KR101392321B1 - Moving Cursor in a Mobile Communication Terminal with a Navigation Function Key - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a navigation function key and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a mobile communication terminal capable of moving a mouse pointer or a tab to an item linked with an arbitrary Internet address on a web page, The time required for using the Internet service using the terminal can be reduced and the convenience can be improved.

A mobile communication terminal, a navigation function key

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a navigation function key,

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 2 illustrates a structure of a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3A, 3B and 3C illustrate an example in which a mouse pointer or a tab moves in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

4A and 4B illustrate an example of displaying an option window on a display unit of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a mobile communication terminal having a navigation function key according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a mobile communication terminal having a navigation function key according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal having a navigation function key and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a mobile communication terminal and a control method thereof for enabling a mouse to be used more simply and efficiently on a web page displayed on a mobile communication terminal will be.

A mobile communication terminal is a terminal that enables a user to receive various services through wireless communication. In particular, a telephone communication service can be considered as a representative service that can be provided through a mobile communication terminal. However, recently, various types of wireless communication are used, so that not only a simple telephone communication service but also various multimedia services can be provided.

In addition, in recent years, the use of the wireless Internet by using the mobile communication terminal has been greatly increased, so that the user of the mobile communication terminal can fully utilize the Internet through the mobile communication terminal.

In particular, in order for a user of the mobile communication terminal to fully utilize the Internet service, a web page must be able to be displayed on the display unit of the mobile communication terminal. Also, even if a web page is displayed due to a structural restriction of the mobile communication terminal, it is necessary to efficiently move the mouse on the displayed web page.

However, in the case of the conventional mobile communication terminal, the user can move the mouse pointer or tab on the web page only by a predetermined interval. Therefore, when an arbitrary area on the web page exists between the intervals, there is a problem that the area can not be selected.

Disclosure of Invention Technical Problem [8] The present invention has been made in order to solve the problems of the related art described above, and its object is to provide a mobile communication terminal having a navigation function key capable of moving a mouse pointer or a tab to an arbitrary item of a web page displayed on the mobile communication terminal And a control method thereof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a navigation system including a display unit displaying a web page according to the present invention, a key having a navigation function, and a mouse pointer or a tab displayed on the display unit when the navigation function key is operated, And a control unit for moving the display unit.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a mobile communication terminal having a navigation function key, the method comprising: displaying a web page screen; operating a key having a navigation function; And moving the mouse pointer or the tab on an item-by-item basis.

FIG. 1 is a view illustrating an appearance of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention. As shown in the figure, a web page composed of an internet screen is displayed on the display unit 10 of the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the present invention.

At this time, the displayed web page is an internet screen for a mobile communication terminal adapted to a mobile communication terminal or an internet screen actually used on a computer according to recent trends.

Also, a navigation function key 21, which is a type of an input unit capable of inputting various commands to the mobile communication terminal, is provided at the lower end of the display unit 10. [ According to an embodiment of the present invention, the navigation function key 21 can be operated vertically or horizontally. Also, when the navigation function key 21 is pressed as needed, an OK command may be inputted to the mobile communication terminal.

The user of the mobile communication terminal can move the mouse pointer or tab on the web page displayed on the display unit 10 by operating the navigation function key 21 up or down or left or right. If the mouse pointer or the tab is positioned on the desired item, the user can select the item where the mouse pointer or the tab is located by pressing the navigation function key 21. [

The keys for performing the navigation function can also be constituted by joystick keys as needed, and in this case, the navigation function keys can be operated in any direction as well as up, down, left and right. It is also possible to give each button a directional movement function of a mouse pointer or a tab so that any number on the keypad operates as a navigation function key in the constant mode.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an internal structure of the mobile communication terminal 100 shown in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. As shown in the figure, the mobile communication terminal 100 according to the present invention includes a wireless communication unit 30 connected to an antenna so that data can be transmitted and received externally and wirelessly, a display unit 10 displaying a web page, And an input unit 20 including a navigation function key 21 for inputting various commands to the terminal.

