CN1206900A - Method for displaying world time in portable terminal - Google Patents
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Abstract
在便携式终端中显示世界时间的方法。该便携式终端具有显示器和用于存储基准地区的信息和要显示当地时间的多个地区的信息的存储器。该方法中关于由用户指定的多个地区的信息存储在存储器中。从存储器读出关于指定地区的信息并且在显示器上以预定的时间间隔显示指定地区的当地时间。多个地区的当地时间被交替地显示。此外,多个地区的当前时间与它们对应地名一起被显示。
A method for displaying world time in a portable terminal. This portable terminal has a display and a memory for storing information on a reference area and information on a plurality of areas where local time is to be displayed. Information on a plurality of regions designated by a user in this method is stored in a memory. The information on the designated area is read out from the memory and the local time of the designated area is displayed on the display at predetermined time intervals. The local time of multiple regions is displayed alternately. In addition, the current time of multiple regions is displayed together with their corresponding place names.
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The present invention relates in the portable terminal to show the method for zebra time, more particularly, relate to the method for the local time of the different regions that alternately demonstration presets.
In general, for example the portable terminal of radio paging receiver and pocket telephone shows the current time in idle condition.
In traditional time display method, portable terminal only shows the particular locality current time.Therefore, will know another country during the local time in portable terminal user, he will calculate the time difference between his location and another country according to time chart, obtains another national local time that he will know, this bothers very much.
And in traditional universal time display method, portable terminal only shows the local time by the selected area of key operation.Therefore, when the user will know the local time in several areas, the world, he must do key operation several times.That is, for local date and the time that obtains world's particular locality, user's input is used for importing the function key of display mode zebra time.After this, portable terminal showed for first regional local date and the time, showed next regional local date and time of being selected by user's key operation again.Therefore, above-mentioned zebra time, the shortcoming of display mode was to do key operation several times, with local date and the time of seeing several areas, the world.And when the user will see that the regional right of priority of local date and time is hanged down, because must do repeatedly key operation, the user will spend the long period just can see the local date and the time in his desired area.
Therefore, the object of the invention is to propose to show world's method of a plurality of area local times.
Another purpose of the present invention is to propose alternately to show world's method of a plurality of area local times.
For reaching above purpose, propose in following portable terminal, to show the method for zebra time here, but this terminal there are display and Memory Reference regional information and the storer that will show a plurality of regional informations of local time.In the method, a plurality of regional informations by user's appointment are stored in the storer.Read designated area information and on display, show the designated area local time with predetermined interval.
If show that the area of local time does not have appointment then to be preferably in and shows the benchmark area current time on the display.
The local time that preferably alternately shows a plurality of areas.
Preferably that the local time in a plurality of areas is corresponding with them place name shows together.
From detailed description below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, above-mentioned and other purposes can clearer understanding of the present invention, feature and advantage.
Fig. 1 is the calcspar that the present invention is applicable to radio paging receiver wherein;
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram of specifying the area that will show the local time in the portable terminal of the most preferred embodiment according to the present invention;
Fig. 3 shows world's process flow diagram of a plurality of area local times in the portable terminal of the most preferred embodiment according to the present invention; With
Fig. 4 A to 4D is the synoptic diagram that shows the embodiment of a plurality of area local times of the world in the portable terminal of the most preferred embodiment according to the present invention.
Describe most preferred embodiment of the present invention now in detail.
Fig. 1 is the calcspar that the present invention is applicable to radio paging receiver wherein.As shown in the figure, this radio paging receiver is by controller 110, storer 120, keypad 130, frequency synthesizer 140, RF (radio frequency) circuit 150, demoder 160, display 170 and alarm 180.
With reference to figure 1, below describe radio paging receiver (hereinafter referred to as the radio paging receiver) overall operation of most preferred embodiment in detail according to the present invention.Controller 110 control radio paging receiver and paging service functions.In addition, controller 110 has timer, and the overall operation of control radio paging receiver is carried out the function of a plurality of area local times of the demonstration world of the most preferred embodiment according to the present invention.Storer 120 storages: the information of radio paging receiver; Be used to show world's program of a plurality of area local times; Video data, that is, and the navigation information that changes according to mode; And the information in the area of reference time and area to be shown.Keypad 130 comprises some keys, is used to produce various radio paging receiver control signals, for example is useful on the power key of on/off radio paging receiver power supply, implements the mode key of various operations and function and the reading key of demonstration canned data.If the mode key and the reading key of keypad 130 are imported simultaneously, then produce the key data that shifts gears.After set-up mode changed, reading key and mode key were carried out and are selected to change the function of content and the function that storage has changed data.Keypad 130 produces corresponding to the key data that a plurality of area of the time showing area specific mode and demonstration world local time modes are set, and key data is added to controller 110.Frequency synthesizer 140 is the overall treatment frequency under controller 110 controls, and it is added to RF circuit 150.That is, frequency synthesizer 140 is specified the channel of RF circuit 150 according to the channel data of controller 110 outputs.RF circuit 150 amplifies the weak RF signal of the allocated channel that receives by antenna, signal after amplifying is carried out frequency transformation, change to its original signal band, the signal after the frequency transformation is carried out demodulation, and make the signal waveform after the demodulation become the numerical data shape.Demoder 160 is decoded the digital encoded data of exporting from RF circuit 150 (typically, the Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem Code data), and exports its signal.Display 170 is made of LCD (LCD), the various states that take place during the display radio paging service under controller 110 controls and the information of reception, and output and a plurality of regional local time time corresponding data in the world.Alarm 180 comprises the Vib. that produces the chimes of doom circuit and produce vibration signal, and next receives that information just sends alerting signal in controller 110 controls.
