  As an initial setting, it is assumed that the menu screen shown in FIG. In this case, the state monitoring unit 22 reads and displays standard size character string information from the standard size storage area 61 of the ROM 60.

  First, as an example, when the user selects “telephone” from the menu screen using the direction button unit 12 (step S1), the push button determination unit 21 notifies the state monitoring unit 22 that “telephone” has been selected. Notice. Upon receiving this notification, the state monitoring unit 22 converts “telephone” into a display with an increased amount of information “use telephone function” (step S2). Next, the state monitoring unit 22 expands the character string “use telephone function” (step S3).

  Specifically, the character string information “use telephone function” expanded from the enlarged size storage area 62 of the ROM 60 is read by the state monitoring unit 22, and the standard character string “phone” on the menu screen of the display unit 50 is read. Is replaced with

  Next, the state monitoring unit 22 reduces the character strings of standard sizes other than “phone” (“tool”, “setting”, “function”, “mail”, “Internet”, “camera”) (step S4).

  Specifically, the character string information of “tool”, “setting”, “function”, “mail”, “Internet”, and “camera” reduced from the reduced size storage area 63 of the ROM 60 by the state monitoring unit 22 is read. Is replaced with a character string of the same name on the menu screen of the display unit 50.

  Note that step S4 can be omitted.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display on the display unit 50 when the character string “telephone” is selected. In this case, instead of “telephone”, the character string “use telephone function” is enlarged and displayed. When step S4 is executed, the character strings of “tool”, “setting”, “function”, “mail”, “Internet”, and “camera” are also reduced and displayed on the same screen.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display on the display unit 50 when the character string “function” is selected. In this case, instead of “function”, a character string “use all functions” is enlarged and displayed. When step S4 is executed, the character strings of “camera”, “tool”, “setting”, “phone”, “mail”, “Internet” are also reduced and displayed on the same screen.

  That is, according to the first embodiment, desired display information can be enlarged, and the enlarged information can be easily displayed. Further, when the process of step S4 is added, the character string that has not been selected is displayed in a reduced size. Therefore, the character string “Tool”, “Setting”, “ “Function”, “Mail”, “Internet”, and “Camera” are reduced and displayed on the same screen. Therefore, the menu item does not move to the next page, and the desired function can be easily selected.

  In the first embodiment, the case of selecting one line of character string has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. By storing character string information of one column, a plurality of lines, or a plurality of columns in the ROM 60, Their selection is possible. Furthermore, by storing predetermined words or character string information of a predetermined length in the ROM 60, they can be selected.

  According to the second embodiment, the range of selectable character strings can be expanded.

  In the first embodiment, standard size character string information and enlarged or reduced size character string information are stored in the ROM 60, and when enlarged or reduced display is performed, enlarged or reduced size character string information is read from the ROM 60 and displayed. If the ROM 60 stores only standard-size character string information, and the character string information is configured by font data (scalable font) that can be enlarged or reduced, the state monitoring can be performed. The unit 22 reads character string information of a standard size from the ROM 60, and can display it on the display unit 50 by enlarging / reducing it.

  According to the third embodiment, it is possible to eliminate the need to store enlarged and reduced size character string information in the ROM 60, thereby reducing the storage capacity required for the ROM 60.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case of selecting a character string has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to the case of selecting an image. FIG. 9 is an example of a case where a mountain image is selected from a plurality of images and displayed on the display unit 50. The mountain image information is stored in a standard image storage area (not shown) of the ROM 60.

  FIG. 10 is a view when an image obtained by enlarging the central portion of the mountain image is displayed on the display unit 50. Image information obtained by enlarging the central portion of the mountain image is stored in an enlarged image storage area (not shown) of the ROM 60. Furthermore, data of the date when the mountain was photographed (for example, photographing date: December 10, 200X) is included below the enlarged mountain image. That is, detailed display information such as data of the day when the mountain is photographed is also stored in an enlarged image storage area (not shown) of the ROM 60.

  Further, reduced image information other than the central portion of the mountain image is stored in a reduced image storage area (not shown) of the ROM 60.

  Next, a display information expansion method will be described with reference to FIG.

  Assume that a plurality of images (not shown) are displayed on the display unit 50 as an initial setting. In this case, the state monitoring unit 22 reads and displays standard size image information from a standard image storage area (not shown) of the ROM 60.

