Portable terminal device

• US 5,587,724 A
• Filed: 06/02/1992
• Issued: 12/24/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Matsuda, Eichika
• Primary Examiner(s): Bayerl, Raymond J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Luu, Matthew
• Application Number:
  US07/892,316
• Time in Patent Office: 1,666 Days
• Field of Search: 340/712, 340/706, 364/705.02, 364/705.06, 364/705.01, 364/705.05, 368/709.06, 368/41, 345/173, 345/174, 345/175, 345/157, 345/156, 345/145, 345/146, 345/117, 345/119, 345/901, 395/149, 395/155, 395/157, 395/159
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 345/901 Electronic book with display

Abstract

A portable terminal device in which information items for each kind of memorandum data are previously registered in a RAM. An operator can select a desired kind of memorandum information from among a plurality of kinds of memorandum information by depressing a memorandum key. A guidance as to a first information item of the selected kind of memorandum information is displayed on a display portion. The operator can input data of the first information item with keys by following the guidance on the display portion. When the input operation for the data of the first information item is finished, a line-feed is automatically inserted by depressing a specified key, and a next guidance as to a second information item is displayed on the display portion. The operator inputs data of the second information item with the keys by following the displayed guidance. In a similar manner, the operator sequentially inputs data of all the information items by following the corresponding guidance on the display portion. When the input operation for the data of all the information items is completed, the whole data is stored into the RAM. The stored data is read out and displayed on the display portion at any desired time.

Claims

1. A multiple memorandum information portable terminal device, comprising:

input means for receiving information items in a registration mode and for receiving data in a subsequent input mode, respectively input by an operator;

display means for displaying operator guidance prompts corresponding to said information items in a subsequent input mode;

memory means for registering in the registration mode a plurality of said information items relating to a plurality of different types of memorandum functions including at least calendar, schedule, telephone directory, clock, and calculation functions;

selecting means for selecting a memorandum function from said plurality of different kinds of memorandum functions registered in said memory means; and

control means for repeating alternately a display operation and a data receiving operation, said display operation displaying an operator guidance prompt corresponding to an information item of a selected memorandum function, said data receiving operation receiving data input by the operator through said input means in the input mode in response to the operator guidance prompt, said input data being stored in connection with said information item, based on an order in which said plurality of information items are registered by an operator in said memory means.

2. A portable terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said input means receives data of information items into which a line-feed is automatically inserted in response to a specified key being depressed by an operator.

3. A portable terminal device according to claim 2, wherein said selecting means selects said memorandum information in response to a memorandum key being depressed by an operator.

4. A method of inputting data of information items in a portable terminal device, comprising the steps of:

initially registering a plurality of information items input by an operator for each of different types of memorandum information;

displaying as operator guidance information one of said plurality of information items of any one of said different types of memorandum information;

receiving data input by the operator in response to the displayed operator guidance information, said received data being stored in connection with said at least one information item, based on an order in which said plurality of information items are initially registered by said operator; and

repeating alternately said displaying step and said receiving step.

5. A multiple memorandum information portable terminal device, comprising:

input means for receiving information items in a registration mode and for receiving data in a memorandum mode, respectively input by an operator;

a display for displaying operator guidance prompts corresponding to said information items in both of said registration mode and said memorandum mode and for displaying said data in said memorandum mode;

a memory for registering said information items in said registration mode and for registering said data in said memorandum mode; and

a controller for alternately repeating a display operation for displaying one of said operator guidance prompts based on an order in which said information items are input by said operator and registered in said memory and a data receiving operation for receiving data input by the operator in said memorandum mode.