JP5762850B2 - Mobile terminal device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal device capable of improving operability, and more specifically, user data registered in an address book and functions associated with the user data are displayed and easily executed. It is related with the portable terminal device which can do.

When the mail software is activated and a function such as displaying mail including the address of the other party registered in the address book (hereinafter referred to as “user data”) is executed, the voice related to the user data 2. Description of the Related Art A mobile terminal device that displays functions such as transmission, mail creation screen display, and web page display as keys is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
By operating the displayed function with a key, a corresponding function, such as voice transmission, can be executed.

International Publication No. WO2006 / 085544

When a key to which a function related to user data is assigned is selected, when there are a plurality of user data for the function, for example, when a plurality of telephone numbers are registered, the user selects a voice call key. Further, an operation for selecting a telephone number for voice transmission after selecting is required, and the operation becomes complicated.
In addition, since the keys to which the functions to be displayed are assigned are set in advance, even if the corresponding key is operated, there may be no user data corresponding to the function of the key. That is, if a phone number such as a mobile phone number is not registered as user data when a voice call key is operated, the operation is invalid even if the key is operated. Therefore, inconvenience may be felt during operation.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal device capable of extracting effective user data associated with displayed user data and displaying an executable function in a state where an e-mail or the like is displayed. is there.

In order to solve the above problems, the mobile terminal device of the present invention
A display unit;
An operation unit that accepts input;
A storage unit that stores first user data and second user data that is associated with the first user data and includes at least one of a telephone number and an email address;
When the first user data is displayed on the display unit, it is selected when an input for selecting specific first user data included in the first user data is received by the operation unit An extraction unit for extracting the second user data associated with the first user data from the storage unit;
A predetermined function executed based on the second user data extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the display unit together with the first user data, and the predetermined function is displayed according to an input received from the operation unit. An execution unit to execute;
With

Moreover, the program of the portable terminal device of the present invention is:
A display unit;
An operation unit that accepts input;
A computer of a mobile terminal device having first user data and a storage unit that stores second user data that is associated with the first user data and includes at least one of a telephone number and an email address.
When the first user data is displayed on the display unit, it is selected when an input for selecting specific first user data included in the first user data is received by the operation unit A procedure for extracting the second user data associated with the first user data from the storage unit;
A predetermined function executed based on the second user data extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the display unit together with the first user data, and the predetermined function is displayed according to an input received from the operation unit. The steps to perform,
Is executed.

Furthermore, the control method of the portable terminal device of the present invention includes:
A display unit;
An operation unit that accepts input;
A method for controlling a portable terminal device comprising: first user data; and a storage unit that stores second user data that is associated with the first user data and includes at least one of a telephone number and an email address. ,
When the first user data is displayed on the display unit, it is selected when an input for selecting specific first user data included in the first user data is received by the operation unit Extracting the second user data associated with the first user data from the storage unit;
A predetermined function executed based on the second user data extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the display unit together with the first user data, and the predetermined function is displayed according to an input received from the operation unit. It is something to execute.

  According to the portable terminal device of the present invention, the second user data associated with the selected first user data is obtained by selecting the specific first user data while the first user data is displayed. The function corresponding to each of the second user data is extracted and displayed. The user can directly execute the corresponding function simply by operating the displayed function. Further, since the corresponding function is extracted from the storage unit every time the first user data is selected, the invalid function without the corresponding second user data is not displayed, and the operability is improved. Can do.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a mobile terminal device to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the portable terminal device of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display screen when a received mail is selected. FIG. 5 shows examples of different display screens when the first user data is selected. FIG. 6 shows an example of a display screen when there is no second user data corresponding to the selection of the first user data and its function. FIG. 7 shows an example of a display screen when different first user data is selected. FIG. 8 is a table showing user data stored in the storage unit.

  In the following, as shown in FIG. 1, a portable mobile terminal device having two display screens (21) and (31), and each display screen (21) and (31) having a touch panel (22) and (32). An embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described in (10). The illustrated mobile terminal device (10) is for explanation, and it is needless to say that the present invention should not be interpreted in a limited manner with respect to a specific structure and configuration.

  The mobile terminal device (10) starts one or a plurality of applications on an operating system as a platform, displays various information on the display screens (21) and (31), and / or a touch panel (22) as an operation unit and / or Operations such as operation and editing can be performed by operating the touch panel (32).

