Communication terminal equipment

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD [Detailed description of the invention]

【0001】

[table of contents]

The present invention will be described in the following order. Industrial application field Conventional technology Problems to be solved by the invention Means for solving problems (Figs. 1 to 29) Action Example (1) Overall configuration (1-1) Device body (Figs. 1 to 5) (1-2) Operation keys (Figs. 6 to 12) (2) Call / edit (Fig. 13) (2-1) Call (2-1-1) Calling from the phonebook list screen (Figs. 13 to 18) (2-1-2) Calls from the redial list screen (Figs. 13 and 14) (2-1-3) Calling by entering a telephone number (Figs. 13 and 14) (2-1-4) Calling with speed dial (Figs. 13 and 14) (2-1-5) Registration / Editing (Figs. 19 to 21) (3) Menu screen (3-1) Item contents (Figs. 22 to 26) (3-2) Scroll function (Fig. 27 and Fig. 28) (4) Action and effect in Examples (5) Other Examples (Fig. 29) Effect of the invention [0002]

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, and is suitable for application to, for example, a mobile phone device.

【0003】

[Conventional technology]

Today, mobile phone systems are in practical use and in operation all over the world. In order to realize various services using these systems, communication terminal devices are rapidly becoming multifunctional.

【0004】

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

By the way, if a new operation key is added for each newly added function, the number of operation keys arranged in the main body of the device increases, which makes it difficult to miniaturize the device and may worsen the operability. The present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object of the present invention is to propose a communication terminal device having excellent operability while having a small number of operators.

【0005】

[Means for solving problems]

In order to solve such a problem, in the present invention, the main body case 2 is arranged above the central portion of one side surface of the main body case 2, and a part of the outer peripheral surface protrudes to the outside of the main body case 2 to be inside the main body case 2. A disc-shaped operator 6J that can be rotated along the longitudinal direction of one side surface and can be pushed in the direction of the main body case 2, and a transmission / reception means 10 housed in the main body case 2. Operation detection means (SW, 6J1, 6J2) for detecting the rotational operation and pushing operation of the disc-shaped operator 6J housed in the main body case 2, and a plurality of items and the plurality of items housed in the main body case 2. A storage means 9 for accumulating information related to the above, a display means 5 arranged on the surface of the main body case 2 and having a plurality of screen display states, and a display means 5 housed in the main body case 2 by the pushing operation of the disc-shaped operator 6J. The screen display state allows one item to be selected from multiple items according to the detection output of the operation detection means (SW, 6J1, 6J2), and the operation detection means 6J is detected by the rotation operation of the disc-shaped operator 6J. One item is selected on the screen of the display means 5 according to the output, and one item is selected according to the detection output of the operation detection means (SW, 6J1, 6J2) by the pushing operation of the disc-shaped operator 6J. A control means 7 for controlling the display means 5 is provided so as to display information related to the above.

【0006】

[Action]

A disc-shaped operator 6J that rotates along one side surface and pushes in the case direction is provided above the center of one side surface of the main body case 2, and a plurality of disc-shaped controls 6J are provided according to the pushing operation of the disc-shaped controls 6J. In this screen display state, one of the items can be selected. In this screen display state, one item is selected by the rotating operation of the disc-shaped operator 6J, and the information about one item selected by the pushing operation is displayed. By displaying, when the main body case 2 is grasped with one hand, one disc-shaped operator 6J is operated to enter a state in which items can be searched, and items configured hierarchically are sequentially selected. It is possible to display the target item, and thus it is possible to realize a communication terminal device having excellent operability at the time of searching.

【0007】

[Example]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

【0008】

(1) Overall configuration (1-1) Device body First, the overall configuration and circuit configuration of the mobile phone device 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The mobile phone device 1 is composed of a device main body 2 and an arm microphone 3 rotatably (opened and closed) attached to the side surface thereof. Therefore, the size of the mobile phone device 1 can be further reduced by closing the arm microphone 3 when not in use.

【0009】

The arm microphone 3 is provided with a function of controlling on-hook or off-foot in conjunction with opening / closing operation, and a function of invalidating operations other than specific keys (hereinafter referred to as key lock function) in the closed state. By the way, this key lock state can be released by opening the arm microphone 3. This makes it possible to prevent erroneous calls and incoming calls due to malfunctions.

【0010】

On the other hand, the apparatus main body 2 is provided with various operation keys and processing circuits. Here, on the surface of the device main body 2, in addition to the speaker 4 paired with the arm microphone 3, a liquid crystal display 5 and a plurality of operation keys 6 to which various functions are assigned are provided, and these are input / output devices inside the speaker. Central processing unit (CPU) 7 is built-in.

【0011】

The CPU 7 controls the liquid crystal display 5 via the liquid crystal display driver 5A, and displays information according to the instruction input from the operation keys 6 with a font of an appropriate size.

