CN1811899A - Display method, portable terminal device, and display program - Google Patents

Abstract

A display method, comprising displaying a plurality of icons in a list form on a display device by a list form display part, when selecting different icons, enlarging the icon selected from the displayed icons to a predetermined size, reducing the selected and enlarged to an icon of a predetermined size so that it has a size substantially equal to the size of each icon that is not selected, and to perform control so that when a different icon is selected while the selected icon is being enlarged, the selected icon is temporarily enlarged to The size is predetermined, and immediately after said enlargement, the enlarged icon is reduced so that it has a size substantially equal to the size of each icon not selected.

Description

Display method, portable terminal device and display program

technical field

The present invention relates to a display method and a display program suitable for use in, for example, cellular phones, PHS (Personal Handyphone System) devices, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and personal computers such as notebooks or desktops. The present invention also relates to portable terminal equipment suitable for use, for example, in cellular phones, PDAs, notebook personal computers, and the like.

Background technique

An information processing apparatus disclosed in Unexamined Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-196867 has been called a cellular phone, in which menu items are selected by using a rotating operation unit.

The information processing device displays an icon menu screen on which a plurality of icons are arranged in a circle on a display portion of an upper case. In the information processing apparatus, the rotational operation direction of a jog dial coincides with a predetermined moving direction of a cursor, and the cursor indicates an arbitrary icon selected from a plurality of icons in an icon menu screen by using the jog dial, and the jog dial The jog dial is located at a predetermined position of the lower case and is rotatably operated clockwise or counterclockwise, thereby preventing erroneous operations on the jog dial to improve operability in the icon selection mode.

In the case of a related art cellular phone, by moving a cursor to a display position of a desired icon, a desired function can be selected. The display color of the cursor is carefully selected so that a color different from the display color of each icon is generally used as the display color of the cursor so that the user can easily recognize the cursor itself. However, since there are a large number of display colors for icon design, the related art cellular phone has a defect that it is difficult to recognize the icon selected by the user when the icon and the cursor have the same display color, or both have close display colors. Difficulty, thus affecting operability

Contents of the invention

It is desirable to provide a display method, a portable terminal device, and a display program having improved operability by simplifying recognition of a menu selected by a user.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display method is provided, comprising the steps of: displaying a plurality of icons in tabular form on the display device by the tabular display device; enlarging a selected icon to a predetermined size by the enlarging device, The icon is selected by the user from a plurality of icons displayed on the display device with the operating device; when the user selects a different icon with the operating device, the selected and enlarged to the predetermined size is reduced An icon is reduced so that it has a size substantially equal to the size of each icon not selected, and the enlargement means and the reduction means are controlled by the control means so that when the one icon selected by the user is being enlarged While the different icons are selected by the user, the selected one icon is temporarily enlarged to the predetermined size, and immediately after the enlargement, the enlarged icon is reduced so that it has substantially the same size as the unselected one. The dimensions of each icon are equal in size.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a portable terminal device is provided, comprising a tabular display means for displaying a plurality of icons on the display means in a tabular form, and an enlargement means for enlarging a selected icon to a predetermined size, the The icon is selected by the user from a plurality of icons displayed on the display device by the tabular display device with the operating device. When the user selects a different icon with the operating device, the selected and enlarged icon is selected and enlarged to a predetermined size means for reducing one icon so that it has a size substantially equal to the size of each icon not selected, and the user selects a different icon while the icon selected by the user is being enlarged by the enlarging means When the icon is displayed, the enlarging means is controlled to temporarily enlarging the selected one icon to a predetermined size enlarging means, and the enlarging means controls the enlarging means to shrink the temporarily enlarging icon immediately after said enlarging, so that it has substantially the same The size of each icon selected is equal in size.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a display program is provided that allows a computer to perform the following functions: a tabular display device for displaying a plurality of icons on the display device in a tabular form; a display device for enlarging a selected icon to a predetermined size; Enlarging means, the icon is selected by the user with the operating means from a plurality of icons displayed on the display means by allowing the computer to function as a form display means; when the user selects a different icon with the operating means, the selected and an icon that has been enlarged and has been enlarged to a predetermined size is reduced so that it has a size substantially equal to the size of each icon that is not selected; When the user selects a different icon when zooming in as a function of the enlargement means, the enlargement means is controlled to temporarily enlarge the selected one icon to a predetermined size by the enlargement means, and the enlargement means controls the reduction means to reduce the temporarily enlarged one immediately after said enlargement. icons so that they have a size substantially equal to the size of each icon that is not selected.

In the display method, portable terminal device, and display program according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a desired icon is selected from icons displayed on the display means in a table form, the enlargement means enlarges the selected icon to a predetermined size , and the reducing means reduces one icon that has been selected and enlarged to a predetermined size so that the selected and enlarged icon has a size substantially equal to the size of each icon that is not selected. This makes it possible to display only the currently selected icon in an enlarged form, thus enabling the user to easily recognize the currently selected icon in order to obtain an improvement in operation.

Furthermore, when a different icon is selected while the selected icon is being enlarged, the control means controls the enlargement means to temporarily enlarge the initially selected icon to a predetermined size, and immediately after said enlargement, the control means controls the reduction means to enlarge the enlarged The icons for are shrunk so that they have a size substantially equal to the size of every icon that is not selected. In other words, even when a different icon is selected while the icon is being enlarged, the enlargement is performed without stopping, and the reduction is performed immediately after the enlargement. Therefore, when icons are selected consecutively and sequentially, the sequentially selected icons perform animation display in which the icons are enlarged in size immediately followed by reduction. Therefore, this enables the user to easily recognize the switching of the selected icon, thereby achieving an improvement in operation.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a display method is provided, comprising the steps of: displaying at least a plurality of upper-level menus in columns on the display device through the menu display device, Arrangement directions of the displayed plurality of upper-level menus are displayed in a list form corresponding to the selected upper-level menu among a plurality of menu groups formed by grouping a plurality of lower-level menus corresponding to each of the plurality of upper-level menus. The lower-level menu of the menu group, and displaying on the display device a cursor for selecting a desired menu from a plurality of upper-level menus or lower-level menus belonging to the menu group; by moving the operation detection device, detecting on the cursor from one of the plurality of upper-level menus to A moving operation of one of the lower-level menus, and detecting a moving operation on the cursor from one of the lower-level menus to one of a plurality of upper-level menus, the moving operation is performed by the user with an operating device; and, when detecting the moving operation of the cursor When detecting that the moving operation on the cursor is from one of the multiple upper-level menus to one of the lower-level menus in the step, all multiple upper-level menus are displayed in the form of moving to the opposite side of the lower-level menu by the display processing device, and when moving multiple After moving and displaying the lower-level menus in the blank area formed by the upper-level menus, when the movement operation from one of the lower-level menus to one of the plurality of upper-level menus is detected by the mobile operation detection device, the display processing device will move all the lower-level menus to The lower-level menus are displayed on opposite sides of the plurality of upper-level menus, and the plurality of upper-level menus are displayed by moving the plurality of upper-level menus into a blank area formed by moving the lower-level menus.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a portable terminal device is provided, including: menu display means, which displays at least a plurality of upper-level menus on the display means in the form of columns, and along the upper-level menus displayed in the form of columns Arrangement direction of each of the plurality of menu groups formed by grouping a plurality of lower-level menus corresponding to each upper-level menu is displayed on the display device in a list form corresponding to the selected upper-level menu. the lower menu, and displaying on the display means a cursor for selecting a desired menu from an upper menu or a lower menu belonging to the menu group; a moving operation, and a moving operation on the cursor from one of the lower-level menus to one of the upper-level menus, the moving operation is performed by the user with the operating means; and a display processing means, which detects that the cursor moves from one of the upper-level menus When one of the lower-level menus is moved to one of the lower-level menus, all upper-level menus are displayed in the form of moving to the opposite side of the lower-level menus, and after the lower-level menus are moved and displayed in the blank area formed by moving the upper-level menus, when the mobile operation detection device detects When one of the lower-level menus is moved to one of the upper-level menus, the lower-level menus are displayed by moving all the lower-level menus to the opposite side of the upper-level menu, and the lower-level menus are displayed by moving the upper-level menus to the blank area formed by moving the lower-level menus Advanced menu.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a display program is provided for allowing a computer to perform the following functions: a menu display device, which displays at least a plurality of upper-level menus on the display device in the form of columns, and The arrangement direction of the upper-level menu displayed in the form is displayed on the display device in the form of a list corresponding to the selected one among the plurality of menu groups each formed by grouping a plurality of lower-level menus corresponding to each upper-level menu. The lower-level menu of the menu group of the upper-level menu, and a cursor for selecting a desired menu from a plurality of lower-level menus or upper-level menus of the menu group displayed on the display device; A moving operation to one of the lower menus, and a moving operation on the cursor from one of the plurality of lower menus to one of the upper menus, the moving operation is performed by the user with the operating device; and a display processing device which, by allowing the computer When the function of the mobile operation detection device detects the movement operation of the cursor from one of the upper menus to one of the lower menus, the upper menus are displayed by moving all the upper menus to the opposite side of the lower menus, and when the lower menus are moved When moving into the blank area formed by moving the upper-level menu before displaying the moved lower-level menu, and allowing the computer to act as a moving operation detection device to detect a moving operation from one of the lower-level menus to one of the upper-level menus on the cursor, by putting All the lower menus are moved to opposite sides of the plurality of upper menus to display the lower menus, and the upper menus are displayed by moving the upper menus to blank areas formed by moving the lower menus.

