JPH1093678A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the operablity for call originating. SOLUTION: An operator is provided which can be operated in the first direction along the outside surface of a main body and in the second direction approximately orthogonal to the first direction. One of plural communication destinations is selected in response to the operation in the first direction of the operator, and information related to the selected communication destination is displayed in response to the operation in the second direction of the operator. Further, the selected communication destination is called in response to the operation in the second direction of the operator to perform selection of the communication destination, information display, and call to the communication destination by the operation of one operator, thus realizing the communication terminal equipment which is superior in operability for calling regardless of the small number of operators.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[Table of Contents] The present invention will be described in the following order. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention Means for Solving the Problems (FIGS. 1 to 29) Action Embodiment (1) Overall Configuration (1-1) Apparatus Main Body (FIGS. 1 to 5) (1-2) Operation keys (FIGS. 6 to 12) (2) Call / edit (FIG. 13) (2-1) Call (2-1-1) Call from telephone directory list screen (FIG. 6) 13 ~
(FIG. 18) (2-1-2) Calling from Redial List Screen (FIG. 1)
(3 and FIG. 14) (2-1-3) Call by inputting telephone number (FIGS. 13 and 14) (2-1-4) Call by speed dial (FIGS. 13 and 14) (2-1) 5) Registration / edit (FIGS. 19 to 21) (3) Menu screen (3-1) Item contents (FIGS. 22 to 26) (3-2) Scroll function (FIGS. 27 and 28) (4) Example (5) Another embodiment (FIG. 29) Effect of the invention

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, and is preferably applied to, for example, a portable telephone device.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, portable telephone systems are put to practical use in various countries around the world. In order to realize various services using these systems, multifunctional communication terminal devices are being rapidly promoted.

[0004]

However, if a new operation key is added for each newly added function, the number of operation keys arranged on the apparatus body increases, so that it is difficult to reduce the size of the apparatus and the operability is also increased. There is a risk of getting worse. For example, when a mobile phone device is provided with a telephone directory function, an operation key for selecting a desired communication destination from the telephone directory and an operation key for calling the selected communication destination are separately provided. In this case, the operability at the time of calling is deteriorated, and the apparatus may not be downsized. The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to propose a communication terminal device which is excellent in operability at the time of calling while having few operators.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a main body, transmitting / receiving means housed in the main body, a first direction arranged along an outer surface of the main body, and a first direction. An operation element operable in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction, operation detection means for detecting operation of the operation element in the first or second direction, and storage means for storing a plurality of communication destinations Display means for displaying the communication destination read from the storage means, and one of the plurality of communication destinations on the display means in response to a detection output of the operation detection means by the operation of the operation element in the first direction. In the selected state, and in response to the detection output of the operation detecting means by the operation of the operation element in the second direction, information on the communication destination in the selected state is displayed on the display means;
Further, a control means for controlling the transmission / reception means to make a call to the selected communication destination in response to the detection output of the operation detection means by the operation of the operation element in the second direction is provided.

[0006]

According to the present invention, one of a plurality of communication destinations is selected in response to an operation of a control in a first direction, and information on the selected communication destination is displayed in response to an operation of a control in a second direction. In addition, a call is made to the selected communication destination in response to an operation of the operator in the second direction, so that selection of a communication destination, information display, and communication are performed by operation of one operator. A call can be made to the destination, and the operability at the time of calling can be further improved with a small number of operators.

[0007]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG.

(1) Overall Configuration (1-1) Apparatus Main Body First, an overall configuration and a circuit configuration of the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. The mobile phone device 1 includes a device main body 2 and an arm microphone 3 attached to a side surface thereof so as to be rotatable (openable and closable). Therefore, the size of the portable telephone device 1 can be further reduced by closing the arm microphone 3 except during use.

The arm microphone 3 has a function of controlling on-hook or off-hook in conjunction with the opening / closing operation, and a function of invalidating an operation other than a specific key when the arm microphone 3 is closed (hereinafter, referred to as a function).
Key lock function). Incidentally, the key lock state can be released by opening the arm microphone 3. This makes it possible to prevent erroneous calls and erroneous calls due to erroneous operations.

On the other hand, the apparatus main body 2 is provided with various operation keys and processing circuits. Here, in addition to a speaker 4 paired with the arm microphone 3, a liquid crystal display 5 and a plurality of operation keys 6 to which various functions are assigned are provided on the surface of the apparatus main body 2. And a central processing unit (CPU) 7 to be incorporated.

The CPU 7 is a liquid crystal display driver 5A.
, The liquid crystal display 5 is controlled to display information corresponding to an instruction input from the operation keys 6 in an appropriate size font.

