JP2001092582A - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF, MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus, and proposes that operability can be further improved. A user receives an operation signal input from an operation unit of a portable communication terminal device 1B and transmitted from the portable communication terminal device 1B, and executes a process according to the received operation signal, thereby enabling a user to execute an information processing device. The information processing apparatus 1A can be operated using operation means not provided in the information processing apparatus 1A. Thus, various operations on the information processing apparatus 1A can be realized, and the operability can be further improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information processing system and an information processing apparatus, a method thereof, a portable communication terminal device, and a program storage medium, which are suitably applied to, for example, a personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, personal computers (hereinafter, referred to as personal computers).
This is referred to as a computer), which manages the entire system based on an operating system such as Windows 98 (trademark) stored in an internal hard disk, and activates application software via the operating system to obtain a desired system. Is performed.

[0003]

In a computer having such a configuration, when a user operates an operation key provided on a main body of the computer, various processes corresponding to the operation are executed. However, recent computers have not been able to sufficiently arrange operation keys having various functions according to the user's demands in the main body due to progress in miniaturization, and have been insufficient in terms of improving operability. .

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an information processing system and an information processing apparatus, a method thereof, a portable communication terminal apparatus, and a program storage medium capable of further improving operability as compared with the related art. It is intended to propose.

[0005]

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus, comprising: a receiving unit for receiving an operation signal input from an operation unit of a portable communication terminal device and transmitted from the portable communication terminal device; And executing means for executing processing according to the received operation signal.

Therefore, the information processing apparatus receives the operation signal input from the operation means of the portable communication terminal apparatus and transmitted from the portable communication terminal apparatus, and executes a process according to the received operation signal, so that the user can receive the operation signal. The information processing apparatus can be operated using operation means not provided in the information processing apparatus, and thus various operations on the information processing apparatus can be realized.

[0007] In the information processing method of the present invention, a receiving step of receiving an operation signal input from the operating means of the portable communication terminal device and transmitted from the portable communication terminal device;
And an execution step of executing a process according to the received operation signal.

Accordingly, the information processing method receives the operation signal input from the operation means of the portable communication terminal device and transmitted from the portable communication terminal device, and executes a process according to the received operation signal, so that the user can receive the operation signal. The information processing apparatus can be operated using operation means not provided in the information processing apparatus, and thus various operations on the information processing apparatus can be realized.

Further, in the program storage medium of the present invention, a receiving step of receiving an operation signal input from the operation means of the portable communication terminal device and transmitted from the portable communication terminal device, and a process corresponding to the received operation signal are performed. And causing the information processing apparatus to execute a program characterized by including an execution step to be executed.

[0010] Therefore, the program storage medium receives the operation signal input from the operation means of the portable communication terminal device and transmitted from the portable communication terminal device, and executes a process according to the received operation signal, thereby enabling the user. The information processing apparatus can be operated using operation means not provided in the information processing apparatus, and thus various operations on the information processing apparatus can be realized.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

(1) Overall Configuration of Notebook Personal Computer In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a notebook personal computer as a whole (hereinafter referred to as a notebook personal computer).
, And is configured by connecting the notebook personal computer body 1A and the mobile phone 1B via a connection cable 1C.

(2) Configuration of notebook personal computer main body FIG. 2 shows a notebook personal computer main body 1 constituting an information processing apparatus.
A is shown, which is constituted by a main body 2 and a display section 3 attached to the main body 2 so as to be openable and closable.

The main body 2 has a plurality of operation keys 4 for inputting various characters, symbols, numbers, and the like on its upper surface, a touch pad 5 used for moving a mouse cursor, and left and right buttons of a normal mouse. , A left-click button 5A and a right-click button 5B, and built-in speakers 6A and 6B.

The display unit 3 has an LCD (Liquid Crys
tal Display).

The display unit 3 is provided with a claw 13 and a hole 8 at a predetermined position of the main body 2 corresponding to the claw 13, and the display unit 3 is closed by the main body 2. The claw 13 is fitted into the hole 8 and locked in this state.

The main body 2 is provided with a slide lever 9 on the front side surface. By sliding the slide lever 9, the lock of the claw 13 fitted in the hole 8 is released, and the display section 3 is moved. The main body 2 can be deployed.

Further, the main body 2 has a power lamp PL composed of a light emitting diode (LED),
A battery lamp BL and a message lamp ML are provided side by side. The power lamp PL is turned on when the power is turned on, and the battery lamp BL is turned on (i.e., continuously turned on or blinked) by a lighting state (that is, continuous lighting or blinking). Notify the remaining amount. The message lamp ML lights up when a predetermined application is activated, and notifies the activation of the application. The microphone 24 is provided near the power lamp PL, the battery lamp BL, and the message lamp ML.

A power switch 40, USB (Universal Serial Bus) terminals 42A and 42B, a communication terminal 12 for connecting a digital portable telephone, an infrared communication port 49 for infrared data communication, and a modular jack are provided on the right side of the main body 2. Modem terminal 15 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, a PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Car) is provided on the left side of the main body 2.
d International Association) card (so-called PC
(Personal Computer) card, a PC card slot 14, a headphone terminal 44, a microphone input terminal 43, and a 4-pin compatible IEEE (Institutor).
e of Electrical and Electronics Enginneers) 139
Four terminals 41 and an external display connector 46 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 4, the notebook PC main body 1A
, A CPU (Central Processing Unit) that comprehensively controls various functions of the notebook personal computer 1A.
it) 50 is connected to the host bus 52 and the CP
Various functions can be realized by executing processes corresponding to various programs and application software loaded into a RAM (Random Access Memory) 53 by U50 at a predetermined operation speed based on a system clock provided from a clock generator 60. It has been made like that.

A cache memory 51 is connected to the host bus 52 so as to cache data used by the CPU 50 and realize high-speed access.

The host bus 52 is connected to a PCI (Periphera
l Component Interconnect) Bus 55 and Host-PCI
A video controller 56 and an IEEE (Institute) are connected to the PCI bus 55 via a bridge 54.
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 1394
Interface 57, video capture processing chip 8
3 and a PC (Personal Computer) card interface 58 are connected.

Here, the host-PCI bridge 54
PU50, video controller 56, video capture processing chip 83, IEEE1394 interface 5
7 and the PC card interface 58, control of transmission and reception of various data with the memory bus 59.
Is performed to control the memory of the RAM 53 connected thereto.

