JPH11252604A - Pager - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily discriminate a direction or a switching operation at the time of scrolling by identifying which display information shown on a display screen of a displaying part is among the first part including the first part of information that should be shown, the last part including the last part or a middle part that does not include the first and last parts. SOLUTION: When a jog dial 11 is pressed down, a message list image is changed to a message display image showing the content of a selected message. Whether or not an escape key 13 is pressed down is decided and when it is decided as being pressed down, the preceding message list display image is returned and a message list image state corresponding to the first part where a precendently shown image includes the first line, the final part where it includes the last line or an intermediate part where it includes its middle part is returned. Whether or not the dial 11 is pressed down is decided when it is not pressed down, a prescribed message display image is shown.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a pager.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The size of a display screen of a display section of a pager for displaying a received message or an operation menu is relatively small because the pager is small, and usually, about 2 to 4 lines can be displayed. Display screen. For this reason, when the received message spans a long sentence or when there are many menu items, all of them cannot be displayed on the display screen at once.

[0003] Therefore, in a pager, usually,
By operating the up / down key etc. by the user,
Scroll the contents of the display screen line by line, or
Switching can be performed for each screen, and all message contents and all menu items are divided and displayed.

[0004]

As described above, in many cases, only a long message or a part of the operation menu is displayed on the display screen of the pager. However, in the conventional pager, the portion of the line displayed on the display section is
There was no means to identify the location of the received message or the item of the operation menu.

[0005] For this reason, the user is asked whether there is a line following the line currently displayed on the display screen or that the line displayed on the display screen includes the last line. There was no way to know if there were no more lines.

Therefore, the conventional pager is very difficult to use and often performs useless operations.

In view of the above points, the present invention allows a user to easily identify which part of information to be displayed, such as a display message or a large number of menu items, is currently displayed. An object of the present invention is to provide a pager which can be used.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a pager according to the first aspect, wherein information to be displayed does not fit in one display screen of a display unit. In a pager for displaying information on a portion of information to be displayed in accordance with an operation of a user operation unit on the display unit, the display information displayed on a display screen of the display unit is displayed on the display unit. A display for allowing the user to identify whether the first part of the power information should include the first part, the last part including the last part, or the intermediate part not including the first and last parts. It is characterized by having partial notification means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the pager according to the first aspect, wherein the display portion notifying means is arranged such that the first portion, the last portion, and the intermediate portion on the display screen of the display portion. The display device is characterized in that identification marks corresponding to the respective portions are displayed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the pager according to the first aspect, the display portion notifying means changes the lighting state of the lamp to the first portion,
The control is performed according to the final part and the intermediate part.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the pager according to the first aspect, the display portion notifying means controls each of the first portion, the last portion, and the intermediate portion by sound. It is characterized in that the user is identified.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the pager according to the first aspect, the display portion notifying means causes the first portion, the last portion, and the intermediate portion to each be driven by vibration. It is characterized in that the user is identified.

Further, the pager according to the invention of claim 6 is the pager according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein the identification corresponding to each of the first part, the last part, and the intermediate part. A mark is also displayed on the display screen of the display unit.

[0014] In the pager according to the first aspect of the present invention, at least a first portion including the first line,
Since there is a display portion notifying means for the user to identify the last portion including the last line and the intermediate portion between them, the user does not have a subsequent line in the first portion or the intermediate portion. In the first part, the user can easily recognize that no row exists before that, and in the final part, there is no subsequent row. Therefore, a very convenient pager can be realized.

According to the pager of the second aspect of the present invention, the display portion notifying means is realized by the identification mark on the screen. As described above, the user can easily detect.

According to the pager of the third aspect of the present invention, by controlling the lighting of the lamp, it is possible to easily identify which one of the information to be displayed is being displayed. For example, by displaying the lamp such that the lamp is not turned on in the first part, the lamp is blinked at a fixed cycle in the middle part, and the lamp is turned on in the last part, the user can easily see which lamp is used. You can see if it's around.

According to the pager of the fourth aspect of the present invention, the display portion notifying means allows the user to distinguish the first portion, the last portion, and the intermediate portion by sound.
Even without looking at the display portion, it is possible to know which area is being displayed.

In the pager according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the display portion notifying means distinguishes the first portion, the last portion, and the intermediate portion by vibration, which is very convenient.

