JP2011180964A - Portable terminal, and screen display method and display program for portable terminal telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

A portable terminal capable of efficiently selecting a function and realizing a user's favorite screen display, a screen display method thereof, and a display program are provided.
A wallpaper image layer that can set an arbitrary image selected by a user as a screen layer in a display screen of a mobile terminal, and a standby function transparent layer that displays the wallpaper image layer as blurred and reduced. 22, a quick launcher transparent layer 23 in which icons such as main functions of the mobile terminal are arranged, a main menu card transparent layer 24 in which icons are arranged in X columns and Y rows (X and Y are positive integers), a mark And a mark deletion layer for deleting. When the quick launcher transparent layer, the main menu card transparent layer, and / or the mark deletion layer are functioning, at least a part of the wallpaper image is displayed in the display screen.
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Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, a screen display method and a display program for the mobile terminal, and more particularly, a mobile terminal capable of displaying multi-level operation functions without disturbing display of an image on a standby screen, and a screen display of the mobile terminal. The present invention relates to a method and a display program.

  Mobile terminals such as mobile phones are increasingly multi-functional and hierarchical, but the display screen of mobile terminals is smaller than the screen of a personal computer, causing inconvenience in selecting functions efficiently . Various techniques for solving such problems have been proposed, and one of them is disclosed in Patent Document 1 below.

  In this patent document, items selected in the past by the user are stored as history information, and the history information is referred to at the next function selection operation, and the item selected in the menu screen of each hierarchy is selected. The first cursor position is set for the item with the highest number of times. Thereby, a desired function can be selected with few operations.

JP 2006-303666 A

  However, in the invention described in Patent Document 1 or other prior art of this type, the screen is switched for each layer selection screen, so it is difficult to know which layer of the screen is open, which is confusing As a result, there is a problem that the function selection operation cannot be performed efficiently.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal and a portable terminal capable of efficiently performing a function selection operation and realizing a user's favorite screen display. It is to provide a screen display method and a display program for a machine.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention provides a portable terminal that can be operated by touching a mark such as an icon arranged on a display screen, and a user can use a mobile phone as a screen layer in the display screen. A quick launcher in which at least an icon such as a main function of a mobile terminal is arranged, a wallpaper image layer that can set an arbitrary image selected by, a standby function transparent layer that displays the wallpaper image layer as blurred and reduced A transparent layer; a main menu card transparent layer in which icons are arranged in X columns and Y rows (X and Y are positive integers); and a mark deletion layer for deleting the mark; The transmission layer, the quick launcher transmission layer, and the main menu card transmission layer are sequentially stacked from the back in view of the user, and the quick launcher transmission layer and the main menu card transmission layer are displayed. When a transparent layer and / or mark deletion layer is displayed, at least a part of the wallpaper image blurred and reduced by the standby function transparent layer is displayed in the display screen. There is one feature.

  A second feature is that when the mark deletion layer functions, a wallpaper image rises in the display screen, and a label or hole-shaped display indicating mark deletion is formed in the lower margin. There is.

  A third feature is that a plurality of transparent layers of the main menu card are prepared and moved to the left and right by the touch of a fingertip.

  Further, there are fourth and fifth features in that a screen display method for a portable terminal as in claim 6 and a display program for the portable terminal that are executed by a computer as in claim 7 are provided.

  According to the first feature, since each layer is displayed without switching the screen, and each layer is represented by a transparent layer (layer), the wallpaper image layer that is always the first layer is somewhere on the screen. Is displayed. For this reason, it becomes possible to know which level of the screen the currently opened screen is, and it is possible to solve the problem that it becomes impossible to determine which level the user is viewing. In addition, the function selection operation can be performed efficiently. Further, at the time of standby, since the other layers become transparent, only the wallpaper image layer is displayed on the standby screen, so that the user's favorite screen display can be realized.

  Further, according to the second feature, when the mark deletion layer functions, a wallpaper image rises in the display screen, and a label or a hole-shaped display indicating that the mark is deleted is formed in a lower margin. Therefore, the entire screen zooms in (three-dimensional), and a three-dimensional effect appears, so that the user can be strongly impressed that the mode has changed.

