KR101498242B1 - User interface system - Google Patents

Abstract

A user interface system is disclosed. The user interface system includes a sensing unit having a plurality of physical buttons and outputting different operation signals according to the sliding operation directions of the physical buttons and the physical buttons, and a signal output unit for outputting operation signals output by the sensing unit A remote controller including a part; And a display system for receiving an operation signal from the remote controller and displaying operation state information according to the operation signal on a display screen.

Description

User interface system {User interface system}

 The present invention relates to a user interface system, and more particularly, to a character input device (i.e., a user input device) having a plurality of buttons and capable of recognizing a sliding direction of each button, The present invention relates to a user interface system in which characters that can be input correspond to respective sliding directions of specific buttons and are applied based on the easily recognizable alphabetical order (that is, a principle character array reference as described later).

With the spread of the Internet and the development of digital broadcasting technology, the use of the two-way broadcasting service provided using the high-speed Internet network is increasing. The bidirectional broadcasting service is a service for providing information services, video contents, broadcasting and the like to a bidirectional broadcasting receiver (for example, IP TV, DMB receiver, set-top box, etc.) using a high-speed Internet. , Home banking, online games, MP3, and various contents and additional services provided by the Internet.

However, in order to provide such a service, a user must search for contents and characters using a remote controller, and input various commands. Therefore, when characters are to be input using the remote controller, the operation becomes complicated due to the limitations of the character input device of the remote controller, and the user has a problem that the user feels inconvenience accordingly.

A conventional character input method using a remote controller as a user input device is a method of pressing a corresponding character button similar to a character input method of a mobile phone. Therefore, the user has to press the corresponding button of the remote controller in order to input the character, and the user has to input the character while watching the remote controller and the screen.

In this case, various methods are available for detecting a direction and inputting characters. As a user input device, a UI (User Interface) on the display for the directional sensing input device has the same keyboard layout as a conventional keyboard connected to a conventional PC The directional detection button is operated to search for a desired character or to select a character which is not located sequentially because the positions of the respective characters are not sequentially arranged in such a manner that a plurality of adjacent characters are arranged around the circle of the circle of use or uniformity, There is.

Therefore, there is a need for a UI method on a display on which a smooth character input can proceed without requiring a special learning and without having to watch the remote controller and the screen together.
In the case of the existing QWERTY keyboard, the UI for inputting characters consists of one button for each character. As a result, a large number of buttons are displayed on the screen. As a result, the distances between the buttons are small at the time of inputting, which causes a difficulty in inputting characters by the user at the time of inputting.

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Typically, the character input UI used in the remote control is a combination of a commonly used numeric keypad from 0 to 9 and a special character keypad such as "*" and "#" to use a total of 12 keys for character input. In this case, since the number of characters to be inputted is more than 24 (12) keys available as the consonant and the vowel 24 characters in the case of Hangul and 26 characters in the English case, usually 3 to 4 characters are displayed in a key of one number, And a specific character is selected according to the number of times the key is repeatedly pressed. That is, if 'a', 'b', and 'c' are displayed on the numeric '1' key, 'A' is input when this key is pressed once, 'b' is inputted when it is pressed twice, In this case, 'c' is input. However, a method of inputting a relatively large number of characters (Korean character consonants: 24 characters, English characters: 26 characters) to a user input device having a keypad with a limited number (0 to 9) It is difficult to know intuitively. Therefore, there is a problem that not only inconvenience but also the time required for character input is prolonged because the input rule of the button is always printed or the character is input while confirming the display outputted on the screen. In addition, in the case of the QWERTY keyboard UI, all input buttons are listed on the screen, so there are too many input buttons to input each button by clicking each button with the mouse cursor of the remote control, and when using the physical keyboard, Because you have to use both hands to input and find a place to support the physical keyboard, there are many inconveniences in using it in the living room.

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An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for arranging characters to be input by arranging and grouping them in an intuitive and simple square shape button and displaying them on a display device, It is in the cage.

In the present invention, the input button of a character is divided into four, and a UI in which characters to be input in each button are arranged in alphabetical order (that is, a principle character array basis such as a b c, abc, etc.) is displayed on a display screen, The user input device recognizes the sliding direction of the button and the sliding button, and transmits the corresponding signal to the set-top device.

