TW545026B - Handheld device with scaling display function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a handheld device, which includes a display device for displaying an image, a processor electrically connected to the display device, a memory electrically connected to the processor, and an input panel electrically connected to the processor. The input panel includes a plurality of buttons for generating a button signal, and a scaling control device for generating a scaling control signal. The display device is used to display a text or graphic icon. A display program is stored in the memory for changing the font size of the text or the size of the graphic icon based on the scaling control signal. When the display program scales the text or the graphic icon of the image, the display program will select the appropriate amount of text or graphic icons, and display them within the displaying range of the display device, and further arrange all the selected text or graphic icons on the display device.

Description

545026 V. Description of the invention (1) The present invention provides a palm-type device, especially a palm-type device with a zoom display function. Palm-type devices currently equipped with display devices to display messages, such as mobile phones and personal data assistants (PDAs), which can provide information such as phone numbers, names, messages, addresses, stock indexes, etc. The information is displayed through a small display device provided on the palm-shaped device, and the display content includes text or a graphic box (icon). In addition, the method used by the display device to display information may be expressed in the form of a mixture of both text and graphic blocks, in addition to the text or the graphic block (icon). For example, when the display device of the palm-size device displays a phone number, A and A show a number, and the number is simply composed of text, or, when the phone number is displayed, the number and the graphic area are displayed at the same time. Disabling the displayed graphic block allows the user to quickly associate the meaning of the graphic ^: block '. °° The ghost represents FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a telephone number of a mobile phone 10 according to the conventional technology. Phone book 丨 2 is displayed on display book 1 2 $. Because the display area of the display device 14 is too small, at the same time $ device b, showing a name and phone number I stored in the phone book 12 is only available. The user wants to find a phone number from the phone book 12 In the case of a stone horse, the picture of the display device 14 is scrolled page by page. However, if the electricity rate must be one, the capacity is too long, which will cause inconvenience to the user. In order to solve the problem 1: the mobile phone maker will use the display device 丨 4 to continue this ...

545026 V. Description of the invention (2) It is small, so that the display device 14 can display multiple names and telephones at a time, thereby reducing the time it takes for a user to search for a phone number. Please refer to FIG. Figure 2 is a schematic view of the personal data assistants (PDA) 20 of the conventional technology. 20 can display a text 22, a column of text listed in the display text 22, the font size has been reduced by its manufacturer, making it possible to Display enough text rows at a time and thereby reduce user-owings. However, this means that the display device 14 must display a smaller font in its non-negligible area, and this will undoubtedly cause inconvenience in reading the message. Therefore, if the palm-shaped device or the graphic box is too small, it may make the user's word meaning. e Generally speaking, choosing a larger font will help reduce the amount of information that can be displayed by the display device at the same time when choosing a smaller font. It is more difficult for users to read. Therefore, if there is a trade-off between β Fan Duo Qin and the convenience of reading, it will be a problem that handheld merchants must face. Several methods have been used to solve the above problems. The most common method for mobile phones and personal data assistants is to provide the option to change the size and proportion of the displayed fonts, allowing users to dial numbers and maps. Personal property device 24. The often limited display of the scrolling animation surface of the display device 24 increases the convenience for users to display difficult texts, but. On the contrary, ‘shows more information on how to display the capital device manufacturing. For example, the user can change the display

Large fonts Complex menus Large font changes Operation is even greater. However, after operation, it is necessary to be convenient for hours. In this way, a user can change the font by repeating the same size, and the action must be made by the drowsiness user every time. Therefore, the present invention is to provide a type device, i A palm system with a display function that really has a display function f: i: a zoom control device that is designed to scale the display function can cooperate with a display program to enable the user j to change the size of the displayed text or graphic blocks. The user can use the control of the zoom control device to quickly zoom out (ζ 〇om 〇u t) to display the image to read more information, or zoom in (zoom in) to display the image to make reading easier. Explanation of symbols in the illustration 30 Mobile phone 31 Text 3 2 Image data row 3 3 Graphic block 34 Display device 36 Processor 3 7 Display program 3 8 Memory 40 Input panel 41 Up key 43 Down key 45 Previous page key 47 Next Page key 48 Zoom control device 50 Palm type device 51 Text 52 Image 53 Graphic block 54 Display device 56 Processor 5 7 Display program 5 8 Memory

