JPH10224288A - Portable electronic mail telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable electronic main telephone set with good operability in which movement of a cursor and an input of data are conducted easily by one hand. SOLUTION: A device main body 100 has jog dials 1a, 1b or the like that are suitable for selecting data possible to input and for moving a cursor in a display part 3 and arranged in an area operable by a finger, when a user holds the device main body 100. When the device is used as a portable telephone set, a flipper 2 is closed for speech. In the case of transmitting/receiving an electronic mail, the flipper 2 is opened. In the case of writing a new message, characters are selected by rotating the jog dials 1a, 1b and KANJI conversion and characters, and KANJI confirmation are conducted by clicking either of them. In the case of transmitting written message, the cursor on the display part 3 is moved by using the jog dials 1a, 1b, and a transmission icon or the like is clicked by using either of the jog dials 1a, 1b.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable electronic mail telephone capable of transmitting and receiving electronic mail using a display screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various proposals have been made as an integrated type of a portable telephone and a portable information terminal. When importance is placed on the function as a portable telephone, a small and light form and a design which can be adapted to a hand are required. On the other hand, when emphasizing the function as a portable information terminal, a full keyboard having a wide key pitch (the interval between keys) and a large screen display are preferable.

[0003] The integrated type of a portable telephone and a portable information terminal shown in FIG. 14 (a) is a display screen of a usual small window for displaying a telephone number, a call time, a charge, and the like when used as a portable telephone. However, when sending and receiving e-mail as a portable information terminal, a lid (hereinafter, referred to as a “flipper”) covering a key top is opened, and a horizontally long large display screen is used.

[0004] In addition, the integrated type of the portable telephone and the portable information terminal shown in FIG. 14 (b) has a large display and a touch panel type key top by using two liquid crystal screens, and when reading an e-mail, Use this large LCD screen.

[0005]

The large display screen integrated with the portable telephone and the portable information terminal shown in FIG. 14A has a liquid crystal screen of 1 because the display screen and the key top are arranged on the same display. Just one. However, on a narrow display screen, key tops must be displayed in fine characters, and when entering a message, both the input message and the key top must be displayed, and the display of the key tops is increasingly increasing The area and the key top interval to be displayed become narrow, and blind touch is almost impossible.

[0006] In the integrated type of a portable telephone and a portable information terminal shown in FIG. 14B, a touch panel type key top is provided separately from the display screen using two liquid crystal screens, and the display and the key tops are arranged. . However, also in this case, the blind touch is impossible and a pen input is required.

As described above, in the integrated type having both the portable telephone function and the portable information terminal function, it is inconvenient to input characters by using a touch panel on a screen or a key top for a telephone. There was only one thing with very poor operability that had to make halfway key input. Further, in many cases, a so-called electronic organizer function has been forcibly added to the shape of a mobile phone, and this has led to unreasonable operability.

Therefore, the present invention is almost the same in appearance as a normal mobile phone, can perform voice communication, and can easily perform cursor operation and data input with one hand.
In addition, a mobile e-mail telephone with good operability is provided.

[0009]

A portable electronic mail telephone according to the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is provided with a function of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail in a main body of the apparatus. What is claimed is: 1. A portable e-mail telephone having three modes of a simultaneous standby mode capable of transitioning to both a non-telephone mode and said packet communication mode, comprising: cursor generating means for generating a cursor; and display means for displaying said cursor. , Can operate a cursor in the display means, when the user holds the device body,
At least one cursor operation means arranged in an area operable by a finger, and control means for moving a cursor in the display means based on an operation of the cursor operation means. is there.

Therefore, if the apparatus main body is held with one hand, all the cursor operating means are within the reach of the finger, so that all the cursor operating means can be operated with one hand.
The cursor in the display means is moved based on this operation.

In addition, the apparatus has a function of transmitting and receiving e-mails to and from a voice / non-telephone mode, a packet communication mode, and a simultaneous standby mode capable of freely switching to both the voice / non-telephone mode and the packet communication mode. A portable e-mail telephone having two modes, a memory storing all inputtable information, and each data in the memory can be selected, and when a user holds the apparatus main body, the user operates with his / her finger At least one selection operation means arranged in a possible area, and an operation of changing display of information in one direction by the selection operation means when selecting desired information from a plurality of pieces of information by the selection operation means Control means for selecting desired information from all the information on the memory by performing an operation of changing the display of information in the direction of the other end, and the control means for selecting the desired information. Is characterized in that the data is provided and a display unit that displays.