Here, the CPU 7 operates based on the program stored in the ROM 8, reads out the data read into the RAM 9 and executes various processes if necessary.
Further, the CPU 7 controls the transmission / reception circuit unit 10, and transmits / receives information to / from another communication terminal via an antenna 11 connected thereto. Incidentally, a card socket 13 is connected to the CPU 7, and the subscriber ID card 12 (in the case of the embodiment, SIM (Subscrib
er Identity Module) card 12), and reads out all management information on the subscriber and uses it for control.

On the display surface of the liquid crystal display 5 used in this embodiment, pixels of 32 dots × 97 dots are arranged in a matrix in a matrix so that information can be displayed in two kinds of fonts. It has been done. One is a small font for displaying one character at 7 dots vertically and 5 dots horizontally as shown in FIG. 3, and one is one font as shown in FIG.
This is a large font that displays characters at 15 dots vertically by 8 dots horizontally. Therefore, if a small font is used, 4 characters vertically and 16 characters horizontally
Characters can be displayed, and if a large font is used, two vertical characters and ten horizontal characters can be displayed.

Here, the large font is used in principle to display characters input by the user, and the small font is used to display a message or the like on the device side. However, when the number of characters input by the user exceeds a predetermined number of characters (for example, 20 characters), the font size is switched from a large font to a small font.

FIG. 5 shows a display example. First, the number of input characters is 1
While the number of characters is 0 or less, the characters input by the user are successively displayed in large fonts in the lower part of the small font message "input dial No" displayed in the upper part. When the number of input characters exceeds ten characters, the first ten characters are displayed in large font in place of the message in the upper part where the message was displayed, and the characters after eleven are displayed in large font in the lower part. Eventually, the number of input characters reaches 20 characters, and when it exceeds this, all input characters are displayed in small fonts.

By providing the font switching function as described above, while the number of input characters is small, it is possible to input while confirming the input contents with large characters, thereby reducing erroneous input. Even when the number of characters is large, input information on the same item can be confirmed on one screen, so that the input contents can be easily grasped.

(1-2) Operation Keys Next, the operation keys 6 provided on the apparatus main body 2 will be described. In this embodiment, the operation keys 6 include the following ten keys. Power key 6A, numeric keys 6B of "0" to "9", "#" key 6C, "*" key 6D, send key 6E, end key 6F, menu key 6G, clear key 6H, recording key 6I and jog dial 6J Individual. Eight of the operation keys 6A to 6H are used in the apparatus main body 2
, And the remaining two operation keys 6I and 6J are arranged on the side surface of the apparatus main body 2.

The main functions assigned to each operation key are as follows. The power key 6A is a key used to turn on the power to the internal circuit of the apparatus main body 2. The power is turned on by a first pressing operation, and the power is turned off by a second pressing operation. . However, power key 6A
If the subscriber identification number (PIN: Personal ID number) has not been input by the user for 30 seconds after the power is turned on, the CPU 7 detects this. The power is automatically turned off. This prevents the power from being turned on due to a malfunction.

Next, the ten numeric keys 6B will be described. These ten numeric keys 6B are used for inputting alphanumeric characters in addition to inputting and selecting numbers. In the case of this embodiment, a plurality of alphabets are respectively assigned to the eight numeric keys "2" to "9" except for the "0" and "1" keys, so that the alphabets can be input. I have. For example, "2" means "a"
"D" to "f" are assigned to "c" and "3", and alphabets are similarly assigned to other keys.

When inputting an alphabet, the first character can be input by pressing the same key once, the second character can be input by pressing twice, and the third character can be sequentially advanced by pressing three times. It has been made possible to input to. The numeric key 6B can be used to select a display item, and can be used for a predetermined time (1
By holding down the button for a few seconds, it is possible to instruct the start of a call to the other party corresponding to the number (a so-called speed dial function can be realized).

The send key 6E is used for instructing the start of a call to the other party selected on the telephone directory list display screen and for calling a past dial history.
The end key 6F is used to instruct the end of the call. Incidentally, the end of the call can also be instructed by closing the arm microphone 3.

The menu key 6G is a key used to switch the screen displayed on the liquid crystal display 5 between an initial screen and a menu screen. For example, if the screen shown in FIG. 6A is the initial screen, when the menu key 6G is pressed on the initial screen, the display can be switched to one of the menu screens as shown in FIG. 6B, which will be described later. The screen can be switched to, for example, a screen as shown in FIG. 6C so as to turn pages one by one by the scroll function. On the other hand, if the menu key 6G is pressed while the menu screen is displayed, any screen can be immediately returned to the initial screen. By using the clear key 6H, it is possible to return to the previous screen so as to turn pages one by one as shown in FIG.

The menu key 6G is assigned a function as the only operation key that can release the key lock state. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, even when the arm microphone 3 is closed, if the menu key 6G is depressed, the key lock state is released and the state can be shifted to the key active state. On the other hand, when the menu key 6G is pressed while the arm microphone 3 is closed and the menu screen is displayed, the state can be returned to the key lock state.