First, the structure of the portable portable terminal device (10) according to the present embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal device (10) has two display screens (21) capable of displaying information such as characters, graphics, images, videos, music, and moving pictures in accordance with the application desired by the user. ) (31) and a display unit (20) (30) having a touch panel (22) (32) as an operation unit that can be operated by touching the surface of the display screen by a user, a coupling mechanism (40) Therefore, it can be configured to be relatively movable by opening / closing or sliding.
The display units (20) and (30) are not limited to two. Further, the operation unit is not limited to the touch panel type, but may be a button press type or a jog dial type.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the first display unit (20) and the second display unit (30) have a display screen (21) capable of displaying information in a housing (23) (33) whose one surface is open. (31) is accommodated so as to be visible from the opening side. The display screens (21) and (31) are electrically connected to a control unit (60) (see FIG. 2), which will be described later, and can display various information. In FIG. 1, the display unit located on the right back side of the drawing is referred to as a first display unit (20), and the display unit located on the left front side is referred to as a second display unit (30).

  The display screens (21) and (31) can be exemplified by liquid crystal displays. On the opening side of the display screens (21) and (31), as shown in FIG. 1, touch panels (22) and (32) that can be operated by a user touching with a fingertip (100) or the like are provided. The touch panels (22) and (32) are disposed so as to close the openings of the housings (23) and (33), and are formed to be transparent so that the display screens (21) and (31) are visible. Examples of the touch panels (22) and (32) include a finger pressure sensor method, a capacitance method, and a resistance film method.

  The first display unit (20) and the second display unit (30) can be relatively moved by the coupling mechanism (40), and detailed description of the configuration is omitted. The structure which makes a part (20) slidable and / or rotatable with respect to a 2nd display part (30) can be illustrated.

  In addition, a microphone and a speaker (both not shown) for voice communication are accommodated in the housings (23) and (33).

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the control and operation of the mobile terminal device (10) of the present invention will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. 2, the control flowchart of FIG. 3, and the display examples of FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 2, all control of the portable terminal device (10) is performed by a control unit (60) including a CPU and the like. As will be described in detail below, the touch panel (22) (32) is connected to the control unit (60) via the touch panel determination unit (25) (35), and the display screen (21) ( 31), an operating system control unit (70), an application control unit (71), an extraction unit (72), an execution unit (73), a storage unit (61), and the like are connected. In addition, a communication antenna (64) is electrically connected via a communication unit (63), and a microphone (66) and a speaker (67) for voice communication are also connected via a voice communication unit (65). Connected.

  The first touch panel (22) and the second touch panel (32) are electrically connected to the control unit (60) via the first touch panel determination unit (25) and the second touch panel determination unit (35), respectively. User input from the first touch panel (22) and the second touch panel (32) is transmitted as coordinate information to the control unit (60) via the touch panel determination unit (25) (35), and the control unit (60). Edits and operates information on the display screens (21) and (31) according to the input.

  The operations that the user can perform on the touch panel (22) (32) with a finger (100), stylus pen, etc. are relatively short taps, double taps, touch panels (22 ) (32) is longer than these, so-called drag, which is an operation to move the touch point while touching the touch panel (22) (32), pays quickly after touching the touch panel (22) (32) The so-called flick, which is an operation, a so-called pinch that changes the distance while touching the touch panel (22) (32) with two fingers, etc. A so-called swipe that traces the touch panel (22) (32) while touching () (32) can be exemplified.

  The first display screen (21) and the second display screen (31) are electrically connected to the control unit (60) and can display various information corresponding to the operating system and application software to be used.

  The operating system mounted on the portable terminal device (10) is operated by an operating system control unit (70) electrically connected to the control unit (60). The operating system is a system that serves as an interface for the application, and performs activation, termination, volume adjustment, time display, alarm setting, and other system operations of the application.

  In addition, various applications activated on the mobile terminal device (10) are operated by the application control unit (71) electrically connected to the control unit (60) on the operating system. Examples of the application include mail software, music player, browser, viewer software, and the like. In the following description, mail software is taken as an example of the application.

  When the application is started by the application control unit (71), the contents thereof, for example, in the case of mail software, a received mail list, a transmitted mail list, a mail creation screen, and the like are displayed on the display screens (21) and (31).

Data displayed by the application is extracted from the storage unit (61) according to the operation. The storage unit (61) stores various data (hereinafter referred to as “user data”) stored by the user. Examples of the user data include the name (name) of the other party (hereinafter referred to as “user”), mobile phone number, company phone number, email address, list of emails sent and received with the user, website address, group list, etc. Can do.
These can be stored, for example, in the address book storage unit (62) provided in the storage unit (61) as a table as shown in FIG. When there are a plurality of users, the user data is associated with each user and stored in the address book storage unit (62). The association of user data can be confirmed on the display screens (21) and (31).

  The storage unit (61) further stores functions corresponding to the respective user data on a one-to-one basis. As functions corresponding to user data, for example, a voice call function for a mobile phone number or a company phone number, a reply function for a mail address, a list of sent and received mails, and a browse function for the corresponding home page address for a home page address In the case of a group, a group telephone number display and a mail address display can be cited.