Accordingly, if the apparatus main body is held with one hand, all the selection operation means are within the reach of the finger, so that all the selection operation means can be operated with one hand, and based on the operation, the selection operation on the memory is performed. Select desired information from all information.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 are views showing the appearance of the portable electronic mail telephone according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a view showing an appearance in a non-telephone mode or a packet mode, and FIG. 3 is a view showing an appearance in a voice mode.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the portable electronic mail telephone according to this embodiment comprises an apparatus main body 100, a flipper 2 and the like, which are connected to the apparatus main body 100 so as to be openable and closable. The apparatus main body 100 is an apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as a “jog dial”) 1a, 1b, a display unit 3, a flash memory 4, a battery 5, an IrDAi / f (not shown) for selecting information by rotation and determining the information by clicking. The main body 100 can be held by the user with the left hand 200, for example, as indicated by the virtual line in FIG.

The portable electronic mail telephone of this embodiment has three modes: a voice / non-telephone mode, a packet communication mode, and a simultaneous standby mode.
In the voice mode of the voice / non-telephone mode, communication with voice and deemed voice is performed. In the non-telephone mode of the voice / non-telephone mode, for example, data, facsimile communication, packet data communication, etc. are performed at a line control speed of 9600 bps. Do. or,
In the packet communication mode, for example, packet control 2
It transmits and receives e-mail at a speed of 8.8 kbps. In the simultaneous standby mode, if there is an incoming voice or the like, the mode transits to the voice / non-telephone mode, and if there is an incoming packet, the mode transits to the packet communication mode.

As shown by the imaginary line in FIG. 1, the jog dial 1a is arranged at a position operable with the thumb 201, and the jog dial 1b is arranged at a position operable with the index finger 202, and for example, as shown in FIG. And a jog dial 1b (hereinafter referred to as “jog dial 1”) includes a disk-shaped member 8 (which constitutes a rotary encoder) that rotates in a cylindrical direction (arrows A and B) around a rotation axis O, and a radial direction. (Arrows C and D)
And a slide switch (not shown) and a slide switch 9.

The slide switch 9 is urged in the direction C together with the slide plate. The rotation axis O is fixed to the slide plate, and when the jog dial 1 is pressed in the direction of arrow D, the rotary encoder 8 slides integrally with the slide plate and pushes down the slide switch 9 to turn on the slide switch 9. Is controlled. By detecting the ON signal or the OFF signal of the slide switch 9, it is detected whether or not the jog dial 1 is clicked.

The rotary encoder 8 is composed of two disks 8a and 8b as shown in FIG. 5, and slides integrally with the slide plate. This disk 8a is a disk 8b
Is a movable member laminated on the upper surface of the disk 8b, and is attached to be rotatable relative to the disk 8b fixed to the slide plate. A pair of counter electrodes 1 is provided on the rotating disk 8a.
0a is provided. When the counter electrode 10a is assembled, for example, two electrodes provided along the circumference of the disk 8b
It is configured to be able to come into contact with zero sets of the counter electrodes 10b. Further, the position of the counter electrode 10b is slightly shifted between the inner peripheral side and the outer peripheral side. This counter electrode 1
0a and the counter electrode 10b are in contact with the rotating disk 2
It changes according to the rotation of a. Thereby, an output corresponding to the rotation angle of the disk 10a can be obtained.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are signal waveform diagrams showing output waveforms from the rotary encoder 8. FIG. FIG.
As shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B, when the jog dial 1 is turned in the direction of A, the potential output from the counter electrode becomes as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6A, the potential on the inner peripheral side falls to the ground potential first, whereas when turned in the direction B, the potential on the outer peripheral side falls to the ground potential first in FIG. 6B. Thus, the rotation direction of the jog dial 1 can be detected by detecting which of the inner potential and the outer potential falls first. Further, the rotation amount of the jog dial 1 can be detected by counting the number of pulses output from the outer electrode, for example.