If there is no operation by the user for 30 seconds on the menu screen, a function is provided to automatically close the menu screen and return to the initial screen after the CPU 7 detects the operation. I have. At this time, if the arm microphone 3 is closed, the state returns to the key lock state from this state. This can prevent malfunction.

The recording key 6I is a key used to control the recording and reproduction of a conversation during a call.
Device 2 so that it can be directly operated with the hand holding the
Is mounted on the side opposite to the arm microphone 3 in the upper surface of the.

Finally, the jog dial 6J having a central function among the ten operation keys will be described. The jog dial 6J is provided on the upper side of the side of the apparatus main body 2 opposite to the arm microphone 3 and in the vicinity of the speaker 4, and can be directly operated with the hand held similarly to the recording key 6I.

The jog dial 6J can be operated independently in the circumferential direction and the radial direction. As shown in FIG. 9, the jog dial 6J is arranged in the circumferential direction (arrows A and B) around the rotation axis O. The rotary encoder 6JX is configured to include a disk-shaped rotary encoder 6JX that rotates in the radial direction (arrows C and D), a slide plate (not shown) that can slide together with the rotary encoder 6JX, and a slide switch SW. Here, the slide plate and the slide switch SW are urged in the C direction.

The rotation axis O is fixed to the slide plate, and the rotary encoder 6J of the jog dial 6J
When X is pushed in the direction of arrow D, the rotary encoder 6JX is slid together with the slide plate to push down the switch SW so that it can be turned on. The CPU 7 determines whether or not the jog dial 6J is clicked by detecting the on / off state of the switch SW.

The rotary encoder 6JX, which slides integrally with the slide plate, is constituted by two disks 6J1 and 6J2 as shown in FIG. Among them, the disk 6J1 is a movable member laminated on the upper surface of the disk 6J2, and is attached so as to be relatively rotatable with respect to the disk 6J2 fixed to the slide plate. Here, a pair of counter electrodes 6J connected to the ground is provided on the movable side disk 6J1.
21 are provided. When the counter electrode 6J21 is assembled, it can be brought into sliding contact with 20 sets of the counter electrodes 6J22 provided along the circumference of the disk 6J2.
The counter electrode 6J22 provided on the fixed-side disk 6J2
Are formed so as to be slightly shifted in the circumferential direction between the inner peripheral side and the outer peripheral side.

Accordingly, when the jog dial 6J is turned in the direction of A, the potential output from the counter electrode, as shown in FIG. When it is turned in the direction, as shown in FIG. 11B, the outer peripheral potential first falls to the ground potential, and the jog dial is detected by detecting which of the inner peripheral potential and the outer peripheral potential falls first. The rotation direction of 6J can be detected. The amount of rotation of the jog dial 6J can be detected by counting the number of pulses output from the outer electrode.

Next, a typical operation example using the jog dial 6J will be described. First, when the list screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 5, by operating the jog dial 6J upward or downward in the circumferential direction (hereinafter, referred to as up operation or down operation), the cursor K displayed on the liquid crystal display 5 is moved. It can be moved up and down, and one of the display items can be selected. By pressing the jog dial 6J in the radial direction in this state (hereinafter referred to as a click), it is possible to instruct the CPU 7 to read out detailed information on the item where the cursor K is located.

When the telephone directory list is displayed,
By holding down the jog dial 6J for a predetermined period of time, a call start can be instructed. By rotating the jog dial 6J in the circumferential direction during a call, the volume of the volume (received sound volume) can be adjusted. During a call, the jog dial 6J can be muted by clicking on it. FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating a typical use example of the jog dial 6J at the time of calling.

That is, by clicking the jog dial 6J while a list screen such as a telephone directory or a redial screen is displayed, detailed information of the selected item can be displayed on the screen. By continuing to click, it is possible to automatically initiate a call to the destination displayed at the cursor position. On the other hand, when the jog dial 6J is rotated and the cursor K is up-operated or down-operated, it is possible to return to the original list screen.

(2) Calling / Editing (2-1) Calling In this section, various calling methods prepared in the portable telephone device 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 13 and FIG. 14, the mobile phone device 1 is provided with five transmission methods.
These can be classified into a calling method using a telephone directory list, a calling method using a redial function, a calling method for directly inputting a telephone number, and a calling method using a speed dial function. First, a method of making a call from the telephone directory list screen will be described.

(2-1-1) Making a call from the telephone directory list screen A state in which the arm microphone 3 is opened, an external microphone is connected to the apparatus main body 2, or a hands-free kit is connected to the apparatus main body 2 When the jog dial 6J is clicked in any of the above states, the display on the liquid crystal display 5 switches from the initial screen of FIG. 15A to the telephone directory list screen shown in FIG. 15B.

