JP2008040805A - Information processor, information processing method, information processing program, portable terminal device, and pop-up display system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically pop up content for displaying it, by retrieving it related to contents to be stored in a memory from contents stored in the memory in the past. <P>SOLUTION: A control part of a cell-phone, for instance, when still image content has been stored in the memory, retrieves still image content related to the still image content stored in the memory this time from among still image contents stored in the memory in the past. For instance, the control part retrieves still image content whose imaging date is the same date among still image contents dated in the past, or retrieves still image content whose imaging location is close thereto from among still image contents imaged in the past. Then, when a plurality of still image contents are retrieved, they are arranged and automatically popped up for display on a display part, or the plurality of still image contents are combined to form one sheet for still image content, which is automatically popped up for display on the display part. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention is an information processing apparatus and information suitable for application to a portable device such as a cellular phone, a PHS phone (PHS: Personal Handyphone System), a PDA device (PDA: Personal Digital Assistant), or a notebook personal computer device. The present invention relates to a processing method, an information processing program, a portable terminal device, and a pop-up display system.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-244815 (Patent Document 1) discloses a portable terminal device that displays a list of a plurality of types of data such as still image data, music data, and e-mail data. This portable terminal device displays a calendar, and displays a list of still images captured on a date selected from the calendar, titles of downloaded music data, titles of transmitted and received e-mails, and the like. Thereby, the user can recognize collectively the data formed on the date selected from the calendar.

JP-A-2005-244815 (page 10: FIGS. 17 to 19)

  Here, contents are accumulated in the portable terminal device every day. On the other hand, when displaying in a calendar format as in the portable terminal device disclosed in Patent Document 1, the user's consciousness tends to be inclined to a date after the current date (= future date). . For this reason, the user tends to forget the content of the past date. Then, contents of such past dates have a disadvantage that they remain stored in the portable terminal device unless the user performs (actively) a reproduction operation through some opportunity.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and by displaying the past contents that the user has forgotten passively at a predetermined timing without requiring a special operation by the user, On the other hand, an object is to provide an information processing device, an information processing method, an information processing program, a portable terminal device, and a pop-up display system that can provide an opportunity to review past contents and an opportunity to recall memories.

The information processing apparatus according to the present invention is a means for solving the above-described problems.
A memory in which various contents are stored together with corresponding metadata;
When storing content in the memory, based on the metadata of the content stored in the memory, the related content for detecting the related content related to the content stored in the memory from the content stored in the memory in the past A content detection unit;
A control unit that performs pop-up display control of the related content detected by the related content detection unit on the display unit.

The information processing method according to the present invention is a means for solving the above-described problems.
When the related content detection unit stores the content in the memory in which various types of content are stored together with the corresponding metadata, the related content detection unit is stored in the memory based on the content metadata stored in the memory in the past. Detecting related content related to the content to be stored in the memory from among the stored content;
And a control unit that performs pop-up display control of the related content detected in the step.

In addition, an information processing program according to the present invention is provided to solve the above problems.
When storing content in a memory in which various types of content are stored together with corresponding metadata, based on the content metadata stored in the memory, content stored in the memory from the past Causing the computer to function as a related content detection unit that detects related content related to the content stored in the memory;
The computer is caused to function as a control unit that controls pop-up display of the related content detected by causing the computer to function as the related content detection unit.

Moreover, the portable terminal device according to the present invention is a means for solving the above-described problems.
A memory in which various contents are stored together with corresponding metadata;
When storing content in the memory, based on the metadata of the content stored in the memory, the related content for detecting the related content related to the content stored in the memory from the content stored in the memory in the past A content detector;
A control unit that performs pop-up display control of the related content detected by the related content detection unit on the display unit.

Further, the pop-up display system according to the present invention is a means for solving the above-described problems,
Content uploaded via a predetermined network and metadata corresponding to the content are stored in a database, and when the content and metadata corresponding to the content are uploaded, based on the uploaded metadata A related content distribution server device that detects and returns related content related to the uploaded content from the content stored in the database in the past;
Upload the content and metadata corresponding to the content to the related content distribution server device via the predetermined network, and return from the related content distribution server device based on the metadata of the uploaded content A portable terminal device that receives the related content and displays the related content in a pop-up on the display unit.

  In the present invention, when the content is stored in the memory or the content is uploaded to the database, the content related to the content to be stored is stored in the memory or the database in the past. A search is performed based on metadata corresponding to the content to be saved, and the searched content is displayed in a pop-up on the display unit. As a result, when content is stored in the memory or when content is uploaded to the database, content related to the content to be stored or uploaded can be automatically popped up.

  The present invention passively displays past content that the user has forgotten or content with a future date at a predetermined timing without requiring any special operation by the user. It is possible to provide an opportunity to review the content and recall the memories.

  The present invention can be applied to a mobile phone.

[Electric configuration of mobile phone]
As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention has an antenna 1 and a communication circuit 2 that perform wireless communication with a base station, and an acoustic output such as a ringtone and a received voice. A speaker unit 3; a microphone unit 4 for collecting transmitted voice; and a display unit 5 for displaying a “lifetime calendar” to be described later in addition to images (moving images, still images, etc.) and characters. Have.

  In addition, the mobile phone includes an operation unit 6 for performing input operation of characters and the like, selection operation of a desired menu, and the like, a light emitting unit 7 (LED: Light Emitting Diode) for notifying light of incoming / outgoing calls, and the like, It has a camera unit 8 for capturing a still image or a moving image of a desired subject, and a vibration unit 9 for notifying the user of incoming / outgoing calls by vibrating the casing of the mobile phone.

  In addition to the timer 10 that counts the current time and a communication processing program (communication program) for performing wireless communication processing via the base station, this mobile phone is handled by various application programs and these application programs. A memory 11 that stores various data (contents), a control unit 12 that controls the entire mobile phone, a GPS antenna 13 (GPS: Global Positioning System) and a GPS unit 14 that detect the current position of the mobile phone; have.

  In the memory 11, an e-mail management program for controlling the creation and transmission / reception of e-mails, imaging control of the camera unit 8, moving images captured by the camera unit 8 or captured via a network or input terminal A camera control program having a still image viewer function, a schedule book management program for managing a schedule book in which a user's schedule is registered, a phone book management program for managing a phone book, and music content And a music player program for reproducing the above.

  The memory 11 displays the “lifetime calendar” on the display unit 5 and selects an application program corresponding to the information processing specified based on the “lifetime calendar” from the various application programs. A lifetime calendar application program that functions as so-called launcher software is activated.

  Further, in the memory 11, a schedule book in which a user's desired schedule is registered, a phone book in which still images, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, birth dates, etc. of the user's acquaintances and friends are registered, Music content played back based on the music player program, still image content and moving image content played back based on the viewer function of the camera control program, transmitted / received e-mail content, and call / email call history And a memory list, which is a history when a “memory pop-up display” described later, is stored.

As will be described later, in the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, when storing each content in the memory 11, the control unit 12 has been stored in the memory 11 in the past based on the lifetime calendar application program. Among the contents, the contents related to the contents stored in the memory 11 are retrieved and automatically popped up.

[Appearance structure of mobile phone]
Although it is an example, the mobile phone of this embodiment has a so-called foldable connection in which the upper housing 21 and the lower housing 22 are connected via a hinge portion 23 as shown in FIGS. It is a foldable mobile phone. 2A is a diagram of the mobile phone in the open state as viewed from the inner surface side (the surface side to be abutted in the closed state), and FIG. 2B is the mobile phone in the open state. It is the figure which looked at from the outer surface side.

  In FIG. 2A, this mobile phone has a display unit 5 in an upper housing 21. In addition, this mobile phone has a speaker unit 3 for calling and a second camera unit 8b (in-camera unit) between the upper end portion 21a of the casing 21 and the upper end portion 5a of the display unit 5. ing. In addition, the mobile phone has an operation unit 6 in the lower housing 22, and a microphone that is used for calling or collecting surrounding audio between the operation unit 6 and the lower end 22 a of the lower housing 22. Part 4.

  The operation unit 6 includes a cross key 24 that can be pressed up, down, left, and right, and an enter key 25 provided at the center of the cross key. The operation unit 6 normally performs a pressing operation when instructing a network connection such as the Internet, and the first soft key 26 that performs a pressing operation when instructing activation of the e-mail management program. And a second soft key 27. Further, the operation unit 6 normally includes a third soft key 28 that performs a pressing operation when instructing display of the main menu, and a fourth soft key 29 that is normally assigned and used with a desired command. Have.

  Further, the operation unit 6 normally inputs an off-hook key 30 that is pressed when making a call or an incoming call, and an on-hook key 31 that is normally pressed when the main power is turned on / off and when the call ends. A clear key 32 that is pressed to delete a character or correct a specified action, and twelve 12 keys 33 to which numbers 0 to 9 and alphabets, asterisks “*”, and sharp “#” are assigned. And have.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2B, the mobile phone includes a first camera unit on the back side of the lower housing 22 (the surface opposite to the surface on which the operation unit 6 is provided). 8a (main camera part). That is, this mobile phone has a total of two camera units, a main camera unit 8a and an in-camera unit 8b, as the camera unit 8 shown in the block diagram of FIG. The main camera unit 8a is mainly used for imaging other users, landscapes, and the like, and the in-camera unit 8b performs a call while transmitting and receiving voice and images to each other. For example, it is used when the face of the user of the mobile phone is imaged.

[Overview of lifetime calendar]
The mobile phone of this embodiment collects various contents that are usually handled separately by dedicated application programs such as image contents (still images, moving images), e-mail contents, schedule contents, and telephone directory contents. It has a function (lifetime calendar display function) for handling and displaying a “lifetime calendar” in which these contents are listed in time series.

  This lifetime calendar is displayed when the control unit 12 operates based on a lifetime calendar application program stored in the memory 11. The lifetime calendar application program is content launcher software that cooperates with each content application program. That is, when editing the contents displayed in a list on the lifetime calendar, a dedicated application program corresponding to the contents to be edited is started.

  The content displayed on the lifetime calendar can be arbitrarily designated by the user by a “display setting function” and a “filter setting function” described later.

  In addition, this lifetime calendar application program has a “rating function” that randomly selects representative contents from among a plurality of contents using random numbers. For example, when there are many still image contents to be displayed and cannot be displayed on the lifetime calendar at a time, the control unit 12 displays a representative still image based on the “rating function” of the lifetime calendar application program. Content is selected at random and displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  Further, the representative content displayed when it cannot be displayed on the lifetime calendar at a time is changed at a predetermined timing based on the “rating function”. In this case, content other than the content once displayed is selected and displayed as the representative content.

  In the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, the “focus” on the lifetime calendar is moved in accordance with the operation of the operation unit 6 to operate the lifetime calendar. This focus is a display form in which the frame portion or the whole of the menu or content being selected is displayed with the brightness or display color being changed as compared with the menu or content not being selected. Hereinafter, such a movement operation of the focus will be expressed using a phrase “focus on”.

  In this example, the above-described “focus” on the selected menu or content causes the user to recognize the selected menu or content. On the other hand, the currently selected menu or content may be recognized.

In addition, this lifetime calendar is a date that is in the past (for example, one year ago) when the focus is on a certain time on the lifetime calendar for a predetermined time or more. It has a “recall pop-up function” that pops up content corresponding to a date, a date one month ago, etc.) over a part of the lifetime calendar.

[Metadata handled by Lifetime Calendar]
FIG. 3 shows the type of each content handled by the lifetime calendar application program and a part of the metadata of each content.

  As can be seen from FIG. 3, in the lifetime calendar application program, “still image content”, “received email content”, “sent email content”, “schedule content”, “birthday content” registered in the phone book "And" communication service content ".

FIG. 3 shows still image content, transmitted / received e-mail content, schedule content, and birthday content registered in the phone book as contents handled by the lifetime calendar application program. In addition, the application program handles moving image content, music content, and the like.

[Metadata of still image content]
As “still image content”, metadata of shooting time / save time data, thumbnail image, management title, file type icon (still image icon), file size icon, and acquisition source icon are handled on the lifetime calendar. It is like that.

  The shooting time data is data that the control unit 12 takes in the time information measured by the timer 10 and adds it to the still image content when the still image captured by the camera unit 8 is stored in the memory 11.

  In the case of a still image downloaded from a predetermined Web site, there is a case where shooting time data is not added. In this case, when storing still image content in the memory 11, the control unit 12 takes time information (= storing time) from the timer 10 and adds it to the still image that has been downloaded. The description “shooting time / storage time” in FIG. 3 means this.

  The thumbnail image is formed in real time based on the original still image content stored in the memory 11 when the control unit 12 displays the thumbnail image on the lifetime calendar. For example, the thumbnail image has a size of 120 dots × 160 dots. It is an image. When the thumbnail image of the moving image content is displayed on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 forms the thumbnail image having the size of 120 dots × 160 dots in real time from the first frame image of the moving image content, for example. And display it on the lifetime calendar.

  The management title is data indicating the title name of the still image content. As the management title, when the still image content captured by the camera unit 8 is stored in the memory 11, the control unit 12 indicates the shooting date and the shooting time corresponding to the current time information captured from the timer 10. It is automatically added to still image content. In other words, as the management title of the still image content captured by the camera unit 8, first, the shooting date and shooting time are automatically added.

  The management title can be edited after the still image content is stored in the memory 11. When editing the management title, the user displays the management title editing screen at a desired timing, and operates the operation unit 6 to input the desired management title. The control unit 12 overwrites the management title input by the user with the automatically added shooting date and shooting time added to the still image content. As a result, the management title of the still image content is changed to a desired management title.

  The control unit 12 handles and manages the added management title as it is for the still image content that has already been added with the management title among the still image contents downloaded from a predetermined website. The still image content to which no title is added is automatically added to the still image content with the date and time of download as the management title. The automatically added management title can also be arbitrarily changed by the user on the management title editing screen.

  In this lifetime calendar, JPEG format (JPEG: Joint Photographic Experts Group), GIF format (including animation GIF; GIF: Graphic Interchange Format), SWF format (SWF: Shockwave Flash, registered trademark), IFM (stamp and frame) ) And other image formats can be handled.

  The file type icon (still image icon) is an icon indicating that still image content of any of such image formats exists, and the file size icon is an icon indicating the file size of the still image content. ing.

  The acquisition source icon is an icon indicating the acquisition source of the still image content. In this lifetime calendar, for example, in the case of still image content captured by the camera unit 8, an icon indicating that the acquisition source is the camera unit 8 is displayed, and in the case of still image content downloaded from a predetermined website, acquisition is performed. An icon indicating that the original is the Web site is displayed.

When display of still image content or the like is specified on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 displays the specified still image content based on the viewer function of the camera control program stored in the memory 11. Etc. are to be performed.

[Metadata of received e-mail content]
“Received e-mail content” includes received time data, file type icon (received mail icon), From icon, source name / source address, attached data icon, source image, subject icon, subject data metadata. It is handled on the lifetime calendar.

  The reception time data is data indicating the time when the electronic mail is received. The control unit 12 captures time information from the timer 10 at the timing when the electronic mail is received, and adds the captured time information to the received electronic mail and stores it in the memory 11. The control unit 12 displays the time information added to the e-mail on the lifetime calendar as reception time data.

  The file type icon (received mail icon) is an icon indicating that there is received e-mail content. For example, the file type icon is an icon in which an image of a downward arrow indicating reception is attached to a sealed image.

  The From icon is an icon indicating that it is a display column for a transmission source name, and is an icon of a character “From”.

  The transmission source image is an image of each user registered in the phone book. That is, the telephone directory stored in the memory 11 is provided with a registration field for each user's image. The user of the mobile phone usually registers a captured image such as each user's face captured by the camera unit 8 in a registration field in the telephone directory. The control unit 12 searches the phone book based on the e-mail address attached to the received e-mail content, thereby detecting a captured image (= source image) of the user who is the transmission source of the received e-mail content. And display it on the lifetime calendar. When the image size of the image registered in the phone book is different from the display size on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 displays the image registered in the phone book as a size of, for example, 120 dots × 160 dots. The image is reduced or enlarged and displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  The sender name / sender address is data indicating the sender of the received electronic mail. The control unit 12 displays the above-mentioned transmission source image, transmission source name, or transmission source address on the lifetime calendar as data indicating the transmission source of the received electronic mail.

  That is, the control unit 12 sets the priority displayed on the lifetime calendar in the order of the transmission source image, the transmission source name, and the transmission source address, and the transmission source image, the transmission source name, and the transmission corresponding to the received e-mail. When the original address is registered in the phone book, the transmission source image is displayed on the lifetime calendar. If the sender image corresponding to the received e-mail is not registered and the sender name and sender address are registered in the phone book, the sender name is displayed on the lifetime calendar and received. If the source image and source name corresponding to the received e-mail are not registered and only the source address is registered in the phone book, or if it is not registered in the phone book, the source address is set to the lifetime calendar. Display above.

  The attached data icon is an icon displayed on the lifetime calendar by the control unit 12 when attached data such as image data or music data is added to the received e-mail. As an example, the control unit 12 displays an icon of a clip image on the lifetime calendar as the attached data icon, thereby indicating the presence of attached data to the user.