The jog dials 1a and 1b described above have two functions. These two functions will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (b). The first function is a function of inputting characters and the like and converting kana-kanji characters. When the jog dial 1a rotates, the horizontal pulse of the Japanese syllabary table shown in FIG. 7A is selected by an output pulse from the rotary encoder 8, and the ON signal or the OFF signal of the slide switch 9 is selected by clicking. The kana character string or converted kanji determined by the signal is determined. When the jog dial 1b rotates, the output pulse from the rotary encoder 8 causes the jog dial 1b to rotate as shown in FIG.
By selecting and clicking on a vertical kana character in the zero-tone table, the on / off signal of the slide switch 9 causes the display unit 3 to successively display kana-kanji conversion candidates. When the jog dials 1a and 1b are simultaneously rotated, characters in the slant direction on the Japanese syllabary table shown in FIG. 7A can be selected.

The second function is a mouse function. FIG.
(B) shows how the cursor is moved based on the moving direction and the moving amount of the rotary encoder 8 of each of the two jog dials 1a and 1b. The two jog dials 1a and 1b execute forward, reverse, up, and down in the X and Y directions, respectively, and can be moved directly if moved simultaneously. Jog dial 1
Clicks on a and 1b correspond to the left and right buttons of the mouse, respectively.

As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, the flipper 2 is attached to the apparatus main body 100 so as to be openable and closable. When the flipper 2 is in the open position, the entire display section 3 is exposed, and the flipper 2 is closed. Then, a part of the display unit 3 is covered. As shown in FIG. 3, a keypad 7 is provided on the front surface of the flipper 2. The telephone number is input by the keypad 7 in the voice mode. Also, on the side near the receiver,
As shown in FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, a small window 2a is provided. The small window 2a displays a date and time, a telephone number, and the like in the audio mode. The opening and closing of the flipper 2 controls the activation of the e-mail application program. In the audio mode, since the flipper 2 is closed, the display unit 3 is closed.
Plays the role of preventing damage to

The display section 3 is a liquid crystal screen provided on the front of the apparatus main body 100, and has substantially the same size as the apparatus main body 100. When used as a normal mobile phone, it is covered with the flipper 2 and displays the reception status of radio waves, date and time, telephone number, and the like from the small window 2a vertically. When the flipper 2 is opened, a horizontally long liquid crystal large screen is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the flash memory 4 is detachably attached to the apparatus main body 100.
Stores application programs. Since one or more application programs are implemented in one flash memory 4, the user purchases a flash memory 4 for an e-mail application that he or she is familiar with or a flash memory 4 that provides an electronic organizer function. By fitting it into the main body 100, a function desired by the user can be added, and various functions of the electronic organizer can be executed. In addition, the application software can be upgraded in a timely manner.

When personal computer communication is performed, the personal computer communication flash memory 4 is used. When using for the first time, simply set the desired application on the so-called “communication setting” screen, and the settings of the modem later are all set by default, so that personal computer communication can be easily performed.

If you want to record voice for a long time,
A large-capacity message recording can be performed using the large-capacity message recording flash memory 4. That is, using the answering machine function of the mobile phone,
It can also be used like voicemail. Further, a user who wants to store a large amount of mails and data may use the flash memory 4 having a large capacity ROM, or the capacity of the flash memory 4 becomes full or the user wants to move data to a personal computer or the like. Sometimes, IrDA (In
framed Data Association) i
Data can also be transferred by / f. When the power is turned on, the apparatus main body 100 recognizes the application flash memory 4 and operates a plug &
Have play.

The battery 5 is provided, for example, on the back of the apparatus body 100 and supplies power to the apparatus body 100.

Next, a circuit block diagram for controlling character input and cursor movement of the portable electronic mail telephone of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, a circuit for controlling character input and cursor movement includes two jog dials 1a and 1b, a display unit 3, a control unit 6, a memory 7, an input buffer (not shown), a program memory, and the like.

The memory 7 includes a fixed memory 7a, a kanji dictionary 7
b etc. The fixed memory 7a stores a plurality of kana characters, and stores, for example, a Japanese syllabary table as shown in the conceptual diagram of FIG.