【0012】

Here, the CPU 7 operates based on the program stored in the ROM 8, and if necessary, reads the data read in the RAM 9 and executes various processes. Further, the CPU 7 controls the transmission / reception circuit unit 10 and transmits / receives information to / from other communication terminals via the antenna 11 connected to the transmission / reception circuit unit 10. By the way, a card socket 13 is connected to the CPU 7, and all management information about the subscriber is read and controlled from the subscriber ID card 12 (in the case of the embodiment, the SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card 12) inserted in the card socket 13. It is designed to be used for.

【0013】

By the way, on the display surface of the liquid crystal display 5 used in this embodiment, pixels of 32 dots × 97 dots are arranged in a matrix in the vertical and horizontal directions, and information can be displayed on these with two types of fonts. .. One is a small font that displays one character in vertical 7 dots x horizontal 5 dots as shown in Fig. 3, and one is a large font that displays one character in vertical 15 dots x horizontal 8 dots as shown in Fig. 4. Font. Therefore, if you use a small font, you can display 4 characters vertically and 16 characters horizontally, and if you use a large font, you can display 2 characters vertically and 10 characters horizontally.

【0014】

Here, in principle, the large font is used to display characters input by the user, and the small font is used to display messages and the like on the device side. However, when the number of characters input by the user exceeds a predetermined number of characters (for example, 20 characters), the font size can be switched from a large font to a small font.

【0015】

A display example is shown in Fig. 5. First, while the number of input characters is 10 or less, the characters entered by the user are displayed one after another in the lower part of the small font message "input dial No" displayed in the upper part. When the number of input characters exceeds 10, the first 10 characters are displayed in large font instead of the message in the upper row where the message was displayed, and the characters after 11 characters are displayed in large font in the lower row. Eventually, the number of input characters reaches 20 characters, and when this is exceeded, all input characters are displayed in small fonts.

【0016】

By providing the function for switching the font in this way, while the number of input characters is small, it is possible to input while checking the input contents with large characters, and it is possible to reduce erroneous input. In addition, even when the number of characters is large, the input information for the same item can be confirmed on one screen, which makes it easier to understand the input contents.

【0017】

(1-2) Operation keys Next, the operation keys 6 provided on the apparatus main body 2 will be described. In the case of this embodiment, the operation key 6 consists of the following 10 keys. Power key 6A, number keys 6B from "0" to "9", "#" key 6C, "*" key 6D, send key 6E, end key 6F, menu key 6G, clear key 6H, recording key 61 and jog dial 6J 10 It is an individual. Of these, eight operation keys 6A to 6H are arranged on the front surface of the device main body 2, and the remaining two operation keys 61 and 6J are arranged on the side surface of the device main body 2.

【0018】

The main functions assigned to each operation key are as follows. The power key 6A is a key used to turn on the power to the internal circuit of the device main body 2, and the power is turned on by the first pressing operation and the power supply is turned off by the second pressing operation. .. However, if the user does not enter the subscriber identification number (so-called personal identification number (PIN)) for 30 seconds after the power is turned on by the power key 6A, the CPU 7 will be activated. This is detected and the power is automatically turned off. This prevents the power from being left on due to a malfunction.

【0019】

Next, 10 numeric keys 6B will be described. These 10 number keys 6B are used for inputting and selecting numbers as well as inputting alphas. In the case of this embodiment, a plurality of alphas are assigned to each of the eight numeric keys "2" to "9" excluding the "0" and "1" keys, so that the alphas can be input. There is. For example, "2" is assigned "a" to "c", "3" is assigned "d" to "f", and other keys are similarly assigned Alfabet.

【0020】

When entering Alphabet, you can enter the first character by pressing the same key once, the second character by pressing twice, and the third character by pressing three times. It is done like this. In addition to being able to use this number key 6B to select display items, you can also instruct the other party to start calling the other party corresponding to the number by pressing and holding it for a predetermined time (1 second) on the phonebook list display screen (so-called shortening). The dial function can be realized).

【0021】

The send key 6E is used to instruct the other party selected on the phonebook list display screen to start making a call, and is also used to call up the past dial history. The end key 6F is used to indicate the end of the call. By the way, the end of the call can also be instructed by closing the arm microphone 3.

【0022】

The menu key 6G is a key used to switch the screen displayed on the liquid crystal display 5 between the initial screen and the menu screen. For example, assuming that the screen shown in FIG. 6 (A) is the initial screen, when the menu key 6G is pressed on the initial screen, the display can be switched to one screen of the menu screen as shown in FIG. 6 (B), which will be described later. With the scroll function, it is possible to switch to the screen as shown in Fig. 6 (C), for example, so as to turn the pages one screen at a time. On the other hand, if you press this menu key 6G while the menu screen is displayed, you can immediately return to the initial screen regardless of the screen. By the way, if the clear key 6H is used, it is possible to return to the previous screen by turning the pages one screen at a time as shown in Fig. 7.

