JP5717175B2 - Terminal apparatus, processing method thereof, and program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal device that performs a process of locking an operation for the application process after the application is started, a processing method thereof, and a program.

  Currently, many mobile phones are equipped with functions for receiving broadcasts such as television and radio, and video display applications. If you use a mobile phone equipped with these functions to display a video, many children will feel better, so start the TV on the mobile phone, play a recorded program, or display a video in a video display application. In some cases, a mobile phone may be handed over to a child. In some cases, an application for children is activated, a mobile phone is handed over to the child, and the child is allowed to operate as it is.

However, when a child has a mobile phone, the child may perform terminal operations such as key operations, and may perform unintended operations such as application termination, volume change, data deletion, and terminal power-off. .
Similarly, even when the mobile phone is not handed to the child, when an adult puts the mobile phone on the desktop holder and watches a video with the child, the unintended operation is similarly performed. May end up.

On the other hand, Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which a transmission lock is detected when a physical feature of a user is detected and compared with the physical feature data of a regular user stored in advance, if they do not match.
Patent Document 2 discloses a technique for determining whether an adult or a child from contact information and restricting a calling operation or a personal information access operation in the case of a child.
Further, Patent Document 3 discloses a technique of a portable terminal that enables key operation while being installed in a charger and restricts operation again after being removed from the charger.

JP-A-10-107184 JP 2003-163739 A JP 2009-147794 A

However, any one of the above-described techniques Unlike techniques to limit the unintended operation while operating the application, it is desired technique capable of solving such problems.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal device, a processing method thereof, and a program that can solve the above-described problems.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an application processing unit that performs processing of a started application program, an operation lock determination unit that determines the start of an operation lock during the startup of the application, and the operation lock. If it is determined to start, it is determined whether or not the input operation information matches the operation information for the other application that performs operation lock during the processing of the application specified in advance among the activated applications. An operation lock processing unit that stops outputting the input operation information to the other application to the application processing unit, and the operation lock processing unit determines whether the operation lock is released. A predetermined time has elapsed after releasing the operation lock process. The case is the terminal apparatus characterized by initiating the operation lock automatically.

The present invention is also an operation lock processing method in a terminal device, wherein an application processing unit processes an activated application program, and an operation lock determination unit starts operation lock while the application is running. If the operation lock processing unit determines that the operation lock is to be started, the input operation information indicates that the operation lock is performed during the processing of the previously specified application among the activated applications . It is determined whether or not the operation information for the application matches, and if it matches, the output of the input operation information for the other application to the application processing unit is stopped, and the operation lock processing unit Is determined to be released after the operation lock process is released. If the time elapsed is a processing method characterized by initiating the operation lock automatically.

Further, the present invention provides an application processing means for processing a started application program in a computer of a terminal device, an operation lock determining means for determining the start of an operation lock during the activation of the application, and determining to start the operation lock. If the input operation information matches the operation information for the other application that locks the operation during the processing of the application specified in advance among the activated applications, Stops outputting the input operation information to the other application to the application processing means, and when it is determined that the operation lock is released, a predetermined time has elapsed after releasing the operation lock process In this case, the operation lock that automatically starts the operation lock. Processing means, a program for execution.

  According to the present invention, in the terminal device, it is possible to limit unintended operations such as termination of the application processing, volume change, and terminal power-off while continuing application processing.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a terminal device. It is a figure which shows the function structure of the control part with which the terminal device was provided. It is a figure which shows the example of the operation lock list information currently recorded on memory. It is a flowchart which shows the process of a terminal device.

Hereinafter, a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal device according to the embodiment.
In this figure, reference numeral 10 denotes a terminal device, and the terminal device 10 is, for example, a mobile phone or a PDA.
As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 10 includes a broadcast reception processing unit that receives broadcast signals such as television and radio, a wireless communication processing unit that performs wireless communication with other terminal devices via a base station device, and audio. And a user instruction input unit 14 for inputting instruction information operated by a user using a touch panel or operation keys. The terminal device 10 also includes a control unit 15 that controls each processing unit, a display unit 16 that visually displays information, an audio output unit 17 that outputs audio, and a memory 18 that stores various types of information.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a control unit included in the terminal device.
As shown in this figure, the control unit 15 includes an application processing unit 151 configured in the control unit 15 upon activation of the application program, an operation lock determination unit 152 that determines whether to start an operation lock on the application process, and an operation lock. An operation lock processing unit 153 that performs operation lock processing when it is determined to start, and an operation lock release unit that releases operation lock processing are provided. Here, the control unit 15 actually includes other processing functions necessary for operating as the terminal device 10, but in the present embodiment, only functions for solving the problem will be described. Shall.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of operation lock list information recorded in the memory.
As shown in this figure, the memory 18 includes identification information of an application program and operation input information subject to input restriction while the application program is running (for example, types of operation keys whose input is restricted) Further, it is assumed that operation lock list information in association with the operation key pressing order) is stored in advance. The operation lock list information may be created by the user using the terminal device 10.

