KR20100088247A - Method for controlling user interface and mobile device employing the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for controlling a user interface and a mobile terminal using the same are provided to touch a shortcut number map without memorizing a shortcut number that a receiver sets, thereby enabling a user to easily make a call. CONSTITUTION: A display unit(11) displays a number pad. A storage unit(12) stores receiver information and shortcut information of a receiver. A user input unit(13) receives the first input from the user. A controller(14) converts the number pad into a shortcut number map corresponding to the first input. The shortcut number map maps the receiver information on a number button of the number pad corresponding to the shortcut number. The receiver information is one of a name, a nickname, a picture or an emoticon of the receiver.

Description

Method for controlling user interface and mobile device employing the same

The present invention relates to a user interface control method and a portable terminal using the same.

In general, a user of a mobile terminal designates a called party, that is, a called party, as a specific speed dial number and stores the called party's called party information. Therefore, the user can call the called party with a small number of number operations using the designated speed dial number.

In addition, the user may register a new speed dial number or change a speed dial number of an existing called party by operating the portable terminal. However, in order to use a shortcut number set in advance by the user in the portable terminal, the shortcut number must be stored, which may cause the user to feel uncomfortable using the portable terminal.

An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone and a user interface control method thereof capable of visually displaying a shortcut number mapped to a number pad and caller information corresponding thereto.

A portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit for displaying a number pad; A storage unit for storing the called party information and the speed dial number of the called party; A user input unit detecting a first input of a user; And a control unit which controls to switch the number pad to a shortcut number map in response to the detected first input, wherein the shortcut number map includes the called party information on the number of the number pad corresponding to the shortcut number. Configured to map.

A user interface control method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of displaying a number pad; Detecting a first input of a user; And converting the number pad into a shortcut number map in response to the detected first input, wherein the shortcut number map includes information on the called party's called party information on the number pad corresponding to the called party's shortcut number. Is configured to map.

The user interface control method according to an embodiment of the present invention described above may be recorded as a computer readable program on a computer readable recording medium.

According to the present invention, the user can easily make an outgoing call by touching a shortcut number map displayed on the display without having to remember the shortcut number set in the called party.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a portable terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a portable terminal 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit 11 displaying a number pad, a storage unit 12 storing a shortcut number, and corresponding recipient information. A user input unit 13 for detecting a user's input for operating the portable terminal 10, a control unit 14 for controlling the display to convert the number pad into a shortcut number map in response to the detected user input, and another terminal; It includes a communication unit 15 for performing communication.

The display unit 11 displays information output from the portable terminal 10, for example, an image or content. For example, when the user wants to talk to the called party, the display unit 11 may display the number pad on which the number is displayed.

The display unit 11 may be various kinds of displays such as LCD and OLED.

The storage unit 12 stores input data input to the portable terminal 10, output data to be output by the portable terminal 10, received data received by the portable terminal 10 from the outside, and the like. In addition, the storage unit 12 may store a program for the operation of the control unit 14.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the storage unit 12 may store the information of the called party to which the user wants to make a call and a shortcut number mapped to the called party as a database.

For example, a user may register information of a specific called party, such as a person whom he / she frequently communicates with, such as a name, a phone number, an e-mail address, a photo, and the like in the address book, and assign a predetermined shortcut number to the registered specific called party in the database. Can be stored.

The storage unit 12 may be various storage media such as a flash memory, a hard disk, a RAM, a ROM, an EEPROM, a magnetic disk, or an optical disk.

The user input unit 13 detects an input of a user who operates the portable terminal 10 of the present invention. Preferably, the user input unit 13 may be a touch screen panel that detects a gesture such as a user's touch, long touch, dragging, flicking, tapping, or the like.

The communication unit 15 performs voice, video call, or data communication with other terminals in the manner of CDMA, GSM, WCDMA, or the like.

When the user input unit 13 is a touch screen panel, the user input unit 13 may be mounted on the display unit 11 to detect a touch input of a user who touches the touch button displayed on the display unit 11. have.

The controller 14 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal 10. For example, the controller 14 may control the portable terminal 10 to perform a voice call, a video call or data communication.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the control unit 14 may control to display the number pad displayed by the display unit 11 as a shortcut number map in response to the detected user input. In addition, the controller 14 may control the modules provided in the portable terminal 10 to perform a user interface operation of the portable terminal 10 to be described later.

2 to 6 are exemplary views illustrating the operation of the portable terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an operation of the portable terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described with a flowchart describing a user interface control method according to an embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 7. .

As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 11 may display the number pad 12.

In this case, when the user using the portable terminal 10 wants to make a call with a specific communication partner, the number pad 12 for inputting the called party's telephone number may be displayed (step S71).

The user input unit 13 of the portable terminal 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 7 includes a touch screen panel mounted on the display unit 11. Accordingly, the user may execute a predetermined function by touching or dragging the touch screen mounted on the display unit 11.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user input unit 13 may detect the first input of the user (step S72). In some embodiments, the first input may be a touch on a predetermined point of the display unit 11 or a drag in a predetermined direction.

