JP5218975B2 - Terminal device and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention has a plurality of light emitting elements arranged linearly on the surface of the apparatus main body, and uses the afterimage effect by driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series in accordance with the shaking speed of the apparatus main body. The present invention relates to a terminal device and a program for displaying information.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, electronic devices that display information using an afterimage effect by linearly arranging light emitting elements such as LEDs (light emitting diodes) in a casing and causing the light emitting elements to emit light in accordance with the speed at which the apparatus body is shaken are known. It has been. For example, a toy that displays a message such as a picture or text by using an afterimage effect when the apparatus body is shaken, and a technique that allows the type of a blinking pattern to be selected by a switch is known. (See Patent Document 1).
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However, in the above-described prior art, information to be displayed is selected from a plurality of information by a switch. For example, when information to be displayed can be arbitrarily selected from many types. For example, if priority is given to reducing the number of operations, more switches are required, and if priority is given to reducing the number of switches, more switches need to be operated.

An object of the present invention is to perform a plurality of light emitting elements in time series in accordance with a speed at which the apparatus main body is shaken, and when performing information display using an afterimage effect, only by shaking the apparatus main body, Desired information can be selected and displayed.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention described in claim 1 has a plurality of light emitting elements linearly arranged on the surface of the apparatus main body and a communication function, and is adapted to the speed at which the apparatus main body is shaken. A terminal device that displays information using afterimage effects by driving a plurality of light emitting elements in time series, and detects whether the communication function is receiving when the device body is shaken Means, and when the state detection means detects that the communication function is receiving, a selection means for selecting information relating to the communication partner as display target information , and display target information selected by the selection means Display control means for driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series in accordance with the light emission pattern and the speed of shaking the apparatus main body.

In order to solve the above-described problem, the invention described in claim 2 has a plurality of light emitting elements linearly arranged on the surface of the apparatus main body and a content reproduction function, and is adapted to the speed at which the apparatus main body is shaken. A terminal device that displays information using an afterimage effect by driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series, and detects whether the content playback function is operating when the device body is shaken A state detection unit; a selection unit that selects information about the content as display target information when the state detection unit detects that the content reproduction function is in operation; and a display selected by the selection unit And display control means for driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series in accordance with the light emission pattern of the target information and the speed of shaking the apparatus main body.

Further, in order to solve the above-described problem, the invention according to claim 3 provides a computer with a communication function and a plurality of light emitting elements linearly arranged on the surface of the apparatus main body at a speed at which the apparatus main body shakes. A function for displaying information using an afterimage effect by driving in time series together, a function for detecting whether the communication function is receiving when the main body of the apparatus is shaken, and a function for receiving the communication If it is being is detected, the function of selecting the information about the communication partner as a display target information to obtain a light emission pattern of the selected display object information, the speed at which shake this emission pattern device body In addition, a program for realizing the function of driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series is characterized.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a content reproduction function and a speed at which the plurality of light emitting elements linearly arranged on the surface of the apparatus main body are shaken with respect to the computer. A function for displaying information using an afterimage effect by driving in time series according to the time, a function for detecting whether or not the content playback function is operating when the apparatus body is shaken, and the content playback When it is detected that the function is in operation, a function for selecting information related to the content as display target information and a light emission pattern of the selected display target information are acquired, and the light emission pattern and the apparatus main body are shaken. And a program for realizing a function of driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series according to speed.

According to the present invention, when information display using the afterimage effect is performed by driving a plurality of light emitting elements in time series according to the speed at which the apparatus main body is shaken, the apparatus main body is merely shaken, and thus, Therefore, desired information can be selected and displayed, and operability is improved.

(Embodiment 1)
The first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
This embodiment exemplifies a case where the present invention is applied to a mobile phone as a terminal device. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing basic components of the mobile phone.
This mobile phone has a foldable configuration, in addition to calling function, e-mail function, Internet connection function (Web access function), answering machine recording function, incoming call history function, outgoing call history function, music playback function, camera function, TV function It has various functions such as a schedule function. The control unit 1 operates by supplying power from the power supply unit 2 including a secondary battery, and controls the overall operation of the mobile phone according to various programs in the storage unit 3. Are provided with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a memory.

The storage unit 3 is an internal memory such as a ROM or a RAM, and has a program area and a data area. In this program area, the present embodiment is realized in accordance with operation procedures shown in FIGS. A program for storing data is stored, and a case state table CT and an operation state table MT, which will be described later, are stored in the data area. The storage unit 3 may include a removable portable memory (recording medium) such as an SD card or an IC card. The display unit 4 is a high-definition display device using liquid crystal, organic EL, or the like, and displays numerical values, characters, standby images, television images, and the like. The operation unit 5 performs dial input, character input, command input, and the like. The control unit 1 performs various processes such as a transmission process and a mail transmission process as processes according to an operation signal from the operation unit 5. Execute.

