KR102017857B1 - Operating method of terminal for displaying tilting emoticon and the terminal thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is an operating method of a terminal for displaying a tilt emoticon, which displays a tilt emoticon including characteristics responding to a tilt in a chat room of an instant message service, receives the tilt input, and activates the tilt emoticon in the chat room based on the input and the characteristics of the tilt.

Description

Method of operation of the terminal for displaying the tilt emoticon and the terminal {OPERATING METHOD OF TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING TILTING EMOTICON AND THE TERMINAL THEREOF}

The following embodiments are related to a method of operating a terminal for displaying a tilted emoticon and the terminal.

Various forms of emoticons are used to effectively convey a user's mood or thought on the Internet or a mobile phone. In particular, with the popularization of Instant Messaging Service (IMS) or Social Network Service (SNS), users use static or dynamic emoticons for the purpose of conveying emotions, intriguing, or enriching conversations. Doing. Therefore, the emoticon is recognized as a new type of language.

However, the current movement of emoticons is only a one-time intriguing interest, and thus its expandability is insufficient to be used in various situations. In addition, the motion and sound reproduction effects of the image generated in the static or dynamic emoticons may not express the complex emotions of the user, for example, a smile.

According to one side, the operation method of the terminal, the chat room of the instant message service, displaying a tilt emoticon including a characteristic in response to the tilt (tilt); Receiving a slope input; And activating the tilt emoticon in the chat room based on the tilt input and the characteristic.

The step of activating the tilt emoticon may include activating the tilt emoticon according to a predetermined property corresponding to at least one of a direction and an angle of the tilt input.

The activating the tilt emoticon according to the preset characteristic may include: enlarging or reducing a size of the tilt emoticon displayed in the chat room corresponding to at least one of a direction and an angle of the tilt input; And replacing the image of the tilt emoticon in response to at least one of a direction and an angle of the tilt input.

The tilt emoticon may include a plurality of images preset for each tilt input, wherein the plurality of images are different from each other and correspond to a state value of the tilt emoticon changed for each tilt input.

The method of operating the terminal may further include deactivating the activated tilt emoticon after activation of the tilt emoticon based on whether a preset deactivation condition is satisfied.

The deactivation condition is a condition in which the activated tilt emoticon obscures the speech bubble displayed in the chat room, a condition in which a preset time is exceeded after activation of the tilt emoticon, and a preset input is received to deactivate the activated tilt emoticon. At least one of a condition, a condition in which a preset input is not received to maintain the activated tilt emoticon, and a condition in which a new tilt emoticon is displayed in the chat room after the tilt emoticon is activated.

The operation method of the terminal may further include reactivating the deactivated tilt emoticon based on whether a preset input is received to reactivate the deactivated tilt emoticon.

The method of operating the terminal further includes receiving an emoticon container corresponding to the inclined emoticon from a server, wherein the emoticon container is configured to set an aspect in which the inclined emoticon is activated for each basic image and inclination input of the inclined emoticon. At least one additional image necessary for activating the characteristic and the tilt emoticon may be included.

The tilt input includes a sequence of a plurality of tilt inputs in a time-series order, and activating the tilt emoticon includes activating the tilt emoticon by further considering the sequence in addition to the tilt input and the characteristic. can do.

Receiving the tilt input may include receiving a tilt input detected at the caller terminal; Alternatively, the method may include receiving a tilt input sensed at the receiver terminal.

The activating the tilt emoticon may include activating the tilt emoticon in the chat room of the receiver terminal based on the tilt input sensed by the caller terminal and the characteristic.

The displaying of the tilt emoticon may include displaying a tilt emoticon including preset selection options in response to the tilt input.

The operation method of the terminal may further include transmitting information on a tilt input based on the selection options to a server.

The method of operating the terminal may include determining whether a second tilt emoticon affecting an activation state of a first tilt emoticon is displayed in one screen with the first tilt emoticon in the chat room; And when the first tilt emoticon and the second tilt emoticon are displayed on the one screen, changing the activation state of the first tilt emoticon as the second tilt emoticon is activated.

Activating the tilt emoticon may include determining whether the tilt input is less than a threshold angle set by the property; And not activating the tilt emoticon according to determining that the tilt input is less than the threshold angle.

