KR100905622B1 - Method for providing idle screen layer, method for providing idle screen and mobile communication terminal therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention implements a function of providing various standby screens by highlighting a graphic element according to a specific state of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, an embodiment of the present invention detects the movement between countries to output a standby screen consisting of a landmark image of the country, and outputs an animation effect according to the event occurrence to notify the occurrence of the event on the standby screen. . Accordingly, an entertainment element can be added to the user interface of the mobile communication terminal.

Standby Screen, Landmark, MCC

Description

TECHNICAL FOR PROVIDING IDLE SCREEN LAYER, METHOD FOR PROVIDING IDLE SCREEN AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL THEREFOR}

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, to a method for providing a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal.

Recently, with the spread of mobile terminals, mobile terminal users are provided with various conveniences in addition to their own phone calls. In addition, with the expansion of various services and additional functions, the number of colors continues to increase as the screen of a mobile terminal increases. And as the needs of users are so diverse and detailed that they cannot be compared to the past, there is a need to use the screen space of the mobile terminal more efficiently and utilize them in various ways. In addition, the user's convenience should be prioritized while satisfying various needs of users.

However, although the current mobile terminal can provide a sound and a screen desired by the user through a download service, the standby screen is uniformly configured. For example, the user may only select one or more of an image, a user name, and a clock on a standby screen and display the same at a predetermined position. In addition, conventionally, the standby screen can be set to various contents such as pictures and videos in addition to images according to the user's needs, but the amount of information that can be provided to the user in such a standby screen is very limited, Will not meet demand.

As described above, there is a difficulty in changing an image displayed on a screen without a user's separate key manipulation except for a method of changing everything displayed on a screen through a key input in the conventional mobile communication terminal. Therefore, in the conventional mobile communication terminal, the standby screen is limited and manual only by key operation by the user. However, as the needs of the user are diversified, if the standby screen is dynamically changed and expressed according to a specific state of the mobile communication terminal, it will help to satisfy the various needs of the user.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a standby screen in which a visual effect is given to a standby screen in a mobile communication terminal that enables the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal to be changed according to a specific state of the mobile communication terminal to provide a pleasant new interface to the user. A method of providing a layer and a method of providing a standby screen according thereto are provided.

The present invention also provides a method for providing a standby screen layer to which a visual effect is applied to a standby screen in a mobile communication terminal that can provide a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal that changes according to movement between countries, and a method for providing a standby screen accordingly. to provide.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for providing a standby screen layer in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: providing a background layer for displaying a background image according to a time zone at a current location of the mobile communication terminal; Providing a landmark layer for each location for displaying the landmark image by overlaying a landmark image corresponding to the location information received according to the movement of the mobile communication terminal with the image; and when an event occurs in the mobile communication terminal, And providing an event-related layer for superimposing and displaying animation data displaying a visual effect linked with the background image on the standby screen to inform the type of the generated event.

The present invention also provides a method for providing a standby screen in a mobile communication terminal, the method comprising: determining whether there is location information received according to the movement of the mobile communication terminal; Displaying a standby screen in which a landmark image corresponding to the location information is superimposed on a background image displayed according to a time zone at a location; and determining whether an event occurs in the mobile communication terminal while the standby screen is displayed. And superimposing animation data displaying a visual effect linked with the background image when the event occurs as a result of the determination on the standby screen.

In addition, the present invention provides a mobile terminal for providing a standby screen, a memory for storing the background image corresponding to the time zone and the landmark image corresponding to the location information, and stores the animation data according to the event type, and the mobile communication terminal of the Outputs a standby screen in which a landmark image corresponding to location information received according to the movement of the mobile terminal is superimposed on a background image according to a time zone at a current location, and determines whether an event has occurred or not. And a control unit configured to superimpose and output the animation data on the standby screen, and a display unit to display the standby screen.

The present invention has an effect of adding an entertainment element to a user interface of a mobile communication terminal by providing a method of providing a standby screen to meet various needs of a user.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that the user can be freely set and change the visual effects given to the standby screen, the industrial development associated with the provision of the effect data of the surroundings.

