JP5214940B2 - Mobile terminal device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable terminal device having a housing on which a half mirror that reflects external light and transmits internal light emission is provided by making a reflective film of a mirror transparent.

  Mobile phones on the market today are subject to liquid crystal display screens, organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) panels, or sounds (including vibrations), light, etc. Most are recognizable.

  However, it is possible for the user to recognize all of the details displayed on the screen of the mobile phone, detailed information such as sound, light, etc. Therefore, if the user forgets the detailed information, it is an email whether the incoming call is from the other party. There is no way to know if it is a reception or an alarm.

  In order to solve the above problems, conventionally, a half mirror that behaves like a mirror under a certain condition and behaves like a glass under a certain condition, and the illumination light that is mounted inside the half mirror is used. 2. Description of the Related Art A mobile phone that uses an LED (Light Emitted Diode) to notify an incoming call or mail reception by a pictogram or a color change is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

There is also known a portable terminal device in which an organic EL is provided in a half mirror so that characters displayed on the organic EL are exposed, and a simple appearance can be obtained when no notification is given (for example, Patent Document 2). reference).
JP 2002-051135 A JP 2005-217461 A

  However, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above, since the event occurrence is merely displayed with pictograms and colors rather than display with characters that can be recognized by anyone's eyes, it is not suitable as a notification means. Kindness.

  Further, according to the technique disclosed in Patent Document 2, the above-described problem is solved, but the light emission luminance of the organic EL has a limit, and the ability to notify the user is not high.

  An object of this invention is to provide the portable terminal device which can perform the event alerting | reporting with a low price structure and high visibility.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the portable terminal device of the present invention has a casing mounted with a half mirror that reflects external light and transmits internal light emission by providing a reflective film of a mirror with transparency. A plurality of character light emitting means that are arranged at predetermined positions inside the half mirror and each emits light to display only one predetermined character pattern; Control for switching on / off display of the one character pattern by controlling lighting for each of the plurality of character light emitting means, displaying a word indicating a type for each of a plurality of events, and performing notification for each of the events and means, wherein the control means, when displaying a plurality of said word, respectively, for common characters between the plurality of the word is displayed by lighting the same said character light emitting means.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the portable terminal device which can perform high-visibility event alerting | reporting with a cheap structure without using organic EL can be provided.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a mobile terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the mobile phone 1 is illustrated as a mobile terminal device.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 includes a communication unit 11, an operation unit 12, an audio processing unit 13, a speaker 14, a microphone 15, a main display unit 16, a sub display unit 17, and a storage. The unit 18, the control unit 19, and the LED 171 are configured.

The communication unit 11 captures a plurality of communication systems, for example, according to a communication protocol such as CDMA2000 1x (hereinafter simply referred to as 1x) or EVDO, and a network-side device including a base station connected to a mobile communication network (not shown) Wireless communication between the two.
EVDO communication is faster than 1x communication, and 1x communication is different from EVDO communication in that it supports voice communication in addition to data communication.

  The operation unit 12 includes keys to which various functions are assigned such as a power key, a call key, a numeric key, a character key, a direction key, a determination key, and a call key, and these keys are operated by the user. If so, a signal corresponding to the operation content is generated and input to the control unit 19 as a user instruction.

The audio processing unit 13 processes an audio signal output from the speaker 14 and an audio signal input from the microphone 15.
That is, the sound processing unit 13 amplifies the sound input from the microphone 15, performs analog-digital conversion, further performs signal processing such as encoding, converts it into digital sound data, and outputs it to the control unit 19. .
Further, the audio data supplied from the control unit 19 is subjected to signal processing such as decoding, digital-analog conversion, amplification, etc., converted into an analog audio signal, and output to the speaker 14.

The main display unit 16 is configured using, for example, a display device such as a liquid crystal display panel or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) panel, and displays an image corresponding to a video signal supplied from the control unit 19.
Specifically, the main display unit 16 displays the destination telephone number at the time of outgoing call, the telephone number of the other party at the time of incoming call, a pictographic image such as date, time, remaining battery level, Includes the display of a standby image. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the cellular phone 1 that is a folding type is folded, and the main display portion 16 is provided on the inner side when folded.