The communication unit 6 includes a radio unit, a baseband unit, a demultiplexing unit, and the like, for example, for transmitting and receiving data to and from the nearest base station during the operation of the call function, the e-mail function, and the Internet connection function. During operation of the call function, a signal is acquired from the receiving side of the baseband unit and demodulated into a received baseband signal, and then the sound is output from the speaker SP for calling via the telephone unit 7, and the input sound from the calling microphone MC is also output. Data is fetched from the telephone unit 7 and encoded into a transmission baseband signal, which is then given to the transmission side of the baseband unit and transmitted from the antenna. The answering machine recording function described above is a function for recording a voice message of the other party when there is no response at the time of incoming call (in the case of a missed call). The incoming call history function is a function for storing the incoming call date and time and other party information at the time of an incoming call, and the outgoing call history function is a function for storing the outgoing call date and time and the other party information at the time of outgoing call.

The music playback unit 8 constitutes a music player, reads out music content arbitrarily selected by a user operation, and outputs it from a sound speaker (not shown). The image pickup unit 9 constitutes a camera function capable of shooting a moving image in addition to still image shooting. In addition to a lens / mirror block such as a shooting lens, an image sensor, and a driving system thereof, a distance measuring sensor, a light amount sensor, an analog A processing circuit, a signal processing circuit, a compression / decompression circuit, and the like are provided, and the optical zoom is adjusted and controlled, and auto-focus drive control, shutter drive control, exposure, white balance, and the like are controlled. The TV broadcast receiving unit 10 constitutes a TV function that can be received together with terrestrial digital TV broadcasts including program information such as an electronic program guide (EPG), and is connected to a TV antenna to extract broadcast signals. The receiving unit (analog circuit unit) and the received broadcast signal are demodulated by OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), or the multiplexed broadcast signal is separated into video, audio, and data (character data) and decoded. It has a digital circuit section.

The light emitting unit 11 has a configuration in which a plurality of (for example, twelve) light emitting elements (LEDs) are arranged linearly (in a line). The control unit 1 displays information using the afterimage effect by sequentially driving the light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 in time series in accordance with the speed of shaking the apparatus main body. The display target information displayed on the light emitting unit 11 is selected from various information such as the current time measured by the clock unit 12, schedule information, mail information, call history, presence / absence of voice mail recording, and the like. Information.

The acceleration sensor 13 is composed of a three-axis type acceleration sensor, and detects the orientation of the apparatus body, detects the swing direction when the apparatus body is shaken, and determines the acceleration when the apparatus body is shaken. Or detect. When it is detected by the acceleration sensor 13 that the apparatus main body has been shaken, the control unit 1 matches the light emission pattern of the display target information with the arrangement direction of the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 according to the speed at which the apparatus main body is shaken. The plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are sequentially driven to be lit in time series while being sequentially cut out. The style detection unit 14 detects the style of the apparatus main body according to the connection state of a plurality of casings constituting the apparatus main body. For example, the style detection unit 14 includes a magnetic sensor, a micro switch, a mechanical switch, and the like. 1 determines each style of the apparatus main body based on each detection signal from the style detection unit 14.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the mobile phone.
The mobile phone is a foldable one in which an operation unit casing A and a display unit casing B constituting the apparatus main body are foldably attached via a hinge part C. FIG. 2 (1) shows an operation unit casing. A closed style in a state where the body A and the display unit housing B are folded is shown, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an open style in a state where the folding is opened. On the outer surface side of the display unit casing B, a plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 constituting the light emitting unit 11 are arranged in a line. In other words, on the outer surface of the display unit casing B having a vertically long rectangle, a plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are arranged in a row in parallel with the long side direction on the center line in the short side direction. 2 (2), the operation unit 5 shown in FIG. 1 is arranged on the inner surface side of the operation unit housing A, and the inner surface side of the display unit housing B is shown in FIG. A display unit 4 is arranged.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the orientation of the apparatus main body having a vertically long rectangle.
In a state where the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are linearly arranged by arranging the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 along a rectangular diagonal line on the surface of the apparatus main body, For each side of the main body, the state in which the side faces the vertical direction is detected as the orientation of the apparatus main body. That is, in the three-dimensional space coordinate system, when the short side direction corresponds to the X-axis direction, the long side direction corresponds to the Z-axis direction, and the thickness direction corresponds to the Y-axis direction. The control unit 1 determines the orientation of the apparatus main body depending on whether the gravity direction G detected by the acceleration sensor 13 is the plus Z-axis direction or the minus Z-axis direction, or the plus X-axis direction or the minus X-axis direction. I am doing so.