Further, in the pager according to the present invention, a lamp, a sound, a vibration, and a display screen of the display unit correspond to the first part, the last part, and the intermediate part, respectively. Since the display of the identification mark is also used, the identification becomes easier.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a pager according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a pager according to this embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pager of this embodiment comprises an antenna 1, an RF block 2, a decoder 3
, Key operation unit 4, LCD driver 5, LCD 6
, A speaker 7, a RAM 8, an EEPROM 9, a control unit 10, a jog dial 11, and a jog dial decoder 12.

The antenna 1 is for wirelessly receiving data from a pager base station. The RF block 2 amplifies the data received by the antenna 1 and supplies the data to the decoder 3. The decoder 3 demodulates the received data received by the RF block 2 and controls the RF block. And the decoder 3
Sends the demodulated data to the control unit 10.

The key operation section is a section for performing various key inputs. The LCD driver 5 is a processing unit for displaying the display information from the control unit 10 on the LCD 6 under the control of the control unit 10. The speaker 7 is a part that sounds a buzzer for notifying the reception data such as a message when the data is received from the pager base station. RAM
Reference numeral 8 denotes a memory for storing received messages and the like. E
The EPROM 9 is a memory for storing address information unique to each device of the pager.

The jog dial 11 constitutes a key operation unit having a plurality of roles such as a role as an up / down key and a role as a decision key. In the case of this example, as shown in the external view of the pager in FIG. 2, the jog dial 11 is configured by a rotatable circular dial knob.

The rotation of the dial knob causes the jog dial 11 to function as an up / down key as described later. Also, jog dial 1
1 also has a function as a non-locking push button when pressed in the radial direction. The function of this push button serves as a decision key.

As shown in FIG. 2, an escape key 13 is provided on a part of the jog dial 11.
Pressing the escape key 13 has the opposite effect of pressing the jog dial as a push button in the radial direction. That is, the escape key 13 constitutes an input button key that plays a role of returning to the screen before the determination.

The operation input of the jog dial 11 including the operation of the escape key 13 is input to the jog dial decoder 12.
The operation input is detected by turning the dial knob,
The information indicating whether the dial knob is pressed or the escape key 13 is pressed is indicated by the jog dial decoder 12.
Is sent to the control unit 10.

The control unit 10 analyzes the data received from the decoder 3 and receives key operation input information and operation input information from the jog dial decoder 12, analyzes the received data, and performs processing in accordance with the analysis. Control unit 1
0 performs necessary information storage processing in the RAM 8 and sends information for displaying a predetermined display image to the LCD driver 5 on the display screen 6D of the LCD 6 (see FIG. 2). That is, the control unit 10 controls the entire pager, and the control unit 10 is realized by a microcomputer.

The pager of this embodiment has two message folders for storing received messages, one for personal messages and one for information messages. These pieces of information are stored in the RAM 8.

A personal message is a message exchanged between individuals. The information message is information sent from the pager base station, such as news and weather forecast information. In the example described below, 15 information messages can be stored in the RAM 8.

In this embodiment, four lines can be displayed on the display screen 6D of the LCD 6. Then, as described below, it is determined whether the line displayed on the display screen 6D includes the first line, the last line, or the intermediate line of the message information. The user is notified by displaying the icon using an up arrow key and an down arrow key.

Next, the flow of processing for display, which is executed by the control unit of the pager, will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. 3 to 6 and explanatory diagrams of display contents in each state of the display screen 6D. This will be described with reference to FIGS. In this example, as described above, the rotation operation of the jog dial 11 is an up / down operation, and pressing down is a determination operation.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the jog dial 11 is pressed as a push button in the standby display state (step S1), a main menu is displayed on the display screen 6D (step S2). Next, escape key 1
It is determined whether or not 3 has been pressed (step S3). When it is determined that the escape key 13 has been pressed, the screen returns to the previous screen, that is, the standby display state (step S4). Then, the process returns to step S1.

In step S3, escape key 1
When it is determined that No. 3 has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not the jog dial 11 has been rotated, that is, whether or not the up / down operation has been performed (step S5).

When it is determined that the jog dial 11 has been rotated, the reverse display item is changed (step S6). Here, the reverse display item indicates the currently selected item.
This is shown to the user. When the jog dial 11 is rotated, the position of the item to be highlighted is changed.

Next, it is determined whether or not the jog dial 11 has been pressed (step S7). Step S
If it is determined in step 5 that the jog dial 11 has not been rotated, the process also jumps to step S7.

