JP2000032110A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce user's operation mistakes by making the shapes of keys used at the time of moving a cursor the shapes representing a direction in which the cursor is moved. SOLUTION: In the shapes of keys, a key (2) 202 has a shape showing an upward direction, a key (4) 204 has a shape showing a left direction, a key (6) 206 has a shape showing a right direction and a key (8) 208 has a shape showing a downward direction and they show the four vertical and horizontal directions and left and right directions of a telephone display screen 200 when the number input keys of an inputting part and keys that move a cursor are the same keys. An input switching controlling part discriminates whether it is a number inputting mode of a cursor inputting mode. In the case of the number inputting mode, a number corresponding to the number specified on each key is shown on the screen 200. In the case of the cursor inputting mode, the cursor is moved by the keys (2) 202, (4) 204, (6) 206 and (8) 208. Also, a key (5) 205 decides the current position of the cursor, acquires a character corresponding to the cursor position and shows an acquired character on the screen 200.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a key operation method for a telephone such as a portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional telephones such as cellular phones in which the means for inputting a number and the means for moving a cursor are operated with the same key have the same key shape.

[0003]

In the above prior art, the keys are operated with the same shape both at the time of inputting the number and at the time of moving the cursor. Therefore, particularly in the case of moving the cursor, erroneous operation of the keys is increased and the user is inconvenient.

[0004]

The keys used for moving the cursor are formed in a shape representing the direction in which the cursor is moved, or the keys are displayed to indicate the direction, thereby reducing erroneous operations by the user. Further, by providing a decision key at the center of the key for moving the cursor, which is used only when the cursor is moved, a telephone having excellent operability can be realized.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral (101) denotes an input unit according to the present invention.

An input switching control unit (102) controls switching between number input and cursor input.

(103) is a display device.

An auxiliary storage device (104) stores various data and the like.

Reference numeral (105) denotes a number input unit for inputting a number.

A cursor processing unit (106) determines a character for moving and displaying a cursor.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention. In this embodiment, an example of the key shape when the number input key of the input unit and the key for moving the cursor are the same key is shown. Key [2] shown in FIG. 2 which is an input unit
(202) is upward, key [4] (204) is left, key [6]
Reference numeral (206) denotes a rightward direction, and a key [8] (208) denotes a downward direction, which indicates four directions, up, down, left, and right of the telephone display screen (200). The input switching control unit (102) of FIG. 1 determines whether the mode is the number input mode or the cursor input mode. If the mode is the number mode, the key [1] (201) of FIG.
Key [2] (202), key [3] (203), key [4] (20
4), key [5] (205), key [6] (206), key [7] (2
07), keys [8] (208), and keys [9] (209) correspond to the numbers specified on the keys.
0) is displayed.

FIG. 3 shows a display example on the telephone display screen (200) in the number input mode.

In the cursor mode, keys [2] (202) and keys [4] (20) shown in FIG.
4) The cursor is moved with keys [6] (206) and keys [8] (208). A key [5] (205) is used to determine the current cursor position, acquire a character corresponding to the cursor position, store the acquired character in the auxiliary storage device (104) in FIG. Display on the display screen (200).

FIG. 4, FIG. 5, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8 show movement examples and display examples of the cursor (200) on the telephone display screen of FIG. 4, 5, 6,
7 and 8 that are the same as those in FIG. 2 are given the same numbers.

FIG. 4 shows an initial screen in the cursor mode. The cursor position is indicated by "SO" (30) on the telephone display screen (200).
It is in the position of 1).

When the key [2] (202) of FIG. 2 is pressed from the state of FIG. 4, the cursor position moves to the position of “O” (302) in FIG.

When the key [4] (204) of FIG. 2 is pressed from the state of FIG. 4, the cursor position moves to the position of "se" (303) in FIG.

When the key [6] (206) of FIG. 2 is pressed from the state of FIG. 4, the cursor position moves to the position of "ta" (304) in FIG.

When the key [8] (208) of FIG. 2 is pressed from the state of FIG. 4, the cursor position moves to the position of “no” (305) in FIG.

When the key [5] (205) of FIG. 2 is pressed from the state of FIG. 8, "NO" is displayed on the character input display section (300) of FIG.

FIG. 10 shows the processing in the number input mode and the cursor mode with reference to a program flow chart.

In FIG. 10, the same components as those in FIG.
The same numbers are assigned.

The input state detection processing (1001) corresponding to the input switching control section (102) in FIG. 1 determines whether the current state is the number input mode or the cursor mode, and determines the mode. As a result of the mode determination, if the mode is the number input mode, the number input section (1
Execute the process of 05).

FIG. 11 illustrates the processing of the number input unit (105) in FIG. 10 with reference to a program flow chart.

The number input unit (105) waits for key input (1010).

When a key is pressed, it is determined whether the pressed key is "0" or more and "9" or less (1011 to 1012).

When the key is pressed and the pressed key is "0" or more and "9" or less, the input number is displayed on the display device (103) (1013).

When the pressed key is "*", "*" is displayed on the display device (103) (1014 to 1015).

If the pressed key is "#", "#" is displayed on the display device (103) (1016 to 1017).

Otherwise, the selected function is executed (1018).

If the mode is the cursor mode,
Execute the cursor processing unit (106).

The cursor processing unit (106) is described in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the program flow chart of FIG.

The cursor processing unit (106) waits for a key input (1020).

When a key is pressed, it is determined whether the pressed key is "5" (1021).