In addition, the present invention can determine the specific state of the mobile communication terminal, such as the current location, time zone, event occurrence at a glance even by looking at the standby screen of the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the present invention has the advantage of changing the overall look and feel of the mobile communication terminal by providing a customized (customizing) standby screen according to the user's taste.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that the same components in the drawings are represented by the same reference numerals and symbols as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The present invention implements a function of providing various standby screens by highlighting a graphic element according to a specific state of a mobile communication terminal. In particular, the embodiment of the present invention detects the movement between the countries to output a standby screen consisting of a landmark image of the country or city, and the animation effect according to the occurrence of the event to notify the occurrence of the event on the standby screen Output Accordingly, an entertainment element can be added to the user interface of the mobile communication terminal.

Components and operations of the mobile communication terminal in which the above functions are implemented will be described with reference to FIG. 1. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied.

As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied includes a control unit 100, a key input unit 110, a display unit 120, a memory 130, a wireless unit 140, and a voice processing unit 150. It is configured to include.

Here, the control unit 100 performs an overall control operation of the mobile communication terminal, and in particular, controls to output a standby screen changing according to a specific state of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention through the display unit 120. In this case, the landmark image is displayed on the standby screen differently depending on where the mobile communication terminal is located. That is, the controller 100 outputs a landmark image for each location as a standby screen according to movement between countries or cities of the mobile communication terminal. Here, the landmark image corresponds to an image of a representative symbol, a building, etc. of a corresponding country or city, and the contents of the landmark image may be provided in various forms.

In detail, when there is a movement between countries or cities, the controller 100 receives a corresponding mobile communication network identifier from a mobile communication network switching station that provides a mobile communication network service for each predetermined service area. The mobile communication network identification code includes a mobile country code (MCC), a mobile network code (MNC), and a cell ID. At this time, the control unit 100 detects the movement between countries and obtains network information (Network info data) including the mobile country code from the corresponding network in addition to the above method by roaming (roaming) method Of course, any method that can be obtained is possible.

Subsequently, the controller 100 loads and displays a landmark image corresponding to the mobile country code on the display unit 120 based on the received mobile communication network identifier. Then, the controller 100 displays a lively moving icon on the background on which the landmark image is displayed to notify the user when an event such as a call reception, a message such as SMS, MMS, E-mail, or an alarm occurs. At this time, the icon moves randomly. According to the present invention, the standby screen can be changed in real time while moving by using the location information of the country, city, etc., where the mobile communication terminal is currently located, and the visual effect by representing the effect of the event as a lively changed icon To maximize.

The key input unit 110 is a device for interfacing with a user, and includes key keys including various function keys, numeric keys (0 to 9), special keys (*, #), and the like. It provides to the control unit 100. That is, the key input unit 110 outputs its own key input data according to the input of each key provided, and the key input data output from the key input unit 110 is applied to the control unit 100 so that such key input data is stored. It is detected which key input data is used according to the key input, and according to the result, the controller 100 performs the corresponding operation.

The display unit 120 receives and displays display data on key input data input from the key input unit 110 under the control of the control unit 100, or displays an operation state and a plurality of information of the mobile communication terminal as icons and text. do. In addition, the display unit 120 allows the user to visually know the state in setting or driving a required function under the control of the controller 100. In addition, the display unit 120 to which the present invention is applied displays a landmark image for each country that changes according to the movement of the country, city, etc. of the mobile communication terminal.

The memory 130 includes a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM) for storing a plurality of programs and data. In particular, the memory 130 according to the embodiment of the present invention Each received mobile communication network identifier and a landmark image of a country or city including the mobile communication network are stored in correspondence with each other. The memory 130 stores data about display items for each layer required to display a background screen having a landmark image for each location.

The wireless unit 140 is connected to the control unit 100, converts and transmits voice data and control data into a wireless signal, and receives and converts the wireless signal into voice data and control data.