If it is determined in step S7 that the jog dial 11 has not been pressed, the flow returns to step S3, and the step of selecting an item in the display state of the main menu is repeated. If it is determined in step S7 that the jog dial has been pressed, the display screen 6D is changed to the display state of the message list screen in the lower layer of the menu screen.
Is changed.

The above display states are shown in FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIG. That is, FIG. 7A shows a display screen in a standby state, and at this time, the display screen 6D
Shows only the time. When the jog dial 11 is pressed in this state, as shown in FIG.
The main menu is displayed.

In this example, the main menu includes a personal message, an information message,
Since three menu items including the function menu are displayed, all menu items can be displayed on one screen. Then, as shown in FIG. 7B, on the first screen, the personal message in the first line is displayed in reverse video (shown by hatching in the figure; the same applies hereinafter).

In this state, when the jog dial is operated to rotate, the menu item to be highlighted is changed.
FIG. 7C shows a state in which the jog dial 11 is rotated in the down direction and the information message one line down is selected. And this FIG.
When the jog dial 11 is pressed in the state of (C), a message list screen as shown in FIG.
The content of the display screen 6D changes.

Next, returning to the flowchart of FIG. 3, the processing operation relating to the display of the message list will be described.

First, it is determined whether or not the number of messages to be displayed in a list fits on one screen (step S8). That is, it is determined whether the number of messages stored in the RAM 8 is four or more. If the number of messages fits on one screen, the process proceeds to step S10, and a message list screen without arrow icons described later is displayed on the display screen 6D.
Display on the screen.

Then, on the message list screen, a selection item is selected as follows. That is,
From step S10, the process proceeds to step S20 in FIG. 5, and it is first determined whether or not the escape key 13 has been pressed. When the escape key 13 is pressed, the display returns to the display state of the main menu in step S2 in FIG.

If it is determined in step S20 that the escape key 13 has not been pressed, it is determined whether or not the jog dial 11 has been rotated (step S21).

If it is determined in step S21 that the jog dial 11 has not been rotated, the process returns to step S20. When it is determined that the jog dial 11 has been rotated, the reverse display item indicating the selected item among the items displayed in the message list is changed (step S22). Then, the process proceeds to a step S23, where it is determined whether or not the jog dial 11 is pressed.

If it is determined in step S23 that the jog dial 11 has not been pressed, the process proceeds to step S2.
Returning to step 1, the operation of selecting an item from the message list is repeated. If it is determined in step S23 that the jog dial 11 has been pressed, the content of the display screen 6D is changed to a screen for displaying the selected message.

Next, when it is determined in step S8 of FIG. 3 that the number of messages to be displayed on the message list screen does not fit in one screen, the process proceeds to step S9.
The screen is changed to a message list display screen with an arrow icon as an example of the display part notifying means (step S9).
As the arrow icon at this time, a downward arrow icon Adw indicating that there is a message item following this screen is displayed as described later.

Next, the process proceeds to step S11 in FIG. 4, and it is determined whether or not the escape key 13 has been pressed. When it is determined that the escape key 13 has been pressed,
Returns to step S2, and returns to the display state of the main menu described above.

If it is determined in step S11 that the escape key 13 has not been pressed, the process proceeds to step S1.
Proceeding to 2, it is determined whether or not the jog dial 11 has been rotated. When it is determined that the jog dial 11 has been rotated, the rotation of the jog dial 11 changes the display screen position by scrolling. Therefore, the display screen may be the first part including the first line, the last part including the last line, or the intermediate line. It is determined whether or not the intermediate portion is only the intermediate portion (step S13).

If it is the first part including the first line,
As described above, a message list with the downward arrow icon Adw (see FIG. 8A) is displayed (step S1).
4). As a result of the determination in step S13, if it is determined that it is the last part including the last line, a message list with the upward arrow icon Aup (see FIG. 8D) is displayed (step S16).

When it is determined that the displayed portion is an intermediate display portion that does not include the first line or the last line, the message list with the upward arrow icon Aup and the downward arrow icon Adw (see FIG. 8C) is displayed. It is displayed (step S15).

Then, the selected message portion is highlighted in each message list screen (step S17). Then, the process proceeds to a step S18, where it is determined whether or not the jog dial 11 is depressed, that is, whether or not the message item highlighted is selected and whether or not the message content is displayed is determined.

Note that in step S12, the jog dial 1
Since the jog dial 11 may be depressed without rotating 1 (for example, when the first message is selected as it is), in that case, the process jumps from step S12 to step S18.