If the pressed key is "5", the current cursor position is determined, the character corresponding to the cursor position is obtained, and the obtained character is stored in the auxiliary storage device (104) in FIG. It is displayed on the telephone display screen (200) (1022 to 1025).

When a key is pressed, it is determined whether the pressed key is "0" or more and "9" or less which does not include "5" (102).
6-1027).

When the key is pressed, the pressed key is "0" or more and "9" or less, and when the pressed key is "2", the cursor is moved upward (1028 to 1029).

If the pressed key is "4", the cursor is moved to the left (1030 to 1031).

If the pressed key is "6", the cursor is moved to the right (1032-1033).

If the pressed key is "8", the cursor is moved downward (1034 to 1035).

If the pressed key is neither "*" nor "#", the selected function is executed (1036-1038).

The cursor movement in the four directions of up, down, left, and right has been described above, but the direction in which the cursor moves is not limited to the up, down, left, and right directions. The shape of the key for moving the cursor is proportional to the number of directions in which the cursor moves.

FIG. 13 shows an example of a key shape in the input section. The shape example 1 in FIG. 13 has a shape of the input key “2”, the input key “4”, the input key “6”, and the input key “8” corresponding to a total of four directions in which the cursor is moved up, down, left, and right. This indicates the direction in which the cursor is moved. The shape example 2 and the shape example 3 in FIG. 13 correspond to the input key “1”, the input key “2”, and the input key corresponding to a total of eight directions in which the cursor is moved: up, down, left, right, upper right, upper left, lower right, and lower left. The shape of the key "3", the input key "4", the input key "6", the input key "7", the input key "8", the input key "9" indicates the direction in which the cursor is moved.

FIG. 14 shows two embodiments of the telephone according to the present invention. In the present embodiment, a display example of keys when the number input key of the input unit and the key for moving the cursor are the same key is shown. 14, the same functions as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The key [2] (20
2) upward, key [4] (204) leftward, key [6] (20
6) indicates a rightward direction, and keys [8] (208) provide a triangular display indicating a downward direction, and indicates four directions of up, down, left and right of the telephone display screen (200). The cursor (200) moves on the telephone display screen. Also,
The key [5] (205) is a key for determining a selection in the cursor mode, acquires a character corresponding to the current cursor position, stores the acquired character in the auxiliary storage device (104) in FIG. Display on the screen (200).

The description of the key input processing in the number input mode and the cursor input mode is the same as that described in the first embodiment.

FIGS. 15 and 16 show display examples of the keys (201 to 209) of the input unit shown in FIG. 15 and 16, the same functions as those in FIG. 14 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

FIG. 15 shows a line (400) indicating the positional relationship between the keys (205) arranged at the center of the keys (201 to 209) of the input unit, which is used when the cursor is moved. Indicates the direction of the cursor.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 16 is directed to a key located at the center, here the key (201-204) (206-209) arranged around a key (205) of "5". A similar effect can be obtained by printing or providing a part of a line indicating the positional relationship between the keys corresponding to the keys corresponding to the central keys, for example, an arrow, or a line indicating the positional relationship between the keys.

The marks are "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6",
It is good to provide on the outer periphery of each key of "7", "8", and "9".

[0052]

According to the present invention, in a key to which a cursor is moved, the shape of the key is changed to a shape representing the direction in which the cursor is moved, or a key is provided with a display indicating the direction. By providing a decision key for deciding the selection at the center of the key to be moved, cursor operation can be facilitated and usability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a display example in a number input mode.

FIG. 4 is a display example in a cursor mode.

FIG. 5 is an example of cursor movement display in the cursor mode.

FIG. 6 is an example of cursor movement display in the cursor mode.

FIG. 7 is an example of cursor movement display in the cursor mode.

FIG. 8 is an example of cursor movement display in the cursor mode.

FIG. 9 is an example of a determined display in the cursor mode.

FIG. 10 is a processing flow of an input switching control unit.

FIG. 11 is a processing flow of a number input unit.

FIG. 12 is a processing flow of a cursor processing unit.

FIG. 13 is an example of the shape of an input key of a telephone.

FIG. 14 shows the shapes of keys indicating four directions and eight directions.

FIG. 15 is a display example of an input key indicating a direction.

FIG. 16 is a display example of an input key indicating a direction.

[Explanation of symbols]

101 ... input unit, 102 ... input switching control unit, 103 ...
Display device 104: auxiliary storage device 105: number input unit 106: cursor processing unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Makoto Hiramoto 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Multimedia Systems Development Headquarters, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Teruo Fujii Yoshida, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture 292 Machimachi Co., Ltd.Multimedia System Development Headquarters, Hitachi, Ltd. 1-280 Koigakubo F-term (reference) 5B020 AA17 BB10 CC11 DD02 DD22 DD26 HH22 5K023 BB12 GG05 GG06 GG07 GG08 GG10 HH06 5K036 BB02 FF03 JJ13

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A telephone in which a means for inputting a number and a means for moving a cursor are operated with the same key, wherein the key for moving the cursor is shaped to indicate the direction in which the cursor moves. 2. A telephone according to claim 1, wherein a key for deciding the selection is provided at the center of the key for moving the cursor. 3. A telephone set in which a means for inputting a number and a means for moving a cursor are operated by the same key, wherein the key for moving the cursor is provided with a display indicating the direction in which the cursor moves. 4. A telephone according to claim 3, wherein a key for deciding the selection is provided at the center of the key for moving the cursor.