WO2013136394A1

WO2013136394A1 - Information processing device, notification control method and program

Info

Publication number: WO2013136394A1
Application number: PCT/JP2012/007436
Authority: WO
Inventors: 悦宏後藤
Original assignee: Ｎｅｃカシオモバイルコミュニケーションズ株式会社
Priority date: 2012-03-16
Filing date: 2012-11-20
Publication date: 2013-09-19

Abstract

[Problem] To enable notifications from various applications to be conveyed simply, in a reliable, sensory manner. [Solution] An information processing device is provided with: a display means (21), on which a touch panel (20) is mounted, which displays a standby screen comprising an unlocking area that is for returning from a standby state by means of a slide gesture; and a notification display means (22) for displaying an icon corresponding to an application in the unlocking area of the standby screen when there is a notification from the application.

Description

Information processing apparatus, notification notification control method, and program

The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, a notification notification control method, and a program.

Many applications can be installed on smartphones, and various notifications (email reception / notification / upload notifications, etc.) are received from each application, and pictographs, LED flashes, and notifications (drawn from pictographs for display) Screen).

Therefore, the user must consciously look at the notification, and there is a possibility that the user may become confused if he / she does not notice or the amount of information to be notified increases. In addition, there is a means for notifying the user periodically by ringing or blinking an LED, but it has become less effective in view of having a battery.

Also, since the picto area that displays notifications is occupied by various applications on smartphones, there are physical restrictions to display all notifications, which is insufficient as a means for notifying users.

For example, in Patent Document 1, whether or not the authentication information and the extracted feature value of the media content input at the time of executing the lock or unlock match the stored authentication information and the feature value of the media content. And a technique for controlling execution of locking or unlocking based on the determination result has been proposed.

Patent Document 2 adopts a GUI, and information display means displayed in a form divided into areas such as a title display area, an icon display area, a main information area, and a sub information area, in which each item information is displayed. And an input means such as a jog dial have been proposed to enable one-handed operation.

JP 2010-066722 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-340178

However, in Patent Documents 1 to 3 described above, there is no technical solution for easily and sensuously surely notifying various notifications received from many applications. As usual, there is a problem that the user cannot be overlooked or confused, and the physical restrictions cannot be solved.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus, a notification notification control method, and a program that can easily and steadily notify notification notifications from various applications.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is equipped with a display unit that displays a standby screen having a lock release area for returning from a standby state by performing a slide touch operation, and a standby state when a notification notification is received from an application. An information processing apparatus comprising: a notification display unit configured to display an icon corresponding to the application in an unlock area of the screen.

The notification notification control method of the present invention includes a step of displaying a standby screen having a lock release area for returning from a standby state by performing a slide touch operation on the touch panel, and when there is a notification notification from an application, the standby screen is locked. And a step of displaying an icon corresponding to the application in a release area.

The program according to the present invention provides a computer with an information processing apparatus having a display unit equipped with a touch panel, a standby screen having a lock release area for returning from a standby state by performing a sliding touch operation on the touch panel. When there is a notification notification from a display function or an application to be displayed, the program is configured to execute a notification display function for displaying an icon corresponding to the application in an unlock area of the standby screen.

According to the present invention, notification from various applications can be transmitted easily and surely.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of portable terminal devices 1, such as a mobile telephone, by 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the portable terminal device 1 by this 1st Embodiment. In this 1st Embodiment, it is a schematic diagram which shows a mode when the application notified is one. In this 1st Embodiment, it is a schematic diagram which shows a mode when there are multiple applications to notify. It is a schematic diagram which shows the display screen of the portable terminal device 1 by this 2nd Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows the display screen of the portable terminal device 1 by this 3rd Embodiment. In this 4th Embodiment, it is a schematic diagram which shows the display screen at the time of the some notification notification. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the portable terminal device 1 of this 4th Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of Additional remark 1.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

A. First Embodiment First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile terminal device 1 such as a mobile phone according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a mobile terminal device 1 includes a control unit (CPU: Central Processing Unit) 10, a communication control unit 11, and a ROM (Read
Only memory (RAM) 12, RAM (Random Access Memory) 13, display control unit 14, display unit 15, touch panel 16, sound processing unit 17, speaker 18, and microphone 19 are provided.