1 is a view for explaining a tilt emoticon according to an embodiment.
2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration for displaying a tilt emoticon according to an exemplary embodiment.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a terminal according to an embodiment.
4 illustrates an example of characteristics responsive to tilt in accordance with one embodiment.
5A to 5E are diagrams for describing a display method and an application example of a tilt emoticon according to embodiments.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like reference numerals in the drawings denote like elements. Various modifications may be made to the embodiments described below. The examples described below are not intended to be limited to the embodiments and should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents, and substitutes for them.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of examples. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this specification, terms such as "comprise" or "have" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, input, component, part, or combination thereof described on the specification, and one or more other features. It should be understood that they do not exclude in advance the possibility of the presence or addition of numbers or numbers, steps, inputs, components, components or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. Terms such as those defined in the commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings in the context of the related art and shall not be construed in ideal or excessively formal meanings unless expressly defined in this application. Do not.

In addition, in the description with reference to the accompanying drawings, the same components regardless of reference numerals will be given the same reference numerals and redundant description thereof will be omitted. In the following description of the embodiment, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may unnecessarily obscure the gist of the embodiment, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a view for explaining a tilt emoticon according to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, screens 110, 130, and 150 on which tilt emoticons are displayed are shown.

The tilt emoticon according to an embodiment may include a characteristic that responds to a tilt of the terminal. The tilt emoticon has a property or rule that responds to the tilt, and the tilt emoticon may be activated according to the tilt input. The slope input is an input related to a slope, and may include, for example, a value of a slope or an amount of change of the slope. The tilt emoticon may be activated by, for example, the number of tilt emoticons and a change in tilt occurring in the terminal after transmission. The activated tilt emoticon may change and / or change (replace) according to a characteristic (or rule) responding to the tilt.

Hereinafter, 'activation' may be understood as a concept including not only an operation of switching from an inactive state to an activated state, but also an operation of switching from an activated state to another activated state. In the deactivated state, the tilt emoticon may be displayed as at least one basic image, and in the activated state, the tilt emoticon may be displayed in a form set by a property.

The characteristic that the tilt emoticon responds to the tilt may be provided to the user in a preset form. For example, the caller terminal may download a tilt emoticon having a predetermined property in response to the tilt from the server. In addition, the receiver terminal may receive a tilt emoticon transmitted by the caller terminal through the server. Alternatively, according to an embodiment, the characteristic in response to the tilt may be set by a user's input. For example, the caller terminal may set a characteristic in response to the tilt, and request the server to transmit the tilt emoticon.

Characteristics that respond to tilt include, for example, changing (replace) an image of a tilted emoticon, changing the scale of a tilted emoticon such as zooming out or zooming in, changing the movement or shape of the tilted emoticon, and / or changing the color of the tilted emoticon, etc. It may include, but is not necessarily limited thereto.

Also, the characteristic that responds to the tilt may be set differently for each tilt emoticon. Therefore, different responses may be shown for each of the tilt emoticons in response to the same tilt input. The tilt emoticon may include, for example, a plurality of images preset for each tilt. In this case, the plurality of images are different from each other, and may correspond to a state value of the tilt emoticon that is changed according to the tilt input.

The characteristic in response to the tilt may be set to be activated by whether the tilt input is generated in the terminal.

For example, when a tilt input (for example, a change in tilt) is not detected by the terminal, the tilt emoticon may be displayed in the form of a general static emoticon or a dynamic emoticon. When the tilt input is detected at the terminal, the tilt emoticon may be displayed as being changed to an emoticon of a different image from the one displayed before the tilt input is detected, or may be displayed in a different form of the same image. For example, when user A transmits emoticon a to user B, a tilt emoticon a may be displayed on the terminal screen of user B. In this case, it is assumed that the inclination input is generated by an operation of the user B tilting the terminal or shaking the terminal. When the tilt input is detected, the tilt emoticon a displayed on the terminal screen of the user B may be activated or changed to the emoticon b according to a preset characteristic (or rule) in response to the tilt input, or may be changed into another form.

In addition, the characteristic that the tilt emoticon responds to the tilt may be variously set for each tilt.

