KR100662348B1 - Apparatus and method for the world time display and alarm setup in mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention includes a rotary dial provided on the outer circumferential surface of the LCD of the mobile terminal, rotating while looking at the LCD screen to check world time and setting an alarm; A first hot key for converting the terminal current mode to the world time and alarm setting execution mode; The mobile terminal world includes a second hot key provided with the first hot key and storing the converted world time and the alarm setting through the first hot key. Time and alarm setting device and a method therefor, and it is possible to check and display the world time directly, set the desired alarm time on the LCD screen, and move the time more conveniently than keypad or button input through external rotary dial. It is easy to change the mode and save the setting by using external hot key.

World time, alarm, hot key, rotary dial, mobile terminal, clamshell

Description

Apparatus and method for the world time display and alarm setup in mobile terminal}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a world time and setting an alarm in a conventional dual folder type mobile terminal.

2 is a view showing a world time display and an alarm setting device in a dual-fold mobile terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a view showing a world time display and an alarm setting method in a dual clamshell mobile terminal according to the present invention;

4A to 4D illustrate a first embodiment of displaying a world time and setting an alarm in a dual folder type mobile terminal according to the present invention.

5A to 5D illustrate a second embodiment of world time display and alarm setting in a dual folder type mobile terminal according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for displaying world time and alarm setting of a mobile terminal.

In general, mobile communication terminals such as a cellular phone, a PCS terminal, a PDA terminal, an IMT2000 terminal, and the like are largely divided into a flip type and a folder type. Among these, a folder type mobile communication terminal has a sub receiver having a receiver on a main body having a keypad part. The body is installed to be opened and closed, and the subbody is equipped with a liquid crystal screen for displaying the current time, battery status, reception sensitivity, caller's phone number, and various menus.

In recent years, it has become common to adopt dual liquid crystals in a folder type mobile communication terminal, which means that an inner liquid crystal screen is provided on the inner surface of the folder and an external liquid crystal screen is formed on the outer surface of the folder. By adopting a dual liquid crystal display with a liquid crystal screen on the outside, it is possible to check the information such as the current time, battery status, reception sensitivity, caller's phone number, etc. displayed on the external liquid crystal display without opening a folder in a standby state where a mobile terminal is not used. To make it possible.

1 is a flow chart illustrating a world time display and an alarm setting method in a conventional dual-fold mobile terminal.

Referring to FIG. 1, the user moves from the main menu S11 to the schedule menu S12 through the keypad input to check the world time, and sets the world time in the schedule menu S12 (S13). The world map, longitude line, region / country name, and date / time are displayed on the LCD screen (S14).

Then, the user selects and presses the left and right arrow keys (S15), and the changed longitude, region / country name, and date / time are displayed (S16).

Then, when the user executes alarm setting in the schedule menu (S12) (S17), a setting selection (S18) window appears on the main LCD screen, and the user sets a time setting (S19), an interval setting (S20), and a melody. (S21).

As such, the current dual folder type mobile terminal displays only the current time of the country of use through the external LCD screen, so that the current time (ie, world time) of another country (or city) or alarm can be set. Opening a folder and checking it through several menu moves causes inconvenience.

And it is not possible to maintain the time even after changing the world time, so you need to operate it again.Alarm time can be set as desired hour / minute, but when you want to alarm the time unit, it is necessary to enter the cumbersome menu. .

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for displaying world time and alarm setting of a mobile terminal, which enables the user to check world time or set an alarm through a liquid crystal display of the mobile terminal.

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According to one feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, and provided in a rotary form on the outer circumferential surface of the mobile terminal liquid crystal screen, the rotary dial to check the world time by rotating while viewing the LCD screen and to set an alarm; ; A first hot key for converting the terminal current mode to the world time and alarm setting execution mode; It is composed of a second hot key provided with the first hot key to complete the saving of the world time and the alarm setting converted through the first hot key.
Preferably, the rotary dial has 24 contact protrusions, and the 24 contact protrusions show 24 hardness and 24 hours.

The rotary dial is rotatable 360 degrees left and right.

In addition, the mode change of the first hot key is determined by the number of presses, and the storage is completed in the mode executed by pressing the second hot key the same number of times as the number of presses.

According to another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the rotary dial provided on the outer circumferential surface of the mobile terminal LCD screen, and the first and second hot keys in the world time and alarm setting method The user pressing the first hot key to switch to world time or an alarm setting mode; Rotating the rotary dial to change a world time or an alarm time desired by the user in the converted mode; Pressing a second hot key stores and changes the changed contents and displays the changed contents on the LCD screen.

Preferably, the mode conversion step is switched to the mode for setting how many hours after the current time the alarm is pressed when the user presses the first hot key once, the world time display mode, When the rotary dial is turned, the changed contents are displayed on the external LCD screen.

Then, the storing and the completion of the changed contents are performed by pressing the second hot key the same number of times as the number of the converted modes by pressing the first hot key.

Hereinafter, a configuration and an operation according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

 2 is a view showing a world time display and an alarm setting device in a dual-fold mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in a dual clamshell mobile terminal having an internal liquid crystal screen on an inner surface of a folder of a mobile terminal and an external liquid crystal screen on an outer surface of the mobile terminal, a rotary shape is provided on an outer circumferential surface of the external liquid crystal screen. Rotary dial 10 for checking the world time by rotating while viewing the external LCD screen and setting an alarm, and a first hot key for converting the world time and alarm setting execution mode to any part except the rotary dial 10. (hot key) 11 and the second hot key provided with the first hot key (11) for storing and completing the world time and the alarm setting converted through the first hot key (hot key) (hot key) 12.