  The subject icon is an icon indicating that it is a display column for the title (subject) attached to the received electronic mail content. The subject data is a title (subject) attached to the received e-mail content. The control unit 12 displays the subject data attached to the received e-mail on the lifetime calendar adjacent to the subject icon.

  When display of received e-mail content or the like is designated on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 activates an e-mail management program stored in the memory 11, and the designated e-mail text or the like. Is displayed.

When the display of attached data attached to the received e-mail content is specified on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 activates an application program corresponding to the attached data, and the specified attachment The data is displayed. For example, when a still image is added as attached data, when display of attached data is designated on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 is based on the viewer function of the camera control program stored in the memory 11. In this case, the still image that is the attached data is displayed. Similarly, when the attached data is music content, when playback of the attached data is designated on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 attaches in this case based on the music player program stored in the memory 11. Play music content that is data.

[Metadata of outgoing e-mail content]
“Transmission e-mail content” includes transmission time data, file type icon (transmission mail icon), To icon, destination name / destination address, multi-person icon, attached data icon, destination image, subject icon, subject data metadata. Are handled on the lifetime calendar.

  The transmission time data is data indicating the time when the electronic mail is transmitted. The control unit 12 captures time information from the timer 10 at the timing when the electronic mail is transmitted, and adds the captured time information to the transmitted electronic mail and stores it in the memory 11. And the control part 12 displays the time information added to this email on a lifetime calendar as transmission time data.

  The file type icon (transmitted mail icon) is an icon indicating that transmitted e-mail content exists, and is an icon in which an image of an upward arrow indicating transmission is added to an image of a sealed letter as an example.

  The To icon is an icon indicating that it is a display field of a user name (destination name) as a partner to whom the e-mail is transmitted, and is an icon of “To”.

  The destination image is an image of each user registered in the phone book, like the above-described transmission source image. In the lifetime calendar, each user's image registered in the telephone directory is handled as the above-mentioned “source image” and “destination image”. In addition, when the image size of the image registered in the phone book is different from the display size of the image handled in the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 reduces or enlarges the image registered in the phone book. The display on the lifetime calendar is as described above.

  The destination name / destination address is data indicating the destination of the transmitted electronic mail. The control unit 12 displays the destination image, the destination name, or the destination address on the lifetime calendar as data indicating the destination of the transmitted electronic mail.

  That is, the control unit 12 sets the priority order displayed on the lifetime calendar in the order of destination image, destination name, destination address, and the destination image, destination name, and destination address corresponding to the transmitted e-mail are stored in the phone book. If registered, the destination image is displayed on the lifetime calendar. If the destination image corresponding to the sent e-mail is not registered and the destination name and address are registered in the phone book, the destination name is displayed on the lifetime calendar, and the sent e-mail is displayed. If the corresponding destination image and destination name are not registered and only the destination address is registered in the phone book, or if it is not registered in the phone book, the destination address is displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  The multi-person icon is an icon that is displayed when the transmitted e-mail content is an e-mail that is simultaneously transmitted to a plurality of users. As an example, the multi-person icon is an icon of three human images so that the user can intuitively know that the e-mail has been transmitted to a plurality of persons at the same time.

  Note that this multi-person icon is displayed only for outgoing e-mail content sent to a plurality of users at the same time, but the received e-mail is sent to a plurality of users at the same time. In this case, the multi-person icon may be displayed to indicate that the received e-mail is sent to a plurality of users at the same time.

  The attached data icon is an icon displayed when attached data is added to the transmitted electronic mail. As described above, the attached data icon is an icon of a clip image.

  The subject icon is an icon indicating that it is a display column for the title (subject) attached to the transmission e-mail content. The subject data is a title attached to the transmitted e-mail content. The control unit 12 displays the subject data attached to the transmitted e-mail on the lifetime calendar adjacent to the subject icon.

  When the display of the transmitted e-mail content or the like is designated on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 activates the e-mail management program stored in the memory 11, and the designated e-mail text or the like Is displayed.

In addition, when display of attached data attached to the transmission e-mail content on the lifetime calendar is designated, the control unit 12 starts an application program corresponding to the attached data, and designates the designated attachment. The data is displayed. For example, when a still image is added as attached data, when display of attached data is designated on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 is based on the viewer function of the camera control program stored in the memory 11. In this case, the still image that is the attached data is displayed. Similarly, when the attached data is music content, when playback of the attached data is designated on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 attaches in this case based on the music player program stored in the memory 11. Play music content that is data.

[Schedule content metadata]
“Schedule content” includes schedule start time data, file type icon (schedule icon), classification icon, schedule summary / content data, alarm icon, alarm ON / OFF setting data, holiday setting data Each metadata is handled on the lifetime calendar.

  The schedule start time data is data indicating the start time of the schedule registered in the schedule book. When displaying the schedule on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 detects the start time of the schedule registered in the schedule book and displays it on the lifetime calendar.

  The file type icon (schedule icon) is an icon indicating the existence of a schedule. As an example, as the schedule icon, an icon of an image having a calendar and a pencil as a motif is displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  The classification icon is an icon indicating the classification of the registered schedule. When the user registers a schedule in the schedule book, the user selects a classification icon corresponding to the registered schedule from among the classification icons displayed in a list. The control unit 12 displays the classification icon selected at the time of registration of the schedule on the lifetime calendar together with the start time of the schedule.

  The data indicating the summary / content of the schedule is data input in the title section of the schedule when the user registers the schedule. The control unit 12 displays the data input in the title section on the lifetime calendar as a schedule summary.

  If no input is made for the title section of the schedule, the control unit 12 puts a character string such as 10 characters on the lifetime calendar from the beginning of the character string input in the content section of the schedule. indicate. The description “summary / content of schedule” shown in FIG. 3 means this.

  The alarm icon is, for example, an image icon with a bell motif, and the data indicating the ON / OFF setting of the alarm is data indicating whether or not the alarm is set for the schedule. When an alarm is set for the schedule, the control unit 12 displays “ON” on the lifetime calendar adjacent to the alarm icon of the bell image, and alarms for the schedule. When the setting is not made, the characters “OFF” are displayed on the lifetime calendar adjacent to the alarm icon of the bell image.

  The holiday setting data is data indicating a holiday specified by the user for the schedule book. For example, when the user personally takes a vacation on a day that is generally regarded as a weekday, the user can register the day of the vacation as a holiday in the schedule book. The control unit 12 determines from the schedule book whether a holiday is set for the display date on the lifetime calendar. And when the holiday is set with respect to the display date, the control part 12 performs a display form change process, such as changing the display color of the date column, and displays it on a lifetime calendar.

  When the display of a schedule or the like is designated on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 activates a schedule management program stored in the memory 11 and displays the contents of the designated schedule.

In addition, when registering a schedule in the schedule book, for example, a character indicating a “location” for executing the schedule, such as “company”, “school”, “house”, etc., is input, the control unit 12 may read a place for executing this schedule from the schedule book and display it on the lifetime calendar.

[Birthday content metadata]
“Birthday content” metadata such as birth date data, user name, file type icon (birthday icon), frame image (image frame image), and thumbnail image are handled on the lifetime calendar. ing.

  In the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, in the phone book, the user name, phone number, and e-mail address of the user, as well as the still image of the user, the frame image as the image frame, and the date of birth Each registration field is provided.

  In addition, in the case of the mobile phone, a registration field for personal information such as a still image of a user who is the owner of the mobile phone, a frame image that is an image frame, an address, an e-mail address, a mobile phone number, a date of birth, etc. Separate from the phone book.

  The control unit 12 displays the date corresponding to the birthday of the user registered in the phone book on the lifetime calendar based on the information registered in the phone book or the personal information registration column. In the date display column corresponding to the birthday of the owner of the mobile phone registered in the personal information registration column, for example, a birthday icon of a cake image and a frame image serving as an image frame of a flower image, for example (Of several frame images, the frame image selected by the user who is the owner of the mobile phone may be used), the still image of the user's face whose date is the birthday, or the owner of the mobile phone A still image such as a face and the user name of the user whose date is the birthday or the owner of the mobile phone are displayed.

When this “birthday content” is selected on the lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 activates the phone book application program and registers the personal information of the user corresponding to the “birthday content”. Display control of the field, or start an application program for displaying the personal information of the mobile phone owner, and register the personal information of the mobile phone owner corresponding to the "birthday content" Display control.

[Lifetime calendar settings details]
Next, the presence / absence of display of various contents handled in such a lifetime calendar, the time until display, and the like can be set on the setting screen of the lifetime calendar. When performing this setting, the user displays the entire setting menu on the display unit 5 and operates the operation unit 6 so as to select the setting menu of the lifetime calendar from the entire setting menu. When this operation is performed, the control unit 12 controls the display unit 5 to display the lifetime calendar setting screen (LTC setting screen) shown in FIG.

  As the setting screen of the lifetime calendar, setting menus of “display setting”, “filter setting”, and “recall display time” are displayed. The control unit 12 moves and controls the focus between the setting menus of “display setting”, “filter setting”, and “recall display time” in accordance with the up / down operation of the cross key 24 shown in FIG. 2 by the user.

  In addition, when the setting menu is focused by the movement display control, the control unit 12 displays an explanatory text of the setting menu with the focus. Specifically, the example illustrated in FIG. 4A is an example in which the setting menu of “filter setting” is focused. In this case, the control unit 12 may, for example, “addresses not registered in the phone book”. The display of the explanatory text of the setting menu of the “filter setting” such as “Hide received mail from” is controlled in the remaining area of the display unit 5. In this way, by displaying the explanatory text of the focused setting menu, the setting contents of the currently focused setting menu can be recognized by the user, and the setting menu desired by the user can be easily obtained. Can be selected.

Next, the user moves the focus to a desired setting menu from the setting menus of “display setting”, “filter setting”, and “recall display time” by operating the cross key 24 up and down, The determination key 25 shown in FIG. 2 is pressed.

(Display settings)
When the control unit 12 detects that the determination key 25 is pressed while the “display setting” setting menu is focused, the control unit 12 displays a display screen of the “display setting” setting menu shown in FIG. The display is controlled in the unit 5. This “display setting” setting menu displays “still image content”, “received e-mail content”, “transmitted e-mail content”, “schedule content”, and “birthday content” on the lifetime calendar. This is a setting menu for setting whether or not.

  Specifically, the control unit 12 sets “still image content”, “received e-mail content”, “transmitted e-mail content”, “schedule content”, and “birthday content” as the setting menu of this “display setting”. Each setting menu for "is displayed.

  Among these, the setting menu of “still image content” is a menu for specifying whether or not to display a still image on the lifetime calendar and specifying a folder in which the still image to be displayed is stored.

  When the user does not limit the still images displayed on the lifetime calendar, the user selects and operates “all display” from the “all display / designated display / non-display” pull-down menu. When this “all display” is selected, the control unit 12 selects and displays a still image to be displayed on the lifetime calendar from all the still images stored in the mobile phone. It becomes.

  On the other hand, when the user does not display the still image on the lifetime calendar, the user selects and operates “Hide” from the “all display / designated display / non-display” pull-down menu. When this “non-display” is selected, the control unit 12 excludes all still images stored in the mobile phone from display targets for the lifetime calendar. Therefore, when this “non-display” is selected, a still image is not displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  On the other hand, when specifying a folder in which still images to be displayed on the lifetime calendar are stored, the user selects “specified display” from the pull-down menu of “all display / specified display / non-display”. Manipulate. When this “designation display” is selected and operated, the control unit 12 displays the “folder designation” selection field in full luminance. That is, when “all display” and “non-display” are selected from the pull-down menu, the control unit 12 displays the selection field of “folder designation” in a semi-luminance display (gray display), thereby allowing the user to On the other hand, this “folder designation” selection field indicates non-active. On the other hand, when the above “designation display” is selected, the control unit 12 displays the “folder designation” selection field in full brightness, and the “folder designation” selection field is active for the user. It shows that it became.

  In the mobile phone according to this embodiment, the user stores a still image captured by the camera unit 8, a still image downloaded via a network or the like, or a still image attached to an e-mail and transmitted / received, etc. In a plurality of still image folders formed therein, it is possible to classify and store the images by, for example, shooting date / time and titles. When the user selects the “Folder designation” selection field, the user designates a desired folder from the folders. When this designation operation is performed, the control unit 12 displays only the still image content stored in the folder designated by the user on the lifetime calendar.

  Next, the “Received E-mail Content” setting menu is used to set whether to display the received e-mail on the lifetime calendar, the folder in which the received e-mail to be displayed is stored, the e-mail address, and the type. It is a setting menu for.

  When all the received e-mails to be displayed on the lifetime calendar may be displayed, the user selects and operates “all display” from the “all display / designated display / non-display” pull-down menu. When this “all display” is selected, the control unit 12 selects and displays the received e-mail to be displayed on the lifetime calendar from all the received e-mails stored in the mobile phone. Will be done.

  On the other hand, when the received e-mail content is not displayed on the lifetime calendar, the user selects “Hide” from the “all display / designated display / hidden” pull-down menu. When this “non-display” is selected, the control unit 12 excludes all received e-mail contents stored in the mobile phone from being displayed on the lifetime calendar. Therefore, when this “non-display” is selected, the received e-mail content is not displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  On the other hand, when only the designated received e-mail content is displayed on the lifetime calendar, the user selects “designated display” from the pull-down menu of “all display / designated display / hidden”. When this “designation display” is selected, the control unit 12 displays the selection fields of “folder designation”, “mail address designation”, and “protection designation” in full luminance.

  That is, when “all display” and “non-display” are selected from the pull-down menu, the control unit 12 displays the “Folder designation”, “Mail address designation”, and “Protection designation” selection fields in half. Brightness display (gray display) indicates to the user that each of these selection fields is inactive. On the other hand, when the “designation display” is selected, the control unit 12 displays the selection fields of “folder designation”, “email address designation”, and “protection designation” in full brightness, and , Indicates that each selection field is active.

  In the mobile phone of this embodiment, a plurality of received e-mail folders can be formed in the memory 11, and the user is classified according to the reception date and time of the received e-mail content, each user who sent the received e-mail, or the like. Thus, it can be stored in the corresponding folder. For this reason, when performing “folder designation”, the user designates a desired folder from among folders in which received e-mails are classified and stored based on a pull-down menu, or stored in all folders. If all received e-mails can be displayed, all folders are specified. When this designation operation is performed, the control unit 12 displays only the received electronic mail stored in the folder designated by the user on the lifetime calendar.

  In addition, when performing “mail address designation”, the user designates an email address of the user who is the sender of the received email. The e-mail address can be specified by selecting a desired user (= desired e-mail address) from the telephone book, transmission ranking (ranking that shows users with the highest number of sending times), and receiving ranking (ranking showing users with the highest number of sending times). ) Is specified. The e-mail address can also be specified by the user operating the operation unit 6 and directly inputting it. When this e-mail address designation operation is performed, the control unit 12 displays only the received e-mail content having the e-mail address designated by the user on the lifetime calendar.

  Further, in the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, a protection setting for preventing erroneous deletion of a desired received e-mail among the received e-mails is possible. Of all the received e-mails stored in the mobile phone, only the received e-mails set for protection can be designated as received e-mail contents to be displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  That is, as the selection column of “protection designation”, there are selection menus of “display all” and “only protected mail”. When all the received e-mails stored in the mobile phone may be displayed, the user selects this “display all” selection menu. When this selection is made, the received e-mail content is displayed on the lifetime calendar regardless of whether or not the protection setting is made for the received e-mail. In addition, when displaying only the received e-mails that are set to be protected among all the received e-mail contents stored in the mobile phone, the user selects the selection menu of “protected mail only”. . When this selection is made, the control unit 12 displays only the received electronic mail content for which the protection setting has been made on the lifetime calendar.

  The mobile phone according to the embodiment can specify the received e-mail content to be displayed on the lifetime calendar in accordance with display conditions such as stored folders and presence / absence of protection settings. Then, when a plurality of display conditions are set by the user, the control unit 12 displays only the received electronic mail content that satisfies all the display conditions on the lifetime calendar.

  Next, the “transmission e-mail content” setting menu is used to set whether to display the e-mail on the lifetime calendar, and the folder, e-mail address, and type in which the e-mail to be displayed is stored. It is a setting menu for.

  When the user does not limit the e-mails to be displayed on the lifetime calendar, the user selects and operates “all display” from the “all display / designated display / non-display” pull-down menu. When this “all display” is selected, the control unit 12 selects and displays the transmission email to be displayed on the lifetime calendar from all the transmission emails stored in the mobile phone. Do.

  On the other hand, when the user does not display the transmitted e-mail content on the lifetime calendar, the user selects and operates “Hide” from the “all display / designated display / non-display” pull-down menu. When this “non-display” is selected, the control unit 12 excludes all transmission e-mail contents stored in the mobile phone from being displayed on the lifetime calendar. Therefore, when this “non-display” is selected, the transmission e-mail content is not displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  On the other hand, when the transmission e-mail content to be displayed on the lifetime calendar is designated, the user selects and operates “designated display” from the pull-down menu of “all display / designated display / hidden”. When this “designation display” is selected, the control unit 12 displays each selection column of “folder designation”, “mail address designation”, and “protection designation” in full brightness, Indicates that the selection field is active.