The kanji dictionary 7b is composed of, for example, a read-only memory, and stores a table storing kanji and the like corresponding to a kana character string selected from the fixed memory 7a. The input buffer temporarily stores the kana character selected from the fixed memory 7a. The program memory stores the kanji dictionary 7 according to the contents of the input buffer.
Search for "b" and input "kana character string" to "kanji etc."
Is stored.

The control unit 6 includes two jog dials 1
a, 1b, a display unit 3, a memory 7, an input buffer, a program memory, etc., are connected.
a, 1b rotary encoder 8, and
The output of the slide switch 9 is supplied, and various controls are performed based on the output.

FIG. 9 is a schematic circuit block diagram of the portable electronic mail telephone of this embodiment. JOG1a, JOG
1b is the Keypad1 to the CPU ASIC6.
Input data in the same way as 1.
When the down, forward, or reverse is determined and the address counter value changes, the “kana character” can be specified. The slide switches of JOG1a and JOG1b are similarly recognized by the CPU ASIC 6 as one of the keys.
Perform the function of.

The portable electronic mail telephone of this embodiment is
Voice and packet communication are simultaneously performed on a control physical channel. Voice mode (physical channel for communication) or packet communication mode (physical channel for packet communication) by voice transmission / reception or packet communication call
Transitions to. When transitioning to packet communication mode,
Digital ASIC12 and System ME
The communication protocol is controlled by software in the MORY 7.

Removable Flash Mem
The ory 4 contains an application program conforming to a specific OS (Operating System) for adding an application function, and is physically connected to an external bus of the CPU ASIC 6.
When the main program of the ASIC 6 starts the application, the Removable Flash Me
Refer to memory4.

Next, a case will be described in which the portable electronic mail telephone shifts to the voice mode and makes a voice call. MIC17
The audio signal input from is amplified by Amp15. This amplified audio signal is output from the Converter 1
4 and the analog audio signal is digitized. This digitized audio signal is supplied to a DSP (Digital
tal Signal Processor (digital signal processing unit) 13. The DSP 13 performs high-efficiency coding (data compression) by a predetermined algorithm, and
TAL ASIC 12 is output. Digital A
The SIC 12 processes channel coding and error correction of the communication protocol layer 1 by hardware,
This signal is returned to the converter 14 again, is converted into an analog signal, and is output to the RF modulator 25.

The CPU ASIC 6 controls a layer 2 of a data link of a communication protocol, a layer 3 of a radio management, a call control, and a mobility management, and controls each device. Also, C
The PUASIC 6 has a built-in IrDA modulator, IrDA demodulator, UART, etc., and is connected to the IrDA transceiver 10. IrDA transceiver 10
Is an element in which a light emitting unit having a built-in infrared light emitting diode and a driver and a light receiving / emitting unit having a built-in photodiode and a detector are integrated.
System software is installed in advance so that data can be input and output to and from IrDA such as a notebook computer and data communication can be performed via general-purpose application software.

The RF Modulator 25 modulates the high-efficiency coded audio signal based on the oscillation frequency output from the Synthesizer 22 based on the control signal of the BBi / f 23. The modulated audio signal is Po
supplied to the power amp 18 and the Power Cont
It is amplified by the control of roll24. The amplified audio signal is Rx / Tx via the Circulator 19c.
It is transmitted from the 19b antenna. In addition, Circula
The ter 19c controls the transmission signal so as to go only to the route of the Rx / Tx 19b antenna and adjusts the transmission signal so as not to go to the route on the receiving side.

This digital mobile phone has an Rx19
Space diversity reception is performed by the antenna a and the Rx / Tx19b antenna, and a strong radio wave is selected from the captured radio waves and supplied to the FE 20. FE20 is
The supplied radio wave is amplified and supplied to the MIX / IF 21.
The MIX / IF 21 transmits the amplified signal to the
The signal is mixed with the oscillation frequency output from the iser 22 and converted to an intermediate frequency. The signal converted to the intermediate frequency is D
digital ASIC12, DSP13, Conve
The signal is processed by the rter 14 and subjected to detection, error correction of a digital signal, audio decoding, digital / analog conversion, and the like, and converted into an analog audio signal. The analog audio signal is amplified by the Amp / PS 15 and the Spe
The sound is output from the aker 16 as the voice of the other party.