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60 input panel 64 keys 6 8 zoom control device 6 9 pointing device 70 palm device 74 display device 8 8 zoom control device 8 9 pointing device 90 palm device 94 display device 1 0 4 'display device 1 q 6 two-axis original Please refer to the schematic block diagram of the three-type device 30 in FIG. A palm-size memory 3 8 is electrically connected to the processor 36. The display image data column 3 2 can be used to display a packet-shaped block 3 3 which can be composed of the display device 3 4 and controlled by the device 36. The display data column 3 2 of the processor 3 6 is used as the display range of the display device 3 4 and FIG. 4. Figure three is a picture. Fig. 4 is a picture 30. Fig. 30 contains a display connected to the processor 36, and the display device 34 is used to display the image data row 32 containing text 31 or the picture contains the name and telephone number. Handle the process and make arrangements to make the fence display. In this example, the functions of the palm-type device 30 on the palm of the first embodiment are shown in the figure 34, a processor 36, and an input panel 40 for electrically connecting a plurality of image data rows 32. Shaped block (icon) 33 data, code data. The text 31 and the figure are displayed on the display device 34, and the display content of column 32 is processed by including a display program 37 for controlling the image data row 32 displayed on the display device 34. A plurality of buttons 44 and a zoom control 48. In this embodiment, the zoom control device 48 is a knob that can be used to generate a zoom control signal. Zoom control device U may 545026

What kind of input device, such as a slide button, two independent buttons, or a bidirectional button (bi-directional push butt〇n), is used to allow the user to turn in the zoom in signal and zoom out (z〇〇〇〇) signal . In addition, these buttons can be used to generate other additional key signals. For example, they can be used with the up key 4 丨, down key 43, previous page key 45, and next page key 47 to generate scroll signals and page turning signals. The display program 37 executes related operations according to the zoom-in signal, the zoom-out signal, and the key signal. V. Description of the invention (5) When the image data is displayed, the same material 3 2 in the display will be controlled in one stroke. The user can press the dial telephone number of the input panel 40 through the graphic. When the graphics block 3 3 is next to the line 3 2 (as shown in Figure 3), the display program 37 will control the display capacity to scroll down an image data 'when the graphics block 3 3 is next' at this time if the user Press the display button to set 3 4 to display the range of the image data row 3 2. Please refer to Figure 5. Figure The schematic diagram after pressing down to find out which one he will dial when he presses the up arrow 4 1 and sets 34 to its range. The pen image information program 3 7 can be scrolled up 30 when its up button 41 is located by the location button of block 3 3, the position of the mobile phone 30 is at the moment. If the user presses the location 34, the display is filled. Column 3 2 (as shown in Figure 5) When the position is at the bottom and the down key 41, the display device 34 will display the mobile phone 30 in the same position; (¾ # person makes the display device 34 μ from each with a previous page key 45 and The next page key 47 is used for the image data after the page = image resource: column 32 scroll page. Because the display device 34 scroll page or the next page outside the Yamanouchi series is displayed before the current display, so when the display After the device 34 is rolled up, the display device 34 is displayed.

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Up arrow 4 on the image data, 1. Know this ~ Ming 0, 3, down arrow 43, the technical field of content and unrolled page key 45, people know the next page key 47 before the page, So it's not different here. The above related applications have been added more. The zoom control device 48 is a kind of control signal knob, which is used to raise the = J rotation to generate a zoom. When rotated backward, it will produce a -end; and a more convenient zoom function. When the knob 48 receives the zoom-out signal, it will display “Zhouzhouhe $ ㈣ " Processing 1536 β Start 丨 ㈤” without program 37 will reduce the font size of text 31

And reduce the image data row 32 of the size X J of the graphics block 33. You can display the contents as shown in Figure 3 when referring to the signal. Above and around. In addition, the reduced display is displayed on the display and will be displayed on the sixth. Figure 6 is the palm-shaped Xiangzhi 30 of Figure III. After receiving a small plant, it will rotate backward, which will reduce the display content of the display device of the display program II to the display shown in Figure 6. At this time, a new image will be displayed. The data column 32 is displayed in the graphic block 33 of the original book. It will move down one cheek ~ ^ State palm shirt is like the body knob 3 2 of the fan knob 4 8 can continue to rotate backward, and you numb β — the text sucks. Make the display program 37 follow the display content of the device 34, and make more & denier, wear more and more, and you will see more shirt-like data row 32: ϊϊ The image data row where block 33 is located 32 devices The center of 34 moves.