  Similarly to the above, a plurality of outgoing e-mail folders can be formed in the memory 11, and the user is classified according to the transmission date and time of the outgoing e-mail, each user who is the transmission partner of the outgoing e-mail content, and the like Thus, it can be stored in the corresponding folder. Therefore, when performing “folder designation”, the user designates a desired folder from among the folders in which the transmission e-mail contents are classified and stored, or the transmission e-mail stored in all folders When contents can be displayed, all folders are specified. When this designation operation is performed, the control unit 12 displays only the transmission email stored in the folder designated by the user on the lifetime calendar.

  In addition, when performing “mail address designation”, the user designates the user's e-mail address as the destination of the transmission e-mail. The e-mail address can be specified by selecting a desired user (= desired e-mail address) from the telephone book, transmission ranking (ranking that shows users with the highest number of sending times), and receiving ranking (ranking showing users with the highest number of sending times). ) Is specified.

  The e-mail address can also be specified by the user operating the operation unit 6 and directly inputting it. When this e-mail address designation operation is performed, the control unit 12 displays only the transmission e-mail having the e-mail address designated by the user on the lifetime calendar.

  Further, in the case of the mobile phone according to this embodiment, it is possible to perform protection setting for preventing erroneous deletion of a desired transmission e-mail among the transmission e-mails. Of all the e-mails stored in the mobile phone, only the transmission e-mails set for protection can be designated as e-mails to be displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  That is, as the selection column of “protection designation”, there are selection menus of “display all” and “only protected mail”. The user selects the “display all” selection menu when all the transmitted e-mail contents stored in the mobile phone may be displayed. When this selection is made, the control unit 12 displays the transmitted e-mail content on the lifetime calendar regardless of whether or not the protection setting is made for the transmitted e-mail content.

  In addition, when displaying only the transmission e-mail content that is set to be protected among all the transmission e-mail contents stored in the mobile phone, the user can select the “protected mail only” selection menu. select. When this selection is made, the control unit 12 displays only the transmission e-mail content for which the protection setting is made on the lifetime calendar.

  The mobile phone according to the embodiment can specify the transmission e-mail content to be displayed on the lifetime calendar in accordance with display conditions such as stored folders and presence / absence of protection settings. Then, when a plurality of display conditions are set by the user, the control unit 12 displays only the transmission e-mail content that satisfies all the display conditions on the lifetime calendar.

  Next, a setting menu for “schedule content” is a setting menu for setting whether to display a schedule on the lifetime calendar and setting a classification of a schedule to be displayed.

  When all the schedules to be displayed on the lifetime calendar may be displayed, the user selects and operates “all display” from the “all display / designated display / non-display” pull-down menu. When this “all display” is selected, the control unit 12 selects and displays a schedule to be displayed on the lifetime calendar from all schedules registered in the schedule book of the mobile phone.

  On the other hand, when the schedule is not displayed on the lifetime calendar, the user selects and operates “Hide” from the “all display / designated display / non-display” pull-down menu. When this “non-display” is selected, the control unit 12 excludes all schedules registered in the schedule book of the mobile phone from the display target for the lifetime calendar. Therefore, when this “non-display” is selected, the schedule is not displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  On the other hand, when the classification of the schedule to be displayed on the lifetime calendar is designated, the user selects and operates “designated display” from the “all display / designated display / non-display” pull-down menu. When this “designation display” is selected, the control unit 12 displays the selection column of “classification selection” in full luminance to indicate to the user that each selection column is active.

  In the case of the mobile phone, when the schedule is registered in the schedule book, for example, the classification of the schedule such as a company, a school, a dinner party, a drive, and a sport is set. For this reason, when performing “classification selection”, the user designates a desired classification of the schedule. If this designation | designated operation is made, the control part 12 will display only the schedule of the classification | category designated by the user among all the schedules registered into the schedule book on a lifetime calendar.

  Next, the setting menu of “birthday content” is a setting menu for setting whether to display birthday content on the lifetime calendar. When the user permits the display of the birthday content of all the users registered in the phone book and the birthday content registered in the registration field of the personal information, the user selects “display all / Select “Display all” from the “Hide” pull-down menu. When this “all display” is selected, the control unit 12 sends the birthday information of all users registered in the phone book of the mobile phone and the personal information that is information of the owner of the mobile phone. The birthday content registered in the registration field is recognized as the display target of the lifetime calendar and displayed.

On the other hand, when the birthday content is not displayed on the lifetime calendar, the user selects “non-display” from the “all display / non-display” pull-down menu. When this “hidden” is selected, the control unit 12 displays the birthday contents of all the users registered in the telephone directory and the birthday contents registered in the registration field of the above personal information for the lifetime. Exclude from calendar display. As a result, when “non-display” is selected, the birthday content is not displayed on the lifetime calendar.

(Filter setting)
Next, when the control unit 12 focuses on the setting menu of “filter setting” shown in FIG. 4A and detects the pressing operation of the determination key 25, the control unit 12 displays a pull-down menu of “ON / OFF”. Active. This “filter setting” setting menu is a setting menu for setting whether or not to display a received e-mail having an e-mail address not registered in the telephone directory on the lifetime calendar.

  When the received e-mail content having an e-mail address not registered in the phone book is not displayed on the lifetime calendar, the user selects “OFF” from the “ON / OFF” pull-down menu. When this “OFF” is selected, the control unit 12 excludes the received e-mail content having an e-mail address that is not registered in the telephone directory from the display target for the lifetime calendar. Accordingly, in this case, received e-mail content having an e-mail address not registered in the telephone directory is not displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  On the other hand, when the received e-mail content having an e-mail address that is not registered in the phone book may be displayed on the lifetime calendar, the user can select “ON / OFF” from the pull-down menu. Select “ON”. When this “ON” is selected, the control unit 12 displays the received received e-mail content on the lifetime calendar regardless of whether or not the e-mail address is registered in the telephone directory.

In this “filter setting”, it is determined whether to display the received e-mail content having an e-mail address not registered in the phone book. Similarly, an e-mail address not registered in the phone book is set. It may be possible to set whether or not to display the transmitted e-mail content.

[Remember display time]
Next, as will be described in detail later, in the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, various contents corresponding to, for example, a date one year ago on the date focused on the lifetime calendar are displayed in a pop-up area. It has a memory pop-up function. This setting menu for “recall display time” is a setting menu for setting whether or not to perform such a recall pop-up display and the time until the recall pop-up display is performed.

  When the control unit 12 detects the pressing operation of the determination key 25 while focusing on the setting menu of “recall display time” shown in FIG. 4A, “non-display / early / normal / slow” is displayed. Make the pull-down menu active. When the memory pop-up display is not performed, the user selects “Hide” from the pull-down menu and presses the enter key 25. When this “non-display” is selected and operated, the control unit 12 does not perform a recall pop-up display on the lifetime calendar.

  On the other hand, each pull-down menu of “early / ordinary / slow” is a menu for setting the time until the memory pop-up display is performed. That is, in the case of this mobile phone, when the focus has been kept on any date on the lifetime calendar for a predetermined time or longer (= when the no-operation time is longer than the predetermined time), the control unit 12 controls the focus. The memory pop-up display of the content corresponding to the date in the past is performed with respect to the date on which is continuously applied.

  Each of the “early / normal / slow” pull-down menus is a menu for setting a time until the memory pop-up display is performed. The user selects and operates a desired menu from the “fast / normal / slow” pull-down menus.

When the “early” menu is selected, the control unit 12 performs a pop-up display, for example, “after 5 seconds” after the user operation stops, and the “normal” menu is selected. If the user's operation stops, for example, “7.5 seconds later” is displayed, and if the “slow” menu is selected, the user's operation stops, for example, “10 seconds. A reminder pop-up is displayed at “after”. The user selects a desired menu from each of the “early / normal / slow” pull-down menus, so that when the lifetime calendar is displayed, the memory pop-up display is performed after no operation is performed. The time can be set to a desired time.

[Lifetime calendar display operation]
Next, the display operation of the lifetime calendar will be described. For ease of understanding, on the lifetime calendar, still image content, schedule content, birthday content, sent email content, and received email content are displayed except for video content and music content. The explanation will proceed as to do.

When displaying the lifetime calendar, the user selects and operates activation of the lifetime calendar from the main menu via the operation unit 6. When this selection operation is performed, the control unit 12 displays a lifetime calendar of “calendar view” shown in FIG. 5 on the display unit 5 as a default display based on the lifetime calendar application program stored in the memory 11. Control display.

[Calendar view]
The flowchart of FIG. 6 shows the flow of the display control operation until the control unit 12 displays the calendar view lifetime calendar. This flowchart is started based on the life time calendar application program stored in the memory 11 when the control part 12 detects a life time calendar start designation operation that is designated by operating the operation part 6 by the user. Let

  In step S1, the control unit 12 takes in time information indicating the current date and time counted by the timer 10, and advances the process to step S2. In step S2, the control unit 12 reads the display setting and filter setting stored in the memory 11 described with reference to FIGS. 4A and 4B, and advances the process to step S3.

  In step S3, among the contents permitted to be displayed on the lifetime calendar by the display setting and filter setting read from the memory 11, the control unit 12 displays the current year and month captured from the timer 10 in step S1. Corresponding content is detected from the memory 11.

  Specifically, for example, display of still image content, schedule content, birthday content, transmitted e-mail content, and received e-mail content is permitted by the display setting and filter setting, and the current year captured from the timer 10 is displayed. When the date is September 13, 2005, the control unit 12 receives the still image content having the time information or saved information of September 2005, the received e-mail content having the reception time of September 2005, 2005 The transmission e-mail content having the transmission time of September, the schedule content having the start time of September, 2005, and the birthday content of the user having the birth month of September, 2005 are detected from the memory 11.

  Similarly, for example, display of only still image content and birthday content is permitted by the above display setting and filter setting, and the current date acquired from the timer 10 is October 1, 2006. The control unit 12 detects, from the memory 11, still image content having time information or saved information of October 2006 and a user's birthday content having October as the birth month.

  Next, in step S4, the control unit 12 displays a calendar view lifetime calendar on the display unit 5 and displays the detected contents on the calendar view lifetime calendar. In step S5, the current day The display area (= the display area corresponding to the day when the lifetime calendar is activated) is enlarged more than the other display areas, the enlarged display area is focused, and the processing of the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is terminated. .

  FIG. 5 shows a display example of the calendar view lifetime calendar displayed by the processing of the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 5 is a display example of the lifetime calendar in the calendar view in September 2005, and is a display example in which the focused day is Wednesday, September 13, 2005.

  As can be seen from FIG. 5, the control unit 12, on the lifetime calendar of the calendar view, for example, “2005 09/13” and the date corresponding to the display column of the focused date, Next to the year, month, day, various icons indicating the types of content that are permitted to be displayed by the user by the above-described display settings and filter settings are displayed (= displays various icons indicating the current setting state). . Further, the control unit 12 displays a month index indicating the currently displayed display month along the longitudinal direction of the left end of the display area. In the case of this example, since the display month is September, the month index displaying the number “09” is displayed. Moreover, the control part 12 makes it easy for a user to recognize the present day by displaying the display column of the date of the day by the display color different from other dates.

  Of the various icons indicating the above setting states shown in FIG. 5 (= various icons displayed adjacent to the year, month, day), the cake icon with the candle is the birthday content icon, the calendar and the pencil image are Schedule content icon, an upward arrow image on the sealed letter is the outgoing email content icon, a downward arrow image on the sealed letter is the incoming email content icon, and a rectangular upper right edge is folded inward Is an icon for still image content. Of these various icons, the control unit 12 displays the icons of the contents that are permitted to be displayed by the user in color, and displays the icons of the contents that are not permitted to be displayed by the user in gray as a gray image (or (Half brightness display). Due to the difference in display, the user can recognize at a glance the type of content permitted to be displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  In addition, the control unit 12 displays the icon of the content detected in step S3 and / or the thumbnail image of the still image content in the display column for each date on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view.

  In addition, when there are a plurality of still image contents to be displayed in the display column of the same date, the control unit 12 selects one still image content from the plurality of still image contents using a random number, and selects the selected still image content. The thumbnail image of the image content is displayed in the corresponding date display field. The thumbnail images selected and displayed are updated at a predetermined timing by a “rating function” described later.

  In addition, the control unit 12 expands the display column for Wednesday, September 13, 2005, which is the date on which the focus is applied, in comparison with the display column for other dates. And / or a thumbnail image of still image content.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, by displaying only the sealed letter icon in the display column for Friday, September 1st, it is confirmed that there is outgoing email content or incoming email content on Friday, September 1st. Show. Further, by displaying a sealed letter icon and a birthday content icon in the display column for Sunday, September 3, there is a transmitted email content or a received email content on Sunday, September 3, and It shows that it is the birthday of any user or the user of the mobile phone (= self). In addition, a sealed letter icon, a schedule content icon, and a thumbnail image of a still image content are displayed in the display column for Monday, September 4th. It shows that e-mail content, schedule content, and still image content exist.

  In addition, the display column for Wednesday, September 13, which is the focused date in this example, is displayed in an enlarged manner as compared with the display column for other dates. By displaying the schedule content icon, the birthday content icon and the thumbnail image of the still image content, there is a transmission e-mail content, a reception e-mail content, and a schedule content on Wednesday, September 13th. It shows that it is the birthday of any user or the user of the mobile phone (= self).

  Further, when the thumbnail image of the still image content is displayed in the enlarged display column, the control unit 12 displays the thumbnail image enlarged in comparison with the thumbnail image displayed in the other date display column. Thereby, the user can easily recognize the still image content corresponding to the focused date. The control unit 12 displays each icon other than the thumbnail image in the same size in both the enlarged display column and the display column for other dates.

  In this way, when displaying the lifetime calendar in the calendar view, the control unit 12 displays the icon of each content and / or the thumbnail image of the still image content in the display column for each date. As a result, the user can recognize at a glance the existence of content corresponding to each date from the icons and thumbnail images displayed on the lifetime calendar.

  In such a calendar view lifetime calendar, if there is no content, there is no icon or thumbnail image to be displayed, so the display column for the date with no content is necessarily a blank display column. It becomes. In the example shown in FIG. 5, Saturday, September 9 is the date when no content exists. The user can recognize at a glance that there is no content corresponding to the date by looking at the blank date display column.

  Also, as e-mail content, there are received e-mail content and transmitted e-mail content as described above. At the time of displaying the calendar view's lifetime calendar, the received e-mail content and the transmitted e-mail content If any of the above exists, the control unit 12 displays an icon of a sealed letter image to indicate that there is received e-mail content and / or transmitted e-mail content.

  In other words, the control unit 12 simplifies the presence of the received e-mail content and / or the transmitted e-mail content by displaying the icon of the image of the sealed letter when displaying the lifetime calendar in the calendar view. As shown. When displaying the day view lifetime calendar, which will be described later, an upward arrow image icon is displayed on the above-mentioned sealed letter to indicate the presence of the e-mail content to be sent, and a downward arrow image is displayed on the sealed letter. An icon is displayed to indicate the presence of received e-mail content.

That is, when displaying the lifetime calendar in this calendar view, since the display column for each date is narrow, the presence of the received e-mail content and / or the transmitted e-mail content is displayed in a lump with the icon of the sealed letter image. In addition, when displaying the date view lifetime calendar, which will be described later, when each date display field becomes wide, the received e-mail content and the transmitted e-mail content are displayed separately.

[Focus move operation]
Next, the user can operate the operation unit 6 to move the focus to a display column for a desired date on the lifetime calendar. That is, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 12 focuses as a default on September 13 which is the current day in this example. In this state, when the cross key 24 of the operation unit 6 is operated to the right, the control unit 12 controls to move and display the focus in the order of 13th → 14th → 15th → 16th → 17th. In addition, when the user operates the cross key 24 of the operation unit 6 to the left with the focus on September 13, the control unit 12 causes the 13th → 12th → 11th → 10th → 9th. The focus is moved and controlled in the order of. Further, when the user operates the cross key 24 of the operation unit 6 in the focused state on September 13, the control unit 12 changes the date from 13th to 6th to August 30th. The focus is moved and controlled in order. In addition, when the user operates the cross key 24 of the operation unit 6 with the focus on September 13, the control unit 12 causes the 13th → 20th → 27th → October 4th ・-Move and control the focus in the order.

The control unit 12 performs such focus movement display control intermittently each time the cross key 24 is pressed. Further, when the cross key 24 is continuously pressed (so-called long press), the control unit 12 continuously performs the above-described focus movement display control during the long press. Then, the control unit 12 sequentially detects the contents corresponding to the date to be displayed on the display unit 5 from the memory 11 through such focus movement display control, and displays the icon and the thumbnail image. . As a result, the lifetime calendar for each month is displayed on the display unit 5 in the form of being scrolled in accordance with the focus movement operation.