  In addition, according to the third feature, since the replacement of the menu card is related to the movement of the user's fingertip, it is possible to give the user a feeling that the menu card has been replaced with his / her finger, It can be given and operability can be enhanced. Also, customizability can be realized.

  In addition, according to the fourth and fifth features, it is possible to provide a screen display method and a display program for a portable terminal that have the same effects as those obtained by the first feature.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the screen structure of the display part of one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the standby screen and quick launcher screen of one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of an example of an icon. It is explanatory drawing of an example of the menu display screen of an icon. It is explanatory drawing of the application starting screen corresponding to a widget. It is explanatory drawing of the application starting screen of a desktop shortcut. It is explanatory drawing of the application starting screen of a home launcher icon. It is explanatory drawing of a widget deletion screen. It is explanatory drawing of a desktop shortcut deletion screen.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing schematic functions of a mobile terminal, for example, a mobile phone, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, the control unit 1 operates in accordance with a program mainly stored in a ROM of a memory unit (ROM, RAM) 2 to provide a general mobile phone function. The RAM functions as a work area, a temporary storage area, and the like used when the control unit 1 executes various functions according to the program. The operation unit 3 includes key switches and the like necessary for various operations of the mobile phone. The communication function unit 4 has functions such as telephone communication, moving image communication such as one segment, mail communication, and GPS. The imaging unit 5 has a camera function.

  The display control unit 6 reads the image data stored in the image data storage unit 7 in accordance with a program from the memory unit 2, performs necessary processing, and displays it on the display unit 8. The controller 1 also exchanges signals such as control signals and image signals. The display unit 8 displays a standby screen of a mobile phone, marks such as icons, widgets, and shortcuts, displays a screen after activation of a selected function, displays transmission / reception images, and photographs. It has a tactile finger sensing unit 9 that performs display and senses when the surface is touched with a finger. The tactile finger sensing unit 9 senses that the display screen has been touched and outputs a sensing signal to the display control unit 6. Based on the sensing signal, the display control unit 6 identifies the manner of the finger, i.e., touch, tap or flick. The image data storage unit 7 stores wallpaper image data, standby function transmission layer data, quick launcher transmission layer data, main menu card transmission layer data, and other images or display data according to the present invention.

  Next, the structure of the screen (screen structure) displayed on the display unit 8 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, the screen structure includes a vertical screen layer such as a wallpaper image layer 21, a standby function transmission layer 22, a quick launcher transmission layer 23, a main menu card transmission layer 24, and a horizontal screen layer 25. The display unit 8 displays the wallpaper image layer 21 at the back and the main menu card transmission layer 24 at the front as viewed from the user's perspective. These layers are data stored in the image data storage unit 7, that is, wallpaper image data, standby function transmission layer data, quick launcher transmission layer data, main menu card transmission layer data, and other image or display data. Is displayed on the display unit 8. In addition, the area | region enclosed with the dotted line in the figure has shown the transmission area | region of 100%.

  The wallpaper image layer 21 is an image that becomes a wallpaper of the standby screen, and an image such as a photograph that the user likes can be set. The user can arbitrarily set the size (size) of the image.

  The standby function transparent layer 22 functions as a function of the standby function transparent layer 22 and the quick launcher transparent layer 23 when a user performs some operation (for example, screen touch, key switch operation) on the wallpaper image layer 21. Is displayed. When the standby function transparent layer 22 functions, the wallpaper image is blurred and reduced, and widgets, icons, and the like placed on the standby function transparent layer 22 are displayed.

  In the launcher menu display area 32 of the quick launcher transparent layer 23, icons of main functions (phone, mail, GPS, camera, etc.) frequently used by the user are arranged. Here, “quick launcher” means that a function is instructed quickly so that it can be executed quickly. In the launcher menu display area 32, the portion other than the icon has high transparency. Also, the main menu card transmission layer 24 and the screen location are shared. When the transparent part of the quick launcher transparent layer 23 is touched with a finger or an end-call key (not shown) on the operation unit 3 is pressed, the standby function transparent layer 22 and the quick launcher transparent layer 23 disappear, and the wallpaper image Return to layer 21.