545026 V. Description of the invention (7) The size of the displayed content is displayed as the length of the text 31. We can use the method to not allow shadows and so-called rearrangement 'to make it display a shaped block 33. But above the graphics block 33, in this case, it will be removed and not allowed. Which is large. The square device 34, which exceeds the cropping or column size, is displayed because the weight is too low. It displays 'character 31'. The rearrangement of this display device means that the text can accommodate the new arrangement. The method of displaying 34 of the enlarged font is 34. The method of displaying 34 of 34 can be solved by using all the cutting methods. The result is 々 / Γ without committing. — Arfc does not make any mistakes that may appear when the figure is bigger. Decision. The text of the enclosed shape area can be enlarged by displaying the graphic block 3 3. The so-called clipped part display, block 3 3 rearranges 3 1 and the figure 3 1 and the display device 3 4 are beyond Please refer to Figure 8 to Figure 10. Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of a palm-type device 50 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a functional block diagram of the palmtop device 50 of FIG. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of the palmtop device 50 of FIG. 8 when it receives the leftward scroll signal transmitted by the pointing device 69. The handheld device 50 is a personal data assistant (PDA). The personal data assistant 50 includes a display device 54, a processor 56, a memory 58 electrically connected to the processor 56, and an input panel 60 is also electrically connected to the processor 56. The display device 54 is used to display an image 52. The image 52 may include data of a text 51 or a graphic block 53. The display content of the image “displayed on the display device 54 is controlled by the processor 56. In addition, the memory 58 includes a display program 57 for controlling the display processing flow of the processor 56 and making appropriate adjustments to the image 52 Arrangement so that the image 52 can be displayed on the display device 54

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The input panel 60 includes a plurality of keys 64 and a zoom control device 68. Like the mobile phone 30 in the first embodiment, the zoom control device 68 of the personal data assistant 50 is also a knob that can be turned back and forth to generate a zoom control f. The knob 68 can be rotated backward to reduce the image 52, or can be rotated 刖 to enlarge the image 5 2. Similarly, the zoom control device 68 can be any kind of input device 'or even a touch-sensitive area on the display device 54. The user only needs to touch the touch-sensitive area to control the zoom of the image 52.

The main difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment is that the input panel 60 of the second embodiment further includes an indexing device 69. The pointing device 69 uses an index signal to the display program 57. The display program 57 scrolls the image 52 according to the indicator signal. The pointing device 69 may be a trackball, and one touch 3 is a joystick. Another Xi Bu. The key 64 is used to generate a key signal, and control the page turning action of the display device 54. As shown in Figures 8 and 10, the 69-pointer device—trackball,

Over-discharged ... It exceeds the display device 54: ;; truncated. The user can use the index device 69 to scroll the part dropped in the image 52 to the display range of the display device 54. When the trackball 69 is rolled to the right, the user can watch it if he uses the test field to pass the test. The cropped image 52 of the image 52 is scrolled to the left and to the left; the signal is moved to make the image

$ 11 pages 545026 V. Description of the invention (9) Trackball 69 can also make the loaded part (as shown in Figure 10). The external image 52 scrolls up, down, or right. As shown in Figure 8 and Figure 10, + i Shixian Bu program 5 7 uses the cropping method described above to display the image 5 2 and Putian soil f .l? Ra t ^ co users can use the indicator device 6 9 will image

^ MrA once can be moved to 2 within the display range of display device 5 4. However, the 'display program 57 can display the image 52 by using the method of rearranging as described above, besides the method of cropping: When the display program 57 uses the rearrangement method to display the image 52, the image 5 2 will not be cut off due to the limitation of the display device 54. Please refer to Figure Η and Figure 12. Figure Η—is a schematic diagram of the palmtop device 50 of FIG. 8 when displaying a long string of characters 51. FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of the palmtop device 50 of FIG. 11 when it receives a zoom-out signal transmitted by the scaling device 68. When the display program 57 uses the rearrangement method to display the image 52, the display program 57 does not cut the text 51, but rearranges each word of each sentence in the method of dispersing the words of the text 51, and This is displayed on the display device 54. In addition, the user can enlarge or reduce the image 5 2 by knowing the rotation of the father 6 8. As shown in Figure 12, when the user rotates the knob 6 8 down, the processor 56 will receive a zoom-out signal, and the image 5 2 will be reduced, so that the display device 5 4 can display more characters M and graphics. Block 53 〇 In the above two embodiments, when the retractable control devices 48 and 68 are enlarged