  First, as an example, when the user selects “mountain image” from a plurality of images displayed on the display unit 50 using the direction button unit 12 (step S1), the push button determination unit 21 displays “mountain image”. "Is selected to the state monitoring unit 22. Upon receiving this notification, the state monitoring unit 22 converts the “mountain image” into a display with an increased amount of information such as “an image in which the day when the mountain is photographed is added to the central portion of the mountain image” (step S22). S2).

  Next, the state monitoring unit 22 enlarges the central portion of “the image in which the date of photographing the mountain is added to the central portion of the mountain image” (step S3).

  Specifically, the state monitoring unit 22 reads from the enlarged image storage area (not shown) of the ROM 60 “an image in which the central part of the mountain image is enlarged and the data of the day when the mountain is photographed is added below the enlarged part”. The image information is read out and replaced with a standard size “mountain image” on the menu screen of the display unit 50.

  Next, the state monitoring unit 22 reduces an image of a standard size other than “the central portion of the mountain image” (step S4).

  Specifically, the state monitoring unit 22 reads the “image other than the central part of the mountain image” information reduced from the reduced image storage area (not shown) of the ROM 60, and replaces it with the image of the same part of the display unit 50. The

  In addition, as an example of the detailed display information, the data of the day when the mountain was photographed was mentioned, but the present invention is not limited to this, and information such as the time when the mountain was photographed or the exposure time, aperture information, or memo may be used.

  In addition, a photographic image such as a “mountain image” is given as an example of the image, but the image is not limited to this, and an image such as a map may be used.

  According to the fourth embodiment, desired image information can be enlarged, and the enlarged information can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.

  In the fourth embodiment, standard size image information and enlarged or reduced size image information are stored in the ROM 60, and when enlarged or reduced display is performed, the enlarged or reduced size image information is read from the ROM 60 and displayed on the display unit 50. Although only the standard-size image information is stored in the ROM 60, the state monitoring unit 22 reads out the standard-size image information from the ROM 60, and scales it up and down step by step in the display unit 50. It is possible to display.

  Note that step S4 can be omitted. In addition, a known algorithm is used for the enlargement / reduction of the image, but this is irrelevant to the present invention, and the description thereof is omitted.

  According to the fifth embodiment, it is possible to eliminate the need to store the enlarged and reduced image information in the ROM 60, thereby reducing the storage capacity required for the ROM 60.

  The sixth embodiment relates to a program for a display information expansion method. As described above, the storage unit 24 in FIG. 1 stores a program. This program is a program of the display information expansion method shown in the flowchart in FIG. The computer (status monitoring unit 22) reads the display information expansion method program from the storage unit 24, and controls the display unit 50 and the ROM 60 according to the program. Since the contents of the control have already been described, description thereof is omitted here.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Button input part 20 Control part 21 Push button judgment part 22 State monitoring part 23 Communication control part 24 Storage part 30 Transmission / reception part 40 Antenna part 50 Display part 60 ROM
61 Standard size storage area 62 Enlarged size storage area 63 Reduced size storage area

Claims (9)

A display unit that displays a plurality of items including character strings indicating functions;
Selecting means for selecting one of the plurality of items;
A string indicating the functions included in the item selected by said selecting means, into a string that describes the meaning of the character string indicating the functions included in the selected item, enlarge the converted character string mobile terminal, characterized in that it comprises together, and a control unit to display items other than the selected item as it is to the display unit to. The control unit displays a character string indicating a function included in the selected item and a character string explaining the meaning of the character string indicating the function on a plurality of lines;
The mobile terminal according to claim 1.   The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit displays the selected item so as to be distinguishable from items other than the selected item. The control unit displays all items other than the selected item on the display unit,
The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal. A display step for displaying a plurality of items including character strings indicating functions;
A selection step of selecting one of the plurality of items;
A string indicating the functions included in the item selected by said selecting step, converted to a string that describes the meaning of the character string indicating the functions included in the selected item, enlarge the converted character string And a control step of displaying items other than the selected item on the display unit as they are. The control step displays a character string indicating a function included in the selected item and a character string explaining the meaning of the character string indicating the function on a plurality of lines.
The display information enlarging method according to claim 5.   The display information expansion method according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the control step displays the selected item so as to be distinguishable from items other than the selected item. The control step displays all items other than the selected item on the display unit,
The display information enlarging method according to any one of claims 5 to 7. A program to be executed by a computer of a mobile terminal,
A display step for displaying a plurality of items including character strings indicating functions;
A selection step of selecting one of the plurality of items;
A string indicating the functions included in the item selected by said selecting step, converted to a string that describes the meaning of the character string indicating the functions included in the selected item, enlarge the converted character string And a control step of displaying items other than the selected item on the display unit as they are .

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