WO2016167612A1

WO2016167612A1 - Electronic device for providing notification information, and notification information provision method therefor

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Publication number: WO2016167612A1
Application number: PCT/KR2016/003972
Authority: WO
Inventors: 아가르왈판카즈; 김창용; 정지수
Original assignee: 삼성전자 주식회사
Priority date: 2015-04-16
Filing date: 2016-04-18
Publication date: 2016-10-20

Abstract

Provided are an electronic device for providing notification information, and a notification information provision method therefor. The electronic device for providing notification information according to the present disclosure comprises: a display unit divided into a plurality of areas respectively corresponding to a plurality of items of notification information; and a control unit for controlling the display unit so that when an event related to notification information is detected, pixels included in an area corresponding to the notification information, from among the plurality of areas, are activated, and pixels included in areas not corresponding to the notification information are deactivated.

Description

Electronic devices that provide notification information and methods of providing notification information thereof

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device for providing notification information and a method for providing notification information thereof, and more particularly, to a method for providing various types of notification information on a screen by an electronic device.

With the development of mobile communication technology, electronic devices may be provided in various forms such as smart phones, wearable devices, and tablet PCs, and may provide information to users through various output methods.

For example, the electronic device may provide notification information indicating the state of the electronic device or notification information received through the communication system to the user through the display unit or the speaker.

For example, the notification information may include various types of information such as call reception information, message reception information, and alarm information set by a user.

In this case, the notification information may further include various information. For example, the message reception information may include identification information of the other party who sent the message, contents of the message, and the like. In addition, the notification information may include an alarm time and a schedule of a user related to the alarm. In addition, the call reception information may include identification information of the other party who has called.

When the electronic device provides the notification information, the specific notification information may include private content of the user. For example, the message reception information may include the content of the user's private message. In this case, if the user and the third party are adjacent to each other, the private contents of the user may be revealed to the third party.

In addition, since the types of notification information vary, the electronic device may be provided with notification information indiscriminately. Indiscriminate notification information in a situation in which the user is immersed in work may reduce the user's immersion in work.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to minimize exposure of notification information and selectively provide notification information when providing notification information to a user.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the electronic device providing the notification information may include a display unit divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to each of the plurality of pieces of notification information, and when an event related to the notification information is detected, one of the plurality of areas. And a controller configured to control the display unit such that pixels included in an area corresponding to the notification information are activated and pixels included in an area not corresponding to the notification information are deactivated.

In this case, an area corresponding to the notification information may be an area corresponding to a group to which the notification information belongs.

The display unit may be divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to a plurality of groups to which each of the plurality of notification information belongs.

The notification information may belong to one group of the plurality of groups according to the type of the notification information, and the type of the notification information may include an application for processing the notification information, the importance of the notification information, and the size of the notification information. And at least one of a source of the notification information, contents of the notification information, and a data type of the notification information.

The electronic device may further include a memory configured to maintain mapping information in which a plurality of groups to which each of the plurality of areas and the plurality of notification information belong are mapped, and the controller is further configured to perform the mapping based on the mapping information. The display unit may be configured to control pixels included in a region to which the notification information belongs among a plurality of regions.

The notification information may be at least one of telephone reception information, text message information, email message information, instant message information, social service information, alarm information, timer information, battery information, and schedule information.

The controller may control the display unit to display group notification information of a group to which the notification information belongs in an area where the pixels are activated.

The group notification information may include a graphic representing the group, the number of notification information belonging to the group, the number of notification information unidentified by the user belonging to the group, the name of the group, the initial of the group, the It may include at least one of an alias, an image associated with the group, and an animation associated with the group.

The electronic device may further include a detector configured to detect a user input for selecting the group notification information, and wherein the controller controls the display unit to display the notification information belonging to the group in response to the user input. It can be characterized.

The electronic device may further include a detector configured to detect a user input for selecting the group notification information, and wherein the controller controls the display unit to display a list of notification information belonging to a group in response to the user input. It may be characterized by.

According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of providing notification information of an electronic device may include detecting an event related to notification information, and in response to the detected event, a plurality of areas of the display unit divided corresponding to each of the plurality of notification information. Activating pixels included in an area corresponding to the notification information, and deactivating pixels included in an area not corresponding to the notification information.

The notification providing method may further include maintaining mapping information, in which a plurality of groups and a plurality of groups to which each of the plurality of notification information belongs, is mapped in a memory, and in a region corresponding to the notification information. The activating of the included pixels may include activating pixels included in an area to which the notification information belongs among the plurality of areas based on the mapping information.