545026 V. Description of the invention (10) or reduce the font size of the text 3 1, 5, 1 and the size of the graphics block 3 3, 5 3 'The display programs 37, 57 will display the image data in a suitable display mode 32, The image 52 is displayed on the display devices 34 and 54, and the display programs 37 and 57 can be displayed by cropping or rearranging. Therefore, the display programs 37, 57 must select an appropriate number of text 31, 51 or graphic blocks 33, 53 and display them in the display range of the display devices 34, 54. At the same time, the display programs 37, 57 will arrange an arrangement for the selected text 31, 51 or graphic blocks 33, 53 and according to this arrangement, all the selected text 31, 51 or graphic blocks 33 will be arranged. , 53 are displayed on the display device 34, 54. In addition, when the zoom control devices 48 and 68 perform zooming operations, a zoom point is used as a reference to zoom the image data row 3 2 and image 5 2, and this zoom point may be the point where the cursor is located or on the display device. Upper left corner of 34, 54. Please refer to Figure XIII. Fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of a palm-type device 70 according to a third embodiment of the present invention. The handheld device 70 is a personal data assistant. The personal data assistant 70 differs from the personal data assistant 50 in that the zoom control device 88 is a bi-directional switch, and the index device 89 is a two-dimensional rocking swi tch. The user can flip the two-way switch 88 to control the zoom of the display device 74. When the user pulls the two-way switch 88 up, the screen displayed by the display device 74 is enlarged, and when it is pulled down, the screen is reduced. The personal data assistant 70 will determine the zooming degree of the control display device 74 according to the pulling degree of the two-way switch 88 moved by the user (for example, the distance moved by the user when using the midpoint as the base point). When the user moves away from both directions

Page 13 545026 V. Description of the invention (11) If the order of 8 8 is exceeded, the user toggles the zoom switch 8 8 of the device 7 4 so that the screen displayed in both directions can be toggled. The indicator signal, so that you can swing two-dimensionally to generate a relative zoom. The 8 8 person data movement is more freely from the two-dimensional display of the down, to, and to the left. The more the middle point, the more assistant 7 0 is smooth zoom display. When the screen is swung to the left and to the right, the smaller the display distance is. Display device 74 switch 8 8 range In addition, use the control display device to switch 8 8 to go, the corresponding upward is larger, on the contrary, the display can be bi-directional in the near future. The user may indicate that the device 74 is closed to generate scrolling. Use the right quad to scroll the signal. Please refer to Figure XIV. Figure 14 shows the 9th position of the present invention. Schematic. Palm type device 9. Tier 1 = Indicators are integrated into -body. Means: loading

The switch has the same structure as the aforementioned two-dimensional swing switch 4: U 21 ^^^^ ^ Λ The ancient origin of the two-axis origin of the swing switch 104. When τ τ, 广, 隹 104, the pressure-trigger switch will be activated. Two-dimensional two-dimensional pendulum switch. When the switch 104 is depressed, the one-dimensional pendulum will be released. When the pressure-actuated switch is not actuated, the switch 104 will not be turned on so that the display device 94 can be swung in two dimensions by shaking. When the pressure-triggered switch = no image is generated when the corresponding volume is shaken, it will be reduced in size. Otherwise, the user can switch the pressure by switching the pressure. Page 14 545026

V. Description of the invention (12) The state of the touch switch (for example, first depressing the push-down state of the switch and then pressing it down) to switch the zoom state of the personal data assistant 90, and then make the pressure touch switch a first Switch between the zoomed state (enlarged state) and a second zoomed state (reduced state). Therefore, the user can generate a two-dimensional index signal and a zoom control signal through a single two-dimensional swing switch 104, and then control the screen scrolling and zooming of the display device 94. Compared with the conventional palm-type device, the object of the present invention is to provide a palm-type device with a zoom display function. The palm-type device includes a zoom control device for allowing a user to change the size of a text font or a graphic box displayed on the palm-type device's display device faster and easier. When users reduce the image on the display device, they can view more information. When the user enlarges the image on the display device, it can make the information displayed easier to read. In addition, the handheld device of the present invention has an additional "device" for scrolling the image on the display device. When the zoom control device is used in conjunction with the index device, the reading speed of the user can be further accelerated. Preferred embodiments of the present invention, where &

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Page 15 545026 Brief Description of Drawings Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a mobile phone displaying a telephone directory of a conventional technology. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a conventional technology personal data assistants (PDA). FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a palm-type device according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the palm-type device of FIG. FIG. F is a schematic diagram of the palm-type device of FIG. 2 after its up button is pressed down. The figure is a schematic diagram of the palm-type device of FIG. 2 when receiving a zoom-out signal. Fig. 7 is a schematic leftward view of the palmtop device of Fig. 3 when it receives an amplified signal. Give it away

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a palm-type device according to a second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. ^ Is a functional block diagram of the palm-type device of FIG. Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of the palmtop device when it receives the scroll signal transmitted by the pointing device. _ Is a schematic diagram of the palm-type device in FIG. 8 when displaying a long string of text. FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of the palm-type device in FIG. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a palm-type device according to a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a palm-type device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

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545026 _Case No.89117320_ Year Month Revision_ VI. Patent Application Scope Used to switch between a first zoom state and a second zoom state. 4. For example, the palm-type device of the scope of patent application, wherein when the switch is actuated, the two-dimensional swing-on relationship is used to generate the zoom control signal. 5. If the palm-type device according to item 1 of the patent application scope, the palm-type device is a personal data assistant (PDA) or a mobile phone. Page 19