  The main menu card transparent layer 24 is a layer in which icons for operating functions can be arranged in X columns and Y rows (X and Y are positive integers; for example, a maximum of 8 columns and 3 rows) per card. It is a card. The transparency of the main menu card screen 24 a is suppressed to be lower than that of the launcher menu display area 32 of the quick launcher transmission layer 23. As shown in the figure, a plurality of main menu card screens 24a (24a ') can be arranged in the horizontal direction of the screen. The card transmission layer can be displayed.

  The horizontal screen layer 25 is a layer that appears when the vertical screen layer zooms out to the top and deletes the widget and shortcut set in the standby function transparent layer 22 at the bottom of the screen. If you drag the widget you want to delete to the hole 25a (black hole) formed in the lower area of the horizontal screen layer and release the widget etc. over the hole, the widget will be drawn into the hole visually By using effects, you can impress that widgets etc. are deleted and will not return. Details of the horizontal screen layer will be described later.

  As described above, since the standby function transparent layer 22 is provided, a widget or the like is displayed with a blurred and reduced wallpaper image as a background, so a widget or the like placed on the standby function transparent layer 22 The visibility of icons placed on the main menu card transparent layer 24, such as icons placed on the launcher transparent layer 23, is improved, and the difference from the wallpaper browsing mode of the standby screen can be clearly shown. In addition, the transparent layer (layer) configuration makes it easy to understand which level of the screen is open, and avoids the confusion that the user does not know which level is open.

  FIG. 3A shows a specific example of the wallpaper of the standby screen. A wallpaper 30 is displayed on the standby screen, and a status bar 31 for displaying, for example, the strength of radio waves, the remaining battery level display, and the time display is displayed at the top. The area of the status bar 31 has low transparency, and the wallpaper 30 is configured to appear blurred.

  When the user touches or flicks the wallpaper 30 of the standby screen with a finger, the standby function transparent layer 22 and the quick launcher transparent layer 23 are displayed, and the quick launcher display area (widget) of FIG.・ Transition to (Desktop shortcut display state). On this quick launcher display screen, the wallpaper 30 is reduced to, for example, 75% (zoom out) and becomes a blurred image, and a launcher menu display area 32 is formed at, for example, the lower portion of the screen. Note that the degree of reduction and transparency or blur can be selected as desired. The wallpaper 30 displays a widget 30a, a desktop shortcut 30b, an icon 30c, and the like. In the launcher menu display area 32, a launcher menu button 32a, icons 32b to 32e, and a running application button 32f are displayed, and the portions other than these buttons and icons have low transparency and are blurred wallpaper. Can be seen through. As the icons 32b to 32e, icons of main functions (phone, mail, manner mode, camera, etc.) frequently used by the user are arranged and can be freely replaced. When the wallpaper 30 in FIG. 5B is touched or flicked with a finger, the screen returns to the standby screen (wallpaper display screen) in FIG.

Here, the icons 32B～32e, for example, be described by way of manner mode icon 32d representative, as shown in FIG. 4, except the mark or a picture of the circular portion 32d of ₁ mark or a picture is drawn showing the functional The brightness of the portion is reduced from the brightness of the image of the blurred wallpaper 30, and the brightness of the ring part (ring part) 32 d ₂ around the circular part 32 d ₁ is higher than the brightness of the image of the wallpaper 30. . By doing so, it is easy to understand that the icon exists on the wallpaper image. In other words, the visibility of the icon can be improved.

  Next, when displaying the main menu card transparent layer 24 on the screen, the launcher menu button 32a is touched with a fingertip on the screen of FIG. Then, the main menu card transparent layer 24 functions and an icon list screen (or list card) 35 is displayed on the screen of the display unit as shown in FIG. Since a plurality of the icon list cards 35 are prepared, the card can be changed to another card by a user operation. Each icon (for example, address book, blog, etc.) on the card has the same structure as described in FIG. Further, instead of touching the fingertip, the list card 35 can be displayed even when the center key or the enter key provided on the operation unit 3 (see FIG. 1) is pressed with the focus on the launcher menu button 32a. it can.