As shown in FIG. 16, the telephone directory list includes address numbers "1" to "9" and a frequently used destination registered in the address numbers as a set. A separate display column (see FIG. 16A) and a descending display column for displaying all registered destinations in descending order (for example, ABC ...) (registered at address numbers of “1” to “9” already). FIG. 16B).

The position of the cursor K immediately after switching to the telephone directory list is located at the top of the display items displayed on the liquid crystal display 5, that is, at the address number "1". By rotating the jog dial 6J downward in this state, the cursor K can be moved in the order of "2", "3",..., And conversely, by rotating it upward, the cursor K is reversed from the bottom in the descending order display column. The cursor K can be moved in the direction, that is, in the order of ZYX.

As a method of selecting a destination by moving the cursor K, there are a selection method by inputting an address number and a selection method by inputting an alphabet in addition to the operation using the jog dial 6J. For example, if the telephone number of the other party is already registered in any one of the address numbers "1" to "9" and the address number is unclear, pressing the key of that number causes the cursor K to jump one step. Can be moved. FIG. 17 shows an example.

When the list screen is a display screen in the alphabetical order, the cursor K can be moved to the corresponding alphabet by the numeric keys "1" to "9". For example, the cursor K can be moved to "a" by pressing "2", and the cursor K can be moved to "d" by pressing "3". If there is no name starting with "d", the cursor K is moved to the name starting with "e" and displayed. If there is no name starting with "e", the name existing thereafter is displayed. The cursor K is moved to the closest name and displayed.

The following description will be made on the assumption that the cursor K has been moved to the position of "Jack" registered in the address number "5" as shown in FIG. 15 (C). There are a plurality of methods for calling procedures from this state. Here, a method using the jog dial 6J will be described. When you click the jog dial 6J in this state,
The display screen switches to a detailed information display column as shown in FIG. Then, in this state, turn the jog dial 6J 1
If you keep clicking for two seconds, a call is started. In this manner, the outgoing call can be started using the jog dial 6J used to select the other party from the telephone directory list, so that the mobile phone device 1 excellent in operability at the time of outgoing call can be realized. In addition,
When the call is started, the LCD display screen is shown in FIG.
Flashes as shown in (E).

When it is desired to change the call destination while the detailed information is displayed as shown in FIG. 15D, the jog dial 6J may be rotated upward or downward. For example, when the jog dial 6J is rotated upward on the display screen of FIG. 18B, the display screen can be returned to the list screen belonging to the next higher hierarchy from the detailed information screen. However, the position of the cursor K moves to an item one item higher than the destination on which the detailed information is displayed. That is, FIG.
As shown in (C), the cursor K has the address number “5”.
"Jo" of address number "4" instead of "Ellis"
hn ”.

If no operation is performed for a predetermined time (30 seconds) while the detailed information is displayed as shown in FIG. 15D, the telephone directory is closed assuming that no call is made. A function of returning to the initial screen shown in FIG. Thus, when the portable telephone device 1 is carried in a bag or the like with the detailed display screen being carried, even if a key capable of starting a call is pressed by mistake, an erroneous call is prevented. This function also functions when the list screen is displayed.

As a method of starting a call from the telephone directory list screen, there is also a call method of pressing the send key 6E on the display screen shown in FIG. These are methods of starting a call after displaying the detailed information of the other party. The mobile phone device 1 is also provided with a function of starting a call directly from the list screen. For example, FIG.
By pressing the send key 6E in the state of the display screen shown in FIG. 7C, it is possible to immediately start calling the communication destination where the cursor K is located. Similarly, calling can be started immediately by pressing and holding the numeric key corresponding to the communication destination for one second.

(2-1-2) Outgoing Call from Redial List Screen Next, the outgoing operation from the redial list screen will be described with reference to FIGS. This redial list screen can be opened by pressing the send key 6E in the state of the initial screen. In other words, when the send key 6E is pressed on the screen of FIG. 13 (G) is displayed. The operation of selecting a call destination from this state and the operation of making a call are the same as the case of making a call from the telephone directory list.

If no operation is performed for a predetermined time (30 seconds) while the list shown in FIG. 13G is displayed, it is determined that no call is to be made, and the telephone directory list is closed and FIG. A function for returning to the initial screen shown in FIG. Thus, when the portable telephone device 1 is carried in a bag or the like while the detailed display screen is being carried around, an erroneous call is prevented from being made even if a key input that happens to start a call is made.

The portable telephone device 1 is provided with a function for displaying information on how long a call was last made to a communication destination and a current call time. For example, FIG.
The previous call time is displayed as "4:25" as shown in (H), and the current call time is displayed as "0:00:55" as shown in FIG.

(2-1-3) Calling by Inputting Telephone Number In this case, the telephone number of the other party may be input as it is at the stage of the initial screen in FIG. Then, the display screen changes from the state of FIG. 13A to the state of FIG. 13K, and the telephone number input by the user is displayed in large font. If this number is sufficient, the pressing of the send key 6E starts the blinking of the screen as shown in the screen of FIG. 14 (L), and the call to the other party is started.