At this time, the wireless communication unit 30 enables signals according to various communication standards to be transmitted and received through the mobile communication terminal. Such a communication standard differs depending on the application in which the mobile communication terminal is used and the use area thereof. In addition, when the mobile communication terminal transmits and receives wireless signals of various standards to provide services, the wireless communication unit 30 is configured to process at least one or more than one wireless signals.

The display unit 10 may include a touch screen so that the user can view the web page screen and can select any item on the web page screen. The present invention is applicable even when the touch screen is not configured as required. The mouse pointer or the tab of the web page screen can be adjusted by operating the navigation function key 21 even when the display unit 10 is configured as a general liquid crystal screen or other display means.

The control unit 40 controls the transmission and reception of signals through the wireless communication unit 30. In addition, a web page is displayed on the display unit 10 based on data received through the wireless communication unit 30. [ If the web page is stored in the mobile communication terminal, the control unit 40 displays the stored web page on the display 10.

The web page signal received through the wireless communication unit 30 is generally composed of an html code. The control unit 40 can analyze the received html code and confirm the item having the link code. Accordingly, the controller 40 according to the present invention displays a mouse pointer or a tab on a web page, and when the navigation function key 21 is operated, a mouse pointer or a tab is moved according to an item having a linked address.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the item is a character or an image with a linked address. However, if necessary, the item may be at least one of text, audio file, video file, frame, and link address. When the audio file is selected, the control unit 40 moves the mouse pointer or the tab only to the audio file according to the operation of the navigation function key 21. [ When the audio file and the video file are selected, the control unit 40 moves the mouse pointer or the tab only to the audio file or the video file according to the operation of the navigation function key 21. [

As another example, a user who wants to download an audio or video file can move the mouse pointer or tab to only the area of the web page screen where the audio or video file exists by operating the navigation function key 21. The user sets the item as a video file so that the mouse pointer or the tab moves only to an area where the video file exists if the user wants to view only the image or the video among the web page.

As the mouse pointer or tab is moved only to the video file, the user can check only the image or video while omitting the process of moving the mouse pointer or tab to another item constituting the web page. The control unit 40 of the present invention moves the web page displayed on the display unit 10 so as to move the mouse pointer or the tab when the mouse pointer or the moving image is not displayed on the display unit 10 So that the displayed image or moving image is displayed on the display unit 10.

The navigation function key 21 is located at the bottom of the display unit 10 of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

Returning to the explanation about the case where the mouse pointer or the tab is set to move to the link address among the items in the present invention. When the navigation function key 21 is depressed, the control unit 40 determines that the ok command has been input to the mobile communication terminal 100. In this case, the item on which the mouse pointer or tab of the web page is located is selected. Thus, the web page is changed to a web page having an address linked to the item where the mouse pointer or tab is located.

In particular, when the web page is newly displayed on the display unit 10, that is, when the web page is moved to another page or the page is refreshed, the control unit 40 displays a mouse pointer or a tab in an area where the address window is input by default. Accordingly, when a web page is newly displayed, the user of the mobile communication terminal can input the address to be moved to the address window without moving the mouse pointer or the tab separately.

3 is a view illustrating a screen displayed on the display unit 10 of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

In the case of a general mobile communication terminal, a path through which the mouse pointer or the tab can move is limited according to the operation of the navigation function key 21. [ In particular, as the navigation function key 21 is operated, the mouse pointer or tab moves along the lattice path as shown in (a). That is, it is movable only on the dot shown.

Accordingly, when an arbitrary Internet address to be selected is linked to an item existing between dots, the Internet address can not be selected by only a mouse pointer or a tab.

According to the present invention, when the navigation function key 21 is operated, the tab moves along an item to which an arbitrary Internet address is linked, as shown in (b). Therefore, the number of times or the time it takes to move the mouse pointer or the tab to the item decreases.