Here, FIG. 3A is a case where the gravity direction G is the plus Z-axis direction, and in this case, it is determined as “vertically long positive”. 3 (2) shows that the gravity direction G is in the minus Z-axis direction, and is determined as “reverse longitudinally”, and FIG. 3 (3) shows that the gravity direction G is in the plus X-axis direction. 3 (4) is a case where the gravity direction G is in the minus X-axis direction, and is determined as “reverse landscape orientation”.
In addition, when the swing direction is “vertically forward” and “vertically reverse”, “right” and “left” are detected, and when “horizontal forward” and “landscape reverse” "Direction" and "Downward" are detected.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example when the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are driven in time series in accordance with the speed of shaking the apparatus main body.
That is, in the figure, when the orientation of the apparatus main body is swung from left to right with “vertically long”, the current time (for example, 16:57) is image-recognized in space by the afterimage effect. Therefore, the control unit 1 drives each of the light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 in time series while sequentially cutting out the light emission pattern at the current time (16:57) for each line according to the speed at which the apparatus body is shaken. ing. In the figure, among the light emitting elements LED1 to LED12, the light emitting elements filled in with black indicate light emitting dots, and in the example shown in the figure, “1” at the current time (16:57) is divided into five lines for light emission display. Shows the case.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the housing state table CT.
The housing state table CT is a table that stores what information is displayed on the light emitting unit 11 according to the style when the apparatus main body is shaken and the direction of the apparatus main body. The “style”, “direction”, Each item includes “swing direction” and “display target information”. “Style” indicates the style of the apparatus main body, and is a closed style in which the operation unit casing A and the display unit casing B are folded or an open style in which the folding is opened. “Direction” indicates the direction of the apparatus main body, and is “vertically long”, “vertically long”, “horizontal forward”, and “horizontal reverse” shown in FIGS. 3 (1) to (4). is there. The “swing direction” indicates one of up, down, left and right directions, and “display target information” indicates information displayed on the light emitting unit 11.

For example, when the “style” is “closed style” and the “direction” is “vertically positive”, and the “swing direction” is “right”, the housing state table CT indicates “display target information”. “Current time” is displayed, and “current date” is displayed when “swing direction” is “left direction”. In “Closed Style”, when “Orientation” is “Vertical Reverse” and “Ring Direction” is “Right”, “Recording Answer” is displayed as “Display Object Information”, If the “direction” is “left”, “missed call presence / absence” is displayed. In “Closed Style”, when “Direction” is “Landscape Orientation” and “Swing Direction” is “Upward”, “Latest Call Source” is displayed as “Display Target Information”, and “ If “swing direction” is “downward”, the “date and time of incoming call” is displayed. Also, in “Closed Style”, when “Direction” is “Landscape”, if “Swing Direction” is “Upward”, “Latest Call Destination” is displayed as “Display Target Information”, and “ If “swing direction” is “downward”, “date and time of latest call transmission” is displayed.

If “Style” is “Open Style” and “Orientation” is “Portrait”, and “Swing Direction” is “Right”, “Here” is displayed as “Display Target Information”. If “swing direction” is “left”, “wait a moment” is displayed. In addition, when “Style” is “Open Style” and “Direction” is “Vertical Reverse”, if “Swing Direction” is “Right”, “Phone” is displayed as “Display Target Information”. If “swing direction” is “left”, “please come” is displayed. Also, in “Open Style”, when “Direction” is “Landscape”, and “Swing Direction” is “Upward”, “Good Morning” is displayed as “Display Target Information” and “Swing Direction” but if "under the direction", to display the "Hello". In “Open Style”, when “Direction” is “Landscape”, if “Swing Direction” is “Upward”, “Good evening” is displayed as “Display Target Information” and “Swing Direction” If is “down”, “goodbye” is displayed.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the operation state table MT.
The operation state table MT is a table that stores information indicating what information is to be displayed on the light emitting unit 11 according to the state of the currently operating function when the apparatus main body is shaken. It has a configuration having items of “function status” and “display target information”. “Function status during operation” indicates the current status such as a call function, a music playback function, a camera function, a TV function, for example, “incoming call”, “playing music”, “receiving TV”, etc. It is. “Display target information” indicates information displayed on the light emitting unit 11 and includes, for example, “source”, “song name”, “program name”, and the like.

Next, the operation concept of the mobile phone according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Here, each function described in these flowcharts is stored in the form of a readable program code, and operations according to the program code are sequentially executed. In addition, the operation according to the above-described program code transmitted via the transmission medium can be sequentially executed. This also applies to other embodiments described later, and in addition to the recording medium, an operation specific to this embodiment can be executed using a program / data supplied externally via a transmission medium.

