Mobile communication terminal, program and state display method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9019208-B2
Application number	US-67472509-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 18, 2009
Priority date	Jul 16, 2008
Publication date	Apr 28, 2015
Grant date	Apr 28, 2015

Abstract

A state display device includes: a key operating section which receives input from a user; light sources which are formed by an R lighting element, a G lighting element, and a B lighting element, and which are provided in the vicinity of the key operating section; and a control unit which controls the lighting of each one of the RGB lighting elements of the light sources.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A state display device comprising:
a plurality of key operating sections which receive input from a user;
a plurality of light sources which are formed by an R lighting element, a G lighting element, and a B lighting element, the plurality of light sources being provided in the vicinity of the plurality of key operating sections; and
a control unit which controls the lighting of each one of the RGB lighting elements of the plurality of light sources, the control being performed in accordance with state of progress of communication to be performed based on the input received by at least one of the plurality of key operating sections,
wherein the control unit:
increases a lit number of at least one of the plurality of light sources without decreasing the lightning number of the at least one of the plurality of light sources after the communication starts and before all of the communication ends,
makes the at least one of the plurality of light sources light in only first color without lighting the at least one of the plurality of light sources in second color different from the first color after the communication starts and before the all of the communication ends, and
makes the at least one of the plurality of light sources light in the second color when the all of the communication is completed.

2. The state display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an open/closed detection section which detects that the state of a housing has changed, wherein
when the open/closed detection section detects a change in the state of the housing of the state display device, the control unit controls the lighting of the plurality of light sources.

3. The state display device according to claim 1 , wherein, in accordance with inputs received by the at least one of the plurality of key operating sections, the control unit causes the at least one of the plurality of light sources to be lit based on lighting pattern data which controls the RGB lighting elements of the plurality of light sources.

4. The state display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication section which communicates with an external server device;
a storage section which stores lighting pattern data; and
a download section which downloads, from the external server device via the communication section to the storage section, lighting pattern data which controls the lighting of the RGB lighting elements of the plurality of light sources, wherein
the control unit causes the at least one of the plurality of light sources to be lit based on the lighting pattern data downloaded by the download section and stored in the storage section.

5. The state display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light sources are arranged in accordance with the layout of keys of the plurality of key operating sections.

6. The state display device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit makes at least all of light sources which are being lit in the first color illuminate in the second color, when the all of the communication is completed.

7. A state display device having a key backlight function, the state display device comprising:
a plurality of key operating sections which receive input from a user;
a plurality of colored light emitting portions that are capable of individually illuminating each one of the plurality of key operating sections; and
a control unit which, when communication is started based on the input received by at least one of the plurality of key operating sections, makes the at least one of the plurality of key operating sections illuminate as a result of the plurality of colored light emitting portions being lit in first color, and causes the plurality of colored light emitting portions to change to second color from the first color in accordance with a state display lighting pattern which corresponds to state of progress of the communication, the second color being different from the first color,
wherein the control unit increases a lit number of at least one of the plurality of colored light emitting portions without decreasing the lightning number of the at least one of the plurality of colored light emitting portions after the communication starts and before all of the communication ends,
makes the at least one of the plurality of colored light emitting portions light in only the first color without lighting the at least one of the plurality of colored light emitting portions in the second color after the communication starts and before the all of the communication ends, and
makes the at least one of the plurality of colored light emitting portions light in the second color when the all of the communication is completed.

8. The state display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the control unit controls the plurality of colored light emitting portions such that at least one of the shape and the color of the state display lighting patterns changes in accordance with an operating state.

9. The state display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the control unit controls the plurality of colored light emitting portions such that at least one of the shape and the color of the state display lighting patterns changes over time in accordance with changes in an operating state.

10. The state display device according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a lighting pattern storage section which stores key illumination patterns which are used to illuminate the plurality of key operating sections in a uniform color, and a plurality of state display lighting patterns which illuminate at least one of the key operating sections in a predetermined color and shape so as to correspond to each of a plurality of operating states of the state display device, wherein
the control unit controls the at least one of the plurality of colored light emitting portions using the state display lighting patterns and the key illumination patterns stored in the lighting pattern storage section.

11. The state display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the control unit makes at least all of colored light emitting portions which are being lit in the first color illuminate in the second color, when the all of the communication is completed.

12. A mobile communication terminal comprising:
a plurality of key operating sections which receive input from a user;
a communication section which communicates with an external device based on the input received by the plurality of key operating sections;
a plurality of light sources which are formed by an R lighting element, a G lighting element, and a B lighting element, the plurality of light sources being provided in the vicinity of the plurality of key operating sections; and
a control unit which controls the lighting of each one of the RGB lighting elements of the plurality of light sources in accordance with state of progress of the communication by the communication section,
wherein the control unit increases a lit number of at least one of the plurality of light sources without decreasing the lightning number of the at least one of the plurality of light sources after the communication starts and before all of the communication ends,
makes the at least one of the plurality of light sources light in only first color without lighting the at least one of the plurality of light sources in second color different from the first color after the communication starts and before the all of the communication ends, and
makes the at least one of the plurality of light sources light in the second color when the all of the communication is completed.

13. A mobile communication terminal com

Assignees

• Asakura Hirohito
• Tamura Kengo
• Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong

Inventors

• Asakura Hirohito
• Tamura Kengo

Classifications

• H04M1/0245

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• H04M1/22 Primary

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