JP5549693B2 - Display switching method and apparatus for portable terminal - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a display switching method and a portable terminal of a portable terminal such as a cellular phone, and more particularly to a display switching method and a portable terminal of a portable terminal capable of changing the attitude of a display unit.

Conventionally, mobile terminals such as a mobile phone, a portable personal computer (PC), and a personal information terminal (PDA) have been developed (see Patent Documents 1 to 4), and the mobile terminal is provided with a display unit. ing. Patent documents 5 and 6 are documents related to the display unit.
Conventionally, in the portable terminal, in order to prevent others from seeing the screen displayed on the display unit, what is instantaneously changed to another screen has been developed (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). .

As a method for realizing this, a screen to be displayed at the time of screen switching is prepared in advance, and the display is changed by operating a specific operation button.
However, since it is often an emergency when it is desired to change the screen, if the screen is switched by button operation, there is a possibility that the screen cannot be changed due to an erroneous operation.

JP 2007-94378 A JP 2006-157182 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-312261 JP 2007-281737 A JP 2006-133368 A JP 2006-185191 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to instantaneously and reliably switch the display without fear of erroneous operation.

According to the present invention, in the portable terminal that can change the posture of the display means between the first display posture and the second display posture, either one of the first display posture and the second display posture is provided. When the screen displayed in the display orientation is changed to the other display orientation, the screen is switched to a predetermined dummy screen and displayed on the display means. When the orientation of the display means is restored, the original display screen is displayed. A display switching method for a portable terminal is provided.
When the screen displayed in one of the first display posture and the second display posture is changed to the other display posture, the screen is switched to a predetermined dummy screen and displayed on the display means. When the posture of the means is returned to the original position, the original display screen is displayed.

Here, the dummy screen may be configured to be a predetermined image, a WEB page, or a standby screen.
The dummy screen may be configured to be selected from a plurality of screens.
The first and second display postures may be configured to be a horizontally long posture and a vertically long posture, respectively.

Further, according to the present invention, in a portable terminal having a display means that can be changed between the first display attitude and the second display attitude, the display attitude of the display means is detected, and the display attitude of the display means is determined. There is provided a portable terminal comprising control means for switching to a different display.
The control means detects the display posture of the display means and switches to a display corresponding to the display posture of the display means.

Here, the control means may be configured to control the display means so as to switch and display a predetermined dummy screen when the display means is switched from one display posture to the other display posture.
Further, the control means may be configured to control the display means so that when the display posture of the display means is restored, the display means is switched to the original screen.

The first and second display postures may be configured to be a horizontally long posture and a vertically long posture, respectively.
The dummy screen may be configured to be a predetermined image, a WEB page, or a standby screen.
The control unit may be configured to select and display the dummy screen from among a plurality of screens stored in the storage unit.

According to the display switching method of the portable terminal of the present invention, it is possible to instantaneously and reliably switch the display without fear of erroneous operation.
In addition, according to the mobile terminal of the present invention, it is possible to instantaneously and reliably switch the display without fear of erroneous operation.

Hereinafter, a display switching method for a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the drawings, the same parts are denoted by the same reference numerals.
First, the outline of an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, in a mobile terminal, when the display content of the display unit is not desired to be seen by others, the display screen is displayed in the posture of the display unit. By changing, the screen is instantly changed to another screen (dummy screen).

In the mobile terminal according to the present embodiment, in the mobile terminal in which the orientation of the display unit can be changed from landscape to portrait, the screen that is displayed in one of the landscape or portrait state is changed. In this case, the display screen is switched to another dummy screen, and the original display screen is displayed when the display portion is returned to its original position.
The dummy screen may be a predetermined image, a WEB page, or a standby screen, and any screen is selected from the plurality of screens when the screen is switched.