The voice processing unit 150 is connected to the control unit 100 to convert the voice data from the control unit 100 into an audible sound through a speaker and outputs the voice signal received from the microphone to control the control unit 100. To pass). In addition, the voice processing unit 150 to which the present invention is applied may output an effect sound according to the movement of the icon for notifying the occurrence of an event on the standby screen. For example, when the icon is an airplane, the sound effect according to the movement of the airplane may be output.

Hereinafter, a hierarchical structure of a screen for outputting a visual effect according to a specific state of the mobile communication terminal in the mobile communication terminal configured as described above will be described. To this end, referring to FIG. 2, which is an embodiment of a hierarchical structure of a standby screen in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the standby screen in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a landmark layer 210 for each location, which provides a landmark image for each location such as a symbol, a building, etc. when moving between countries and cities. On the standby screen configured to include a background layer 200 that provides a background that changes with time zones as a background for the mark image, and a time icon layer 230 for indicating the time at the location by displaying the time as an icon or a picture. Change the operator network in addition to movement between the countries and cities and the event-related layer 220 which gives a predefined visual animation effect to inform the event occurrence and give visual pleasure to the hierarchical structure. It further comprises a carrier icon layer 215 for providing a corresponding company landmark item. In this case, the corresponding items including images provided by each layer are provided in an overlapping manner so as to be visually distinguishable.

The standby screen configured as described above is provided to the user as shown in FIG. 3 (a), and moves in the landmark layer 210 for each location on the background provided by the background layer 200 according to the movement between countries or cities of the mobile communication terminal. The landmark image provided is modified to be displayed to show which country or city it is located in.

In addition, in the background layer 200 provided according to an embodiment of the present invention, the time zone may be displayed using various background images such as dawn, morning, day, afternoon, evening, and night for the location where the mobile communication terminal is located. In addition, seasonal background images can be provided together to display the seasons.

In addition, the landmark layer 210 for each location provides a landmark image according to movement between countries or cities of the mobile communication terminal, and thus the landmark image of the corresponding country or city is superimposed on the background provided by the background layer 200. Will be displayed.

And when connected to the operator network based on the mobile network code included in the mobile communication network identifier according to the present invention, the operator icon layer 215 provides a specific item in the form of an image or icon of the operator landmark, the current mobile communication terminal May display which provider network is connected to. As such, the operator landmarks provided in the operator icon hierarchy 215 may be shown to the user as indicated by reference numeral 400 in FIG. 3A. In this case, the operator landmark may appear on the standby screen when the connection is changed to a network of another operator other than the original operator of the mobile communication terminal.

In addition, the event-related layer 220 according to the present invention provides an animation effect according to events of various shapes in order to notify the occurrence of an event such as receiving a message. In this case, the animation effect means outputting animation data displaying a visual effect corresponding to an event type. For example, as an airplane performs an airshow, it means various effects such as a method of moving events along a random trajectory and outputting a small or large flame. In addition, by changing the color of the smoke or flame of the plane can be displayed to indicate what effect caused by the event. In addition, the animation effect may be provided by outputting animation data displaying a visual effect in association with a background image according to a time zone. For example, the fireworks effect is not visible during the day, so the airplane outputs during the day to notify you of the event, and during the night, the fireworks effect is output instead of the airplane. Can be done.

In addition, in order to indicate the current time in the country or city where the mobile communication terminal is located, the time icon layer 230 is a clock indicated by 410 in FIG. 3 (a) and 420 in FIG. 3 (b). Provides various clock-type icons, such as a watch that is indicated.

Hereinafter, referring to the contents shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 illustrates a country-specific landmark image that changes according to a mobile country code provided from a corresponding network by a mobile communication terminal moving between countries or cities.

FIG. 4 (a) illustrates an example of a standby screen displaying an image of an old castle, which is a German landmark. When the mobile terminal enters Germany, land by location on a background representing a current time zone provided by the background layer 200 is shown. An example of overlapping and providing an image of German antiquity in the mark layer 210 is provided. 4 (b) illustrates a case in which a Pisa tower image, which is a landmark of Italy, is displayed as the mobile communication terminal moves to Italy, and FIG. 4 (c) illustrates a case where a windmill image, which is a landmark of the Netherlands, is displayed. do. As shown in FIG. 4, when the mobile communication terminal detects movement between countries according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it shows that the mobile communication terminal is converted into a landmark image corresponding to the moved country. In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the landmark image may be created by the user or provided as a kind of content through a content provider, and may be changed according to the user's selection.

