KR101624122B1 - Method for providing UI mapping a plurality of motions on common function and device using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

There is provided a UI providing method in which a common function is mapped to a plurality of motions, and a device to which the same is applied. In this UI providing method, when the user motion corresponds to any one of a plurality of motions, a function commonly mapped to the user motion is executed. Thus, since there are many motions that can command a specific function, the user can enter the function command more conveniently and freely by inputting a familiar or desired motion.

UI, motion, functionality, visual effects

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a UI providing method in which a common function is mapped to a plurality of motions, and a device to which the common function is mapped.

The present invention relates to a UI providing method and a device to which the present invention is applied. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of providing a UI used for inputting an execution command for a desired function and a device to which the UI is applied.

The UI is a way to connect the device and the user, so that the user can enter the desired command more conveniently.

In addition to the main purpose of inputting a user command, the UI has a secondary purpose of making the user feel entertainment.

In recent years, UI development tends to be more focused on the latter. This is because consumers' preference for products adopting the UI that better expresses the latter purpose is increasing.

Accordingly, it is required to search for a method of stimulating consumer's psychology through a UI that not only inputs a user command more conveniently but also allows the user to feel entertainment and feel more fun when using the device.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and an apparatus for performing a function mapped in common to a plurality of motions And a device to which the present invention is applied.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a UI providing method comprising: grasping a user's motion; And executing a function commonly mapped to the plurality of motions if the user motion corresponds to any one of a plurality of motions.

It is preferable that the execution step performs the function while displaying the visual effect associated with performing the function differently depending on the type of the up-per-side user motion.

In addition, the details of the visual effect are preferably determined based on at least one of the parameters describing the user motion.

And, the visual elements constituting the visual effect may be proportional to the size of the corresponding parameter.

In addition, the details of the visual effect may be determined according to the content of the content or the content of the background to be reflected in the visual effect.

And, the visual effect may be an animation effect.

It is preferable that the function and the mapping state of the plurality of motions are different for each application.

In the execution step, the function may be executed while displaying at least one of the auditory effect and the tactile effect accompanying the function according to the type of the up-per-side user motion.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device including: a sensing unit sensing a user motion; And a controller for controlling a function mapped in common to the plurality of motions to be performed when the user motion sensed by the sensing unit corresponds to any one of a plurality of motions.

Preferably, the control unit controls the function to be performed while the visual effect associated with performing the function is displayed differently according to the type of up-and-down user's motion.

In addition, the details of the visual effect are preferably determined based on at least one of the parameters describing the user motion.

And, the visual elements constituting the visual effect may be proportional to the size of the corresponding parameter.

In addition, the details of the visual effect may be determined according to the content of the content or the content of the background to be reflected in the visual effect.

And, the visual effect may be an animation effect.

In addition, it is preferable that the function and the mapping state of a plurality of motions are different for each application.

The controller may control the function to be performed while displaying at least one of an auditory effect and a tactile effect incident to performing the function differently depending on the type of the user in the up-and-down user.

As described above, according to the present invention, when user motion corresponds to any one of a plurality of motions, it is possible to execute a function commonly mapped to the motions. Accordingly, since there are a plurality of motions for commanding a specific function, the user can enter the function command more conveniently and freely by inputting a familiar or desired motion.

In addition, since the visual effects appearing for each motion of the user are different, the user can feel more entertainment than the existing UI.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1. Preferred Example

FIG. 1 (a) shows a mobile phone MP in which a GUI is displayed on a touch screen TS. As shown in FIG. 1 (a), it can be seen that one image is displayed in the GUI.

Meanwhile, FIG. 1 (b) shows a 'tip' that hits the right part of the mobile phone MP performed by the user. 1 (c) to Fig. 1 (f), the change of the GUI that occurs when the user hits the right portion of the mobile phone MP according to Fig. 1 (b).

1 (c) to FIG. 1 (f), the GUI displays' the next image appears in the right part of the mobile phone MP that the user taps, and then the zigzag trajectory is drawn, A visual effect that appears in a manner of falling on top ".

If the user has knocked on the "left" part of the mobile phone MP, then the GUI will appear in the " previous "part of the mobile phone MP tapped by the user, You will see a visual effect that appears in a way that falls on top of the current image.

Meanwhile, FIG. 2 (a) also shows a mobile phone MP in which a GUI is displayed on the touch screen TS. FIG. 2 (b) shows a 'motion Snap' in which the mobile phone MP is lightly moved in the air in the left direction, which is performed by the user. 2 (b), the change of the GUI that occurs when the user lightly hits the mobile phone MP in the left-hand direction space is shown in FIGS. 2 (c) to 2 (f).

Referring to FIGS. 2 (c) to 2 (f), in the GUI, the 'next image' appears in the left direction of the mobile phone MP, A visual effect that appears in a way that falls on top of the current image '.

If the user hits the mobile phone MP lightly in the " right "direction, the GUI displays the" previous "image in the" right " The visual effect that appears in the way of falling on top of the current image that has already appeared while drawing a rotating trajectory may have appeared.