The control unit (CPU) 10 executes a predetermined program (OS :) to control the operation of each unit and execute various application programs. The communication control unit 11 is connected to a mobile phone network to perform voice call / data communication, and is connected to the Internet network to perform data communication.

The ROM 12 stores various control programs and image correction programs to be executed by the control unit 10, and stores data used by these programs. The RAM 13 stores data temporarily necessary for the control unit 10 to execute the program and various application programs. The ROM 12 and the RAM 13 may be rewritable nonvolatile memories such as flash memories.

The display control unit 14 controls display on the display unit 15 under the control of the control unit 10. In particular, in the present embodiment, the display control unit 14 controls the display screen of the display unit 21 according to the control of the control unit 10 with a pict area at the top and a slide icon or lock on the unlock line at the bottom. Display control such as displaying a release icon or replacing the unlock icon with the shortcut icon of the application that sent the notification.

The display unit 15 includes a display device such as a color liquid crystal panel or an organic EL, and displays various data, menu screens, icons, still images, moving images, and the like. The touch panel 16 is disposed on the display unit 15 and detects a user's touch operation in conjunction with the display on the display unit 15. The sound processing unit 17 converts the sound data into an analog signal and outputs it from the speaker 18, and converts the sound signal input from the microphone 19 into digital data.

In particular, in the present embodiment, the control unit 10 includes a notification management function that collectively manages notification notifications from each application, a notification display function that displays notification notifications on a lock screen, and notification notification during an unlock operation. A content confirmation display function for confirming the content of the notification and an application activation function for activating the application that has transmitted the notification are realized. Moreover, the control part 10 also implement | achieves the function which manages the order which received notification, when multiple notifications are received, and displays unlocking in a time series.

Next, the operation of the above-described first embodiment will be described.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the mobile terminal device 1 according to the first embodiment. First, the control unit 10 displays a standby screen, and waits for a touch operation by the user or a notification from the application (step S10). Then, it is determined whether or not a notification of notification is received from the application during standby (step S12). When the notification of notification is not received (NO in step S12), the process returns to step S10 to notify the notification. Wait to receive.

On the other hand, when a notification of notification is received from the application during standby (YES in step S12), the power is turned on (step S14), and it is determined whether there is notification information from the application (step S16). . If there is notification information from the application (YES in step S16), it is determined whether there is a plurality of notification information (step S18). If there are a plurality of pieces of notification information (YES in step S18), shortcut icons are arranged on the unlock line in the order in which the notifications are received (step S20), and a plurality of lock screens with notifications are displayed (step S20). Step S22). Thereafter, the process ends (or returns to the standby state in step S10).

On the other hand, if there is only one piece of notification information (NO in step S18), the lock release icon is changed to an application icon and the lock screen is displayed (step S24). Thereafter, the process ends (or returns to the standby state in step S10).

If there is no notification information (NO in step S16), the normal lock screen is displayed (step S26), and the process is terminated (or the process returns to the standby state in step S10).

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a state where there is one application to be notified in the first embodiment. On the standby screen of the display unit 15, a pictogram area 30 is displayed at the top, and a slide icon 41 and a lock release icon 42 are displayed on the lock release line 40 at the bottom. When a notification notification is received from the application (here, a mail application) during the standby, the mobile terminal device 1 determines the application that has transmitted the notification notification, and displays the lock release icon 42 for the application (mail that has transmitted the notification notification). Replace with the shortcut icon 43 of (app).

When the user slides the slide icon 41 along the unlock line 40 and overlays it on the shortcut icon 43, the user vibrates to notify that there is a notification. Further, the notification notification content 60 is displayed with the finger on the shortcut icon 43.