FIG. 10 is a schematic functional block diagram of the portable electronic mail telephone of this embodiment. In FIG.
The audio signal input from the microphone 17 is supplied to the voice encoder 13b. The voice encoder 13b digitizes the analog audio signal, and converts the digitized audio signal so as not to be easily affected by the state of the transmission path.
Efficient encoding (data compression) with a predetermined algorithm,
Output to the channel encoder 12b. The channel encoder 12 b performs channel coding of layer 1 of the communication protocol and the like, and outputs this signal to the modulator 25.

The CPU 6 controls the entire system such as man-machine interface, communication control, execution of application software, device management, power saving power management, and the like.

The modulator 25 modulates the highly efficient encoded audio signal. The modulated audio signal is supplied to the transmission unit 18. The transmitting unit 18 amplifies the modulated audio signal,
Transmit from the Rx / Tx19b antenna.

Further, the portable electronic mail telephone of this embodiment performs diversity reception after detection. Rx19
The radio waves captured by the antenna a and the Rx / Tx19b antenna are supplied to the selection unit 3c via the reception unit 3a and the detector 3b. The selector 3c selects the stronger radio wave and supplies it to the channel decoder 12a. The supplied signal is supplied to the channel decoder 12a, the voice decoder 13a, the CPU 6
, Amplification, intermediate frequency conversion, error correction, audio decoding, digital / analog conversion, etc., are performed, and finally an analog audio signal is obtained. The analog audio signal is output from the speaker 16 as the voice of the other party.

The operation of the portable electronic mail telephone having the above configuration will be described below.

When the power is turned on and the flipper 2 is closed, the mobile phone is in the voice mode, and the date and time, the telephone number, etc. are displayed vertically as shown in FIG. Is displayed. The voice and packet communication control follows the STD-27 standard in Japan.

When inputting a new message using the portable electronic mail telephone of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the user holds the apparatus main body 100 with one hand and opens the flipper 2 first. Then, the user rotates the jog dials 1a and 1b in a predetermined direction with one hand holding the apparatus main body 100, moves the cursor to a message area in which characters and the like are displayed, and clicks the kanji conversion mode shown in FIG. become. In the kanji conversion mode, the two jog dials 1a and 1b become search dials in the X and Y directions, respectively, and the jog dials 1a and 1b are rotated in a predetermined direction with a finger of one hand holding the apparatus main body 100 to determine the kana. Can be specified.

That is, in FIG.
When the rotary encoders a and 1b are rotated, output pulses are supplied to the control unit 6 in accordance with the amounts of rotation, and the display unit 3 is provided with a fixed memory 7a in accordance with the output pulses.
When the upper kana characters are displayed one after another and the jog dial 1a is clicked, an ON signal appears from the slide switch 9, and this output is supplied to the control unit 6, and the kana characters on the coordinates are stored in the input buffer. The cursor in the display unit 3 is moved to the right. Thus, the jog dial 1a,
The user repeatedly rotates the dial 1b and clicks the jog dial 1a to input a kana character string as a reading. If the jog dial 1b is clicked after the kana character string as a reading is inputted, it will become a kanji conversion mode. In the kanji conversion mode, each time the jog dial 1b is clicked, the kanji character stored in the kanji dictionary 7b is searched using the kana character in the input buffer as a search key according to the software stored in the program memory. The display unit 3 displays the conversion candidate kanji and the like one after another. When the desired kanji is displayed, the jog dial 1a is clicked to determine the kanji. In this embodiment, the input of characters as reading is performed by clicking the jog dial 1b.
May be clicked. Although the kanji conversion is performed by clicking the jog dial 1b, it may be performed by clicking the jog dial 1a.
The rotation may be performed by rotating one or both of the jog dials 1a and 1b.

Next, a specific example of an operation for writing a new message will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 (a) to 11 (f).