And the terminal device 10 starts the application program memorize | stored in the memory 18 grade | etc., When starting the said operation program, it determines the start of an operation lock, and when it determines with starting an operation lock, input operation information However, it is determined whether or not it matches the operation information for performing the operation lock during the processing of the activated application. If they match, the operation lock processing based on the input operation information is restricted.
Through such processing, the terminal device 10 according to the present embodiment limits unintended operations while the application is operating.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing of the terminal device according to the present embodiment.
Next, details of the processing of the terminal device according to the present embodiment will be described step by step.
First, the control unit 15 of the terminal device 10 inputs an activation instruction for a predetermined application program from the user via the user instruction input unit 14 (step S101). Then, the control part 15 starts the application program currently recorded on the memory 18 (step S102). Thus, the control unit 15 is configured with an application processing unit 151 that performs processing of the activated application program. For example, it is assumed that the activated application program is an application program that reproduces a moving image. Then, the application processing unit 151 reads the moving image data (input via the user instruction input unit 14) selected by a predetermined or user operation from the memory 18, and performs reproduction processing (application processing) of the moving image data. (Step S103).

  Then, during the reproduction of the moving image data, the operation lock determination unit 152 in the control unit 15 acquires information on the operation input input via the user instruction input unit 14 (step S104). The operation lock determination unit 152 determines whether the operation input is an operation input indicating the start of operation lock (step S105). When the operation input is an operation input indicating the start of operation lock, it is determined that the operation lock is started. Note that specific processing in the operation lock start determination includes, for example, operation input information indicating the operation lock start (one or more key types, the order of pressing each type of key, etc.), for example, Information recorded in advance in the memory 18 or the like, read the information, and newly acquired as operation input during processing of a predetermined application (types of one or a plurality of keys, each type of key) It is determined that the operation lock is to be started when it coincides with the order of pressing. Then, the operation lock determination unit 152 outputs an operation lock start signal to the operation lock processing unit 153. If the information acquired in step S104 is not an operation input indicating the start of operation lock, the operation lock determination unit 152 repeats the process of determining whether the information is an operation input indicating the start of operation lock.

  Next, the operation lock processing unit 153 performs operation lock processing for controlling the signal input from the user instruction input unit 14 not to be output to the application processing unit 151 (step S106). In the operation lock process, for example, the operation lock processing unit 153 once receives a signal from the user instruction input unit 14 that is directly input to the normal application processing unit 151 and discards the signal without outputting the signal to the application processing unit 151. Alternatively, a process for stopping the operation of the detection unit that detects the pressing of the operation key may be performed so that the operation key does not operate even when the operation key is pressed.

Further, as the operation lock process, only when the information input by the operation matches the information stored in the operation lock list information in advance, the operation input signal is discarded without being output to the application processing unit 151. May be performed.
For example, the operation lock processing unit 153 reads, from the operation lock list information in the memory 18, information on the operation input that is subject to input restriction associated with the identification information of the currently activated application program. Then, the operation lock processing unit 153 reads the read operation input information to restrict the input and the operation input (key operation) information input via the user instruction input unit 14 (of the key pressed out of a plurality of keys). Type and order). Then, the operation lock processing unit 153 determines that the operation lock is performed when the information on the operation input to be input-restricted matches the information on the operation input input through the user instruction input unit 14. Also good.

A more specific example of this processing is, for example, when three keys of operation keys A, B, and C are input in the order of A → B → C during the operation of the application program. When the information on the operation input for restricting the input in which the key is pressed and the order in which they are pressed is recorded in the operation lock list information in the memory 18, the information on the operation input is output to the application processing unit 151. Discard without.
In addition, when the operation lock target operation is not a key operation and the screen is a touch panel, information indicating an input operation on the touch panel may be used (for example, information of a finger touch on the screen, etc.) ). In this case, the input information of the operation input to be limited is information such as the finger touch detection time and area on the touch panel, the distance from the touched position to the position where the touch is released, and this information and the application program When the operation input information detected on the touch panel matches during the activation of the application, the operation input information may be discarded without being output to the application processing unit 151.

After the operation lock is started, the operation lock release unit 154 acquires operation input information from the user instruction input unit 14 (step S107), and determines whether the operation input is an operation input indicating operation lock release. Determination is made (step S108). The operation lock release unit 154 determines to release the operation lock when the operation input is an operation input indicating the operation lock release. More specifically, in the operation lock release unit 154, the operation input information indicating the operation lock release is recorded in advance in the memory 18 or the like, for example, in the same manner as the operation input information indicating the operation lock start. Is read and the operation lock operation is performed, and if it matches the information newly acquired as the operation input, it is determined to release the operation lock (step S109). Then, the operation lock release unit 154 outputs an operation lock release signal to the operation lock processing unit 153, and the operation lock processing unit 153 ends the operation lock processing (step S110). As a result of step S107, when it is not determined that the operation lock is released, the process of determining whether the operation input indicates the operation lock release is repeated.
Further, the operation lock determination unit 152 determines whether or not the application is terminated thereafter (step S111), and if not terminated, performs the process of step S104 and repeats the processes of step S104 to step S111.

