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Patent US20090227279 - Mobile terminal device and program selection method - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA portable terminal apparatus which can select terminal operations such as the activation of programs, the switching of the programs and the ending of the programs with a reduced number of times of operation of the operation buttons is provided. The portable terminal apparatus includes link information...http://www.google.com/patents/US20090227279?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20090227279 - Mobile terminal device and program selection methodAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS20090227279 A1Publication typeApplicationApplication numberUS 11/719,592Publication dateSep 10, 2009Filing dateNov 14, 2005Priority dateNov 17, 2004Also published asEP1821177A1, EP1821177A4, US7986945, US8160562, US20110252379, WO2006054524A1Publication number11719592, 719592, US 2009/0227279 A1, US 2009/227279 A1, US 20090227279 A1, US 20090227279A1, US 2009227279 A1, US 2009227279A1, US-A1-20090227279, US-A1-2009227279, US2009/0227279A1, US2009/227279A1, US20090227279 A1, US20090227279A1, US2009227279 A1, US2009227279A1InventorsYasuhiro Yuki, Kazunori Yamada, Etsumi KanayaOriginal AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManReferenced by (9), Classifications (14), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMobile terminal device and program selection methodUS 20090227279 A1Abstract A portable terminal apparatus which can select terminal operations such as the activation of programs, the switching of the programs and the ending of the programs with a reduced number of times of operation of the operation buttons is provided.
The portable terminal apparatus includes link information storage means 14 for storing therein a linkage table containing information about the linkage between operation buttons to be selected by a user and programs to be activated by the selection of the operation buttons, and an activation program monitor part 14 for dynamically monitoring the operation states of two or more programs activated at a terminal end, wherein the operation button having emitted its backlight according to the monitoring result obtained by the activation program monitor part 14 can be selected by the user, so that the programs linked to the respective operation buttons can be easily activated, switched and ended.
1: A portable terminal apparatus, comprising:
a link information storage that stores therein a correspondence table containing information about linkage between operation buttons to be selected by a user and programs to be activated by a selection of the operation buttons; and an activation program monitor part for dynamically monitoring operation states of the programs activated at a terminal end. 2: The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, according to the monitoring result obtained by the activation program monitor part, backlights of the operation buttons linked with the programs are emitted.
3: The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein button IDs of the operation buttons are allocated according to a rule of any one of an activating order of the programs to be switched by the operation of the operation buttons, an order of kinds of the programs, an order of kinds of contents, and an order to be specified by a user.
4: The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the backlights of the operation buttons are emitted in an emitting light color corresponding to kinds of the programs or kinds of the contents, or in emitting light colors specified by the user.
5: The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein kinds or operations of the programs can be switched depending on whether the operation button is depressed short or long.
6: The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the backlights of the operation buttons are emitted in light emitting patterns corresponding to the kinds of the operations of the respective programs.
7: The portable terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, when a plurality of the operation buttons are depressed within a prescribed time, the programs linked with the respective operation buttons can be window-displayed on a display part of the apparatus while a display screen thereof is divided.
8: A portable terminal apparatus comprising:
an operation button to which a program switching function is allocated; and a control part for controlling switching of programs each time the operation button is depressed. 9: A program select method comprising the steps of:
storing a linkage table containing information about linkage between operation buttons to be selected by a user and programs to be activated by the selection of the operation buttons in a link information storage in advance; and dynamically monitoring the operation states of the programs activated at a terminal end using an activation program monitor part. 10: The program select method according to claim 9, wherein, when the programs are activated, backlights of the operation buttons linked to the activated programs are emitted according to the monitoring result obtained by the activation program monitor part.
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a portable terminal apparatus and a program select method.
BACKGROUND ART In a portable terminal apparatus such as a cellular phone, two or more functions such as a telephone number retrieval function, a game function and a camera function are allocated to their associated buttons as a previously fixedly decided menu and, when a user selects one of the buttons, the user can execute a desired function.
Recently, as the portable terminal has advanced in function, there has been run short of the number of buttons to which the functions of the portable terminal are allocated. To resolve the shortage of the number of operation buttons, at the present, there is proposed a portable terminal in which, in addition to operation buttons �0���9�, there are provided two or more guide operation buttons and, by using one guide operation button, any one of two or more functions guided and displayed on the guide display part of the portable terminal can be selected.