The present invention relates to a user input device (i.e., a remote controller) for recognizing a sound by pressing a specific button and recognizing a horizontal direction and generating a signal related to the key input, A user interface (UI) controlled by a set-top box and a set-top box that controls a user interface (UI) operation, (I.e., UI display information).

Preferably, the remote controller may further include a screen (i.e., a display unit) for allowing the remote controller itself to confirm the UI display information displayed on the display screen.

Meanwhile, when a character input state according to an embodiment of the present invention, a character selection UI in which characters inputted in accordance with a principle character array reference are arranged in order is automatically called and displayed on a display screen.

In a process of inputting or displaying a character, the character selection UI displayed on the display screen can be modified according to the user's signal to display a feed back of character input. Here, the feedback includes a method of concentrating on characters to be input through a method of enlarging and displaying the characters displayed on the display screen.

In the character selection UI, a separate window showing the result of character input can be added. By using the character input window, it is possible to check the spelling of words and sentences instead of spelling. The method may further include displaying a cursor on the display screen indicating a character input position in an area where the selected character and the selected character are displayed for input.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a user interface system including: a sensing unit having a plurality of physical buttons and outputting different operation signals according to sliding directions of physical buttons and physical buttons; A remote controller including a signal output unit for transmitting an operation signal output by the remote controller; And a display system for receiving an operation signal from the remote controller and displaying operation state information according to the operation signal on a display screen, wherein when the user interface system is operated in a mouse mode, A plurality of mouse UIs (User Interface) corresponding to the mouse cursor and the plurality of physical buttons are displayed, and a cursor movement speed for moving the mouse cursor is assigned to each mouse UI differently, Recognizes a certain physical button and an operation on a certain sliding direction by using the operation signal received from the remote controller, and controls the mouse cursor so as to correspond to the sliding direction recognized as the cursor moving speed assigned to the mouse UI corresponding to the recognized physical button Characterized in that it displays a moving image The user interface system is provided.

The display system comprising: a display for displaying the operation state information on the display screen; And a set-top box that receives an operation signal from the remote controller and controls the display so that operation state information according to the operation signal is displayed on the display screen.

When the user interface system is operated in the character input mode, a plurality of character selection UIs corresponding to the plurality of physical buttons are displayed on the display screen of the display system, A plurality of characters to be processed can be assigned to be selected corresponding to each of the operation directions.

The character selection UI can be previously assigned so that different characters are selected for the sliding operation direction in the left, upper left, upper, upper right, lower right, lower and lower left directions of the corresponding physical button.

The plurality of characters assigned to the character selection UI can be sequentially allocated in a clockwise direction according to a predetermined character array reference from a character to be processed when the corresponding physical button is slid to the left direction.

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If a plurality of characters assigned to the character selection UI are English characters,

If the plurality of characters assigned to the character selection UI are Hangul consonants, it may be a sort order of a c.

The remote controller and the display system can communicate using an IR signal or an RF signal.

 The remote controller may further include a display unit for displaying operation state information according to the operation signal.

The display unit may include a touch input function.

The remote controller

A button for selecting the mouse mode or the character input mode

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The size of the character selection UI display area in which the plurality of character selection UIs are displayed

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According to various embodiments of the present invention, by arranging each character in eight slidable directions for each button in accordance with a principle character array reference (for example, alphabetical order), character-by-character individual assignment Unlike the conventional multistage condition operation UI (inputting character by adding two-step operation after one-step operation) in which the number of required buttons can be reduced to several buttons and UI changes according to conditions from the beginning, The position of all the character buttons relative to the size of the button is defined within the square-shaped button, and not only the character input button but also the related screen UI (User Interface) for controlling the character input environment can be maintained almost intact. In addition, up to 8 input characters can be assigned to one button to minimize the number of buttons, which makes it possible to input characters more conveniently and quickly.