1 and 2 are views showing an appearance of a mobile terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIGS. 1A to 1C are front views and FIG. 2 is a bottom view. In the present embodiment, an example of a mobile phone is given as the mobile terminal 10.
1 and 2, the mobile terminal 10 includes a display-side casing 11 provided with a display unit 13 and an operation-side casing 12 provided with an operation unit 14, as shown in FIG. As shown, they are connected so as to overlap. The display side casing 11 and the operation side casing 12 are relatively rotatable within a parallel plane.

FIG. 1A is a front view of the state where the display-side housing 11 and the operation-side housing 12 overlap each other, and FIG. 2 is a bottom view of the state shown in FIG.
In the state of FIG. 5A, the operation unit 14 of the operation side housing 12 is not exposed, and only the display unit 13 is exposed. Therefore, display of content suitable for full screen display, such as television broadcasting, is suitable.

  When the display-side casing 11 is rotated 90 ° clockwise, for example, from the state shown in FIG. 1A, the state shown in FIG. In this state, the operation unit 14 of the operation side housing 12 is exposed, and the display unit 13 becomes a horizontally long screen (first display posture). Therefore, it is preferable to display a horizontal screen such as a WEB page, and to display content that requires operations such as character input and screen scrolling.

  When the display-side casing 11 is further rotated 90 ° clockwise from the state shown in FIG. 5B, the state shown in FIG. In this state, the operation unit 14 of the operation side housing 12 is exposed, and the display unit 13 becomes a vertically long screen (second display posture). Therefore, display / operation similar to that of an existing mobile phone, such as e-mail or a call, is suitable.

FIG. 3 shows a block diagram of portable terminal 10 according to the present embodiment.
The mobile terminal 10 includes a communication unit 101 that is a communication circuit that performs communication with a base station (not shown), a control unit 102 that is a CPU for controlling each unit, a display unit 103 that is a display device such as an LCD, and a terminal. 1A and 1B, a storage unit 104 that is a memory for storing a control program, a WEB browser application, bookmark information, and screen switching setting information according to the present embodiment, an operation unit 105 that is a key button, and the like. (C) and the attitude | position detection part 106 which detects the attitude | position of the operation side housing | casing 12 are comprised.

The posture detection unit 106 can be realized by an existing technology such as a Hall element or a micro switch.
The display unit 103 constitutes a display unit, the storage unit 104 constitutes a storage unit, the operation unit 105 constitutes an operation unit, and the posture detection unit 106 constitutes a posture detection unit. Further, the control unit 102 and the posture detection unit 106 constitute a control unit.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen switching setting information table 200 that stores screen switching setting information in the storage unit 104 of the mobile terminal 10. The screen switching setting information stored in the screen switching setting information table 200 stores an information source of a dummy screen that is displayed when a screen switching operation is performed. As illustrated, a plurality of settings (in the present embodiment, settings 1 to 3) may be provided. The information source is appropriately set by the manufacturer or user of the mobile terminal 10, and may be, for example, the URL of the WEB page (setting 1), the WEB page or still image saved as a screen memo (setting 2), or the standby screen (setting 3). .

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, the display switching method of the mobile terminal and the operation of the mobile terminal according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
5E shows a state in which a predetermined WEB page 501 is displayed as a normal display on the horizontal screen.

  In the normal display state in which the normal screen is displayed, when it is not desired that the displayed screen be seen by others, in this embodiment, the display-side casing 11 is relative to the vertical screen state in FIG. Thus, the posture detection unit 106 detects a change in the posture of the display-side housing 11 and the screen displayed on the display unit 13 is switched to a dummy screen.

FIG. 5F shows the portal site 502 when the user has selected “setting 1” of the screen switching setting information stored in the screen switching setting information table 200 as a dummy screen. When the display unit 13 is returned from the vertical screen to the horizontal screen, the display is returned from the dummy screen to the display of the original WEB page 501 which is the normal display.
In this embodiment, the dummy screen is displayed when the screen is changed from the horizontal screen to the vertical screen. For example, when a mail is created or viewed on the vertical screen, the dummy screen is displayed when the screen is switched to the horizontal screen. You may do it.