Patent Reference 1: JP2003-209610 DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION [Problems that the Invention is to Solve]
However, in the conventional portable terminal apparatus, the linkage between the guide operation buttons and programs to be activated as well as the display colors of the guide operation buttons are allocated in a fixed manner. Such conventional structure cannot be applied to a portable terminal apparatus in which the activation of execution programs increased or decreased dynamically according to the taste of a user, the switching of tasks, the end of the execution programs and the like can be allocated to operation buttons �0�-�9�. Also, it is also necessary that, besides the operation buttons (ten key) �0�-�9�, one or more exclusive guide operation buttons should be provided separately on the main body of the portable terminal apparatus.
[Means for Solving the Problems] A portable terminal apparatus according to the invention comprises: link information storage means for storing therein a linkage table containing information about the linkage between operation buttons to be selected and operated by a user and programs to be activated by the selective operation of the operation buttons; and, an activation program monitor part for dynamically monitoring the operation states of two or more programs activated at a terminal end.
In this structure, for example, when the operation button is depressed short, �switching of the program� is carried out and, when the operation button is depressed long, �end of the program� or �new creation of a mail� is executed, that is, the operation patterns of the programs can be allocated to the depressed states of the operation button, whereby the switching of the respective programs or the change of the operations of the respective programs can be carried out directly according to the depressed state of the operation button.
EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the invention, there can be provided a portable terminal apparatus which can provide the following effect: that is, a linkage table showing the linkage between operation buttons to be selectively operated by a user and programs to be activated through the operation of such operation buttons is stored in link information storage means, and the operation states of two or more programs activated at a terminal end are dynamically monitored by an activation program monitor part, whereby two or more programs to be dynamically activated within the terminal can be linked to operation buttons provided on the terminal and thus the selection of the programs can be facilitated through the selection of the operation buttons.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a portable terminal apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.
DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1: Portable terminal apparatus
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Now, description will be given below of a portable terminal apparatus according to the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In FIG. 1, a portable terminal apparatus 1 includes operation buttons (ten key) 2, for example, �0���9� buttons, a button depression detecting part 3, a button light emitting part 4, a light emission control part 5, a display 6, a screen display control part 7, a communicating part 8, a memory part 9, a program manage part 10, a button operation instruct part 11, an activation program monitor part 12, a display list create part 13, a link information data base 14, a terminal control part 15, and a central processing unit 16.
The memory part 9 stores therein not only a program for the terminal control part 15 and a program for carrying out functions built in the portable terminal apparatus 1 but also two or more programs 91�9 n such as programs for browsers, mail software, transceivers and televisions.
The program manage part 10 manages the programs 91�9 n stored in the memory part 9, while the button operation instruct part 11 gives an instruction for the light emission of the button light emitting part 4 and an instruction for the short and long depressing operations of the operation buttons 2. The activation program monitor part 12 functions to monitor dynamically the operating conditions of the two or more programs which are to be activated on the terminal.
On the operation part 22, there are provided operation buttons (ten key) B1�B9 and, to each of the operation buttons B1�B9, there can be allocated a program. For example, when a program is allocated to the operation buttons B1�B3, by depressing one of these buttons, the allocated or corresponding program can be selected.
By the way, the operation buttons B1�B9 are also buttons which are used to input numeric values and kana characters. These operation buttons B1�B9 correspond to the operation buttons 2 shown in FIG. 1 and can be respectively illuminated in blue, green, yellow, red and other colors by the button light emitting part (light emitting diode) 4 which serves as the backlights of the operation buttons.
Also, depending on the depressed states of the operation buttons B1�B9, that is, depending on whether they are depressed short or long, they can be linked to the operations of the programs. For example, when the operation button allocated to the browser is pressed down for a short time, the processing is switched over to the browser; and, for the long depression of the operation button, the browser is ended. Also, when the operation button allocated to the mail software, the processing is switched over to the mail software; and, for the long depression of the operation button, in the mail software, there is executed an operation to create a new mail. This can reduce the number of operations of the operation buttons by the user, whereby the convenience of the portable terminal apparatus 1 can be enhanced.