For example, it is assumed that the tilt emoticon displayed on the screen 110 is displayed as a basic image (hereinafter, 'basic image') 115 displayed when the tilt input is not detected by the terminal. In addition, when the terminal is input a tilt change of 10 degrees to 30 degrees to the left side, the basic image 115 of the tilt emoticon is changed to the first image 135, and the tilt change of 10 degrees to 30 degrees to the right. When is input, a property of changing the base image 115 of the tilt emoticon to the second image 155 may be set.

When the user tilts the terminal 20 degrees to the left, the basic image 115 of the tilt emoticon may be changed to the first image 135 in which the character runs on the treadmill as shown on the screen 130. Alternatively, when the user tilts the terminal 15 degrees to the right, the basic image 115 of the tilt emoticon may be changed to the second image 155 on which the character is lying as shown on the screen 150.

In this case, the tilt input generated by the terminal may be measured or detected by a tilt detection sensor, a magnetic field sensor, a gyroscope, a two-axis or three-axis acceleration sensor, and the like.

The tilt emoticon may be displayed through the chat room. In this case, the chat room may be a 1: 1 chat room or a group chat room connected to three or more user terminals.

According to an embodiment, the tilt emoticon displayed on the receiver terminal may be activated in response to the tilt input of the caller terminal instead of the tilt input of the receiver terminal. For example, the caller terminal may receive the tilt input of the caller and transmit the tilt input to the receiver terminal through the server. The receiver terminal may receive a tilt input of the caller terminal from the server, and activate the tilt emoticon based on the tilt input of the caller.

According to an embodiment, the tilt emoticon displayed on the caller terminal may be activated in response to the tilt input of the receiver terminal. If there are a plurality of receiver terminals such as a group chat room, at least one receiver terminal is selected by a preset method, and in response to a tilt input of the selected at least one receiver terminal, the caller terminal and / or the remaining receiver terminal (s) may be selected. The tilt emoticon can be activated.

In the above embodiments, the tilt emoticon may further include information on the subject activating the tilt emoticon. As described below, the tilt emoticon may be transmitted in the form of an emoticon container, and may include information on a subject that activates the tilt emoticon.

In one embodiment, the expression of emotion can be maximized through variously changing inclination emoticons according to the input of the inclination of the sender terminal or the receiver terminal. For example, a complex emotion such as laughter can be easily expressed.

According to an embodiment, a condition for deactivating the activated tilt emoticon and / or a condition for reactivating the deactivated tilt emoticon may be preset. The deactivation condition and / or reactivation condition may be set individually for each tilt emoticon or may be set to be applied to all tilt emoticons in common.

For example, the terminal may deactivate the tilt emoticon when a certain time elapses after the tilt emoticon is activated. Alternatively, the terminal may maintain the activated state of the tilt emoticon until a preset input is received, and then deactivate the activated tilt emoticon as a corresponding input is received. The preset input for deactivating the activated tilt emoticon may be, for example, a tab input or a touch input for the activated tilt emoticon.

Alternatively, the terminal may maintain the activated state of the tilt emoticon while the preset input is detected. The input for maintaining activation of the activated tilt emoticon may include, for example, a tilt input of a predetermined angle or more.

Alternatively, the terminal may deactivate the tilt emoticon when a subsequent message is received. Subsequent messages may be other tilt emoticons or may be generic messages. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a situation may occur in which continuity of the conversation is inhibited due to activation of the tilt emoticon. For example, as the tilt emoticon is enlarged, it may cover another message. In this case, the terminal may maintain the continuity of the conversation by deactivating the tilt emoticon in response to receiving the subsequent message. On the other hand, in a situation in which the tilt emoticon already displayed on the last screen is re-accessed through the chat history of the chat room, the corresponding tilt emoticon may not be deactivated even if a subsequent message is received.

In addition, when a plurality of tilt emoticons are displayed in the chat room, the terminal may keep only the activation of the last displayed tilt emoticon, and deactivate the previously displayed tilt emoticon (s).

According to an embodiment, the terminal may reactivate the deactivated tilt emoticon. For example, the terminal may reactivate the deactivated tilt emoticon based on whether a preset input is received for reactivation of the deactivated tilt emoticon. In this case, the preset input for reactivating the tilt emoticon may be, for example, a touch input, a drag input, a tap input, or a double tap input for the tilt emoticon.

2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration for displaying a tilt emoticon according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2, a sender terminal 210, an Instant Messaging Service (IMS) server 230, and a receiver terminal 250 are shown.