Fig. 2 is the process flow diagram that selection will show the area of local time in the radio paging receiver of the most preferred embodiment according to the present invention.
With reference to figure 1 and Fig. 2, below be described in detail in area how to select to show the local time in the radio paging receiver.Receive the corresponding key data of the key imported from keypad 130 with the user and check whether this key data is to be used for the data that entry time shows regional specific mode in Fig. 2 step 210, controller 110.If key data is not to be used for the data that entry time shows regional specific mode, then controller 10 is in step 220 executivecontrol function, so that execution is by the function of the key data appointment of importing from keypad 130.On the other hand, if key data is to be used for the data that entry time shows regional specific mode, then controller 110 selects to show the area of local time from the key data of keypad 130 inputs by use in step 230.In step 240, controller 110 is stored in storer 120 and is selected regional temporal information.Radio paging receiver of the present invention can be selected a plurality of areas that will show the local time, the world by repeating above step.
Fig. 3 shows world's process flow diagram of a plurality of area local times in the portable terminal of the most preferred embodiment according to the present invention.
With reference to figure 1 and 3, below how explanation shows a plurality of area local times of the world in radio paging receiver.In Fig. 3 step 310, controller 110 receives the corresponding key data of key from keypad 130 inputs with the user, and checks whether this key data is the data that are used to enter display mode zebra time.If key data is not to be used to enter display mode zebra time, controller 110 is carried out the function by the key data setting of keypad 130 inputs in step 320 executivecontrol function.Otherwise if key data is the data that are used to enter display mode zebra time, then whether controller 110 has specified the area that will show the local time step 330 inspection.Were it not for, then the regional local time data of benchmark of in display 170 output storages 120, storing at step 340 controller 110.In addition, if specified a plurality of areas that will show the local time, then in step 350, controller 110 is read time data about an area a plurality of areas of appointment from storer 120, and exports it to display 170.In step 360, controller 110 continues to display 170 output time data, and utilizes the timer inspection whether to spend the schedule time.Here, the schedule time, for example 0.25 second to 0.5 second, can regulate on demand by the user.
If the schedule time does not also pass by, then controller 110 continues to display 170 output time data.If the schedule time passes by, another regional time data except that the area that has shown step 370 controller 110 is read about specified area from storer 120 then, and export it to display 170.By repeating above step 360 and 370, the radio paging receiver of most preferred embodiment of the present invention can show the local time in a plurality of areas, the world.
Fig. 4 A to 4D is illustrated in and shows the world embodiment of a plurality of area local times in the portable terminal of the present invention.
With reference to figure 4A to 4D, display mode zebra time of most preferred embodiment of the present invention is provided with, and the locale that show the local time is Paris (Paris) and Seoul (Tokyo) (Seoul (Tokyo)).Shown in Fig. 4 B, show Seoul and Tokyo local time in the expression Paris local time among Fig. 4 A with after a few minutes.In addition, after Seoul and Tokyo local time show a few minutes, shown in Fig. 4 C, show the Paris local time again, and, shown in Fig. 4 D, show Seoul and Tokyo local time again after a few minutes.As mentioned above, the selected area local time alternately showed with time interval of rule in a plurality of universal time display methods according to the present invention.
In addition, can be moved to the left time data by speed and show the local time of selecting the area, and need not change alphabet on the display window with rule.
Be noted that the above explanation that provides with reference to radio paging receiver also can be used for pocket telephone.
As from above understanding, the present invention can easily check the local date and the time in a plurality of areas, the world by portable terminal.Especially, universal time display method of the present invention is more convenient for the businessman that will set foot in certain areas, the world, with the regional local date and the time of checking that in the world he will see.
Although think that in conjunction with current the most practical and illustrated embodiments described the present invention,, obviously the invention is not restricted to the disclosed embodiments, and opposite, its various modification in should the spirit and scope of topped appended claims.
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