【0023】

In addition, the menu key 6G is assigned a function as the only operation key that can release the key lock state. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, even when the arm microphone 3 is closed, pressing the menu key 6G allows the user to exit the key lock state and shift to the key active state. On the other hand, if the menu key 6G is pressed while the arm microphone 3 is closed and the menu screen is displayed, the key lock state can be restored.

【0024】

By the way, if there is no operation from the user for 30 seconds on the menu screen, the function is provided to automatically close the menu screen and return to the initial screen after the CPU7 detects this. If the arm microphone 3 is closed at this time, the key lock state is restored from this state. This can prevent malfunction.

【0025】

The recording key 61 is a key used to control the recording and playback of a conversation during a call, and is opposite to the arm microphone 3 on the upper surface of the device main body 2 so that it can be operated as it is with the hand holding the device main body 2. It is attached to the side.

【0026】

Finally, the jog dial 6J, which has the central function among the 10 operation keys, will be described. The jog dial 6J is provided on the side surface of the main body 2 on the opposite side of the arm microphone 3 and near the speaker 4, and can be operated as it is with the holding hand like the recording key 61. By providing the jog dial 6J having such a central function on the side surface of the main body 2 and in the vicinity of the speaker 4, the mobile phone device 1 realizes excellent operability.

【0027】

This jog dial 6J is designed so that it can be operated independently in the circumferential direction and the radial direction, and as shown in FIG. 9, it rotates in the circumferential direction (arrows A and B) about the rotation axis O. It is composed of a disk-shaped rotary encoder 6JX, a slide plate (not shown) that can slide together with the rotary encoder 6JX in the radial direction (arrows C and D), and a slide switch SW. Here, the slide plate and the slide switch SW are urged in the C direction.

【0028】

The rotary shaft O is fixed to the slide plate, and when the rotary encoder 6JX of the jog dial 6J is pushed in the direction of the arrow D, the rotary encoder 6JX slides integrally with the slide plate to push down the switch SW and turn it on. It is designed so that it can be controlled by the state. The CPU 7 determines whether or not the Jyog dial 6J has been clicked by detecting the on / off state of the switch SW.

【0029】

As shown in FIG. 10, the rotary encoder 6JX that slides integrally with the slide plate is composed of two discs 6J1 and 6J2. Of these, the disk 6J1 is a movable member laminated on the upper surface of the disk 6J2, and is attached so as to be able to rotate relative to the disk 6J2 fixed to the slide plate. Here, the movable disk 6J1 is provided with a set of counter electrodes 6J21 connected to the ground. When the counter electrode 6J21 is assembled, it can be slidably contacted with 20 sets of counter electrodes 6J22 provided along the circumference of the disk 6J2. By the way, the counter electrode 6J22 provided on the disk 6J2 on the fixed side is formed so that the positions of the counter electrode 6J22 are slightly shifted in the circumferential direction on the inner peripheral side and the outer peripheral side.

【0030】

Therefore, when the jog dial 6J is turned in the direction of A, the potential output from the counter electrode is turned in the direction of B, while the potential on the inner peripheral side first drops to the ground potential as shown in Fig. 11 (A). As shown in Fig. 11 (B), the potential on the outer peripheral side first falls to the ground potential, and by detecting which of the potential on the inner peripheral side and the potential on the outer peripheral side falls first, the Jyog dial 6J is turned. It is designed so that the direction of movement can be detected. The amount of rotation of the jog dial 6J can be detected by counting the number of pulses output from the electrodes on the outer peripheral side.

【0031】

Next, a typical operation example using the Jyog dial 6J will be described. First, when the list screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 5, the cursor K displayed on the liquid crystal display 5 is moved by operating the jog dial 6J upward or downward in the circumferential direction (hereinafter referred to as an up operation or a down operation). It can be moved up and down, and one of the display items can be selected. By the way, if you press the jog dial 6J in the radial direction in this state (hereinafter referred to as click), you can instruct the CPU 7 to read detailed information about the item where the cursor K is located.

【0032】

If the phonebook list is displayed, you can instruct the start of the call by pressing and holding the Jyog Dial 6J for a predetermined time. By the way, the size of the volume (received volume) can be adjusted by rotating the Jyog dial 6J in the circumferential direction during a call. In addition, you can make a call by clicking the Jyog Dial 6J during a call. Figure 12 shows a typical example of the use of the Jyog Dial 6J when calling it in a flow chart.