FIG. 7 and FIG. 8 are flowcharts showing an outline of the overall operation of the mobile phone that is started to be executed when the power is turned on (on).
First, after performing initial processing such as clearing a predetermined memory (step A1 in FIG. 7), the control unit 1 enters a standby state for incoming calls (step A2). Then, in this standby state, the communication unit 6 checks whether there is an incoming call (step A3). When a call incoming is detected (YES in step A3), whether the display unit 4 is in an inoperative state (display off state). Inspect (step A4), if the display is in the off state (YES in step A4), after the display unit 4 is set in the operating state (display on state) (step A5), the light emitting unit 11 is driven to emit the light emitting elements LED1 to LED12. The incoming call display such as blinking sequentially is performed to notify that the incoming call is being received (step A6).

Then, it is checked whether the apparatus main body has been shaken in order to display information on the light emitting unit 11 in accordance with the state of the currently operating function (step A7). In this case, it is checked whether or not the apparatus main body is shaken based on the detection result from the acceleration sensor 13, but if the apparatus main body is not shaken and no information display from the light emitting unit 11 is instructed (NO in step A7), line connection In response to the off-hook operation to be performed (YES in step A10), a call process for making a call available is started (step A11). Thereafter, in response to the on-hook operation (YES in step A12), after the line disconnection process is executed (step A13), the process returns to the standby state (step A2).

Further, when the main body of the apparatus is shaken at the time of an incoming call (YES in step A7), it is checked whether the acceleration is equal to or higher than a threshold (step A8). If the acceleration is equal to or greater than the threshold (YES in step A8), the state of the currently operating function is detected (step A9). Since the function status during operation is notification of incoming calls, search for “status of function in operation” in the operation status table MT based on the notification of incoming call, and display the corresponding “display target information”. As the information indicating the “display object information”, a dot pattern (light emission pattern) of the “source” (for example, the name or telephone number of the other party) is generated and the light emission pattern and the apparatus main body are shaken. Information display using the afterimage effect is performed by driving the light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 of the light emitting unit 11 in time series according to the speed (step A10). Thereafter, in response to the off-hook operation (YES in step A11), call processing is started (step A12).

On the other hand, at the timing when there is no incoming call (NO in step A3), it is checked whether the apparatus main body has been shaken based on the detection result from the acceleration sensor 13 (step A15), or whether a predetermined time has passed without any operation. It is checked (step A17 in FIG. 8), whether a music playback operation has been performed (step A19), or whether other operations have been performed (step A27). Now, when the apparatus main body is shaken (YES in step A15 in FIG. 7), guide information is displayed on the display unit 4 according to the direction of the apparatus main body and the direction of the shake, or predetermined information is displayed on the light emitting unit 11. The process proceeds to information display processing for display (step A16).

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the information display process (step A16 in FIG. 7) in detail.
First, the control unit 1 checks whether the acceleration when the apparatus main body is shaken is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value (step B1). Here, when the manner of swinging the apparatus main body is small and weak, the acceleration is less than the threshold value (NO in step B2). Therefore, the process proceeds to step B7, and is the open style based on the detection result from the style detection unit 14? If it is an open style, it is checked whether the display unit 4 is in a non-operating state (display off state) (step 8B). Step B9),

The direction of the apparatus body is detected according to whether the gravity direction G detected by the acceleration sensor 13 is the plus Z-axis direction or the minus Z-axis direction, or the plus X-axis direction or the minus X-axis direction (step B10). ). Then, the housing state table CT is searched according to the orientation of the apparatus main body, the “swing direction” corresponding to the orientation is accessed, and the “display target information” associated with the “swing direction” on the top, bottom, left and right Is displayed on the display unit 4 as guide information for each “swing direction” (step B11).

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a display example of guide information.
FIG. 10 (1) shows guide information in the case of “vertical and positive direction”. In addition to the left and right arrow display, the information “Wait a minute” and “Here” is displayed in association with the arrow information. FIG. 10 (2) shows guide information in the case of “vertically reversed”, and information on “Please come” and “I am a phone” is displayed in association with the left and right arrow display. 10 (3) shows the guide information when the "Horizontal positive direction", the vertical arrows displayed in association therewith "Good morning", the information of the "Hello" is displayed. FIG. 10 (4) shows guide information in the case of “landscape reverse direction”, and information on “good evening” and “goodbye” is displayed in association with the vertical arrow display.

On the other hand, if the acceleration when the apparatus main body is shaken is equal to or greater than a preset threshold value (YES in step B1), the current style is detected based on the detection result from the style detection unit 14 (step B2). . Then, the orientation of the apparatus body is detected according to whether the gravity direction G detected by the acceleration sensor 13 is the plus Z-axis direction or the minus Z-axis direction, the plus X-axis direction or the minus X-axis direction (step B3). Then, the swayed direction (swing direction) is detected (step B4), and it is checked whether the swayed direction is a direction substantially orthogonal to the arrangement direction of the light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 constituting the light emitting unit 11 (step B4). B5).