Meanwhile, FIG. 3A also shows a mobile phone MP in which a GUI is displayed on the touch screen TS. FIG. 3 (b) shows a 'Bounce' in which the mobile phone MP is lifted up and down by the user. 3 (c) to Fig. 3 (f) show the change of the GUI when the user lifts up and down the mobile phone MP according to Fig. 3 (b).

3 (c) through 3 (f), the GUI displays the following message: 'the next image appears above the mobile phone MP, then follows the downward trajectory, Visual effect "as shown in FIG.

If the user pulls down the mobile phone (MP) and lifts it up, the GUI displays a "previous" image below the mobile phone (MP), then draws the upward trajectory, A visual effect that appears in the way of climbing up ".

Meanwhile, FIG. 4 (a) also shows a mobile phone MP having a GUI on the touch screen TS. FIG. 4B shows a 'Rotate' in which the mobile phone MP is rotated in the left direction, which is performed by the user. The change of the GUI displayed when the user rotates the mobile phone MP in the left direction according to (b) of FIG. 4 is shown throughout (c) to (f) of FIG.

4 (c) to FIG. 4 (f), in the GUI, 'the next image appears in the left direction, which is the direction in which the user rotates the mobile phone MP, A visual effect that appears in a way that overlaps the current image.

If the user rotates the mobile phone MP in the " right "direction, the GUI displays the " previous" image in the "right" The visual effect appears in a way that overlaps the current image that has already been shown.

As shown in the above-described Figs. 1 to 4,

1) a tip for tapping the right side of the mobile phone (MP)

2) a motion (Snap) to lightly move the mobile phone (MP) to the air in the right direction,

3) Bounce up and down the mobile phone (MP), and

4) Rotate the mobile phone MP to the left direction,

The current image already displayed on the touch screen TS disappears and the next image is displayed on the touch screen TS. That is, although the kinds of motions performed by the user are different, the functions executed in the mobile phone MP are the same regardless of the types of motions. This is because the function of 'image flipping' is mapped for all four motions.

However, it is already confirmed that the visual effect provided in the process of passing the image, that is, the present image disappearing and the next image appears, is displayed as a different animation for each motion performed by the user.

2. Visual effects

(1) Motion of  Determined based on parameters

The same kind of motion can be implemented so that the visual effects appear differently depending on the trajectory of the motion. Specifically, in the case of the same type of motion, the visual effects are basically similar, but the visual elements constituting the visual effect are slightly different in detail according to the trajectory of the motion.

For example, if the motion is determined to be 'a tip knocking on the mobile phone MP', the visual effect should basically appear as shown in FIG. 1 (c) through (f) More specifically,

1) The direction in which the next image appears is determined based on the direction of the motion determined by analyzing the trajectory of the motion,

2) The speed at which the next image appears is determined based on the speed of the motion determined by analyzing the trajectory of the motion,

For example, if the speed of the motion is fast, the speed at which the next image appears is fast. If the speed of the motion is slow, the speed at which the next image appears is proportional to the speed of the motion,

3) The extent to which the next image appears and is shaken (rotated) is determined based on the degree of motion (rotation) of the motion determined by analyzing the trajectory of the motion,

For example, if the degree of motion shake (rotation) is large, the next image is displayed, and the degree of shaking (rotation) is large. When the degree of motion shake (rotation) is small, , The degree of shaking (rotating) by the next image appears to be proportional to the degree of motion (rotation) of the motion,

4) As the next image appears, the moving width is determined based on the motion width of the determined motion by analyzing the trajectory of the motion.

For example, if the motion width of the motion is large, the next image is displayed and the moving width is large. If the motion width is small, the next image is displayed and the moving width is decreased. To be proportional to the width.

According to this, the details of the visual effect can be determined on the basis of the parameters describing the motion, such as direction, speed, shake (degree of rotation), motion width, and the like. Of course, it is of course possible to determine the details of visual effects based on these and other kinds of parameters.

(2) of the image or GUI Based on the contents of

Even with the same kind of motion, the details of each different visual effect may be based on other factors than the motion parameters.

One of the other things that can be assumed is the content of the image. For example, if the image is light, small, light, or dynamic, the speed at which the next image appears, the next image appears to swing (rotate), and the next image appears Width and so on.

On the other hand, if the image is dark, large, or heavy, or if the contents are static, the speed at which the next image appears, the next image appears to swing (rotate) This creates a small visual effect.

The detailed contents of the visual effect can be displayed differently based on the content of the image as well as the contents of the GUI desktop.

For example, if the GUI desktop is bright, small, or lightweight, or if the content is dynamic, the speed at which the next image appears, the next image appears to shake (rotate), and the next image appears And the width of the movement creates a large visual effect.

3. Other

In the above embodiments, the application currently being executed in the mobile phone (MP) is assumed as the image viewer, and the UI of the image viewer is displayed on the touch screen (TS).

If, in the UI of an application other than the image viewer (e.g., a music player), the motions presented above can be mapped to other functions. And, in this case, it is needless to say that some of the proposed four motions can be mapped to the same function, but the rest can be mapped to other functions.