The notification providing method may further include displaying group notification information of a group to which the notification information belongs in an area where the pixels are activated.

The group notification information may include a graphic representing the group, a number of notification information belonging to the group, a number of notification information unidentified by a user belonging to the group, a name of the group, initials of the name of the group, And at least one of an alias of a group, an image associated with the group, and an animation associated with the group.

The notification providing method may further include detecting a user input for selecting the group notification information, and displaying the notification information belonging to the group in response to the user input.

The notification providing method may further include detecting a user input for selecting the group notification information, and displaying a list of notification information belonging to the group in response to the user input.

According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, the recording medium may further include detecting an event related to the notification information, and in response to the detected event, the recording medium may include the plurality of areas of the display unit divided in correspondence with each of the plurality of notification information. A program for activating pixels included in an area corresponding to the notification information and deactivating pixels included in the area not corresponding to the notification information may be recorded.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the electronic device may provide notification information to minimize exposure of private information of the user. For example, when notification information is received while the user is with several people, the group notification information of the group to which the notification information belongs is displayed, so that the user can change the type of notification information with minimized exposure to those around him. You will know.

Also, in the present disclosure, when an event related to the notification information is detected, pixels included in an area corresponding to a group to which the notification information belongs may be activated, and pixels included in an area corresponding to another group may be deactivated. As a result, since only power for activating some pixels of the display unit is consumed, the use time of the battery of the electronic device may be increased.

In addition, the effects that can be obtained or predicted by the embodiments of the present disclosure will be disclosed directly or implicitly in the detailed description of the embodiments of the present disclosure. That is, various effects predicted according to embodiments of the present disclosure will be disclosed in the detailed description to be described later.

1 is a diagram illustrating a situation in which notification information is provided to an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

2A is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

2B is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of an electronic device according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

3 illustrates a structure of software stored in an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

4 is a diagram illustrating mapping information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

5A through 5C are diagrams illustrating an example of group notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

6 to 10B are diagrams illustrating screens of a user interface for displaying notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

11A and 11B are diagrams illustrating a user interface screen for setting a group to which notification information belongs according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

13A and 13B are diagrams illustrating a UI screen in which a portion of a touch screen is activated, according to an exemplary embodiment.

14A to 14E are diagrams illustrating a user interface screen for registering a schedule through a watch screen, according to an exemplary embodiment.

15A and 15B are diagrams illustrating a user interface screen for canceling a schedule registration through a watch screen according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

16A and 16B illustrate various devices displaying notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

17 to 19 are flowcharts illustrating a method of displaying notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

21 is a diagram illustrating a situation in which notification information is provided through an external electronic device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

22 and 23 are diagrams and sequence diagrams for describing an embodiment in which a server registers mapping information and provides mapping information to an external device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

24 is a diagram for describing an embodiment in which a screen is divided according to the number of group notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

25 is a diagram illustrating a situation in which notification information is provided to an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a process of mapping a sender for transmitting notification information to an area of a display unit according to an exemplary embodiment.

27 is a diagram illustrating a situation in which notification information is provided to an electronic device according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a process of mapping a destination for receiving notification information to an area of a display unit according to an exemplary embodiment.

Terms used herein will be briefly described, and the present disclosure will be described in detail.

The terms used in the embodiments of the present disclosure selected general terms widely used as far as possible in consideration of functions in the present disclosure, but may vary according to the intention or precedent of a person skilled in the art, the emergence of new technologies, and the like. . In addition, in certain cases, there is also a term arbitrarily selected by the applicant, in which case the meaning will be described in detail in the description of the invention. Therefore, the terms used in the present disclosure should be defined based on the meanings of the terms and the contents throughout the present disclosure, rather than simply the names of the terms.

Embodiments of the present disclosure may be variously modified and have various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the written description. However, this is not intended to limit the scope to the specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all transformations, equivalents, and substitutes included in the scope of the disclosed spirit and technology. In describing the embodiments, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are only used to distinguish one component from another.

Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. In this application, the terms "comprise" or "consist" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, action, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of adding or presenting features or numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or combinations thereof.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the module or unit performs at least one function or operation, and may be implemented in hardware or software, or in a combination of hardware and software. In addition, the plurality of modules or the plurality of units may be integrated into at least one module except for the modules or units that need to be implemented with specific hardware, and are implemented as at least one processor (not shown). Can be.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, when a part is "connected" with another part, it is not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another element in between. Also includes. In addition, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, which means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present disclosure. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted for simplicity of explanation, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Also, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the user input may include at least one of a touch input, a bending input, a voice input, a button input, a motion input, and a multimodal input, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, “touch input” may include a touch gesture that a user makes on a display and a cover to control a device. In addition, the “touch input” may include touches (eg, floating or hovering) that are not contacted on the display and are spaced apart by a predetermined distance or more. The touch input may include a touch & hold gesture, a tap gesture for releasing after a touch, a double tap gesture, a panning gesture, a flick gesture, a touch drag gesture for moving in one direction after the touch, and a pinch gesture, but are not limited thereto.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, “button input” refers to an input for the user to control the device by using a physical button attached to the device.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, “motion input” means a motion that a user applies to the device to control the device. For example, the motion input may include input for the user to rotate the device, tilt the device, or move the device up, down, left, or right.

In addition, in the present disclosure, “multiple inputs” means that at least two input methods are combined. For example, the device may receive a user's touch input and a motion input, or may receive a user's touch input and voice input.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, an "application" refers to a series of computer program sets designed to perform a specific task. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the application may vary. For example, game applications, video playback applications, map applications, memo applications, calendar applications, phone book applications, broadcast applications, workout support applications, payment applications, photo folder applications, medical device control applications, user interface of many medical devices. There may be a providing application, but is not limited thereto.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, “application identification information” may be unique information for distinguishing an application from other applications. For example, the identification information of the application may be an icon, an index item, link information, etc., but is not limited thereto.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, a UI (User Interaction) element refers to an element capable of interacting with a user and allowing feedback such as visual, audio, and olfactory according to a user input.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the “notification information” may include information received by an electronic device from an external device, information indicating a state of the electronic device, information previously registered by a user, and the like.

For example, information received by an electronic device from an external device may include call reception information, text message (for example, SMS or MMS message) information, email message information, or instant message (for example, Kakao message, Whatsapp message, etc.) information. And the like. Alternatively, the information may include social service information indicating that a tweet, a comment, or a content has been registered / deleted / changed in a social server (eg, Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn).

As another example, the information indicating the state of the electronic device may include battery state information of the electronic device 10 or communication state information of the electronic device.

As another example, information registered in advance by the user may include alarm information, timer information, schedule information, and the like.

In addition, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, “notification information” may mean all of notification reception information indicating reception of notification information, contents of notification information, identification information of notification information, and the like. For example, when the notification information is message information, the notification information includes message reception information indicating reception of a message, identification information of the message (for example, sender information of the message, origination server information of the message, etc.) and content of the message (for example, The subject of the message, the body of the message, the subject of the attachment of the message, the contents of the attachment of the message).

1 is a diagram illustrating a situation in which notification information is provided to the electronic device 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic device 10 may be implemented as devices for various purposes. For example, the electronic device 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may be a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a tablet device, an electronic book device, a digital broadcasting device, a PDA ( Wearable device devices such as personal digital assistants (PMP), portable multimedia players (PMP), navigation, or smart watches, smart glasses, and head-mounted displays (HMD). . In the present disclosure, for convenience of description, an operation of the electronic device 10 will be described with respect to a smart watch.

In addition, the electronic device 10 may include an image forming apparatus such as a printer, a home appliance (eg, a refrigerator, an air conditioner, a cleaner, an oven, a microwave oven, a washing machine, or an air purifier), a medical device (eg, a medical imaging apparatus or a medical measurement). Devices (such as blood glucose meters, heart rate monitors, blood pressure monitors, or body temperature monitors), automotive infotainment devices, marine electronic equipment (e.g. marine navigation devices, gyro compasses, etc.), avionics, security devices, vehicle head units (head unit), industrial or household robots, drones, ATMs in financial institutions, point of sales in stores, or Internet of Things devices (e.g. light bulbs, sensors, sprinkler units, fire alarms, thermostats, And various types of electronic devices such as street lights, toasters, exercise equipment, hot water tanks, heaters, boilers, and the like.

In FIG. 1, the user 1 may be in a meeting with third parties. In this situation, the counterpart 2 of the user 1 may send a message to the user 1. The message may be sent to the user via the base station 3. In this case, the electronic device 10 of the user 1 may detect an event indicating reception of a message. In response to the detected event, the electronic device 10 may determine an area corresponding to the group to which the message belongs among the plurality of areas of the display 130. In addition, the electronic device 10 may activate pixels included in the determined area and display group notification information 21 of a group to which the message belongs in the determined area to indicate reception of the message.