1 is a block diagram of a user interface system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a user interface system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 shows a state before and after entering a character input mode of a user interface system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 shows a configuration example of character input UI (User Interface) display information of a general QWERTY keyboard layout.
Fig. 5 shows the shape of a general button.
6 is a diagram for explaining a case where a general QWERTY keyboard layout is applied to a remote controller.
Fig. 7 is a diagram for explaining a method of arranging characters in respective areas of a button using a virtual image.
8 is a diagram illustrating an arrangement state of alphabetic character plates in which alphabetic characters are arranged in four regions of each button.
9 shows a virtual image when four directions in addition to the four regions of each button are additionally provided for information input.
FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining a case where characters are assigned to the eight regions of each button in the arrangement order of the QWERTY keyboards.
11 is a diagram for explaining a case of using square or rectangular button shapes according to an embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a diagram for explaining a case where eight characters are grouped and a case where one character is allocated in a general manner.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a case where a user pushes up the button 1 upward (the button 1 is slid upward) as an example according to the present invention. FIG.
14 is a diagram for explaining the difference between the case where the character selection UI is allocated by the arrangement order of the QWERTY system and the case where the character selection UI is allocated by the principle of the character array arrangement.
FIG. 15 is a diagram for explaining the sequence of the button when following the handwriting rules of the note according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
FIG. 16 illustrates a process of applying selected characters on a display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
17 shows an example in which a USB receiver is coupled to a set-top box according to an embodiment of the present invention.
18 shows an example of a shape change of a button included in a character selection UI displayed on a display screen when a character input signal according to an embodiment of the present invention is received.
FIG. 19 shows an example in which a user adjusts the display size of a character selection UI for inputting characters displayed on a display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 20 is a diagram for explaining a method of operating a character input window, a window closing, and the like using a mouse according to an embodiment of the present invention.
21 shows an example of assigning Hangul characters to each button region according to the embodiment of the present invention.
22 shows a process of inputting a " t "character according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 23 shows a process of inputting "ㅓ, ㅗ, a, ㅜ" according to the embodiment of the present invention.
24 shows the function of the mouse mode according to the embodiment of the present invention.
25 shows the function of the general operation button according to the embodiment of the present invention.
26 is an example of inserting special characters and frequently used PC keyboard functions into the character input UI according to the embodiment of the present invention.

Throughout the specification it is clear that 'alphabet' does not mean 'the alphabet' but 'alphabetical order'.

In other words, throughout the specification, when referring to 'alphabetical order', this is not only the case of listing the 'ABC' order of the English language, but also the order of the unique alphabet of a country using a language other than English , Abc in the case of Hangul consonants, and abc in the case of English). In this specification, the character specific order of each language is collectively referred to as a 'principle character array reference'.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions will not be described in detail if they obscure the subject matter of the present invention. It should also be noted that the following examples are intended to illustrate the invention and not to limit it.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a user interface system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a character selection UI 160 in which characters to be input in accordance with a principle character array reference are respectively assigned to a display screen 220 for inputting characters FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining a displayed process. FIG. 1, the remote controller 110 as a user input device includes a sensing unit 120 and a signal output unit 130, and the set-top unit 210 includes a signal receiving unit 140 and a controller 150 , The display 220 displays the character selection UI 160 on the screen under the control of the controller 150.

The display 220 may be implemented as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) as a display unit in which a character selection UI is finally displayed. In some cases, a CRT (Cathode-ray tube), a PDP (Plasma display panel), an OLED diodes, and the like. Here, the character selection UI 160 may not be responsible for outputting the character input of the sensing unit 120 according to circumstances. Characters that can be input using the character selection UI 160 displayed on the display 220 include common characters such as Korean, English, Japanese (Hiragana, Katakana), Chinese, Roman letters, Greek letters and the like. However, even if a non-English speaking country is selected, the character selection UI 160 described in the present specification can be applied to the character selection UI 160 in accordance with the language-specific character order (that is, Means UI which assigns each character to 8 directions one by one.

As shown in FIG. 2, the set-top apparatus 210 (FIG. 1) and the display (220 in FIG. 1) may be integrated into one display system 340.

 3, the character selection UI 360 is not displayed on the screen 350 of the display in a situation where a character input is unnecessary.

On the other hand, in the right picture, the character input UI 380 has entered the character input mode, and a character selection UI 360 for selecting a character to be input is displayed on the screen of the display 390. At this time, a character input arrangement UI including not only the character selection UI 360 but also the input window 400 can be displayed. In addition to the character input result being output to the search word input window 380, A sentence or the like can also be confirmed in the input window 400.

Referring to FIG. 4, a character selection UI 410 of a general QWERTY keyboard layout provides Korean and English modes, and one Korean character 430 and one English character 420 are assigned to each button. Therefore, only one letter is normally allocated to one button 440 in English.

Referring to Fig. 5, the shape of such a conventional button has mainly a rectangular shape. In some cases, the round (R) is inserted into the four corners. In this case, however, the value 450 is not large and may be regarded as a rectangle or a rectangle.

