Mobile terminal apparatus, and display control method therefor

• US 20080209321A1
• Filed: 02/14/2008
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Yamaguchi, Takako, Sato, Kazuyuki, Tsuyuki, Atsumasa, Kumagai, Toshimitsu
• Application Number:
  US12/071,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20080209321A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1622 with enclosures rotating around an axis perpendicular to the plane they define or with ball-joint coupling, e.g. PDA with display enclosure orientation changeable between portrait and landscape by rotation with respect to a coplanar body enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0233 Including a rotatable display body part
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0243 using the relative angle between housings

Abstract

In the state when the schedule function is activated, when a rotational motion of a display unit using a rotating mechanism thereof is detected, or when an acceleration of a predetermined acceleration value or greater is detected, the mobile terminal apparatus modifies the schedule display based on the above detection. Specifically, the mobile terminal apparatus modifies either the displayed schedule period or the display magnification factor of the display content.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal apparatus having a schedule function to store and display a schedule, comprising:

a display unit displaying the stored schedule;

a swing detection unit detecting a swing motion of the display unit; and

a display control unit modifying a schedule period to be displayed on the display unit, when the swing detection unit detects the swing motion of the display unit.

2. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the swing motion of the display unit is a rotational motion of the display unit from the vertical position state to the horizontal position state, and a rotational motion from the horizontal position state to the vertical position state.

3. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein, when the swing detection unit detects the rotational motion of the display unit from the vertical position state to the horizontal position state, the display control unit modifies a first schedule period displayed on the display unit to a second schedule period.

4. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the swing detection unit detects whether the direction of the rotational motion of the display unit is to the right direction or to the left direction, and

when the rotational motion to the left direction is detected, the display control unit modifies a first schedule period displayed on the display unit to a second schedule period, while when the rotational motion to the right direction is detected, the display control unit modifies the first schedule period displayed on the display unit to a third schedule period.

5. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein, whenever the swing detection unit detects a predetermined rotational motion of the display unit within a predetermined time, the display control unit modifies the schedule period to be displayed on the display unit, according to a preset modification sequence of the plurality of the schedule periods.

6. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 5,

wherein the predetermined rotational motion of the display unit includes a plurality of times of rotational motions of the display unit from the vertical position state to the horizontal position state.

7. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

an input unit for performing an input operation,

wherein, while a standby screen is displayed on the display unit, when the swing detection unit detects the rotational motion of the display unit from the vertical position state to the horizontal position state during a predetermined input operation to the input unit, the display control unit initiates the schedule function, so as to display a predetermined schedule period.

8. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the swing motion of the display unit is a vibration of the display unit with a predetermined acceleration value or greater.

9. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 8,

wherein, whenever the swing detection unit detects a predetermined vibrational motion of the display unit within a predetermined time, the display control unit modifies the schedule period to be displayed on the display unit, according to a preset modification sequence of the plurality of the schedule periods.

10. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 9,

wherein the predetermined vibrational motion of the display unit includes a plurality of times of vibrational motions of the display unit to predetermined directions.

11. A mobile terminal apparatus having a schedule function to store and display a schedule, comprising:

a display unit displaying the stored schedule;

a swing detection unit detecting a swing motion of the display unit; and

a display control unit modifying a display magnification factor of the schedule to be displayed on the display unit, when the swing detection unit detects the swing motion of the display unit.

12. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the swing motion of the display unit is a rotational motion of the display unit from the vertical position state to the horizontal position state, and a rotational motion from the horizontal position state to the vertical position state.

13. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein, when the swing detection unit detects the rotational motion of the display unit from the vertical position state to the horizontal position state, the display control unit modifies the display magnification factor of the schedule displayed on the display unit, from a first display magnification factor to a second display magnification factor.

14. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the swing detection unit detects whether the direction of the rotational motion of the display unit is to the right direction or to the left direction, and

when the rotational motion to the left direction is detected, the display control unit modifies the display magnification factor of the schedule displayed on the display unit, from the first display magnification factor to the second display magnification factor, while when the rotational motion to the right direction is detected, the display control unit modifies the display magnification factor of the schedule displayed on the display unit, from the first display magnification factor to a third display magnification factor.

15. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein, whenever the swing detection unit detects a predetermined rotational motion of the display unit within a predetermined time, the display control unit modifies the display magnification factor of the schedule to be displayed on the display unit, according to a preset modification sequence of the plurality of the display magnification factors.

16. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the predetermined rotational motion of the display unit includes a plurality of times of rotational motions of the display unit from the vertical position state to the horizontal position state.

17. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

an input unit for performing an input operation,

wherein, while a standby screen is displayed on the display unit, when the swing detection unit detects the rotational motion of the display unit from the vertical position state to the horizontal position state during a predetermined input operation to the input unit, the display control unit initiates the schedule function, so as to display the schedule with a predetermined display magnification factor.

18. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein the swing motion of the display unit is a vibration of the display unit with a predetermined acceleration value or greater.

19. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 18,

wherein, whenever the swing detection unit detects a predetermined vibrational motion of the display unit within a predetermined time, the display control unit modifies the display magnification factor of the schedule to be displayed on the display unit, according to a preset modification sequence of the plurality of the display magnification factors.

20. The mobile terminal apparatus according to claim 19,

wherein the predetermined vibrational motion of the display unit includes a plurality of times of vibrations of the display unit to predetermined directions.

21. A display control method of a mobile terminal apparatus having a schedule function to store and display a schedule, comprising:

a display step for displaying the schedule on a display unit of the mobile terminal apparatus;

a swing detection step for detecting swing motion of the display unit; and

a display control step for modifying a schedule period to be displayed on the display unit, when the swing motion of the display unit is detected in the swing detection step.

22. A display control method of a mobile terminal apparatus having a schedule function to store and display a schedule, comprising:

a display step for displaying the schedule on a display unit of the mobile terminal apparatus;

a swing detection step for detecting a swing motion of the display unit; and

a display control step for modifying a display magnification factor of the schedule to be displayed on the display unit, when the swing motion of the display unit is detected in the swing detection step.

23. A computer program executed in a mobile terminal apparatus having a schedule function to store and display a schedule, enabling the mobile terminal apparatus to execute:

a display step for displaying the schedule on a display unit of the mobile terminal apparatus;

a swing detection step for detecting a swing motion of the display unit; and

a display control step for modifying a schedule period to be displayed on the display unit, when the swing motion of the display unit is detected in the swing detection step.

24. A computer program executed in a mobile terminal apparatus having a schedule function to store and display a schedule, enabling the mobile terminal apparatus to execute:

a display step for displaying the schedule on a display unit of the mobile terminal apparatus;

a swing detection step for detecting a swing motion of the display unit; and

a display control step for modifying a display magnification factor of the schedule to be displayed on the display unit, when the swing motion of the display unit is detected in the swing detection step.