In FIG. 1, the group notification information 21 may include at least one of a graphic 21-1 representing a group and a number of notification information belonging to a group (eg, the number of messages unconfirmed by the user) 21-2. Can be. In this case, as shown in FIG. 1, the group notification information 21 may include both the graphic 21-1 representing the group and the number 21-2 of the notification information belonging to the group. It is merely an example and may include only one of the graphic 21-1 representing the group and the number 21-2 of the notification information belonging to the group. Here, the graphic 21-1 representing the group may have different colors, shapes, or images for each type of group, for example. The graphic 21-2 representing the group may be displayed in, for example, an area corresponding to the group when the notification information belonging to the group is present.

As such, the group notification information is displayed in the activated pixel area, so that the user 1 is provided with a message to minimize the exposure of private information even during a meeting with third parties. Then, when the user selects the group notification information, the user can be provided with the notification information.

2A is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an electronic device 10 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 2A, the electronic device 10 includes an image acquisition unit 110, an image processing unit 120, a display unit 130, a communication unit 140, a memory 150, an audio processing unit 160, and audio. It may include at least one of the output unit 170, the sensing unit 180 and the control unit 190. Meanwhile, the configuration of the electronic device 10 shown in FIG. 2A is merely an example, and is not necessarily limited to the above-described block diagram. Therefore, according to the type of the electronic device 10 or the purpose of the electronic device 10, a part of the configuration of the electronic device 10 illustrated in FIG. 2A may be omitted, modified, or added.

The image acquirer 110 may acquire image data through various sources. For example, the image acquisition unit 110 may receive image data from an external server, and may receive image data from an external device.

Alternatively, the image acquirer 110 may acquire image data by photographing an external environment. For example, the image acquisition unit 110 may be implemented as a camera that captures an external environment of the electronic device 10. In this case, the image acquisition unit 110 may include a lens (not shown) through which the image is transmitted and an image sensor (not shown) to detect the image transmitted through the lens. The image sensor (image) may be implemented as a CCD image sensor or a CMOS image sensor. The image data acquired through the image acquirer 110 may be processed by the image processor 120.

The image processor 120 is a component that processes the image data received by the image acquirer 110. The image processor 120 may perform various image processing such as decoding, scaling, noise filtering, frame rate conversion, resolution conversion, and the like on the image data.

The display 130 displays at least one of a video frame processed by the image processor 120 or various screens generated by the graphic processor 193 on the display area. The display area of the display 130 may be an area where information may be displayed, and the display area may be divided into a plurality of areas. In the present disclosure, that the display 130 is divided into a plurality of areas includes a meaning that the display area of the display 130 is divided into a plurality of areas.

The display unit 130 may have various sizes. For example, the display 130 may have a size of 3 inches, 4 inches, 4.65 inches, 5 inches, 6.5 inches, 8.4 inches, and the like. The display unit 130 may be composed of a plurality of pixels. In this case, the horizontal number X vertical number of the plurality of pixels may be represented by a resolution. For example, the display 130 may have a 320 × 320 resolution, 360 × 480 resolution, 720 × 1280 resolution, 1280 × 800 resolution, or 3940 × 2160 resolution.

In the present disclosure, a certain number of pixels of the plurality of pixels of the display 130 may be activated, and a certain number of pixels may be deactivated.

For example, some of the plurality of pixels may be selectively activated or deactivated according to on / off of each pixel of the panel constituting the display 130.

Specifically, in the case of an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) panel or an AM-OLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) panel, etc., each device constituting the display can be turned on / off. Therefore, in the present disclosure, only a plurality of pixels included in an area corresponding to specific notification information among the plurality of areas may be activated.

As another example, some of the plurality of pixels may be selectively activated or deactivated according to the adjustment of the brightness value of the lamp constituting the display 130. In this case, when the brightness value of the lamp corresponding to the specific pixel is low or the lamp is turned off so that the specific pixel is almost invisible, the specific pixel may be considered to be inactive.

In detail, the display unit 130 may include a lamp driver that may adjust brightness in units of pixels or areas of a set of pixels.

The lamp driver may exist for each of the number of pixels or the number of regions that are a collection of pixels. The lamp driver may include a voltage signal control generator and a converter. The voltage signal control generator may generate a voltage control signal corresponding to the lamp supply voltage value received from the controller 190 and transmit the voltage control signal to the converter. The converter may adjust the output voltage of the lamp driver according to the received voltage control signal. Accordingly, the lamp driver may adjust the brightness of the lamp according to the lamp power supply voltage value received from the controller 190.