Here, if the shaken direction is not a direction substantially orthogonal to the arrangement direction of the light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 (NO in step B5), the information display process in FIG. 9 is completed, and the step in FIG. Returning to A2, the standby state is entered, but if the direction is substantially orthogonal (YES in step B5), the housing state table CT is searched based on the style, orientation, and swing direction detected as described above. “Display target information” corresponding to them is read out, and the dot pattern (light emission pattern) is generated according to this “display target information”, and the light emission of the light emitting unit 11 according to the speed of shaking the light emission pattern and the apparatus main body. Information display using the afterimage effect is performed by driving the elements LED1 to LED12 in time series (step B6).

For example, if it is swinging in the closed style, portrait orientation and right direction, the information indicating “current time” is displayed in a flashing manner. If it is swinging in the closed style, portrait orientation reverse and left direction, "Is displayed in a light-emitting manner, and information indicating" the latest call transmission date and time "is displayed in a light-emitting manner when the closed style, the horizontally long reverse direction, and the downward swing. In addition, if it is swinging in the open style, portrait orientation, or rightward, “Here” is displayed. If it is swinging in the open style, landscape orientation, or upward, “Good evening” is displayed. The

When such information display processing (step A16 in FIG. 7) is completed, the process returns to step A2 in FIG. 7 and enters a standby state. On the other hand, when it is detected that the predetermined time has passed in the non-operation state (YES in step A17 in FIG. 8), the display unit 4 is turned off (step A18), and then the process returns to step A2 in FIG. Become. If a playback operation for instructing music playback is performed (YES in step A19), music playback processing is executed, and an operation of playing back and outputting the selected music content is started (step A20). Then, based on the detection result from the acceleration sensor 13, it is checked whether or not the apparatus main body has been shaken (step A21). If not shaken, the process proceeds to step 25 to check whether or not an end operation for instructing the end of music playback has been performed. Thereafter, the process returns to step A20 described above until the end operation is performed, and the music reproduction process is continued.

If the main body of the apparatus is shaken during such music playback (YES in step A21), it is checked whether the acceleration is equal to or higher than the threshold value (step A22). Is greater than or equal to the threshold value (YES in step A22), the state of the function currently being operated is detected in response to the swing operation (step A23). In this case, music is being played back, and “song name” is set in the operation state table MT as “display target information” corresponding to the music, so that the name of the currently playing music is displayed in a flashing manner (step A24). In this case, the title of the music currently being played back is acquired, the dot pattern (light emission pattern) is generated according to the music title, and the light emitting element LED1 of the light emitting unit 11 is matched with the speed of shaking the light emission pattern and the apparatus body. -The information display using the afterimage effect is performed by driving the LEDs 12 in time series. Thereafter, when an end operation is performed (YES in step A25), an end process for ending music reproduction is executed (step A26), and then the process returns to step A2 in FIG. 7 and enters a standby state.

When other operations such as an operation for instructing activation of the television broadcast receiving unit 10 are performed (YES in step A27 in FIG. 8), processing according to the operation (for example, television reception output processing) (Step A28), it is checked whether the apparatus main body has been shaken (step A29). If not, the process proceeds to step A33 to check whether an end operation for instructing the end of the process has been performed. The process returns to the above-described step A28 until the end operation is performed, and the process according to the operation is continued. When the apparatus body is shaken (YES in step A29), it is checked whether the acceleration is equal to or higher than the threshold (step A30). If the acceleration is lower than the threshold, the process proceeds to step A33. In response to this swinging operation, the state of the currently operating function is detected (step A31).

Then, the operation state table MT is searched based on the state of the currently operating function, the corresponding “display target information” is read, and the dot pattern (light emission pattern) is generated according to this “display target information”. The information display using the afterimage effect is performed by driving the light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 of the light emitting unit 11 in time series in accordance with the light emission pattern and the speed of shaking the apparatus main body (step A32). For example, if the function currently in operation is receiving TV, the “program name” is flashed, the program name currently being received is flashed, and if the captured image is being displayed, the shooting date is flashed. Display. Thereafter, when an end operation is performed (YES in step A33), the processing corresponding to this operation is ended (step A34), and then the process returns to step A2 in FIG. 7 and enters a standby state.

As described above, in the first embodiment, the control unit 1 selects the display target information according to the state when the acceleration sensor 13 detects that the apparatus main body is shaken, and the display target information Since information display using the afterimage effect is performed by driving a plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 in time series in accordance with the light emission pattern and the speed at which the apparatus body is shaken, there are many types by simply shaking the apparatus body. It is possible to select and display the desired information from among the above, improving the operability by eliminating the need to select the information, and eliminating the need for a selection switch, which is advantageous in terms of mounting. Will be expensive.

Since the acceleration sensor 13 detects the swing direction of the apparatus body and selects display target information according to the swing direction, it is easy to obtain desired information from many types only by being aware of the swing direction. Can be selected.

