Wireless communication terminal and method for displaying icon on its display device

A wireless communication terminal and a wireless communication technology, applied in the field of wireless communication terminals, can solve the problems that users cannot see icons clearly, icons are confused, and the like

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-01-07
THOMSON LICENSING SA
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[0027]Fig. 1 is a top view of a wireless communication portable telephone 1 in the present invention. The portable telephone 1 has a display 2 on which icons of menu items and other information, such as text information, can be displayed. A loudspeaker 3 is arranged above the casing front of this portable phone 1, and a microphone 4 is also arranged at the bottom of the front. There is also an input key 5 as an input device for entering menu items or functions. The portable phone 1 also has common numeric keys, an off-hook key (the pound key), a power on / off key, and the like. An inching cam 6 is arranged on the upper side of the portable phone 1 . Inching cam 6 is a key that can rotate, and a part of it is exposed outside. A user's finger can touch the exposed portion and turn it clockwise (up) or counterclockwise (down), thereby scrolling through the menu items or functions displayed on the display 2 .

[0028] Menu items or functions can be displayed on the display 2 wi...

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The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication and to a method for displaying icons on a display means (2) of the terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication. The terminal (1) for wireless telecommunication according to the present invention comprises display means (2) for displaying icons corresponding to menu items and other information, scroll means (6), for example a jog dial, for scrolling through icons and highlighting a respective selected icon, and an enter means (5) for entering a respective highlighted icon to chose the corresponding menu item. At least some of all available icons of the menu are displayed on the display means (2) at the same time and the scroll means (6) can be actuated to scroll through the icons in at least two directions so that the respective selected icon is highlighted depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6). The respective selected icon is displayed enlarged in relation to the other displayed icons, whereby the icons are displayed enlarged in their successive order in one of the at least two directions depending on the actuation of the scroll means (6). The present invention thereby enables the very clear and unambiguous display of icons even on small displays, for example on portable telephones.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a wireless communication terminal, and a method for displaying icons on a display device of such a terminal. technical background [0002] A wireless communication terminal is, for example, a base station or a mobile station in a communication system. These mobile stations may be cellular telephones or some other portable electronic device capable of transmitting and receiving information in a wireless communication system. [0003] In particular, the invention relates to a terminal for wireless communication having display means for displaying icons of menu items and other information. Icons are symbols or graphics used to visualize menu items. If a menu has, for example, three submenus or three subfunctions to choose from, these submenus or subfunctions can be represented by three different icons. Usually an icon is used instead of the text of a term or an expression describing the corresponding menu item, so that ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/0362G06F3/0482G09G5/14H04M1/72469H04M1/725
CPCG06F3/0482G06F3/0362H04M1/72583H04M1/725H04M1/236H04M1/72469G06F3/04817G06F3/04842
Inventor K·凯尔凯南A·托拉比P·范
Owner THOMSON LICENSING SA
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