Now, FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a program operation procedure when the operation buttons B1�B9 are depressed. Here, firstly, it is checked whether the current mode is a program select mode or not (Step S11). When it is the program select mode, it is checked whether there exists an operation button linked to the task table or not (Step S12).
When the operation button linked to the task table exists, it is checked whether the pressed state of the operation button is a short pressed state or a long pressed state (Step S13); and, for the long pressed state, a request such as a program end is transmitted to the respective programs (Step S14) to thereby remove the �program select mode� (Step S16). Also, for the short pressed state, the screen is switched over to a corresponding program (Step S15).
Now, FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a task check procedure when the operation buttons B1�B9 emit lights. Here, when the current mode is a program select mode (Step S21), the task table is referred to (Step S22), and it is checked whether the emitting light colors of the button light emitting part 4 by programs are decided or not (Step S23).
Here, the term �task� means a program which corresponds to each of the windows that are switched by a user pressing down the operation buttons; and, it may sometime include an ordinary task in a program operation environment.
FIG. 7 is a program table in which the program IDs are linked to the kinds of programs; and, for the [P1], [P2], - - - [Pn] of the program ID, there are provided browsers and mail software in such number that corresponds to the number of programs to be operated in a terminal.
FIG. 8 is a task table in which the button IDs are allocated according to a rule such as the activating order of the tasks. Here, the operation buttons [B1], [B2], and [B3] are linked to the task [2], task [3], and task [1] in their activating order according to the rule. By the way, the rule may be based on the sequence of the kinds of the programs or contents, or may be based on the order that is specified by a user.
FIG. 9 is a program table in which the kinds of the programs are linked to the emitting light colors of the button light emitting part 4. For example, [P1] of the program ID is a browser, and the emitting light color is �green�; and, [P2] of the program ID is mail software, and the emitting light color is �blue�. By the way, the emitting light color may be previously set in a terminal, or may be decided by specifying colors in an HTML tag, that is, using information stored in the contents, or may be set by a user herself or himself according to the taste of the user.
FIG. 10 is a program table in which the kinds of the programs are linked to the operations of the programs to be executed depending on the emitting light colors of the button light emitting part 4 and on the depressed states of the operation buttons 2. Here, [P1] of the program ID is a browser, and the emitting light color is �green�; and, for the short depressed state of the operation button 2, it corresponds to the �switching� of the browser, and, for the long depressed state, it corresponds to the �end� of the browser.
The term �state change� of the messenger (IMPS) in FIG. 10 means the presence information that expresses the current state of a user. For example, by pressing down the operation button long, the present presence information can be changed sequentially in such a manner that online→during eating→during meeting→online one after another.
FIG. 11 is a program table in which the kinds of the programs, the operations of the programs and the light emitting patterns are linked to each other. Here, [P1] of the program ID is a browser, and, in correspondence to the operation kinds �waiting for reading� and �page update occurring time�, the light emitting patterns are set for �turn-on�and �blinking�, respectively. By the way, such turn-on and blinking are just an example of the light emitting pattern in order to facilitate the discrimination of the operation button and thus there may also be employed another light emitting pattern.
FIG. 14 is a content table in which the kinds of the contents by the above-mentioned content IDs are linked to the emitting light colors of the operation buttons [B2], [B2] and [B3], respectively. Here, for example, when the content ID linked to the program [P2] displayed on the display part 21 is [C5], the �charge� for a pay TV is regarded as the class of the content and is linked to the emitting light color �red�. This �red� color is also used as a color to warn a user that there has occurred a burden for the user to pay and, as the need arises, the color �yellow� can also be used instead of the color �red�.
As the kinds of the contents, there are available character string system contents, image system contents, chat system contents, contents involved with a time limit, and contents involved with the above-mentioned �charge�. When judging the kinds of the contents, the judgment is made on the assumption that the contents are general contents which are exchanged in the HTTP communication and the like. However, factors for the judgment of the contents kinds are not limited to the above assumption, but there may also be used, for example, the information contained in the contents.
By the way, the emitting light colors can be previously set in a terminal, or can an be decided according to the information that is stored in the contents, or can be set by a user herself or himself according to the taste of the user.
FIG. 16 is a display list in which the kinds of the programs to be displayed in FIG. 15 (mail software, a browser (a restraint), a browser (transfer guide), and a music player are arranged and displayed in their activating order, while numbers given to these kinds are linked to the operation buttons [1]�[4], respectively.