(Switching the display screen on a monthly or yearly basis)
Here, the user can move the focus displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view by each date unit by operating the cross key 24 or the like as described above. You may want to switch the content to be displayed on the monthly or yearly basis.

  In this case, the user presses the second soft key 27 shown in FIG. When the controller 12 detects the pressing operation of the second soft key 27 while displaying the calendar view lifetime calendar on the display unit 5, the controller 12 displays the lifetime as the calendar view index screen shown in FIG. 7. The calendar is displayed on the display unit 5.

  As can be seen by comparing FIG. 5 and FIG. 7, when the control unit 12 detects the pressing operation of the second soft key 27, “Month” of each month along the longitudinal direction of the left end of the lifetime calendar in the calendar view. “Index” is displayed, and along the left end of the month index, “year index” indicating the year to which the month currently displayed on the display unit 5 belongs is displayed.

  In addition, the control unit 12 focuses the month display column on the month index to which the date focused at the time when the second soft key 27 is pressed. FIG. 7 is a display example when the focus is on any day in September 2005 when the second soft key 27 is pressed. In this case, the control unit 12 focuses on the September display field on the month index.

  On the month index, the focus can be moved in units of months, and on the year index, the focus can be moved in units of years. That is, when the user moves the focus in units of months, the user operates the cross key 24 up or down while the focus is on any month display field of the month index. As shown in FIG. 7, when the upper operation of the cross key 24 is detected in the state of focus in September, the control unit 12 focuses in the order of September → August → July → June. To move display control. In addition, when the downward operation of the cross key 24 is detected in the state where the focus is on in September, the control unit 12 displays the focus in the order of September → October → November → December. Control.

  In addition, when the control unit 12 moves and controls the month to be focused on the month index in this way, the control unit 12 detects the content corresponding to the month to which the focus has been moved from the memory 11, and the icon or the The thumbnail image is displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view of the month where the focus is moved. As a result, icons and thumbnail images displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view are switched and displayed on a monthly basis.

  In this example, the control unit 12 switches the content to be displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view together with the movement operation of the focus on the month index. While the movement operation is being performed, the display of content on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view is not switched, and the determination key 25 is pressed until the determination key 25 is pressed. The content corresponding to the month focused on the month index may be displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view.

  That is, in this case, the user operates to move the focus to a desired month on the month index (content display is not switched during this time), and the determination key 25 is pressed when the focus is moved to the desired month. Press operation. Thereby, the control unit 12 recognizes that the display of the content of the currently focused month is designated by the user, detects the content corresponding to the focused month from the memory 11, The display screen is returned from the calendar view index screen shown in FIG. 7 to the normal calendar view screen shown in FIG. 5, and icons and thumbnail images corresponding to the contents are displayed on the calendar view lifetime calendar. In this case, since the content is displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view after waiting for the pressing operation of the enter key 25, the burden on the control unit 12 can be reduced by not having to switch the display of the content every time the focus is moved. Can be reduced.

  Also, in this case, while focusing on any month on the month index, the display column for each date (the display column for the icon or thumbnail image corresponding to the content) is displayed with, for example, half luminance. If display control for changing the display mode is performed, the user can easily recognize that the month index is active.

  Next, when the user moves the focus in units of years, the user performs a left operation on the cross key 24 in a state where the display column of any month on the month index is focused. When the control unit 12 detects the left operation of the cross key 24 in a state in which any month display column on the month index is focused, the control unit 12 selects the year of the year on the year index to which the focused month belongs. Focus the display field. Thereby, the display screen can be switched in units of years.

  That is, when the control unit 12 detects an upper operation of the cross key 24 in a state where the year index is in focus, in the example shown in FIG. 7, 2005 → 2004 → 2003... In this order, the focus on the year index is moved and displayed. Similarly, when a downward operation of the cross key 24 is detected in a state where the focus is on the year index, the focus on the year index is moved and displayed in the order of 2005 → 2006 → 2007. To do.

  In addition, when the focus is moved and controlled in units of years in this way, the control unit 12 focused on the month index immediately before moving the focus from the month index to the year index in the year in which the focus was moved. Various contents corresponding to the month are detected from the memory 11, and the icons and thumbnail images of the detected contents are displayed on the calendar view lifetime calendar.

  Specifically, for example, when the focus is moved to the display column of 2005 on the year index while the focus is on September on the month index, the control unit 12 corresponds to September 2005. Various contents to be detected are detected from the memory 11, and icons and thumbnail images of the detected contents are displayed and controlled on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view.

  Similarly, for example, when the focus is moved to the display column of 2004 on the year index while the focus is on July on the month index, the control unit 12 corresponds to July 2004. Various contents are detected from the memory 11, and the icons and thumbnail images of the detected contents are displayed and controlled on the calendar view lifetime calendar. When the focus moved to the 2004 display field is moved to the 2003 display field on the year index, the control unit 12 stores various contents corresponding to July 2003 from the memory 11. Detecting the detected content icon and thumbnail image on the calendar view lifetime calendar. As a result, icons and thumbnail images displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view are switched and displayed on a yearly basis.

  In this example, the control unit 12 switches the content to be displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view together with the focus movement operation on the year index. While is being performed, the display of content on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view is not switched, and the following may be performed.

  That is, the control unit 12 controls to move and display the focus on the month index at the timing when the pressing operation of the determination key 25 is detected when the focus is in any year on the year index. At the timing when the pressing operation of the enter key 25 is detected when the focus is on any of the month, the focus is applied when the pressing operation of the enter key 25 is detected on the year index and the month index, respectively. The contents corresponding to the year and month are displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view.

  In other words, in this case, the user moves the focus to a desired year on the year index and presses the enter key 25 (the display of content is not switched during this time), and the user desires on the month index. During this month, the focus is moved and the enter key 25 is pressed (the content display is not switched during this time).

  As a result, the control unit 12 recognizes that the display of the content of the year and month that has been focused when the pressing operation of the determination key 25 is detected is designated by the user, and has focused. Content corresponding to the year and month is detected from the memory 11, and the display screen is returned from the calendar view index screen shown in FIG. 7 to the normal screen of the calendar view shown in FIG. It will be displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view. In this case, since the content is displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view after waiting for the pressing operation of the enter key 25, the burden on the control unit 12 can be reduced by not having to switch the display of the content every time the focus is moved. Can be reduced.

In this case, while the focus is on the year index and the month index, the display column for each date (display column for icons and thumbnail images corresponding to the content) is displayed with, for example, half luminance. If display control for changing the display mode is performed, the user can easily recognize that the year index or the month index is active.

[When lifetime calendar is used as standby screen]
Next, in the case of the mobile phone according to the embodiment, the lifetime calendar in the calendar view can be set as a standby screen. That is, when the user performs a setting operation for setting the lifetime calendar as a standby screen via the operation unit 6, the control unit 12 may display the standby screen on the display unit 5 as described with reference to FIG. 6. Among the contents corresponding to the current date acquired from the timer 10, the contents corresponding to the display setting and the filter setting are detected from the memory 11. The control unit 12 displays the icon of each content and / or the thumbnail image of the still image content detected from the memory 11 on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view corresponding to the current year and month, Focus on the date display field.

  FIG. 8 shows a display example of the lifetime calendar in the calendar view displayed as the standby screen. In FIG. 8, the current date fetched from the timer 10 is September 13, 2004, and in response to this, the control unit 12 waits for a calendar view lifetime calendar for September 2004. As an example displayed on the display unit 5. From FIG. 8, it will be understood that the display column for the 13th day, which is the current day in this example, is focused.

When a desired standby image is set in advance by the user, the control unit 12 displays the standby image as a half-brightness display and displays the lifetime calendar in the calendar view on the display. As a result, the overall standby screen displayed on the display unit 5 is a standby screen in which the standby image can be seen through under the lifetime calendar in the calendar view.

[Thumbnail image update based on rating function]
Next, the thumbnail images displayed on the calendar view lifetime calendar including the calendar view lifetime calendar set as the standby screen described above are updated to new thumbnail images at predetermined intervals. It has become.

That is, when there are a plurality of still image contents to be displayed in the display column of the same date as described above, the control unit 12 selects one still image content from the plurality of still image contents using a random number. Although displayed in the date display field, the control unit 12 updates the thumbnail image of the displayed still image content to a thumbnail image of another still image content at a predetermined timing based on the “rating function”. It is supposed to be.

(Periodically updating thumbnail images displayed in the display column for each date)
First, the control unit 12 activates the lifetime calendar application program by the user, so that the thumbnail image (see FIG. 5) displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view and the lifetime calendar set as the standby screen are displayed. The thumbnail image displayed above (see FIG. 8) is periodically updated. The flowchart of FIG. 9 shows the flow of the thumbnail image periodic update operation.

  Regardless of whether the main power supply of the mobile phone is turned on or not, the control unit 12 executes the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 based on the lifetime calendar application program.

  As an example, in the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, the thumbnail image is updated twice at midnight and 12:00 pm. Therefore, in step S11, the control unit 12 monitors the current time counted by the timer 10, and detects that the current time is the above-described update time of the thumbnail image, that is, midnight or 12:00. At the timing, the process proceeds to step S12.

  In step S12, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the lifetime calendar is currently activated. If the lifetime calendar is activated, the process proceeds to step S16, and if the lifetime calendar is activated. If not, the process proceeds to step S13.

  In step S16, since the lifetime calendar is currently being activated, the control unit 12 waits for the end of the display of the lifetime calendar and advances the process to step S13. In other words, in this example, the control unit 12 does not update the thumbnail image while the lifetime calendar is activated. Of course, the thumbnail image may be updated even when the lifetime calendar is activated.

  Next, when it is determined in step S12 that the lifetime calendar is not activated, or when the display of the lifetime calendar is detected in step S16, the process proceeds to step S13. It is determined whether or not the lifetime calendar is set on the standby screen (see FIG. 8). Then, the control unit 12 advances the process to step S17 when the lifetime calendar is set on the standby screen, and advances the process to step S14 when the lifetime calendar is not set on the standby screen.

  When the process proceeds to step S17 when the lifetime calendar is set on the standby screen, the control unit 12 causes a plurality of still images to be displayed among the dates on which thumbnail images are currently displayed on the lifetime calendar of the standby screen. Detect all dates with image content. Then, for each detected date, one still image content is randomly detected using random numbers from among still image contents other than the currently displayed still image content, and a thumbnail image of the still image content is detected. Are displayed in the corresponding date display fields.

  Thereby, each thumbnail image displayed on the lifetime calendar of the calendar view set in the standby screen is updated at the timing of midnight and 12:00 pm.

  Next, when the process proceeds to step S14 when the lifetime calendar is not set on the standby screen, the control unit 12 waits for a startup operation of the lifetime calendar by the user.

  When detecting the activation operation of the lifetime calendar in step S14, the control unit 12 advances the process to step S15, and displays the calendar view lifetime calendar on the display unit 5 as described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Then, for each date on which a plurality of still image contents exist, one still image is randomly selected using random numbers from among the still image contents other than the still image content displayed before the activation operation is performed. Content is detected, a thumbnail image of this still image content is formed, and displayed in the corresponding date display field.

As a result, when the lifetime calendar is activated across midnight or 12:00, different thumbnail images before and after the activation are displayed on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view.

(Thumbnail image update operation when focus is stopped)
Next, when the focus is stopped in the display column of any date on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view, and there are a plurality of still image contents corresponding to the date when the focus is stopped, the control unit 12 The thumbnail images displayed in the date display column where the focus is stopped are updated every predetermined time. The flowchart of FIG. 10 shows the flow of the thumbnail image update operation. The flowchart of FIG. 10 is started based on the lifetime calendar application program stored in the memory 11 at the timing when the control unit 12 displays the calendar view lifetime calendar on the display unit 5.

  In step S <b> 21, the control unit 12 determines whether or not a focus movement operation has been performed by monitoring the operation state of the operation unit 6. That is, the control unit 12 focuses on the display column for the current day (the display column for September 13 in the case of FIG. 5) as a default when displaying the lifetime calendar in the calendar view. As described above, this focus can be moved up and down and left and right by operating the cross key 24 in FIG. Therefore, in step S21, the control unit 12 monitors the operation state of the cross key 24 to determine whether or not the focus movement operation has been performed. If the focus movement operation is not detected, the process is performed. The process proceeds to step S22, and if a focus movement operation is detected, the process proceeds to step S25.

  In step S25, the control unit 12 controls the display of the focus displayed on the display unit 5 in accordance with the movement operation of the cross key 24 by the user, and displays the date display field to which the focus is moved as described above. As shown above, the image is displayed in an enlarged manner than the display column for other dates, the corresponding content icon and thumbnail image are controlled to be displayed in the enlarged date display column, and the process returns to step S21.

  On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S22 by not detecting the focus movement operation, the control unit 12 detects, for example, 3 seconds after the focus movement operation is not detected based on the time information counted by the timer 10. It is determined whether or not. That is, in this step S22, the control unit 12 monitors the continuous stop time of the focus. If 3 seconds have not elapsed since the focus was stopped, the process returns to step S21, and the focus is in the stop state. Then, the process proceeds to step S23 at the timing when 3 seconds have elapsed.

  In step S23, the control unit 12 detects a still image content corresponding to the date when the focus is stopped from the memory 11, so that there are a plurality of still image contents corresponding to the date when the focus is stopped. It is determined whether or not. If a plurality of still image contents do not exist, the process returns to step S21. If a plurality of still image contents exist, the process proceeds to step S24.

  In step S24, the control unit 12 randomly selects a still image content other than the currently displayed still image content from among a plurality of still image content corresponding to the date when the focus is stopped, using a random number. A thumbnail image of the selected still image content is selected. Then, the thumbnail image displayed in the display column of the date when the focus is stopped is updated and displayed on the newly formed thumbnail image, and the process returns to step S21.

  As a result, when the focus continues to be stopped in the date display column where a plurality of still image contents exist, the thumbnail image is updated and displayed every 3 seconds. Therefore, the user can confirm the still image content corresponding to the date by the thumbnail image updated and displayed every 3 seconds just by moving the focus to the display column of the desired date and stopping it. Can do.

In this example, the thumbnail image update process is performed when the focus continues to stop in the display column of the same date for 3 seconds. However, the time of “3 seconds” is an example. When the focus continues to stop for 5 seconds in the display column of the same date, the thumbnail image is updated, or when the focus continues to stop for 10 seconds in the display column of the same date, the thumbnail image is updated. Thus, it may be changed according to the design or the like. In addition, the user may select and set a desired time on the setting menu.

[Day view]
Next, in such a calendar view lifetime calendar, the user can recognize the “existence” of various contents corresponding to each date from the icons and thumbnail images displayed in the display column for each date. Although it is possible to further confirm the “contents” of various contents corresponding to each date, the user displays a day-view lifetime calendar described below. Since the title of the content corresponding to each date is displayed on the life calendar of this day view, the user can check the rough “content” of the desired content by displaying the life time calendar of this day view. can do.

  Further, when the user wants to confirm the detailed “content” of the desired content, the user selects and operates the desired content on the day view lifetime calendar. As a result, a dedicated application program corresponding to the content selected by the user is started, and processing such as display and reproduction corresponding to the content selected by the user is performed, and the detailed “content” of the content can be confirmed. It has become.

  The flowchart in FIG. 11 shows the flow from the display of the day view lifetime calendar until the content selected on the day view lifetime calendar is processed by a dedicated application program corresponding to the content. This flowchart is based on the life time calendar application program stored in the memory 11 when the control unit 12 detects the pressing operation of the determination key 25 when the life time calendar of the calendar view is displayed. Become.

  First, in step S31, when the control unit 12 detects the pressing operation of the enter key 25, the display unit 5 displays the day view lifetime calendar based on the date focused on the calendar view lifetime calendar. Control display. In addition, in the case of a date having a plurality of contents, the control unit 12 arranges the plurality of contents in the order of a predetermined priority in the longitudinal direction of the display unit 5 from the upper part to the lower part of the display column of each date. And display them side by side. Of the contents corresponding to the date focused on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view, the contents positioned at the top (= contents with the highest priority) are focused by default. FIG. 12 shows a display example of the day view lifetime calendar.

  As the day view lifetime calendar, there are a “list display screen” shown in FIG. 12 and a “thumbnail display screen” shown in FIG. When switching the display of the life time calendar from the calendar view to the day view, the control unit 12 displays a “list display screen” shown in FIG. 12 as a default.

  FIG. 12 is a list display screen of a life view calendar of a day view based on September 13, 2005, which is the date on which the focus was placed on the life time calendar of the calendar view. As shown in FIG. 12, the control unit 12 displays the date displayed on the day view lifetime calendar by the user based on the date of the day such as “2005 09/13” and the display setting and filter setting described above. An icon of birthday content, an icon of schedule content, and the like indicating the type of content that is permitted are displayed.

  Further, the control unit 12 displays a day index having a length along the longitudinal direction of the display unit 5 corresponding to the number of contents present along the longitudinal direction of the left end of the display area. In the case of the example shown in FIG. 12, since there is only one content corresponding to September 12, the length of the day index on September 12 is the length for displaying one content. Yes. On the other hand, since there are three contents corresponding to September 13, the length of the day index on September 13 is the length for displaying three contents.