As another example, some of the plurality of pixels may be selectively activated or deactivated by setting a low value of R, G, B of a predetermined number of pixels among the plurality of pixels. For example, when the R, G, and B values of the pixel are (0, 0, 0), the pixel may be considered inactivated.

The display unit 130 may be coupled to at least one of a front region, a side region, and a rear region of the electronic device 10 in the form of a flexible display. The flexible display may be characterized by being able to bend, bend or roll without damage through a paper-thin and flexible substrate. Such a flexible display may be manufactured using a plastic substrate as well as a commonly used glass substrate. When using a plastic substrate, it can be formed using a low temperature manufacturing processor without using a conventional manufacturing processor to prevent damage to the substrate. In addition, the glass substrate surrounding the flexible liquid crystal may be replaced with a plastic film, thereby giving flexibility to fold and unfold. Such a flexible display is not only thin and light, but also strong in impact, and can be bent or bent and manufactured in various forms.

The display unit 130 may be implemented as a touch screen having a layer structure in combination with the touch sensing unit 181. The touch screen may have a function of detecting not only a display function but also a touch input position, a touched area as well as a touch input pressure, and a function of detecting a proximity touch as well as a real-touch. Can be.

The communication unit 140 is configured to communicate with various types of external devices according to various types of communication methods. The communication unit 140 may include at least one of the Wi-Fi chip 141, the Bluetooth chip 142, the wireless communication chip 143, and the NFC chip 144. The controller 190 may communicate with an external server or various external devices by using the communication unit 140.

In particular, each of the Wi-Fi chip 141 and the Bluetooth chip 142 may perform communication using a WiFi method and a Bluetooth method. In the case of using the Wi-Fi chip 141 or the Bluetooth chip 142, various connection information such as SSID and session key may be transmitted and received first, and then communication information may be transmitted and received by using the same. The wireless communication chip 143 refers to a chip that performs communication according to various communication standards such as IEEE, Zigbee, 3rd Generation (3G), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Long Term Evolution (LTE), and the like. The NFC chip 144 refers to a chip operating in a near field communication (NFC) method using a 13.56 MHz band among various RF-ID frequency bands such as 135 kHz, 13.56 MHz, 433 MHz, 860-960 MHz, 2.45 GHz, and the like.

The memory 150 may store various programs and data necessary for the operation of the electronic device 10. The memory 150 may be implemented as a nonvolatile memory, a volatile memory, a flash-memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), or a solid state drive (SSD). The memory 150 may be accessed by the controller 190 and read / write / modify / delete / update of data by the controller 190. In the present disclosure, the term memory refers to a memory 150, a ROM (not shown), a RAM (not shown), or a memory card (not shown) mounted on the electronic device 10 (eg, micro SD). Card, memory stick).

In addition, the memory 150 may store programs and data for configuring various screens to be displayed on the display area of the display 130.

Hereinafter, the structure of the software stored in the memory 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 2C. According to FIG. 2C, software including the OS 310, the kernel 320, the middleware 330, the application 340, and the like may be stored in the memory 150.

An operating system (OS) 310 controls and manages the overall operation of hardware. In other words, the OS 310 is a layer that performs basic functions such as hardware management, memory, and security.

The kernel 320 serves as a path for transmitting various signals including the touch signal sensed by the detector 180 to the middleware 330.

The middleware 330 includes various software modules for controlling the operation of the electronic device 10. According to FIG. 2C, the middleware 330 includes an X11 module 330-1, an APP manager 330-2, a connection manager 330-3, a security module 330-4, a system manager 330-5, The multimedia framework 330-6, the main UI framework 330-7, the window manager 330-8, and the sub UI framework 330-9 are included.

The X11 module 330-1 is a module that receives various event signals from various hardware included in the electronic device 10. Here, the event may be set in various ways such as an event in which a user gesture is detected, an event in which a system alarm occurs, an event in which a specific program is executed or terminated, and the like.

The APP manager 330-2 is a module that manages execution states of various applications 340 installed in the memory 150. When the application execution event is detected from the X11 module 330-1, the APP manager 330-2 calls and executes an application corresponding to the event.

The connection manager 330-3 is a module for supporting a wired or wireless network connection. The connection manager 330-3 may include various detailed modules such as a DNET module and a UPnP module.

The security module 330-4 is a module that supports certification, request permission, secure storage, and the like for hardware.