The host-PCI bridge 54 includes a video controller 56 and an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Pos.).
rt) via a signal line, whereby image data can be transferred between the host-PCI bridge 54 and the video controller 56 at high speed.

The video controller 56 performs predetermined graphics processing on the JPEG image data of the video capture processing chip 83, and then performs a built-in VRAM (Vid
eo Random Access Memory), read it out as appropriate, and output it to the liquid crystal display 21 for display.

The video controller 56 outputs image data based on various kinds of application software supplied to the liquid crystal display 21 on a timely basis.
A plurality of window screens can be displayed.

The PC card interface 58 is appropriately mounted via a PC card when an optional function is added, and is connected to an external device such as a CD-ROM drive or a DVD drive via the PC card. It is made to be able to do.

IEEE 1394 interface 57
Is directly connected to an IEEE 1394 terminal 41, and can be connected to another computer device or an external device such as a digital video camera via the IEEE 1394 terminal 41.

The PCI bus 55 is connected to an ISA (Industrial St
Andard Architecture) bus 65 is connected via a PCI-ISA bridge 66. The PCI-ISA bridge 66 has an HDD 67 and a USB (Universal Serial
l Bus) terminal 42 is connected.

Here, the PCI-ISA bridge 66 is
DE (Integrated Drive Electronics) interface, configuration register, RTC (Real-Ti
me Clock) circuit, a USB interface, and the like, and controls the HDD 67 via the IDE interface based on a system clock supplied from the clock generator 60.

The hard disk of the HDD 67 has Window
OS (Operating System) such as s98 (trademark), e-mail program, auto-pilot program, jog dial utility program, jog dial driver and digital map software, and other various application software are stored. The data is transferred to the RAM 53.

The PCI-ISA bridge 66 is a U.S.A.
External devices such as a floppy disk drive, a printer, and a USB mouse (not shown) connected via the B terminal 42 are controlled via the USB interface, and the modem 69 and the sound controller 70 connected to the ISA bus 65 are controlled. Do.

The modem 69 is connected to an Internet service provider (hereinafter, referred to as a provider) from a modem terminal 15 via a public telephone line (not shown) and the Internet, and accesses the Internet service provider. . The sound controller 70 takes in an audio signal from the microphone 24 and supplies the audio signal to the built-in speaker 6.

The ISA bus 65 has an I / O (In / Out)
The controller 73 is connected, receives power from an external power connector 84 via a power supply charging control circuit 85, and supplies power to each circuit when the power switch 40 is turned on. Here, the I / O controller 73 operates based on the system clock supplied from the clock generator 60 also.

The power supply / charge control circuit 85 includes an I / O
The battery pack 8 is controlled by the controller 73.
6 is controlled.

The I / O controller 73 includes a microcontroller, an I / O interface, a CPU, and a ROM.
And a BIOS (Basic Input / Output) stored in the flash memory 79.
System), the input / output of data between the OS and application software and various peripheral devices such as the liquid crystal display 21 and the HDD 67 is controlled.

The I / O controller 73 is connected to the infrared port 45, and can execute infrared communication with, for example, another computer. Further, the I / O controller 73 is connected to the ISA bus 65
Through the serial level converter 12A and the communication terminal 12. Therefore, an input signal input from the mobile phone 1B via the communication terminal 12 is
After being converted to a predetermined voltage level at A, it is notified to the I / O controller 73 via the ISA bus 65.

The ROM of the I / O controller 73
Stores a wake-up program, a key input monitoring program, an LED control program, an emulator and a jog dial state monitoring program, and various other control programs.

Here, the emulator converts the input signal supplied from the portable telephone 1B via the communication terminal 12 into the operation signal input from the operation key 4 when the operation key 4 of the notebook personal computer 1A is operated. In order to perform the subsequent processing.

The jog dial status monitoring program is a program associated with a jog dial utility program stored in the hard disk of the HDD 67, and monitors whether a virtual jog dial displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 is rotated or pressed. It is for doing.

Here, the jog dial is a user interface with excellent operability that can easily realize various functions in system setting and various application software by rotating and pressing the dial. Operates the operation keys 4A to 4C to realize a rotating operation and a pressing operation on a virtual jog dial displayed on the liquid crystal display 21.

The wake-up program is a PCI-I
When the current time supplied from the RTC circuit in the SA bridge 66 reaches a preset start time, the CPU 50 is a program that is controlled to execute a predetermined process. Is a program for monitoring inputs from various key switches.

The LED control program includes a power lamp P
LED such as L, battery lamp BL, message lamp ML
(Light Emitting Diode) is a program that controls the lighting of various lamps.

The RAM of the I / O controller 73 has a set time register for a wake-up program,
Key input monitoring register for key input monitoring program, L
An LED control register for an ED control program, an I / O register for a jog dial state monitoring program, and registers for various other programs are provided.

The set time register stores the time information of the start time arbitrarily set by the user in advance for use in the wake-up program. Therefore, the I / O controller 73 determines whether or not the current time supplied from the RTC circuit has reached an arbitrarily set start time based on the wake-up program, and notifies the CPU 50 when the start time has come. I do. Thus, when the start time comes, the CPU 50 launches predetermined application software set in advance, and executes a predetermined process according to the application software.

The key input monitoring register stores an operation key flag based on inputs from the operation keys 4, the touch pad 5, the left click button 5A and the right click button 5B.

Therefore, based on the key input monitoring program, the I / O controller 73 determines, for example, whether a scroll operation using the touch pad 5 or a click operation of the left click button 5A and the right click button 5B has been performed. When the scroll operation or the click operation is performed, the CPU 50 is notified of the fact.

Here, the scroll operation is an operation of moving the mouse cursor to a desired position by pressing the touch pad 5 up, down, left and right with a finger, and the click operation is a left click button 5A or a right click. This is an operation of quickly pressing and releasing the button 5B with a finger.

Thus, the CPU 50 executes a predetermined process according to the movement of the mouse cursor by the scroll operation or the click operation.

The LED control register includes a power lamp PL,
A lighting flag indicating a lighting state of various lamps including LEDs such as a battery lamp BL and a message lamp ML is stored.