If it is determined in step S18 that the jog dial 11 has not been pressed, the flow advances to step S11 to perform the above-described selection item selection processing in the message list display state. Step S18
When it is determined that the jog dial 11 has been pressed,
The screen shifts to a message display screen for displaying the content of the selected message (step S19).

The display flow of the message list shown in FIG. 8 will be described. In this example, the maximum number of information messages that can be stored is 15 in the RAM 8.
And stored in

As described above, when an information message item is selected and determined from the main menu,
The message list screen of FIG. 8A is displayed. That is, as a default, a message list screen in which the first line of the 15 message items is highlighted and a downward arrow icon Adw indicating that there is a further line is additionally displayed. Is displayed.

Also, on this message list screen, a numerical value indicating the number of the currently selected line is displayed at the right shoulder of the screen. In the example of FIG. 8A, a numerical value “15” indicating the first line is shown. Therefore,
Each time the selected line, that is, the selected item changes in the direction of the last line, the numerical value on the display screen 6D changes by one so as to decrease the value.

For example, when the jog dial 11 is rotated by three lines in the down direction, as shown in FIG. 8B, the line three lines below the first line is highlighted and the right shoulder is displayed. Will be displayed as "12". Since the screen from the first line to the item three lines below in FIG. 8B includes the first line, the screen shows only the downward arrow icon Adw.

Further, when the jog dial 11 is rotated in the down direction, the message list screen becomes a screen displaying two icons of an upward arrow icon Aup and a downward arrow icon Adw as shown in FIG. 8C. . That is, the display screen including the two upward arrow icons Aup and the downward arrow icon Adw informs the user that an intermediate portion is displayed. On the other hand, the above-mentioned down arrow icon Adw
The screen in which only the screen is displayed indicates that the screen includes the first line.

In the screen shown in FIG. 8C, FIG.
When the jog dial 11 is further rotated by six lines in the down direction from the screen of FIG. 7, a numerical value “06” indicating the selected line is displayed on the right shoulder of the screen 6D, and the jog dial 11 is being selected. Is highlighted.

When the jog dial 11 is further rotated in the down direction to include the last line,
The message list screen is a display screen with only the upward arrow icon Aup as shown in FIG. FIG.
In the message list screen of (D), the last line is the selected screen, a numerical value “01” indicating the last line is displayed on the right shoulder of the screen, and the last line is highlighted.

Next, the operation at the time of the message display screen will be described. As described above, step S18 in FIG.
When the jog dial 11 is depressed, the message list screen is changed to a message display screen for displaying the contents of the currently selected message (step S1).
9).

Then, proceeding to the flowchart of FIG. 6, it is first determined in step S24 whether or not the escape key 13 has been pressed. If it is determined that the escape key 13 has been pressed, the flow returns to step S13 in FIG. Return to the display screen of the message list that was displayed, at which time the screen displayed last time was the first part including the first line, the last part including the last line, or the intermediate part between them The screen returns to the corresponding message list screen.

If it is determined in step S24 that the escape key 13 has not been pressed, the process proceeds to step S2.
Proceeding to 5, it is determined whether or not the jog dial 11 has been rotated.

When it is determined that the jog dial 11 has not been rotated, the process returns to step S24. When it is determined that the jog dial 11 has been rotated, the process proceeds to step S26, and it is determined whether the message includes the first line, the last line, or an intermediate position. When the message includes the first line, a message display screen with a down arrow icon Adw is displayed as shown in FIG. 9A (step S2).
7).

When it is determined that the message is displayed in the middle part, as shown in FIG. 9B, the message display screen of the middle part including the upward arrow icon Aup and the downward arrow icon Adw is displayed. Display (Step S
28). Further, when the message display portion includes the last line, a message display screen with only the upward arrow icon Aup is displayed on the display unit 6 (step S29).

After steps S27, S28 and S29, the process returns to step S24.

As described above, in the pager according to this embodiment, when a menu item is not included in one screen, all menu items are sequentially displayed by scrolling by rotating the jog dial 11. , Respectively, whether the screen of the menu item displayed at that time is the screen containing the first menu item,
The user can be very convenient because it is possible to indicate whether the screen includes the last menu item or only the intermediate menu items by using the arrow icons Adw and Aup.

Similarly, on the message list display screen, whether the message list contains the first message item or not is displayed.
Similarly, the user is notified by using the arrow icons Aup and Adw whether the last one is included or the intermediate one that does not include them. If the direction of rotation of 11 is rotated, it is easy to determine which operation is appropriate, and the efficiency of the operation can be increased.