Here, the sub display unit 17 is configured using a display device such as an organic EL, and displays pictograms such as information on presence / absence of incoming calls, information on presence / absence of received mail, clock, and remaining battery level.
As shown in FIG. 2, the sub display unit 17 is covered with a half mirror panel 10 (half mirror 174), and the half mirror panel 10 (half mirror 174) It is a so-called “mirror” state where the surrounding scenery is reflected, but when receiving a call or displaying a clock, the light source such as an organic EL or LED mounted inside the housing shines and emerges. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the LED 171 is mounted on an LED substrate 170 disposed adjacent to the organic EL panel as the sub display unit 17. FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the mobile phone 1 and shows a state where a case piece, which is a part of the casing and provided with the half mirror 174, is removed. The frame 100 to which the organic EL panel (sub display unit 17) is attached has an extending portion that extends to the LED substrate 170, and eight LED window portions are formed in the extending portion. . The eight LEDs 171 are mounted on the LED substrate 170 and are respectively accommodated in the LED window portion, and the LEDs 171 are configured such that there is no mutual light interference by the window frame member of the LED window portion. Further, the peripheral edge portion of the frame 100 has a fixing hole portion, and the frame is formed by engaging the fixing hole portion with the claw portion folded on the sheet metal member on the back surface of the main display portion 16 (LCD or the like). 100 positioning and fixing are performed.

  Also, in the drawing, a plurality of LEDs 171 (LED # 1 to LED # 8) are mounted on the LED substrate 170 so that a cross-sectional structure in the vicinity of the LED substrate 170 is shown in a circle, and each LED 171 (LED # 1 to LED # 1) is mounted. The light emitted by # 8) is guided to the half mirror 174 through the transmission member 172 and the casing character frame 173.

Half mirror 174, as is known, by providing a permeability reflecting film of the mirror, to reflect external light, which has to be able to transmit internal light source, which may also be referred to as a dichroic Lee Kkumira .
The cellular phone 1 shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 shows a foldable casing in which an LCD front case 30 and a key front case 40 are formed to be openable and closable via a hinge mechanism 50.

The casing character frame 173 is formed on the rear face of the casing of the mobile phone 1, and here, as shown in FIG. 4, "C", "B", "E", "L", "M" , “A”, “I”, and “L” are cut out in a slit shape so that they appear on the half mirror 174.
That is, “CALL” can be turned on for incoming calls, “EMAIL” can be turned on for emails, “CMAIL” can be turned on for SMS (Short Message Service), and “BELL” can be turned on for alarms. Casing character frame 173 is prepared. What is characteristic of the arrangement of the casing character frames 173 is that the characters “A” and “L” are shared between “MAIL” and “CALL” and a common LED 171 is used, and only “MAIL” is viewed from the left. It can be read to the right (from top to bottom). Also, adjacent to the letter L of “MAIL”, one of the words of other events to be notified is arranged.

Returning to FIG.
The storage unit 18 stores various data used for processing in the control unit 19.
The storage unit 18 includes, for example, an application program executed by the control unit 19, an address book for managing personal information such as a telephone number and an e-mail address of a communication partner, an audio file for reproducing a ring tone and an alarm sound, Holds setting data and temporary data used in the program processing.
The above-described storage unit 18 is configured by, for example, a nonvolatile storage device (flash memory), a randomly accessible storage device (SRAM, DRAM), or the like.

  The control unit 19 comprehensively controls the overall operation of the mobile phone. That is, various processes of the cellular phone (control of voice calls performed via a circuit switching network, creation and transmission / reception of e-mails, browsing of the Internet Web (World Wide Web) site, etc.) according to the operation of the operation unit 12 The operation of each block described above (transmission / reception of signals in the communication unit 11, input / output of audio in the audio processing unit 13, drawing and display of images in the main display unit 16) is controlled so as to be executed in an appropriate procedure. To do.

  The control unit 19 includes a computer (microprocessor) that executes processing based on a program (operating system, application program, etc.) stored in the storage unit 18, and performs the above-described processing according to a procedure instructed in this program. Run. That is, instruction codes are sequentially read from programs such as an operating system and application programs stored in the storage unit 18 to execute processing.

The control unit 19 also detects the occurrence of an event such as e-mail reception, incoming call, or alarm, and the light emission pattern of the LED 171 as a character light-emitting means depending on the type of the detected event (e-mail reception, incoming call, or alarm). It also functions as a control means for controlling the lighting to notify the event.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 19 includes an event detection unit 191, an event type determination unit 192, a light emission pattern control unit 193, and a response monitoring unit 194. And a light emission pattern selection unit 195.