Therefore, the I / O controller 73 causes the CPU 50 to read the e-mail program from the hard disk of the HDD 67 by, for example, pressing the operation key 4 and start it on the RAM 53, and to turn on the light flag when the e-mail is received in accordance with the e-mail program. And the message lamp ML is turned on by controlling the LED 81 based on the lighting flag.

I for jog dial status monitoring program
The / O register stores a rotation operation flag and a pressing operation flag according to a rotation operation and a pressing operation performed on the virtual jog dial displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 via the operation keys 4A to 4C, respectively. It has been made to be.

Therefore, the I / O controller 73 selects a desired menu item from a plurality of menu items by rotating and pressing the jog dial displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 through the operation keys 4A to 4C. When it is determined that the rotation operation flag and the pressing operation flag are stored in the I / O register,
Notify 50.

Thus, the CPU 50 reads the application data corresponding to the menu items determined by operating the operation keys 4A to 4C corresponding to the rotation operation and the pressing operation of the jog dial in accordance with the jog dial utility program running from the HDD 67 and running on the RAM 53. Start up the software and execute the specified process.

Here, the I / O controller 73 is always operated based on the jog dial state monitoring program under the control of the power supply / charge control circuit 85 even when the power switch 40 is off and the OS is not running. The user can start application software or a script file desired by the user by operating the operation keys 4A to 4C corresponding to the pressing operation of the jog dial even in the power saving state or when the power is off without providing a dedicated key.

(3) Configuration of Mobile Phone FIG. 5 shows a mobile phone 1B, in which various members are attached to a main body case 102 formed of a synthetic resin material. First, a transmitting / receiving antenna 103 is attached to the upper part of the main body case 102 in a state where the antenna 103 can be pulled out and stored.
The transmission and reception of radio waves to and from the base station device are performed via the.

A power switch 104 is provided on a side surface of the main body case 102. When the power switch 104 is turned on, various electric circuits are provided from a battery pack (not shown) mounted on the back surface of the main body case 102. Is supplied to the portable telephone so that the portable telephone can be activated.

A speaker 105 is provided on the front upper portion of the main body case 102.
From 05, the voice of the other party is output. Further, a microphone 106 is provided at the lower front of the main body case 102.
From 06, the voice of the user is collected.

A liquid crystal display (LCD) 107 is provided as a display means in the middle of the front of the main body case 102, and is registered as a reception status of radio waves, a battery capacity, a telephone number when making a call, and a telephone directory. Various types of information such as the telephone number being called, the name of the other party, transmission history information, and information on various registered contents can be displayed.

Various operation keys 108 are provided as operation means in the lower front part of the main body case 102, and various instructions can be input using the operation keys 108. In this case, specifically, the following nine types of keys are provided as the operation keys 108. That is, the "call" key 108A, the "end" key 108B, the "redial" key 108C, and the numeric keys 108 of "0" to "9".
D, nine keys of a “*” key 108E, a “♯” key 108F, a “memory” key 108G, a “clear” key 108H, and a “call” key 108I are provided.

The following functions are assigned to these operation keys 108, respectively. I.e. "call"
The key 108A is assigned a function of inputting a calling instruction for performing a calling process for the input telephone number, the telephone number called from the telephone directory list, or the telephone number called from the calling history. I have. "End" key 10
8B is assigned a function of inputting an instruction to end a call or inputting an instruction to end various operation modes. A function of inputting an instruction to read outgoing call history displaying the telephone number of the other party who made the call in the past together with the date and time is assigned to the "redial" key 108C.

Each of the ten numeric keys 108D is assigned a function of inputting corresponding numeric information.
The function of inputting a “* (asterisk)” character is assigned to the “*” key 108E. In addition, a function of inputting a “♯” character is assigned to the “♯” key 108F. The function of inputting a registration instruction or the like when registering a telephone number as a telephone directory is assigned to the “memory” key 108G. The function of inputting an instruction to delete the displayed contents or registered contents is assigned to the “clear” key 108H. A function of inputting an instruction to call a telephone number registered as a telephone directory is assigned to the “call” key 108I.

A jog dial 109 is provided on the upper side of the main body case 102 as operating means.
By rotating the jog dial 109, various display items such as a transmission history list and a telephone directory list displayed on the liquid crystal display 107 can be scroll-displayed. By pressing the jog dial 109 toward the inside of the main body case 102, the displayed item can be determined. Also this jog dial 10
Numeral 9 can be pressed in the depth direction (the direction perpendicular to FIG. 5) along the side surface of the main body case 102, and is rotated by pushing the jog dial 109 in the depth direction. The display items can be scroll-displayed by another moving amount. Note that a function of inputting a call instruction and a function as a function key are also assigned to the operation of pressing the jog dial 109 inward as in the case of the “call” key 108A. In the mobile phone 1B, desired characters can be input by operating the jog dial 109, for example, when creating a telephone directory list.

Here, referring to FIG.
Will be described. This mobile phone 1
A circuit as shown in FIG. 6 is provided in the main body case 102 of B. First, instruction information input from the various operation keys 108 and the jog dial 109 described above is input to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 110 serving as control means. CPU 110 determines L based on the input instruction information.
By controlling the CD driver circuit 107A, various information corresponding to the instruction information (for example, an input telephone number and menu item, a call history, a telephone directory, etc.) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 107. The CPU 110 controls the transmission / reception circuit unit 111 based on the input instruction information to execute various processes according to the instruction information, such as a calling process and a call termination process. The CPU 110 accesses a random access memory (RAM) 112 serving as a first storage unit to store predetermined information, or stores a second storage unit such as an EEPROM (Electorically Erasable and Programmable).
Able to read only memory (113) is accessed to store various information, such as a call history and a telephone directory list, which should not be erased even when the power is turned off. Further CP
U110 is an operation key 108 or a jog dial 109.
Is transmitted to the notebook personal computer 1A via the data communication terminal 115. Incidentally, the CPU 110 performing such a control operation is provided with a ROM (Read Only).
The control operation is performed based on the program code stored in the memory 114.

The transmission / reception circuit 111 transmits a control signal via the antenna 103 under the control of the CPU 110 to perform a calling process, or receives an incoming signal from the base station apparatus via the antenna 103, and Notifications have been made. The transmission / reception circuit unit 111
May perform predetermined signal processing on an audio signal input from the microphone 106 during a call and transmit the signal, or perform predetermined signal processing on a received signal to demodulate the audio signal and output the demodulated signal to the speaker 105. It has been done.