  When functions such as the display of received mail list, incoming / outgoing calls, and outgoing call history list are executed by application operation, the application control unit (71) displays the user name that matches the mail address and phone number. Is extracted from the storage unit (61) and the name of the user is displayed instead of the mail address or telephone number. In the following description, the user name is referred to as “first user data”.

  For example, when a list of received mails is displayed by operating the application from the state in which the home screen (91) is displayed (FIG. 4A) (step 1 in FIG. 3), FIG. As shown in b), the “received mail list” is displayed on the display screen (step 2). In the figure, the received mail is displayed with the name of the sender (first user data) and the reception date and time.

  When a specific mail is selected by tapping or the like from the displayed received mail list by input to the operation unit of the user (step 3), user data included in the selected mail as shown below That is, user data (hereinafter referred to as “second user data”) associated with the name of the sender (first user data: “Yamamoto” in the figure) is extracted from the storage unit (61).

The extraction of the second user data is executed by the extraction unit (72).
The extraction unit (72) refers to the storage unit (61) based on the first user data included in the mail selected by the user, and reads the first user from the table (see FIG. 8) of the storage unit (61). The presence / absence of second user data associated with the data (for example, e-mail address, mobile phone number, home phone number, etc.) is checked. If the corresponding second user data exists (step 4), the storage unit (61 ) To extract the second user data (step 5) and transmit it to the execution unit (73) described below.

  The execution unit (73) refers to the storage unit (61) based on the second user data received from the extraction unit (72) and associates the function to be executed with the second user data as shown in FIG. As shown, it is displayed on the display screen (step 6). The function can be displayed using a shortcut (92) or a thumbnail. If all the functions cannot be displayed, the display area (94) of the shortcut (92) is flicked to slide the display area (94) to the left and right as shown in FIG. It may be.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the function may be selected using a numeric keypad by attaching a number to a shortcut (92) for displaying the function or a thumbnail.

  If there is no second user data for the first user data, there is no corresponding function (No in step 4). Accordingly, in this case, a display such as “no data” may be displayed as shown in FIG. 6 (step 9).

  Since the function selected by the execution unit (73) is limited to the function having the second user data, a function without effective second user data is not selected. For example, referring to the table of FIG. 8 for the first user data “Suzuki”, since the home phone number is not registered, when the first user data “Suzuki” is selected, as shown in FIG. “Outgoing home” function is not displayed.

  When the user performs a tap operation or a numeric keypad operation on the display screens (21) and (31) via the touch panel (22) and (32) (step 7), the application control unit (71) Corresponding functions, that is, transmission of the first user data “Suzuki” to the mobile phone (95) (FIG. 4 (d)), voice transmission to the company (96) (FIG. 4 (e)), list of sent and received mails The display (97) (FIG. 4 (f)), other mail creation, homepage display, and the like can be directly executed (step 8).

  It should be noted that it is desirable to provide a “stop” button as shown in FIGS. 4D and 4E so that the user can interrupt the function executed in step 6.

  According to the above, when the user executes the function related to the first user data, when the second user data associated with the first user data exists, the user corresponds to the second user data, respectively. The function to be performed can be displayed and the function can be directly executed. For this reason, the operativity of a portable terminal device can be improved as much as possible. Further, when there is no valid second user data, the function is not selected and displayed, and there is no inconvenience during operation.

  In the above embodiment, the name of the sender of the received mail when the mail is received is used as the first user data, the second user data associated therewith is extracted, and the corresponding function can be executed. However, the first user data is not limited to this. For example, when the voice call is finished, the telephone number of the other party of the call can be used as the first user data. Other modifications are listed below.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the mobile terminal device (10) having the touch panel (22) (32) as the operation unit has been described. However, in the button-press type mobile terminal device, the shortcut displayed in accordance with the function Alternatively, the icon may be activated by an operation such as a long press of the numeric keys 1 to 0.

  Shortcuts and icons can be displayed by combining the corresponding user's picture ID and the like.

  When selecting specific first user data from the list, a confirmation screen may be displayed in order to prevent erroneous operation.

  In order to prevent voice transmission or mail transmission due to an erroneous operation, a waiting time may be provided after the shortcut or icon is operated until the function is actually executed.

  In addition to the functions described above, missed calls and call history transmission can be exemplified as functions related to the first user data.

  Of the second user data associated with the first user data, the second user data that the user does not need to display and the corresponding function can be set to non-display. For example, display or non-display may be set at the time of registration in the address book.

  In addition, the user data that the user has registered as a secret is not displayed, or the user data is not displayed when a function such as voice transmission is restricted as desired by the user. Good.

  When the group related to the first user data is displayed as the second user data, not only the data of all the users belonging to the group are displayed, but only a plurality of names who have recently sent and received voice calls and mails are displayed. You may do it.