(2-1-4) Calling by Speed Dial Two kinds of calling methods are prepared for this calling method.
One is a transmission method by keeping the numeric key 6B pressed for a predetermined time, and the other is a numeric key 6B and a "#" key 6.
This is a transmission method using C.

First, when only the numeric keys 6B are used (FIG. 1)
4 (O) to FIG. 14 (P)) will be described. The user keeps pressing the numeric key 6B corresponding to the address number of the destination to which a call is to be made while the display screen is in the state of FIG. By doing so, the screen displayed on the liquid crystal display 5 is immediately switched to the detailed display screen, and the call is started as it is.

Next, the case where the numeric key 6B and the "#" key 6C are used (FIGS. 13 (Q) to 14 (S)) will be described. The user switches the screen to the detailed display screen by pressing the number key 6B corresponding to the address number of the destination to be transmitted on the display screen shown in FIG. 13A and then pressing the "#" key 6C. And in this state, send key 6
A call is started by pressing E.

(2-1-5) Registration / Editing Next, a method of registering a telephone number and the like in these telephone directory lists and an editing method will be described. First, the menu key 6G is pressed to open a menu screen, and by selecting "Telbookedit" on this screen, a state where a telephone number or the like can be registered is set. There are two registration methods from here. The first is a method of inputting a new telephone number by designating the item "new registration". If the user wants to register a new destination,
The jog dial 6J is operated to move the cursor K to the item of "new registration", and in this state, the jog dial 6J is clicked (FIG. 19B).

Then, the display screen is switched to that shown in FIG. 19 (C), and characters prompting the user to input a name are displayed. In this state, when the user operates the numeric keys 6B, the input characters are displayed in large font alphabet. If it is OK to register the character entered here, the user clicks the jog dial 6J and shifts to a telephone number registration screen. Then, if the entered telephone number is to be registered, the jog dial 6J may be clicked again. Then, the newly input name and the like are registered in the empty area of the telephone directory list as shown in FIG.

Another method is to select an unregistered address number and register a name. In this case, FIG.
As shown in (A) and (B), the cursor K is moved to the unregistered address number. In this example, it is “7”. As shown in FIGS. 20A and 20B,
In the unregistered state, the registration field is displayed blank, so that the registration status can be checked at a glance,
Registration work can proceed smoothly. When the jog dial 6J is clicked in this state, the liquid crystal display 5
At the top, a letter prompting you to enter your name is displayed.

Thereafter, similarly to the registration procedure described above, the corresponding name is operated by operating the corresponding numeric key 6B, and if it is correct, the jog dial 6J is clicked and registered. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 20 (D), a telephone number is input in accordance with an instruction displayed on the screen, and when the jog dial 6J is clicked, the input telephone number can be registered. These are the registration procedures of the telephone directory list.

On the other hand, at the time of editing, FIGS. 21A and 21B
The cursor K may be moved to the name to be edited as shown in FIG. 9 and the jog dial 6J may be clicked.
Thus, when an already registered item is selected, the editing mode is entered. When the editing mode is entered, the name of the destination to be edited and the contents of the editing (change, edit, delete, swap) are displayed on the screen. Here, the user operates the jog dial 6J to select an editing content.

For example, when "delete" is selected, the display screen is a screen for confirming again whether or not the registered contents can be deleted as shown in FIG. At this time, if "Yes" is selected, an erasing operation is performed. "Replacement"
Is selected, the display screen switches to FIG. 21 (F), and the display screen prompts the user to input which address number is to be replaced with the registered content. When the address number to be exchanged is entered and the jog dial 6J is clicked,
The exchange operation is executed, and the registered contents after the exchange are as shown in FIG.
Is displayed as follows. In this example, “8” and “6” are exchanged.

When "change" is selected, a screen for accepting a change in each item is sequentially displayed as shown in FIGS. 21H and 21I so that both the destination name and the telephone number can be changed. Is done. When the jog dial 6J is clicked in this state to confirm the change, the display screen switches to FIG. 21 (J).

(3) Menu screen (3-1) Item contents The menu screen displayed when the menu key 6G is finally pressed will be described. The menu screen is configured in a hierarchical manner, and a click operation of the jog dial 6J allows the user to go down to a lower hierarchical screen (submenu screen). Here, FIG. 22 shows menu screens W1 to W10 of the highest hierarchy prepared in the mobile phone device 1, and FIGS. 23 to 26 show submenu screens belonging to the lower hierarchy.

First, the first menu screen W1 is used for editing the "telephone book (Telbook)" and for setting the "mode (mode)". By selecting the item "phone directory", a new telephone number or the like can be registered or the registered contents can be edited. On the other hand, when the item of “mode” is selected, the display is switched to the menu screen shown in FIG. 23A so that a setting condition suitable for a use environment can be selected. In this case, selectable usage environments are "Normal mode", "Pocket mode", "Silent mode",
There are four driving modes.