The jog dial 109 is roughly composed of a disk member 120, a detection circuit 121, and first and second switches 122 and 123. In the jog dial 109, when the disk member 120 is rotated, the rotation direction and the rotation amount are detected by the detection circuit 121, and this is notified to the CPU 110. In the jog dial 109, the first switch 122 is depressed when the disc member 120 is pressed inward of the main body case 102, and the disc member 120 is moved along the side surface. The second switch 123 is depressed when pressed in the depth direction, and the CPU 110 detects the switching state of the first and second switches 122 and 123. Thus the CPU
Reference numeral 110 denotes the first and second switches 122 and 12
3 based on the switch state and the direction and amount of rotation from the detection circuit 121.
09 to perform various controls.

Here, the jog dial 109 will be described more specifically. The jog dial 109 is provided on the upper part of the left side surface of the side surface of the main body case 102, and is configured to come to the right thumb position when the main body case 102 is gripped by the left hand. Thus, even in a state where the main body case 102 is gripped, the jog dial 109 can be rotated by bending and extending the left thumb, and the jog dial can be rotated by pushing the left thumb inward of the main body case 102. The jog dial 109 can be pressed in this direction by slightly sliding the left thumb along the side of the main body case 102 in the depth direction. It is designed to be easily operated.

The jog dial 109 has the disk member 120 as described above. This disk member 120
7 is provided so as to slightly protrude from the side surface of the main body case 102 so that the thumb can be brought into contact with the protruding portion and the main body case 102 can be rotated. Can be pressed in the inner direction and the depth direction along the side surface. The disk member 120 is made of a synthetic resin material so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis O in a direction indicated by an arrow A or B.
The disc member 120 can be rotated in the direction shown by the arrow A or B by bringing the thumb into contact with the protruding portion. Incidentally, when the disc member 120 is rotated by a predetermined angle in the direction of the arrow A or B, a click interval such as "click" can be obtained, so that the user can see how much the disc member 120
It is possible to intuitively grasp whether or not has been rotated (hereinafter, the amount of rotation that can be obtained between clicks is referred to as one click).

The disc member 120 is not actually held directly on the base 125, but is held on the base 125 via a slide member 126. When the disk member 120 is pressed in the inner direction of the main body case 102, the disk member 120 is moved by an arrow D.
It is designed to be movable in the direction indicated by. By the way,
The disk member 120 is moved by an arrow C by the slide member 126.
When the pressing operation is not performed in the direction toward the inside of the case (that is, the direction of arrow D), as shown in FIG. It is made to be able to do.

The base 125 is provided with a clamp member 127 and a first switch 122 in addition to the above. When the disk member 120 moves in the direction indicated by the arrow D, the clamp member 127 rotates around the fulcrum E in the direction indicated by the arrow F. A protrusion 127 protruding downward is provided at the tip of the clamp member 127.
A is provided, and when the projection 127A rotates about the fulcrum E in the direction of arrow F, the projection 127A is moved to the position shown in FIG.
As shown in (B) and (B), the first switch 122 is reached. Thus, in the jog dial 109, when the disk member 120 is pressed in the direction of arrow D, the protrusion 127A presses the first switch 122.

As shown in FIG. 9, the disk member 120 is actually composed of two disk members 120A and 120B. Of these, the disk member 120B is the disk member 1
It is a movable member laminated on the upper surface of 20A, and is attached to be rotatable relative to the fixed disk member 120A. Here, a pair of counter electrodes 120C is provided on the movable-side disk member 120B. When the counter electrode 120C is assembled, it can be brought into sliding contact with 20 sets of counter electrodes 120D provided along the circumference of the disk member 120A. Incidentally, the counter electrode 120D provided on the fixed-side disk member 120A is formed such that its position is slightly shifted between the inner peripheral side and the outer peripheral side.

Therefore, when the disk member 120B is rotated in the direction of arrow A, the potential output from the counter electrode 120D is such that the potential on the inner peripheral side falls first to the ground potential as shown in FIG. On the other hand, when it turns in the direction of arrow B, as shown in FIG. 10B, the potential on the outer peripheral side falls to the ground potential first. By utilizing this, the detection circuit 121 detects which of the inner peripheral potential and the outer peripheral potential first falls to the ground potential, and thereby detects the disc member 12.
The rotation direction of 0B is detected. The detection circuit 121 detects the amount of rotation of the disk member 120B by counting the number of pulses output from the outer electrode.

Here, as shown in FIG.
0 is attached to the main body case 102.
Between the claws 102A provided inside the
It is attached to the main body case 102. A projection 125A is provided on the lower surface of the base 125,
The base 125 is supported by the projection 125A from below. A second switch 123 is provided at a position facing the disk member 120 with the base portion 125 interposed therebetween and slightly away from the base portion 125. In this case, the base 125 is
Since the disk member 120 is supported from below by A, when the disk member 120 is pressed in the depth direction indicated by the arrow G, the base 125 is bent downward as indicated by the arrow G with the projection 125A as a fulcrum. At this time, the base portion 125 bent downward.
Is in contact with the second switch 123 and depresses the second switch 123. In this way, in the jog dial 109, when the disc member 120 is pressed in the depth direction indicated by the arrow G, the disc member 120
The second switch 123 is depressed by bending the base portion 125 to which is attached.

The support 125B is provided on the base 125, and an arm member 125C is provided via the support 125B. This arm member 1
25C is provided so as to cover one end of the disk member 120, whereby when the disk member 120 is pressed in the direction indicated by the arrow G, one end of the disk member 120 is reversed according to the stress. Even if the arm member 12 is lifted,
Since this is pressed down from above by 5C, this can be avoided.

Next, a typical operation example using the jog dial 109 will be described. First, when the jog dial 109 is rotated while various items are displayed on the liquid crystal display 107, the liquid crystal display 1 is turned on.
The cursor display displayed at 07 can be moved upward or downward. In this case, if the jog dial 109 is pressed toward the inside of the main body case 102 in this state, it is possible to instruct the CPU 110 to read detailed information on the item where the cursor display is located or to read an item of a lower hierarchy. By rotating the jog dial 109 while the telephone directory list is displayed, the cursor display can be moved upward or downward. With the cursor displayed at a desired destination, the jog dial 109 can be moved. When the user presses the inward direction of the main body case 102, the telephone number of the other party can be displayed. When the jog dial 109 is further pressed inward, a call can be made to the other party.

