PORTABLE TERMINAL

• US 20090221330A1
• Filed: 10/18/2004
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Tomimori, Takeshi
• Application Number:
  US11/573,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20090221330A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/22 Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/048 Arrangements providing optical indication of the incoming call, e.g. flasher circuits

Abstract

A portable terminal such as a portable telephone provided with an LED display panel in which a plurality of LEDs are arranged in a matrix on the surface of a case. When an incoming call comes in, a speaker rings a ringtone melody while the LED display panel displays the incoming call. A display of high intensity can be obtained from the LEDs. In addition, a control signal in accordance with the ringtone melody is supplied to a control microcomputer that controls the LED display panel, which allows the control microcomputer to perform display control on an image displayed on the LED display panel in synchronization with the ringtone melody.

Claims

1. A portable terminal comprising:

an LED display panel having a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for emitting light to the outside arranged in a matrix in a plane, and being provided on a surface of a case housing electronic components;

a display control part performing display control on said LEDs of said LED display panel based on display data to produce a two-dimensional display image on said LED display panel; and

a sound output part outputting a sound based on previously stored sound data, wherein

said display control part produces said two-dimensional display image on said LED display panel in synchronization with a control signal in accordance with said sound data.

3. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein

said sound data is music data, and

said display control part produces said two-dimensional display image on said LED display panel in synchronization with a control signal in accordance with said music data.

4. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein

said display control part produces said two-dimensional display image on said LED display panel in synchronization with a ringing level of said sound data.

2. (canceled)

5-6. -6. (canceled)