  In addition, the control unit 12 displays the date on the day index by packing the date when there is no content. The example shown in FIG. 12 is an example in which there is no content between August 28 and September 12, and in this case, the control unit 12 displays the content of August 28 and the content of September 12 Are displayed next to each other. Thereby, when there are many days when the content does not exist, it is possible to prevent inconvenience that a lot of blanks are displayed on the day view lifetime calendar.

  Further, the control unit 12 displays the contents side by side in accordance with the priority order when the date includes a plurality of contents as on September 13 shown in FIG. As an example, the priority for displaying this content is as follows.

First, when the time information of a plurality of contents corresponding to the same date is different (= when the time of each content on the same date is different), the control unit 12
1. Birthday content 2. Schedule content set all day Still image content shooting time (save time) / schedule start time / reception e-mail content reception time / transmission e-mail content transmission time are displayed in order from the earliest.

When the time information of the plurality of contents corresponding to the same date is the same (= when the contents dated on the same date are the same time), the control unit 12
1. 1. Still image content 2. Received e-mail content 3. Send e-mail content Display in order of schedule contents.

  When the time information possessed by a plurality of the same contents is the time information at the same time, the control unit 12 displays these contents side by side in accordance with the arrangement order applied by the application program that reproduces the contents. When there are a plurality of schedule contents set all day, the control unit 12 displays the schedule contents in the order of registration (new → old) of the schedules registered in the schedule book. Similarly, when there are a plurality of schedule contents having the same start time, the control unit 12 displays the schedule contents in the order of registration of each schedule registered in the schedule book (new → old). In addition, when there are a plurality of birthday contents on the same day, the control unit 12 displays them in the order of the memory numbers in the phone book (= displays them in the order of registration in the phone book). However, if the date of the user's birthday content registered in the phone book and the date of the birthday content registered in the personal information registration field (= birthday content of his / her own birthday) are the same day, control The unit 12 first displays the birthday content registered in the personal information registration field.

  Moreover, when displaying each content, the control part 12 displays the content of each content by displaying the following metadata.

  That is, when displaying “birthday content”, the control unit 12 displays a user name, a birthday icon (in this example, an icon of a cake image with a candle), a frame image (a user name display frame and The thumbnail image of the user registered in the phone book.

  When “still image content” is displayed, the control unit 12 displays a shooting time / save time, a thumbnail image, a management title, a file type icon, and an acquisition source icon.

  When displaying “received e-mail content”, the control unit 12 displays the received mail icon, the received time, the From icon, the sender name / sender address, the attached data icon, and the sender image registered in the phone book. , Display subject icon and subject data.

  Further, when displaying “transmission e-mail content”, the control unit 12 displays the transmission mail icon, transmission time, To icon, destination name / destination address, multi-person icon, attached data icon, and destination registered in the phone book. Display image, subject icon, subject data.

  When “schedule content” is displayed, the control unit 12 displays a schedule icon, a schedule start time, a classification icon, data indicating a summary / content of the schedule, an alarm icon, and data indicating ON / OFF setting of the alarm. To do.

  The content displayed on the date of September 13 shown in FIG. 12 is an example in which the control unit 12 displays the birthday content, the schedule content, and the still image content in order according to the above-described priority order. As can be seen from this example, when the birthday content is displayed, the control unit 12 displays a birthday icon that is an image of a cake with a candle and a frame image that is a display frame of a flower. A user name such as “Mr. Funabashi” is displayed in the center. Thereby, it is possible to make the user who sees the day view lifetime calendar recognize that September 13th is Funabashi's birthday.

  When displaying the schedule content, the control unit 12 displays a schedule start time such as “18:46”, a schedule icon that is a pencil image on the calendar, and an image of a cocktail glass indicating the schedule classification, for example. Classification icon, data indicating the summary / contents of the schedule such as “Mr. Yamashita and food in Ginza”, alarm icon of bell image, and data indicating ON / OFF setting of alarm. Thereby, it is possible to make the user who sees the day view lifetime calendar recognize that he / she is planning to eat with Yamashita in Ginza from 18:46 on September 13.

  In addition, the control part 12 cuts off and displays the character more than the predetermined number of characters, when displaying a character. This is why the schedule summary / content display is cut off in “Ginza-san and food” in the above display example. It should be noted that the character size may be reduced for full display, or scroll display may be performed in accordance with the operation of the cross key 24.

  Further, when displaying the still image content, the control unit 12, for example, a shooting time / save time such as “13:00”, a still image icon indicating that the content is a still image content, a still image content A thumbnail image, a management title such as “walk with dog”, a file type icon indicating the file type and file size, and an acquisition source icon indicating that the still image content is captured by the camera unit 8 Is displayed. Accordingly, it is possible to make the user who has viewed the day view lifetime calendar recognize that there is still image content captured when taking a walk with a dog at 13:00 on September 13th.

  In addition, for example, when there are a plurality of users who registered September 13 as birthdays in the phone book or personal information registration fields, such as Mr. Funabashi and Mr. Yamada, the control unit 12 controls the date of September 13 In the date column, the birthday contents of Funabashi and Yamada are displayed side by side. Similarly, when there are a plurality of still image contents picked up on September 13, the control unit 12 displays the still image contents side by side in the order of shooting time and the like.

  By switching the display of the lifetime calendar from the calendar view to the day view, the contents of each content are displayed, so that the user can check the rough “content” of the desired content.

  Next, when such a day-view lifetime calendar list display screen is displayed in step S31 of the flowchart of FIG. 11, the control unit 12 advances the process to step S32. In step S <b> 32, the control unit 12 determines the presence / absence of a display screen switching operation by monitoring the operation state of the operation unit 6.

  That is, as the display screen of the day view lifetime calendar, the “list display screen” shown in FIG. 12 and the “thumbnail display screen” shown in FIG. 13 are provided as described above. As an example, the switching of each display screen is performed by the user pressing the first soft key 26 shown in FIG. For this reason, in step S32, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the switching operation of each display screen has been performed by determining whether or not the first soft key 26 has been pressed. If the pressing operation of the soft key 26 is detected, the process proceeds to step S37. If the pressing operation of the first soft key 26 is not detected, the process proceeds to step S33.

  When the process proceeds to step S37 by detecting the pressing operation of the first soft key 26, the control unit 12 displays the day view lifetime calendar displayed on the display unit 5 as a “list display screen” shown in FIG. ”To switch to the“ thumbnail display screen ”shown in FIG.

  When the day view lifetime calendar is this “thumbnail display screen”, the control unit 12 displays the presence of each content mainly by thumbnail images and icons. FIG. 13 shows a display example of the day view lifetime calendar of the “thumbnail display screen”. In FIG. 13, when there is a received e-mail content received at 8:31 on September 12, the control unit 12 detects a user who is a transmission source of the received e-mail from the phone book, and the phone book The thumbnail image of the user registered in the menu is displayed in the display column on September 12th. Also, the reception time and the received mail icon are displayed on the thumbnail image. As a result, there is received e-mail content received from the user indicated by the thumbnail image at 8:31 on September 12 with respect to the user who viewed the lifetime calendar of the day view of the “thumbnail display screen”. Can be recognized.

  Similarly, when the birthday content of the user whose birthday is September 13 exists, the control unit 12 detects the thumbnail image of the user whose birthday is September 13 from the telephone directory, and this thumbnail image Is displayed in the display column on September 13th. In addition, a birthday icon is displayed on the thumbnail image. Accordingly, it is possible to make the user who sees the lifetime calendar of the day view on the “thumbnail display screen” recognize that September 13 is the birthday of the user indicated by the thumbnail image.

  Similarly, when there is a schedule content whose start time is 18:46 on September 13, the control unit 12 displays a classification icon for this schedule content in the display column for September 13. Further, on this classification icon, a schedule start time and a schedule icon indicating that the content is the schedule content are displayed. As a result, the user who has seen this “thumbnail display screen” can recognize that there is a schedule with the content indicated by the classification icon from 18:46 on September 13.

  Similarly, when there is a still image content captured at 13:00 on September 13, the control unit 12 displays a thumbnail image of the still image content in the display field on September 13. In addition, a still image icon indicating that the shooting time and the content is a still image content is displayed on the thumbnail image. As a result, the user who has seen the “thumbnail display screen” can recognize that there is still image content captured at 13:00 on September 13th.

  If the thumbnail image of the user corresponding to the birthday content is not registered in the phone book or personal information registration field, the control unit 12 is registered in the phone book or personal information registration field instead of the thumbnail image. User name is displayed.

  When the thumbnail image of the user corresponding to the transmitted / received e-mail content is not registered in the phone book, the control unit 12 displays the user name registered in the phone book instead of the thumbnail image.

  When the classification icon indicating the classification of the schedule content is not registered in the schedule book, the control unit 12 displays only the schedule start time and the schedule icon.

  In the “list display screen” shown in FIG. 12, since each content is displayed with characters such as thumbnail images, icons, and titles, the general contents of each content can be recognized. Although it is difficult to display content, in the “thumbnail display screen” shown in FIG. 13, each content is basically displayed with thumbnail images and icons, so a large amount of content can be displayed at once. .

  Next, if the switching operation between the “list display screen” and the “thumbnail display screen” is not detected in step S32 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 11, the process proceeds to step S33. It is determined whether or not an operation for shifting to the index has been performed.

  That is, in the “list display screen” of the day-view lifetime calendar shown in FIG. 12, when the control unit 12 detects the pressing operation of the second soft key 27 while focusing on any content, The process proceeds to S39, and the focus is moved and displayed on the date on the date index corresponding to the currently focused content.

  For example, if the pressing operation of the second soft key 27 is detected when the birthday content of “Mr. Funabashi” shown in FIG. 12 is focused, the date on which the birthday content of “Mr. Funabashi” is displayed. Focus on the 13th date on the index. As described above, when the focus is applied to the date on the date index, the focus can be moved in units of each date.

  That is, when the focus is moved in units of date, the user moves the focus on the date index and moves the cross key 24 up and down. In step S40, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the up / down operation of the cross key 24 has been performed. Move and control the focus of the date by date.

  For example, in the example illustrated in FIG. 12, when the focus is on the 13th date on the date index and the upward operation of the cross key 24 is detected in this state, the control unit 12 performs the upward operation every time the upward operation is performed. In addition, the focus on the date index is sequentially moved and displayed in the display column of each date where the content exists, such as 13th → 12th → August 28 → August 27.

  Similarly, in the example shown in FIG. 12, when the focus is on the 13th date on the date index, and the lower operation of the cross key 24 is detected in this state, the control unit 12 performs the lower operation. Each time, the focus on the date index is sequentially moved and displayed in the display column for each date where the content exists, such as 13th → 14th → 15th.

  Thereby, the content displayed on the lifetime calendar of the day view can be changed on a date basis.

  Next, in the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, when the focus moved on the date index is returned to the display column of each content, the user presses the enter key 25. In step S42, the control unit 12 monitors the presence or absence of such a return operation. If the control unit 12 detects the pressing operation of the enter key 25, the control unit 12 advances the process to step S43 and moves the focus to the date index. To move to the display column of each content.

  Next, when the focus movement operation on the date index is not detected in step S33, the control unit 12 advances the process to step S34 to determine whether or not there is a focus movement operation. In other words, since the focus applied to the display column of each content is moved by the up / down operation of the cross key 24, the control unit 12 monitors the presence / absence of the up / down operation of the cross key 24 in step S34. To do. Then, when detecting the up / down operation of the cross key 24, the control unit 12 advances the process to step S38, and moves and controls the focus in units of contents corresponding to the up / down operation of the cross key 24.

  For example, in the case where Funabashi's birthday content shown in FIG. 12 is focused, when the operation of the cross key 24 is detected, the control unit 12 receives Funabashi's birthday content → received email from Funabashi. The focus is moved and displayed in units of content in the order of content → transmitted e-mail content addressed to Mr. Koyamada.

  In addition, when focus is placed on Funabashi's birthday content shown in FIG. 12, when the lower operation of the cross key 24 is detected, the control unit 12 is given the title of Mr. Yamashita and meal in Ginza. The focus is moved and controlled in units of content in the order of schedule content → still image content with titles of dog and walk → Yamashita's birthday content.

  Next, in the lifetime calendar of this day view, it is possible to recognize the “rough contents” of each content, but when the user wants to confirm the “detailed contents” of the desired contents, the user can The focus is moved in units of each date or each content, and the desired key is focused and the enter key 25 is pressed. In step S35 of the flowchart of FIG. 11, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the determination key 25 is pressed. That is, in step S35, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the determination key 25 is pressed, which means display of detailed contents of the currently focused content and designation of reproduction. In step S35, when the pressing operation of the enter key 25 is detected, the control unit 12 advances the process to step S36, and starts a dedicated application program corresponding to the currently focused content from the memory 11. Then, the content processing is performed based on the application program, and the entire processing of the flowchart shown in FIG.

  Specifically, when the pressing operation of the enter key 25 is detected in a state where the still image content on the day view lifetime calendar is focused, the control unit 12 stores the camera control program stored in the memory 11. The display unit 5 controls the display unit 5 to display the still image content based on the viewer function of the camera control program. Thereby, the user can confirm the detail of the still image content selected on the lifetime calendar of the day view.

  Similarly, when the pressing operation of the enter key 25 is detected in a state where the received e-mail content or the transmitted e-mail content on the day-view lifetime calendar is focused, the control unit 12 is stored in the memory 11. An e-mail management program is started, and the contents (text, etc.) of the received e-mail content or the transmitted e-mail content are displayed on the display unit 5 based on the e-mail management program. Thereby, the user can confirm the details of the received e-mail content or the transmitted e-mail content selected on the lifetime calendar of the day view.

  Similarly, when the pressing operation of the enter key 25 is detected in a state where the schedule content on the day-view lifetime calendar is focused, the control unit 12 starts the schedule book management program stored in the memory 11. Based on this schedule book management program, the contents of the schedule content are controlled to be displayed on the display unit 5. Thereby, the user can confirm the details of the schedule content selected on the lifetime calendar of the day view.

  Similarly, when the pressing operation of the enter key 25 is detected in a state where the birthday content on the day view lifetime calendar is focused, the control unit 12 stores the birth stored in the phone book of the memory 11. The display unit 5 controls the display of the user registration column corresponding to the day content or the personal information registration column of the user of the mobile phone. As a result, the telephone number, e-mail address, etc. of the user corresponding to the birthday content are displayed on the display unit 5, and the user who reaches the birthday can be easily contacted by telephone, e-mail, etc. Can do.

In the above description, when the determination key 25 is pressed in a state where the desired content is focused on the “list display screen” of the day-view lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 responds to the content. However, the same applies to the “thumbnail display screen” of the lifetime calendar for day view. That is, when the control unit 12 detects the pressing operation of the enter key 25 while displaying the thumbnail display screen shown in FIG. 13, an application program corresponding to the content focused on the thumbnail display screen is displayed. to start. As a result, the user can check the detailed contents of the content selected with focus even when the “thumbnail display screen” is displayed, similarly to when the “list display screen” is displayed.

[Displaying newly created contents when moving to day view]
Next, as in September 9 shown in FIG. 5, in the lifetime calendar of the calendar view, the date display column where no content exists is displayed blank. On the calendar view lifetime calendar, when the focus is moved and the enter key 25 is pressed on a day when such content does not exist, the control unit 12 displays the day view lifetime calendar as follows. "Schedule newly created content" described in the above is displayed.

  The flowchart of FIG. 14 shows the flow of the display operation of the newly created schedule content. This flowchart shows a lifetime calendar application program when the control unit 12 detects a pressing operation of the determination key 25 in a state where any date display column on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view is focused. Start based on.

  In step S51, the control unit 12 determines whether or not there is content corresponding to the date selected on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view (= the date on which the focus has been applied). If there is content corresponding to the date focused on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view, the control unit 12 advances the processing to step S31 in the flowchart of FIG. 11, and the day view shown in FIG. 12 as described above. The display unit 5 controls the display of the list display screen of the lifetime calendar.

  On the other hand, if there is no content corresponding to the date focused on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view, the control unit 12 advances the processing to step S52, and the life of the day view as shown in FIG. The display display of the time calendar list display screen is controlled on the display unit 5. Then, on the lifetime calendar of this day view, a new date display column that has been focused on the lifetime calendar of the calendar view is provided, and in the newly provided display column the characters "Create new schedule" and Display icon.

  In other words, when displaying the day-view lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 displays the date display column with no content, but selects the date with no content on the calendar view lifetime calendar. If a day view lifetime calendar is displayed, a date display column for this content that does not exist is newly provided on the day view lifetime calendar, and the above characters and icons for “Create new schedule” are displayed here. Focus.

  The example shown in FIG. 15 shows a case where September 9, 2005, in which no content exists, is selected on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view. In this case, a display column for September 9, 2005 is newly provided on the lifetime calendar of the day view, and characters and icons of “create new schedule” are displayed and focused.

