KR100829109B1 - Method and apparatus for display division in mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a screen division method and apparatus for a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a screen division method and apparatus for a mobile communication terminal in which all menus are displayed by splitting the screen. The present invention provides a setting process of setting a screen division function for displaying a menu by dividing a screen, counting the number of menus from an input of a menu key, and comparing the counted number of menus with the maximum number of lines that can be displayed on the screen. A comparison process, a division process of dividing the screen by calculating the number of screens to be divided and the number of lines to be displayed on the screen if the number of counted menus exceeds the maximum number of lines, and a screen if the number of menus counted is less than or equal to the maximum number of lines. And a display process for displaying a menu. According to the present invention, since a plurality of menus can be displayed on one screen on the screen of the mobile communication terminal, the user can easily grasp which menu is present, and the user can easily move to a desired menu, thereby improving user convenience. Can be.

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Description

Screen splitting method and device of mobile communication terminal {METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY DIVISION IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL}

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal for screen division according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation of a mobile communication terminal for screen division according to the present invention.

3A is a diagram illustrating a screen when the number of sub-menus is even in a mobile communication terminal for screen division according to the present invention.

3B is a diagram illustrating a screen when the number of sub-menus is odd in a mobile communication terminal for screen division according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a screen division method and apparatus for a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a screen division method and apparatus for a mobile communication terminal in which all menus are displayed by splitting the screen.

In general, a mobile communication terminal is a cellular phone, a personal communication service phone (PCS), an IMT-2000 terminal (International Mobile Telecommunication-2000), a GSM (Global System for Mobile communication) terminal, or the like. It is a device that provides a communication function to make a call or exchange data while moving.

The mobile communication terminal is a device commonly used anywhere in the world regardless of gender, age and age, and is recognized as a necessity to always carry around. Therefore, the mobile communication terminal has become a miniaturized, slim, and lightweight in consideration of portability, and is moving toward a multimedia that can pursue various functions.

On the other hand, although the mobile communication terminal is intended to perform a phone call function, in addition to such a phone call function, in addition to a short message transmission and reception function, a memo function for storing and retrieving a phone number, a lock function, an alarm function, an area code confirmation function, and recently, a camera Various additional function services such as function, digital broadcast reception function, game function, etc. are provided. Accordingly, the menus displayed on the screen of the mobile communication terminal are gradually increasing.

However, since a general mobile communication terminal has a display screen of a relatively small size compared to a personal computer or a personal digital assistant (PDA) having a large display screen, the menu is scrolled by using a direction key input. Are showing. That is, a certain number of menus are displayed on the display unit screen, and the cursor is moved by using a direction key or a volume key to display menus not displayed on the screen.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for screen division of a mobile communication terminal that enables a user to easily grasp which menu is present.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a screen splitting method and apparatus for a mobile communication terminal which can be easily moved to a desired menu by a user.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a screen splitting method of a mobile communication terminal, the setting process of setting the screen splitting function for splitting the screen to display a menu, and the number of menus from the input of the menu key. And comparing the counted number of menus with the maximum number of lines that can be displayed on the screen, and when the counted number of menus exceeds the maximum number of lines, the number of screens to be divided and displayed on the screen. A division process of dividing the screen by calculating the number of lines to be performed, and a display process of displaying the menu on the screen when the counted number of menus is equal to or less than the maximum number of lines.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a screen division method of a mobile communication terminal, the menu entry checking process of checking whether a specific menu is entered when the screen division function is set, and the menu when the specific menu is entered. A function necessity checking process for checking whether the screen division function is necessary by counting the number of sub menus; and a division for displaying a screen by calculating the number of screens to be split for the screen division and the number of lines to be displayed on the screen. Screen display process.

In addition, another invention for achieving the above object is a mobile communication terminal having a screen splitting function, in order to determine whether the screen splitting function is necessary when a menu key input or a specific menu entry of the menu or the specific menu A menu calculator for calculating the number of sub-menus, a split screen calculator for calculating the number of screens to be split if the screen split function is required, and a number of lines to be displayed on the screen if the screen split function is needed A line calculator and a display unit for displaying the calculated number of divided screens and the number of lines on the screen.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a mobile communication terminal for screen division according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention has a typical configuration of an RF unit 101, a key input unit 103, a display unit 105, a control unit 107, and a memory unit 109.

The RF unit 101 performs a wireless communication function of the mobile communication terminal. The RF unit 101 includes an RF transmitter for upconverting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and an RF receiver for low noise amplifying and downconverting a received signal.