By rotating the jog dial 109 in the character input mode, the cursor display can be moved up and down or left and right, and the cursor display can be moved to the desired character. Then, when the jog dial 109 is pressed toward the inside of the main body case 102, the character can be input. Also, with the registration mode set, jog dial 1
When the user rotates the number 09, the user can enter a registration mode for an arbitrary item. In this state, the user presses the jog dial 109 inward of the main body case 102 or presses the jog dial 109 in the depth direction along the side surface. It is possible to instruct selection or confirmation of contents.

(4) Operation of Notebook Personal Computer Using Mobile Phone By the way, the CPU 50 of the notebook personal computer main unit 1A is configured to operate either the jog dial 109 or the operation key 108 provided on the mobile phone 1B in response to a user's input operation. Displays a selection screen for selecting. In this state, when the user selects the jog dial 109, the CPU 50 instructs the mobile phone 1B to transmit an operation signal input from the jog dial 109 to the notebook personal computer main body 1A.

FIG. 1 shows the operation of the I / O controller 73 based on the jog dial status monitoring program.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 12, when the jog dial 109 of the portable telephone 1B is rotated in either the direction of arrow a or b, as shown in FIG.
09 is clockwise rotation (arrow a direction) or left rotation (arrow b direction)
And outputs a rotation operation signal S30a or S30b to the detection circuit 121 in response to the pressure operation signal S30c.
Output for 1

The detection circuit 121 outputs the rotation operation signal S30a
And whether the rotation direction of the jog dial 109 is right rotation (direction of arrow a) or left rotation (direction of arrow b) is detected based on the deviation of the rising timing of S30b, and the jog dial 109 is pressed based on the pressing operation signal S30c. Detect that it has been done.

When the detection circuit 121 detects that the rotation direction of the jog dial 109 is clockwise, it supplies a clockwise rotation pulse RP1 to the first counter 89 of the I / O controller 73 of the notebook personal computer 1A, and the counterclockwise rotation. Is detected, the left rotation pulse LP1 is supplied to the second counter 90 of the I / O controller 73 of the notebook personal computer 1A.

The detection circuit 121 detects the pressing operation signal S3
When it is detected that the jog dial 109 is pressed based on 0c, the pressing operation flag JF1 is stored in the I / O register 91 of the I / O controller 73 of the notebook computer main unit 1A.

The CPU of the I / O controller 73 has a RO
By polling every 5 [ms] performed according to the jog dial state monitoring program 92 stored in M, the count value of the right rotation pulse RP1 by the first counter 89,
The amount of change in rotation of the jog dial 109 is detected based on the difference between the count value of the left rotation pulse LP1 and the count value of the second counter 90, and the jog dial 109 is determined based on the pressing operation flag JF1 stored in the I / O register 91.
Is pressed in the direction of arrow c.

That is, as shown in FIG. 14, the CPU of the I / O controller 73 enters from the start step of the routine RT1 and moves to step SP1. In step SP1, the CPU determines that the jog dial status monitoring program 92
, The first counter 89 and the second counter 9 every 5 [ms]
Polling of 0 and the I / O register 91 is performed, and the routine goes to the next step SP2.

In step SP2, the CPU subtracts the count result of the first counter 89 at the time (T-1) from the count result of the first counter 89 at the current time (T), thereby obtaining the count value of the first counter 89. Is calculated, and the routine goes to the next step SP3.

At step SP3, the CPU subtracts the count result of the second counter 90 at the time (T-1) from the count result of the second counter 90 at the current time (T), thereby obtaining the count value of the second counter 90. Is calculated, and the routine goes to the next step SP4.

At step SP 4, the CPU calculates the difference between the count value of the first counter 89 and the count value of the second counter 90, thereby obtaining the jog dial 109.
Is obtained, and the routine goes to the next step SP5.

In step SP5, the CPU determines whether or not a rotation change amount has occurred on the jog dial 109. If a negative result is obtained here, this indicates that there is no rotation change in the jog dial 109,
At this time, the CPU proceeds to step SP7.

On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP5, this means that the jog dial 109 has undergone a rotation change, and the CP
U moves to the next step SP6.

In step SP 6, the CPU determines whether or not the jog dial 109 has been pressed in the direction of arrow c by pressing the pressing operation flag JF 1 stored in the I / O register 91.
Is determined based on If a negative result is obtained here, this means that the pressing operation has not been performed on the jog dial 109, and at this time, the CPU returns to step SP1 and repeats the above processing.

On the other hand, if an affirmative result is obtained in step SP6, this indicates that a pressing operation has been performed on the jog dial 109, and at this time, the CPU proceeds to the next step SP7.

In step SP7, since the rotation change is given to the jog dial 109 and the pressing operation is performed, the CPU generates a rotation change signal S73R and a pressing change signal S73P corresponding to the rotation change amount of the jog dial 109, and To the RAM 53 via the I / O register 91
C via the jog dial driver launched above
The PU 50 is notified by an interrupt, and the process proceeds to the next step SP8, where the processing of the I / O controller 73 ends.

Next, a processing procedure performed by the CPU 50 in accordance with the jog dial utility program launched on the RAM 53 from the HDD 67 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The CPU 50 enters from the start step of the routine RT2 and moves to step SP11. In step SP11, when the CPU 50 notifies the user that the power switch 40 has been turned on via the I / O controller 73, the CPU 50 proceeds to the next step SP12.

In step SP12, the CPU 50
By receiving a notification that the jog dial 109 of the mobile phone 1B has been operated by the user from the I / O controller 73 by the jog dial driver, the operation state of the jog dial 109 is recognized, and the next step SP13
Move on to

In step SP13, the CPU 50
It monitors that various application software that can be controlled by the jog dial 109 is activated on the RAM 53, and proceeds to the next step SP14.

In step SP14, the CPU 50
Upon receiving the notification of the operation state of the jog dial 109 from the jog dial driver started on the RAM 53, the process proceeds to the next step SP15.

At step SP15, the CPU 50
It is determined whether or not various application software launched on the RAM 53 exists. If a negative result is obtained here, this means that there is no running application software, and the CPU 50 proceeds to the next step SP16.

At step SP16, the CPU 50
The launcher operation of various application software that has not been started is entered, and the process proceeds to the next step SP18 and ends.