Meanwhile, referring to the contents shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 5A illustrates an example in which one event occurs, and the plane by the event-related layer 220 performs an air show as the event occurs. It provides an animated effect. 5 (b) illustrates an example in which two events are generated, and in the case where several events occur, an animation effect is provided by changing a smoke color of an airplane according to the type of event. 6 (a) and 6 (b) show an event occurrence by the event-related layer 220 on a background image whose time zone is night by the background layer 200. Referring to FIG. Illustrates providing the animation effect according to. Animation data for such animation effects are stored in advance in memory. 6 (a) and 6 (b) show the case of displaying the event type by the color of the flame. As described above, FIGS. 5 and 6 show that different animation effects are output according to time zones and event types at the current location.

 In the above description of the animation effect using the plane and the flame as an example, the contents of the effect can be provided in various forms. For example, if the landmark image is the Paris Eiffel Tower, the colorful flame image may look better than the airplane, so the animation effect may be determined by considering it. According to the present invention as described above, the animation effect may be determined in consideration of the linkage with the landmark image as well as the background image according to the time zone. By doing so, the user can grasp the current state of the mobile communication terminal at a glance by looking at the entire screen rather than paying attention to the icon representing the information on the standby screen, so that the user can receive the desired information more efficiently. Will be.

In the following description, a process of providing a standby screen displayed in various ways as described above will be described.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a standby screen which varies according to a specific state of the mobile communication terminal through a hierarchical structure of the standby screen in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. 4 and 5 will be described in the following description, but the standby screen providing method according to the present invention is not limited thereto.

First, the controller 100 displays a standby screen configured through a hierarchical structure as shown in FIG. 2, for example, a standby screen as provided in FIG. 4 (b) or FIG. 4 (c).

According to the present invention, the controller 100 changes and displays a standby screen with a landmark image corresponding to the location information by using the location information received according to the movement of the mobile communication terminal. In more detail, the control unit 100 detects whether there is a movement between countries or cities of the mobile communication terminal in step 710. If movement between countries or cities is detected, the controller 100 checks the location using the network information received at the current location, and checks the mobile country code (MCC) at the current location using the network information in step 720. do. As a result, the controller 100 loads the landmark image corresponding to the identified mobile country code from the memory 130. In operation 730, the controller 100 changes the landmark image on the standby screen into a landmark image corresponding to the mobile country code and displays the landmark image. For example, when the mobile communication terminal moves to Germany, a standby screen having a landmark image as shown in FIG. 5A is output. At this time, the clock icon provided by the time icon layer 230 and the background of the German current time zone provided by the background layer 200 are superimposed with the national landmark image to form a single standby screen. do.

In step 740, the controller 100 determines whether any one event, such as receiving a call, receiving a message such as an SMS, an MMS, an e-mail, or the arrival of an alarm time, occurs. If an event occurs as a result of the determination, the controller 100 outputs an animation effect according to the event generated in operation 750. For example, the effect as provided in FIGS. 5 and 6 is output.

Meanwhile, FIG. 3 illustrates an embodiment of the present invention, and specific clock icons are illustrated, and FIG. 4 shows an example of an image of an old castle in Germany, an image of a Pisa tower in Italy, and an image of a windmill in Netherlands. 5 and 6 illustrate an example of a plane and a flame moving randomly due to an effect of an event occurrence, this is merely an example and the content of the present invention is not limited thereto. That is, it is possible to give a visual effect such as various images or icons according to the selection of the user or the service provider, the terminal manufacturer, or the like. In addition, the visual effect applied to the standby screen according to the present invention may be created by the user, or provided as a kind of content through a content provider, and the like, and may be changed according to the user's selection.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains, and the above-described embodiments and accompanying It is not limited by the drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a structural diagram of a hierarchical structure of a standby screen in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

3 is a first exemplary view of a standby screen of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention;

4 is an exemplary diagram of a standby screen displaying various country landmark images according to the present invention;

5 is a first exemplary view of a standby screen when an event occurs according to the present invention;

6 is a second exemplary view of a standby screen when an event occurs according to the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing a standby screen that varies according to a specific state of a mobile terminal through a hierarchical structure of the standby screen in a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention; FIG.