  The dummy screen to be displayed may be selected by the user, or may be selected randomly from a plurality of settings of the screen switching setting information stored in the screen switching setting information table 200. Note that reference numeral 503 in FIG. 5 shows an example of a standby screen 503 which is a dummy screen for setting 3 of screen switching setting information stored in the screen switching setting information table 200.

  According to the present embodiment described above, the web page 501 displayed in the landscape display orientation on the mobile terminal 10 in which the orientation of the display unit 13 can be changed between the landscape orientation and the portrait display orientation. When the screen is changed to the horizontally long display posture, the display is switched to the display screen of the portal site 502 or the standby screen 503 which is a dummy screen, and when the posture of the display unit 10 is returned to the original horizontally long display posture, A display screen 501 is displayed.

As described above, since the display switching operation is performed by switching the display between the normal screen and the dummy screen by changing the relative posture between the display side casing 11 and the operation side casing 12 instead of the button operation, there is a risk of erroneous operation. Therefore, the display can be instantaneously and surely switched to the dummy screen. Also, it is possible to easily return to the normal screen.
As the mobile terminal 10, various mobile terminals such as a mobile phone, a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a PDA (Personal Data Assistance, Personal Digital Assistants), and a portable personal computer can be used.

  It can be used for various portable terminals such as a cellular phone, PHS, PDA, and portable personal computer.

It is a front view which shows the external appearance of the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a bottom view which shows the external appearance of the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram of the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen switching setting information used for the portable terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating operation | movement of embodiment of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Portable terminal 11 ... Display side housing | casing 12 ... Operation side housing | casing 13 ... Display part 14 ... Operation part 15 ... Rotation connection member 101 ... Communication part 102 ... -Control unit 103 ... Display unit 104 ... Storage unit 105 ... Operation unit 200 ... Screen switching setting information table 501 ... Web page 502 ... Portal site 503 ... Standby screen

Claims (11)

In a portable terminal having display means capable of taking a first display posture and a second display posture,
A detection unit for detecting the posture;
A display unit for displaying display information;
A storage unit for storing a plurality of different types of display information;
Based on the detection result detected by the detection unit, the display information is switched from one display information displayed on the display unit to display information randomly selected from the plurality of display information stored in the storage unit. A portable terminal comprising a control unit to be displayed on the unit. Wherein the control unit, the detection result based on a portable terminal according to claim 1, characterized in that for displaying the display information on the basis of the information source that is set in advance. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the information source is a URL. Wherein, in the display state of the selected display information on the random, when the detecting section detects a change in the display position, according to claim 1, wherein the displaying is switched to the one of the display information The portable terminal as described in any one. In a mobile terminal having a display unit capable of taking a first display posture and a second display posture,
Based on the detection result of detecting the attitude of the display unit, the display information is switched from one display information displayed on the display unit to display information randomly selected from a plurality of different types of display information. A display switching method for a portable terminal, characterized by displaying. Display information randomly selected from the plurality of display information from one display information displayed on the display unit based on a detection result of detecting that the display posture has been switched from one display posture to the other. 6. The display switching method for a mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein the display is switched to and displayed on the display unit . 7. The mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein, based on the detection result, the display information is switched to display information randomly selected from the plurality of display information stored in the storage unit and displayed on the display unit. Display switching method. The display switching method for a mobile terminal according to any one of claims 5 to 7 , wherein the display information is displayed based on a preset information source based on the detection result. 9. The display switching method for a mobile terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the information source is a URL. The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 5 to 9 , wherein, when a change in display orientation is detected in the display state of the randomly selected display information, the display information is switched to the one display information and displayed. Display switching method. The program for making a computer perform the display switching method of the portable terminal as described in any one of Claims 5 thru | or 10 .

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