The caller terminal 210 may exchange various instant messages including the tilt emoticon with the receiver terminal 250 through the IMS server 230. The caller terminal 210 may correspond to a terminal that has sent an instant message including a tilt emoticon, and the receiver terminal 250 may correspond to a terminal that has received an instant message including a tilt emoticon.

The caller terminal 210 may receive the emoticon set 220 from the IMS server 230. The emoticon set 220 may include at least one tilt emoticon.

The caller terminal 210 may transmit a selected tilt emoticon among at least one tilt emoticon included in the emoticon set 220 to the receiver terminal 250. When the user of the caller terminal 210 selects the tilt emoticon included in the emoticon set 220, identification information corresponding to the selected tilt emoticon may be transmitted to the IMS server 230. The IMS server 230 may transmit the selected tilt emoticon to the receiver terminal 250 based on identification information corresponding to the selected tilt emoticon. For example, the IMS server may transmit an emoticon container corresponding to the selected tilt emoticon to the receiver terminal 250. The emoticon container may include at least one basic image of the tilt emoticon, a response characteristic of the tilt emoticon corresponding to the tilt input, and / or at least one additional image preset in response to the tilt input.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the caller terminal 210 may set a tilt emoticon by combining a plurality of emoticons and request a transmission to the IMS server 230. For example, the user of the caller terminal 210 selects an emoticon of 'smiling' emotion in response to the left tilt input, selects an emoticon of 'sad' emotion in response to the right tilt input, and a complex emoticon of emoticon. Can be set directly.

In this case, the IMS server 230 may generate an emoticon container 240 corresponding to the gradient emoticon requested to be transmitted. The IMS server 230 may include, for example, a combination of the emoticon X corresponding to the first emotion and the emoticon Y corresponding to the second emotion in the corresponding emoticon container. The IMS server 230 may transmit the emoticon container including the emoticon X and the emoticon Y to the receiver terminal 250.

The receiver terminal 250 may activate the tilt emoticon based on the tilt input and a property preset in the emoticon container. For example, the receiver terminal 250 receiving the emoticon container may display complex images included in the tilt emoticon by displaying images included in the container according to the tilt input.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a terminal according to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 3, the terminal displays a tilt emoticon including characteristics responsive to tilt in a chat room of an instant message service (310). For example, the terminal may receive a tilt emoticon from a server and display at least one basic image of the tilt emoticon in a chat room. As described above, at least one basic image of the inclined emoticon and characteristics corresponding to the inclination may be stored in the emoticon container corresponding to the inclined emoticon, and the terminal may receive the emoticon container from the server.

The terminal receives a slope input (320). In this case, the tilt input may include a direction of the movement (direction of the tilt input) that changes the tilt of the terminal and an angle change (the angle of the tilt input) generated by the movement. The tilt input may be detected by the receiver terminal receiving the tilt emoticon, or may be detected and transmitted by the caller terminal transmitting the tilt emoticon.

The terminal activates the tilt emoticon in the chat room based on the tilt input and the characteristic (330). For example, the terminal may activate the tilt emoticon according to a predetermined characteristic corresponding to at least one of a direction and an angle of the tilt input. For example, the terminal may enlarge or reduce the size of the tilt emoticon displayed in the chat room corresponding to at least one of the direction and angle of the tilt input. Alternatively, for example, the terminal may replace (or change) the image of the tilt emoticon in response to at least one of a direction and an angle of the tilt input. An example of characteristics responsive to tilt in accordance with one embodiment is described with reference to FIG. 4 below.

4 is a diagram illustrating examples of characteristics responsive to tilt according to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 4, a table including characteristics set for each direction of a tilt input and an angle of the tilt input received by the terminal is illustrated. The table including characteristics set for the direction of the tilt input and the angle of the tilt input may be stored in the memory of each terminal and / or server, for example, in the form of the emoticon set described above.

For example, after the tilt emoticon is displayed, when the terminal receives a tilt input of 25 degrees to the left, the terminal displays the basic image of the tilt emoticon according to the state value of the tilt emoticon preset for each tilt input. It can be displayed by replacing it with an image. In addition, after displaying the basic image of the tilt emoticon, when the input of the tilt angle of 35 degrees downward from the terminal is received, the terminal reduces the size of the basic image of the tilt emoticon to 0.45 times, or is activated in the current chat room You can reduce the size of the tilt emoticon to 0.45 times.