  Next, when the widget 30a is touched with the fingertip on the screen of FIG. 3B, as shown in FIG. 6, a transition is made to an application activation screen corresponding to the widget 30a. Note that the same screen transition can be obtained by focusing on the widget 30a and pressing the center key or enter key provided in the operation unit 3 (see FIG. 1).

  Next, for example, when the shortcut 30b (or 30c) is touched with a fingertip on the screen of FIG. 3B, as shown in FIG. 7, a transition is made to the startup screen of the application corresponding to the shortcut 30b. To do. Note that the same screen transition can be obtained by focusing on the shortcut 30b and pressing the center key or enter key provided on the operation unit 3.

  Next, for example, when the home launcher icon 32b (or 32c to 32e) is touched on the screen of FIG. 3B, as shown in FIG. 8, the application corresponding to the home launcher icon 32b is displayed. Transition to the startup screen. Note that the same screen transition can be obtained by focusing on the home launcher icon 32b and pressing the center key or the enter key provided on the operation unit 3. Further, when a desired icon is touched on the icon list screen 35 in FIG. 5, a transition is made to an application activation screen corresponding to the icon.

  Next, the case of deleting the widget 30a on the screen of FIG. 3B will be described with reference to FIG. When deleting the widget 30a, as shown in FIG. 9A, the widget 30a is touched for a long time. As a result, the widget 30a can be dragged, and as shown in FIG. 5B, the wallpaper 30 moves backward and a “widget delete” label appears at the bottom of the screen. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3C, the wallpaper 30 moves upward so as to rise, and the lower margin 33 becomes larger. That is, when the entire screen is zoomed in (three-dimensional) and a stereoscopic effect appears, it is possible to explicitly display to the user that the mode has changed.

  Therefore, when the widget 30a is dragged onto the label, the widget 30a is dropped while rotating clockwise, for example, and the screen is as shown in FIG. Subsequently, a transition effect is applied, and a transition is made to a standby screen as shown in FIG. In the standby screen, the widget 30a is deleted. Instead of the “deletion of widget” label in the margin 33, a shape such as a hole (black hole) is displayed, and when the widget 30a is dragged onto the black hole, the black hole sucks the widget 30a. You may make it end. In this way, the three-dimensional effect can be further increased.

  Next, the case of deleting a desktop shortcut will be described with reference to FIG. When deleting the desktop shortcut 30b, as shown in FIG. 10A, the desktop shortcut 30b is touched for a long time. As a result, the desktop shortcut 30b can be dragged, and the wallpaper 30 moves backward as shown in FIG. 5B, and the label “Delete shortcut” appears at the bottom of the screen. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 3C, the wallpaper 30 moves upward so as to rise, and the lower margin 33 becomes larger. That is, when the entire screen is zoomed in and a stereoscopic effect appears, it is possible to explicitly display to the user that the mode has changed.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 8C, when the desktop shortcut 30b is dragged onto the label, the desktop shortcut 30b is dropped while rotating, for example, clockwise, and the screen is displayed as shown in FIG. It becomes like this. Subsequently, a transition effect is applied, and a transition is made to a standby screen as shown in FIG. In the standby screen, the desktop shortcut 30b is deleted. In place of the label “Delete Shortcut”, when a shape such as a hole (black hole) is displayed and the desktop shortcut 30b is dragged onto the black hole, the black hole sucks the desktop shortcut 30b. You may do it. In this way, the three-dimensional (three-dimensional) effect can be further increased.

  Also, the icon can be deleted as described above. Although not described here, of course, the widget, desktop shortcut, and / or icon can be generated on the screen.