In the display method, portable terminal device and display program according to the embodiments of the present invention, when a moving operation from one of the upper-level menus to one of the lower-level menus on the cursor is detected, all upper-level menus are moved to the opposite side of the lower-level menus and displayed , and move the lower-level menu to display in the empty space formed by moving the upper-level menu. Also, when a move operation on the cursor is detected, all lower menus are moved to the opposite side of the upper menu and displayed, and the upper menu is moved to be displayed in a blank area formed by moving the lower menu.

In other words, even if upper and lower menus are simultaneously displayed in the display area, between the upper and lower menus, all menus that are not selected are moved to form a blank area, and all menus that are selected are displayed using the blank area. This makes it possible to display the selected menu in a prominent form.

Description of drawings

Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is an illustration of a menu display screen of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 3 shows a functional block diagram of a control unit of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 4 shows an external view of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

5A, 5B and 5C are enlarged illustrations of icons displayed by a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Figures 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D and 6E are examples of adjusting the display positions of all icons when the icons are enlarged;

FIG. 7 shows a flowchart of icon enlargement process in a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

8A and 8B are illustrations of submenus corresponding to selected icons displayed by icons in a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a flow chart illustrating a lower-level menu moving and display operation in a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a graph showing the relationship between the moving ratio and the number of moving steps when the moving distance is 1;

Fig. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the hierarchical handover operation in the cellular phone according to the embodiment of the present invention;

12A, 12B and 12c are diagrams showing a display form of a cursor displayed when a lower menu is selected in a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

13 is a flowchart illustrating a display flow of a cursor displayed when a lower menu is selected in a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention; and

14A, 14B and 14C are operation charts showing that when a lower menu is displayed in a display area at a time, remaining lower menus are gradually displayed in response to moving a cursor in a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

Embodiments of the present invention are applicable to cellular telephones.

Structure of a cellular phone

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a cellular phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, such a cellular phone includes: an antenna 1 and a communication circuit 2 that perform data transmission and reception of a base station connected to a communication network of a cellular phone operator (operator), a speaker unit 3 for outputting audio, Such as received sound, animation file audio and music data audio, a microphone unit 4 for collecting transmitted sound, and a display unit 5 for displaying icons and menus for selecting functions of the cellular phone and using For originating and incoming phone numbers, sending sources, destination user names, records of incoming and outgoing phone calls and e-mails, phonebooks, address books, timetables, messages for sent and received e-mails, etc.

This cellular phone also includes: an operation unit 6 having a plurality of keys for inputting desired phone numbers and characters, and selecting each icon and menu, using light to notify the user of incoming calls and sending and receiving of e-mails. Device (LED) unit 7, camera unit 8 for capturing still and moving pictures of desired objects, vibration unit 9 for notifying the user of incoming calls and transmission and reception of e-mails by vibrating the cellular phone, storage for displaying icons and menu, and a record of originating and entering telephone calls, e-mail messages sent and received, a phone book, an address book, a schedule, and a memory 10 for display programs of a communication processing program (communication program), and a memory 10 for displaying programs according to the communication processing program and a control unit 11 that displays a program to control the operation of the cellular phone, and the like.

Icons and Menu Groups

In the case of the cellular phone according to this embodiment, the above icons are used as upper menus corresponding to a menu group formed by grouping a plurality of lower menus. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the above icons are designed to remind the user.

For example, in this case, the 'entertainment menu' icon is designed to have a camera picture and a music note picture in order to remind the user of the camera function and the music player function. The "Internet Connection Menu" icon is designed to have the letters "INTERNET" in order to remind the user of the Internet connection function.

The "Phone Menu" icon is designed with a picture of the phone settings to remind the user about the phone's functions, such as displaying the phone number of the cell phone and displaying the phone book. The "Tools Menu" icon is designed to have a picture of an electronic calculator, etc., in order to remind the user of the schedule function and calculation function. The "Settings Menu" icon is designed to have a picture of a toolbox, etc., in order to remind users of various settings.

As described above, each icon is a parent menu of a grouped lower menu. These icons are displayed in columns along the longitudinal direction of the display unit 5 as shown in FIG. 5 . In addition, a lower-level menu list corresponding to the menu group of the currently selected icon is displayed in the longitudinal direction of the display unit 5 in the vicinity of the column of icons.

FIG. 2 shows an example in which the "Phone Menu" icon is currently selected. In this case, submenus such as "display telephone number", "telephone book", "record (incoming call record and outgoing call record)", "voice memo (record voice memo)" are displayed near the column of icons. and "Call Data".

Functional structure of the control unit 11

Next, FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram when the control unit 11 operates according to the display program stored in the memory 10 .

As can be seen from Figure 3, the control unit 11 can operate as:

1) list display part 21 that displays icons and menus in list form on the display unit 5 according to the display program;

2) A cursor display part 22 that displays a cursor for selecting a desired icon or menu;

3) Enlarging the magnifying part 23 of the icon selected by the user;

4) reducing the icon reduction component 24 except for the icon selected by the user;

5) a cursor operation detection part 25 that detects a cursor movement operation performed by the user by detecting the working state of the operation unit 6;

6) A display position adjustment section 26 that adjusts the display position of each icon so that all icons can be displayed on the display unit 5 even when icon enlargement is performed;

7) displaying the cursor in the form of an activated visual effect, so that when the cursor moves continuously, the cursor appears to change the component 27 in a high-speed moving cursor display form;

8) When the icon selection changes from the currently selected icon to a different icon, scroll to hide the lower menu corresponding to the currently selected icon, and instead, scroll so that the group switching part 28 of the lower menu corresponding to the different icon appears ;

9) Change the menu display color so that the menu can be changed by the menu display color changing part 29 visible through the cursor;

10) When it is difficult to display the lower menu on the display area of the display unit 5 every time, the menu switching part 30 gradually displays the undisplayed lower menu on the display area; and

11) In the state where the display position relationship of the upper and lower menus is adjusted, the main display part 31 of the menu selected by the user is displayed in a larger size.

external view of cell phone

Next, the cellular phone according to this embodiment has an external view shown in FIG. 4 . Referring to FIG. 4, this cellular phone is a so-called "foldable cellular phone", wherein by using a hinge portion 43 to connect the lower end 41b of the upper case 41 and the upper end 42a of the lower case 42, the upper case 41 can be freely opened from a closed state. The state rotates close to 180 degrees, the upper case 41 basically covers the lower end 41b in the closed state, and the lower end 41b of the upper case 41 and the upper end 42a of the lower case 42 adjoin each other in the open state.

In upper case 41 , display unit 5 is provided on the side of upper surface portion 41 c facing upper surface portion 42 c of lower case 42 , and speaker unit 3 is provided near upper end 41 a of upper case 41 .

The lower case 42 is provided with an on-hook key 45 and an off-hook key 46 on an upper surface portion 42c, and a bottom operation portion 47 including number keys from 0 to 9, an asterisk key and a pound key. The upper surface portion 42 c includes thereon the disk operation portion 48 near the hinge portion 43 and the microphone unit 4 near the lower end 42 b of the lower case 42 .

The puck operating portion 48 has an input key 48a and a cross key 48b provided coaxially with the input key 48a on its central axis so as to surround the input key 48a. The cross key 48b can be pressed vertically and horizontally. The user may select an upper or lower menu by pressing the cross key 48b horizontally, and may select a desired upper or lower menu from the selected upper or lower menu by pressing the cross key 48b vertically. This is described below.

Icon zoom in/out

Zoom in and out of the selected icon

In the case of the cellular phone according to this embodiment, when the control unit 11 detects a pressing operation on the input key 48a (see FIG. 4 ) of the operation unit 6 in a state where the standby screen is displayed on the display unit 5, the control The unit 11 performs control to display on the display unit 5 icons of upper menus, and lower menus of the menu group corresponding to the currently selected upper menu.