【0033】

That is, the detailed information of the selected item can be displayed on the screen by clicking the Jyog dial 6J while the list screen such as the telephone directory or the redial screen is displayed, and the Jyog dial 6J is continuously clicked for a predetermined time in this state. And, it is possible to automatically start making a call to the other party displayed at the cursor position. On the other hand, the original list screen can be returned by rotating the jog dial 6J and moving the cursor K up or down. By providing the Jyog dial 6J that can input various instructions by rotating or clicking in this way, a mobile phone device with excellent operability that can execute many functions with a small number of operation keys. 1 can be achieved.

【0034】

(2) Call / edit (2-1) Call This section describes various transmission methods provided in the mobile phone device 1. As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the mobile phone device 1 is provided with five transmission methods. These can be classified into a calling method using a telephone directory list, a calling method using a redial function, a calling method for directly inputting a telephone number, and a calling method using a speed dial function. First, a method of making a call from the phonebook list screen will be described.

【0035】

(2-1-1) Call from the phonebook list screen If you click the Jyog Dial 6J with the arm microphone 3 open, the external microphone connected to the device body 2, or the hands-free kit connected to the device body 2, the LCD display 5 will be displayed. The display switches from the initial screen shown in FIG. 15 (A) to the telephone directory list screen shown in FIG. 15 (B).

【0036】

Here, as shown in FIG. 16, the telephone directory list is a display column for each frequency of use in which the address numbers "1" to "9" and the frequently used destinations registered in the address numbers are displayed as a set. (See Fig. 16 (A)) and the descending order display field (already registered in the address numbers from "1" to "9") that displays all registered destinations in descending order (for example, ABC ...). (See Fig. 16 (B)), including those that have been specified.

【0037】

Immediately after switching to the telephone directory list, the position of the cursor K is located at the top of the display items displayed on the liquid crystal display 5, that is, at the address number "1". In this state, if you rotate the Jyog dial 6J downward, you can move the cursor K in the order of "2", "3" ..., and vice versa, if you rotate it upward, it will be one of the descending order display columns. You can move the cursor K in the opposite direction from the bottom, that is, in the order of ZYX ....

【0038】

By the way, the selection method of the other party by moving the cursor K includes the operation by the jog dial 6J, the selection method by inputting the address number, and the selection method by inputting the Alphabet. For example, if the telephone number of the other party is already registered in one of the address numbers of the "1" to "9" keys and the address number is known, pressing the key of that number will skip the cursor K. Can be moved to. FIG. 17 is an example.

【0039】

If the list screen is a display screen in the order of the Alphabet, the cursor K can be moved to the corresponding Alphabet by using the number keys "1" to "9". For example, pressing "2" can move the cursor K to "a", and pressing "3" can move the cursor K to "d". By the way, if there is no name starting with "d", move the cursor K to the name starting with "e" to display it, and if there is no name starting with "e", it is a name that exists after that. The cursor K is moved to the nearest name to display it.

【0040】

Here, as shown in FIG. 15 (C), the subsequent calling procedure will be described assuming that the cursor K is moved to the position of "Jack" registered in the address number "5". There are multiple methods for calling from this state. Here, a method using the Jyog dial 6J will be described. When the jog dial 6J is clicked in this state, the display screen switches to the detailed information display field as shown in FIG. 15 (D). Then, if you keep clicking Jyog Dial 6J for 1 second in this state, the call will start. When the call is started, the liquid crystal display surface blinks as shown in FIG. 15 (E).

【0041】

By the way, if you want to change the call destination while the detailed information is displayed as shown in Fig. 15 (D), you can rotate the Jyog dial 6J upward or downward. For example, by rotating the jog dial 6J upward on the display screen shown in FIG. 18B, the display screen can be returned to the list screen belonging to the next higher level from the detailed information screen. However, the position of the cursor K moves to the item one item higher than the other party whose detailed information was displayed. That is, as shown in FIG. 18 (C), the cursor K moves to the "John" part of the address number "4" instead of the "Ellis" of the address number "5".

【0042】

By the way, if there is no operation for a predetermined time (30 seconds) while the detailed information is displayed as shown in Fig. 15 (D), the phonebook list is closed and the phonebook list is closed as shown in Fig. 15 (D). There is also a function to return to the initial screen shown in (A). As a result, even if a key that can start a call happens to be pressed when the mobile phone device 1 is carried in a bag or the like while the detailed display screen is displayed, an erroneous call is not made. By the way, this function works in the same way when the list screen is displayed.

【0043】

In addition to these methods, there is also a method of calling by pressing the send key 6E on the display screen shown in FIG. 15 (D) as a method of starting a call from the telephone directory list screen. These are methods of starting a call after displaying the detailed information of the other party, but this mobile phone device 1 also has a function of starting a call directly from the list screen. For example, if the send key 6E is pressed in the state of the display screen shown in FIG. 15 (C), the call can be immediately started to the communication destination where the cursor K is located. Similarly, the call can be started immediately by pressing and holding the number key corresponding to the communication destination for 1 second.