This is explained in more detail as follows. That is, when the mouse pointer or the tab is moved from the first item (1) to the second item (2) as shown in (a), the user operates the navigation function key 21 seven times, You have to operate seven times. In other words, a total of 14 moves must be made.

However, when the tab is moved from the first item (1) to the second item (2) as shown in (b) of the present invention, the navigation function key 21 is operated three times rightward, You can operate it twice. That is, only 11 moves are required.

Fig. 3C is a diagram showing a screen for operating the mouse pointer by the operation of the navigation function key 21. Fig. As with tabbing, the mouse pointer is moved only by the selected item. Accordingly, when the user of the mobile communication terminal moves the mouse pointer from ① to ②, the navigation function key is operated only 11 times unlike the conventional method.

Thus, the time taken to move the mouse pointer or tab on the web page is reduced.

Also, when an arbitrary Internet address is linked to the third item (3) in (a), the third item (3) is an item existing between the dots and the mouse pointer or the tab can not be positioned. Therefore, the user can not select the link address of the third item (3).

According to the embodiment of the present invention, when a user of the mobile communication terminal operates the navigation function key 21, the mouse pointer or the tab moves along the item linked with the address, so that any item can be selected.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of a method of operating a mobile communication terminal having a navigation function key according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, the user of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention can select the movement mode of the mouse pointer or tab. That is, as shown in (a), the user can select which item the mouse pointer or tab is moved to according to the operation of the navigation function key through the option window 11 displayed on the display unit 10. The present embodiment describes a case where a mouse pointer or a tab is moved to an item to which an arbitrary address is linked as described above.

As shown in the figure, the option window 11 includes a menu (only picture 1) for setting a mouse pointer or a tab to be moved only to an image to which an arbitrary Internet address is linked, a mouse pointer A menu for setting the tab to be moved (2. character only), and a menu for setting the mouse pointer or tab to be moved to an item having a linked image or text (picture and character).

In addition, the option window 11 includes a menu (4. General) that can release the setting for moving the mouse pointer or tab on an item-by-item basis. The user of the mobile communication terminal can select a desired one of various menus of the option window 11 when the mouse pointer or the tab is desired to move up or down or left or right as the navigation function key 21 is operated vertically or horizontally. However, if you want to move the mouse pointer or tab according to the grid method rather than the linked item, you can select '4. General' menu.

If the user selects the 'picture only' menu, the mouse pointer or tab will only move to the image with the linked address as the navigation function key 21 is operated. That is, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), when the navigation function key 21 is operated downward one time, it moves from the first item (1) to the second item (2) Moves to the third item (3), and moves to the fourth item (4) when it is operated one more time downward.

Accordingly, the user of the mobile communication terminal can move the mouse pointer or tab located in the first item (1) to the fourth item (4) by operating the navigation function key 21 only four times.

The control unit 40 analyzes the source code while displaying the web page on the display unit 10. Then, the mouse pointer or the tab is moved according to the menu set through the option window 11.

If the user selects " 1. picture only ", the control unit 40 searches for an image file such as * .jpg or * .gif in which the link code is placed, and then displays a mouse pointer or a tab Move. When '2. CHARACTERS ONLY' is selected, the control unit 40 searches for a code consisting only of text among the codes to which a link code is attached, and then moves the mouse pointer or the tab only to a position where only a text code exists.

However, if '3. Picture and Text' is selected, the mouse pointer or tab is moved according to the operation sequence of the navigation function key regardless of whether it is an image file or text, rather than only an image file or only text.

The mobile communication terminal includes a memory 50 in which information relating to an image and a text file format is stored so that the controller 40 can distinguish images and texts. The memory 50 may store information on various applications, web page codes, and the like necessary for operating the mobile communication terminal.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a mobile communication terminal having a navigation function key according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the user of the mobile communication terminal desires to use the Internet service in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, the Internet service execution command is input to the mobile communication terminal and the web browser is executed according to the command.