Then, when the user lifts his / her finger from the shortcut icon 43, an application (in this case, a mail application) corresponding to the shortcut icon 43 is activated and control is transferred to the application 70. The application 70 is activated in a state where the notification notification content (mail text) is displayed.

The smartphone always displays the slide icon 41 and the unlock icon 42 on the unlock line 40 from the viewpoint of erroneous operation and security, and the user slides the slide icon 41 to the unlock icon 42 on the unlock line 40, It will be used after unlocking. By displaying a shortcut icon indicating that there has been a notification notification from each application during the unlocking operation, the notification notification can be transmitted in a simple and intuitive manner.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a state when there are a plurality of applications to be notified in the first embodiment. On the standby screen of the display unit 15, a pictogram area 30 is displayed at the top, and a slide icon 41 and a lock release icon 42 are displayed on the lock release line 40 at the bottom. When receiving notification notifications from a plurality of applications (e.g., mail application, incoming call, etc.) during this standby, the mobile terminal device 1 manages the notification order and replaces the unlock icon 42 with the unlock line 40. The

shortcut icons

43a, 43b, 43c corresponding to are arranged and displayed in time series (evenly).

When unlocking, the slide icon 41 vibrates or sounds when it passes or overlaps the

shortcut icons

43a, 43b, 43c arranged on the unlock line 40, and informs the user sensuously. Notify that there is.

While the slide icon 41 overlaps any one of the

shortcut icons

43a, 43b, and 43c (the shortcut icon 43a in the illustrated example), the notification notification content 61 is simply displayed. In the illustrated example, the notification notification content 62 is simply displayed by sliding the slide icon 41 and overlaying it on the next shortcut icon 43b (call).

Then, when the user lifts his / her finger from the shortcut icon 43b, the application corresponding to the shortcut icon 43b (in this case, a call history) is started and control is transferred to the application 71. The application 71 is activated with the call history displayed.

According to the above-described embodiment, when the user uses an existing lock screen after releasing it, it is visually confirmed that there is a notification from each application in the lock screen release operation area (lock release line 40). By notifying, it is possible to easily and reliably notify notifications from various applications, rather than using a picto-area or Notification.

In addition, it is possible to check the content of notifications without learning new operations, using an operation similar to the normal lock screen release operation.

Furthermore, by giving priority to the notification information, the user can efficiently confirm only the minimum necessary information. As a result, useless operations and screen startup are not performed, and power consumption can be reduced.

In addition, when there is a notification, an icon indicating the notification is displayed on the unlocking operation area, and when the touch operation passes the notification icon, a vibe is sounded to visually and sensibly to the user. You can be informed that there is an announcement.

In addition, it is possible to easily check the contents of each notification when passing through the icon, and if you want to check the details, you can immediately switch to the application that notifies you by releasing your finger on the icon. The operability can be improved.

B. Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of the mobile terminal device 1 according to the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the design of the unlock line 40 is changed so that the user can easily notice visually when receiving a notification from the application. . In the illustrated example, the unlock line 40 is changed to a shape different from the normal one, and a shortcut icon 43 a is displayed in the vertical direction of the unlock line 40.

According to the second embodiment described above, when the notification from the application is received, the design of the unlock line 40 is changed, and the shortcut icon of the application that has received the notification is displayed on the changed unlock line 40. As a result, the user can easily be notified that the notification has been received from the application.

C. Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen of the mobile terminal device 1 according to the third embodiment. In the third embodiment, the control unit (CPU) 10 displays the

application icons

43a and 43d corresponding to the application in the background operation on the unlock line 40 and supports the application during multitasking.

Application icons

44a and 44d to be displayed are displayed in the picto area 30.

In the illustrated example, the application icon 43a is a music playback application, and the application icon 43d is a browser application. In this way, by displaying the application in the background operation in the unlock line 40 and the picto area 30, it is possible to immediately perform the unlock operation for sliding the slide icon 41 on the unlock line 40. Control can be transferred to the target application in operation.