【0044】

(2-1-2) Call from the redial list screen Subsequently, the dialing operation from the redial list screen will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 (G) to 14 (J). This redial list screen can be opened by pressing the send key 6E in the initial screen state. That is, when the send key 6E is pressed on the screen of Fig. 13 (A), the name of the other party (when calling from the phonebook list) and the telephone number (when the telephone number is manually entered), which are the past call destinations, are shown in the figure. It is displayed as shown in 13 (G). The operation of selecting a call destination from this state and the operation of making a call are the same as those of making a call from the telephone directory list.

【0045】

By the way, if there is no operation for a predetermined time (30 seconds) while the list in Fig. 13 (G) is displayed, the phonebook list is closed as if the call is not made and Fig. 13 (A) is displayed. There is also a function to return to the initial screen shown in. As a result, when the mobile phone device 1 is carried in a bag or the like while the detailed display screen is displayed, even if there is a key input that can start a call, an erroneous call is not made.

【0046】

In addition, this mobile phone device 1 is provided with a function of displaying information on how long the last call was made to the communication destination and the current call time. For example, as shown in Fig. 13 (H), the previous call time is displayed as "4:25", and as shown in Fig. 14 (J), the current call time is displayed as "0:00:55". There is.

【0047】

(2-1-3) Call by entering a phone number In this case, the telephone number of the other party may be entered as it is at the stage of the initial screen shown in FIG. 13 (A). Then, the display screen shifts from the state shown in FIG. 13 (A) to the state shown in FIG. 13 (K), and the telephone number entered by the user is displayed in a large font. If this number is acceptable, the screen starts blinking as shown in the screen shown in FIG. 14 (L) by pressing the send key 6E, and the call to the other party is started.

【0048】

(2-1-4) Call by speed dial There are two types of transmission methods available. One is a transmission method by pressing and holding the number key 6B for a predetermined time, and the other is a transmission method using the number key 6B and the "#" key 6C.

【0049】

First, the case where only the number keys 6B are used (FIGS. 14 (O) to 14 (P)) will be described. The user keeps pressing the number key 6B corresponding to the address number of the other party to make a call while the display screen is shown in FIG. 13 (A) for, for example, 1 second. In this way, the screen displayed on the liquid crystal display 5 is immediately switched to the detailed display screen, and the call is started as it is.

【0050】

Next, the case where the number keys 6B and the "#" key 6C are used (FIGS. 13 (Q) to 14 (S)) will be described. The user presses the number key 6B corresponding to the address number of the other party to make a call on the display screen shown in FIG. 13 (A), and then presses the "#" key 6C to switch the screen to the detailed display screen. Then, in this state, the call is started by pressing the send key 6E.

【0051】

(2-1-5) Registration / Editing Next, a method of registering a telephone number and the like in these telephone directory lists and an editing method will be described. First, press the menu key 6G to open the menu screen, and select "Telbookedi" on this screen to make it possible to register phone numbers and the like. There are two ways to register from here. The first is to specify the "new registration" section and enter a new phone number. When the user wants to register a new destination, he / she operates the jog dial 6J to move the cursor K to the "new registration" section, and clicks the jog dial 6J in that state (Fig. 19 (B)).

【0052】

Then, the display screen is switched to Fig. 19 (C), and characters prompting the user to enter the name are displayed. When the user operates the number key 6B in this state, the input characters are displayed in the large font alpha font. If it is okay to register the characters entered here, the user clicks Jyog Dial 6J and moves to the subsequent telephone number registration screen. Then, if you want to register the entered phone number, click Jyog Dial 6J again. Then, the newly entered name and the like are registered in the empty area of the telephone directory list as shown in FIG. 19 (D).

【0053】

The other method is to select an unregistered address number and register the name. In this case, as shown in FIGS. 20A and 20B, the cursor K is moved to the unregistered address number. In the case of this example, it is "7". If you click the Jyog Dial 6J in this state, characters prompting you to enter your name will be displayed on the LCD display 5.

【0054】

After that, enter the other party's name by operating the corresponding number key 6B in the same way as the registration procedure explained earlier, and if it is correct, click the jog dial 6J to register. Then, enter the telephone number according to the instructions displayed on the screen as shown in Fig. 20 (D), and click the Jyog Dial 6J in the same way to register the entered telephone number. These are the procedure for registering the phone book list.

【0055】

On the other hand, at the time of editing, as shown in FIGS. 21 (A) and 21 (B), the cursor K may be moved over the name to be edited and the jog dial 6J may be clicked. In this way, when an item that has already been registered is selected, the edit mode is entered. When you are in edit mode, the name of the person you want to edit and the edited content (change (edit), delete (delete), swap (swap)) are displayed on the screen. The user selects the edited content by operating the Jyog dial 6J here.