Specifically, in the case of the cellular phone according to this embodiment, a total of five icons are provided as an upper menu icon, that is, an "entertainment menu" icon, a "network connection menu" icon, a "telephone menu" icon, a "tools menu" Menu" icon and "Settings Menu" icon. Therefore, when the control unit 11 detects a pressing operation on the input key 48a of the operation unit 6 in a state where the standby screen is displayed on the display unit 5, the control unit 11 functions as the list display part 21 according to the display program. For example, as shown in FIG. 2 , control unit 11 displays five icons in columns and in list form on the left portion of the display area of display unit 5 along the longitudinal direction of the display area. The control unit 11 also displays the lower menus of the menu group corresponding to the selected icon in a list form along the arrangement direction of the icons on the right portion of the display area of the display unit 5 .

Next, the user selects an icon corresponding to a desired function by pressing up or down the cross key 48b in FIG. 4 . In other words, the direction in which the cross key 48b is operated is along the arrangement direction of the icons. When an icon higher than the currently selected icon is being selected, the user can operate the cross key 48b upward, and when an icon lower than the currently selected icon is being selected, the user can operate the cross key 48b downward.

For example, FIG. 5A shows a state in which an "entertainment menu" icon is currently selected. In this state, by performing a downward pressing operation on the cross key 48b, as long as the control unit 11 detects the downward pressing operation, as shown in FIGS. "Menu" icon, "Phone Menu" icon, etc. to switch the selected icon. FIGS. 5A to 5C show only the icons of the upper menu among the icons of the upper menu and the lower menu displayed on the display unit 5 .

As known from FIGS. 5A to 5C, in the case of the cellular phone according to this embodiment, an icon is selected, and the selected icon can be displayed in an enlarged form.

Specifically, when the control unit 11 detects an icon selection operation, it functions as the enlarging section 23 according to the display program. The control unit 11 performs calculation so that the length of each side of the rectangular icon gradually extends, and performs control for displaying a gradually enlarged icon by performing drawing according to the calculation result. This makes it possible to display linearly enlarged icons so that the transparency of selected icons can be improved for the user.

In addition, the control unit 11 performs calculations so that the area of a rectangular icon can be linearly enlarged, and can perform control for displaying gradually enlarged icons by performing drawing according to the calculation results. This makes it possible to display icons tripled in size so that transparency can be improved.

Unlike the above, when a different icon is selected, the control unit 11 reduces the icon displayed in the enlarged form. The zooming out may be performed simultaneously with the zooming in of the selected icon. In other words, the control unit 11 functions as both the enlargement section 23 and the reduction section 24 according to the display program. The control unit 11 performs calculations so that each side of the rectangular icon is gradually reduced, and draws the gradually reduced icon according to the result of the calculation. In addition, the control unit 11 performs calculations so that the area of the rectangular icon shrinks linearly, and draws the icon of the gradually reduced area according to the calculation result. This makes it possible to shrink the selected icon linearly, so that the transparency of the selected icon can be improved for the user.

Zoom in/out icon display position adjustment

Secondly, for example, when the display range of the above-mentioned five icons has 256 vertical points, and use 100 points to display each side of the selected icon (to be displayed in enlarged form), in order to make the other four unselected icons displayed To display without overlapping in range, 39 points (256 points−100 points÷4=39 points) are needed to display each side of each of the other four icons. However, in the case of the cellular phone according to this embodiment, by adjusting the display position of each icon, it is realized to display each icon that is not selected using 44 dots, thus also improving the transparency of the unselected icons.

Specifically, when the control unit 11 performs icon enlargement and reduction, the control unit 11 functions as the enlargement section 23 and the reduction section 24 and also functions as the display position adjustment section 26 according to the display program.

When the control unit 11 functions as the display position adjustment section 26, the control unit 11 makes each side of the selected icons have 80 dots before determining the arrangement of the unselected icons. Next, the control unit 11 adjusts the center position of the selected icon, and then enlarges the icon with 80 dots per side to the icon with 100 dots per side.

6A to 6E show the display positions of other icons according to enlarged icons.

FIG. 6A shows the display positions of other icons when the upper icon is enlarged. In FIG. 6A , icons indicated by dotted lines indicate their display positions when they are not enlarged by adjustment, and icons indicated by solid lines indicate their display positions after they are enlarged by adjustment. A comparison between icons indicated by dotted lines and icons indicated by solid lines shows that enlarging the upper icon without performing position adjustment creates a problem that the enlarged icon moves upward by 10 dots from the display area when enlarging the upper icon.

Therefore, when the control unit 11 enlarges the upper icon, the control unit 11 functions as the display position adjusting part 26 to perform the display position adjustment of moving the center position of the enlarged upper icon downward by 10 points, as shown in FIG. 6A . This makes it possible to display the enlarged icon in the display area when the upper icon is displayed in an enlarged form, and furthermore, the display in the enlarged form can improve the transparency of the selected icon.

Next, FIG. 6B shows the display positions of other icons when the second icon from the upper part is enlarged. In FIG. 6B , icons indicated by dotted lines indicate display positions when they are being enlarged by adjustment, and icons indicated by solid lines indicate display positions after they are enlarged by adjustment. A comparison between icons indicated by dotted lines and icons indicated by solid lines shows that when enlarging the second icon on the upper part, enlarging the second icon without performing position adjustment causes the following problem, since the enlarged second icon greatly The upper icon is overlapped and it is difficult to recognize the upper icon.

Therefore, when the control unit 11 enlarges the second icon on the upper part, the control unit 11 functions as the display position adjusting part 26 to perform the display position adjustment of moving the center position of the enlarged second icon downward by five points, as shown in FIG. Figure 6B. This makes it possible to reduce the overlapping portion between the enlarged second icon and the upper icon, so that even if the upper icon enlarged using 44 points is displayed, the transparency of the icon can be improved.

Next, FIG. 6C shows the display positions of other icons when the upper third icon is enlarged. It is known from FIG. 6C that the upper third icon is displayed in the middle of the display area. If you zoom in on this icon in the middle of the display area, it rarely overlaps with the second upper icon and the second lower icon. Therefore, when the control unit 11 enlarges the third icon in the upper part, the control unit 11 enlarges the third icon and directly displays the enlarged icon without adjusting the display position. Also in this case, enlarged icons and other icons can be displayed with good transparency.

Next, FIG. 6D shows the display positions of other icons when the lower second icon is enlarged. In FIG. 6D , icons indicated by dotted lines indicate their unadjusted enlarged display positions, and icons indicated by solid lines indicate their adjusted enlarged display positions. A comparison between the icon indicated by the dotted line and the icon indicated by the solid line shows that, when the lower second icon is enlarged, enlarging the lower second icon without performing position adjustment produces the following problem, since the enlarged icon is greatly enlarged. The lower icon is overlapped so much that it is difficult to recognize the lower icon.

Therefore, when the control unit 11 enlarges the second icon in the lower part, the control unit 11 functions as the display position adjusting part 26 to perform display position adjustment of moving the center position of the enlarged icon upward by five points, as shown in FIG. 6D . This makes it possible to reduce the overlapping portion between the enlarged second icon and the lower icon, so that even if the lower icon enlarged using 44 points is displayed, the transparency of the icon can be improved.

Next, FIG. 6E shows the display positions of other icons when the lower icon is enlarged. In FIG. 6E , icons indicated by dotted lines indicate their unadjusted enlarged display positions, and icons indicated by solid lines indicate their adjusted enlarged display positions. A comparison between the icon indicated by the dotted line and the icon indicated by the solid line shows that when the lower icon is enlarged, enlarging the lower icon without performing position adjustment causes the enlarged icon to move downward by 10 points from the display area. question.

Therefore, when the control unit 11 enlarges the lower icon, the control unit 11 functions as the display position adjusting part 26 to perform the display position adjustment of moving the center position of the enlarged upper icon upward by 10 dots, as shown in FIG. 6E . This makes it possible to display the enlarged icon in the display area while displaying the lower icon in enlarged form, and furthermore, the display in enlarged form can improve the transparency of the selected icon.

Show the process flow

Next, in the case of the cellular phone according to the present embodiment, the control unit 11 can perform calculation and drawing of display positions and the like of icons in the menu screen in accordance with the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 . In the flowchart of FIG. 7, in step S1, the control unit 11 determines whether an event is generated every fixed time of, for example, 50 milliseconds. The process proceeds to step S1 when the occurrence of the event is detected.

In step S2, the control unit 11 determines whether or not a key input operation has been generated, which event is generated so that the user presses the cross key 48b up or down, as described above. If a key input operation has occurred, control unit 11 proceeds to step 13 . If no key input operation has occurred, the control unit 11 proceeds to step S3.

In other words, in the processing of steps S1 to S3, in the case of the cellular phone according to the present embodiment, the control unit 11 may receive the key input operation generated so that the user may press the button at the minimum interval of three operations (about 150 milliseconds). Press the cross key 48b upward or downward. Keystrokes entered by the user may be received at 150 millisecond intervals. If the control unit 11 receives a key input operation, the control unit 11 executes the received key input operation in steps S13 to S19. If the control unit 11 does not receive any key input operation, the control unit 11 may execute the drawing event several times from the reception of the key input event to the reception of the next key input event in steps S4 to S10 (described below).