In FIG. 2, the first input is illustrated as a gesture of touching a left side of the number display unit 111 displayed on the display unit 11 and then dragging in the right direction.

The first input is a user input for converting the number pad 12 displayed on the display unit 11 into a shortcut number map, and a predetermined point on the display unit 11 that the user touches may be changed in various embodiments. have.

For example, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the first input may be a gesture of touching or long touching a predetermined point of the display unit 11. That is, the user may long touch the lower right corner of the number display unit 111, and the user input unit 13 may detect the first input and transmit the detected first input to the controller 14.

When the user input unit 13 detects the first input as shown in FIG. 2, the display unit 11 may display the number pad 12 to be switched to a shortcut number map (step S73).

3 is an exemplary diagram of a shortcut number map 13 displayed by the portable terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the display unit 11 may include a number button corresponding to a called party's shortcut number stored in the storage unit 12 instead of the number pad 12, for example, 0 to 9. The shortcut number map 13 which maps the called party information of the called party can be displayed on the button.

As shown in FIG. 3, the shortcut number map 13 may be configured in a form in which called party information is displayed on a pad having the same pattern as the number pad 12 instead of a number.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the number corresponding to the pad on which the called party information is displayed may correspond to a shortcut number set in the called party information. For example, 'Father' of the called party information shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on a pad corresponding to the number '1' of the number pad 12 shown in FIG. It can correspond to a shortcut number.

Similarly, in FIG. 3, the shortcut number of the called party information 'mother' may be '2', and the shortcut number of the 'company' may be '6'.

As described above, the portable terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention detects a first input of a user, and corresponds to the shortcut number map 13 instead of the number pad 12 in response to the detected first input. Can be displayed.

According to the present invention, the user can easily call by touching the number button on which the called party's incoming information is displayed, without having to store the called party's shortcut number through the speed dial number map 13 displayed on the display unit 11. have.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the called party information may be the name, title, icon or image of the called party. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the displayed called party information may be a name such as 'Hong Gil Dong', a title such as 'Father or Mother', or an icon or image such as a house or a heart.

4 and 5 are exemplary views illustrating a user interface control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the user input unit 13 further detects the user's second input (step S74), and the control unit 14 corresponds to the second input by two or more shortened numbers. The called party information corresponding to the user may be controlled to be further displayed on the number button of the number pad 12 (step S75).

In FIG. 3, the displayed shortcut number map 13 displays a total of 12 numbers, and among them, only 10 numbers from 0 to 9 may be displayed except for a function button. Therefore, according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the portable terminal 10 may further detect a second input from the user and further display the called party information corresponding to two or more digits in the number.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second input may be a gesture of dragging a predetermined point on the touch screen.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the user may touch a predetermined point of the display unit 11, which is a touch screen, for example, a scroll bar 21 on the right edge, and drag it in the vertical direction. Then, the user input unit 13 may detect a gesture of dragging the scroll bar.

As a result, the display unit 11 can control to further display the called party information corresponding to two or more shortcut numbers, for example, 10 or more shortcut numbers on the number.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the user drags the scroll bar 21 down one step, the display unit 11 displays an abbreviation number for displaying shortcut numbers 0 to 9 of FIG. 3. The map 13 can be switched to another shortcut map 14 for displaying shortcut numbers 10 to 19 for display.

In FIG. 4, the called party information 'accountant' designated by the shortcut number '12' is displayed on the number '12', and the 'Chinese house' designated by the shortcut number '14' is displayed on the number '14', and designated by the shortcut number '15'. 'Na Yeong-hee' can be seen that displayed on the number corresponding to the number '15'.

As described above, the user may further check a shortcut number map corresponding to two or more shortcut numbers by dragging the scroll bar 21.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the second input may be a gesture of touching a predetermined point of the touch screen.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, the user can access a shortcut number of two or more digits by touching the page switching buttons displayed on the function buttons '*' and '#' at the bottom left and bottom right of the number pad 12. You can further check the corresponding shortcut number map.

In FIG. 5, when the user touches the next page button 23 at the lower right, the user input unit 13 detects a touch on a predetermined point on the display unit 11, which is a touch screen, and the controller 14. The display unit 11 may control to display the shortcut number map 14 corresponding to the shortcut numbers 10 to 19.

That is, when a touch on the next page button 23 is detected, the display unit 11 may display a shortcut number map corresponding to the next sequence number in the currently displayed shortcut number map.

For example, in the state where the speed dial number map 13 for speed numbers 0 to 9 is displayed in FIG. 3, when the user touches the next page button 23, the speed dial number map for speed numbers 10 to 19, which is the next sequence number, is displayed. (14) may be displayed.

According to an exemplary embodiment, when the previous page button 22 illustrated in FIG. 5 is touched, a shortcut number map for the previous shortcut number may be displayed. That is, it can be switched from the shortcut number map 14 for the shortcut numbers 10 to 19 to the shortcut number map 13 for the shortcut numbers 0 to 9.