【0056】

For example, when the picket "Delete" is selected, the display screen becomes a screen for reconfirming whether or not the registered contents can be deleted as shown in FIG. 21 (D). If "Yes" is selected at this time, the erase operation is executed. On the other hand, when "replacement" is selected, the display screen is switched to FIG. 21 (F), and the display screen prompts for input of which address number is to be replaced with the registered contents. When the address number to be replaced is input and the jog dial 6J is clicked, the replacement operation is executed and the registered contents after the replacement are displayed as shown in FIG. 21 (G). This example is when "8" and "6" are interchanged.

【0057】

When "Change" is selected, screens for accepting changes for each item are sequentially displayed as shown in FIGS. 21 (H) and 21 (I) so that both the other party's name and the telephone number can be changed. If you click the Jyog Dial 6J in this state to confirm the changes, the display screen will switch to Fig. 21 (J).

【0058】

(3) Menu screen (3-1) Item contents Finally, the menu screen displayed when the menu key 6G is pressed will be described. The menu screen is hierarchically configured, and you can go down to the lower level screen (sub-menu screen) by clicking the jog dial 6J. Here, FIG. 22 shows the menu screens W1-W10 of the highest layer prepared in the mobile phone device 1, and FIGS. 23 to 26 show the submenu screens belonging to the lower layers.

【0059】

First, the first menu screen W1 is for editing the "phone book" and for setting the "mode". By selecting the "Phonebook" section, you can register new phone numbers and edit the registered contents. On the other hand, when the "mode" section is selected, the display switches to the menu screen shown in Fig. 23 (A), and setting conditions suitable for the usage environment can be selected. In the case of this example, there are four usage environments that can be selected: "normal mode", "pocket mode", "silent mode", and "driving mode".

【0060】

For example, if you select the pocket mode, you can maximize the ringing tone (ringaon) and activate the key lock function. As a result, even when the ringing tone is used in a situation where it is difficult to hear the ringing tone, the ringing tone can be reliably heard, and key input unrelated to the operation can be prevented from being accepted.

【0061】

If you select the silent mode, you can make the ringing tone inaudible (ringer off), and instead you can make the LCD display 5 blink to notify you of the incoming call. As a result, even when riding on a train or the like, it is possible to know the incoming call without causing trouble to the people around. In this mode, a function to automatically disconnect the line when there is no response is set. If you select the driving mode, you can automatically start a call when you receive a call.

【0062】

The second menu screen W2 is for setting the "Short message function (SMS)". This menu screen displays three sections: "Delete", "Make Send", and "Read". If you select "Send" here, you can create a new sentence to send, use a pattern sentence, use the previously sent sentence stored in the store, or use the previously sent sentence on the lower menu screen. You can choose whether to use the previously received text that is stored. On the other hand, if you select "Read", you can also select whether to store the read content, delete it, reply by phone, or reply to the short message on the lower menu screen.

【0063】

The third menu surface W3 is for setting the "time function (Time)". You can set the current time and alarm by selecting "set", "alarm", "sleep", and "wake up" on this menu screen. It is possible to set the time to sound and the on / off setting.

【0064】

The fourth menu screen W4 is for setting the "public land mobile network (PLMN) function". On this menu screen, the "Sel mode" and "Search" sections are displayed. The former is used to select whether to set the network to manual or automatic, and the latter is a function to automatically search and display the currently available network.

【0065】

The fifth menu screen W5 is for setting the "personal identification number (PIN) function". On this menu screen, the "control" and "change" sections are displayed. Depending on the former, it is possible to set whether or not the input of the ID number is an indispensable condition at the time of use. This makes it possible to set whether or not to make it available only to a specific person. The latter allows the ID number to be changed.

【0066】

The sixth menu screen W6 is for setting the "Forward function". On this menu screen, the "Intrro", "Erase", and "Regist" sections are displayed. The "inquiry" in the first section is a function for inquiring the forwarding service to the network side, and the "cancellation" and the "setting" are used for canceling and setting the forwarding destination, etc., respectively.

【0067】

The seventh menu screen W7 is for setting the "bar out function". On this menu screen, "Barring of Outgoing International Calls (BOIC-exHC: Barring of Outgoing International Calls except those directed to the HPLMNCoutry)", "Barring of Outgoing International Calls (BOIC)", and "Outgoing International Calls" The Barring of All Outgoing Calls (BAOC) section is displayed. The outgoing call function is set by selecting each item. The eighth menu screen W8 is for setting the "Incoming call (Bar Come) function". On this menu screen, the items "Incoming call restriction when roaming outside the own PLMN" and "Incoming call restriction (BAIC)" are displayed. After all, the incoming call function can be set by selecting each item.

