Information terminal device

• US 20030128241A1
• Filed: 10/30/2002
• Published: 07/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Watanabe, Muneaki, Shiga, Akio
• Application Number:
  US10/283,301
• Publication Number:
  US 20030128241A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

The invention provides a menu function able to select an application desirous to be intuitively started in conformity with the rotation of a jog dial.

Therefore, an information terminal device has a jog dial of a rotary type and a menu function for arranging an icon associated with each application stored into the information terminal of a schedule table, an address book, an Internet browser, a mailer, etc. on the screen, and starting the corresponding application by selecting the icon by an operator. The information terminal device has a category managing section for managing a category valid at present by a category managing table, and an icon position managing section for displaying the icon corresponding to each function within the menu screen, and managing an arrangement managing table holding information for starting the application, etc.

Claims

1. An information terminal device comprising a jog dial of a rotary type, a display section and a menu function for arranging an icon corresponding to each application in said display section, and able to start the corresponding application by selecting and determining said icon by a predetermined operation;

wherein the information terminal device further comprises a function for arranging and displaying said icon in a ring shape in said display section, and moving the display position of said icon in the same direction as the rotating direction of said jog dial, and selecting the icon located in a predetermined position; and

a category managing section for dividing said application into at least one or more categories and managing the divided categories;

the icon is displayed in said display section every category by control from said category managing section; and

the information terminal device further comprises a category moving icon for the movement between said categories; and

the category moving icon is arranged so as to be included within the icon display every category, and the movement to a second category is made by said category moving icon.

3. An information terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said category moving icon is an icon of each of next and back;

and the selected icon is the icon of next when the icon of next is selected and determined and the movement to the next category is made and the icon is displayed; and

the selected icon is the icon of back when the back is designated and the movement to the previous category is made and the icon is displayed.

2. An information terminal device comprising a jog dial of a rotary type, a display section and a menu function for arranging an icon corresponding to each application in said display section, and able to start the corresponding application by selecting and determining said icon by a predetermined operation;

wherein said icon is arranged and displayed in a ring shape in said display section and is moved in inversion display showing a selection of said icon in the same direction as the rotating direction of said jog dial; and

said information terminal device further comprises a category managing section for dividing said application into at least one or more categories and managing the divided categories;

the icon is displayed in said display section every category by control from said category managing section; and

the information terminal device further comprises a category moving icon for the movement between said categories; and

the category moving icon is arranged so as to be included within the icon display every category, and the movement to a second category is made by said category moving icon.