According to an embodiment, the number of called party information displayed in one shortcut number map may be changed. For example, in the shortcut number maps of FIGS. 3 to 5, called party information for 10 shortcut numbers is displayed, but depending on the embodiment, called party information for more or less number of shortcut numbers may be displayed.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the user input unit 13 further detects the third input of the user (step S76), and the control unit 14 maps the called party mapped to the number button corresponding to the third input. It is possible to control to rearrange the information (step S77).

6 is an exemplary view illustrating a rearrangement process of shortcut numbers according to another embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 6, the user may rearrange the called party information 31 of the shortcut number map 13 displayed on the display unit 11 by dragging and dropping.

That is, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the third input may be a gesture of touching the first button 31 to which the called party information is mapped and dragging the second button 32 to which the called party information is not mapped. have.

As shown in FIG. 6, caller information is not displayed on the number buttons '3', '4', '5', and '8' of the shortcut number map 13, which are shortcut numbers 3, 4, 5 and the like. 8 means that the called party is not registered.

In some cases, when the user wants to set a shortcut number of a previously registered called party to another empty shortcut number, as described above, the user can use the first number button 31 displaying the called party information of the shortcut number map 13. ) And drag and drop the second number button 32, which is another empty number button, to rearrange the called party information.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 6, the called party information (house-shaped icon) displayed on the first number button 31 can be moved to the second number button 32, and thus the called party information The house can be changed from 9 to 8 shortcut numbers.

As described above, the user can easily change the called party's speed dial number by simply dragging and dropping the gesture, and reconstruct the speed dial map 13 without going through complicated processes such as menu selection and number change.

The various embodiments described herein may be implemented in a computer readable recording medium using, for example, software, hardware or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein include application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), and the like. It may be implemented using at least one of processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and electrical units for performing the functions. It may be implemented by the controller 14.

In a software implementation, embodiments such as procedures or functions may be implemented with separate software modules that allow at least one function or operation to be performed. The software code may be implemented by a software application written in a suitable programming language. In addition, the software code may be stored in the storage unit 12 and executed by the control unit 14.

Although the present invention has been described through the above embodiments, the above embodiments are merely intended to illustrate the spirit of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications may be made to the embodiments described above. The scope of the invention is defined only by the interpretation of the appended claims.

1 is a block diagram of a portable terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 to 6 are exemplary views illustrating the operation of the portable terminal 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a user interface control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (17)

A display unit for displaying a number pad; A storage unit for storing the called party information and the speed dial number of the called party; A user input unit to receive a first input from a user; And A control unit for controlling the number pad to switch to a shortcut number map in response to the received first input; And a shortcut number map configured to map the called party information to a number button of the number pad corresponding to the shortcut number. The method of claim 1, The user input unit is a touch screen panel mounted on the display unit, wherein the first input is a touch or drag on a predetermined point of the display unit. The method of claim 1, The called party information is any one of the name, title, photo and emoticon of the called party. The method of claim 1, And when the user input unit receives a second input from a user, the controller controls to display the called party information corresponding to two or more digits in the shortcut number map. The method of claim 4, wherein The second input is a gesture of dragging a predetermined point on the display unit, and the called party information corresponding to the shortcut number of two or more digits is displayed by scrolling. The method of claim 4, wherein The second input is a gesture of touching a predetermined point on the display unit, and the called party information corresponding to the shortcut number of two or more digits is displayed through page turning. The method of claim 1, And when the user input unit receives a third input from a user, the controller controls to rearrange the called party information mapped to the number button. The method of claim 7, wherein The third input is a gesture of dragging from the first number button to which the called party information is mapped to the second number button to which the called party information is not mapped. The called party information mapped to the first number button corresponding to the third input is mapped to and stored in the second number button. Displaying a number pad; Receiving a first input of a user; And In response to the received first input, converting the number pad into a shortcut number map; And the shortcut number map is configured to map the called party's called party information to a number button of the number pad corresponding to the called party's abbreviated number. The method of claim 9, And the first input is a touch or drag to a predetermined point on the touch screen. The method of claim 9, The called party information is any one of the called person's name, title, photos and emoticons. The method of claim 9, Receiving a second input of a user; And Displaying the called party information corresponding to the shortcut number of two digits or more on the shortcut number map corresponding to the second input; The user interface control method further comprising. The method of claim 12, Receiving the second input includes detecting a gesture of dragging a predetermined point on the touch screen, And displaying the called party information corresponding to the two or more speed dial numbers by displaying scrolling the called party information corresponding to the two or more speed dial numbers. The method of claim 12, Receiving the second input includes detecting a gesture of touching a predetermined point on the touch screen, And displaying the called party information corresponding to the at least two digits of the shortcut number comprises displaying the called party information corresponding to the at least two digits of the shortcut number through page turning. The method of claim 9, Receiving a third input of a user; And Rearranging the called party information mapped to the number corresponding to the third input; The user interface control method further comprising. The method of claim 15, The detecting of the third input may include detecting a gesture of dragging from the first number button to which the called party information is mapped to the second number button to which the called party information is not mapped. The rearranging of the called party information includes mapping and storing the called party information mapped to the first number button to the second number button. A recording medium having recorded thereon a computer readable program for performing the method according to any one of claims 9 to 16.

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