In other words, the control unit 11 performs monitoring as to whether or not the above-mentioned key input is performed every 150 milliseconds. If the control unit 11 detects a key input, the control unit 11 executes a key input event shown in steps S13 to S19. In addition, if the control unit 11 does not detect the key input within 150 milliseconds, in step S3, the control unit 11 determines whether the drawing event has been completed after receiving the key input event until the next key input event is received. executed, as described above. If the drawing event has been completed, the control unit 11 returns to step S1 in order to receive key input again. If the drawing event is not completed, the control unit 11 proceeds to step S4 in order to continue performing drawing.

Next, when the drawing event is performed after the key input event is received until the key input event is received, the control unit 11 proceeds to step S4. The processing of steps S4 to S10 is loop processing, and may be repeatedly performed corresponding to the number of icons (in this case, the number of icons=the number of times the processing is repeatedly performed=5).

In other words, when the execution of the drawing event is started, in step S4, the control unit 11 bases the display position of the icon of the processing target, the current size of the icon, the position of the icon displayed by the processing (target display position), The target size of the icon, and the number of steps required to enlarge the icon to the target size calculate the amount of movement and size increase at each step. Since the current display position of the icon and the current size of the icon are being processed, the calculated movement amount and size increase at each step is added, and the process proceeds to step S5.

In step S5, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the display position and icon size of the icon being processed have reached the target display position and size as a result of the above supplement. If it is determined that the display position and size of the icon being processed has reached the target display position and size, the process proceeds to step S6, and the processing of the icon (animation processing) is completed.

If it is determined that the display position and the size of the icon being processed have not reached the target display position and size, the control unit 11 proceeds to step S7, and, before the icon is enlarged, the control unit 11 determines whether a selection operation has been performed on a different icon .

If it is recognized that the icon currently being processed is an icon not selected by the user, and it is determined that the enlargement of the icon has not been completed, the control unit 11 returns to step S4. In step S4, the control unit 11 again adds the calculated movement amount and increase size of each step to the current display position and size of the icon for processing. In step S5, the control unit 11 determines again whether or not the display position and size of the icon of the processing target has reached the target display position and size.

In step S7, if it is determined that the icon currently being processed is an icon not selected by the user by repeatedly executing each step of steps S7, S4, and S5, and it is determined that the enlargement of this icon has not been completed, even when the enlargement During the selection of different icons, the initially selected icon is temporarily enlarged to a predetermined size. Icons enlarged in the above-described manner are icons not selected by the user, which will be substantially reduced and displayed on corresponding display positions after reduction. When the user selects a different icon, the display position of the initially selected icon is changed to a different display position.

If the initially selected icon temporarily enlarged to a predetermined size is enlarged as described above, the display position of the initially selected icon does not reach the target display position. Therefore, in step S5, the control unit 11 determines that the initially selected icon enlarged to a predetermined size has not reached the target display position. Also, in step S7, the control unit 11 determines that the enlargement has been completed, and proceeds to step S8. In steps S8 to S10, the temporarily enlarged icon is reduced to a predetermined size.

In other words, in step S8, control unit 11 temporarily stores the current display position and size of the enlarged icon, and proceeds to step S9. In step S9, the control unit 11 calculates the display position and size of the icon when it is reduced, and proceeds to step S10. In step S10, the control unit 11 initializes the above-mentioned number of animation steps, and returns to step S4.

In step S4, by adding the display position and size (two negative values) calculated when the icon is zoomed out to the current display position and size of the enlarged chart stored in step S8, the control unit 11 in one animation step Finish zooming out and moving the display position of the enlarged icon. This reduction is repeatedly performed until, in step S5, the above-mentioned icon is reduced and determined to be displayed at the target display position.

In step S11, the control unit 11 determines whether or not the processing (movement animation processing) in steps S4 to S10 has ended on each of the five icons. If the control unit 11 has determined that the processing on each of the five icons has ended, in step S12, the drawing event processing is completed.

If it is determined in step S11 that the processing on each of the five icons has not ended, the control unit 11 returns to step S1, and performs movement animation processing on the remaining icons for which movement animation processing has not been performed.

When it is detected in step S2 that the key input event has occurred, the control unit 11 proceeds to step S13 and executes the key input event. The key input event in steps S13 to S20 is a loop process, and is repeatedly executed by the number of icons.

In other words, after starting the execution of the key input event, in step S13, the control unit 11 determines whether the user has selected an icon to be processed. If the user has selected an icon to be processed, control unit 11 proceeds to step S14. If the user has not selected an icon to be processed, the control unit 11 proceeds to step S11.

After determining that the user has selected an icon to be processed proceeds to step S14, in order to perform icon enlargement, the control unit 11 temporarily stores the current display position and size of the icon, and proceeds to step S15. In step S15, the control unit 11 calculates the current display position and size of the icon, the position at which the icon is displayed (target display position), the target size of the icon, and the number of steps (animation steps) required for enlarging the icon to the target size. The amount of movement and size increment for each step.

After it is determined that the icon to be processed is not selected, proceeding to step S17, in step S17, the control unit 11 determines whether the icon to be processed has been selected and is being enlarged. If it is determined that the icon to be processed is not being enlarged, since the control unit 11 does not need to perform enlargement or reduction, the control unit 11 returns to step S13.

If it is determined that the icon is being enlarged, the control unit 11 proceeds to step S18, and temporarily stores the current display position and size of the icon. In step S19, the control unit 11 calculates the display position and size when the icon is reduced. In step S20, the control unit 11 initiates an animation step.

The key input events shown in steps S13 to S20 are repeatedly executed corresponding to the number of the five icons. Based on the display position and size calculated in the key input event, in the drawing event shown in steps S4 to S10, the display position and size of each icon are determined and the icon is drawn.

As described above, in the cellular phone according to the present embodiment, calculation and drawing of the display position and the like of each icon on the menu icons can be performed by an event generated every predetermined time. In other words, the display position and size of the icon are calculated in advance from the key input event, and the drawing is performed in the drawing event by a specified number of times to display the icon at the target display position, during the drawing event generated between the key input events, in Icon drawing is performed during the draw event based on the result of the calculation.

Also, by using the display position and size of the icon being drawn as current values and performing recalculation of the next target display position and size, it is possible to receive a key input event even while an icon is being drawn.

Since event information such as the display position and size of each icon is managed separately for the icons, each type of processing such as enlargement, reduction, and movement can be performed on the icons individually. Therefore, it can be said that a plurality of jobs can be performed simultaneously, such as selecting a different icon and changing a menu to be selected from an upper menu to a lower menu while the icon is being enlarged.

Furthermore, in all menus, the generation of unauthorized events is prevented by storing parameters representing the states of all icons.

Show submenu when icon is selected

Next, in the cellular phone according to the present embodiment, when the currently selected icon is changed to a different icon, lower menu display switching can be performed according to the icon change from the menu group corresponding to the currently selected icon. Submenu to the submenu of the menu group corresponding to the newly selected icon.

FIG. 8A shows a case where the "Entertainment" icon is selected. In this case, lower menus of a menu group corresponding to the "entertainment" icon are displayed as lower menus, such as: My Selection, Camera, My Picture, Music Dashboard, Music Folder, External Storage, and Device Information. FIG. 8B shows the case where the "INTERNET" icon is newly selected. When changing the selected icon as described above, according to the display program, the control unit 11 acts as a list display part 21 to switch the lower-level menu to be displayed from the lower-level menu of the menu group corresponding to the initially displayed "entertainment" icon to Submenus of the menu group corresponding to the "INTERNET" menu, such as the INTERNET mode menu, mail and application.

In addition, the control unit 11 functions as a column display section 21, whereby, when the lower menu to be displayed is switched, the lower menu corresponding to the newly selected icon is displayed so as to start moving the icon at high speed and gradually decrease Small speed movement icon.

For example, the selected icon is changed from the "entertainment" icon to the "INTERNET" icon, as shown by the upward arrow in Fig. The lower-level menu of , moves out of the display area at high speed and hides it. A lower-level menu corresponding to the "INTERNET" icon is displayed while being dragged by the upper-moving lower-level menu. Therefore, the lower menu corresponding to the "INTERNET" icon is displayed so that it enters the display area from the lower part of the display area as it moves out of the lower menu of the display area, and moves at a gradually decreasing speed before finally stopping.

Equally, when the selected icon changed from "Phone" to "INTERNET", as shown by the downward arrow among Fig. to hide the display area. A lower-level menu corresponding to "INTERNET" is displayed while being dragged by the lower-level menu moved down out of the display area. Therefore, the lower-level menu corresponding to the "INTERNET" icon is displayed so that it enters the display area from the upper part of the display area as it moves down out of the lower-level menu of the display area, and moves at a gradually decreasing speed before finally stopping.