For example, when the pocket mode is selected, the ringing tone can be maximized (ringer on) and the key lock function can be activated. This makes it possible to reliably hear the ringing tone even when used in a situation where it is difficult to hear the ringing tone, and to prevent a key input unrelated to the operation from being accepted.

When the silent mode is selected, the ringing tone can be prevented from being heard (ringer off), and instead, the liquid crystal display 5 can be blinked to notify the incoming call. As a result, even when the user is on a train or the like, it is possible to know the incoming call without inconveniencing surrounding people. In this mode, a function of automatically disconnecting the line when there is no response is set. When the driving mode is selected, a call can be automatically started when a call is received.

The second menu screen W2 is for setting the "short message function (SMS)". This menu screen displays “Delete”, “Make Send”
)) And “Read” are displayed. If you select "Send" here, on the lower menu screen, you can create a new sentence, use a pattern sentence, use a previously sent sentence stored, or You can select whether to use previously stored sentences that are stored. On the other hand, if "read" is selected, similarly, on the lower menu screen, it is possible to select whether to store the read content, delete it, reply by telephone, or reply to a short message.

The third menu screen W3 displays the “time function (Ti
me) ”. By selecting “set”, “alarm”, “sleep” and “wake up” on this menu screen, the current time setting and alarm can be set by selecting “set”, “alarm”, “sleep” and “wake up”. The sounding time and on / off setting can be set.

The fourth menu screen W4 is “Public.
Land Mobile Mobile Network (PLMN) function ". On this menu screen, items of “selection mode (Sel mode)” and “search” are displayed. The former is used for selecting whether the network is set manually or automatically, and the latter is a function for automatically searching and displaying a currently usable network.

The fifth menu screen W5 shows "Personal I
D number (PIN) function ". In this menu screen, "control" and "change" are displayed. According to the former, it can be set whether or not the input of the ID number is a necessary condition for use. Thereby, it can be set whether or not only a specific person can use it. The latter allows the ID number to be changed.

The sixth menu screen W6 shows "Forward (Forwar
d) Function ”setting. On this menu screen, you can select “Intrro”, “Erase”, “Settings (Regis
t) ”is displayed. The first section "Inquiry" is a function to inquire the transfer side to the network side.
“Release” and “setting” are used for release and setting of the transfer destination and the like, respectively.

The seventh menu screen W7 displays “Call (BarOu
t) Function ”setting. In this menu screen, "BOIC-exHC: Barring of Outbound Calls Outside PLMN
goingInternational Calls except those directed to
the HPLMN Coutry), "International Call Restrictions (BOIC: Barrin
g of Outgoing International Calls) and “Barring of All Outgoing Calls (BAOC)” are displayed. The transmission function is set by selecting each item. The eighth menu screen W8 is used for setting the “call (BarCome) function”. On this menu screen, items of “reception limit when roaming outside the own PLMN” and “reception limit (BAIC)” are displayed. Again, the incoming call function can be set by selecting each item.

The ninth menu screen W9 displays “Charge (Charg
e) Information ”setting. On this menu screen, "Reset" and "Check" are displayed. For example, the former is for resetting billing information,
The latter is a function for displaying the total fee.

The tenth menu screen W10 is a "setting list" screen in which various items shown in FIG. 24 can be set. Incidentally, when a screen next to the menu screen is designated, the display returns to the first menu screen W1.

Since five sub-menu screens are prepared below this setting list, they will be described in order. First, "Call ID PRESENT" is displayed on the first submenu screen SW1.
"," Language select "," ANY KEY ANSWER "," 1
Min BEEP ”will be displayed. Here "Call
"ID PRESENT" is for setting a function of transmitting its own telephone number to the other party, and "ANY KEY ANSWER" is for setting of a function that allows any key to be pressed when a call is received. "1 Min BEEP" is used to set a function to notify the elapse of time by beeping every minute of a call.

On the second submenu screen SW2, “Ringer Select” and “Low Signal Level Warning (Lo
wSignal Warn ”,“ Low Battery Warning (LowBatte)
ry Warn) and "Ringer Volume". Here, "Select ringing tone" is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, this is a function for selecting one ring tone from among three ring tones, and the "ring volume function" is used to set an appropriate volume from among three levels as shown in FIG. This function is used for

The third sub-menu screen SW3 includes "LCD Density" used for setting the luminance, "Change PIN2" used for changing the personal ID number, and "AutoVolume C" for automatically increasing the sound when there is much background noise.
The four items "TRL" and "Noise Reduction" are displayed.

On the fourth submenu screen SW4, "Clock Display" used to set whether or not to display the time on the liquid crystal display 5, "SMS ServCenter" used to change the address of the service center, and a message to the other party are displayed. Set whether to display whether it is attached or not
"Enquiry" and "SMS Telmatic" to set whether to send short message to fax.