The key input unit 103 receives a user's operation signal for controlling the operation of the mobile communication terminal. The key input unit 103 performs operations such as screen division function setting, menu key input, specific menu selection, and the like according to the present embodiment.

The display unit 105 displays data that is controlled and controlled by the controller 107. The display unit 105 displays a plurality of menus or submenus on a divided screen according to the present embodiment, and displays all menus or submenus on one screen.

The controller 107 performs a function of controlling the overall operation of the mobile communication terminal. The control unit 107 controls the screen division function, for example, the screen division processing unit according to the present embodiment. The controller 107 determines whether a screen division function is required by counting the number of menus or submenus when a menu key is input or a specific menu is selected.

The memory unit 109 may be configured of a program memory and data memories for performing mobile communication. The memory unit 109 includes a screen division processing unit according to the present embodiment. The screen division processor may include a menu count unit that counts the number of menus or submenus when a menu key is pressed or a specific menu is selected, a split screen calculator that calculates a screen to be divided according to the counted number, and a screen to be divided. And a line calculator that calculates the number of lines to be displayed on the display unit 105.

Hereinafter, the screen division method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment will be described. 2 is a flowchart schematically illustrating an operation of a mobile communication terminal for screen division according to the present invention. 3A is a diagram illustrating a screen when the number of submenus is an even number in the mobile communication terminal for screen division according to the present invention, and FIG. 3B is a number of submenus in the mobile communication terminal for screen division according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows the screen in case of several.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3B, the screen division method of the mobile communication terminal according to the present embodiment will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 2, the controller 107 recognizes the standby state of the mobile communication terminal (S201).

Next, the controller 107 checks whether the screen division function for the present embodiment is set (S203). If it is not recognized that this function is set, the control unit 107 recognizes the function setting by the key input unit 103 (S217). The screen division function set by the key input unit 103 is controlled by the control unit 107 and stored in the memory unit 109.

Subsequently, the controller 107 checks whether a key is input by the key input unit 103 or enters a specific menu (S205). Here, the menu key input is performed by the user inputting through the key input unit 103 to display various kinds of functions in the standby state of the mobile communication terminal. When the menu key is pressed, the main menus stored in the terminal are displayed on the display unit 105. In addition, the entry of the specific menu is performed by the user selecting a desired specific menu through the key input unit 103 among the main menus displayed by the aforementioned menu key input. When entering a particular menu, submenus of the particular menu are displayed on the display unit 105.

When it is confirmed that the user enters a menu key or enters a specific menu, the controller 107 counts the number of main menus or sub-menus (S207). Here, the count of the number of menus or submenus is counted in the menu counting unit of the screen division processing unit stored in the memory unit 109. Since the number of main menus or the number of submenus of a specific menu is stored in the memory unit 109, the controller 107 may control the menu counting unit to count the number of menus or submenus.

Subsequently, the controller 107 checks whether the number of counted menus or submenus exceeds the maximum number of lines that can be displayed on the screen (S209). If the counted number of menus or submenus is less than or equal to the maximum number of lines, screen division is not necessary, and thus the menus or submenus are displayed on the display unit 105 in the same manner as in the conventional method (S219). This S209 process can be confirmed by calculating the number of menus or submenus counted in the above-described step S207 and the number of lines that can be displayed on one screen of the display unit 105. The maximum number of lines that can be displayed on one screen is stored in the memory unit 109. For example, if the maximum number of lines that can be displayed on one screen of the terminal is six, no screen division is necessary if the number of menus or submenus is six or less, and screen division is necessary when the number of menus or submenus exceeds six. Do.

If the number of counted menus or submenus exceeds the maximum number of lines, the controller 107 calculates the number of screens to be divided (S211). Here, the calculation of the number of screens to be divided is calculated by the split screen calculation unit of the screen division processing unit stored in the memory unit 109. The split screen calculator calculates using the maximum number of lines that can be displayed on one screen stored in the memory unit 109 and the number of menus or submenus calculated in step S207 described above.

The formula for calculating the number of screens to split is <x> = {r} + 1, {r} = {number of menus or number of submenus ÷ maximum number of lines that can be displayed on the screen}, where {r} is r It is the largest of the smaller integers. For example, if the number of menus or submenus is 10 and the maximum number of lines that can be displayed on one screen is 6, the number of screens to be divided is {10 ÷ 6} + 1 = {1.6666 ...} + 1 = 2 In this case, the screen is divided into two and displayed.

Next, the control unit 107 calculates the number of lines to be displayed on the screen (S213). Here, the number of lines is calculated by the line calculating unit of the screen division processing unit stored in the memory unit 109. The line calculator calculates the number of menus or submenus calculated in step S207 and the number of screens to be divided in step S211.