According to the third embodiment described above, since the application icon corresponding to the application that is operating in the background is displayed on the unlock line 40 during multitasking, the slide icon 41 is displayed on the unlock line 40. Control can be transferred immediately to the target application that is running simply by performing an unlocking operation that slides up.

D. Fourth Embodiment Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the first to third embodiments described above, when a plurality of notifications are received, they are automatically arranged in time series. However, in the fourth embodiment, the presence / absence of display / priority of display by the user in advance. By setting the rank, a desired notification is notified more accurately.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a display screen when a plurality of notifications are notified in the fourth embodiment. In the fourth embodiment, the user sets display priority / display priority in advance. In FIG. 7, a screen 80 for setting the priority order for each application is displayed. On the notification setting screen 80, the priority order set for each application includes the telephone priority "2", the email priority "1", the TWITTER (registered trademark: Twitter) priority "3", and Facebook (registered). Trademark) is “4” in order of priority.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the mobile terminal device 1 of the fourth embodiment. First, the control unit 10 displays a standby screen and waits for a touch operation by the user or notification of notification from the application (step S40). Then, it is determined whether an incoming call is received during standby (step S42). If no incoming call is received (NO in step S42), the process returns to step S40 to continue the standby state.

On the other hand, if an incoming call is received during standby (YES in step S42), the power is turned on (step S44), and it is determined whether or not there is a plurality of pieces of notification information (step S46). If there is a plurality of notification information (YES in step S46), it is determined whether notification priority is set (step S48). If the notification priority is not set (NO in step S48), the normal lock screen is displayed (step S50), and the process ends (or returns to the standby state in step S40).

On the other hand, when the notification priority is set (YES in step S48), the display order is changed according to the preset notification priority (step S52), and the shortcut icons are unlocked in the changed order. (Step S54), and a lock screen with notification is displayed (step S56). Thereafter, the processing ends (or returns to the standby state in step S40).

If there is only one piece of notification information (NO in step S46), the lock release icon is changed to an application icon and the lock screen is displayed (step S56). Thereafter, the processing ends (or returns to the standby state in step S40).

According to the above-described fourth embodiment, the user can notify the desired notification more accurately by setting the presence / absence of display / display priority in advance.

In addition, although embodiment of this invention is an example applied to the mobile telephone as a terminal device, it is not limited to this, The communication terminal (smart phone smart tablet) carrying a touch panel, a car navigation system, a personal computer, portable television It can be widely applied to other electronic devices.

The features of the present invention will be described below.
A part or all of the above-described embodiment can be described as in the following supplementary notes, but is not limited thereto.
(Appendix 1)
FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of Supplementary Note 1. As shown in this figure, the invention described in Appendix 1 is
A display unit 21 that is equipped with a touch panel 20 and displays a standby screen having a lock release area for returning from a standby state by a slide touch operation;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a notification display unit that displays an icon corresponding to the application in an unlock area of the standby screen when a notification is received from the application.

(Appendix 2)
When releasing the lock by performing a slide touch operation on the lock release area of the standby screen, if the slide touch operation reaches an icon on the lock release area of the standby screen, the content of notification from the application The information processing apparatus according to appendix 1, further comprising: a content confirmation display unit that displays a message on the display unit.

(Appendix 3)
In the state where the content notification notification content is displayed by the content confirmation display means, when the slide touch operation is released, the content confirmation display means further includes an application activation means for activating the application that transmitted the notification notification. The information processing apparatus according to Supplementary Note 2 is characterized.

(Appendix 4)
When the notification display means receives notification notifications from a plurality of applications, icons corresponding to the respective applications are displayed side by side at predetermined intervals in the lock release area of the standby screen. An information processing apparatus according to any one of the above.