On the fifth submenu screen SW5, "SMS Class" for assigning weights to the short messages according to their importance, and "Chage Passwor" used for changing a password for restricting outgoing / incoming calls in the supplementary service are provided.
"d" and "Charge ACMM" used to set the function for restricting arrivals and departures exceeding the upper limit are displayed.

(3-2) Scroll Function Next, the scroll function employed in the portable telephone device 1 for rapidly turning pages of a plurality of menu screens or submenu screens belonging to the same hierarchy is shown in FIGS. 27 and 28.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

In the scroll function, when the cursor K is positioned at the top item of each page and the cursor K is up, the display is switched to the previous page and displayed. This function allows the cursor K to be moved to the top item among the items. When the cursor K is positioned at the bottom item of each page and the cursor K is instructed to go down, This is a function of switching the display to the next page and moving the cursor K to the bottom of the displayed items. This allows the cursor K to be quickly moved even when selecting an item displayed on a menu screen that is far away.

(4) Functions and Effects of the Embodiment In the above configuration, as shown in FIG. 1, in this portable telephone device 1, a jog dial 6J is provided on a side surface of the main body 2. As shown in FIG. 9, the jog dial 6J can be operated independently in the circumferential direction and the radial direction, and each operation is detected by the CPU 7.

Here, a typical operation using the jog dial 6J is, for example, a calling operation as shown in FIG. In this case, when the jog dial 6J is clicked, a telephone directory list screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 5, as shown in FIG. Immediately after the telephone directory list screen is displayed, the cursor K indicating the selected item is located at the top of the display items, that is, at the address number “1”. By rotating the jog dial 6J downward in this state, the cursor K can be sequentially moved to the address numbers "2", "3",..., And conversely, by rotating the jog dial 6J upward, the cursor can be moved. K can be moved upward from the bottom of the display items in order.

When the jog dial 6J is clicked with the cursor K positioned at "Jack" of the address number "5" as shown in FIG. 15 (C), for example, by rotating the jog dial 6J, the display screen is displayed. Is switched to the detailed information display column as shown in FIG. In this case, the information displayed in the detailed information display column is a communication destination name, a telephone number of the communication destination, and the like as shown in FIG. Next, in this state, if the jog dial 6J is continuously clicked for a predetermined time, FIG.
As shown in (E), a call is started to the displayed communication destination.

As described above, in this portable telephone device 1,
When a call is made using the telephone directory list, selection of a communication destination can be instructed by rotating the jog dial 6J, and confirmation of the communication destination is instructed by clicking the jog dial 6J to display detailed information. Can be instructed, and a call operation can be instructed to the communication destination by a click operation of the jog dial 6J to start the call. As a result, it is possible to realize the portable telephone device 1 having excellent operability at the time of calling while having few operators.

(5) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the case where the jog dial 6J having the rotation mechanism and the click mechanism is used as the input device used for moving the cursor K and determining the item has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and an input device having another structure can be widely applied as long as the operation direction for inputting the movement of the cursor K and the operation direction for confirming the selected item are different.

For example, a so-called jog shuttle whose rotation angle is limited to a predetermined angle may be used. Alternatively, a track ball or a joystick with a click mechanism may be used. Further, a slide switch with a click mechanism may be used. Even when these are used, similar to the case of the above-described embodiment,
A highly portable communication terminal device with a small number of operation keys can be realized.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the movable microphone 3 is mounted on the apparatus main body 2 and used is described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be widely applied to a microphone fixed type portable telephone apparatus. Further, in the above embodiment,
Although the case where the up-down operation of the jog dial 6J is used to move the cursor K up and down to realize the portable telephone device 1 with excellent usability has been described, the present invention is not limited to this.
The up-down operation of the jog dial 6J may be used to move the cursor K in the left-right direction, so that a user-friendly communication terminal device may be realized.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the jog dial 6J is up-operated on the screen on which the detailed information of the telephone directory is displayed, the display screen is displayed on the upper hierarchy menu screen, ie, the list screen of the destination name. Switch to
And the case where the cursor is moved to the column displayed above the destination where the detailed information was displayed has been described,
The present invention is not limited to this. As shown in FIG. 29, when the up operation is performed, the detailed information of the item immediately above is displayed, and when the down operation is performed, the detailed information of the immediately lower item is displayed. It may be displayed. In this case, the clear key 6H may be used to return to the list screen.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the destination name is input in the telephone directory list in alphabetical form. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be possible to input in katakana. Further, in the above embodiment,
The case where the jog dial 6J is used to switch from the use frequency column for displaying frequently used destination names to the descending display column for displaying the destination names in descending alphabetical order has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The display may be switched using a dedicated operation key or an existing operation key (for example, a “#” key).