Also, in the above embodiment, it is assumed that visual effects appear differently for each kind of motion, but this is also only an example for convenience of explanation. The technical idea of the present invention can be applied as it is in the case where the auditory effect or the tactile effect is different for each kind of motion.

4. Where the present invention is applicable device

In the above embodiments, the UI provided in the mobile phone (MP) is assumed. However, the technical idea of the present invention can also be applied to a device other than the mobile phone (MP). For example, the present invention can be applied to other devices such as an MP3 player, a digital camera, a digital camcorder, and a PMP.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of a device to which the present invention is applicable. 6, the device includes a functional block 110, a touch screen 120, a control unit 130, a storage unit 140, and a motion sensing unit 150.

The function block 110 performs the function inherent in the device. If the device is a mobile phone, the function block 110 performs phone call, SMS, and the like, and if the device is an MP3 player, the function block 110 performs MP3 file playback.

The touch screen 120 functions as a display means for displaying a function execution result of the function block 110 and a GUI, and as a user operation means for inputting a user command.

The storage unit 140 is a storage medium for storing programs, contents, and other data necessary for performing functions of the functional block 110 and providing a GUI.

The motion sensing unit 150 senses the motion of the user who is in the state of holding the device, and transmits the motion sensing result to the control unit 130.

Based on the motion detection result of the motion sensing unit 150, the control unit 130 determines the type of motion and analyzes motion parameters. The control unit 130 controls the function block 110 and controls the GUI display state of the touch screen 120 so that the corresponding function is performed while the visual effect is displayed, using the result of the analysis and the analysis result. Hereinafter, this process will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

6 is a view for explaining a UI providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, when the motion sensing unit 150 senses a motion performed by the user (S210-Y), the controller 130 determines the type of the sensed motion (S220).

If the motion identified in step S220 corresponds to one of the motions commonly mapped to the specific function (S230-Y), the control unit 130 determines the basic contents of the visual effect based on the type of the detected motion (S240).

For example, in the case where the currently executed application is an image viewer, 'motions mapped in common to a specific function' include: 1) a motion of tapping the right portion of a mobile phone (MP); 2) 3) a bounce up and down mobile phone MP; and 4) a motion to rotate the mobile phone MP in the left direction. And so on.

The basic contents of the visual effect refers to the contents of the animation that are displayed through visual effects.

Thereafter, the controller 130 analyzes the motion parameters (S250), and determines details of the visual effects based on the analyzed motion parameters (S260).

Here, the motion parameter refers to, for example, the direction, speed, shake (degree of rotation), motion width, and the like of the motion. The details of the visual effect refer to the direction, speed, shake (degree of rotation), motion width, etc. of the motion to be displayed in the visual effect.

The controller 130 controls the function block 110 and the touch screen 120 to perform the corresponding functions while displaying the visual effects of the contents determined in the steps S240 and S260 in operation S270.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention, Fig.

5 is a block diagram of a device to which the present invention is applicable,

6 is a view for explaining a UI providing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (16)

Determining a user motion; And And executing a function that is commonly mapped to the plurality of different kinds of motions if the user motion corresponds to any one of a plurality of different kinds of motions, Wherein the performing comprises: Wherein the function is executed while displaying a visual effect associated with performing the function differently according to the type of the user's motion. delete The method according to claim 1, The details of the visual effect are, Wherein the determination is based on at least one of the parameters describing the user motion. The method of claim 3, The visual elements that make up the visual effect, Is proportional to the size of the corresponding parameter. The method according to claim 1, The details of the visual effect are, Wherein the visual effect is determined according to the content of the content or the content of the background to be reflected. The method according to claim 1, The visual effect, Wherein the animation is an animation effect. The method according to claim 1, The function and the mapping state of the plurality of motions, A method of providing a UI characterized by being different for each application. The method according to claim 1, Wherein, Wherein the function is executed while displaying at least one of an auditory effect and a tactile effect associated with performing the function differently depending on the type of the downtown user's motion. A sensing unit sensing a user motion; And And a controller for controlling a function mapped to the plurality of different kinds of motions to be performed when the user motion sensed by the sensing unit corresponds to any one of a plurality of different types of motions, Wherein, Wherein the control unit controls the function to be performed while the visual effect accompanying the function is displayed differently according to the type of the moving image user motion. delete 10. The method of claim 9, The details of the visual effect are, Wherein the user motion is determined based on at least one of the parameters describing the user motion. 12. The method of claim 11, The visual elements that make up the visual effect, Is proportional to the size of the corresponding parameter. 10. The method of claim 9, The details of the visual effect are, Wherein the visual effect is determined according to the content of the content to be reflected or the content of the background. 10. The method of claim 9, The visual effect, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > animation < / RTI > effect. 10. The method of claim 9, The function and the mapping state of the plurality of motions, A device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is different for each application. 10. The method of claim 9, Wherein, Wherein at least one of an auditory effect and a tactile effect associated with performing the function is displayed differently according to a type of the downtown user's motion so that the function is executed.

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