  Next, in step S53, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the determination key 25 has been pressed in a state in which the character and icon display field of “Create new schedule” is in focus. In this state, the pressing operation of the enter key 25 means that the user desires to register a new schedule for the date on which the content does not exist. For this reason, the control unit 12 advances the processing to step S36 in the flowchart shown in FIG. 11, activates the schedule book management program, and displays a new schedule creation screen. Thereby, the user can register a new schedule in the schedule book. And the control part 12 will display the schedule content of this newly registered schedule at the time of the lifetime calendar of the above-mentioned calendar view or day view.

  Even when the display of the day view lifetime calendar is switched from the “list display screen” to the “thumbnail display screen”, this “new schedule creation” is displayed. That is, the control unit 12 displays the characters and icon of “create new schedule” on the “list display screen” of the lifetime calendar for day view, and then switches to the “thumbnail display screen” in step S32 of the flowchart of FIG. In step S37, the control unit 12 controls to display a “thumbnail display screen” in which only the icon corresponding to “create new schedule” is displayed in the corresponding date display field as shown in FIG. .

  In the “list display screen”, characters and icons of “create new schedule” are displayed as shown in FIG. 15. On the “thumbnail display screen”, the content is displayed as a new schedule as shown in FIG. Only an icon indicating that the content is created content is displayed.

Also, in this “thumbnail display screen”, when the pressing operation of the enter key 25 is detected while the “new schedule creation” icon is focused, the control unit 12 performs step S36 of the flowchart shown in FIG. Proceed to, start the schedule book management program, and display the new schedule creation screen. The user registers a new schedule on the new schedule creation screen displayed based on the schedule book management program, and the control unit 12 stores the schedule content of the newly registered schedule in the above-described calendar. Displayed when displaying the view or day view lifetime calendar.

[Memory pop-up display operation]
Next, when the focus is on a certain time or longer on any date on the above-mentioned calendar view lifetime calendar and day view lifetime calendar, the control unit 12 performs the focus on the date on which the focus is on. The contents of the past date are displayed in a pop-up (recall pop-up function). The flowchart of FIG. 17 shows the flow of this memory pop-up display operation.

  The control unit 12 detects the focus stop state applied to any date display field on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view described with reference to FIG. 5, or uses FIG. 12 and FIG. 13. FIG. 17 is based on the lifetime calendar application program stored in the memory 11 at the timing when the focus stop state applied to any date display column on the described day view lifetime calendar is detected. The process shown in the flowchart is started. That is, the control unit 12 starts the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 17 when it is detected that the focus is continuously applied to any date display column on the calendar view or the day view lifetime calendar. .

  In step S61, the control unit 12 reads a preset memory display time from the memory 11, and counts the time that has elapsed since the detection of the focus stop state based on the time information counted by the timer 10. To do. And it is discriminate | determined whether this counted time passed the said preset memory display time.

  That is, in the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, as described with reference to FIG. 4A, the time until the memory pop-up display is set from each of the “early / normal / late” pull-down menus is set. It is possible. Then, as an example, when the “early” menu is selected, the control unit 12 displays a pop-up display “after 5 seconds” after detecting the focus stop, When the menu is selected, a reminder pop-up is displayed “7.5 seconds later” after detecting the focus stop, and when the “slow” menu is selected, the focus stop is detected. From 10 seconds later, the memory pop-up is displayed.

  Therefore, in step S61, when the “fast” menu is selected, the control unit 12 determines whether or not “5 seconds” have elapsed since the detection of the focus stop. When the “normal” menu is selected, it is determined whether or not “7.5 seconds” have elapsed since the detection of the focus stop. When the “slow” menu is selected, the focus is It is determined whether or not “10 seconds” have elapsed since the detection of the stop. And the control part 12 advances a process to step S62 at the timing which detected that the elapsed time after detecting the stop of focus passed the said preset memory display time.

  In step S62, the control unit 12 detects the content having the oldest time information (content having the oldest date) from various contents stored in the memory 11, and advances the processing to step S63.

  In Step S63, the control unit 12 compares the time information attached to the content having the oldest date detected in Step S62 with the time information indicating the current date captured from the timer 10, It is determined whether or not the oldest date included in the content detected in step S62 is a date one year or more before the present. If it is determined that the oldest date included in the content detected in step S62 is a date one year or more before the present, the process proceeds to step S69, and the oldest date included in the content detected in step S62. If it is determined that the date is within one year from the present date, the process proceeds to step S64.

  In step S63, when it is determined that the oldest date included in the content detected in step S62 is one year or more before the current date, the process proceeds to step S69. Alternatively, on the day-view lifetime calendar, a predetermined type of content corresponding to a date equivalent to one year before the currently focused date or a date close to the date equivalent to one year ago is stored from the memory 11. To detect. If the predetermined type of content corresponding to the date corresponding to one year prior to the focused date or the date close to the date corresponding to the previous year cannot be detected from the memory 11, the control unit 12 A predetermined type of content corresponding to a date corresponding to two years before the focused date or a date close to a date corresponding to two years ago is detected from the memory 11.

Although it is an example, in the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, the priority order of the contents displayed by the recall pop-up function is
1. Still image content captured by the camera unit 8,
2. Incoming or outgoing e-mail content that is protected,
3. Schedule content,
4). Still image content downloaded over the network,
5. The order is the received e-mail content or the transmitted e-mail content that is not protected. For this reason, the control unit 12 detects various contents from the memory 11 in accordance with this priority when performing the recall pop-up display.

  The content detection operation in step S69 will be described in more detail. The control unit 12 first detects the presence or absence of content corresponding to a date corresponding to one year before the focused date, and this one year ago. If the content corresponding to the date corresponding to the date is not detected, then the oldest such as detecting the presence or absence of the content corresponding to the date corresponding to two years before the focused date, etc. Until the year to which the content date belongs, the presence / absence of the content is detected sequentially in “yearly” units.

  For example, content having the date of July 10, 2003 is detected as the content having the oldest date, and the date focused on the calendar view or the day view lifetime calendar is September 13, 2005. In this case, the control unit 12 first detects the content corresponding to the date on September 13, 2004 corresponding to the date one year before the focused date from the memory 11.

  In addition, when there is no content corresponding to the date corresponding to exactly one year ago and the content cannot be detected, the control unit 12 sets the date corresponding to the date one year ago in September 2004. For example, the contents corresponding to each date of the week before and after the 13th (September 6, 2004 to September 12, 2004, and September 14, 2004 to September 20, 2004) are detected from the memory 11. To do.

  In addition, when the content corresponding to each date one year ago is not detected, the control unit 12 corresponds to the date of September 13, 2003 corresponding to the date two years before the focused date. Content to be detected is detected from the memory 11.

  In addition, when there is no content corresponding to the date corresponding to just two years ago and the content cannot be detected, the control unit 12 sets the date corresponding to the date two years ago in September 2003. For example, the contents corresponding to the respective dates (September 6, 2003 to September 12, 2003, and September 14, 2003 to September 20, 2003), for example, one week before and after the 13th, are detected from the memory 11. To do.

  In this manner, the control unit 12 detects the presence / absence of the content by going back sequentially in “yearly” until the year to which the date of the oldest content belongs.

  Next, in step S70, the control unit 12 determines whether or not there is content to be detected in the “yearly unit”, and proceeds to step S66 at the timing when the predetermined type of content is detected. If the content cannot be detected, the process proceeds to step S71.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in step S63 that the oldest date is not one year or older, the control unit 12 determines whether the oldest date is one month or older in step S64. Determine whether or not. If it is determined that the oldest date is a date one month or more ago, the process proceeds to step S71. If it is determined that the oldest date is a date within one month, the process proceeds to step S65. Proceed to

  Next, when it is determined in the step S64 that the oldest date is a date one month or more before, and in the step S69 and the step S70, the above “yearly” content is detected. If the corresponding content cannot be detected, the control unit 12 detects the content on a “monthly basis” in step S71.

  That is, in step S71, the control unit 12 first detects the presence or absence of content corresponding to the date corresponding to one month before the focused date, and the content corresponding to the date corresponding to the previous month. Until the month to which the date of the oldest content belongs, such as detecting the presence or absence of content corresponding to the date corresponding to two months before the focused date, etc. The presence / absence of the content is detected retroactively on a “monthly basis”.

  For example, content having a date of November 10, 2004 is detected as the content having the oldest date, and the date focused on the calendar view or the day view lifetime calendar is September 13, 2005. In this case, the control unit 12 first sets the date of August 13, 2005 corresponding to the date one month before the focused date, and the dates of, for example, one week before and after August 13, 2005. Content corresponding to (August 6, 2005 to August 12, 2005, and August 14, 2005 to August 20, 2005) is detected from the memory 11.

  If the content corresponding to each date one month before is not detected, the control unit 12 determines the date of July 13, 2005 corresponding to the date two months before the focused date, and For example, the contents corresponding to the respective dates (July 6, 2005 to July 12, 2005, and July 14, 2005 to July 20, 2005) of the week before and after July 13, 2005, for example. Detect from memory 11.

  In this way, the control unit 12 detects the presence / absence of the content by going back sequentially in “monthly” until the month to which the date of the oldest content belongs. In step S72, the control unit 12 determines the presence / absence of the content detected in the “monthly unit”. When the predetermined type of content is detected, the control unit 12 advances the process to step S66 at this timing. If the presence of the type of content cannot be detected, the process proceeds to step S65.

  Next, when it is determined in step S64 that the oldest date is a date within one month, and in the steps S71 and S72, the above "monthly" content is detected. If the corresponding content cannot be detected, the control unit 12 randomly determines a date based on a random number from the dates between the focused date and the oldest date in step S65. Then, the content of the determined date is detected, and the process proceeds to step S66.

  Next, in step S66, when the detection can be performed in the year unit, the content detected by the year unit detection operation can be detected in the month unit. When the content detected by the monthly detection operation or the above-described random detection can be performed, the control unit 12 pops up the content detected by the random detection operation on the display unit 5, and The history information indicating the displayed content is registered and controlled in the memory list stored in the memory 11 shown in FIG.

  18 to 20 show display examples of content displayed in a pop-up manner. FIG. 18 is a display example of content displayed in a pop-up when the lifetime calendar is displayed in the calendar view. The example shown in FIG. 18 is focused on the date of October 13 on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view of October 2005 (corresponding to today's date in this example). This is an example in which the content on the date of October 13, 2004 corresponding to the date one year ago on October 13, 2005 is detected and pop-up displayed.

  FIG. 19 is a display example of content pop-up displayed on the day-view lifetime calendar on the list display screen. The example shown in FIG. 19 focuses on the birthday content on September 23, 2005, and in response to this, the content corresponding to the date on September 22, 2004 is detected and displayed in a pop-up. This is an example.

  In other words, the content corresponding to the date of September 23, 2004, which is the date one year before September 23, 2005, is pop-up displayed. Since there is no content corresponding to the date, in the example shown in FIG. 19, the content of the date of September 22 belonging to one week before and after September 23 is displayed.

  FIG. 20 is a display example of content pop-up displayed on the day-view lifetime calendar on the thumbnail display screen. In the example shown in FIG. 20, the thumbnail image of the still image content on September 23, 2005 is focused. Correspondingly, the content corresponding to the date on September 23, 2004 is detected. This is an example of pop-up display.

  When performing such a recall pop-up display, the control unit 12 performs a pop-up display while avoiding the display area of the focused content. That is, in the example shown in FIG. 18, since the content on the date of October 13 displayed in the display area in the substantially center of the display unit 5 is focused, the control unit 12 focuses this content. For example, pop-up display is performed in a display area near the lower end of the display unit 5 (or a display area near the upper end of the display unit 5).

  In addition, the control unit 12 displays, for example, three contents side by side along the short direction of the display unit 5 during the memory pop-up display. In the example of FIG. 18, the control unit 12 detects three or more contents based on the priority order of the contents described above, and displays the birthday content and camera unit 8 from the left display area to the right display area where the pop-up display is performed. This is an example in which the still image content (thumbnail image) imaged in step 1 and the received e-mail content set to be protected are displayed. When there are two or less detected contents, the control unit 12 displays the remaining display area as blank.

  In addition, when there are four or more detected contents, the control unit 12 displays contents other than the previously displayed contents at the next recall pop-up display. Specifically, in the example of FIG. 18, the control unit 12 detected six still image contents as contents dated October 13, 2004, and displayed a pop-up display of three of these still image contents. In this case, the control unit 12 stores information (for example, identification information of each still image content) regarding the three still image contents displayed in the memory pop-up display, and corresponds to the next date, October 13, 2004. When performing the memory pop-up display, the memory pop-up displays three still image contents different from the three still image contents previously displayed by the memory pop-up based on the stored information. As a result, even when the memory pop-up display corresponding to the same date is performed, different contents can be displayed each time the memory pop-up display is performed.

  Next, when such a reminder pop-up display is performed, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the currently moving focus movement operation has been performed in step S67 of the flowchart of FIG. Monitor based on. Until the focus movement operation is detected, the above-mentioned recall pop-up display is continuously performed, and the process proceeds to step S68 at the timing when the focus movement operation is detected.

In step S68, since the movement operation of the focus is detected, the control unit 12 deletes the displayed recall pop-up display from the display unit 5 and ends the entire process shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, the control unit 12 performs the above-described recall pop-up display while the focus operation is stopped, and ends the recall pop-up display at the timing when the focus operation is detected. Thereby, it is possible to perform the recall pop-up display only while the user operation is stopped, and it is possible to prevent the inconvenience that the user operation is hindered by the recall pop-up display.

[Memory list display operation]
Next, when such a reminder pop-up display is made, as described above, information regarding the content displayed in the reminder pop-up is registered in the remember list of the memory 11 as a history. This memory list can be displayed by a predetermined operation of the user. When the date of the desired content is selected from the recall list, the control unit 12 displays a day view lifetime calendar corresponding to the selected date. The flow of such an operation is shown in the flowchart of FIG. In this flowchart, a calendar view or a day view lifetime calendar is displayed on the display unit 5, and the control unit 12 is started based on the lifetime calendar application program.

  In step S <b> 81, the control unit 12 monitors the operation state of the operation unit 6 to determine whether or not a memory list display designation operation has been performed.

  For example, when displaying the memory list, the user presses the fourth soft key 29 shown in FIG. 2A when the calendar view or the day view lifetime calendar is displayed. Therefore, in step S81, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the display of the recall list is specified by the user by determining whether or not the fourth soft key 29 is pressed. Then, the process proceeds to step S82 at the timing when the pressing operation of the fourth soft key 29 is detected.

  In step S <b> 82, the control unit 12 controls display of the memory list stored in the memory 11 on the display unit 5. FIG. 22 shows a display example of the memory list. As an example, a memory pop-up display history for four times is registered in the memory list stored in the memory 11. In the example shown in FIG. 22, the memory pop-up history of September 23, 2003, April 30, 2004, August 6, 2004, and September 23, 2004 is registered in the memory list of the memory 11. These are displayed examples.

  Next, the control unit 12 focuses as a default on, for example, the newest history among the history histories displayed in this way. The user moves the focus by moving the cross key 24 up and down, and selects the desired history by pressing the enter key 25 while the focus is on the desired history. In step S83, the control unit 12 detects the operation state of the determination key 25 to determine whether or not a desired history selection operation has been performed from the recall list, and the pressing operation of the determination key 25 is detected. If YES, the process proceeds to step S84. If no pressing operation of the enter key 25 is detected, the process proceeds to step S85.

  In step S84, since the pressing operation of the enter key 25 is detected, the control unit 12 detects the date of the history that is currently focused on the recall list, and displays the day view lifetime calendar based on this date. Display control is performed on the unit 5, and all the processes in the flowchart of FIG.

  Specifically, in the example illustrated in FIG. 22, for example, when the pressing operation of the determination key 25 is detected in a state where the history of September 23, 2003 is focused, the control unit 12 uses FIG. 12. The display unit 5 controls display of the day view lifetime calendar on the list display screen described above. At this time, the control unit 12 displays the day-view lifetime calendar in such a manner that each content on September 23 is positioned at the center of the display area of the display unit 5. As a result, the details of the history selected from the memory list can be confirmed in the day view lifetime calendar.

  In this example, when a history is selected from the memory list, the day view lifetime calendar of the “list display screen” corresponding to the date of the selected history is displayed, but this is selected. Alternatively, the day view lifetime calendar (see FIG. 13) of the “thumbnail display screen” corresponding to the date of the history may be displayed.

  On the other hand, in step S83, when the process proceeds to step S85 by not detecting the pressing operation of the enter key 25, the control unit 12 displays the display screen on the previous screen that was displayed immediately before displaying the memory list. It is determined whether or not a return operation has been performed. For example, in the case of the mobile phone according to this embodiment, when the control unit 12 detects the pressing operation of the clear key 32 shown in FIG. 2A when displaying the memory list, the control screen 12 displays the display screen on the memory list. The previous screen that was displayed immediately before is displayed.

  Therefore, in step S85, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the user has performed an operation of returning the display screen to the previous screen by determining whether or not the clear key 32 is pressed. When the pressing operation is detected, the process proceeds to step S86, and the display unit 5 controls display of the calendar view or the day view lifetime calendar that was displayed immediately before displaying the memory list. All the processes shown are terminated.