【0068】

The ninth menu screen W9 is for setting "Charge information". On this menu screen, the "Reset" and "Check" sections are displayed. For example, the former is for resetting billing information, and the latter is a function for displaying the total charge.

【0069】

The tenth menu screen WI0 is a "Setting List" screen, and various items shown in FIG. 24 can be set. By the way, when the next screen of this menu screen is instructed, it returns to the first menu screen W1.

【0070】

Five submenu screens are prepared at the bottom of this setting list, so they will be explained in order. First, the first submenu single screen SW1 displays four items: "Call ID PRESENT", "Language select", "ANY KEY ANSWER", and "1 Min BEEP". Here, "Call ID PRESENT" is for setting the function of transmitting one's own telephone number to the other party, and "ANY KEY ANSWER" is for setting the function of being able to make a call by pressing any key when receiving a call. Furthermore, "1 Min BEEP" is for setting a function that sounds a beep every minute of a call to notify the passage of time.

【0071】

The second submenu screen SW2 has "Ringer Select", "Low Signal Warn function", "Low Battery Warn function", and "Ringer Volume function". 4 are displayed. Here, "ring tone selection" is a function to select one ring tone from three ring tones as shown in FIG. 25, and "ring tone volume function" is a function to select one ring tone from three ring tones as shown in FIG. 26. This is a function used to set an appropriate volume from the inside.

【0072】

The third submenu screen SW3 has "LCD Density" used to set the brightness, "Change PIN2" used to change the personal ID number, "Auto Volume CTRL" that automatically increases the sound when there is a lot of background noise, and " The four sections "Noise Reduction" are displayed.

【0073】

On the 4th submenu screen SW4, "Clock Display" used to set whether to display the time on the LCD display 5, "SMS ServCenter" used to change the address of the service center, and whether or not a message is attached to the other party. Four items are displayed: "SMS Enquiry" to set whether to display the message, and "SMS Telmatic" to set whether to send the short message to the software.

【0074】

On the 5th submenu screen SW5, there is an "SMS Class" for weighting short messages according to their importance, a "Chage Password" used for changing passwords that regulate incoming and outgoing calls within additional services, and an upper limit. Three items of "Charge ACMM" used to set the function to restrict arrivals and departures exceeding the above are displayed.

【0075】

(3-2) Scroll function Subsequently, the scroll function adopted in the mobile phone device 1 in order to turn pages of a plurality of menu screens or sub-menu screens belonging to the same layer at high speed will be described with reference to FIGS. 27 and 28.

【0076】

This scroll function switches the display to the previous page and among the displayed items when the cursor K is instructed to be up while the cursor K is located at the top item of each page. It is a function that can move the cursor K to the top item, and if the cursor K is instructed to go down when it is located at the bottom item of each page, the next page It is a function that can switch the display to and move the cursor K to the bottom of the displayed items. This makes it possible to move the cursor K quickly even when selecting an item displayed on the menu screen far away.

【0077】

【0078】

【0079】

【0080】

【0081】

(5) Other Examples In the above-described embodiment, a case where a jog dial 6J having a rotation mechanism and a click mechanism is used as an input device used for moving the cursor K and confirming an item has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the movement of the cursor K is not limited to this. An input device having another structure can be widely applied as long as the input device has a different operation direction for inputting and the operation direction for confirming the selected item.

【0082】

For example, a so-called jogshator whose rotation angle is limited to a predetermined angle may be used. Further, a track ball with a click mechanism or a joystick may be used. Further, a slide switch with a click mechanism may be used. Even if these are used, it is possible to realize a communication terminal device having a small number of operation keys and excellent portability, as in the case of the above-described embodiment.

【0083】

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the movable microphone 3 is attached to the device main body 2 and used is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be widely applied to a mobile phone device with a fixed microphone. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the mobile phone device 1 having excellent usability is realized by using the up-down operation of the jog dial 6J to move the cursor K up and down has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the jog dial 6J is not limited to this. The up-down operation may be used to move the cursor K in the left-right direction to realize a communication terminal device having excellent usability.

【0084】

Further, in the above-described embodiment, when the jog dial 6J is operated on the screen displaying the detailed information of the telephone directory, the display screen is switched to the upper-level menu screen, that is, the list screen of the other party's name. Moreover, the case where the cursor is moved to the column displayed above the other party whose detailed information is displayed has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and when the up operation is performed as shown in FIG. The detailed information of the item one item above may be displayed, and the detailed information of the item one item below may be displayed when the operation is down. In this case, the clear key 6H may be used to return to the list screen.

【0085】

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the other party's name is input in the telephone directory list in alpha-bet is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the user may be able to input in katakana. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the jog dial 6J is used for switching from the frequently used destination name column to the descending order display column for displaying the destination name in descending order of the Alphabet has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the display may be switched by using a dedicated operation key or an existing operation key (for example, the "#" key).