Upon successive selection of the selected icons, the control unit 11 functions as a list display section 21 to gradually display the lower menu corresponding to each icon at high speed in response to the time of the continuous selection operation.

The control flow of the mobile display is shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. 9 . The flowchart in Fig. 9 shows that when changing the selected icon, the control unit 11 acts as a list display part 21, and in step S21, before the control unit 11 proceeds to step S22, temporarily stores the contents of each lower menu. current location. In step S22, the control unit 11 functioning as the list display part 21 calculates the display position of the lower menu when it is moved, and proceeds to step S23. In step S23, the control unit 11 calculates the amount of "movement increase" by performing an arithmetic operation on a movement ratio corresponding to ("previous display position"−"moved display position")/number of movement steps.

When moving the lower-level menu to the target display position in multiple steps, the moving ratio is a value representing the percentage of the entire movement in one step.

For example, the movement ratio to 4 steps is "8", the movement ratio to 8 steps is "12", to 12 steps is "32", and to 15 steps is "72".

In the case of an example according to the movement ratio, when the total number of movements to the target display position is, for example, 100, the control unit 11 controls the lower menu to move 4 steps per step "100/8=12.5", and The step "100/12=8.3" moves 84 steps.

The graph shown in FIG. 10 shows the relationship between the moving distance ratio and the number of moving steps when the moving distance is set to 1. In the graph of FIG. 10 , the horizontal axis represents the number of moving steps, and the vertical axis represents the moving distance ratio. The solid line indicates the moving ratio, and the dashed line indicates the increasing ratio.

The dotted line in FIG. 10 indicates that the increase ratio in up to four steps is the largest when the shift ratio is "8", and that in up to 12 steps is the largest when the shift ratio is "12" up to 8 steps. When the movement ratio is "32", and when the movement ratio up to 15 steps is "72", it gradually decreases.

Therefore, as indicated by the solid line in the graph of FIG. 10 , the shift ratio is large in up to 4 steps. Since the increase ratio gradually decreases for 8 steps, 12 steps, and 15 steps, the movement ratio also gradually decreases.

It should be understood that in the movement display control, the movement of the lower menu is controlled so that the lower menu starts moving with a large movement amount and moves with a gradually decreasing movement amount to reach the target display position.

In step S24, the control unit 11 determines whether the "move amount" calculated in step S23 is equal to or smaller than 2 points. When the "move amount" is a value greater than 2 dots, in step S25, control unit 11 adds the "move amount" which is greater than 2 dots to the current display position, and proceeds to step S29.

If the movement amount is not equal to or less than 2 points, the control unit 11 proceeds to step S26 to determine whether the remaining movement distance is equal to or greater than 2 points. If the remaining moving distance is equal to or greater than 2 points, in step S27, control unit 11 adds 2 points to the current display position before proceeding to step S29. If the remaining moving distance is not equal to or greater than 2 points, the control unit 11 adds 1 point to the current display position before proceeding to step S29. As described above, when the remaining moving distance decreases, each lower menu can be smoothly moved and displayed by adjusting the movement increase according to the remaining moving distance.

In step S29, the control unit 11 determines whether the lower menu has reached the target display position according to the increase in step S24, S27 or S28. If it is determined that the lower menu has not reached the target display position, the control unit 11 returns to step S21 and re-executes the processing in steps S21 to S28. If it is determined that the lower menu has reached the target display position, the control unit 11 is on standby until a key input event is generated again.

In the above-described lower-level menu display control, the lower-level menu is moved to the target display position in steps of a predetermined number of times. When a key input event is generated while the lower-level menu is moving, the lower-level menu moves over the sum of the remaining distances between the initial display position and the next display position in a predetermined number of steps.

In addition, when key input is continuously performed, the target display position for the lower menu is elongated (the movement distance is elongated). As described above, the number of steps to move the lower menu is predetermined. Thus, the moving distance per step calculated by the control unit 11 is increased. Therefore, the longer the continuous operation time is, the longer the moving distance of the lower-level menu becomes gradually.

Also, for the moving display of the lower menu, similar to icon drawing, when a key input event is generated while the lower menu is moving, the target display position for drawing is reset. In this case, by using one event state to manage all the lower-level menus, the unified operation on the lower-level menus is realized. This gives the user the perception that the menu groups are circular and appear to be different links from each other.

Hierarchical switching

For the layer where the user performs a selection operation (each icon is the first layer, and each lower-level menu is the second layer), the icon as the first layer can be switched to the lower-level menu as the second layer, And the lower-level menu can be switched to icons. The flow chart shown in FIG. 11 shows the flow of operations in hierarchical switching.

In step S31, the control unit 11 determines whether a key input event has been generated, and proceeds to step S32 when the control unit 11 detects the generation of the event. In step S32, the control unit 11 determines whether the event detected in step S31 is identified as a layer switching event. If it is determined that the detected event is a layer switching action, the control unit 11 goes to step S38. If it is determined that the detected event is not a hierarchical switching action, the control unit 11 goes to step S33.

In other words, the user presses the cross key 48b in FIG. 4 to the right or to the left when switching the layer on which the selection operation is to be performed. The control unit 11 may receive a layer switching event generated by pressing the cross key 48b.

After that, in step S32, the control unit 11 determines that the detected event is not a layer switching event, and proceeds to S33, the control unit 11 determines whether the menu drawing event has been completed. If the menu drawing event has been completed, the control unit 11 directly returns to step S31, and performs monitoring as to whether a key input event has been generated.

If the menu drawing event is still not completed, in step S34, the control unit 11 adds the movement amount and size increment of each step to the first layer. In step S35, control unit 11 adds the movement amount of each step in the second hierarchy. In step S36, the control unit 11 determines whether the icons as the first hierarchy and the lower menus as the second hierarchy have respectively reached the target display positions. If it is determined that both have reached the target display position, in step S37, the drawing event is completed.

Afterwards, in step S32, it is determined that the detected event is a layer switching event, and then go to step S38, where the control unit 11 temporarily stores the display position and size of the icon as the first layer. In step S39, the control unit 11 sets the display position and size to the icon as the first hierarchy when it moves to a different hierarchy.

In step S40, the control unit 11 temporarily stores the current display position of the lower menu as the second hierarchy. In step S41, the control unit 11 sets the display position and size of the lower menu as the second hierarchy when it moves to a different hierarchy.

In step S42, the control unit 11 initiates a horizontal animation step, and returns to step S31. In the manner described above, at the time of drawing events described in steps S33 to S37, icons as the first layer and lower menus as the second layer are drawn with the display positions and sizes set in steps S38 to S42.

In the case of selecting an icon as the first layer and selecting a lower menu as the second layer, the cellular phone according to the embodiment of the present invention receives a menu switching event to be selected on the menu, and sets the display after switching the menu to be selected. position, and at the same time perform vertical movement and icon zoom in/out while performing horizontal movement.

Since the horizontal movement is mainly performed in layer switching, the amount of movement for one drawing can be calculated so that when the horizontal movement ends, the vertical animation process is completely ended. Also, the same processing is performed regardless of pause and animation duration in the movement setting. Therefore, by setting the change amount to zero when no longitudinal movement is performed, a change in the longitudinal coordinate during movement is avoided.

In this case, when the lower menu as the second hierarchy is selected, as shown in FIGS. 12A to 12C , the control unit 11 functions as the main display part 31 to display the menu as the first sublevel on the left side near the display area. The icon for the layer and, in the resulting blank area, each submenu that is a second layer is highlighted. Therefore, since the menu selected as the second hierarchy can be displayed near the center of the display area, the user can be notified that the selected menu has been switched from the first hierarchy to the second hierarchy.

At this time, the control unit 11 displays all icons in low brightness near the left side or an icon selected from among the icons in low brightness. Therefore, the brightness difference lets the user know that the selected menu has been switched from the first layer to the second layer.

Conversely, when the icon as the first layer is selected, the control unit 11 acts as the main display part 31, displays the lower-level menu as the second layer in a form close to the right side of the display area, and displays the menu formed thereby with high brightness. The blank area of shows each icon as the first layer. This makes it possible to display the menu selected as the first hierarchy in a form close to the center of the display area. Thus, the user can be notified that the selected menu has been switched from the second layer to the first layer.

At this time, the control unit 11 displays each lower menu in a form close to the right of the display area with low brightness. Therefore, the brightness difference lets the user know that the selected menu has been switched from the second layer to the first layer.

In this embodiment, the menu as the selected layer is highlighted in a form near the center of the display area. However, while the menu as the non-selected layer is displayed in a reduced form, the menu as the selected layer may be displayed in an enlarged form in a form highlighted near the center of the display area. This makes it possible to display the menu as the selected layer in enlarged form, thereby allowing the user to know the selected layer.