Here, the launcher operation is performed under the condition that there is no currently running application software. The CPU 50 executes the launcher operation based on the pressing operation of the jog dial 109. Then, a jog dial menu corresponding to a plurality of application software registered in the launcher list in advance is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21.

For example, if there is no running application software and the jog dial 109 is pressed in the direction of arrow c, the I / O controller 73 outputs a rotation change signal S73 indicating the operation state of the jog dial 109.
R and the pressure change signal S73P are notified to the CPU 50 via the jog dial driver.

Thus, the CPU 50 activates an application selection program or the like for adjusting the volume of the built-in speaker 6 registered in advance in the launcher list, adjusting the brightness and contrast of the liquid crystal display 21 and selecting the application software.
1 shows a jog dial menu 250 as shown in FIG.
Is displayed.

The jog dial menu 250 includes:
Menu items (“volume”, “brightness”, “contrast”, and “selection of application”) corresponding to respective processes of volume adjustment, brightness adjustment, contrast adjustment, and selection of application software are displayed.

At this time, the highlighted portion (hatched portion) highlighted by the reverse display is the currently selected selector SL1, and is displayed in a state where the selector SL1 is positioned above the menu item "volume" by default. .

Next, when the user rotates the jog dial 109 in the direction of arrow a or b to move the selector SL1, the I / O controller 73 causes the rotation change signal S73R of the jog dial 109 detected according to the jog dial state monitoring program 92. To the CPU 50 via the jog dial driver running on the RAM 53.

Thus, the CPU 50 sets the rotation change signal S
The selector SL1 is moved to a menu item desired by the user based on 73R. For example, jog dial menu 2
At 50, when the user turns the jog dial 109 by a desired angle in the direction of arrow b from a state where the selector SL1 is positioned on the default menu item "volume", the selector SL1 is turned on by the menu item " Move up on "Brightness".

When the jog dial 109 is further rotated by the user in the direction of arrow b by a desired angle,
As shown in FIG. 18, the selector SL1 moves to the menu item “select application”.

In this way, the CPU 50 moves the selector SL1 to a menu item “brightness” desired by the user, for example, in response to the rotation operation of the jog dial 109 by the user, and then presses the jog dial 109 in the direction of arrow c by the user. When the operation is performed, a submenu 251 corresponding to the menu item “brightness” as shown in FIG.
Is displayed.

The submenu 251 includes six levels from a submenu item "5" selected when setting the brightness to the brightest, to a submenu item "0" selected when setting the brightness to the darkest. A submenu item is displayed, and the default is selector SL2.
Is displayed in a state where it is positioned on the submenu item “5”.

When the user rotates the jog dial 109 in the direction of arrow b for the purpose of moving the selector SL2, the I / O controller 73 sends a rotation change signal S73R indicating the operating state of the jog dial 109 to the RAM 53 in accordance with the jog dial state monitoring program 92. To notify the CPU 50 via the running jog dial driver.

As a result, the CPU 50 sets the rotation change signal S
The selector SL2 is moved to any one of the menu items "5" to "0" desired by the user based on 73R. Incidentally, the CPU 50 is currently displaying the sub menu 251, and does not move the selector SL 1 of the jog dial menu 250 by rotating the jog dial 109.

By the way, when the user presses the jog dial 109 in a state where the selector SL1 of the jog dial menu 250 is moved to the menu item “select application” in accordance with the rotation operation of the jog dial 109 by the user, FIG.
Menu item "Select application" as shown in
Is displayed in the submenu 252 corresponding to.

The submenu 252 in this case includes, for example, a submenu item “word processor” selected when starting a word processor application, a submenu item “email” selected when starting an e-mail program, and a table. The submenu item "spreadsheet" selected when starting the calculation program, the submenu item "Internet" selected when starting the Internet program, and the submenu item selected when starting the electronic desk calculator program The menu item "Calculator" is displayed. However, the submenu 252 corresponding to the menu item “select application”
Various menu items may be set in addition to the above menu items.

Actually, in the submenu 251 corresponding to the menu item “brightness” shown in FIG. 19, when the submenu item “3” is selected according to the rotation operation and the pressing operation of the jog dial 109, the CPU 50 The liquid crystal display 21 is set to a luminance level corresponding to the submenu item “3”.

A submenu 252 corresponding to the menu item “select application” shown in FIG.
When the sub-menu item “word processor” is selected in response to the rotation operation and the pressing operation of the jog dial 109, the CPU 50 starts a word processor application corresponding to the sub-menu item “word processor”. I do.

On the other hand, step SP15 (FIG. 15)
If a positive result is obtained in this step, this means that the running application software exists, and the CPU 50 proceeds to the next step SP17.

At step SP17, the CPU 50
A predetermined event operation is executed in accordance with the running application software, and the process moves to the next step SP18 and ends.

Here, a case where a predetermined event operation is executed in accordance with various types of application software that are running will be described. Here, the activated application software must be compatible with the jog dial 109, and specifically has an image display function.

For example, when a map screen 254 of a Japanese map as shown in FIG. 21 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 by predetermined map display application software, the mouse cursor is moved to a desired position by a pointing operation of the touch pad 5 by the user. When the jog dial 109 is rotated in the direction of arrow a in a state where the position is adjusted to the position (near Tokyo), the CPU 50 enlarges the map screen 254 in accordance with the rotation operation, thereby obtaining
Is generated and displayed on the liquid crystal display 21.

Also, the arrow b with respect to the jog dial 109
When the rotation operation in the direction is performed, the CPU 50 generates a reduced map screen (not shown) by displaying the liquid crystal display 21 by reducing the map screen 254 according to the rotation operation.

As described above, when the map display application software having the image display function corresponding to the jog dial 109 is activated, the jog dial 1
When the rotation operation is performed on 09, the CPU 50 enlarges or reduces the map screen 254 displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 in accordance with the rotation operation of the jog dial 109.

Next, a case where a predetermined event operation is executed according to moving image editing application software having a moving image editing function corresponding to the jog dial 109 will be described.

In this case, the editing screen 256 as shown in FIG.
Is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21. This edit screen 256 is composed of four temporally continuous frame images S257 among a plurality of still images constituting a moving image, so-called frame images.
A frame image display section 259 for displaying A to S257D, and frame images S257A to S selected by frame advance or frame return according to the rotation operation of the jog dial 109.
257D.

