JP2001092740A - Communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve interest in waiting by changing designs with an abundance of change patterns in displaying a waiting picture with designs. SOLUTION: In a portable telephone terminal 1, a control circuit 2 changes the designs of the waiting picture in accordance with communication time, the number of communication times, the number of communication letters of mail communication or the like. Since the communication time, the number of communication times and the number of communication letters of the mail communication change each time communication is carried out, the changing patters of the designs for the waiting picture are never the same every time, and the designs for the waiting picture change with an abundance of changing patterns so that the interest in waiting can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal having control means capable of displaying a standby screen on a display means by a picture.

[0002]

Conventionally, mobile telephone terminals have been widely used. By the way, when the mobile phone terminal is in a standby mode, a standby screen indicating that fact is displayed on a display. Objects that are displayed with pictures such as creatures (characters) are provided.

[0003] However, in this type of conventional one, the pattern of the scenery or the virtual creature does not change, that is, the structure of displaying the same scenery or the pattern of the virtual creature is always displayed. There is a problem that the user is easily bored. In addition, although the pattern that changes by the processing of the control program is also provided, in this case, since the pattern change pattern is determined in advance, the pattern change pattern is the same every time. Also,
There is a problem that the user is easily bored.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to display a standby screen indicating that the apparatus is in a standby mode by using a picture. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a communication terminal capable of enhancing the interest in the standby mode.

[0005]

According to the communication terminal of the present invention, the communication amount calculating means calculates a physical amount related to the communication, and the control means controls the communication amount calculated by the communication amount calculating means. In accordance with the physical quantity, the pattern of the standby screen indicating that the standby is being performed is changed and displayed on the display means. That is, according to this, since the picture of the standby screen changes according to the physical amount related to communication, since the physical amount related to communication changes each time communication is performed, The change pattern of the picture on the standby screen is not always the same, and thus, the picture on the standby screen changes with abundant change patterns, and it is possible to enhance the interest in the standby. .

According to the communication terminal of the second aspect, the control means changes the picture on the standby screen and displays the picture on the display means on condition that the physical quantity related to the communication has reached the specified quantity. . That is, according to this, on the condition that the physical quantity related to the communication reaches the specified quantity, the picture on the standby screen changes according to the physical quantity related to the communication. Is executed, even if the physical amount related to communication does not reach the specified amount, the pattern of the standby screen does not change, while if the amount reaches the specified amount. As a result, the pattern on the standby screen changes, and thus the change in the pattern on the standby screen can be controlled with the condition of a specified amount. In addition, by giving the condition of the prescribed amount in this way, the user can confirm whether or not the picture on the standby screen has changed, thereby confirming the standard of the physical amount relating to the communication.

According to the communication terminal of the third aspect, the control means changes the specified amount according to the operation of the key identified by the key operation identification means. That is, according to this one:
By operating a specific key, the specified amount can be changed freely, so that the degree of change of the picture can be changed freely, and the degree of interest can be further improved.

According to the communication terminal of the present invention, the control means divides the standby screen into a plurality of areas, and changes the pattern of each of the divided areas so as to be different from each other. That is, according to this, the patterns of the plurality of regions constituting the standby screen change so as to be different from each other,
The patterns in the plurality of regions are changed in a variety of change patterns, and the interest can be further improved.

According to the communication terminal, the communication amount calculating means calculates the communication time as a physical amount related to the communication. That is, according to this, the pattern of the standby screen changes according to the communication time. Therefore, if the communication time is long, the degree of change of the pattern becomes large, while the communication time is short. In this case, the pattern changes based on the communication time, for example, the degree of change of the pattern decreases.

[0010] According to the communication terminal of the present invention, the communication amount calculating means calculates the number of times of communication as a physical amount related to the communication. That is, according to this, the pattern on the standby screen changes according to the number of times of communication, so if the number of times of communication is large, the degree of change of the pattern becomes large, while the number of times of communication is small In such a case, the pattern changes based on the number of times of communication, for example, the degree of change of the pattern decreases.

According to the communication terminal of the present invention, the communication amount calculating means calculates the communication information amount as a physical amount related to communication. That is, according to this, the pattern of the standby screen changes according to the amount of communication information. Therefore, if the number of communication characters of the mail communication is large as the amount of communication information, for example, the degree of change of the pattern is small. On the other hand, if the number of communication characters of the mail communication is small, the pattern changes based on the number of communication characters of the mail communication, for example, the degree of change of the pattern becomes small.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a portable telephone terminal will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of an electric configuration of a mobile phone terminal. In the mobile phone terminal 1, the control circuit 2 (control means, communication amount calculation means in the present invention)
Wireless circuit 3, voice input / output circuit 4, key operation identification circuit 5
(Key operation identification means in the present invention), the respective circuits of the LED control circuit 6, the display control circuit 7, and the memory 8 are connected.

The radio circuit 3 is connected to an antenna 9 and executes radio processing related to radio communication with a base station. The voice input / output circuit 4 is connected to a microphone 10 for inputting transmitted voice and a receiver 11 for outputting received voice, and executes voice processing related to wireless communication.