Operation in Case of Selecting a Submenu as the Second Hierarchy

In the case of the cellular phone according to the present embodiment, when performing hierarchical switching to the lower menu as the second hierarchical level, the control unit 11 functions as a cursor display section 22 to display a cursor so that it is superimposed on a predetermined On the lower-level menu, as shown in Figure 12A. In this case, the control unit 11 functions as a menu display color changing section 29 to change the display color of the lower menu so as to be visible through the cursor.

The input key 48a is operated upward or downward by the user, thereby moving the moving cursor to select a desired lower-level menu. The control unit 11 functions as a cursor operation detecting section 25 to detect a cursor moving direction. In addition, the control unit 11 functions as a cursor display form changing section 27, as shown in FIG. 12B, whereby the cursor is displayed in a manner of gradually increasing transparency, and animation processing is performed for residual images remaining in the direction relative to the cursor movement. When the focus stop operation is performed, the control unit 11 functions as a menu display color changing section 29, as shown in FIG. 12C, changing the display color of the lower menu so as to be visible through the cursor.

The flowchart shown in FIG. 13 shows the flow of the display control described above. Referring to the flowchart in FIG. 13, when the key input instruction control unit 11 is to change the display color of the lower menu to be selected, in step S51, the control unit 11 temporarily stores the current display position of the lower menu, and goes to step S52. In step S52, the control unit 11 obtains the display position of the lower menu when it is moved, and goes to step S53.

In step S53, the control unit 11 determines whether the menu group of the lower menu is switched by moving the cursor. If the menu group is switched, the control unit 11 goes to step S55. If the menu group has not been switched, the control unit 11 goes to step S54. In step S54, the control unit 11 moves the cursor to the target display position at equal time intervals, and proceeds to step S62.

If the menu group is switched, in step S55, the control unit 11 displays the cursor after reversing the orientation of the cursor range. In step S57, the control unit 11 adds the movement increment to the current display position, and proceeds to step S57.

In step S57, the control unit 11 determines whether the movement increment is equal to or smaller than 2 points. If the movement increment is not equal to or smaller than 2 dots, in step S58, control unit 11 adds the movement increment, which is a value larger than the above 2 dots, to the current display position, and proceeds to step S62.

On the contrary, when the movement increment is equal to or smaller than 2 points, the control unit 11 proceeds to step S59 and determines whether the remaining distance is equal to or larger than 2 points. If the remaining distance is equal to or greater than 2 points, in step S60, the control unit 11 adds 2 points to the current display position, and proceeds to step S62. If the remaining distance is not equal to or greater than 2 points, in step S61, the control unit 11 adds 1 point to the current display position. As described above, when the remaining amount of movement decreases, each lower menu can be smoothly displayed and moved by adjusting the movement increment.

As shown in FIG. 12B , in step S62 , the control unit 11 increases the transparency of the focus, and performs animation processing to generate a post-image. In step S63, the control unit 11 determines whether the display position of the cursor has reached the target display position. When the display position of the cursor has reached the target display position, as shown in FIG. 12C, control unit 11 returns the focus of the cursor to the normal state.

This enables the user to feel the speed of the displayed icon in response to the user's operation of moving the cursor.

When the selected menu group is moved to a different menu group in response to a cursor moving operation, the control unit 11 functions as a group switching part 28 to hide the initially selected menu group and control the display of a different menu group to be displayed instead of the selection. each submenu. Also, at the same time, animation processing is performed in a form following the subordinate menu. Also, the icon that is the first hierarchy corresponding to the lower menu currently selected by the cursor is also enlarged and displayed.

In addition, when it is difficult to display the lower menus of one menu group in the display area, the control unit 11 functions as a menu switching part 30, as shown in FIGS. 14A to 14C, whereby by gradually displaying all the menu groups in the display area, The remaining lower-level menus that are not displayed are gradually displayed in the display area. Therefore, even if the lower menu of the lower menu group is selected with the cursor, the user can see the lower menu of the next menu group.

Advantages of the embodiment

As apparent from the above description, the cellular phone according to the above embodiment has the following advantages.

1) Even during dynamic processing on the menu, the cellular phone receives a key input event, whereby the cellular phone can quickly respond to a key input by the user. Therefore, an improvement in the operability of the cellular phone can be obtained, and inconvenience causing the user's stress when performing a key input operation can be avoided.

2) By enlarging the icon linearly according to its area, the icon is allowed to be three-dimensional so that the user can smoothly recognize the icon being selected by establishing the presence of the icon.

3) When the key input interval is shortened when an icon is selected, by increasing the moving speed of the lower menu as the second layer for display, the icon can be easily recognized by the user.

4) When the menu stops after moving, by displaying the menu so as to move at a gradually decreasing moving speed and finally stop, the transparency of the menu can be improved while moving, thereby simplifying selection of a desired menu.

5) Since the cursor moves following the movement of the lower-level menu, it can support the movement of the viewpoint, so that when the menu group is switched, it can be clearly displayed which menu is selected.

6) Although, in the case where the input device is only press-operable, continuous input operation is difficult, in the case of the cellular phone according to the above-mentioned embodiment, it is possible to quickly respond to the user's key input. Thereby, the cellular phone can quickly respond to the user's continuous operations, thereby making it possible to significantly reduce the pressure felt by the user when an input device having only a pressing operation is provided.

Although, in the above description of the present embodiment, the embodiment of the present invention is applied to a cellular phone, the embodiment of the present invention can be applied to other types of portable terminal equipment such as PHS and PDA.

Also, only the above-described embodiments are disclosed as examples of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and even if the embodiments of the present invention are different from the above-described embodiments, the embodiments of the present invention can be variously modified by design or the like within the technical idea related to the embodiments of the present invention.

The present invention includes the Japanese patent application JP 2004-379430 filed with the Japan Patent Office on December 28, 2004, the Japanese patent application JP 2004-379436 filed with the Japan Patent Office on December 28, 2004, and the Japanese patent application filed in 2004 is the subject of Japanese Patent Application JP 2004-379442 filed with the Japan Patent Office on December 28, 2004, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.

Claims (26)