  On the other hand, when the pressing operation of the clear key 32 is not detected in step S85, the control unit 12 monitors the presence or absence of pressing operation of keys other than the clear key 32 in step S87. If no key pressing operation is detected, the process returns to step S82, and the memory list is continuously displayed. If any key pressing operation is detected, this process is performed at that timing. All the processes shown in the flowchart of FIG. 21 are finished, and a process corresponding to the pressed key is performed.

Specifically, in the case of the mobile phone of this embodiment, when the memory list is displayed, when the third soft key 28 is pressed, the main menu is displayed, and when the on-hook key 31 is pressed, the lifetime calendar application program is displayed. Is supposed to end. In step S87, the control unit 12 monitors whether or not the third soft key 28 or the on-hook key 31 is pressed, and at the timing when the pressing operation of the third soft key 28 or the on-hook key 31 is detected. The process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 21 is terminated, and the display control of the main menu and the termination control of the lifetime calendar application program are performed.

[Other display operations of memory pop-up-1]
Next, the above-mentioned operation in the memory pop-up display is to perform the memory pop-up display based on the “past date” such as the date one year before the focused date or the date one month before. However, as described below, this may be a pop-up display that is recalled based on the “number of past contents”.

  The flow of the memory pop-up display operation performed on the basis of the “number of past contents” is shown in the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 23, steps showing the same operations as those in the flowchart of FIG. 17 are given the same step numbers as in the flowchart of FIG.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 23, when the control unit 12 detects a focus stop state when displaying a calendar view or a day view lifetime calendar, in step S61, the control unit 12 detects the elapse of a preset memory display time. The process proceeds to step S91 at the timing when the memory display time has elapsed.

  In step S91, based on the time information attached to each content stored in the memory 11, the control unit 12 has the most content number among the dates that are in the past with respect to the date of the focused content. Detect content with many dates.

  Specifically, for example, in the calendar view or the day view lifetime calendar, when the focus is on the date of September 13, 2005, the control unit 12 reads from the memory 11 before the date of September 13, 2005. Content with a date of. Then, the date having the largest number of contents among the dates before the date of September 13, 2005 is detected, and the contents on this date are set as contents for the recall pop-up display.

  Then, as described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 17, until the focus movement operation is detected in step S67, the content with the date with the largest number of contents is recalled and displayed in step S66.

  For example, when the user goes on a trip or attends a wedding, the number of still image contents increases. In addition, when a job meeting or setup is set by e-mail, the number of e-mail contents that are protected is increased. For this reason, a large number of contents means that it was an important day for the user.

For this reason, the control unit 12 detects the date with the largest number of contents among the past dates with respect to the focused date in the calendar view or the life time calendar of the day view. By displaying the corresponding content as a reminder pop-up, it is possible to recall the content of a date with a high probability that has become an important date for the user in the past.

[Other display operations for memory pop-up-2]
Next, when performing the memory pop-up display, the memory pop-up display may be performed based on the above-mentioned “past date” and “the number of past contents”. The flow of the recall pop-up display operation using this “past date” and “past content number” together is shown in the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 24, steps showing the same operations as those in the flowchart of FIG. 17 are denoted by the same step numbers as those in the flowchart of FIG.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 24, when the control unit 12 detects a focus stop state when displaying a calendar view or a day view lifetime calendar, in step S61, the control unit 12 detects the elapse of a preset memory display time. The process proceeds to step S101 at the timing when the memory display time has elapsed.

  In step S101, the control unit 12 detects the content of the date one year before the date on which the focus is placed on the calendar view or the day view lifetime calendar (and the date close to the date one year ago), and the focus. The content of the date one month before the date on which the item is applied (and the date close to the date one month before) is detected.

  In step S102, the control unit 12 randomly detects a date that is in the past with respect to the date focused on the calendar view or the day view lifetime calendar, and detects content corresponding to the date.

  Next, in step S103, the control unit 12 determines the date one year ago (and the date close to the date one year ago) detected in step S101 and step S102, the date one month ago (and one month ago). The date having the largest number of contents among the dates detected at random) is detected.

  Then, as described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 17, the control unit 12 recalls the content having the date with the largest number of contents in step S66 until the focus movement operation is detected in step S67. To do.

This makes it possible to recall pop-up content related to the date that is focused on the calendar view or the life time calendar of the day view and that has a high probability of being an important date for the user in the past. Can do.

[Other display operations of the memory pop-up-3]
Next, when the memory pop-up display is performed, one of the above-mentioned “yearly detection”, “monthly detection”, and “random detection” is selected at random or based on a predetermined probability. The predetermined type of content detected thereby may be displayed in a pop-up memory. The flow of this memory pop-up display operation is shown in the flowchart of FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 25, steps showing the same operations as those in the flowchart of FIG. 17 are given the same step numbers as in the flowchart of FIG.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 25, when the control unit 12 detects a focus stop state when displaying a calendar view or a day view lifetime calendar, in step S61, the control unit 12 detects the elapse of a preset memory display time. The process proceeds to step S62 at the timing when the memory display time has elapsed. In step S62, the content having the oldest date is detected, and the process proceeds to step S111.

  In step S111, the control unit 12 determines which of the above-mentioned “yearly detection”, “monthly detection”, and “random detection” is to be performed based on a predetermined probability. . For example, in the case of the mobile phone according to this embodiment, the probability that “yearly detection” is selected is 33%, the probability that “monthly detection” is selected is 33%, and “random detection”. "Is selected to be 33%. That is, “yearly detection”, “monthly detection”, and “random detection” are determined with substantially the same probability.

  For example, the probability that “yearly detection” is determined is 60%, the probability that “monthly detection” is determined is 30%, and the probability that “random detection” is determined is 10%. In addition, the predetermined detection may be weighted. In this example, the probability that “yearly detection” is determined is the highest. In addition, the user may be able to set a desired probability for “yearly detection”, “monthly detection”, and “random detection”.

  Next, in step S112 and step S113, the control unit 12 determines whether to perform year-by-year detection or month-by-month detection. If it is determined that year-by-year detection is to be performed, the process proceeds to step S115. If it is determined to perform month-by-month detection, the process proceeds to step S116. In addition, when it is determined that neither “yearly detection” or “monthly detection” is detected, the control unit 12 proceeds to step S114 assuming that “random detection” is performed.

  When the process proceeds to step S115 by determining that detection is performed in units of years, the control unit 12 randomly determines a year from the oldest date to the current date, and determines the determined year. In the calendar view or the day view lifetime calendar, the current focus date is used as a base point, and the content having the date closest to the base point is detected.

  As content having the date closest to the base point, for example, both content having a date separated by 3 days in the past direction from the base point and content having a date separated by 3 days in the future direction from the base point are detected. When the content of the date separated by the same number of days in the past direction and the future direction is detected with the base point as the center as in the case where the control unit 12 is away from the base point in the past direction Are detected as the content having the date closest to the base point.

  On the other hand, when the process proceeds to step S116 by determining that the detection is performed in units of months, the control unit 12 determines the month corresponding to the current date from the date one year before the current date. Of these, a month is determined at random, and on the calendar view or day view lifetime calendar in the determined month, the date that is currently in focus is set as a base point, and content having a date closest to the base point is detected.

  Also in this “monthly detection”, when the content of the date separated by the same number of days in the past direction and the future direction is detected with the base point as the center, the control unit 12 moves from the base point in the past direction. The content on the date far away is detected as the content on the date closest to the base point.

  On the other hand, when the control unit 12 proceeds to step S114 on the assumption that “random detection” is performed, the content of the past date from the currently focused date is displayed on the calendar view or the day view lifetime calendar. Is detected at random and the process proceeds to step S66.

  In step S66, the control unit 12 detects the content detected by “yearly detection” in step S115, the content detected by “monthly detection” in step S116, or the content detected by “random detection”. And a history is registered in the memory list in the memory 11. The control unit 12 continues to perform the recall pop-up display until the focus movement operation is detected in step S67.

As described above, any one of “yearly detection”, “monthly detection”, and “random detection” is selected at random or based on a predetermined probability, and the detected content is recalled. By pop-up display, it is possible to perform a recall pop-up display that has a certain degree of regularity and randomness.

[Related content popup display operation]
Next, each of the above-mentioned memory pop-up displays shows that when the focus is on a date on the lifetime calendar of the calendar view and the lifetime calendar of the day view for a predetermined time or more, the control unit 12 The content of the past date with respect to the hit date is displayed in a pop-up manner. When the control unit 12 stores and controls each content in the memory 11, the content related to the stored and controlled content is displayed. The memory 11 is searched and displayed in a pop-up (related content pop-up display function).

  The flowchart of FIG. 26 shows the flow of the related content pop-up display operation. In the flowchart of FIG. 26, the control unit 12 stores and controls (saves) each content such as a still image content, a schedule content, and transmitted / received e-mail content in the memory 11, so that each process based on the lifetime calendar program is performed. Start.

  First, in step S121, the control part 12 preserve | saves a content in the memory 11, and advances a process to step S122.

  Specifically, when a still image is captured by the camera unit 8, the control unit 12 captures the current position information from the GPS unit 14 shown in FIG. 1 in step S121, and the camera unit together with the current position information. The still image content captured in step 8 is stored in the memory 11, and the process proceeds to step S122. Similarly, when a still image is downloaded via a predetermined network, in step S121, the control unit 12 stores the downloaded still image content in the memory 11 and advances the process to step S122. Similarly, when an electronic mail is transmitted / received, in step S121, the control unit 12 stores the transmitted / received electronic mail content in the memory 11 and advances the process to step S122. Similarly, when the schedule is registered based on the schedule book management program, the control unit 12 stores the registered schedule mail content in the schedule book of the memory 11 in step S121, and the process proceeds to step S122. Proceed.

  Next, when the process proceeds to step S <b> 122, the control unit 12 analyzes the metadata of the content stored in the memory 11, and various contents stored in the memory 11 are related to the content stored in the memory 11. Search from within. Then, in step S123, the retrieved related content is controlled in a pop-up display on the display unit 5.

  Specifically, when a still image is captured, the camera unit 8 determines the number of pixels corresponding to the captured still image content, the type of compression such as JPEG, exposure time, and color space (hue, saturation). , Brightness) and the like. Further, the camera unit 8 forms information on camera setting conditions such as flash ON / OFF, exposure mode, white balance, exposure time, imaging scene type, and digital zoom magnification. Further, the camera unit 8 forms each information such as a luminance value, a light source, a subject distance range, a subject range (position of a main subject in the scene), etc. as information related to the imaging scene. In addition, the camera unit 8 includes, as information related to the processing for performing imaging, imaging contrast, imaging saturation, imaging sharpness, gain control (degree of increase / decrease by gain control), individual image processing (special image considering output and the like) Each information such as information indicating processing) is formed.

  The control unit 12 captures the still image content formed by the camera unit 8 and each of the information corresponding to the still image content. Further, the control unit 12 captures time information from the timer 10 and uses the time information as imaging date and time information, captures current position information from the GPS unit 14, and uses the current position information as imaging position information. In addition to the information from, the image capturing date / time information and the current position information are added as metadata to the still image content from the camera unit 8 and stored in the memory 11.

  When the transmitted / received e-mail content is stored in the memory 11, the control unit 12 takes in the transmission time information of the e-mail content transmitted / received from the timer 10, as well as the destination name / destination address, subject data, etc. Is added to the sent / received e-mail content as metadata and stored in the memory 11.

  When the schedule content is stored in the memory 11, the control unit 12 stores the start time data of the schedule content, the schedule classification data, the data indicating the summary / content of the schedule, and the like input to the memory 11 as metadata. save.

  In addition, here, in order to facilitate understanding, the content to be handled is described as an example of still image content, transmitted / received e-mail content, and schedule content. However, in addition to this, moving image content, music content Various contents such as game contents may be handled.

  Next, when the control unit 12 stores the still image content, the transmitted / received e-mail content, and the schedule content in the memory 11 as described above, the control unit 12 stores the content in the memory based on the metadata of the stored content in step S123 described above. Search for content related to saved content.

For example, when the still image content is stored in the memory 11, the control unit 12 determines whether the still image content is added to the still image content based on the metadata.
1. Search for still image content of the same date from the past dates,
2. Search for still image content that has been captured in the past,
3. Among the still image content captured in the past, search for still image content having the same color as the still image content stored in the memory 11 this time,
These searched contents are displayed on the display unit 5. Thereby, the following embodiments can be obtained.

  For example, when the user images the scenery of Biei in Hokkaido as shown in FIG. 27A using the camera unit 8 of the mobile phone, the control unit 12 stores the still image content of the scenery of Biei in the memory 11. Of the metadata added to the still image content of this Biei landscape and saved, the still image content captured in Hokkaido among the still image content captured in the past based on the imaging date / time information and the imaging position information Search for. When a plurality of still image contents are searched, the still image contents are displayed side by side on the display unit 5 or are combined with each other as shown in FIG. 27B to form one still image. Content is formed and displayed on the display unit 5. In FIG. 27B, a total of four still image contents of the still image contents 81 to 84 are searched, and the four still image contents are combined into one still image content and displayed on the display unit 5. The example displayed in is shown.

  As a result, when the user captures the scenery of Biei in Hokkaido for a while, the still image content captured by the user during a past trip in Hokkaido is automatically popped up.

  The same applies to e-mail contents and schedule contents. That is, when the transmitted / received e-mail content is stored in the memory 11, the control unit 12, for example, based on an address corresponding to the transmitted / received e-mail content, the e-mail content transmitted to the user in the past, or from the user The received e-mail content is searched, and the subject, transmission / reception time, etc. are automatically popped up after a predetermined time has elapsed since the e-mail content was saved. When the schedule content is stored in the memory 11, the control unit 12 searches for the schedule content to which the same classification data registered on the past date or the future date is added based on the classification data of the stored schedule, for example. Then, the data indicating the summary / content of the retrieved schedule is automatically popped up after a predetermined time has elapsed since the storage of the schedule content.

  As described above, when the control unit 12 stores the content in the memory 11, the mobile phone according to the embodiment searches the content stored in the memory 11 for the content related to the content stored in the memory 11. And pops up automatically. As a result, past contents that the user has forgotten can be passively displayed at a predetermined timing without requiring any special operation by the user, and the user can review past contents. And the opportunity to recall memories.

Note that after such pop-up display, the control unit 12 monitors any key operation of the operation unit 6 and displays the related content displayed on the display unit 5 at the timing when the key operation is detected. Is controlled to be hidden (= erased from the display unit 5).

[Related content popup display operation using network]
Next, such pop-up display of related content may be performed using a network. FIG. 28 is a block diagram of such a pop-up display system. As shown in FIG. 28, in the pop-up display system, the mobile phone 90 is connected to the network 91 via a predetermined network 91 and a base station 92 such as a network of the communication carrier of the mobile phone 90 and the Internet. It is configured to be connected to the related content distribution server device 93.

  The flowchart of FIG. 29 shows the flow of the related content pop-up display operation in such a pop-up display system. This flowchart starts at the timing when the mobile phone 90 stores any of the above contents in the memory 11. First, in step S <b> 131, the control unit 12 of the cellular phone stores still image content captured by the camera unit 8, transmitted / received e-mail content, or schedule content in the memory 11.

  Next, in step S132, the control unit 12 of the mobile phone, based on the lifetime calendar application program, the content stored in the memory 11, the metadata added to the content, the mobile phone number, and the mobile phone Transmission information including user identification information such as device identification information is formed. In step S133, the control unit 12 of the mobile phone transmits the transmission information to the related content distribution server device 93 via the base station 92 and the network 91.

  Specifically, when a still image is captured by the camera unit 8, the control unit 12 together with the still image content (or a thumbnail image of the still image content), the metadata, user identification information, and the like. Is transmitted to the related content distribution server device 93.

  When the electronic mail content is transmitted / received, the control unit 12 transmits the transmission information including the metadata of the electronic mail content and the user identification information to the related content distribution server device 93. When the schedule content is registered, the control unit 12 transmits transmission information including metadata of the schedule content and the user identification information to the related content distribution server device 93.

  Next, in step S134, the related content distribution server device 93 stores the transmission information received from the mobile phone 90 in the storage area of the corresponding user in the user database 94 (user DB). As a result, transmission information from the mobile phone 90 is uploaded to the related content distribution server device 93.

  Next, in step S135, the related content distribution server device 93 analyzes the stored transmission information, and searches the content uploaded from the user in the past for the content related to the currently stored content. Then, the related content distribution server device 93 returns the searched content to the mobile phone 90 via the network 91 and the base station 92 in step S135. The related content search operation in the related content distribution server device 93 is the same as the operation in step S122 in the flowchart of FIG. For details, refer to the description of step S122 described above.

  Next, in step S137, the control unit 12 of the mobile phone 90 pops up the content retrieved from the related content distribution server device 93 received from the related content distribution server device 93 on the display unit 5, All the processes shown in the flowchart of FIG. 29 are completed.