Further, it is easy to understand whether the message display screen includes the first line, the last line, or only the intermediate line.
Also in this case, when trying to understand while scrolling the message content, it is easy to know in which direction the jog dial 11 should be turned, which is very convenient.

In the above embodiment, the up / down instruction is given by using the jog dial 11 and the determination instruction is given by using the jog dial 11. However, keys such as a select key and an enter key, and furthermore, an up / down key The same operation and effect can be obtained even if the method is provided.

In the above example, scrolling in the vertical direction has been described as an example. However, when scrolling in the horizontal direction is required, the position can be indicated by a horizontal arrow icon. In other words, whether the line includes the beginning of a line, the line that includes the end of a line, or the middle of the line can be displayed in the same manner as described above using the left arrow icon and the right arrow icon.

[Modification] In the above description, the screen including the first part, the screen including the final part, and the screen including the intermediate part are displayed only by the arrow icons. Alternatively, various notification means may be used.

For example, on the screen including the first part and the screen including the last part, by illuminating the lamp and using it together with the arrow icon, it is possible to easily warn of the start and the end. In this case, since no lamp is displayed on the screen including the intermediate portion, the user is notified that the jog dial can be scrolled in any direction.

Further, instead of the arrow icon, a display using only a lamp can be performed. That is, the lamp can be turned on at the head, the lamp can be flashed slowly at the middle, and the lamp can be flashed at a fast cycle at the end.

Further, a sound can be used instead of the lamp display. That is, for example, on the screen including the first part, a short buzzer sound, for example, "beep, beep" is notified, and on the last screen, a long sound "beep" is output, so that the first part or the last part is output. , An intermediate part. of course,
Arrow icons and sounds can also be used together.

Further, it is also possible to notify the user to distinguish the first part, the last part, and the middle part by the vibration. For example, on the first screen, a vibration of 0.2 seconds is output. Then, on the last screen, a one-second vibration is output.
By not vibrating the intermediate screen, the user can be notified. Also in this case, the notification can be further ensured by using the arrow icon together.

[0079]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the display screen of the display unit is small and not all information can be displayed at once, when the display is changed by scrolling or screen switching, It is possible to easily notify the user whether the part currently displayed on the display screen is a part including the first part, a display part including the last part, or a display part of the intermediate part.
Therefore, the user can easily know in which direction the scrolling or switching operation should be performed,
Very convenient.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance of an embodiment of a pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a part of a flow of a display process of the embodiment of the pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of the flow of a display process of the embodiment of the pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a part of the flow of a display process of the embodiment of the pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a part of the flow of a display process of the embodiment of the pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display flow of the overall flow of the embodiment of the pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display flow in the case of a message list in the embodiment of the pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display flow of message display of the embodiment of the pager according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... antenna, 2 ... RF block, 3 ... decoder, 4 ...
Key operation unit, 5 LCD driver, 6 LCD, 7 speaker, 8 RAM, 9 EEPROM, 10 control unit, 11 jog dial, 12 jog dial decoder, 13 escape key

Claims (6)

[Claims] An information to be displayed is displayed on a display screen of a display unit.
A pager for displaying, on the display screen of the display unit, information of a portion corresponding to an operation of a user operation unit, of the information to be displayed, when the information does not fit on a screen; The display information displayed on the display screen is the first part including the first part of the information to be displayed, the last part including the last part, or the first and last parts. A display portion notifying means for allowing a user to identify whether the portion is an intermediate portion that does not include a pager. 2. The pager according to claim 1, wherein said display portion notifying means includes an identification portion corresponding to each of said first portion, said last portion, and said intermediate portion on a display screen of said display portion. A pager for displaying a mark. 3. The pager according to claim 1, wherein said display portion notifying means controls a lighting state of a lamp according to said first portion, said last portion, and said intermediate portion. Pager to do. 4. The pager according to claim 1, wherein the display portion notifying means causes the user to identify each of the first portion, the last portion, and the intermediate portion by sound. Pager to feature. 5. The pager according to claim 1, wherein the display portion notifying means causes a user to identify each of the first portion, the last portion, and the intermediate portion by vibration. Pager to feature. 6. The pager according to claim 3, wherein an identification mark corresponding to each of the first part, the last part, and the intermediate part is displayed on a display screen of the display unit. And a pager that is displayed together.