  Instead of displaying the functions corresponding to all second user data associated with the first user data, only the functions frequently used by the user, for example, voice transmission, creation of e-mail, etc. are displayed (21) The function displayed in (31) or displayed by the user may be set.

  Moreover, you may make it display the function used frequently or the function used last time in the aspect different from another function. As a different aspect, a change in color, size, and font can be exemplified.

  The function corresponding to the displayed second user data may be changed to a display of only a telephone number, only an e-mail address, or a combination of these by switching with a tab or scrolling or switching screens.

  Changes, replacements, deletions, and the like of shortcuts and icons that are unnecessary for the user may be executed on a display screen such as a setting screen or a shortcut.

  Second user data that the user always wants to display, for example, a telephone number or a mail address, can also be set in advance. In addition, as the second user data associated with the first user data, it is possible to include data relating to a facility such as a restaurant that frequently goes with the corresponding user.

  For example, when a plurality of mobile phone numbers are registered in the user data, the priority order of the phone numbers to be displayed can be set.

  For example, by displaying a picture ID or the like and selecting the picture ID with a tap or the like, a shortcut or the like of a function corresponding to the second user data may be displayed by a pop-up or the like.

  When an incoming voice call or mail is received even when the mobile terminal device is locked, a shortcut or the like may be displayed so that these can be operated after unlocking.

  In the mobile terminal device (10) having the two display screens (21) and (31) described above, for example, sent / received mail is displayed on one display screen (21), and a shortcut or the like is displayed on the other display screen (31). can do.

  As a function corresponding to the second user data, so-called push to talk can be included.

  You may make it display the shortcut etc. regarding the user who belongs to the same group as the object user.

  In addition, in the case of e-mails transmitted to a plurality of users, shortcuts regarding not only the sender but also other receiving users may be displayed.

  Furthermore, shortcuts that have not been updated after a certain period of time may be deleted from the list.

  In the above, the list of the displayed first user data is selected by performing a tap operation, the second user data is extracted, and the function is displayed. In this case, other operations from the list of the first user data, for example, operations such as displaying the contents of the selected mail can be executed by, for example, a double tap or a long tap.

  By combining the above-described embodiments singly or in combination, a mobile terminal device with higher operability can be provided.

  The present invention is useful as a portable terminal device with excellent operability.

(10) Mobile terminal device
(20) First display section
(30) Second display section
(60) Control unit
(61) Memory unit
(70) Operating system controller
(71) Application control section
(72) Extraction unit
(73) Execution unit
(92) Thumbnail
(93) Display area

Claims (6)

A display unit;
An operation unit that accepts input;
A storage unit that stores first user data and second user data that is associated with the first user data and includes at least one of a telephone number and an email address;
When the received mail list including the first user data is displayed on the display unit, the operation unit selects specific first user data included in the first user data from the received mail list . An extraction unit that extracts the second user data associated with the selected first user data from the storage unit when an input is received;
A predetermined function executed based on the second user data extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the display unit together with the first user data, and the predetermined function is displayed according to an input received from the operation unit. An execution unit to execute;
A portable terminal device comprising: The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the function executed by the execution unit includes at least one of making a call , creating a mail, and displaying a homepage .   The portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the execution unit displays a function related to the second user data on the display screen by a shortcut or a thumbnail. When the first user data is selected, at least a part of the received mail list including the selected first user data and a predetermined function executed based on the second user data are displayed on the display unit.
The portable terminal device in any one of Claims 1 thru | or 3. A display unit;
An operation unit that accepts input;
A computer of a mobile terminal device having first user data and a storage unit that stores second user data that is associated with the first user data and includes at least one of a telephone number and an email address.
When the received mail list including the first user data is displayed on the display unit, the operation unit selects specific first user data included in the first user data from the received mail list . A procedure for extracting the second user data associated with the selected first user data from the storage unit when an input is received;
A predetermined function executed based on the second user data extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the display unit together with the first user data, and the predetermined function is displayed according to an input received from the operation unit. The steps to perform,
The program of the portable terminal device characterized by performing this. A display unit;
An operation unit that accepts input;
A method for controlling a portable terminal device comprising: first user data; and a storage unit that stores second user data that is associated with the first user data and includes at least one of a telephone number and an email address. ,
When the received mail list including the first user data is displayed on the display unit, the operation unit selects specific first user data included in the first user data from the received mail list . When the input is accepted, the second user data associated with the selected first user data is extracted from the storage unit,
A predetermined function executed based on the second user data extracted by the extraction unit is displayed on the display unit together with the first user data, and the predetermined function is displayed according to an input received from the operation unit. Run,
A method for controlling a portable terminal device.

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