The control unit 40 displays the web page on the display unit 10 based on the data downloaded through the wireless communication unit 30. At this time, the web page is newly displayed, and the control unit 40 places the mouse pointer or the tab in the area where the address window is displayed in the web page (S2). This is for allowing the user of the mobile communication terminal to directly input the address into the address window after the web page is displayed.

When a user of the mobile communication terminal inputs an address into the address window and presses the navigation function key 21 to input a selection command, that is, an OK command to the mobile communication terminal, the control unit 40 displays a web page having the address input in the address window, (S10), and similarly, a mouse pointer or a tab is positioned in the area where the address window is displayed (S3).

If the user of the mobile communication terminal subsequently operates the navigation function key 21 to move the mouse pointer or the tab (E2), the control unit 40 controls the mouse The pointer or tab is moved (S4).

That is, the mouse pointer or tab is moved to the unit of the image having the linked address, or to the unit of the text or the unit of the image or the text, according to the setting in the past. If the user releases the function of moving the mouse pointer or tab in the link unit, the mouse pointer or tab will move at predetermined intervals instead of moving to the item having the linked address.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a mobile communication terminal having a navigation function key according to another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. In this embodiment, when the web browser is executed in the mobile communication terminal and the navigation function key is operated for the first time, by default, the option window 11 is displayed on the display unit 10 so that the user can change the movement form of the mouse pointer or tab .

That is, when the web browser is executed in the mobile communication terminal (S11), the control unit 40 displays a web page on the display unit 10 and places a mouse pointer or a tab on the address window (S12).

Thereafter, when the navigation function key is operated (E3), the navigation function key is operated for the first time after the execution of the web browser, so the option window 11 is displayed (S13).

Accordingly, the user of the mobile communication terminal can select the moving form of the mouse pointer or tab using the displayed option window 11, and then manipulates the navigation function key 21 to move the mouse pointer or the tab to a desired item (E4).

Accordingly, when the navigation function key is operated according to the set movement mode, the control unit 40 moves the mouse pointer or tab (S14). That is, when the navigation function key is operated to the left or right, the mouse pointer or the tab is moved to the left or right, and when the navigation function key is operated upward or downward, the mouse pointer or the tab is also moved upward or downward.

As described above, the present invention describes a case where a mouse pointer or a tab is moved to a link address among a plurality of items (text, audio file, video file, frame, link address, etc.) constituting a web page. Even when the mouse pointer or the tab is set to move to the link address, the mouse pointer or the tab can be set to move in units of text, image, or image, in units of text linked with an arbitrary address as described above.

The mobile communication terminal having the navigation function key and the control method of the present invention configured as described above and the control method thereof allow a user of the mobile communication terminal to move a mouse pointer or a tab to an item linked with an arbitrary Internet address on a web page The time required for using the Internet service using the mobile communication terminal can be reduced and the convenience can be improved.

Claims (8)

Displaying a web page screen; A key having a navigation function is operated; And And moving the mouse pointer or the tab in units of items in the web page according to the operation of the navigation function key. 2. The method of claim 1, Wherein when the item to which the mouse pointer or the tab is moved is not located on the currently displayed web page screen, the web page screen is moved to display the item to which the mouse pointer or the tab is moved. And controlling the mobile communication terminal. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the item is at least one of a text, a video file, an audio file, a frame, and a link address. The method according to claim 1, Further comprising the step of displaying an option window for changing the type of the item to which the mouse pointer or the tab is to be moved. 5. The method of claim 4, Wherein the option window comprises a menu including the type of the mouse pointer or the item to which the tab is movable and a menu for releasing the function for moving the mouse pointer or tab on an item by item basis. A method of controlling a communication terminal. A display unit for displaying a web page; A key having a navigation function; And And a controller for moving a mouse pointer or a tab displayed on the display unit in units of items in the web page when the navigation function key is operated. The method according to claim 6, Further comprising a wireless communication unit for receiving a web page displayed on the display unit. The method according to claim 6, Wherein the navigation function key is a joystick key.

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