The key operation identification circuit 5 includes, for example, a call start key, a redial key, a call end / power key, and "0" to
A keypad 12 in which various keys such as a numeral key of "9" are arranged is connected. When a key operation on the keypad 12 is identified, a key operation signal is output to the control circuit 2, and the control circuit 2 When a key operation signal is input from the key operation identification circuit 5, the input key operation signal is decoded.

The LED control circuit 6 is connected to the LED 13, and when a blink command is input from the control circuit 2, the LED 13 blinks according to the inputted blink command. The display control circuit 7 is connected to a display 14 (display means in the present invention). When a display command is input from the control circuit 2, the display control circuit 7 causes the display 14 to display display information corresponding to the input display command.

The memory 8 stores various types of storage information. As one of them, pattern data indicating a pattern of a standby screen, which will be described in detail later, is stored. And the memory 8
Receives a read command from the control circuit 2, outputs picture data corresponding to the read command to the control circuit 2,
The control circuit 2 outputs a display command to the display control circuit 7 to display the picture of the picture data read from the memory 8 on the display 14.

Now, in this configuration, the portable telephone terminal 1
The standby screen can be switched and displayed. That is, the control circuit 2 decodes the key operation signal input from the key operation identification circuit 5 and outputs a display command to the display control circuit 7 when identifying that a key operation for switching the standby screen has been performed. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2A, a standby screen mainly composed of numbers and characters is switched to a standby screen mainly composed of a picture as shown in FIG. To be displayed.

Here, a standby screen mainly composed of a picture will be described. The standby screen mainly composed of a picture forms a first region (a portion indicated by an arrow A in FIG. 1) that forms most of the upper portion of the standby screen, and a lower portion of the first region. The second region (the portion indicated by arrow B in FIG. 1) and the second region
A third region (a portion indicated by an arrow C in FIG. 1) that forms a lower portion of the region of FIG. And the first
And the second area display a picture, and the third area displays the date, time, radio wave reception status, remaining battery capacity, and the like.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. Here, a process in which the control circuit 2 changes and displays a picture in the first area of the standby screen will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. Note that, as a premise, the memory 8 stores seven pattern data “file 01” to “file 07” as the pattern data to be displayed in the first area, as shown in FIGS. Further, it is assumed that the control circuit 2 sets each specified time as shown in FIG. 6 as a specified time (a specified amount in the present invention) corresponding to the seven picture data.

When the control circuit 2 detects that the transmission has been completed and the communication has been completed, the control circuit 2 executes the processing shown in FIG. That is, the control circuit 2 calculates the communication time related to the communication (step S1), and then adds the calculated communication time to the integrated communication time calculated in the past to calculate a new integrated communication time ( Step S2).

Then, the control circuit 2 determines whether or not the newly calculated integrated communication time has reached a specified time (step S3). If the newly calculated integrated communication time has reached the specified time, the control circuit 2 proceeds to step S
It is determined "YES" in 3 and the next picture data is read from the memory 8 (step S4).

More specifically, as an initial state, as shown in FIG.
When the control circuit 2 detects that the newly calculated integrated communication time has reached, for example, “30 minutes”, the control circuit 2 reads “file 01” from the memory 8. Is read out, that is, the pattern data of "file 02", which is the pattern data next to "", and the read pattern of the pattern data of "file 02" is displayed on the standby screen. Thereby, the user can thereafter see the picture of the picture data of "file 02" in the first area of the standby screen as shown in FIG. 7B.

Hereinafter, similarly, the control circuit 2
When it is detected that the newly calculated integrated communication time has reached, for example, “60 minutes”, “file 02” is read from the memory 8.
The pattern data of "File 03" which is the next pattern data of "File 03" is read, and the pattern of the read pattern data of "File 03" is displayed on the standby screen. Thus, the user can thereafter see the picture of the picture data of “file 03” in the first area of the standby screen as shown in FIG. 7C.

When the control circuit 2 finally detects that the newly calculated integrated communication time has reached, for example, "180 minutes", the control circuit 2 reads out the picture data of the "file 07" from the memory 8 and reads out the picture data. The picture of the picture data of "file 07" is displayed on the standby screen. Thus, the user can thereafter see the picture of the picture data of “file 07” in the first area of the standby screen as shown in FIG. 8C. In this way, the user can enjoy a state in which the picture is changed and displayed in the first area of the standby screen according to whether or not the accumulated communication time has reached the specified time.

Although the above description has been made on the basis of the communication time related to the transmission (transmission communication time), the communication time related to the incoming call is not limited to the communication time related to the transmission. It is also possible to use the time (incoming communication time) or the communication time relating to both outgoing and incoming calls (total communication time of the outgoing communication time and the incoming communication time) as a reference.

The present invention is not limited to the communication time, but may be based on the number of times of communication or the number of characters of mail communication.
In this case, the control circuit 2 sets the specified number of times corresponding to the seven pieces of picture data as
For example, as shown in FIG. 9, each prescribed number of times is set, and when the number of communication characters of mail communication is used as a reference, the prescribed number of characters corresponding to seven pieces of picture data is shown in FIG. As shown, each prescribed number of characters is set.