Here, the rotary dial 10 has 24 contact protrusions, which can be rotated 360 degrees to the left and right in order to be able to set the alarm in 24 hour units when setting the 24 longitudes and alarms that distinguish world time.

In addition, the first hot key 11 is a key for switching between the world time and the alarm setting mode. For example, when the first hot key is pressed once, the first hot key 11 is executed in the world time mode. This can be changed according to the setting.

In addition, the second hot key 12 is executed in the world time mode by pressing the first hot key 11 once in the same manner as the number of pressing of the first hot key 11, and then the rotary dial 10 is turned on. When the world time is changed by rotating, the second hot key is pressed the same number of times as the first hot key to store the changed world time.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a world time display and an alarm setting method in a dual folder type mobile terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, first, a mobile terminal user presses a first hot key located outside of a folder (S101).

The first hot key is a mode in which mode switching and execution of the converted mode are performed. When the first hot key is not normally pressed, the current time is displayed on the external liquid crystal of the folder, but the mode is switched by pressing the first hot key.

After the first hot key is pressed (S101), the number of presses is checked (S102), and when it is pressed once, the mode is converted and executed to display the world time (S103), and when the first hot key is pressed twice In operation S110, the alarm setting mode is set to set how many hours after the current time the alarm sounds.

In operation S103, the world map and the longitude display line, the region / country name, and the date / time are displayed on the external liquid crystal display of the folder when the mode is displayed and executed in the mode of displaying the world time (S104).

Then, the user checks the displayed screen, rotates the rotary dial to move the position of longitude left / right, and the world time corresponding to the shifted longitude is displayed on the external liquid crystal (S105 to S106).

Then, the user presses the second hot key once (S107), and turns the rotary dial to complete setting of the changed world time, and the external LCD screen displays the set world time on the external liquid crystal (S108 to S109). ).

On the other hand, when the number of times the first hot key is pressed twice is converted to the alarm mode for setting how many hours after the current time the alarm sounds (S110), when executed in this alarm mode, the external screen is the current time The time and alarm setting time are displayed on the external LCD screen of the folder (S111).

Then, the user checks the displayed screen and turns the rotary dial to confirm that the alarm setting time is increased or decreased on the external LCD screen through the LCD screen (S112 to S113).

 Then, the user presses the second hot key twice (S114), and when the rotary dial is completed to store the alarm time set by the user, the external LCD screen displays an icon indicating that an alarm is set at the top (S115 ~). S116).

4A to 4D illustrate a first embodiment of the world time and alarm setting of the dual folder type mobile terminal according to the present invention, and any part of the rotary dial and the external folder provided on the outside of the folder type external LCD screen as shown in FIG. 4A. When the first hot key of the first and second hot keys located at is pressed once, the mode changes to the mode of displaying world time as shown in FIG. 4B.

Then, the user rotates the rotary dial left and right to the desired hardness.
Then, when the user completes storing the desired world time by pressing the second hot key once as shown in FIG. 4C, the external liquid crystal display displays the world time set as shown in FIG. 4D.

5A to 5D illustrate a second embodiment of the world time and alarm setting of the dual clamshell mobile terminal according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. If the first hot key is pressed twice among the first and second hot keys located at the portion, the alarm time setting mode is switched as shown in FIG. 4B.

Then, the user rotates the rotary dial left and right to increase or decrease the alarm time by time.

Then, when the user presses the second hot key twice as shown in FIG. 5C and finishes storing the desired set alarm time, the external LCD screen displays the alarm setting in the upper right as shown in FIG. 5D.

As described above, the present invention has the effect of directly checking and displaying the world time on the external liquid crystal of the dual folder.

In addition, you can set the alarm time you want on the external LCD, and use the external rotary dial to move and set the time more conveniently than the keypad or button input. It's effective.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

Therefore, the technical scope of the present invention should not be limited to the contents described in the examples, but should be defined by the claims.

Claims (10)

A rotary dial provided on the outer circumferential surface of the mobile terminal LCD screen to rotate while viewing the LCD screen to check world time and set an alarm; A first hot key for converting the terminal current mode to the world time and alarm setting execution mode; And The mobile terminal world includes a second hot key provided with the first hot key and storing the converted world time and the alarm setting through the first hot key. Time and alarm setting device. The method of claim 1, The rotary dial has 24 contact projections, characterized in that the world time and alarm setting device of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 2, The 24 contact projections are the world time and alarm setting device of the mobile terminal, characterized in that the 24 hardness and 24 hours. The method of claim 1, The rotary dial rotates left and right 360 degrees, and the world time and alarm setting device of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, Mode change of the first hot key is determined by the number of pressing the world time and alarm setting device of the mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, And the second hot key is pressed the same number of times as the first hot key is pressed, thereby completing the saving in the executed mode. In the mobile terminal comprising a rotary dial provided on the outer peripheral surface of the mobile screen and the first and second hot keys, the world time and alarm setting method of the mobile terminal, The user pressing the first hot key to switch to world time or an alarm setting mode; Rotating the rotary dial to change the world time or alarm time desired by the user in the converted mode; And And storing and completing the changed contents by pressing a second hot key and displaying the changed contents on the LCD screen. The method of claim 7, wherein In the mode conversion step, when the user presses the first hot key once, the mode is converted to the world time display mode, and when the user presses the second hot key, the mode is switched to a mode for setting how many hours after the current time the alarm is to be sounded. How to set world time and alarm. The method of claim 7, wherein When the rotary dial is rotated, the changed time is displayed on the LCD screen. The method of claim 7, wherein The storing and the completion of the changed contents may include pressing the second hot key the same number of times as the number of changed modes by pressing the first hot key.

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