FIG. 17 is a general view of a matrix-type display example of a portable terminal apparatus 1, in which the select candidates of programs to be displayed on the display part 21 are displayed in a matrix of 9 squares in correspondence to the arranged portions of the operation buttons of the operation part 22. In FIG. 17, selectable programs are allocated to operation buttons [1]�[7], respectively. Also, a program display screen to urge the user to select the above-mentioned programs can also be displayed immediately by operating the side button provided on the terminal.
Also, by repeating the depression of the operation button 31, as can be seen in FIGS. 22A, 22B, 22C, - - - 22(n), the program select list display can be changed to a program select menu display, a tag display and the like one after another. By the way, in the above description, there has been shown an example in which the program select menu is displayed by depressing the operation button 31 repeatedly. However, it is also possible to employ other display means such as means (1) for displaying the program select menu by depressing the operation button short, means (2) for displaying the program select menu from a user menu, and means (3) for displaying the program select menu at the timing for receiving a message.
In FIG. 23, firstly, it is checked whether the program select button is depressed or not (Step S31). When not depressed, no processing is executed. On the other hand, when it is found that the program select button is depressed, it is checked whether there exists a selectable program (task) or not (Step S32). When it is found that such program does not exist, there is displayed a message �a program under activation is not present�, thereby ending the processing (Step S33).
FIG. 24 shows a menu in which the kinds of the programs, that is, mail software, a browser (restaurant), a browser (transfer guide), and a music player are displayed while they are arranged in the order of activation; numbers given to these kinds are linked to the operation buttons respectively; and, the operation buttons [1]�[4] are allowed to emit lights in the same colors as the arranged colors of the menu.
According to this menu, since the arranged colors of the menu switchingly displayed are coincident with the emitted light colors of the operation buttons [1]�[4] corresponding to these menu arranged colors, there is eliminated a possibility that the operation buttons [1]�[4] [4] can be depressed wrong, so that a user can select the menu more easily and more positively. In this case, when two or more programs are activated, further different colors may be allocated to such programs.
When the two operation buttons are pressed down simultaneously, a task allocated to the operation button [1] depressed slightly earlier is activated. After detection of the depression of the operation button, the depression of the operation button [2] is detected. When the time from the depression of the operation button [1] to the depression of the operation button [2] is within a prescribed time (for example, several milliseconds), the specified task is regarded as �selection of two or more items�. Thus, the screen is divided to two divisional screens and the task allocated to the operation button 2 is activated. On the other hand, when the time exceeds the prescribed time, it is judged that another task is selected.
FIG. 27 is a display example in which the operation buttons are linked to information (for example, page number) contained in a content under display. According to this example, the respective page numbers contained in presentation materials can be allocated to operation buttons [1]�[9] arranged in a numerical order and, therefore, a user is allowed to display a page directly by selecting the operation button corresponding to the page that the user wants to display. This structure can reduce the number of operations necessary to display the page and thus can facilitate the taking-out of information.
Further, when a part corresponding to the operation part, as shown in FIG. 28, is set for a display part such as a liquid crystal, the items of the program select menu screen can be set in the same arranged colors on, for example, seven-divided liquid crystal operation buttons [1]�[7]. Thanks to this, the contents of a menu to be displayed in a button unit may not be fixed but can be changed arbitrarily and easily. By the way, when the operation buttons themselves are made to display thereon character strings expressing the outlines of the items, the user can distinguish the operation buttons more easily.
The arranged colors of the liquid crystal operation buttons [1]�[7] and the character strings on the liquid crystal operation buttons [1]�[7] can be rewritten arbitrarily by software according to the changes of the programs displayed on the display part 21. Therefore, this structure is also able to cope with the selection of the diversifying programs.
INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY A portable terminal apparatus and a program select method according to the invention can notify a user of the operation states of two or more programs to be activated in an terminal through the emitting light colors and light emitting patterns of the backlights of operation buttons, thereby providing an effect that the user can select one of the operation buttons corresponding not only to the states of the programs such as whether the programs are under activation or not, whether the programs are under the background operation or not, or whether the programs are waiting for an instruction or not, but also to the kinds of the programs. Thus, the invention can be used effectively in a portable terminal and a program select method.
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