Terminal for wireless telecommunication and method for displaying icons on a display of such a terminal

• US 6,600,936 B1
• Filed: 02/09/2000
• Issued: 07/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Sony Limited (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kärkkäinen, Kari, Torabi, Amin, Vann, Philip
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay
• Assistant Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Application Number:
  US09/501,103
• Time in Patent Office: 1,266 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/90, 455/575, 455/550, 455/73, 345/808, 345/835, 345/775, 345/810, 345/840, 345/649, 345/650, 345/684, 345/671, 379/419
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/236 including keys on side or rear faces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724

Abstract

A terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication and to a method for displaying icons on a display (2) of the terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication includes a display (2) for displaying icons corresponding to menu items and other information, a scroll (6), for example a jog dial, for scrolling through icons and highlighting a respective selected icon, and an enter (5) for entering a respective highlighted icon to chose the corresponding menu item. At least some of all available icons of the menu are displayed on the display (2) at the same time and the scroll (6) can be actuated to scroll through the icons in at least two directions so that the respective selected icon is highlighted depending on the actuation of the scroll (6).

Claims

1. Terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication, with

a display means (2) for displaying icons (A, B, C, D, E) corresponding to menu items and other information,

a scroll means (6) for scrolling through icons (A, B, C, D, E) and highlighting a respective selected icon (A), and

an enter means (5) for entering, a respective highlighted icon (A) to choose the corresponding menu item,

whereby at least some of all available icons (A, B, C, D, E) of a menu are displayed on the display means (2) at the same time in a circular arrangement and

whereby the scroll means (6) can be actuated to scroll through the icons (A, B, C, D, E) in clockwise and counter clockwise directions so that the respective selected icon (A) is highlighted depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6),

characterized in,

that the respective selected icon (A) is displayed enlarged in relation to the other displayed icons (B, C, D, E), whereby the icons are displayed enlarged in their successive order in one of the at least two directions depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6).

2. Terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 1, characterized in,

that the icons (A, B, C, D, E) are displayed in a circular arrangement.

3. Terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 1,

characterized in,

that by actuating the scroll means (6) the displayed icons successively change their position so that the enlarged display of a selected icon (A) is always located at the same position on the display means (2).

4. Terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 3,

characterized in,

that the position of the enlarged displayed icon (A) is located on a center position of the area of the display means (2) in which the icons (A, B, C, D, E) are displayed.

5. Terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 1,

characterized in,

that the preceding and the succeeding icon (B, E) to the actually selected icon (A) are displayed enlarged in relation to the other displayed icons (C, D) but smaller than the actually selected icon (A).

6. Terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 1,

characterized in,

that the scroll means (6) is a jog dial which can be rotated to scroll through the icons.

7. Terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 6,

characterized in,

that the direction of the successive enlarged display of the selected icon (A) corresponds to the rotation direction of the jog dial.

8. Terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 1,

characterized by

a text display (F) of the menu item of the respective selected icon (A) on the display means (2) close to the position of the selected icon.

9. Method for displaying icons (A, B, C, D, E) on a display means (2) of a terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication, comprising the steps of

displaying icons (A, B, C, D, E) corresponding to menu items and other information on the display means (2),

highlighting a respective selected icon (A), which can be entered to choose the corresponding menu item,

whereby at least some of all available icons (A, B, C, D, E) of a menu are displayed on the display means (2) at the same time in a circular arrangement and

whereby the icons (A, B, C, D, E) can be scrolled through in clockwise and counter clockwise directions by actuating a scroll means (6) so that the respective selected icon (A) is highlighted depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6),

characterized in,

that the respective selectable icon (A) is displayed enlarged in relation to the other displayed icons (B, C, D, E), whereby the icons are displayed enlarged in their successive order in one of the clockwise and counter clockwise directions depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6).

10. Method for displaying icons on a display means (2) of a terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 9,

characterized in,

that the icons (A, B, C, D, E) are displayed in a circular arrangement.

11. Method for displaying icons on a display means (2) of a terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 9,

characterized in,

that by actuating the scroll means (6) the displayed icons successively change their position so that the enlarged display of a selected icon (A) is always located at the same position on the display means (2).

12. Method for displaying icons on a display means (2) of a terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 11,

characterized in,

that the position of the enlarged displayed icon (A) is located on a center position of the area of the display means (2) in which the icons (A, B, C, D, E) are displayed.

13. Method for displaying icons on a display means (2) of a terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 9,

characterized in,

that the preceding and the succeeding icon (B, E) to the actually selected icon (A) are displayed enlarged in relation to the other displayed icons (C, D) but smaller than the actually selected icon (A).

14. Method for displaying icons on a display means (2) of a terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to one claim 9,

characterized in,

that the scroll means (6) is a jog dial which can be rotated to scroll through the icons (A, B, C, D, E).

15. Method for displaying icons on a display means (2) of a terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 14,

characterized in,

that the direction of the successive enlarged display of the selected icon (A) corresponds to the rotation direction of the jog dial.

16. Method for displaying icons on a display means (2) of a terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to claim 9,

characterized in,

that a text display (F) of the menu item of the respective selected icon (A) close to the position of the selected icon is displayed.