Since the acceleration sensor 13 detects the orientation of the apparatus main body and selects display target information according to this orientation, it is easy to obtain desired information from many types only by being aware of the orientation of the apparatus main body. Can be selected.

The acceleration sensor 13 detects the swing direction of the apparatus body, detects the orientation of the apparatus body, and selects display target information according to the swing direction and direction. The number of selectable information can be increased accordingly.

Since the style detection unit 14 detects the style of the apparatus main body and selects display target information according to this style, it is easy to select desired information from many types only by being aware of the style. can do.

The acceleration sensor 13 detects the swing direction of the apparatus main body and also detects the orientation of the apparatus main body. The style detection unit 14 detects the style of the apparatus main body, and display target information according to the swing direction, orientation, and style. The number of pieces of information that can be selected can be increased depending on the combination of the swing direction, orientation, and style.

Since the state of the function being operated is detected when the apparatus main body is shaken, and the display target information is selected according to the function state, information suitable for the current function state can be selected. That is, if the function currently being operated is receiving a call, information regarding the caller can be selected as display target information, and if the music is being played, the song name of the content can be selected as display target information. it can.

Since “swing direction” and “display target information” are associated with each other according to the orientation of the apparatus main body and displayed on the display unit 4 as guide information, what information should be shaken in which direction in the current orientation. Can be confirmed in advance.

In the first embodiment described above, on the outer surface of the display unit housing B, the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are arranged in a row in parallel with the long side direction on the center line in the short side direction. A plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 may be arranged in a row in parallel with the short side direction on the center line in the long side direction of the display unit housing B.

In the first embodiment, the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are arranged in a line. However, the light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are arranged in a line in two lines or in a line in three lines. Good. In addition, the arrangement method and the number of the plurality of light emitting elements are arbitrary.

(Embodiment 2).
A second embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.
In the first embodiment described above, on the outer surface of the display unit housing B, the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are arranged in a row in parallel with the long side direction on the center line in the short side direction. In the second embodiment, a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged linearly (in a line) in an oblique direction. Here, in both the embodiments, the same or the same names are denoted by the same reference numerals, the description thereof will be omitted, and the following description will focus on the features of the second embodiment. .

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which a plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 constituting the light emitting unit 11 are arranged in an oblique line on the outer surface side of the display unit housing B in the second embodiment.
That is, by arranging a plurality (12) of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 along the rectangular diagonal line on the surface of the display unit casing B having a rectangular shape (vertically long rectangle), the plurality of light emitting elements LED1. -LED12 is arrange | positioned at diagonally one line. Here, when the plurality of light emitting elements arranged in a diagonal line are inclined in the right-down direction, the inclination is 30 degrees or 60 degrees with respect to the vertical direction. In the first embodiment, the apparatus main body is swung in a direction (vertical direction or horizontal direction) orthogonal to the arrangement direction of the plurality of light emitting elements. However, in the first embodiment, the apparatus main body is divided into four. A plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are arranged in an oblique line so that the apparatus main body can be swung in a direction (up / down / left / right direction).

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a display example when the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are driven in time series in accordance with the speed of shaking the apparatus main body in the second embodiment.
That is, in FIG. 12, as in FIG. 4 of the first embodiment, when the apparatus main body is shaken from the left to the right, the current time (for example, 16:57) is recognized in space by the afterimage effect. It shows the state. The illustrated example illustrates a case where the light emitting element LED12 is driven to emit light according to a dot pattern sequentially cut out for each line from the lower left portion of “1” of the light emission pattern of “16:57”.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a housing state table CT in the second embodiment.
As in the first embodiment described above, the housing state table CT is configured to include items of “style”, “direction”, “swing direction”, and “display target information”. In the first embodiment, While the “swing direction” is two directions, in the second embodiment, the “swing direction” is four directions, and accordingly, the number of “display target information” is twice that of the first embodiment. Become. That is, the number of selectable information is 16 types in one style, and 32 types in the closed style and the open style.
The operation state table MT of the second embodiment is the same as the operation state table MT of FIG. 6 shown in the first embodiment.

For example, if “Style” is “Closed Style” and “Direction” is “Portrait”, and “Swing Direction” is “Upward”, “Recording Answering Information” is displayed as “Display Object Information”. If it is “downward”, “absence notification presence / absence” is displayed, if it is “right”, “current time” is displayed, and if it is “leftward”, “current date” is displayed. . Also, when “Style” is “Closed Style” and “Direction” is “Longitudinal Reverse”, “Manner Mode Setting”, “Dilly Alarm Time”, “Last Time” corresponding to “Up / Down / Left / Right” of “Swing Direction” Display "Schedule title" and "Last schedule date". In addition, when “Style” is “Closed Style” and “Direction” is “Landscape”, “Latest Call Source”, “Latest Call Arrival Date”, etc. are displayed according to “Swing Direction”. When “Direction” is “Landscape Reverse”, “Latest call destination”, “Latest call origination date”,...