FIGS. 11 (a) to 11 (f) show a process for inputting the characters "portable". FIG.
As shown in (a), when the character "mobile" is input, the kana character is "keitai". First, rotate the jog dials 1a and 1b to input the character "ke". select. When the character “K” is selected, click the jog dial 1b.
The kana character is confirmed, and the cursor moves to the next column. Thereafter, similarly, the jog dials 1a and 1b are rotated to select the character "I", and when the character "I" is selected, the jog dial 1b is clicked. As described above, by repeating the operation of rotating the jog dials 1a and 1b to select a kana character and clicking the jog dial 1b, FIG.
As shown in (b), a kana character string "Keitai" is input. When the kana character string "Keitai" is input, FIG.
As shown in (c), the jog dial 1b is double-clicked. When the jog dial 1b is double-clicked, a kanji conversion mode is set. In the kanji conversion mode, when the jog dial 1b is clicked, FIG.
As shown in (e), conversion candidates corresponding to the input character string, that is, “form” and “mobile” are displayed one after another. If the dictionary has a learning function, the order of the conversion candidates is updated according to the frequency of use. When the desired "mobile" is clicked, as shown in FIG. 11E, when the jog dial 1a is clicked, a desired converted character string "mobile" is input.

Next, the state transition of the call control will be described.

In the portable electronic mail telephone according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 12, for example, a transition is made from the "simultaneous standby mode" to the "packet communication mode" by a packet communication call. A transition is made to the “voice / non-telephone mode” by making and receiving a call, and a voice call or a call is ended. If there is a voice call during the "packet communication mode", the mode transits to the "voice / non-telephone mode" to perform a voice call or a call termination.

When the flipper 2 is opened, a large horizontally long liquid crystal screen (display unit 3) appears, an application program in the inserted flash memory 4 is started, and an automatic call is made to the initially set Internet provider. When the user logs in automatically and there is a new mail, a “notification” sound is emitted and the screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed.

When the flipper 2 is opened, an Internet e-mail application starts up.
Pointing to "Check mail" (not shown) with a pointer and clicking on the jog dial 1a will automatically call the contract provider, confirm ID and confirm password, and if new mail has arrived, it will be immediately delivered, The screen shown in FIG. 2 is displayed.

Further, it is also possible to always connect to the provider, always keep the data waiting state, and immediately send a mail arrival guide from the speaker when a new mail arrives. Note that the mobile e-mail telephone according to the present embodiment can be used in a high-speed data communication mode (for example, a line speed of 9600 bps) in addition to the packet communication mode, but in this case, it is not always possible to keep the connection with the provider. Therefore, the line may be disconnected when the flipper 2 is closed.

As shown in FIG. 13, in the simultaneous standby mode or the voice mode, the mail arrival is notified from the provider (S1), and the flipper 2 is opened (S1).
2) transition to packet communication mode or non-telephone mode,
It is also possible to dial up the provider (S3) and to retrieve the received mail (S4).

As shown in FIG. 13, when the arrival of the mail is notified from the provider (S5), automatic dial-up is performed at the same time or after the notification without opening the flipper 2 (S6). Connect to the server of the provider, read the mail (S7), and upon completion, dial hook (disconnect the packet communication) (S8), flipper 2
A mail arrival display may be displayed on the window 2a closed (S9).

As shown in FIG. 13, when sending an e-mail manually, the flipper 2 is opened (S1).
0), dial up with the provider (S11), write an e-mail (S12), and send the e-mail (S12)
15) You may do so. Open the flipper 2 (S
10), write an e-mail (S13), dial up to a provider (S14), and transmit the e-mail (S15).

In the portable e-mail telephone of the present embodiment, the flipper 2 is provided on the apparatus main body 100, and the numeric keypad is provided on the flipper 2. However, the flipper 2 is not provided, and the liquid crystal large screen of the display unit 3 is directly provided. It may be configured to display a numeric keypad. In this case, the weight of the device body is reduced, and
Since the opening / closing operation of the flipper 2 is eliminated, it is possible to quickly switch between the voice mode and the non-telephone mode or the packet mode.