In the case of a hand held device such as a remote control 460 or a mobile phone for movement, since the size of the device itself is small, the size of the button is also limited. In the case of the normal QWERTY keyboard layout, as shown in FIG. 6, 26 buttons 470 are required to fully occupy only the character input. When such a large number of buttons are inserted into the remote controller 460, the size of the button necessarily becomes extremely small.

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However, it is obvious that the size of the finger 480 that can press the button can not be reduced by the same ratio as the size of the button 470 that has been reduced. This is inevitably accompanied by inconveniences of typos and character input.

 To solve this problem, a virtual image is first applied. Prior to applying the virtual image, it is assumed that the input inconvenience of the physical button portion of the actual QWERTY layout can be handled in the same manner as the QWAY UI layout UI on the virtual image.

Referring to FIG. 7, when a figure in the drawing is printed and the printed paper is viewed perpendicularly to the paper, the upper part 500 of the button, the lower part 520 of the button, the left part 490 of the button, (510) on the right-hand side of FIG.

Therefore, it can be recognized that these four regions can be distinguished by anyone, and even if different characters are arranged here, the characters can be distinguished according to the region classification criteria. Any characters A (530), B (540), C (550), and D (560) may be arranged on the right, upper, left, and lower sides, respectively, as illustrated in FIG.

If another alphabet letter is arranged in this hypothetical area, it can be understood that it is arranged as shown in FIG. However, in this case, too, the number of the buttons is too large, so that the size of the button 580 becomes too small as compared with the size of the human finger 570 in the case of the user input device holding the hand and inputting characters like the remote control 590. In this case, even if an actual character is input, the size of each button 580 is small, and it becomes very difficult to input and control four characters in one button in a sliding manner. It is obvious that the number of controllable buttons must be reduced for convenient control. In order to do so, it is possible to add four diagonal areas 600, as shown in Fig. 9, in addition to the existing east, west, north, and south. It is obvious that this can be applied equally to a rectangle, a rectangle with a large R value, or even a circular button.

For example, in the case of the north-west direction of the circular button, even if a circular button printed on the ground is placed horizontally on the ground, it is virtually recognized that the button is perpendicular to the ground and the same direction as the north- You can.

 These virtual images require some inevitable array rules.

When the arrangement of the buttons is arranged in the order of QWERTY, QWERTY, UP, UP, left, right, bottom left, , The grouping of the buttons according to the sliding direction can not contribute to the prediction of the position of the corresponding input character.

However, as shown in FIG. 11, when alphabetically (620), which is a principle character array reference for English, people can easily predict which button the character is assigned when inputting any character. The shape of the letter input button is generally rectangular (640) or square (630) rather than a circular shape. This means that the size of the button in a limited space is maximized. In general, (640) or a square (630). And four corners 650 in a universal rectangular or square shape. These four corners allow people to easily distinguish between east, west, north, and diagonal directions in terms of design. As mentioned above, this rectangular shape of the universal input character is grouped from the beginning by 8 characters in alphabetical order based on the principle character array by summing the directions of diagonals of east, west, south and north in four directions in one button , It is possible to predict that a character will be placed in any button even if an alphabetic character that can be inputted to each button is not inserted, as shown in FIG. Referring to FIGS. 12 and 13, in which 8 characters are grouped (660) as an example of a character allocation scheme based on a principle character array reference, if C is to be input, the surface of the button provided on the remote controller 590 Even if the assigned input character is not written, it is easy to recognize that C is located in the first button.

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However, when the characters are respectively allocated as shown in FIG. 10 (610), only the buttons are listed and if the input character is not written on the surface of the button, the user can slide the button upward, It is difficult to predict which character is selected as a result of sliding.

However, if each character is allocated in alphabetical order based on the principle of character array so as to correspond to the sliding direction of each button as shown in FIG. 13, if the button is slid upward (690), the user can easily see which character It becomes possible to predict.

FIG. 14 shows that, when characters 710 are allocated to each button in accordance with a principle character array reference, when the allocation order is arranged in a clockwise direction 720, which is a normal rotation direction when the button is applied to a button, , Indicating that all four buttons can be imaged in the head 730.