  According to this embodiment, as described above, each layer is displayed without switching the screen, and each layer is represented by a transparent layer (layer). The standby screen, which is the first layer, is always displayed somewhere on the screen. In other words, since the wallpaper is reduced or blurred even on the function selection screen lower than the standby screen, it is possible to determine which level the screen is currently open. For this reason, the user's favorite screen display can be realized and the function selection operation can be performed efficiently. Further, by handling the main menu card screens 24a and 24a 'as cards, customizability can be realized.

  6 ... Display control unit, 7 ... Image data storage unit, 8 ... Display unit, 9 ... Tactile finger sensing unit, 21 ... Wallpaper image layer, 22 ... Stand-by function transmission layer 23 ... quick launcher transparent layer, 24 ... main menu card transparent layer, 24a, 24a '... main menu card screen, 30 ... wallpaper, 31 ... status bar, 32 ... launcher Menu display area, 35 ... icon list screen (list card).

Claims (7)

A mobile terminal that can be operated by touching a mark such as an icon arranged on a display screen,
As a screen layer in the display screen,
A wallpaper image layer that can set any image selected by the user,
A standby function transparent layer for blurring and displaying the wallpaper image layer as reduced,
Quick launcher transparent layer with at least icons such as the main functions of the mobile terminal,
A main menu card transparent layer in which icons are arranged in X columns and Y rows (X and Y are positive integers);
A mark deletion layer for deleting the mark,
The wallpaper image layer, the standby function transmission layer, the quick launcher transmission layer, and the main menu card transmission layer are displayed stacked in order from the user's perspective,
When the quick launcher transparent layer, the main menu card transparent layer and / or the mark deletion layer are displayed, at least a part of the wallpaper image blurred and reduced by the standby function transparent layer is displayed in the display screen. A portable terminal characterized by being made.   2. The label according to claim 1, wherein when the mark deletion layer functions, a wallpaper image rises in the display screen, and a label or a hole-shaped display indicating mark deletion is formed in a lower margin. Mobile terminal.   The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the main menu card transmission layers are prepared and moved to the left and right by the touch of a fingertip.   The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the quick launcher transparent layer and the main menu card transparent layer are displayed by sharing a screen location so as not to overlap each other.   When the standby function transmission layer and the quick launcher transmission layer function and a mark such as an icon is displayed on the screen, the mark includes a circular portion with a picture indicating a function therein and a circular portion of the circular portion. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a surrounding ring portion, wherein the circular portion reduces brightness of a portion other than a picture, and the ring portion is displayed with increased brightness. A screen display method of a mobile terminal phone that can be operated by touching a mark such as an icon arranged on a display screen,
Displays a wallpaper image layer consisting of any image selected by the user,
The wallpaper image layer is blurred and the reduced standby function transparent layer is displayed,
Display the quick launcher transmission layer with at least icons such as the main functions of the mobile terminal.
Display the main menu card transparent layer with icons arranged in X columns and Y rows (X and Y are positive integers)
The wallpaper image layer, the standby function transmission layer, the quick launcher transmission layer, and the main menu card transmission layer are sequentially displayed from the back in the user's perspective,
When the quick launcher transparent layer, main menu card transparent layer and / or mark deletion layer are functioning, at least a part of the wallpaper image blurred and reduced by the standby function transparent layer is displayed in the display screen. A method for displaying a screen of a mobile terminal phone. A display program for a mobile terminal that can be operated by touching marks such as icons arranged on a display screen,
As a function of forming a screen layer in the display screen,
The ability to display a wallpaper image layer that can set any image selected by the user;
A function of displaying a standby function transparent layer that blurs and displays the wallpaper image layer as reduced;
A function for displaying a quick launcher transmission layer having at least icons such as main functions of the mobile terminal;
A function of displaying a main menu card transparent layer in which icons are arranged in X columns and Y rows (X and Y are positive integers);
Having a function of displaying a mark deletion layer for deleting the mark,
The wallpaper image layer, the standby function transmission layer, the quick launcher transmission layer and the main menu card transmission layer are sequentially laminated, and when the quick launcher transmission layer, the main menu card transmission layer and / or the mark deletion layer are functioning, A display program for causing a computer to display at least a part of a wallpaper image blurred and reduced by the standby function transmission layer in the display screen.