  The event detection unit 191 detects the occurrence of an event such as an incoming call, mail reception, or alarm, and delivers it to the event type determination unit 192.

  The event type determination unit 192 determines the type of event that has occurred and activates the lighting control of the LED 171 by the light emission pattern control unit 193.

  The light emission pattern control unit 193 performs event notification by lighting control of each LED 171 (LED # 1 to LED # 8) with a predetermined light emission pattern according to the event type determined by the event type determination unit 192.

  In addition, as a light emission pattern, the pattern which makes the word which means the event which should be alert | reported sequentially light-emit one character at a time, and the pattern which makes the character which specifies the word which means the event which should be alert | reported light simultaneously and with some time difference emitted. Two shall be prepared as a minimum. Details will be described later with reference to the light emission patterns shown in FIGS.

  On the other hand, the response monitoring unit 194 performs response monitoring by key operation (incoming call button, mail button, etc.) of the operation unit 12 after the light emission pattern control unit 193 notifies the LED 171 of an event. By this response monitoring, the light emission pattern control unit 193 can control the continuation and termination of LED lighting.

  The light emission pattern selection unit 195 provides a user interface that entrusts the user to select a light emission pattern. For example, the type of light emission pattern prepared in advance is displayed on the main display unit 16 to prompt the user to make a selection input, The selected pattern can be stored in the storage unit by the user's selection input operation using the unit 12, and the light emission pattern control unit 193 can be instructed to control the lighting of the LED 171 by the corresponding light emission pattern.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of waiting for an incoming call of the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
Hereinafter, the operation of the portable terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 at the time of waiting for an incoming call will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, it is assumed that an event to be notified to the user, such as e-mail reception, incoming call, alarm occurrence, SMS reception, or the like has occurred. At this time, in the control unit 19, the event detection unit 191 detects the occurrence of these events, and hands them over to the event type determination unit 192 (step S 41).
The event type determination unit 192 determines the type of event that has occurred according to the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 and delivers it to the light emission pattern control unit 193 (step S42).

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7, for example, the event type determination unit 192 first determines whether or not the generated event is an email reception (step S421), and if it is an email reception (step S421 " If “Yes”), control A is performed to enable lighting of EMAIL in the sub display unit 17 prepared in advance for e-mail reception notification. If no e-mail is received (step S421 “Yes”), then the error occurred. It is determined whether or not the event is an incoming call (step S422).
Here, if the event that has occurred is an incoming call (step S422 “Yes”), the event type determination unit 192 performs a control B that enables the CALL lighting of the sub display unit 17 prepared in advance for incoming call notification. If the incoming call is not received (step S422 “No”), it is determined whether the generated event is an alarm (step S423).

Here, if the event that has occurred is an alarm (step S423 “Yes”), the event type determination unit 192 performs a control C that enables the BELL lighting of the sub display unit 17 prepared in advance for alarm notification. If it is not an alarm (step S423 “Yes”), it is determined whether the generated event is SMS (short message service) (step S424).
Here, if the event that has occurred is SMS (step S424 “Yes”), the event type determination unit 192 performs a control D that enables lighting of CMAIL of the sub display unit 17 prepared in advance for SMS notification. If it is not SMS (step S424 “No”), it shifts to a standby state (step S425). Note that the order of event determination is arbitrary.

The description will be shifted to the standby flowchart shown in FIG.
As described above, after determining the event type (step S42), the light emission pattern control unit 193 identifies the light emission pattern based on the event type (step S43), and the LED 171 of the sub display unit 17 is turned on according to the light emission pattern. Event notification is performed by performing control (step S44).

After the event notification to the sub display unit 17 described above, the response monitoring unit 194 performs response monitoring such as key input by the operation unit 12. When the response monitoring unit 194 detects a response (step S45 “Yes”), the light emission pattern control unit 193 stops the lighting control of the LED 171 and ends the standby process (step S47).
When there is no response (step S45 “No”), the response monitoring unit 194 continues the lighting control until a timeout is detected by further timer monitoring of the response monitoring unit 194 (step S46 “No”, step S44). The light emission pattern control unit 193 waits for a response (step S45 “Yes”) or timeout detection (step S46 “Yes”), and ends the above-described series of processing.

