Dual display portable telephone device and allocation means for display process thereof
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1. A portable telephone device comprising:
- two displays of substantially a same size, positioned so that display content on each of the displays is visible in one field of vision; and
allocation means unit for allocating a different display process to each of the displays, each display process being a process for outputting different display data including at least one of image data and character data,wherein the allocation means unit includes;
a storage unit for storing a table showing a correspondence between each of the displays and the display process being allocated thereto;
a specification unit for specifying a display process to be allocated to one of the displays;
a selection unit for selecting, according to the stored correspondence shown in the table, one of the displays to allocate the specified display process to;
andan updating unit for updating the table so as to show the stored correspondence between the selected display and the specified display process;
the specification unit includesa detection unit for detecting an arrival signal, wherein;
a detection unit for detecting a call signal,wherein the specification unit, on detecting the call signal, specifies a display process which outputs display data forming an image showing to a communication state and which is to be newly allocated to one of the displays; and
the selection unit includes;
a judgement judgment unit for on detecting the arrival signal, judging, based on the table stored correspondence, whether a state of either of the displays is one of (a) having no display process allocated thereto, and (b) having a display process outputting the display data forming an image of stand-by display allocated thereto, whereinthe specification unit specifies a display process which outputs display data forming an image showing a communication state and which is to be newly allocated to one of the displays, and the selection unit, when the judgement judgment unit judges the state of one of the displays to be one of (a) and (b), selects the display as a display to which the specified display process is to be newly allocated, andthe allocation means unit allocates the specified display process to the selected display.
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Abstract
The present invention is a portable telephone device that is composed of two displays of substantially a same size, and can continuously perform two display processes in parallel by allocating different display processes to each of the displays.
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1. A portable telephone device comprising:
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two displays of substantially a same size, positioned so that display content on each of the displays is visible in one field of vision; and allocation means unit for allocating a different display process to each of the displays, each display process being a process for outputting different display data including at least one of image data and character data, wherein the allocation means unit includes; a storage unit for storing a table showing a correspondence between each of the displays and the display process being allocated thereto; a specification unit for specifying a display process to be allocated to one of the displays; a selection unit for selecting, according to the stored correspondence shown in the table, one of the displays to allocate the specified display process to;
andan updating unit for updating the table so as to show the stored correspondence between the selected display and the specified display process; the specification unit includesa detection unit for detecting an arrival signal, wherein; a detection unit for detecting a call signal, wherein the specification unit, on detecting the call signal, specifies a display process which outputs display data forming an image showing to a communication state and which is to be newly allocated to one of the displays; and the selection unit includes; a judgement judgment unit for on detecting the arrival signal, judging, based on the table stored correspondence, whether a state of either of the displays is one of (a) having no display process allocated thereto, and (b) having a display process outputting the display data forming an image of stand-by display allocated thereto, wherein the specification unit specifies a display process which outputs display data forming an image showing a communication state and which is to be newly allocated to one of the displays, and the selection unit, when the judgement judgment unit judges the state of one of the displays to be one of (a) and (b), selects the display as a display to which the specified display process is to be newly allocated, and the allocation means unit allocates the specified display process to the selected display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of operating a portable telephone call receiving device having a plurality of displays, each driven by one of a plurality of display processes, comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of display processes, each display process outputting display data including at least one of image data and character data on one of the plurality of displays; allocating a display process to control one of the plurality of displays; storing a status correspondence between an allocated display and the display process controlling the allocated display to provide one of image data and character data; detecting a transmission of a call signal to the portable telephone call receiving device; and on detecting the call signal, selecting a display to be allocated to the call signal according to the stored status correspondence between display processes allocated to each of the plurality of displays including judging, based on the stored correspondence, whether a state of (a) at least one of the plurality of displays have no display process allocated thereto, and (b) a display process is allocated to each of the plurality of displays; wherein the respective status of the plurality of displays are judged to be one of (a) and (b) and one of the plurality of displays is assigned a display process for enabling the transmission call signal if no display process has been assigned to that display and a display that is active with a display process is pre-empted to display an indication of receipt of the transmission call signal if each of the plurality of displays are allocated a display process.
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17. A portable telephone call receiving device comprising:
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a portable housing member; a plurality of displays mounted on the housing member; user input unit for inputting signals; a plurality of display processes stored in the portable housing member; an allocation unit for allocating a display process to control one of the plurality of displays; a storage unit for storing a status correspondence between an allocated display and the display process controlling the allocated display; a detection unit for detecting a transmission call signal; a selection unit for, on detecting the call signal, selecting a display to be allocated to the call signal according to the stored status correspondence between display processes allocated to each of the plurality of displays including judging, based on the stored correspondence, whether a state of (a) at least one of the plurality of displays have no display process allocated thereto, and (b) a display process is allocated to each of the plurality of displays; wherein the respective status of the plurality of displays are judged to be one of (a) and (b) and one of the plurality of displays is assigned a display process for enabling the transmission call signal if no display process has been assigned to that display and a display that is active with a display process is pre-empted to display an indication of receipt of the transmission call signal if each of the plurality of displays are allocated a display process. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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