When the jog dial 109 is rotated in the directions of the arrows a and b while the editing screen 256 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21, the CP
U50 is each frame image S257A of the frame image display section 259.
For example, the frame image S257A selected by the rotation operation among S257D to S257D is displayed on the selected image display unit 258. This allows the user to perform a desired image editing process on the frame image S257A displayed on the selected image display unit 258.

Incidentally, the jog dial 1 as described above is used.
It is necessary for the CPU 50 to assign a predetermined process corresponding to the rotation operation and the pressing operation of the jog dial 109 to the application software corresponding to 09.
The procedure for allocating processing according to the operation of the jog dial 109 will be described with reference to the flowchart in FIG.

In this case, the CPU 50 enters from the start step of the routine RT3 and moves to step SP21. In step SP21, the CPU 50 notifies the jog dial utility program launched on the RAM 53 that the application software read from the hard disk of the HDD 67 and started on the RAM 53 supports the jog dial 109,
Move to the next step SP22.

At step SP22, the CPU 50
The application software corresponding to the running jog dial 109 is registered in the jog dial corresponding list of the jog dial utility program on the RAM 53, and the process proceeds to the next step SP23.

At step SP23, the CPU 50
The processing content corresponding to the rotation operation and the pressing operation of the jog dial 109 for the application software registered in the jog dial correspondence list is written in the jog dial utility program on the RAM 53, and the process proceeds to the next step SP24.

At step SP24, the CPU 50
As shown in FIG. 25, a jog dial window 260 showing the processing contents according to the rotation operation and the pressing operation of the jog dial 109 is generated, displayed on the liquid crystal display 21, and the process proceeds to the next step SP25.

In this case, the jog dial window 260
Is for guiding what kind of processing is performed when the jog dial 109 is operated.
"Upward", indicating that the selector SL is moved above the menu item when rotated in the direction, and "downward", indicating that the selector SL is moved below the menu item when rotated in the direction of arrow b. And "determination" indicating that the menu item indicated by the selector SL when the pressing operation is performed in the direction of the arrow c is determined.

At step SP25, the CPU 50 determines
When the active application software is changed by the user, the processing contents for the rotation operation and the pressing operation are changed according to the window screen of the changed application software, and the jog dial correspondence list is rewritten. Is generated and displayed, and the next step SP2
Then, the process proceeds to 6 and the process ends.

(5) Operation and Effect of Embodiment In the above configuration, CPU 110 of mobile phone 1B
When the user operates the operation key 108 or the jog dial 109 of the mobile phone 1B, the operation signal input from the operation key 108 or the jog dial 109 is accepted, and the operation signal is transmitted to the notebook personal computer 1A via the connection cable 1C. I do.

The I / O controller 73 of the notebook personal computer 1 main body 1A monitors whether or not an operation signal has been input from the mobile phone 1B. The CPU 50 is notified of the signal. Thereby, the CPU 50 realizes various functions by executing processing corresponding to the operation of the operation keys 108 or the jog dial 109 of the mobile phone 1B in accordance with various programs and application software read from the HDD 67 and expanded on the RAM 53. can do.

As described above, in addition to the operation keys 4 of the notebook personal computer 1A, the operation keys 108 and the jog dial 109 of the portable telephone 1B connected to the notebook personal computer 1A via the connection cable 1C are also used. Can be operated, the user can operate the notebook personal computer main body 1A using the operation keys 108 and the jog dial 109 of the mobile phone 1B having functions not provided in the operation keys 4 of the notebook personal computer main body 1A. At this time, when the user is accustomed to using the operation keys 108 and the jog dial 109 of the mobile phone 1B as compared with the operation keys 4 of the notebook computer main body 1A, the input operation can be performed more easily.

According to the above configuration, the portable telephone 1B is connected to the notebook personal computer 1A via the connection cable 1C, and the operation signal input from the operation keys 108 or the jog dial 109 of the portable telephone 1B is transmitted to the notebook personal computer 1A. To cause the notebook computer main unit 1A to execute a process corresponding to the operation signal, so that the user can use the operation keys 108 and the jog dial 109 which are operation means not provided on the notebook computer main unit 1A. Can be operated, and thus various operations on the notebook computer main body 1A can be realized, and the operability can be further improved.

(6) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the CPU 50 of the notebook personal computer 1A operates the operation keys 108 and the jog dial 109 based on the jog dial utility program stored in the hard disk of the HDD 67 in advance. Has been described, the present invention is not limited to this. By installing a program storage medium in which a jog dial utility program is recorded, the operation key 108 and the jog dial 109 can be linked. Selection and determination of a menu item may be performed by an operation.

As described above, as a program storage medium used for installing the program for executing the above-described series of processes in the notebook personal computer 1A and making it executable by the notebook personal computer 1A, for example, a floppy disk, CD-ROM (Compac
t Disc-Read Only Memory), DVD (Digital Video
Disc) or other package media, a semiconductor memory or a magnetic disk in which a program is temporarily or permanently stored may be realized. As a means for storing a program in these program storage media, a wired or wireless communication medium such as a local area network, the Internet, or digital satellite broadcasting may be used.
The data may be stored via various interfaces such as a router and a modem.

Also, in the above-described embodiment, the portable telephone 1B as the portable communication terminal device for transmitting the operation signal input from the operating means for operating the portable communication terminal device to the information processing device, and the portable communication terminal device When the notebook personal computer 1 as an information processing system of the present invention is configured by the notebook personal computer main body 1A as an information processing device that receives an operation signal transmitted from the device and executes a process corresponding to the operation signal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information processing system may be configured by other various portable communication terminal devices and information processing devices.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the CPU 50 as the instructing means for instructing the portable communication terminal device to transmit the operation signal input from the operating means of the portable communication terminal device to the information processing device, The communication terminal 12 as a receiving unit for receiving an operation signal input from the operation unit of the terminal device and transmitted from the mobile communication terminal device, and the CPU 50 as an execution unit for executing a process according to the received operation signal, Although the case where the notebook personal computer main body 1A as the information processing apparatus of the present invention is configured has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information processing apparatus is configured by various other instruction means, receiving means, and execution means. You may do it.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the portable terminal of the present invention is provided by the data communication terminal 115 as transmitting means for transmitting an operation signal input from the operating means for operating the portable communication terminal device to the information processing apparatus. Although the case where the mobile phone 1B is configured as the communication terminal device has been described, the present invention is not limited to this, and the mobile communication terminal device may be configured by other various transmission units.