  Thereby, the following embodiments can be obtained. For example, when the user images the scenery of Biei in Hokkaido as shown in FIG. 27A using the camera unit 8 of the mobile phone, the control unit 12 stores the still image content of the scenery of Biei in the memory 11. At the same time, the metadata including the still image content of the scenery of Biei (or the thumbnail image of the still image content) and the imaging date / time information and the imaging position information are transmitted to the related content distribution server device 93 via the communication circuit 2. Send automatically.

  The related content distribution server device 93 stores the still image content and metadata in the user region of the user in the user DB 94 and stores the past image content and metadata from the user stored in the user DB 94 based on the imaging position information. Search for still image content captured in Hokkaido from among the still image content uploaded to. Then, the retrieved still image content is returned to the user's mobile phone 90.

  The control unit 12 of the user's cellular phone 90 displays the still image contents returned from the related content distribution server device 93 side by side on the display unit 5, or combines the still image contents as shown in FIG. Thus, one still image content is formed and displayed on the display unit 5.

  As a result, when the user captures a landscape of Biei in Hokkaido, the still image content of the landscape of Biei is automatically uploaded to the related content distribution server device 93. The captured still image content is automatically returned from the related content distribution server device 93. Then, the still image content returned from the related content distribution server device 93 is automatically popped up on the display unit 5 of the mobile phone 90.

  Such a pop-up display system stores content in the memory 11 on the mobile phone 90 side, and transmits the stored content and metadata to the related content distribution server device 93 side. Then, when the related content distribution server device 93 searches for content related to the content transmitted from the mobile phone 90 and returns it to the mobile phone 90, the mobile phone automatically automatically returns the returned content. Pop-up display. As a result, past contents that the user has forgotten can be passively displayed at a predetermined timing without requiring any special operation by the user, and the user can review past contents. And the opportunity to recall memories.

  In addition, since the related content search operation is performed on the related content distribution server device 93 side, the burden on the related content search operation in the control unit 12 of the mobile phone 90 can be reduced.

  In the description of this pop-up display system, the content and metadata are transmitted from the mobile phone 90 to the related content distribution server device 93. However, only the metadata is transmitted from the mobile phone 90 and the related content distribution server is transmitted. On the device 93 side, based on this metadata, related metadata is returned from the metadata transmitted in the past to the mobile phone, and on the mobile phone 90 side, the control unit 12 controls the related content distribution server device 93. The related content corresponding to the metadata returned from may be searched from the content stored in the memory 11 and displayed as a pop-up. In this case, since only the metadata (and user identification information) is transmitted and received between the mobile phone 90 and the related content distribution server device 93, the amount of information transmitted and received is reduced, and the communication bandwidth is reduced. It can be used effectively.

In the description of the pop-up display system, in step S131 of the flowchart of FIG. 29, the still image content captured by the camera unit 8, the transmitted / received e-mail content, and the like are stored in the memory 11. The content may be transmitted to the related content distribution server device 93 without being stored in the memory 11, and the content may be stored on the related content distribution server device 93 side. As a result, it is possible to prevent the storage area of the memory 11 of the mobile phone 90 from being compressed with a large number of contents, and it can be used effectively for storing other data in the storage area of the memory 11.

[Effect of the embodiment]
As is clear from the above description, the mobile phone according to this embodiment detects content belonging to the same time range based on time information possessed by different types of content. And the information regarding the content which belongs to the same temporal range is displayed along a time series. In other words, information related to content such as icons or thumbnail images of content having time information belonging to the time range of each date is displayed on a lifetime calendar divided for each time range of dates.

  As a result, different types of content can be collectively displayed on the lifetime calendar for each date. Therefore, the user can collectively check different types of content belonging to a long-term time range, such as one month or one year, for example, and can select desired content from a plurality of different types of content. Can be searched easily and quickly.

  In addition, since different types of content can be displayed on the lifetime calendar for each date, for example, a thumbnail image of still image content or e-mail content of sent / received e-mails reminds a friend at that time. It is possible to create an opportunity to take the next action from a past event, such as sending an e-mail to a friend again.

  In addition, the contents are displayed on the lifetime calendar by automatically assigning the time information of each content. For this reason, it is sufficient for the user to perform normal device operations for each content such as transmission / reception of e-mail and imaging using the camera unit 8, and to have a special operation and special consciousness for the user. Each content can be automatically displayed on the lifetime calendar without being forced.

  In addition, since different types of content are collectively displayed for each date on the lifetime calendar, the lifetime calendar can be used as a past operation history or diary.

  In addition, when displaying sent / received e-mail content and birthday content in the day-view lifetime calendar, if the still image of the user corresponding to the registration field of the phone book or personal information is registered, this still image Thumbnail images are displayed on the day view lifetime calendar. For this reason, it is possible to easily recognize a user who is a transmission source or a destination of an e-mail or a user who has a birthday.

  Also, by setting in advance information related to the content to be displayed on the lifetime calendar by display settings and filter settings, it is possible to display only information related to the desired content on the lifetime calendar. Therefore, only the type of content desired by the user can be displayed on the lifetime calendar, and the desired content can be searched more easily and quickly.

  In addition, in the “list display screen” of the day-view lifetime calendar, the content is displayed using character information, icons, and thumbnail images corresponding to the content, so that the user can easily recognize the content. it can. In addition, on the “thumbnail display screen” of the lifetime calendar of the day view, it is possible to make the user recognize a large number of contents at a time by performing display mainly using icons and thumbnail images corresponding to the contents.

  Also, in the day view lifetime calendar, the date display column with no content is displayed in a packed manner. In other words, the contents are displayed so that the dates on which the contents exist are adjacent to each other. As a result, more content can be displayed on the day view lifetime calendar.

  In addition, among the display areas for each date on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view, for a display area for a date on which there are a plurality of still image contents to be displayed, 1 is randomly selected from the plurality of still image contents to be displayed. One still image content is selected, and the selected still image content is displayed in the display area. Then, at a predetermined time interval such as every 3 hours, every 6 hours, every 12 hours, etc., still images other than the still image content corresponding to the currently displayed thumbnail image are selected from the plurality of still image contents. Image contents are selected, and thumbnail images of the selected still image contents are displayed in the date display area. Thereby, in the lifetime calendar of the calendar view, it is possible to update the thumbnail images displayed in the date display area where there are a plurality of still image contents to be displayed at predetermined time intervals. Therefore, for example, when the user views the lifetime calendar in the calendar view at every predetermined time, a new thumbnail image can be viewed every time the lifetime calendar in the calendar view is viewed.

  In addition, among the display areas for each date on the lifetime calendar in the calendar view, the focus is continuously applied for a predetermined time, such as 3 seconds or more, with respect to the display area for the date where there are a plurality of still image contents to be displayed. If it has been applied, the thumbnail image of the still image content displayed in the date display area is updated and displayed as a new thumbnail image of the still image content while this focus is applied. As a result, the thumbnail image of the still image content corresponding to the focused date is sequentially updated and displayed, so that the user can simply focus on the display area of the desired date. All corresponding still image contents can be recognized.

  Further, by moving the focus to the year index, the month index, and the day index, it is possible to switch the display of contents to be displayed on a yearly, monthly, or daily basis. For this reason, it is possible to easily and quickly search for a desired content from a large amount of content accumulated in units of years, months, and days.

In addition, when moving from a calendar view lifetime calendar to a day view lifetime calendar, if a date display area with no content is specified on the calendar view lifetime calendar, the above on the day view lifetime calendar New schedule creation content for designating registration of a new schedule is displayed in the display area of the designated date. For this reason, the user can easily register a new schedule by designating a date on which no content exists.

[Effect of memory pop-up display function]
In the case of the mobile phone according to this embodiment, when a focus stop state of a predetermined time or longer is detected on the calendar view or the life calendar of the day view, the control unit 12 selects the yearly, monthly, or random priority. According to the ranking, the content corresponding to the past date of the date when the focus is stopped is detected, and displayed on the lifetime calendar of the calendar view or the day view.

  When displaying in calendar format such as calendar view or day view, the user's consciousness tends to be inclined to the date after the current date (= future date). Alternatively, by displaying the content one month ago or the like, the user's consciousness can be directed to the past date. For this reason, it is possible to re-recognize past memories (contents) that have been forgotten due to the passage of time, and to newly recognize contents of past dates that have been overlooked.

  In addition, since the memory pop-up display is performed when the focus stop state is detected, the memory pop-up display can be performed without hindering the user's operation. Further, since the memory pop-up display is automatically (passively) performed when the focus stop state is detected, a special operation of the user for the memory pop-up display can be eliminated.

  In addition, if there are more than the number of contents to be displayed at a time, different contents are displayed each time the memory pop-up display is performed, so the probability of re-recognizing the above-mentioned contents or recognizing new contents Can be further enhanced.

In addition, the priority of the content that displays the memory pop-up is
1. Still image content captured by the camera unit 8,
2. Incoming or outgoing e-mail content that is protected,
3. Schedule content,
4). Still image content downloaded over the network,
5. The order is the received e-mail content or the transmitted e-mail content that is not protected. For this reason, it is possible to preferentially display content that has a high probability of being recalled by the user, and to display information with high utility value.

Information about the content displayed in the memory pop-up is registered in the memory list as a history. When the user wants to recognize the details of the content displayed in the recall list, the user selects and operates the date corresponding to the content to be recognized from the recall list. As a result, the day-view lifetime calendar corresponding to the date of the content displayed in the memory pop-up is displayed, so that the user can recognize the details of the content displayed in the memory pop-up on the day-view lifetime calendar.

[Effects of related content popup display function]
In addition, when the control unit 12 stores content in the memory 11, the mobile phone according to the embodiment searches the content stored in the memory 11 for content related to the content stored in the memory 11. Pop up automatically. As a result, past contents that the user has forgotten can be passively displayed at a predetermined timing without requiring any special operation by the user, and the user can review past contents. And the opportunity to recall memories.

  In addition, the pop-up display system in which the mobile phone of the embodiment is used saves the content in the memory 11 on the mobile phone 90 side, and transmits the saved content and metadata to the related content distribution server device 93 side. Then, when the related content distribution server device 93 searches for content related to the content transmitted from the mobile phone 90 and returns it to the mobile phone 90, the mobile phone automatically automatically returns the returned content. Pop-up display.

  As a result, past contents that the user has forgotten can be passively displayed at a predetermined timing without requiring any special operation by the user, and the user can review past contents. And the opportunity to recall memories.

In addition, since the related content search operation is performed on the related content distribution server device 93 side, the burden on the related content search operation in the control unit 12 of the mobile phone 90 can be reduced.

[Modification]
In the above description of the embodiment, the present invention is applied to a mobile phone. However, other than this mobile phone, a PHS phone (PHS: Personal Handyphone System) or a PDA device (PDA: Personal Digital Assistant). Alternatively, as long as it is a device that handles a plurality of different types of content, such as a notebook-type or desktop-type personal computer device or a portable game machine, the same effects as described above can be obtained.

  Finally, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, which is disclosed only as an example of the present invention. For this reason, as long as it is the range which does not deviate from the technical idea which concerns on this invention, it adds that it is needless to say that various changes are possible according to a design etc. also except the above-mentioned embodiment. .

1 is a block diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the various content handled by the lifetime calendar function provided in the mobile telephone used as embodiment. It is a figure which shows the various setting screens of the lifetime calendar function provided in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the lifetime calendar of the calendar view in the lifetime calendar function of the mobile telephone used as embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the display operation | movement of the lifetime calendar of the calendar view in the mobile telephone used as embodiment. It is a figure which shows the month index and year index which are displayed on the lifetime calendar of a calendar view. It is a figure which shows the lifetime calendar of the calendar view set to the standby screen. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an update operation for updating thumbnail images at predetermined time intervals when the cellular phone according to the embodiment displays a lifetime calendar in a calendar view. 7 is a flowchart for explaining an update operation for updating a thumbnail image of a focused date every predetermined time when the cellular phone according to the embodiment displays a lifetime calendar in a calendar view. . It is a flowchart which shows the flow from the display of the lifetime calendar of the day view in the mobile telephone used as embodiment to starting the application program corresponding to the selected content. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the list display screen of the lifetime calendar of a day view. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the thumbnail display screen of the lifetime calendar of a day view. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which displays a new schedule creation content on the lifetime calendar of a day view, when the date when a content does not exist is designated on the lifetime calendar of a calendar view. It is a figure which shows the list display screen of the lifetime calendar of the day view in which the new schedule creation content was displayed. It is a figure which shows the thumbnail display screen of the lifetime calendar of the day view in which the new schedule creation content was displayed. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the recall popup display operation | movement in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the content pop-up-displayed on the lifetime calendar of the calendar view. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the content pop-up displayed on the lifetime calendar of the day view of a list display screen. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the content pop-up displayed on the lifetime calendar of the day view of a thumbnail display screen. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the display operation | movement of the remember list | wrist in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a memory list. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the recall pop-up display operation | movement based on the past number of contents in the mobile telephone of embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the recall pop-up display operation | movement based on the past date and the past number of contents in the mobile telephone of embodiment. Flow of memory pop-up display operation for detecting content by selecting “yearly detection”, “monthly detection” and “random detection” at random or with a predetermined probability in the mobile phone of the embodiment It is a flowchart which shows. It is a flowchart in the case of performing pop-up display of related content on the mobile phone side of the embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the pop-up display of a related content. 1 is a block diagram of a pop-up display system in which a mobile phone according to an embodiment is used. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the pop-up display operation | movement of the related content of the pop-up display system in which the mobile telephone of embodiment is used.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Antenna 2 Communication circuit 3 Speaker part 4 Microphone part 5 Display part 6 Operation part 7 Light emission part (LED) 8 Camera part 8a Main camera part 8b In-camera part 9 Vibration unit 10 Timer , 11 Memory, 12 Control unit, 21 Upper case of mobile phone, 22 Lower case of mobile phone, 23 Hinge portion of mobile phone, 24 Cross key, 25 Enter key, 26 First soft key, 27 Second Soft key, 28 3rd soft key, 29 4th soft key, 30 Off-hook key, 31 On-hook key, 32 Clear key, 33 12 key

Claims (10)

A memory in which various contents are stored together with corresponding metadata;
When storing content in the memory, based on the metadata of the content stored in the memory, the related content for detecting the related content related to the content stored in the memory from the content stored in the memory in the past A content detector;
An information processing apparatus comprising: a control unit that performs pop-up display control of the related content detected by the related content detection unit on a display unit. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1,
When a plurality of related contents are detected by the related content detection unit, the control unit arranges the related contents on the display unit and performs pop-up display control, or combines the related contents into one related content. And an information processing apparatus that controls pop-up display on the display unit. When the related content detection unit stores the content in the memory in which various types of content are stored together with the corresponding metadata, the related content detection unit is stored in the memory based on the content metadata stored in the memory in the past. Detecting related content related to the content to be stored in the memory from among the stored content;
A control unit performing pop-up display control of the related content detected in the step on the display unit. An information processing method according to claim 3,
In the step of performing the pop-up display control, when a plurality of related contents are detected in the step, the related contents are arranged on a display unit and the pop-up display control is performed, or the related contents are combined to form one related content. An information processing method characterized by forming content and controlling pop-up display on the display unit. When storing content in a memory in which various types of content are stored together with corresponding metadata, based on the content metadata stored in the memory, content stored in the memory from the past Causing the computer to function as a related content detection unit that detects related content related to the content stored in the memory;
An information processing program that causes a computer to function as a control unit that controls pop-up display of the related content detected by causing the computer to function as the related content detection unit. An information processing program according to claim 5,
When a plurality of the related contents are detected by causing the computer to function as the related content detection unit, the related contents are arranged on the display unit to perform pop-up display control, or the related contents are combined to form one related content. An information processing program for causing a computer to function as the control unit that forms content and controls pop-up display on the display unit. A memory in which various contents are stored together with corresponding metadata;
When storing content in the memory, based on the metadata of the content stored in the memory, the related content for detecting the related content related to the content stored in the memory from the content stored in the memory in the past A content detector;
And a control unit that performs pop-up display control of the related content detected by the related content detection unit on a display unit. The mobile terminal device according to claim 7,
When a plurality of related contents are detected by the related content detection unit, the control unit arranges the related contents on the display unit and performs pop-up display control, or combines the related contents into one related content. And controlling the pop-up display on the display unit. Content uploaded via a predetermined network and metadata corresponding to the content are stored in a database, and when the content and metadata corresponding to the content are uploaded, based on the uploaded metadata A related content distribution server device that detects and returns related content related to the uploaded content from the content stored in the database in the past;
Upload the content and metadata corresponding to the content to the related content distribution server device via the predetermined network, and return from the related content distribution server device based on the metadata of the uploaded content And a portable terminal device that receives the related content and displays the related content in a pop-up on a display unit. The pop-up display system according to claim 9,
When the mobile terminal device receives a plurality of the related content items from the related content distribution server device, the mobile terminal device controls the pop-up display by arranging the related content items on a display unit, or synthesizes the related content items to generate one related item. A pop-up display system characterized by forming content and controlling the pop-up display on the display unit.

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