MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20090187857A1
• Filed: 09/22/2008
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Toshiba Mobile Communications Limited (Fujitsu Limited)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: TANAKA, Hiroyuki
• Application Number:
  US12/235,021
• Publication Number:
  US 20090187857A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/811
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

When starting a small thumbnail display mode, predetermined data prioritized by a priority setting unit are sequentially output from a data storage unit to a decoder and a display processing unit to preliminarily generate large thumbnail image data. The generated large thumbnail image data are temporarily stored in a thumbnail image data storage unit so as to be efficiently displayed in the priority order after switching of the display node to the large thumbnail display mode.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a data storage unit configured to store data;

a first generation unit configured to generate a first thumbnail image data based on the data output from the data storage unit;

a first display unit configured to display a plurality of first thumbnail images corresponding to a plurality of the first thumbnail image data generated by the first generation unit;

a cursor moving unit configured to move a cursor which selects one of a plurality of the first thumbnail images displayed by the first display unit;

a priority setting unit configured to set a priority with respect to the data stored in the data storage unit in accordance with the first thumbnail image selected by the cursor moved by the cursor moving unit;

a second generation unit configured to generate second thumbnail image data each having a different size from that of the first thumbnail image data based on the data having the priority set by the priority setting unit;

a second thumbnail image data storage unit configured to store the plurality of the second thumbnail image data generated by the second generation unit;

a receiver unit configured to receive a command to display the second thumbnail image corresponding to the second thumbnail image data; and

a second display unit configured to display the plurality of the second thumbnail images stored in the second thumbnail image data storage unit sequentially in a predetermined array from the second thumbnail image corresponding to the second thumbnail image data formed from the data in an order of the priority upon reception of a command to display the second thumbnail images by the receiver unit.

2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein each size of the second thumbnail image data is larger than each size of the first thumbnail image data.

3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein when the second thumbnail display mode is started, the cursor is displayed to select the second thumbnail image corresponding to the second thumbnail image data generated from the same data as those of the first thumbnail image selected by the cursor when starting the first thumbnail display mode.

4. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the data storage unit stores the data and a data list having data for forming the first thumbnail image data arrayed with data numbers in an order of data generation, and the priority setting unit sets the priority in an order of the data number of the data adjacent to that of the data for forming the first thumbnail image selected by the cursor.

5. The mobile terminal device according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of the second thumbnail images displayed by the second display unit are in the predetermined array such that the second thumbnail image corresponding to the second thumbnail image data formed from the data with a small data number among those generated by the second generation unit is displayed to a head of the array sequentially in an order of the data number.

6. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, wherein an attribute information is added to the data stored in the data storage unit, and the priority setting unit sets a priority with respect to the data based on the attribute information of the data for forming the first thumbnail image selected by the cursor.

7. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a display mode switching unit configured to switch from a first thumbnail display mode for displaying a plurality of first thumbnail images each with a predetermined size to a second thumbnail display mode for displaying a plurality of second thumbnail images each having a size larger than that of the first thumbnail images when starting of the first thumbnail display mode;

a data storage unit configured to store data;

a first generation unit configured to generate the first thumbnail image data based on the data output from the data storage unit when starting the first thumbnail display mode;

a first display unit configured to display the first thumbnail image corresponding to the plurality of the first thumbnail image data generated by the first generation unit;

a cursor moving unit configured to move a cursor to select one of the plurality of the first thumbnail images displayed by the first display unit;

a priority setting unit configured to set a priority with respect to the data stored in the data storage unit in accordance with the first thumbnail image selected by the cursor moved by the cursor moving unit;

a second generation unit configured to generate the second thumbnail image data of the second thumbnail image to be displayed when the second thumbnail display mode is started by the display mode switching unit based on the data having the priority set by the priority setting unit;

a second thumbnail image data storage unit configured to store the second thumbnail image data generated by the second generation unit; and

a second display unit configured to display the second thumbnail images corresponding to the plurality of the second thumbnail image data stored in the second thumbnail image data storage unit sequentially in a predetermined array from the second thumbnail image corresponding to the second thumbnail image data formed from the data in an order of the priority thereof after starting the second thumbnail display mode by the display mode switching unit.

8. The mobile terminal device according to claim 7, wherein when the second thumbnail display mode is started, the cursor is displayed to select the second thumbnail image corresponding to the second thumbnail image data generated from the same data as those of the first thumbnail image selected by the cursor when starting the first thumbnail display mode.

9. The mobile terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the data storage unit stores the data and a data list having data for forming the first thumbnail image data arrayed with data numbers in an order of data generation, and the priority setting unit sets the priority in an order of the data number of the data adjacent to that of the data for forming the first thumbnail image selected by the cursor.

10. The mobile terminal device according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of the second thumbnail images displayed by the second display unit are in the predetermined array such that the second thumbnail image corresponding to the second thumbnail image data formed from the data with a small data number among those generated by the second generation unit is displayed to a head of the array sequentially in an order of the data number.

11. The mobile terminal device according to claim 7, wherein an attribute information is added to the data stored in the data storage unit, and the priority setting unit sets a priority with respect to the data based on the attribute information of the data for forming the first thumbnail image selected by the cursor.

12. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a data storage unit configured to store a plurality of data;

a display unit configured to display an image corresponding to the data stored in the data storage unit;

a first operation unit configured to receive a switching operation between a first thumbnail display mode and a second thumbnail display mode, the first thumbnail display mode being for generating first thumbnail image data based on a plurality of the data stored in the data storage unit to display images corresponding to the plurality of the first thumbnail image data in a predetermined order, and the second thumbnail display mode being for displaying images corresponding to the second thumbnail image data each having a display size larger than that of the first thumbnail image data;

a second operation unit configured to select one of displayed images corresponding to the plurality of the first thumbnail image data when the first thumbnail display mode is set;

a generation unit configured to generate the second thumbnail image data based on selection data correlated with the first thumbnail image selected by the second operation unit from those corresponding to the plurality of the first thumbnail image data, and data correlated with predetermined numbers of images arrayed in an order adjacent to the selected first thumbnail image in the predetermined order when the first thumbnail display mode is set; and

a control unit configured to display the second thumbnail image data generated by the generation unit sequentially from the selected data on the display unit when receiving a switching operation from the currently activated first thumbnail display mode to the second thumbnail image data through the first operation unit.