According to an embodiment, the tilt emoticon may not be activated within a threshold angle of the predetermined tilt input, and a basic image may be displayed. For example, when the tilt input is less than 10 degrees in the left and right directions, the tilt emoticon may not be activated and a basic image may be displayed.

In addition, although not shown in FIG. 4, the characteristics set for each direction of the slope input and the angle of the slope input received by the terminal may be set for each sequence of a plurality of slope inputs having a time series order.

5A is a diagram for describing a method of expressing a complex emotion by an emoticon container, according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to FIG. 5A, gradient emoticons corresponding to each of a plurality of emotions included in an emoticon container according to an embodiment are illustrated.

According to one embodiment, the tilt emoticon may be implemented in the form of an emoticon container. The emoticon container responsive to the tilt emoticon may be shared between the server and the caller terminal in a pre-generated form, or may be generated at the server by a request of the caller terminal. The emoticon container can be, for example, negative emotions such as anger, frustrating, sad, surprise, blunted affect, and joyful, pleasure, It may include emoticons corresponding to various complex emotions, such as positive emotions such as happy.

For example, if the user of the calling party terminal inputs (or selects) two feelings of sadness and happiness to express a complex feeling of 'happy to be sad', the server inputs the emotions input from the user of the calling terminal. (Sorrow and Happiness) An emoticon container can be created by combining the corresponding emoticons. In addition, the server sets a property to be displayed when a tilt change of 0 degrees or more and 10 degrees or less occurs for an emoticon corresponding to sadness included in the emoticon container, and 10 degrees or more for an emoticon corresponding to happiness. It is possible to set the characteristic to be displayed when a change in inclination of 30 degrees or less occurs.

The receiver terminal receiving the emoticon container from the server may activate the tilt emoticon based on the tilt input and the set characteristic.

FIG. 5B is a diagram for explaining a change of a gradient emoticon expressed differently according to a sequence of a tilt input, according to an exemplary embodiment. 5B, images 511, 513, 515, and 517 of tilted emoticons that are changed differently according to a sequence change of the tilt input from the base image 510 of the tilted emoticon are shown.

The tilt emoticon according to an embodiment may display different images according to a sequence in which tilt inputs are received. That is, even if the same tilt emoticon received through the same chat room, the tilt emoticon may be displayed in different forms according to the time series of the tilt input.

For example, when a left tilt input is received with respect to the base image 510 of the tilt emoticon displayed in the chat room of the terminal, the terminal replaces the base image 510 with the first image 511 according to the tilt input and characteristics. can do. In addition, when the first tilt input is received while the first image 511 is displayed in the chat room of the terminal, the terminal may replace the first image 511 displayed in the chat room with the second image 515 and display the same.

On the contrary, when the right tilt input is received with respect to the base image 510, the terminal may replace the base image 510 with the third image 513 according to the tilt input and characteristics, and display the same. In addition, when the lower tilt input is received while the third image 513 is displayed in the chat room of the terminal, the terminal may replace the third image 513 displayed in the chat room with the fourth image 517.

As described above, the terminal according to an embodiment may activate the tilt emoticon by further considering a time series in which the tilt inputs are received, that is, a sequence, in addition to the tilt input and a characteristic in response to a preset tilt. In this case, the terminal may store information about a sequence that is a time series order in which the slope inputs are received.

5C is a diagram for describing a characteristic in which a tilt emoticon displayed on a receiver terminal is activated based on a tilt input in a caller terminal, according to an exemplary embodiment. According to an exemplary embodiment, the receiver terminal 250 may activate a tilt emoticon in a chat room of the receiver terminal 250 based on a tilt input sensed by the caller terminal 210 and a characteristic responding to a preset slope. Although not shown in the drawing, as described with reference to FIG. 1, the tilt emoticon displayed on the caller terminal may be activated based on the tilt input of the receiver terminal.

For example, it is assumed that the caller terminal 210 transmits a tilt emoticon including the first image 520 to the receiver terminal 250. Accordingly, the first image 520 of the tilt emoticon may be displayed in the chat room of the receiver terminal 250. The first image 520 of the tilt emoticon may not change even when any tilt input is received at the receiver terminal 250.