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case has been described in which characters and numbers displayed on the liquid crystal display 5 are displayed using two types of fonts. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and large fonts and small fonts are used. An intermediate font may be prepared in addition to the two types of fonts.

Further, in the above embodiment, the ID card for storing all the management information on the subscriber
Although the case where the M card is used has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and an ID card satisfying another standard may be used.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, if there is an up operation when the cursor K is positioned at the top item of the page, the cursor K is jumped to the top of the previous page and the cursor K is moved to the top of the page. The case where the cursor K is jumped to the bottom of the next page when a down operation is performed at the bottom of the item has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The scroll function may be operated only when the down operation is performed.

The present invention is not limited to this. Regardless of the position of the cursor K on the page, if there is a down operation, the cursor K is moved to the next page, and if there is an up operation, the position of the cursor K is raised by one item. You may do it. Conversely, when an up operation is performed, the cursor K is moved to the previous page regardless of the position of the cursor K on the page, and when an down operation is performed, the cursor K is lowered one item at a time. May be.

[0090]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided an operating element operable in a first direction along the outer surface of the main body and in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction. Selecting one of the plurality of communication destinations in response to the operation of the operation element in the first direction, displaying information about the selected communication destination in response to the operation of the operation element in the second direction; By making a call to the selected communication destination in response to the operation of the operator in the second direction, selection of the communication destination, information display, and communication to the communication destination can be performed by the operation of one operator. A call can be made, and a communication terminal device with excellent operability at the time of calling can be realized with few operators.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing an embodiment of a communication terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration provided inside the communication terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining a small font.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram for explaining a large font.

FIG. 5 is a state transition diagram for explaining font switching based on a difference in the number of input characters.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating switching of a display screen using a menu key.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating switching of a display screen using a clear key.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing mode switching using a menu key in a state where a movable arm microphone is closed.

FIG. 9 is a schematic plan view showing a schematic mechanism of the jog dial.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a configuration of a rotary encoder.

FIG. 11 is a signal waveform diagram showing an output waveform from a rotary encoder.

FIG. 12 is a state transition diagram showing switching of a display screen using a jog dial.

FIG. 13 is a state transition diagram for explaining various calling procedures.

FIG. 14 is a state transition diagram for explaining various calling procedures.

FIG. 15 is a state transition diagram showing a procedure for calling from a telephone directory list.

FIG. 16 is an arrangement diagram showing a character arrangement in a telephone directory list.

FIG. 17 is a state transition diagram for explaining a search using numeric keys.

FIG. 18 is a state transition diagram showing a state of returning from a detailed information display screen to a list display screen.

FIG. 19 is a state transition diagram showing an example of a new registration procedure on the telephone directory list screen.

FIG. 20 is a state transition diagram showing an example of a new registration procedure on the telephone directory list screen.

FIG. 21 is a state transition diagram showing a procedure for editing a display screen displayed on the telephone directory list screen.

FIG. 22 is a state transition diagram showing a menu list screen.

FIG. 23 is a state transition diagram showing a detailed display screen of a mode setting screen.

FIG. 24 is a state transition diagram showing a detailed display screen of a setting list screen for various modes.

FIG. 25 is a state transition diagram showing a detailed display screen of a ringer setting screen.

FIG. 26 is a state transition diagram showing a detailed display screen of a volume setting screen.

FIG. 27 is a state transition diagram for explaining a scroll function.

FIG. 28 is a state transition diagram for explaining a scroll function;

FIG. 29 is a state transition diagram showing an example of switching from a detailed information display screen to another screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile telephone device, 2 ... Device main body, 3 ... Arm microphone, 4 ... Speaker, 5 ... Liquid crystal display, 6 ...
... operation keys, 7 ... CPU, 10 ... transmission / reception circuit unit, 1
2 Card socket, 13 SIM card.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification symbol FI H04M 1/02 H04B 7/26 V 1/23 109Q 109T (72) Inventor Kentaro Odaka 6-7-35 Kita Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation (72) Inventor Tatsushi Ushino 6-7-35 Kita Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo Sony Corporation

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A main body, transmitting / receiving means housed in the main body, and arranged in the main body, in a first direction along an outer surface of the main body and in a second direction substantially orthogonal to the first direction. An operation element that can be operated; an operation detection means for detecting an operation of the operation element in the first or second direction; a storage means for storing a plurality of communication destinations; Display means for displaying a communication destination; one of the plurality of communication destinations selected on the display means in response to a detection output of the operation detection means by the operation of the operation element in the first direction; And displaying information on a communication destination in the selected state on the display means in response to a detection output of the operation detection means by the operation of the operation element in the second direction. Operation detection by operation of the child in the second direction In response to the detection output of the stage, the communication terminal apparatus characterized by comprising a control means for controlling said transmitting and receiving means so as to call the communication destination of the selected state.