1. A display method, comprising the steps of: displaying a plurality of icons in a list form on the display device by the list form display part; Enlarging an icon selected by the user from the plurality of icons displayed on the display means with the operating means to a predetermined size by the enlarging means; When the user selects a different icon with the operating means, the one icon that has been selected and enlarged to the predetermined size is reduced by the reducing means so that it has a size substantially equal to that of each icon that is not selected. the size of; and The enlargement means and the reduction means are controlled by the control means so that when the user selects the different icon while the one icon selected by the user is being enlarged, the selected one icon is temporarily enlarged to the selected icon. the predetermined size, and immediately after the enlargement, the temporarily enlarged icon is reduced so that it has a size substantially equal to the size of each icon that is not selected. 2. The display method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of: adjusting the display positions of said plurality of icons by display position adjusting means so that in said step of displaying said plurality of icons on said display means in a list form wherein, the plurality of icons are displayed in columns on the display means by the list form display means, and even after the one icon selected by the user is enlarged in the step of enlarging the one icon , all multiple icons displayed in list form are displayed in column form. 3. The display method according to claim 1, wherein: the plurality of icons serve as upper menus corresponding to menu groups each formed by grouping a plurality of lower menus; In the step of displaying the plurality of icons on the display device in a list form, when the icons are displayed in a list form along the arrangement direction of the plurality of icons displayed in a column by the display device in a list form When the lower-level menu of the menu group corresponding to the currently selected icon is in the state, when the user selects the different icon with the operating device, the lower-level menu of the menu group corresponding to the selected one icon is controlled not to be displayed. menu, so that the lower-level menus of the menu group corresponding to the selected one icon are sequentially moved out of the display area of the display device along the arrangement direction, and control to display the corresponding newly selected icon a lower-level menu of the menu group of icons, so that the lower-level menus of the menu group corresponding to the newly selected icons are sequentially moved into the display area of the display device, replacing the lower-level menus controlled not to be displayed; and When controlling to display and not display the lower-level menus of the menu group, control the display of the lower-level menus that have been controlled not to be displayed and the display of the lower-level menus that have been controlled to be displayed, so that in the subject After the controlled lower-level menu starts moving along the arrangement direction at high speed, the controlled lower-level menu moves at a gradually decreasing speed and finally stops. 4. The display method according to claim 3, wherein in said step of displaying said plurality of icons in a list form on said display means, when a user sequentially selects different icons with said operating means, said The list form display means controls the display of the lower menus of the menu group corresponding to each of the sequentially selected different icons so as to move at a gradually increasing speed according to the time at which the different icons are sequentially selected. The sub-menus of the menu group corresponding to each icon of different icons. 5. A portable terminal device, comprising: displaying the device in a list form, displaying a plurality of icons on the display device in a list form; enlarging means for enlarging, to a predetermined size, one icon selected by a user with an operation means from among said plurality of icons displayed on said display means by said list form display means; reducing means for reducing said one icon which has been selected and enlarged to said predetermined size when the user selects a different icon with said operating means so that it has a size substantially equal to that of each icon which is not selected the size of; and control means for, when the user selects a different icon while said icon selected by the user is being enlarged by said enlarging means, controlling said enlarging means to temporarily enlarging said selected one icon to said predetermined size, and Immediately after said enlargement, it controls said reduction means to reduce said temporarily enlarged icon so that it has a size substantially equal to that of each icon not selected. 6. The portable terminal device according to claim 5, further comprising display position adjusting means which adjusts said display positions of said plurality of icons so that said list form display means displays said plurality of icons in a column form The plurality of icons are displayed on the display means in a list form, and all of the plurality of icons displayed in the list form are displayed in a column form even after the one icon selected by the user is enlarged. 7. The portable terminal device according to claim 5, wherein: the plurality of icons serve as upper menus corresponding to menu groups each formed by grouping a plurality of lower menus; When in a state in which the lower menus of the menu group corresponding to the currently selected icon are displayed in the list form by the list form display means along the arrangement direction of the plurality of icons displayed in the form of columns, the user uses the When the operating device selects the different icons, control not to display the lower-level menus of the menu group corresponding to the selected one icon, so that the lower-level menus of the menu group corresponding to the selected one icon The menus are sequentially moved out of the display area of the display device along the arrangement direction, and the lower-level menus of the menu group corresponding to the newly selected icon are controlled to be displayed, so that the lower-level menus of the menu group corresponding to the newly selected icon Sequentially moving into the display area of the display device, instead of controlling the lower menus not to be displayed, and when controlling to display and not display the lower menus of the menu group, controlling the control to the lower menus that have been controlled not to be displayed The display of the lower menu and the display of the lower menu which has been controlled to be displayed so that after the controlled lower menu starts moving along the arrangement direction at a high speed, the controlled lower menu gradually decreases. Moves at a small speed and eventually stops. 8. The portable terminal device according to claim 7, wherein when the user selects different icons in a sequentially continuous manner with said operating means, said list form display means controls the selection of the different icons associated with the sequentially continuous mode. The display of the lower level menus of the menu group corresponding to each icon so as to move the lower level of the menu group corresponding to each of the different icons at a gradually increasing speed according to the time when the different icons are selected in a sequential continuous manner menu. 9. A display program designed to allow a computer to: displaying the device in a list form, displaying a plurality of icons on the display device in a list form; enlarging means for enlarging an icon selected by a user with an operation means from among said plurality of icons displayed on said display means to a predetermined size by allowing said computer to function as said list form display means; reducing means for reducing said one icon which has been selected and enlarged to said predetermined size when the user selects a different icon with said operating means so that it has a size substantially equal to that of each icon which is not selected the size of; and control means for controlling said magnification means to temporarily magnify said selected one by allowing said computer to function as said magnification means when said icon selected by the user is being magnified while the user selects a different icon icon to said predetermined size, and immediately after said enlargement, it controls said reduction means to reduce said temporarily enlarged icon so that it has a size substantially equal to the size of each icon not selected. 10. The display program according to claim 9, wherein said computer is allowed to function as display position adjusting means for adjusting the display positions of said plurality of icons, so that when said computer functions as said list form display means, allowing The computer operates to display the plurality of icons in a list form on the display device by displaying the plurality of icons in a column form, and to display the plurality of icons in a column form even after enlarging the one icon selected by the user. All of the plurality of icons displayed in a list form are displayed in a form of . 11. The display program according to claim 9, wherein: The plurality of icons serve as upper menus corresponding to menu groups each formed by grouping a plurality of lower menus; and In the case where the computer is allowed to function as the list form display means, when the menu group corresponding to the currently selected icon is displayed in the list form along the arrangement direction of the plurality of icons displayed in the column form When the lower-level menu is in the state, when the user selects the different icon with the operating device, it is controlled not to display the lower-level menu of the menu group corresponding to the selected icon, so that the selected icon is not displayed. The lower-level menus of the menu group corresponding to an icon are sequentially moved out of the display area of the display device along the arrangement direction, and the lower-level menus of the menu group corresponding to the newly selected icon are controlled so as to be aligned with the The lower-level menus of the menu group corresponding to the newly selected icon are sequentially moved into the display area of the display device, replacing the lower-level menus controlled to not be displayed, and when the lower-level menus of the menu group are controlled to be displayed and not displayed, controlling display of the lower menu controlled not to be displayed and display of the lower menu controlled to be displayed so that after the controlled lower menu starts moving at high speed along the arrangement direction, The controlled lower-level menu moves at a gradually decreasing speed and eventually stops. 12. The display program according to claim 11, wherein in the case of allowing said computer to function as said list form display means when the user selects different icons in a sequentially continuous manner with said operating means, the control is paired with The display of the lower menu of the menu group corresponding to each icon of the different icons selected in a sequential continuous manner, so as to move at a gradually increasing speed according to the time when the different icons are selected in a sequential continuous manner Each icon in the corresponding menu group's sub-menus. 13. A display method, comprising the steps of: Displaying at least a plurality of upper-level menus in columns on the display device by the menu display means, in the form of a list on the display device along the arrangement direction of the plurality of upper-level menus displayed in the form of columns, displaying and multiple the lower-level menus of the menu group corresponding to the upper-level menu selected in the menu groups, the menu group is formed by grouping a plurality of lower-level menus corresponding to each of the plurality of upper-level menus, and in the display a cursor for selecting a desired menu from among the plurality of upper-level menus or the lower-level menus belonging to the menu group is displayed on the device; By moving the operation detecting means, detecting a moving operation on the cursor from one of the plurality of upper-level menus to one of the lower-level menus, and detecting a moving operation on the cursor from one of the lower-level menus to the a moving operation of one of the plurality of upper menus, the moving operation being performed by the user with the operating means; and When the moving operation on the cursor from one of the plurality of upper-level menus to one of the lower-level menus is detected in the step of detecting the moving operation on the cursor, the display processing The device displays all of the plurality of upper menus in a form of moving to an opposite side of the lower menus, and after moving and displaying the lower menus in a blank area formed by moving the plurality of upper menus, when the When the moving operation detecting means detects the moving operation from one of the lower-level menus to one of the plurality of upper-level menus, the display processing means moves all the lower-level menus to the plurality of upper-level menus. The lower menus are displayed on an opposite side of the upper menu, and the plurality of upper menus are displayed by moving the plurality of upper menus into a blank area formed by moving the lower menus. 14. The display method according to claim 13, wherein said step of displaying said upper-level menu and said lower-level menu by moving the upper-level menu and said lower-level menu comprises the step of: when detecting said movement operation on said cursor In the step, when the moving operation from one of the upper-level menus to one of the lower-level menus is detected by the moving operation detection means, all the upper-level menus are moved by the display processing means to the opposite side of the lower-level menu, shrinking the moved upper-level menu before displaying the moved upper-level menu, and enlarging the lower-level menu before displaying the lower-level menu; and, when detecting the In the step of the moving operation, when the moving operation from one of the lower-level menus to one of the upper-level menus on the cursor is detected by the moving operation detecting means, all of the The lower-level menu is moved to an opposite side of the upper-level menu, the moved lower-level menu is reduced before displaying the moved lower-level menu, and the upper-level menu is enlarged before the upper-level menu is displayed. 