As shown in FIG. 15, the order of the buttons is used from the left to the right when writing characters and the method of going to the left of the next line 750 is applied when the inputting of the characters of the single line 740 is completed. The handwriting of a note usually starts from the upper left corner, filling in a single line, and then applying the prevailing rule that it starts at the line just below the left of the next line, and positions the second and third buttons. In this case, the user is informed that the buttons are arranged in the order of note-taking from the upper left, that the letters are arranged in the clockwise direction in alphabetical order, and that input characters are arranged one by one according to the sliding direction With unplaced rules, you can easily enter the desired characters.

Various methods are currently known for sensing the sliding and sliding directions of the buttons on the horizontal plane, so that the description thereof will be omitted.

 16 shows a remote control 800 including a sensing unit 120 for sensing selection and sliding of the physical buttons 760 and 810, a display system 780 with a built-in set-top box and a display system 780 on the screen of the display system 780 The character selection UI 790 shown in FIG. The set-top box may be separated from the display as described above with reference to FIG. If the user presses one of the physical buttons 810 provided on the remote controller 800 and pushes the physical button 810 upward in the upward direction 830, the detection unit 120 of the remote controller 800 detects the physical button 810, Information is provided through the signal output unit 130 to the display system 780 in which the set-top box is built. The display system 780 recognizes that one physical button 810 has been slid in the upward direction 830 according to the information received from the remote controller 800 and recognizes that one of the character selection UIs displayed on the screen is the physical button 810 Quot ;, which is a character assigned to the upward direction of one character selection UI corresponding to the position, is displayed in a larger size, and " c ", which is a character selected for the user to input in the search word input window 850, (860).

In FIG. 17, the character selection signal (that is, a signal as a result of sliding a physical button of any one of the plurality of physical buttons and sliding in a predetermined direction) is output by the signal output unit 130 in the remote controller to an external And transmitted to the signal receiving unit 140 in the set-top box. Of course, in the case of the display integrated type as shown in FIG. 2, rather than the external set top box, the signal receiving unit 140 may be provided in the display system 340. Also, the signal receiving unit 140 may receive a character selection signal through a separate device such as a set-top box or a USB receiver 890 connected to a display system, as shown in FIG.

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 The generation of the character selection UI displayed on the screen of the display connected to the set-top box by a separate program or the like in the set-top box or the like is determined by the character selection signal received by the signal receiving unit 140. In addition, the function of outputting input characters located in the sliding direction of the physical button to a search word input window or a task window is also performed.

Fig. 18 shows an example of the highlight function. A ring 990 surrounding the periphery of the second character selection UI of the four character selection UIs is added on the existing character selection UI area to indicate that the character selection signal has been selected. If the second physical button of the physical buttons provided on the remote controller 800 is slid in the left upper diagonal direction in the state where the physical button is pushed, the "J" assigned to the upper left of the second character selection UI existing at the corresponding position Not only the output 960 is displayed on the window, but also the shape of the "J" of the second character selection UI becomes larger and the beer bottle shaped ring 970 inverted around the J character is wrapped and highlighted.

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It is also confirmed in FIG. 18 that the total size of the shape of the selected character selection UI 990 among the four character selection UIs is larger than the shape of another character selection UI 1010 which is not selected. Also, it can be confirmed that the character 970 in the diagonal direction is larger than the surrounding character 980 in the non-selected direction.

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Because the inverted beer bottle shape 970 remains in the last letter "J" (that is, "J" is entered as the last letter in the search word input window) As shown in FIG. In addition, this function also serves to promptly notify whether or not the character detected as being input by the sensing unit 120 is correct or not.

In a method of processing information displayed on a display screen according to an embodiment of the present invention, characters that can be input by remote control operation of a user are assigned to each character selection UI in principle (for example, alphabetical order) A second step of detecting a sliding direction of any one of the physical buttons provided on the remote controller by the sensing unit 120 and outputting the sensed direction through the signal output unit 130, The user may change the character on the character selection UI corresponding to the detection signal from the sensing unit among the characters assigned to the character selection UIs displayed on the screen corresponding to the sliding direction sensed by the second step, To the user as a display.

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Usually, the display means a large LCD module such as a TV, but also includes an LCD display provided in a remote controller. The LCD display provided in the remote controller may include a touch input function for inputting information.

FIG. 19 shows an example in which the user freely adjusts the size ratio of the character selection UI display area 1020 to the screen size of the display 1030. FIG.