On the other hand, the first image 520 of the tilt emoticon displayed in the chat room of the receiver terminal 250 may be activated and changed (or replaced) to the second image 530 according to the tilt input generated in the caller terminal 210. In this case, the second image 530 of the tilt emoticon may be displayed in the chat room of the caller terminal 210 in the same manner.

5D is a diagram for describing an example of using a tilt emoticon according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to FIG. 5D, a tilt emoticon 540 including preset selection options corresponding to a tilt input and a selection result 545 calculated by the tilt emoticon 540 are illustrated.

According to an embodiment, the terminal may display a tilt emoticon including preset selection options in response to the tilt input in the chat room. In this case, the preset selection options are, for example, "YES / NO", "scissors, rocks, beams", "jajangmyeon, bongbong", "1, 2, 3, 4," or "up, down, left, right And information or options that can induce a user's selection.

For example, suppose a plurality of user terminals participating in a group chat room or a group chat room want to vote on a certain topic. In this case, the manager of the group chat room may transmit a tilt emoticon 540 including preset selection options to the plurality of user terminals participating in the chat room in response to the tilt input.

Each of the user terminals receiving the tilt emoticon 540 may select preset options (eg, “NO” displayed on the left side of the character and a selection option displayed on the right side of the character) in response to the tilt input. The tilt emoticon 540 displayed with “YES” may be displayed in the chat room.

The user of each of the user terminals participating in the chat room may express NO for a certain subject by tilting the user terminal to the left by looking at the selection option displayed on the tilt emoticon 540, or YES for a certain subject by tilting the user terminal to the right. Can be expressed. In this case, the tilt emoticon is activated in response to the initial tilt input, and the additional tilt input may be ignored.

In this case, the information on the slope input received based on the selection options in each of the user terminals may be transmitted to the server. The server may collect information on the slope input received from each of the user terminals to generate a final voting result (eg, Yes: 4, No: 2). The server may transmit the final voting result only to the administrator of the chat room, or to all of the user terminals of the chat room. The server may send the final voting result, for example in the form of a typical speech bubble 545. Alternatively, the voting result may be displayed in the form of a system message.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, while inducing a user's interest through the tilt emoticon, the utilization of the messenger may be improved through various uses of the tilt emoticon such as voting.

FIG. 5E is a diagram for describing an embodiment in which a response mode of a tilt emoticon varies according to a combination of tilt emoticons according to an exemplary embodiment. Referring to FIG. 5E, screens 550, 560, and 570 of capturing a chat room displaying tilt emoticons are shown.

For example, it is assumed that the first tilt emoticon 555 is displayed in the chat room as shown in the screen 550. In addition, after the first tilt emoticon 555 is displayed like the screen 560, it is assumed that the second tilt emoticon 565 is displayed in one screen.

As such, when the first tilt emoticon 555 and the second tilt emoticon 565 are displayed on one screen, the terminal may change the activation state of the first tilt emoticon 555 as shown on the screen 570. For example, the terminal may replace the image of the first tilt emoticon 555 with the image 575. According to an embodiment, when the second tilt emoticon 565 is activated while the first tilt emoticon 555 and the second tilt emoticon 565 are displayed on one screen, the activation state of the second tilt emoticon 565 may be determined. The activation state of the first tilt emoticon 555 may be changed in association.

In an embodiment, for convenience of description, an embodiment in which an image of the tilt emoticon is replaced is described. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and various characteristics may be changed, such as a scale change and a color change of the tilt emoticon.

Although not shown in the drawings, a terminal according to an embodiment includes a display, a tilt sensor, and a processor. The terminal may further include a memory and / or a sensor. The display, tilt sensor, processor, and memory may be connected to each other via a bus. The terminal may be, for example, a PC, a notebook, a portable terminal, a smart phone, a wearable device, or a user device that performs the same or similar functions.

The display displays a tilt emoticon in the chat room of the instant messaging service that includes the characteristic that responds to the tilt. The tilt sensor receives a tilt input. The processor activates the tilt emoticon in the chat room based on the tilt input and the characteristic in response to the preset tilt. The memory may store an emoticon set including at least one tilt emoticon and / or an emoticon container corresponding to the tilt emoticon.

In addition, the processor may perform an algorithm corresponding to at least one method or at least one method described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. The processor may execute a program and control the terminal. Program code executed by the processor may be stored in a memory.

