MOBILE PHONE TERMINAL WITH REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTION

• US 20110223899A1
• Filed: 08/09/2010
• Published: 09/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shinten Sangyo Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shinten Sangyo Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hiraide, Yoshifumi
• Application Number:
  US12/853,288
• Publication Number:
  US 20110223899A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/420
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

A mobile phone terminal with remote control function including a touch panel display and configured to selectively display function display patterns having a plurality of operating icons representing multiple functions including a phone function on the touch panel display, in which the mobile phone terminal has a display unit that displays a remote-control function display pattern for operating one or more external devices by remote control and a switching unit that selectively switches the remote-control function display pattern.

Claims

1. A mobile phone terminal with remote control function including a touch panel display and configured to selectively display function display patterns having a plurality of operating icons representing multiple functions including a phone function on the touch panel display,

the mobile phone terminal comprising:

a display unit that displays a remote-control function display pattern for operating one or more external devices by remote control; and

a switching unit that selectively switches the remote-control function display pattern.

2. The mobile phone terminal with remote control function according to claim 1, wherein the switching unit comprises a main operation display pattern for selecting and switching a multi-function display pattern included among the function display patterns.

3. The mobile phone terminal with remote control function according to claim 1, wherein the function display pattern is for at least one of a phone, PDA, audio player, camera, video player, game player, internet terminal, and GPS receiver.

4. The mobile phone terminal with remote control function according to claim 1, wherein the external device is one of a television, an air conditioner, audio equipment, a video player, a personal computer, a PDA, and a light.