15. The display method according to claim 14, wherein in said steps of reducing said upper-level menu and enlarging said lower-level menu, when it is detected that on said cursor from one of said upper-level menus to said lower-level menu During one of the moving operations, the display processing device changes the color of the cursor, the character color of the lower-level menu, or the color of the cursor and the character color of the lower-level menu, so that the cursor can be viewed through the cursor. to the lower level menu. 16. The display method according to claim 13, wherein: At least said lower-level menus are grouped to correspond to each menu of said upper-level menus, said lower-level menus have a circular structure of virtually connected groups so that when said lower-level menus are displayed, a group-last lower-level menu follows There is a submenu starting with the next group; In the step of detecting the moving operation on the cursor, while the state of one of the upper menus selected with the cursor is being detected, the display processing means displays all the Select the lower-level menu of the group corresponding to the upper-level menu, the transparency allows the user to see the displayed lower-level menu, and when the mobile operation detection device detects that the current selected upper-level menu is on the cursor. When the moving operation of the upper-level menu is performed, the display processing means hides the set of lower-level menus corresponding to the currently selected upper-level menu displayed with the transparency in the form of scrolling out of the display area of the display means, and instead of the hidden lower-level menu, the display processing means scrolls the set of lower-level menus corresponding to the different upper-level menus behind the hidden lower-level menu into the display area of the display means , to display the lower-level menu of the group corresponding to the different upper-level menu. 17. A portable terminal device, comprising: A menu display device, displaying at least a plurality of upper-level menus in the form of columns on the display device, and displaying and displaying in a list along the arrangement direction of the upper-level menus displayed in the form of columns on the display device. a lower-level menu of a menu group corresponding to the selected upper-level menu in the menu group, the menu group is formed by grouping a plurality of lower-level menus corresponding to each menu of the upper-level menu, and displayed on the display device displaying a cursor for selecting a desired menu from the upper menu or the lower menus belonging to the menu group; A movement operation detection device for detecting a movement operation on the cursor from one of the upper-level menus to one of the lower-level menus, and detecting a movement operation on the cursor from one of the lower-level menus to the upper-level menu a moving operation performed by the user with the operating device; and display processing means, when said moving operation detecting means detects said moving operation on said cursor from one of said upper-level menus to one of said lower-level menus, to move to the opposite side of said lower-level menus displaying all of the upper menus in a form, and after moving and displaying the lower menus in the blank area formed by moving the upper menus, when the moving operation detection means detects that the When the move operation of one of the above-mentioned upper-level menus is performed, the lower-level menus are displayed by moving all of the lower-level menus to the opposite side of the upper-level menus, and the lower-level menus are displayed by moving the upper-level menus to the The upper-level menu is displayed in the blank area formed by the menu. 18. The portable terminal device according to claim 17, wherein: When the moving operation detecting means detects a moving operation on the cursor from one of the upper-level menus to one of the lower-level menus, the display processing means moves all the upper-level menus to the lower-level the opposite side of the menu, and shrink the moved upper menu to display the upper menu, and display the lower menu after enlarging the lower menu; and When a moving operation from one of the lower-level menus to one of the upper-level menus on the cursor is detected by the moving operation detecting means, the display processing means moves all the lower-level menus to The lower menu is displayed on the opposite side of the upper menu and after the moved lower menu is zoomed out, and the upper menu is displayed after the upper menu is enlarged. 19. The portable terminal device according to claim 17, wherein said display processing means changes said The color of the cursor, the character color of the lower-level menu, or the color of the cursor and the character color of the lower-level menu, so that the lower-level menu can be seen through the cursor. 20. The portable terminal device according to claim 17, wherein: At least said lower-level menus are grouped to correspond to each menu of said upper-level menus, said lower-level menus have a circular structure of virtually connected groups so that when said lower-level menus are displayed, a group-last lower-level menu follows a submenu with the start of the next group; and While the movement operation detecting means is detecting a state in which one of the upper menus is selected with the cursor, the display processing means displays the lower levels of the group corresponding to the upper menu selected with the cursor with such transparency menu, the transparency allows the user to see the group of lower-level menus corresponding to the selected upper-level menu, and when the movement operation detection device uses the cursor for the movement operation, the currently selected The selection of the upper-level menu is changed to the selection of a different upper-level menu, and the display processing device scrolls the lower-level menu corresponding to the currently selected upper-level menu out of the display device according to the moving operation direction of the cursor. displaying an area so as to hide the lower-level menu corresponding to the currently selected upper-level menu displayed with the transparency, and to replace the hidden lower-level menu, the display processing means The lower-level menus of the group corresponding to the different upper-level menus are scrolled into the display area of the display device, so that the lower-level menus of the group corresponding to the different upper-level menus are displayed in the display area of the display device menu. 21. A display program for allowing a computer to: A menu display device for displaying at least a plurality of upper-level menus in the form of a column on the display device, displaying in a list form on the display device in the arrangement direction of the upper-level menus displayed in the form of columns, displaying the same number of menus in the plurality of a lower-level menu of a menu group corresponding to a higher-level menu selected in a menu group, the menu group is formed by grouping a plurality of lower-level menus corresponding to each menu of the upper-level menu, and is displayed on the display device for a cursor for selecting a desired menu from among the plurality of lower-level menus or the lower-level menus belonging to the menu group; A movement operation detection device for detecting a movement operation on the cursor from one of the upper-level menus to one of the lower-level menus, and detecting a movement operation on the cursor from one of the plurality of lower-level menus to the upper-level menu a moving operation of one of the menus, the moving operation being performed by the user with the operating means; and display processing means, when detecting the moving operation on the cursor from one of the upper menus to one of the lower menus by allowing the computer to function as the moving operation detecting means, by displaying said upper menu by moving all of said upper menus to the opposite side of said lower menu, and by moving said lower menu to a position formed by moving said upper menu before displaying said moved lower menu in a blank area and allow the computer to function as the movement operation detection device, so that when the movement operation from one of the lower-level menus to one of the upper-level menus on the cursor is detected, by putting All of the lower menus are moved to opposite sides of the plurality of upper menus to display the lower menus, and the upper menus are displayed by moving the upper menus into blank areas formed by moving the lower menus menu. 22. The display program according to claim 21, wherein when the computer is allowed to function as the display processing means, it is detected from the cursor on the cursor by allowing the computer to function as the moving operation detecting means. When the moving operation is performed from one of the upper-level menus to one of the lower-level menus, all the upper-level menus are moved to the opposite side of the lower-level menus, and they are reduced before being displayed, and all of the upper-level menus are enlarged before being displayed. the lower menus, and when the movement operation on the cursor from one of the lower menus to one of the upper menus is detected by allowing the computer to function as the movement operation detecting means, the All of the lower level menus are moved to the opposite side of the upper level menu and are zoomed out before being displayed, and the upper level menu is enlarged before being displayed. 23. The display program according to claim 21, wherein when said computer is allowed to function as said display processing means, a transition from one of said upper-level menus to one of said lower-level menus on said cursor is detected. During the moving operation, the display processing device changes the color of the cursor, the character color of the lower-level menu, or the color of the cursor and the character color of the lower-level menu, so that the cursor can be seen through the cursor. Submenu. 24. The display program according to claim 21, wherein: At least said lower-level menus are grouped to correspond to each menu of said upper-level menus, said lower-level menus have a circular structure of virtually connected groups so that when said lower-level menus are displayed, a group-last lower-level menu follows There is a submenu starting with the next group; When the computer is allowed to function as the display processing means while the state of selecting one of the upper menus with the cursor is being detected by allowing the computer to function as the movement operation detecting means, the The display processing means displays the lower menus of the group corresponding to the selected upper menu with transparency such that the user can see the lower menus of the group corresponding to the selected upper menu; and When the movement operation from the currently selected upper menu to a different upper menu on the cursor is detected by allowing the computer to function as the movement operation detection means, allowing the computer to function as the When displaying the functions of the processing device, the display processing device scrolls the group of lower-level menus corresponding to the currently selected upper-level menu out of the display area of the display device, and hides the corresponding menu items according to the moving operation direction of the cursor. The lower-level menu of the group corresponding to the currently selected upper-level menu, and instead of the hidden lower-level menu, the display processing device uses the group corresponding to the different menu behind the hidden lower-level menu The lower-level menus scroll into the display area of the display device, and the lower-level menus of the group corresponding to the different upper-level menus are displayed. 25. A portable terminal device, comprising: The components are displayed in a list form, and a plurality of icons are displayed on the display device in a list form; Enlarging means for enlarging, to a predetermined size, one icon selected by a user with an operating device from among said plurality of icons displayed on said display device by said list form display means; a reduction part configured to reduce the one icon that has been selected and enlarged to the predetermined size so that it has substantially the same size as each icon not selected when the user selects a different icon with the operating device equal dimensions; and a control section configured to, when the user selects the different icon while the icon selected by the user is being enlarged by the enlargement section, control the enlargement section to temporarily enlarge the selected one icon to the predetermined size , and configured to, immediately after said enlargement, control said reduction means to reduce said temporarily enlarged icon so that it has a size substantially equal to the size of each icon not selected. 26. A portable terminal device, comprising: a menu display part configured to display at least a plurality of upper-level menus in a column on a display device, and to arrange in a list form on the display device along the arrangement of the plurality of upper-level menus displayed in a column direction, displaying a lower-level menu of a menu group corresponding to a selected upper-level menu among a plurality of menu groups each formed by grouping a plurality of lower-level menus corresponding to each of the upper-level menus and being configured to display on the display device a cursor for selecting a desired menu from the upper-level menu or the lower-level menu belonging to the menu group; a moving operation detecting part configured to detect a moving operation on the cursor from one of the upper-level menus to one of the lower-level menus, and detect a moving operation on the cursor from one of the lower-level menus to the a movement operation of one of the upper menus, said movement operation being performed by the user with the operating device; and a display processing part configured to move to the opposite side of the lower menu when the moving operation detecting part detects the moving operation on the cursor from one of the upper menus to one of the execution displaying all of the upper-level menus, and configured to display the lower-level menus in a blank area formed by moving the upper-level menus, when the movement operation detection part detects that the When the moving operation of one of the upper menus is performed, the display of the lower menus is performed by moving all of the lower menus to the opposite side of the upper menu, and the display of the lower menus is performed by moving the upper menus to the The display of the upper menu is performed by moving the blank area formed by the lower menu.

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