【0086】

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the characters and numbers displayed on the liquid crystal display 5 are displayed by using two types of fonts has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the large font and the small font 2 In addition to the type, an intermediate font may be prepared.

【0087】

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the SIM card is used as the ID card for storing all the management information about the subscriber has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and an ID card satisfying other standards may be used. good.

【0088】

Further, in the above embodiment, if there is an up operation when the cursor K is located at the top item of the page, the cursor K is jumped to the top of the previous page and the cursor K is at the bottom of the page. The case where the cursor K is jumped to the bottom of the next page when there is a down operation when it is located in the item of is described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and this scroll function operates only in the case of an up operation. However, this scroll function may be activated only in the case of a down operation.

【0089】

Also, not limited to this, if there is a down operation at any position on the page, the cursor K is moved to the next page, and if there is an up operation, the position of the cursor K is raised one item at a time. good. On the contrary, when the up operation is performed, the cursor K is moved to the previous page regardless of the position of the cursor K on the page, and when the down operation is performed, the cursor K is lowered one item at a time. You may.

【0090】

[Effect of the invention]

As described above, according to the present invention, a disc-shaped operator is provided above the central portion of one side surface of the main body case to rotate along one side surface and push in the case direction, and the disc-shaped operation is performed. It becomes a screen display state in which one of a plurality of items can be selected according to the pushing operation of the child. In this screen display state, one item is selected by the rotating action of the disc-shaped operator and selected by the pushing action. By displaying the information related to one item, one disc-shaped operator can be operated when the main body case is grasped with one hand to enter a state in which the item can be searched, and it is configured hierarchically. It is possible to sequentially select the items and display the target items, and thus it is possible to realize a communication terminal device having excellent operability at the time of searching.

[Simple explanation of drawings]

[Figure 1]

It is a schematic front view which shows one Example of the communication terminal apparatus by this invention.

[Figure 2]

It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure provided inside the communication terminal apparatus.

[Fig. 3]

It is a schematic diagram used for the explanation of a small font.

[Fig. 4]

It is a schematic diagram provided for the explanation of the large font.

[Fig. 5]

It is a state transition diagram provided for the explanation of the switching of the font due to the difference in the number of input characters.

[Fig. 6]

It is a schematic diagram which shows the switching of the display screen using a menu key.

[Fig. 7]

It is a schematic diagram which shows the switching of the display screen using a clear key.

[Fig. 8]

It is a schematic diagram which shows the mode switching using a menu key in a state where a movable arm microphone is closed.

[Fig. 9]

It is a schematic plan view which shows the schematic mechanism of a jog dial.

[Fig. 10]

It is a top view which shows the structure of a rotary encoder.

[Fig. 11]

It is a signal waveform diagram which shows the output waveform from a rotary encoder.

[Fig. 12]

It is a state transition diagram which shows the switching of the display screen using a jog dial.

[Fig. 13]

It is a state transition diagram provided for the explanation of various calling procedures.

[Fig. 14]

It is a state transition diagram provided for the explanation of various calling procedures.

[Fig. 15]

It is a state transition diagram which shows the calling procedure from a telephone directory list.

[Fig. 16]

It is a sequence diagram which shows the character arrangement in a telephone directory list.

[Fig. 17]

It is a state transition diagram used for the explanation of the search using the number keys.

[Fig. 18]

It is a state transition diagram which shows the state of returning from a detailed information display screen to a list display screen.

[Fig. 19]

It is a state transition diagram which shows an example of a new registration procedure on a telephone directory list screen.

[Fig. 20]

It is a state transition diagram which shows an example of a new registration procedure on a telephone directory list screen.

[Fig. 21]

It is a state transition diagram which shows the editing procedure of the display screen displayed on the telephone directory list screen.

[Fig. 22]

It is a state transition diagram which shows the menu list screen.

[Fig. 23]

It is a state transition diagram which shows the detailed display screen of a mode setting screen.

[Fig. 24]

It is a state transition diagram which shows the detailed display screen of the list screen for setting of various modes.

[Fig. 25]

It is a state transition diagram which shows the detailed display screen of a ringer setting screen.

[Fig. 26]

It is a state transition diagram which shows the detailed display screen of a volume setting screen.

[Fig. 27]

It is a state transition diagram used for the explanation of a scroll function.

[Fig. 28]

It is a state transition diagram used for the explanation of a scroll function.

[Fig. 29]

It is a state transition diagram which shows the example of switching from a detailed information display screen to another screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ...... Mobile phone device, 2 ...... Device body, 3 ...... Arm microphone, 4 ...... Speaker, 5 ...... LCD display, 6 ...... Operation keys, 7 ...... CPU, 10 ...... Transmission / reception circuit, 12 ...... Card socket, 13 ...... SIM card.