Claims (16)

A method for providing a standby screen layer in a mobile communication terminal, Providing a background layer for displaying a background image according to a time zone at a current location of the mobile communication terminal; Providing a landmark layer for each location for displaying the landmark image by superimposing a landmark image corresponding to the location information received according to the movement of the mobile communication terminal on the background image; Providing an event-related layer for superimposing and displaying animation data displaying a visual effect linked with the background image on the standby screen to inform the event type generated when the event occurs in the mobile communication terminal. Method of providing a standby screen layer in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that. The method of claim 1, And providing a time icon layer for displaying a clock icon indicating a time at a current location of the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 1, And providing a service provider icon layer for displaying a service provider landmark image corresponding to the changed service provider network when the service provider network is changed based on the mobile network code (MNC) in the location information. How to provide the idle screen layer. The method of claim 2, And the clock icon is superimposed on the standby screen to be visually distinguishable. In the standby screen providing method in a mobile communication terminal, Determining whether there is location information received according to the movement of the mobile communication terminal; Displaying a standby screen in which a landmark image corresponding to the location information is superimposed on a background image displayed according to a time zone at the current location of the mobile communication terminal when there is received location information as a result of the determination; Determining whether an event occurs in the mobile communication terminal while the standby screen is displayed; And when the event occurs, superimposing and displaying animation data displaying a visual effect linked with the background image on the standby screen to inform the type of the generated event. How to provide a standby screen. The method of claim 5, And displaying a clock icon indicating a time at a current location of the mobile communication terminal on the standby screen. The method of claim 5, Determining whether the operator network is changed based on a mobile network code (MNC) in the location information while the standby screen is displayed; And displaying a service provider landmark image corresponding to the changed service provider network on the standby screen when the service provider network is changed. The method of claim 5, wherein the location information, Characterized in that it is a mobile network code including a mobile country code (MCC), a mobile network code (MNC) or a cell ID provided from the network according to the country or intercity movement of the mobile communication terminal. A standby screen providing method in a mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 8, wherein the displaying of the standby screen in which the landmark image corresponding to the location information is overlapped is performed. Identifying a mobile station code in the location information; And loading a landmark image of a country corresponding to the identified mobile country code and displaying the landmark image on the standby screen. The method according to claim 1 or 5, And the animation data is linked with the landmark image. The mobile communication terminal for providing a standby screen, Memory for storing the landmark image corresponding to the background image and location information according to the time zone, and the animation data for displaying the visual effect linked to the background image according to the event type; And outputting a standby screen in which a landmark image corresponding to the location information received according to the movement of the mobile terminal is superimposed on a background image according to a time zone at the current location of the mobile terminal, and determining whether an event has occurred. A controller configured to superimpose and output animation data displaying a visual effect linked to a background image according to the type of event generated on the standby screen; And a display unit for displaying the standby screen. The method of claim 11, wherein the control unit, And a clock icon indicating the time at the current location is superimposed on the standby screen and displayed on the display unit. The method of claim 11, wherein the memory, Mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for storing the landmark image for each operator. The method of claim 13, wherein the control unit, It is determined whether the operator network is changed based on the mobile network code (MNC) in the location information, and after loading the operator landmark image corresponding to the changed operator network from the memory, the operator landmark image is superimposed on the standby screen. And display on the display unit. The method of claim 11, wherein the location information, Characterized in that the mobile communication terminal including a mobile country code (MCC: Mobile Country Code) or a mobile network code (MNC) or Cell ID provided from the network according to the movement between the country or city of the mobile communication terminal Mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 3, wherein And the service provider landmark image is superimposed on the standby screen so as to be visually distinguishable.

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