The formula for calculating the number of lines to be displayed on the screen is [y] = [the number of menus or the number of submenus ÷ the number of screens to be divided], and [y] is the smallest integer greater than or equal to y. For example, when the number of menus or submenus is 10 and the number of screens to be divided is 2, the number of lines to be displayed on the screen is [10 ÷ 2] = 5, so in this case, five lines are displayed on one screen.

Finally, the controller 107 divides the screen to display a menu or submenu (S215). The control unit 107 displays the menu or submenu on the display unit 105 using the number of screens to be divided and the number of lines to be displayed on the screen calculated in the above-described steps.

As described above, when the maximum number of lines that can be displayed on one screen is six, the screen is when the number of menus or submenus is ten, the number of screens to be divided is two, and the number of lines to be displayed on the screen is five. This is shown in Figure 3a. FIG. 3A illustrates a case where 10 submenus are numbered 1 to 9 and 0, and all submenus are displayed on 5 lines, that is, 5 lines on a screen divided into 2 screens.

On the other hand, when the number of menus or sub-menus is odd, the last menu or sub-menu is displayed in the same screen as the undivided state, that is, before the screen division function is applied. The screen in this case is shown in FIG. 3B. FIG. 3B illustrates a case in which 9 submenus are numbered 1 to 9, up to 8 submenus are displayed as divided screens, and the last 9 submenus are displayed in a conventional form. .

Meanwhile, the screen splitting method and apparatus of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention are not limited to the above-described embodiments and may be variously modified within the scope not departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. This will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

As described above, the present invention divides the screen so that the number of menus or submenus is counted so that all the menus are displayed on one screen, and if the maximum number of lines that can be displayed on the screen is exceeded, the number of screens to be divided and the screen A screen division method and apparatus for a mobile communication terminal for calculating a number of lines to be displayed on a screen and displaying the same on a screen.

According to the present invention, since a plurality of menus or sub-menus can be displayed on one screen on the screen of the mobile communication terminal, the user can easily grasp which menu is present, and the user can easily move to the desired menu so that the user can Convenience can be improved.

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In the screen division method of the mobile communication terminal, A setting process of setting a screen division function for displaying a menu by dividing the screen; A comparison process of counting the number of menus from the input of a menu key and comparing the counted number of menus with the maximum number of lines that can be displayed on the screen; A division process of dividing the screen by calculating the number of screens to be divided and the number of lines to be displayed on the screen when the counted menu number exceeds the maximum number of lines; and And displaying the menu on a screen when the number of the counted menus is equal to or less than the maximum number of lines. In the screen division method of the mobile communication terminal, When the screen split function is set, a menu entry check process for checking whether or not a specific menu is entered, A function necessity checking process of checking whether the screen division function is necessary by counting the number of sub-menus of the specific menu when entering the specific menu; and And a split screen display step of displaying a screen by calculating the number of screens to be split and the number of lines to be displayed on the screen for splitting the screen. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The formula for calculating the number of screens to be divided is <x> = {r} + 1, and the {r} = {number of menus or number of submenus ÷ maximum number of lines that can be displayed on the screen}, and the {r } Is the largest number among integers smaller than r. The method according to claim 1 or 2, The formula for calculating the number of lines to be displayed on the screen is [y] = [number of menus or number of submenus ÷ number of screens to be divided], and [y] is the smallest integer greater than or equal to y. Screen splitting method of a mobile communication terminal characterized in that. The method according to claim 1 or 2, And when the number of the menus or submenus is an odd number, displaying the last menu or submenu as an undivided screen. A mobile communication terminal having a screen division function, A menu calculator which calculates the number of submenus of the menu or the specific menu when a menu key is input or a specific menu is entered to determine whether the screen division function is necessary; A split screen calculator for calculating the number of screens to be split if the screen split function is necessary; A line calculator which calculates the number of lines to be displayed on a screen when the screen division function is required, and And a display unit for displaying the calculated number of split screens and the number of lines on a screen. The method of claim 6, wherein the split screen calculator, <x> = {r} + 1, where <x> is the number of screens to be split, and the {r} = {number of menus or number of sub-menus ÷ maximum number of lines that can be displayed on the screen Number}, wherein {r} is the largest number among integers smaller than r. The method of claim 6, wherein the line calculation unit, [y] = [number of menus or submenus ÷ number of screens to divide], where [y] is the number of lines to display on the screen, and [y] is an integer greater than or equal to y The smallest number among the mobile communication terminal having a screen splitting function. The method of claim 6, And the menu calculator, the split screen calculator, and the line calculator are included in a screen split processor.

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