[0142]

As described above, according to the present invention, an operation signal input from the operation means of the portable communication terminal device and transmitted from the portable communication terminal device is received, and a process corresponding to the received operation signal is executed. By doing so, the user can operate the information processing apparatus using an operation unit not provided in the information processing apparatus, and thus various operations on the information processing apparatus can be realized, and the operability can be further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an embodiment of an information processing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a configuration of a notebook personal computer main body.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the configuration of the left side surface of the notebook personal computer main body.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a notebook personal computer main body.

FIG. 5 is an external view showing an external configuration of a mobile phone.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the mobile phone.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a mechanism of a jog dial.

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram for explaining a pressing operation of a first switch by a clamp member.

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a mechanism of a disk member.

FIG. 10 is an output waveform diagram for explaining the operation of the jog dial.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a mechanism of the jog dial.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram for describing detection of a rotation direction of a jog dial.

FIG. 13 is a pulse waveform chart for describing detection of a rotation direction by a detection circuit.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of an I / O controller performed according to a jog dial state monitoring program.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure according to the operation of the jog dial when the application software is activated and not activated.

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram illustrating a jog dial menu.

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram used to explain selector movement (1).

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram illustrating movement (2) of a selector.

FIG. 19 shows “brightness” according to a pressing operation of the jog dial.
FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram illustrating a submenu corresponding to.

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram illustrating a submenu for “selection of application” according to a pressing operation of the jog dial.

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram illustrating a map screen.

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram illustrating an enlarged display according to a rotation operation of a jog dial.

FIG. 23 is a schematic diagram illustrating an editing screen.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart showing a procedure for allocating a process according to the operation of the jog dial.

FIG. 25 is a schematic diagram illustrating a jog dial window.

[Explanation of symbols]

1… Notebook PC, 1A …… Notebook PC body,
1B: Cellular phone, 1C: Connection cable, 2: Main unit, 3: Display unit, 4: Operation keys, 5: Touch pad, 21: Liquid crystal display, 50: CPU, 5
3 RAM, 67 HDD, 73 I / O controller, 108 operation keys, 109 jog dial, 110 CPU, 121 detection circuit.

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Claims (22)

[Claims] 1. An information processing system to which a portable communication terminal device and an information processing device are connected, wherein the portable device transmits an operation signal input from operation means for operating the portable communication terminal device to the information processing device. An information processing system, comprising: a communication terminal device; and the information processing device that receives the operation signal transmitted from the portable communication terminal device and executes a process according to the operation signal. 2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device instructs the portable communication terminal device to transmit the operation signal input from the operation means to the information processing device. Information processing system. 3. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said operating means comprises a rotary pressing operator capable of performing a rotating operation and a pressing operation. 4. The information processing system according to claim 1, wherein said operating means comprises a pressing operation element capable of performing a pressing operation. 5. An information processing apparatus to which said portable communication terminal having operation means for operating said portable communication terminal is connected, said information being input from said operation means of said portable communication terminal and being transmitted from said portable communication terminal. An information processing apparatus comprising: receiving means for receiving a transmitted operation signal; and execution means for executing a process according to the received operation signal. 6. The information processing apparatus includes instruction means for instructing the portable communication terminal device to transmit the operation signal input from the operation means of the portable communication terminal device to the information processing device. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: 7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said operating means is a rotary pressing operator capable of performing a rotating operation and a pressing operation. 8. An information processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said operation means is a pressing operation member capable of performing a pressing operation. 9. A portable communication terminal device to which an information processing device is connected, comprising a transmission unit for transmitting an operation signal input from an operation unit for operating the portable communication terminal device to the information processing device. A portable communication terminal device characterized by the above-mentioned. 10. The portable communication terminal device according to claim 9, wherein said transmitting means transmits said operation signal to said information processing device in response to an instruction from said information processing device. 11. The operation means according to claim 9, wherein said operation means is a rotation and pressing operation element capable of performing a rotation operation and a pressing operation.
A portable communication terminal device according to claim 1. 12. The portable communication terminal device according to claim 9, wherein said operating means comprises a pressing operation element capable of performing a pressing operation. 13. An information processing method for an information processing system to which a portable communication terminal device and an information processing device are connected, wherein an operation signal input from operation means for operating the portable communication terminal device is transmitted to the portable communication terminal device. And transmitting the operation signal transmitted from the portable communication terminal device to the information processing device and executing a process corresponding to the operation signal. 14. The information processing device according to claim 13, wherein the information processing device instructs the portable communication terminal device to transmit the operation signal input from the operation means to the information processing device. Information processing method. 15. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said operating means comprises a rotary pressing operation element capable of performing a rotating operation and a pressing operation.
3. The information processing method according to 3. 16. The information processing method according to claim 13, wherein said operating means comprises a pressing operation element capable of performing a pressing operation. 17. An information processing method for an information processing apparatus to which said portable communication terminal device having an operation means for operating said portable communication terminal device is provided. An information processing method, comprising: a receiving step of receiving an operation signal transmitted from a communication terminal device; and an execution step of executing a process according to the received operation signal. 18. An instruction step for instructing said portable communication terminal device to transmit said operation signal inputted from said operation means of said portable communication terminal device to said information processing device. Item 18. The information processing method according to Item 17. 19. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said operating means comprises a rotary pressing operation element capable of performing a rotating operation and a pressing operation.
8. The information processing method according to 7. 20. The information processing method according to claim 17, wherein said operating means comprises a pressing operation element capable of performing a pressing operation. 21. A program storage medium having an operation means for operating the portable communication terminal device and executed by an information processing device connected to the portable communication terminal device, wherein the program storage medium is inputted from the operation means of the portable communication terminal device. A program for causing an information processing apparatus to execute a program, comprising: a receiving step of receiving an operation signal transmitted from the portable communication terminal device; and an execution step of executing a process corresponding to the received operation signal. Storage medium. 22. An apparatus according to claim 21, further comprising an instruction step of instructing said portable communication terminal apparatus to transmit said operation signal input from said operation means of said portable communication terminal apparatus to said information processing apparatus. Item 22. The program storage medium according to Item 21.