And, of course, also in this case, the number of communications related to outgoing calls (number of outgoing communications), the number of communications related to incoming calls (number of incoming communications), and the number of communications related to both outgoing and incoming calls ( (The total number of outgoing and incoming calls) and the number of communication characters in outgoing mail communications (the number of outgoing communication characters) and the number of incoming calls. E-mail communication characters (incoming communication characters) and outgoing and incoming mail communication characters (total number of outgoing and incoming communication characters) It is possible to

The specified time, the specified number of times, and the specified number of characters can be appropriately changed by a user operating a specific key, and can be fixed at the time of product shipment. It is also possible to configure.

The design is not limited to the scenery, but can be other things such as virtual creatures (characters). When a virtual creature is used, a game is performed using the virtual creature. It is also possible to configure. further,
On condition that each of the total communication time, the total number of times of communication or the total number of characters of the mail communication reaches the specified time, the specified number of times, or the specified number of characters, for example, a picture constituting one piece of the puzzle is displayed, and this is repeatedly executed. By doing so, it is also possible to configure the game with entertainment so that the next picture is displayed on condition that the puzzle is completed.

As shown in FIG. 11, on the condition that a specific pattern is displayed in the first area of the standby screen,
It is also possible to configure so that the next picture is displayed in the second area of the standby screen. Further, at this time, as shown in FIG. 12, it is also possible to configure so that the picture is scrolled and displayed in the second area.

In addition, the communication time, the number of times of communication, or the number of characters of the mail communication is limited in terms of time, that is, the total communication time, the number of times of communication or the total number of characters of the mail communication per unit time are calculated. It is also possible to configure.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the communication time,
Since the picture on the standby screen is changed according to the physical quantity related to the communication such as the number of communication times or the number of communication characters of the mail communication, the communication time, the number of communication times and the number of communication characters of the mail communication execute the communication. Each time the standby screen is changed, the pattern of the pattern on the standby screen does not become the same every time, whereby the pattern on the standby screen changes abundantly in the change pattern. Enhancement of interest can be enhanced.

Further, the picture on the standby screen is changed on condition that the accumulated communication time has reached the prescribed time, the accumulated communication number has reached the prescribed number, or the accumulated communication character number has reached the prescribed character number. Thus, the change of the picture on the standby screen can be controlled by adding a condition of a specified time, a specified number of times, or a specified number of characters. In addition, by giving conditions such as the specified time, the specified number of times, and the specified characters, the user can recognize whether or not the picture on the standby screen has changed, and thereby can determine the communication time, the number of times of communication, or the communication of mail communication. You can check the approximate number of characters.

By operating a specific key,
Since the specified time, the specified number of times, or the specified number of characters can be changed, the degree of change of the picture pattern can be changed freely, and the interest can be further improved.

Further, since the pattern is changed so as to be different from each other in the first area and the second area of the standby screen, the patterns in a plurality of areas are richly changed in the change pattern. , Can further enhance the interest.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, but can be modified or expanded as follows. Communication terminals are not limited to mobile phone terminals, but PDs
It may be another terminal such as an A (Personal Digital Assistant) terminal, or may be a fixedly used terminal.

In the standby screen, the area for displaying the picture is not limited to being divided into the first area and the second area, but may be divided into more areas. Further, a configuration in which a window area is formed may be employed. In order to avoid burning of the screen beforehand, a configuration in which a screen save function is used in combination may be employed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a standby screen.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing control contents.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing pattern data.

FIG. 5 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a relationship between picture data and a specified time.

FIG. 7 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a relationship between picture data and a specified number of times.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a relationship between design data and a prescribed number of characters.

FIG. 11 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2;

FIG. 12 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawing, 1 is a mobile phone terminal (communication terminal), 2 is a control circuit (control means, communication amount calculation means), 5 is a key operation identification circuit (key operation identification means), and 14 is a display (display means).

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A communication terminal comprising a control means capable of displaying a standby screen on a display means by a picture, comprising: a communication amount calculating means for calculating a physical quantity relating to communication; A communication terminal, wherein a pattern on the standby screen is changed in accordance with a physical amount related to communication calculated by a communication amount calculating unit. 2. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control means changes a picture on the standby screen on condition that a physical quantity related to communication reaches a specified quantity. 3. The apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising key operation identifying means for identifying a key operation, wherein said control means is capable of changing said specified amount in accordance with the key operation identified by said key operation identifying means. The communication terminal according to claim 2. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit divides the standby screen into a plurality of areas, and changes a picture in each of the divided areas so as to be different from each other. Communication terminal as described. 5. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said communication amount calculating means calculates a communication time as a physical amount related to communication. 6. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said communication amount calculating means calculates the number of times of communication as a physical amount related to communication. 7. The communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said communication amount calculating means calculates a communication information amount as a physical amount relating to communication.