  Although not shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 6 and 7, the light emission pattern selection unit 195 displays the type of the light emission pattern on the main display unit 16 and prompts the user to make a selection input. Waiting for the user's selection input operation, the lighting pattern control unit 193 is instructed to control the lighting of the LED 171 by the corresponding lighting pattern.

  8 to 9 show selectable light emission patterns. 8 is a light emission pattern of “EMAIL” display when receiving an e-mail, FIG. 9 is a light emission pattern of “CALL” display during an incoming call, and FIG. 10 is a light emission pattern of “BELL” display when an alarm is generated. It is.

In each case, 11 types of light emission patterns are prepared, and ON / OFF of the LEDs 171 (# 1 to # 8) for each light emission pattern (patterns # 1 to # 11) is shown in time series in the horizontal direction (filled). The location is ON).
For example, in the “EMAIL” display at the time of EMAIL reception in FIG. 8, the pattern # 10 includes characters “E”, “M”, “A”, “I”, “L” as shown in FIG. "Is a pattern in which light is sequentially displayed one character at a time, and pattern # 11 is a pattern in which the light emission period is changed five times continuously as shown in FIG. 8B.
Also, in the selectable light emission pattern of “CALL” display during the incoming call in FIG. 9, pattern # 6 repeatedly displays the light emission patterns of characters “C”, “A”, “L”, and “L” sequentially. It is a pattern. These patterns can be selected by the user.

As described above, according to the mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 19 (control unit) detects the occurrence of an event, and the predetermined provided in the half mirror according to the type of the detected event. A highly visible event in which the content of the notification can be revealed to anyone's eyes by displaying the event by controlling the lighting of the light emission pattern of the sub display unit 17 (character light emitting means) that emits light to the character pattern. Notification can be performed.
Further, by adding movement to the light emission pattern, a variety of light emission patterns can be provided, and it is possible to provide an entertaining and informative notification form.
In addition, since the LED is brighter than the organic EL, it is possible to easily improve the light emission luminance, and even an inexpensive portable terminal device can make event notification more noticeable to the user. Therefore, it is possible to have a simple appearance when standing by.

  In addition, according to the above-described mobile terminal device according to the embodiment of the present invention, only the mobile phone 1 is illustrated as the mobile terminal device. However, for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), an electronic notebook, a game having the same configuration is used. The present invention can be similarly applied to a case where it is mounted on a machine or a notebook PC.

  1 may be realized entirely by software, or at least a part thereof may be realized by hardware. For example, data processing in the event detection unit 191, event type determination unit 192, light emission pattern control unit 193, response monitoring unit 194, and light emission pattern selection unit 195 may be realized on a computer by one or more programs. , At least a part thereof may be realized by hardware.

It is an internal structure block diagram of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an external view of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a disassembled perspective view of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the internal structure of the control shown in FIG. It is the block diagram which expanded and showed the function of the internal structure of the control part shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement at the time of the standby of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed procedure of the event classification determination process shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the light emission pattern at the time of the email reception used with the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the light emission pattern during an incoming call used with the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the light emission pattern at the time of the alarm generation used with the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile phone, 10 ... Half mirror panel, 11 ... Communication part, 12 ... Operation part, 13 ... Audio | voice processing part, 14 ... Speaker, 15 ... Microphone, 16 ... Main display part, 17 ... Sub display part, 18 ... Memory | storage , 19 ... control unit, 40 ... LCD front case, 50 ... hinge mechanism, 100 ... frame (organic EL), 160 ... LCD substrate, 170 ... LED substrate, 171 ... LED (LED # 1 to LED # 8), 172 Transmissive member, 173, casing character frame, 174, half mirror, 191, event detection unit, 192, event type determination unit, 193, light emission pattern control unit, 194, response monitoring unit, 195, light emission pattern selection unit.

Claims (1)

A mobile terminal device having a housing on which a half mirror that reflects external light and transmits internal light emission is mounted by providing transparency to the reflective film of the mirror,
The housing is
A plurality of character light emitting means arranged at predetermined positions on the inner side of the half mirror, each of which emits light to display only one predetermined character pattern;
Control for switching on / off display of the one character pattern by controlling lighting for each of the plurality of character light emitting means, displaying a word indicating a type for each of a plurality of events, and performing notification for each of the events and means, the,
The control means includes
When each of the plurality of words is displayed, the same character light emitting unit is turned on and displayed for a common character between the plurality of words .

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