Here, the button for controlling the ratio is exemplified by the remote controller, but it is clear that there is no restriction on the display or the set-top device. It is obvious that such a character input window can be additionally disposed in the character input UI.

20, the character selection UI display window 1040 itself can be conveniently used by inserting a window close button 1060 or a button 1050 for reducing the window size to a certain ratio. Also, for convenience, the user can drag the character selection UI display window 1070 using the mouse 1080, move (1070), and then input characters.

As mentioned earlier, it is clear that the alphabetical order in the specification is not simply a term referring to the ABC order of English.

The concept of alphabetical order refers to the principle character array standard, which is the order in which the components of each language are known, either explicitly or unintentionally. Therefore, it can be said that the same conditions can be established in countries with similar language structure as ABC in English, as well as in France and Germany, as well as Japan, which has the same sentence structure as the alphabet.

 FIG. 21 shows an example in which Korean consonants are arranged by applying a character array reference in principle as described above.

As in the case of grouping each button in the clockwise direction according to the alphabetical order normalized in English, the consonants of the Korean alphabet are arranged in the order of the consonants, starting from the left center 1090 of the character selection UI in the clockwise direction Grouping.

However, in the case of Hangul, unlike English, consonants and vowels are separated, and since consonants and vowels are combined to form a single character,

In the case of the basic consonants, the consonants are arranged in the order of the consonants, but the consonants are arranged in the first and third button UIs, not in the button UIs of the first and second buttons, Place it on the right side mainly, so that the left button and the right button are combined without bias to make a single letter.

Another arrangement rule applied to FIG. 22 is that in the case of Hangul vowel, a unique creation principle and shape are arranged in the image according to the sliding direction 1100 of the button.

In Fig. 22, a process of creating a " T "character 1110 by using a collection button is shown. The user presses the second physical button assigned to the vowel on the remote control, and then the button is lowered to 1100 (down). This is because the act of clicking the button is regarded as (1120) and it is understood that sliding the button down makes it a lag.

The way of the vowel 'ㅓ, ㅗ, a, ㅜ' is when 'ㅜ' is written, 'ㅡ; If you apply 'ㅓ' to another 'ㅓ, ㅗ, a' by expanding the principle that 'ㅜ' is created by writing a stroke and writing 'ㅣ' later, you can press the button itself or touch the corresponding UI It can be regarded as the final sliding direction of the button by displaying the 'ㅣ' as an act of touching and imaging it in the direction of writing the letters.

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In Fig. 23, the figure shows how the four letters "ㅓ, ㅗ, a," "(clockwise) are created. Here, the arrangement rule of 'ㅕ, ㅛ, ㅑ, ㅠ' is that the letter with one stroke added to each letter of 'ㅓ, ㅗ,,, ㅜ' is arranged at the side diagonal position, It is obvious that the user can easily understand the character input button UI.

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Fig. 24 shows a method of controlling the mouse cursor 1140 displayed on the screen of the display using the physical button 1130. Fig. The UI 1150 on the screen of the display is changed and displayed on the mouse UI in the character selection UI. Also, cursors 1160 of different sizes are displayed in three of the four mouse UIs displayed on the display screen so as to correspond to the four physical buttons provided on the remote controller, When the user presses an arbitrary physical button to slide in an arbitrary direction, the physical button is displayed on the display screen in the sliding direction according to the cursor moving speed designated in the mouse UI corresponding to the pressed physical button. The cursor is moved. The third button 1170 and the fourth button 1180 function as a mouse UI for displaying the left and right functions of the commonly used PC mouse, respectively. Here, the displayed UI on the screen of the display is directly changed by the selection of the character input mode switching button 1190 and the mouse mode switching button 1200 provided in the remote controller.

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25 is a diagram showing general operation buttons displayed on the remote controller 1230 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, the display device is a TV as an example. As shown in FIG. 25, the remote controller according to the present embodiment may be provided with input buttons such as a TV volume control 1210 and a channel change 1220 in addition to a character input by sliding.

The remote control is a language mode button located on the internal mounting keypad 1240 and modifies the mode by using a special key 1290 and a numeric mode button 1280 in addition to the Korean alphabet 1250, the English lower case character 1270 and the upper case character 1260, Character input button You can change the character display of UI signal output. The number of input characters that make up the language of each country differs from country to country. In English, it consists of 26 characters. On the other hand, in Korea, there are 14 consonants and 10 vowels, total of 24 except for compound consonants and compound vowels. Currently, the number of alphabetic characters of letter input according to most PC keyboards is almost identical and standardized in each country. Thus, the array that can be used most effectively when referring to slide input means to use four buttons.

