Portable terminal

• US 20030073466A1
• Filed: 02/05/2002
• Published: 04/17/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Tanaka, Eiichi, Watanabe, Yoshikazu, Yoshii, Tomohiro, Ito, Keizo, Fujii, Yoko, Matsunaga, Keigo
• Granted Patent: US 7,155,260 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

A portable terminal displays a menu screen in which small screens respectively corresponding to categories are shown on display positions of a display unit, wherein the display positions respectively correspond to operation positions of an operation panel.

Claims

1. A portable terminal comprising:

a display unit for displaying a screen;

an operation panel for generating an event according to an operation position; and

a display control unit for displaying, in response to a predetermined menu display operation performed on the operation panel, a first menu screen in which a plurality of small screens corresponding to a plurality of categories associated with a plurality of operation positions of the operation panel are shown on each of a plurality of display positions of the display unit respectively associated with the plurality of operation positions, as well as for displaying, in response to that any of the operation positions is operated in a state that the first menu screen is displayed on the display unit, a second menu screen which corresponds to one of the categories associated with one of the small screens displayed on one of the display positions of the display unit corresponding to the operated operation position.

2. The portable terminal according to claim 1 wherein the display control unit displays a predetermined receipt-waiting screen on the display unit when the portable terminal is turned on, and displays the first menu screen designed to show that the small screens are superimposed on the receipt-waiting screen, in response to the menu display operation.

3. The portable terminal according to claim 1 wherein, in response to that any of the operation positions is operated in a state that the first menu screen is displayed on the display unit, the display control unit displays the second menu screen designed to show that a menu corresponding to a category is provided on a background screen associated with the category which corresponds to a small screen displayed on a display position of the display unit corresponding to the operated operation position.