If “Style” is “Open Style” and “Direction” is “Portrait”, and “Swing Direction” is “Upward”, “Phone” is displayed as “Display Target Information”. If “down”, “Please come” is displayed, if “right”, “Here” is displayed, if “left”, “Wait a minute” is displayed. . Also, in the "style" is "open style", if the "direction" is "vertically reversed", according to the "swing direction" "Good morning", "Hello", to display the ..., also, "direction" is In the case of “Longitudinal forward”, “Front”, “Back”, etc. are displayed according to “Swing direction”, and when “Direction” is “Landscape reverse”, “ Display "Up", "Down", ...

Also in the second embodiment configured as described above, similarly to the first embodiment described above, the operation according to the flowcharts of FIGS. 7 and 8 is executed when the power is turned on. That is, when the apparatus main body is shaken (YES in step A14 in FIG. 7), guide information is displayed on the display unit 4 according to the direction of the apparatus main body and the direction of the shake, or predetermined information is displayed on the light emitting unit 11. (Step A15). This information display process is executed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 9, and in this second embodiment, the direction of shaking the apparatus main body may be any of the upper, lower, left, and right directions, and thus the light emitting element LED1 constituting the light emitting unit 11. The flowchart excluding Step B for checking whether the direction swung with respect to the arrangement direction of the LEDs 12 is a substantially orthogonal direction. Further, in the guide display process, the display contents correspond to the up / down / left / right swing directions.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display example of guide information in the second embodiment, and FIG. 14 (1) shows guide information in the case of “vertically long”, corresponding to the up / down / left / right arrow display. In addition, the information of "It is a phone call", "Please come", "It is here", and "Wait a minute" is displayed. 14 (2) shows the guide information when the "Vertical reverse", with vertical and horizontal arrows displayed in association therewith "Good morning", "Hello", "Good evening," information "Goodbye" is displayed Is done. FIG. 14 (3) shows guide information in the case of “landscape positive direction”, and the information of “Before”, “After”, “Thank you”, “I'm sorry” is associated with the up / down / left / right arrows. Is displayed. Fig. 14 (4) shows the guide information in the case of "Longitudinal reverse direction", along with the up, down, left and right arrows, and "Up", "Down", "Right", "Left" Information is displayed.

As described above, in the second embodiment, since the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are arranged obliquely and linearly, it is possible to deal with not only the horizontal swing but also the vertical swing. Or, it is possible to deal with not only the vertical swing but also the horizontal swing, and the number of selectable information can be increased. Therefore, 32 types of information can be switched in total for the closed style and the open style.

Further, in the state where the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are arranged obliquely and linearly on the surface of the apparatus body along the diagonal line of the rectangle, Since the state in which the side faces the vertical direction for each side is detected as the orientation of the apparatus main body, the four directions can be accurately and easily detected in association with the up / down / left / right swing directions.

In addition, this second embodiment also has the same effect as the second embodiment described above, and by simply shaking the apparatus main body, it is possible to select and display desired information from many types, In addition to eliminating the need to select information, the operability is improved, and a selection switch is not required, which is advantageous in terms of mounting. Also, the number of information that can be selected is increased depending on the combination of swing direction, orientation, and style. Can do.

In the second embodiment described above, the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are arranged in a diagonal row by arranging the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 along a rectangular (rectangular) diagonal. However, the arrangement angle of the light emitting elements may be 45 degrees by making the rectangle a square.
Further, in the second embodiment, the plurality of light emitting elements LED1 to LED12 are arranged in a diagonal row, but are arranged linearly in two diagonal rows or linearly arranged in three diagonal rows. It may be.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the number of light emitting elements is arbitrary, and a finer display may be made possible by increasing the number of light emitting elements. Further, the arrangement state of the plurality of light emitting elements is not limited to a straight line in a strict sense, but may be slightly arcuate as long as it is linear.

Further, in each of the above-described embodiments, the folding type mobile phone has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, two cases are attached so as to be freely openable and closable and can be closed, opened, and viewed. It may be a two-axis hinge type mobile phone that can be changed to a reversible type, a slide type, a so-called two-way open type mobile phone, etc. If the number of changeable styles increases, Accordingly, the number of selectable information can be increased.