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It is difficult to assign all the slide directions assigned to the four buttons to the character input buttons when configuring UI such as Korean / English, German / English with four buttons. However, it is obvious that it is easy to insert frequently used functions or special keys when characters are input in the remaining direction in the configuration of four buttons.

26 is a diagram in which special characters and frequently used input function keys are inserted into the character selection UI.

The input function key may be, for example, a key 1300 for moving the cursor displayed on the screen, a space key 1310 for displaying a space on the screen, an enter key 1320 for inputting, and the like.

As mentioned above, the input function key is normally 26 letters in the case of the English language, and in other countries, it is hard to fit exactly 32 letters in the same level, It is possible to easily apply a function for performing functions other than the inputting of characters in an unallocated space.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

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110: a sensing unit for sensing a slide input and a remote control unit for outputting a signal for the sensing unit
120: a sensing unit for sensing a slide input
130: a signal output unit for sending the detected slide input signal to the settop box
140: a signal receiving section for receiving a detection signal from the remote control;
150: a control unit for implementing a detection signal from the remote controller according to a mode,
160: Button UI for displaying the function in the control unit on the screen with UI
210: a set-top device for controlling a reception signal from a remote controller and implementing the signal in a button UI
220: Button UI algorithm for visualizing the reception signal from the remote controller and
Display device
340: a display device having a separate set-top device or a set-top device
350: Screen of the display device
360-1: Display device with button UI composed of 4 buttons
380: a search character which receives a signal from a remote controller to which a slide input device is applied,
390: Display device with button UI
400: Character input confirmation window separately installed in the button UI
410: Character T
420: character B
430: Converted to B character and Korean character conversion key on the general PC keyboard, corresponding "ㅠ" character
450: Key with B and "t" character assigned
460: Remote control
470: QWERTY keyboard layout
480: Finger
490: Westward direction
500: North direction
510: east direction
520: South direction
530: Westward direction
540: North direction
550: east direction
560: South direction
570: Finger
580: A method in which characters are assigned only in the east, west, north, and north directions
590: General remote control size to hold in your hand
600: line direction
610: First button of 4 buttons UI, character assigned to north slide direction
620: Characters on the UI arranged alphabetically
630: Square Button UI Button
640: Rectangular UI Button
660: Group 8 character arrays
670: 3rd character of group 1
680: the fifth character of the 26-character group
690: Slide north
700: Show slides in the north direction Promised characters
710: One of the alphabetic characters
720: Clockwise positioning
730: Imagine a character array in your head
740: Enter the first line of text
750: Enter the next line of characters
760: Detection unit of slide character input
770: Character output when the slide character input detection unit detects the north direction
780: Screen of the display device on which the UI for TV is displayed
790: Button for displaying direction and position information of character to be input UI
800: Remote control with slide input function
810: Button assembly for slide letter input
820: Pressing the first button on the button UI,
Character to display when uploading
830: Weight of button combination that can input slide letter.
Slide motion raised in north-north direction
840: Weight of button combination that can input slide letter
When the sliding operation is performed in the forward direction,
Visible UI
850: Search window in common web browser
860: When the first button of the remote control is slid in the forward direction,
text
870: Remote control to control TV UI
880: Signal sent from remote control
890: USB receiver that can receive various control signals sent from remote controller
900: Set-top box for processing the transmission signal of the remote control
920: Screen included in the display device
930: any web browser and search window implemented on the screen
940: TV UI controlled from separate set-top device
950: When the button is pressed from the remote control and the slide detection signal is not received, the UI
960: When you press the second button on the remote control and slide it to the northwest,
970: Enlarged characters selected
980: Characters not selected around
990: When the second button is pressed, the enlarged button UI
1010: Button with no button detection signal input from remote control UI
1020: Button UI reduced to 50% of full screen size
1030: Screen of the display device including the function of enlarging and reducing the size of the UI button
1040: Text input button window containing text input button UI
1050: Icon to minimize text input button window
1060: Close icon to turn off TV UI information display function
1070: Text input button window moved to drag function
1080: Mouse cursor to move letter input button window
1090: "a" letter placed in the left center of the first button
1100: Moving the second button downward in Hangul input mode
1120: Picture depicting the act of pressing a button
1130: Mouse cursor movement and left mouse button
The slide button assembly of the remote control
1140: Mouse cursor displayed on the screen
1150: Display state of TV UI in mouse mode
1160: Different size of icons that can display the speed of speed in letter input window changed to mouse mode
1170: The third button on the TV UI with the left mouse button displayed
1180: The fourth button on the TV UI with the right mouse button displayed
1210: Volume button for adjusting the volume
1220: Channel button for adjusting channel
1230: Remote control with slide detection button, press detection button and various character input modes
1240: Rubber keypad mounted on remote control
1250: Korean input mode button
1260: Upper case letter input mode button
1270: Lower case input mode button
1280: Numeric input mode button
1290: Special character input mode button
1300: UI displaying delete function
1310: UI displaying space function
1320: UI displaying enter function
1400: Direction of slide input on the remote control
1401: External input mode button
1402: Display device with set-top box function
1403: Set top box which is an example of external input mode
1404: One example of external input mode PC
1414: TV channel input mode button
1415: When changing to TV channel input mode 0
1416: When changing to TV channel input mode Number 9
1417: UI shape of TV channel input mode
1420: Korean character input mode button
1425: Text input dialog
1426: Display device with built-in set-top box function
1427: TV channel entered by the user
1430: TV / PC external input button
1431: Alphabet letter input mode UI
1432: UI in normal TV mode
1435: Remote control unit with slide detection
1436: Raise slide button to the north
1437: Volume changed to 2 levels
1438: Volume changed to 3 levels
1440: Alphabet letter input UI in IP TV mode
1441: Example of general media playback device
1442: Move forward function
1443: UI character corresponding to forward function
1451: Media Player window
1452: Basic Features of Media Player
1453: Mouse Function Settings
1454: Setting the keyboard function
1455: Save basic configuration file icon
1456: Basic function setting window

