Portable telephone

• US 20020067352A1
• Filed: 08/09/2001
• Published: 06/06/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DRNC Holdings, Inc. (InterDigital, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Takeuchi, Ryosuke
• Granted Patent: US 7,405,722 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/233 including a pointing device, e.g. roller key, track ball, rocker switch or joystick constructional details of pointing devices per se G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

In a portable telephone according to the present invention, a display displays a block indicative of an operator, predetermined information and a pointer; the operator can be operated in directions opposite to each other; and the controller controls the display so as to shift the pointer to a desirable position within a predetermined information on a screen of the display in accordance with an operation of the operator and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which the pointer can be shifted and in which the predetermined information exists, adjacently to the block along a shift direction through the operator.

Claims

1. A portable telephone including:

first operating portion which can be operated in directions opposite to each other;

a display unit for displaying a block indicative of said first operating portion, predetermined information and a pointer;

controlling means for controlling said display unit so as to shift said pointer to a desirable position within said predetermined information on a screen of said display unit in accordance with an operation of said first operating portion and also display a mark indicative of a direction to which said pointer can be shifted and in which said predetermined information exists, adjacently to said block along a shift direction through said first operating portion.

2. A portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein:

said predetermined information is menu information composed of a plurality of items, and

said pointer is located correspondingly to one of said plurality of items.

3. A portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein:

said predetermined information is text information, and

said pointer is located correspondingly to one character or symbol in said text information.

4. A portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein said first operating portion is a dial which can be rotated in directions opposite to each other.

5. A portable telephone according to claim 1, further comprising a second operating portion for shifting said pointer in a direction vertical to a shift direction of said pointer through said first operating portion, wherein:

said controlling means controls said display unit so as to display a mark indicative of a direction to which said pointer can be shifted by said second operating portion and in which said predetermined information exists, adjacently to said block along a shift direction through said second operating portion.

6. A portable telephone according to claim 5, wherein said second operating portion comprises two keys, which are arranged closely to each other, on both sides of said first operating portion.