The embodiments described above may be implemented as hardware components, software components, and / or combinations of hardware components and software components. For example, the display device, method and component described in the embodiments may include, for example, a processor, a controller, a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), Arithmetic logic units (ALUs), digital signal processors, microcomputers, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic units (PLUs), microprocessors, application specific integrated circuits (ASICS), or As with any other display device capable of executing and responding to instructions, it may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers.

The method according to the embodiment may be embodied in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the embodiments, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware display devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware display described above can be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the inputs of an embodiment, and vice versa.

Although the embodiments have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings as described above, various modifications and variations are possible to those skilled in the art from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in a different order than the described method, and / or components of the described system, structure, display device, circuit, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or in a different configuration. Appropriate results can be achieved even if substituted or substituted by urea or equivalent. Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (16)

Displaying, in a chat room of an instant message service, a base image of a tilt emoticon including a property responsive to tilt;
Receiving a tilt input while the basic image of the tilt emoticon is displayed in the chat room; And
In response to the tilt input, activating the tilt emoticon by changing the basic image of the tilt emoticon to an image set corresponding to the tilt input by the property in the chat room.
It includes, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 1,
Activating the tilt emoticon
Activating the tilt emoticon according to the preset property corresponding to at least one of a direction and an angle of the tilt input.
It includes, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 2,
Activating the tilt emoticon according to the preset property
Enlarging or reducing the size of the tilt emoticon displayed in the chat room corresponding to at least one of a direction and an angle of the tilt input; And
Replacing an image of the tilt emoticon in response to at least one of a direction and an angle of the tilt input
At least one of, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 1,
The tilt emoticon
And a plurality of preset images for each tilt input, wherein the plurality of images are different from each other and correspond to a state value of the tilt emoticon changed for each tilt input. The method of claim 1,
After activation of the tilt emoticon, deactivating the activated tilt emoticon based on whether a preset inactivation condition is satisfied;
Further comprising, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 5,
The deactivation condition is
A condition in which the activated tilt emoticon obscures the speech bubble displayed in the chat room, a condition in which a preset time is exceeded after activation of the tilt emoticon, a condition in which a preset input is received to deactivate the activated tilt emoticon, and the activated And at least one of a condition in which a preset input is not received to maintain a tilt emoticon, and a condition in which a new tilt emoticon is displayed in the chat room after activation of the tilt emoticon. The method of claim 5,
Reactivating the deactivated tilt emoticon based on whether a preset input is received for reactivation of the deactivated tilt emoticon.
Further comprising, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 1,
Receiving an emoticon container corresponding to the tilt emoticon from a server
More,
The emoticon container
And a basic image of the tilt emoticon, the property for setting an aspect in which the tilt emoticon is activated for each tilt input, and at least one additional image necessary for activating the tilt emoticon. The method of claim 1,
The slope input is
A sequence of a plurality of gradient inputs in time series order,
Activating the tilt emoticon
Activating the tilt emoticon further considering the sequence in addition to the tilt input and the characteristic
It includes, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 1,
Receiving the slope input
Receiving a tilt input sensed at the caller terminal; or
Receiving a tilt input detected at the receiver terminal
It includes, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 1,
Activating the tilt emoticon
Activating the tilt emoticon in the chat room of the receiver terminal based on the tilt input sensed by the caller terminal and the characteristic
It includes, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 1,
Displaying the tilt emoticon is
Displaying a tilt emoticon including preset selection options corresponding to the tilt input
It includes, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 12,
Sending information about a slope input based on the selection options to a server
Further comprising, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 1,
Determining whether a second tilt emoticon affecting an activation state of a first tilt emoticon in the chat room is displayed within the screen with the first tilt emoticon; And
When the first tilt emoticon and the second tilt emoticon are displayed on the screen, changing the activation state of the first tilt emoticon as the second tilt emoticon is activated
Further comprising, the operation method of the terminal. The method of claim 1,
Activating the tilt emoticon
Determining whether the slope input is less than a threshold angle set by the property; And
Not activating the tilt emoticon according to determining that the tilt input is less than the threshold angle.
It includes, the operation method of the terminal. A computer program stored in a medium in combination with hardware to carry out the method of any one of claims 1-15.

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