As described above, according to the portable e-mail telephone of the present embodiment, since the two jog dials 1a and 1b which can be used in combination with the portable telephone function and the portable information terminal function are provided, a full keypad or the like is not required. With only the two jog dials 1a and 1b, character input and kanji conversion can be performed, and at the same time, a function as a mouse can be provided.

[0059]

As described above, according to the portable electronic mail telephone of the present invention, a cursor generating means for generating a cursor, a display means for displaying the cursor, and a cursor in the display means can be operated. At least one cursor operation unit arranged in an area operable by a finger when a user holds the apparatus main body; and a control unit for moving a cursor in the display unit based on an operation of the cursor operation unit. , The cursor operation means can be operated with one hand, and exchanges e-mails especially in the non-telephone mode and the packet communication mode even in a situation where the operation of the portable e-mail telephone is difficult such as walking or in a car. In this case, an effect is provided that the cursor in the display means can be freely operated.

According to the portable e-mail telephone according to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned effects, even after the cursor is moved to the target location, the hand is not released from the cursor operation means. This has the effect that the information on the target cursor can be determined simply by operating the cursor.

Further, a memory in which all the inputtable information is stored and each data in the memory can be selected, and are arranged in an area which can be operated by a finger when the user holds the apparatus main body. When selecting desired information from a plurality of pieces of information by the at least one selection operation means and the selection operation means, an operation of changing the display of information toward one end by the selection operation means and an operation toward the other end are performed. A control unit for selecting desired information from all information in the memory by performing an operation of changing the display of information; and a display unit for displaying data selected by the control unit. The operating means can be operated with one hand, and it can be selected when exchanging e-mail in non-telephone mode or packet communication mode even in situations where it is difficult to operate a portable e-mail telephone such as walking or in a car. Hand can quickly select the desired information without away from work means, easy to achieve the effect that it is possible to input the information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a non-telephone mode or a packet communication mode;
It is an external view of the portable electronic mail telephone of this embodiment at the time of writing a new message.

FIG. 2 is a non-telephone mode or a packet communication mode;
1 is an external view of a portable electronic mail telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention when a new mail is received.

FIG. 3 is an external view of the portable electronic mail telephone of the embodiment in a voice mode.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a schematic mechanism of the jog dial.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a configuration of a rotary encoder.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are signal waveform diagrams showing output waveforms from a rotary encoder.

FIG. 7A is a conceptual diagram in which “Kana characters” are arranged on a fixed memory. (B) is a conceptual diagram in which a cursor is moved on a display unit (display means).

FIG. 8 is a circuit block diagram for controlling character input and cursor movement.

FIG. 9 is a schematic circuit block diagram of the portable electronic mail telephone of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a schematic functional block diagram of the portable electronic mail telephone according to the embodiment;

FIGS. 11A to 11F are views showing a process of character input of the mobile electronic mail telephone according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a state transition diagram of the portable electronic mail telephone according to the embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a state of manual or automatic electronic mail transmission / reception of the mobile electronic mail telephone of the embodiment.

FIGS. 14A and 14B are diagrams showing a conventional integrated type of a mobile phone and a portable information terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

1a: first jog dial (first cursor operation device and first selection operation device), 1b ... second jog dial (second cursor operation device and second selection operation device), 3 ... display unit (display) Means), 100 ... device body