Claims (29)

In a user interface system,
A sensing unit having a plurality of physical buttons for designating one of a mouse mode and a character input mode and outputting different operation signals according to sliding directions of the physical buttons and physical buttons; A remote controller including a signal output unit for transmitting an operation signal output by the sensing unit; And
And a display system for receiving an operation signal from the remote controller and displaying operation state information according to the operation signal on a display screen,
When the mouse mode or the character input mode is designated by the button, the plurality of physical buttons are preset to function in accordance with any one selected mode,
When the user interface system is operated in the mouse mode by designating the mouse mode using the button,
A display screen of the display system displays a plurality of mouse UIs (User Interfaces) respectively corresponding to the mouse cursor and the plurality of physical buttons, and a cursor movement speed for moving the mouse cursor is differently assigned to each mouse UI And,
The display system recognizes a physical button and an operation for a certain sliding direction by using the operation signal received from the remote controller, and corresponds to the sliding direction recognized as the cursor moving speed assigned to the mouse UI corresponding to the recognized physical button The mouse cursor is moved and displayed,
When the user interface system is operated in a character input mode by designating a mouse mode using the button,
A plurality of character selection UIs corresponding to the plurality of physical buttons are displayed on the display screen of the display system, and each of the character selection UIs displays a plurality of characters to be processed correspondingly to the respective sliding operation directions of the corresponding physical buttons Lt; / RTI >
The character selection UI is previously assigned such that different characters are selected for the sliding operation direction in the left, upper left, upper, upper right, lower right, lower and lower left directions of the corresponding physical button User interface system.
The method according to claim 1,
The display system includes:
A display for displaying the operation state information on the display screen; And
And a set-top box that receives an operation signal from the remote controller and controls the display so that operation state information according to the operation signal is displayed on the display screen. delete delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the plurality of characters assigned to the character selection UI are sequentially allocated in a clockwise direction according to a predetermined character array reference from a character to be processed when the corresponding physical button is slid to the left direction, . 6. The method of claim 5,
The principle character array reference is based on an arrangement order of abc when a plurality of characters allocated to the character selection UI are English characters, and when a plurality of characters assigned to the character selection UI are Korean characters, Lt; / RTI >
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the remote controller and the display system communicate using an IR signal or an RF signal. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the remote controller further comprises a display unit for displaying operation state information according to the operation signal. 9. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the display unit has a touch input function. delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the size of the character selection UI display area in which the plurality of character selection UIs are displayed is adjusted to be increased or decreased.
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