  According to the above-described processing, it is possible to limit unintended operations such as termination of application processing, volume change, and terminal power-off while application processing continues.

  In the above-described processing of step S104 and step S105, when operation input information is acquired, processing for determining whether the operation input indicates the start of operation lock is performed. Performs an operation for starting a program called “child mode” in the terminal device 10, and as a result, the operation lock determination unit 152 is configured in the control unit 15, and the operation lock determination unit 152 performs the start time of the application program. The start of the operation lock may be determined when a predetermined time has passed since the start of the operation. In this case, the processing after the operation lock start is determined is the same as the processing described above. It should be noted that after the operation lock is released, the operation lock process may be automatically started again after a predetermined time has elapsed and the operation lock process is started. In this case, when the activated application is terminated and another application is activated, the operation lock is automatically started after the other application is activated, and the operation is simplified.

  The “child mode” program, for example, not only determines whether or not to start operation lock for application processing by starting the recording / playback application program, but also other video playback application programs such as TV reception playback, In addition, regarding all application programs installed in the terminal device 10 such as an application program for children, it may be determined whether or not to start an operation lock for application processing by starting the program.

  In the case of an application that is enjoyed by operating rather than just playing video and audio, such as a child application, only operations in that application process can be performed, and other applications can be started or applications that are running can be terminated You may make it restrict | limit by operation lock.

  Also, in the video playback application and other applications, not all operations are restricted, but some operations such as channel change in the TV reception / playback application are permitted, or the operations permitted by user settings are specified. Anyway.

Note that any method can be used for starting and releasing the operation lock. For example, an operation of a specific key, a specific touch operation, a case operation such as opening and closing of a terminal, an operation of lock hardware such as a specific key set for locking, and the like can be considered.
In addition, the size of the finger touched, the size of the contact part of the hand holding the terminal, the strength of the operation force, the recognition of the face reflected on the camera, the estimation from the operation history, etc. If it is determined that the child is operating, the operation may be locked or partially restricted.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, the above-mentioned terminal device has a computer system inside. Each process described above is stored in a computer-readable recording medium in the form of a program, and the above process is performed by the computer reading and executing the program. Here, the computer-readable recording medium means a magnetic disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Alternatively, the computer program may be distributed to the computer via a communication line, and the computer that has received the distribution may execute the program.

  The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the program already recorded on the computer system, and what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Terminal device 11 ... Broadcast reception process part 12 ... Wireless communication process part 13 ... Microphone 14 ... User instruction | indication input part 15 ... Control part 16 ... Display part 17 ... Audio output unit 18 ... Memory 151 ... Application processing unit 152 ... Operation lock determination unit 153 ... Operation lock processing unit 154 ... Operation lock release unit

Claims (9)

An application processing unit for processing the started application program;
An operation lock determination unit that determines the start of an operation lock during the activation of the application;
If it is determined that the operation lock is to be started, whether the input operation information matches the operation information for the other application that performs the operation lock during the processing of the previously specified application among the activated applications. An operation lock processing unit for stopping the output to the application processing unit of the input operation information for the other application , if the determination and match,
When it is determined that the operation lock is released, the operation lock processing unit automatically starts the operation lock when a predetermined time elapses after the operation lock processing is released.
Terminal device comprising a call. The operation lock determination unit determines that the operation lock is started only for the processing of the application program when the activated application program matches a predetermined application program determined in advance. Item 2. The terminal device according to Item 1. Compare the input operation input of the operation lock release and the operation input information of the operation lock release set in advance, and if they match, the operation lock release unit for releasing the operation lock,
The terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the operation lock determination unit determines that the operation lock starts when a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of the application. . The terminal device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the operation lock determination unit determines the start of the operation lock based on an operation lock start input. An operation lock processing method in a terminal device,
The application processing unit processes the activated application program,
The operation lock determination unit determines the start of the operation lock during the activation of the application,
When the operation lock processing unit determines that the operation lock is to be started, the input operation information is an operation for another application that performs operation lock during processing of a previously specified application among the activated applications. It is determined whether it matches the information, and if it matches, the output of the input operation information for the other application to the application processing unit is stopped,
The operation lock processing unit automatically starts the operation lock when it is determined that the operation lock is released, and when a predetermined time elapses after the operation lock processing is released. Method. The operation lock determination unit determines that the operation lock is started only for the processing of the application program when the activated application program matches a predetermined application program determined in advance. Item 7. The processing method according to Item 6. In the terminal computer,
Application processing means for processing the activated application program;
Operation lock determination means for determining the start of operation lock during the activation of the application;
If it is determined that the operation lock is to be started, whether the input operation information matches the operation information for the other application that performs the operation lock during the processing of the previously specified application among the activated applications. If it is determined and matches, the output of the input operation information to the other application is stopped to the application processing means, and when the operation lock is determined to be released, the operation lock processing is released. An operation lock processing means for automatically starting the operation lock when a predetermined time has passed later,
A program for running The operation lock determination means is connected to the computer.
Claims for further executing means for executing a process for determining that an operation lock is started only for the process of the application program when the activated application program matches a predetermined application program set in advance 8. The program according to 8.

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