(Appendix 5)
When there are notification notifications from a plurality of applications, the notification display means displays icons corresponding to the respective applications in an order according to a preset priority in a predetermined interval in the unlocking area of the standby screen. The information processing apparatus according to appendix 4, wherein

(Appendix 6)
When unlocking by performing a slide touch operation on the unlocking area of the standby screen, if the slide touch operation reaches an icon on the unlocking area of the standby screen, a sound or vibration is generated The information processing apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 4, further comprising notification means for notifying one of blinking of the lamps or a combination thereof.

(Appendix 7)
The notice display means displays an icon in the deformed unlocking area after changing the shape of the unlocking area of the standby screen when there is a notice notice from the application. An information processing apparatus according to claim 1.

(Appendix 8)
When there is an application operating in the background during multitasking, the notification display means displays an icon corresponding to the application operating in the background in the unlock area of the standby screen. The information processing apparatus according to any one of appendices 1 to 7.

(Appendix 9)
A step of displaying a standby screen having a lock release area for returning from the standby state by performing a slide touch operation on the touch panel, and an icon corresponding to the application in the lock release area of the standby screen upon notification from the application And a step of displaying the notification notification control method.

(Appendix 10)
Display function and application for displaying a standby screen having a lock release area for returning from a standby state by performing a sliding touch operation on the touch panel on a computer of an information processing apparatus including a display unit equipped with a touch panel When there is a notification from, a notification display function for displaying an icon corresponding to the application in the lock release area of the standby screen is executed.

1 mobile terminal device 10 control unit (CPU)
11 Communication control unit 12 ROM
13 RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 14 Display control part 15

Display part

16, 20 Touch panel 17 Audio | voice processing part 18 Speaker 19 Microphone 21 Display means 22 Notification display means 30 Picto area 40 Unlock line 41 Slide icon 42

Unlock icon

43, 43a, 43b, 43c, 43d Shortcut icon

Claims

A display unit that includes a touch panel and displays a standby screen having a lock release area for returning from a standby state by a slide touch operation;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a notification display unit configured to display an icon corresponding to the application in a lock release area of the standby screen when a notification notification is received from the application.
When releasing the lock by performing a slide touch operation on the lock release area of the standby screen, if the slide touch operation reaches an icon on the lock release area of the standby screen, the content of notification from the application The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a content confirmation display unit that displays a message on the display unit.
In the state in which the content notification display content is displayed by the content confirmation display means, and when the slide touch operation is released, the content confirmation display means further includes an application activation means for activating the application that has transmitted the notification notification. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2.
The notification display means includes
The notification according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when there is a notification from a plurality of applications, icons corresponding to the respective applications are displayed side by side at predetermined intervals in the lock release area of the standby screen. Information processing device.
The notification display means includes
When notifications are received from a plurality of applications, icons corresponding to the respective applications are displayed in a predetermined interval in an order according to a preset priority order at predetermined intervals. The information processing apparatus according to claim 4.
When unlocking by performing a slide touch operation on the unlocking area of the standby screen, if the slide touch operation reaches an icon on the unlocking area of the standby screen, a sound or vibration is generated 5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising notification means for notifying one of flashing lamps or a combination thereof, or a combination thereof.
The notification display means includes
The information according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein when there is a notification from the application, an icon is displayed in the deformed unlocking area after changing the shape of the unlocking area of the standby screen. Processing equipment.
The notification display means includes
8. The icon corresponding to the application operating in the background is displayed in the unlocking area of the standby screen when there is an application operating in the background during multitasking. 8. The information processing apparatus according to any one of the above.
Displaying a standby screen having a lock release area for returning from the standby state by performing a sliding touch operation on the touch panel;
A notification notification control method comprising: displaying an icon corresponding to the application in an unlock area of the standby screen when a notification notification is received from the application.
In a computer of an information processing apparatus including a display unit equipped with a touch panel,
A display function for displaying a standby screen having a lock release area for returning from a standby state by performing a slide touch operation on the touch panel on the display unit;
A program for executing a notification display function for displaying an icon corresponding to the application in an unlock area of the standby screen when a notification is received from the application.