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[Claims] An apparatus has a function of transmitting and receiving an electronic mail, and a simultaneous standby mode in which a voice / non-telephone mode, a packet communication mode, and a transition to both the voice / non-telephone mode and the packet communication mode are possible. A portable e-mail telephone having two modes, a cursor generating means for generating a cursor, a display means for displaying the cursor, a cursor in the display means being operated, and a user holding the apparatus main body. And at least one cursor operating means arranged in an area operable by a finger; and control means for moving a cursor in the display means based on an operation of the cursor operating means. Mobile e-mail telephone. 2. When an e-mail arrival notification is sent from an e-mail transmission destination, the e-mail is automatically connected to the e-mail transmission destination simultaneously with or after the notification, and the e-mail is automatically received. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising: means for automatically disconnecting the electronic mail destination after completion of the automatic reception, and means for notifying a user that the electronic mail has been automatically received. Email telephone. 3. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 2, further comprising: means for determining information on said moved cursor based on an operation of said cursor operation means. 4. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 3, wherein said cursor operation means has two mechanisms, a rotating mechanism and a pressing mechanism. 5. The apparatus main body further includes a lid body that is connected to be openable and closable, wherein the entirety of the display means is exposed when the lid body is in an open position, and the display means is open when the lid body is in a closed position. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 4, wherein a part of the portable electronic mail telephone is covered. 6. The apparatus body further includes means for controlling activation of an e-mail function in response to opening and closing of the lid, and transition to the packet communication mode or the voice / non-telephone mode to the non-telephone mode. The mobile e-mail telephone according to claim 5, comprising: 7. In the simultaneous standby mode or the voice / non-telephone mode, when the notification of the arrival of the e-mail is made, the e-mail is automatically connected to the destination of the e-mail according to opening / closing of the lid. 6. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising means for automatically receiving the transmitted e-mail and automatically disconnecting from the e-mail destination after the end of the automatic reception.
A mobile e-mail telephone according to. 8. The portable e-mail telephone according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus main body further includes a removable memory storing software for adding a specific function to the apparatus main body. 9. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 8, wherein the apparatus main body further includes a removable memory for voice recording for recording a voice of a speaker. 10. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 9, wherein said apparatus main body further comprises infrared communication means for transmitting and receiving data using infrared light. 11. The apparatus main body has a function of transmitting / receiving an electronic mail, a voice / non-telephone mode, a packet communication mode,
A portable e-mail telephone having three modes of a simultaneous standby mode capable of freely switching to both the voice / non-telephone mode and the packet communication mode, wherein a memory storing all inputtable information; Each data in the memory can be selected, and when the user holds the apparatus main body, at least one selection operation means arranged in an area operable with a finger; When selecting information, the operation of changing the display of information in the direction of one end and the operation of changing the display of information in the direction of the other end are performed by the selection operation means so that the desired information can be obtained from all the information on the memory. A portable e-mail telephone comprising: control means for selecting information; and display means for displaying data selected by the control means. 12. When an e-mail arrival notification is received from an e-mail transmission destination, the e-mail is automatically connected to the e-mail transmission destination and automatically received at the same time or after the notification, and The portable electronic mail according to claim 11, further comprising: means for automatically disconnecting from the electronic mail destination after completion of automatic reception; and means for notifying a user that the electronic mail has been automatically received. Phone. 13. A dictionary memory for storing conversion candidate information using the information or an information sequence which is a combination thereof as a search key, and referring to the dictionary memory based on the information or the information sequence selected by the selection operation means. 13. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 12, further comprising: conversion means for converting the selected information or information sequence into conversion candidate information. 14. The portable electronic device according to claim 13, further comprising a unit that activates the conversion unit based on an operation of the selection operation unit and selects conversion candidate information corresponding to the operation amount. Email phone. 15. The selection operation means is a rotating mechanism, and
15. The portable e-mail telephone according to claim 14, wherein the portable e-mail telephone is configured to have two mechanisms of a pressing mechanism. 16. The apparatus main body further includes a lid body which is connected to be openable and closable, wherein the entirety of the display means is exposed when the lid body is in an open position, and the display means is open when the lid body is in a closed position. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 15, wherein a part of the portable electronic mail telephone is covered. 17. The apparatus body further includes means for controlling activation of an e-mail function in response to opening and closing of the lid, and transition to the packet communication mode or the voice / non-telephone mode to the non-telephone mode. 17. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 16, comprising: 18. In the simultaneous standby mode or when the audio / video
In the non-telephone mode, when the notification of the e-mail arrives, the e-mail is automatically connected to the destination of the e-mail according to the opening and closing of the lid, and the e-mail transmitted is automatically received and received. 17. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 16, further comprising means for automatically disconnecting from the electronic mail destination after termination. 19. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 17, wherein the apparatus main body further comprises a removable memory storing software for adding a specific function to the apparatus main body. 20. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 19, wherein said apparatus main body further comprises a removable memory for voice recording for recording a voice of a speaker. 21. The portable electronic mail telephone according to claim 20, wherein said apparatus main body further comprises infrared communication means for transmitting and receiving data using infrared light.