Further, the contents of the housing state table CT and the operation state table MT are not limited to those fixedly set in advance on the maker side or the like, but may be arbitrarily set by a user operation. In this case, how to associate “style”, “direction”, “swing direction”, and “display target information” in the housing state table CT is arbitrary. For example, “style” and “display target information” Set the correspondence between "Direction" and "Display target information", Set the correspondence between "Swing direction" and "Display target information", "Direction", "Swing direction" It is possible to set a correspondence with “display target information”, and not only “swing direction” but also “display target information” according to “strength” of swing, “swing rhythm”, etc. May be selected. In addition, “incoming mail notification” is set as the “status of function during operation” in the operation state table MT, and information related to the “source” is displayed as “display target information” when an incoming e-mail is being notified. (Name, email address, etc.) may be displayed.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the orientation and the swing direction of the apparatus main body are detected by the acceleration sensor 13, but other tilt sensors, vibration sensors, and the like may be used.
In addition, the terminal device is not limited to a mobile phone, and may be any terminal device such as a PDA, a digital camera, a music player, or a display toy.

The block diagram which showed the basic component of the mobile telephone applied as a terminal device. FIG. 2 is an external view of a mobile phone, in which (1) shows a closed style in which the operation unit casing A and the display unit casing B are folded, and (2) shows an open style in a state in which the folding is opened. . It is a figure for demonstrating the direction of the apparatus main body which comprises a vertically long rectangle, (1) is "vertically long forward", (2) is "vertically long reverse", (3) is "horizontal long forward", (4) Is a diagram showing “reverse landscape orientation”. The figure which showed the example of a display at the time of driving several light emitting element LED1-LED12 in time series according to the speed which shakes an apparatus main body. The figure for demonstrating housing | casing state table CT. The figure for demonstrating the operation state table MT. The flowchart which showed the outline | summary of the whole operation | movement of the mobile telephone started execution with power-on (ON). 8 is a flowchart following the operation of FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining information display processing (step A15 in FIG. 7) in detail. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of guide information, where (1) is “vertically long”, (2) is “vertically long”, (3) is “horizontal long”, and (4) is “horizontal reverse”. The figure which showed the guide information in the case of. In 2nd Embodiment, the figure which showed the state by which the several light emitting element LED1-LED12 which comprises the light emission part 11 on the outer surface side of the display part housing | casing B is arrange | positioned in the diagonal line. The figure which showed the example of a display at the time of driving several light emitting element LED1-LED12 in time series according to the speed which shakes an apparatus main body in 2nd Embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the housing | casing state table CT in 2nd Embodiment. In a 2nd embodiment, it is a figure showing the example of a display of guide information, (1) is "vertically long forward", (2) is "vertically long reverse", (3) is "horizontal long forward", (4) The figure which showed the guide information in the case of "landscape reverse direction".

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 3 Memory | storage part 4 Display part 5 Operation part 6 Communication part 8 Music reproduction part 9 Imaging part 10 Television broadcast receiving part 11 Light emission part 12 Clock part 13 Acceleration sensor 14 Style detection part LED1-LED12 Light emitting element CT Case state table MT operation state table

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It has a plurality of light emitting elements arranged linearly on the surface of the device main body and a communication function, and uses the afterimage effect by driving the light emitting elements in time series in accordance with the speed of shaking the device main body. A terminal device for displaying information,
State detecting means for detecting whether the communication function is receiving when the apparatus body is shaken;
When the state detection means detects that the communication function is receiving, a selection means for selecting information relating to the communication partner as display target information;
Display control means for driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series according to the light emission pattern of the display target information selected by the selection means and the speed at which the apparatus main body is shaken;
A terminal device comprising: It has a plurality of light emitting elements arranged linearly on the surface of the apparatus main body and a content reproduction function, and afterimage effects are obtained by driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series in accordance with the speed at which the apparatus main body is shaken. A terminal device for displaying information used,
State detecting means for detecting whether or not the content reproduction function is operating when the apparatus main body is shaken;
A selection unit that selects information about the content as display target information when the state detection unit detects that the content reproduction function is operating;
Display control means for driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series according to the light emission pattern of the display target information selected by the selection means and the speed at which the apparatus main body is shaken;
A terminal device comprising: Against the computer,
Communication function,
A function of displaying information utilizing an afterimage effect by driving a plurality of light emitting elements arranged linearly on the surface of the apparatus body in time series according to the shaking speed of the apparatus body;
A function for detecting whether the communication function is receiving when the apparatus main body is shaken; and
When it is detected that the communication function is receiving, a function for selecting information on the communication partner as display target information;
A function of acquiring a light emission pattern of the selected display target information and driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series according to a speed of shaking the light emission pattern and the apparatus main body,
A program to realize Against the computer,
Content playback function,
A function of displaying information utilizing an afterimage effect by driving a plurality of light emitting elements arranged linearly on the surface of the apparatus body in time series according to the shaking speed of the apparatus body;
A function of detecting whether or not the content playback function is operating when the apparatus body is shaken;
A function of selecting information related to the content as display target information when it is detected that the content playback function is operating;
A function of acquiring a light emission pattern of the selected display target information and driving the plurality of light emitting elements in time series according to a speed of shaking the light emission pattern and the apparatus main body,
A program to realize

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