The system manager 330-5 monitors the status of each component in the electronic device 10 and provides the monitoring results to other modules. For example, when a battery level is low, an error occurs, or a communication connection is broken, the system manager 330-5 may monitor the monitoring result in the main UI framework 330-7 or the sub UI frame. It may be provided to the walk 330-9 to output a notification message or a notification sound.

The multimedia framework 330-6 is a module for playing multimedia content stored in the electronic device 10 or provided from an external source. The multimedia framework 330-6 may include a player module, a camcorder module, a sound processing module, and the like. Accordingly, an operation of reproducing and reproducing a screen and sound by reproducing various multimedia contents may be performed.

The main UI framework 330-7 is a module for providing various UIs to be displayed in the main area of the display 130, and the sub UI framework 330-9 is for providing various UIs to be displayed in the sub area. Module. The main UI framework 330-7 and the sub UI framework 330-9 include an image compositor module constituting various UI elements, a coordinate synthesizer for calculating the coordinates at which the UI elements are displayed, and a configured UI element. It may include a rendering module for rendering in the calculated coordinates, 2D / 3D UI toolkit for providing a tool (tool) for constructing a UI in 2D or 3D form.

The window manager 330-8 may detect a touch event or other input event using a user's body or a pen. When such an event is detected, the window manager 330-8 transmits an event signal to the main UI framework 330-7 or the sub UI framework 330-9 to perform an operation corresponding to the event.

In addition, when the user touches and drags the screen, a pitch module, a roll angle, a yaw angle, and the like are calculated based on a writing module for drawing a line according to the drag trajectory or a sensor value detected by the motion detector 182. Various program modules, such as an angle calculation module, may be stored in the electronic device 10.

The application module 340 includes applications 340-1 ˜ 340-n for supporting various functions. For example, it may include a program module for providing various services such as a navigation program module, a game module, an e-book module, a calendar module, an alarm management module, and the like. These applications may be installed by default, or may be arbitrarily installed and used by a user during use. When the UI element is selected, the main CPU 194 may execute an application corresponding to the selected UI element by using the application module 340.

The software structure shown in FIG. 2C is merely an example and is not necessarily limited thereto. Therefore, some of them may be omitted, modified, or added depending on the type of the electronic device 10 or the purpose of the electronic device 10. For example, the memory 150 includes a sensing module for analyzing signals sensed by various sensors, a messaging module such as a messenger program, a text message program, an e-mail program, a call info aggregator program module, a VoIP module, Various programs, such as a web browser module, may be additionally provided.

Referring again to FIG. 2A, the audio processor 160 is a component that processes audio data of image content. The audio processor 160 may perform various processing such as decoding, amplification, noise filtering, and the like on the audio data. The audio data processed by the audio processor 160 may be output to the audio output unit 170.

The audio output unit 170 is configured to output not only various audio data on which various processing tasks such as decoding, amplification, and noise filtering are performed by the audio processing unit 160, but also various notification sounds or voice messages. In particular, the audio output unit 170 may be implemented as a speaker, but this is only an example and may be implemented as an output terminal capable of outputting audio data.

The detector 180 detects various user interactions. The sensing unit 180 may detect at least one of various changes such as posture change, illuminance change, acceleration change, etc. of the electronic device 10, and may transmit an electrical signal corresponding thereto to the controller 190. That is, the sensing unit 180 may detect a state change based on the electronic device 10, generate a sensing signal according to the change, and transmit the sensing signal to the control unit 190. In the present disclosure, the sensing unit 180 may include various sensors, and power is supplied to at least one sensor set under the control of the sensing unit 180 when the electronic device 10 is driven (or based on a user setting). The state change of the device 10 can be detected.

The sensing unit 180 may be formed of various sensors, and may include at least one of all types of sensing devices capable of detecting a state change of the electronic device 10. have. For example, the sensing unit 180 may include a touch sensor, an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor, an illuminance sensor, a proximity sensor, and a pressure sensor. ), A noise sensor (for example, a microphone), a video sensor (for example, a camera module), a pen sensor, and a sensor such as at least one of various sensing devices. .

The sensing unit 180 may be classified into a touch sensing unit 181 and a motion sensing unit 182 according to a sensing purpose, but is not limited thereto and may be classified according to various purposes. This does not mean physical division, and at least one sensor may be combined to serve as the sensing units 181 and 182. In addition, according to the implementation method, a part of the configuration or function of the sensing unit 180 may be included in the controller 190.

The touch detector 181 may detect a user's finger input and output a touch event value corresponding to the detected touch signal. The touch panel of the touch sensing unit 181 may be mounted under the display unit 130. The touch sensing unit 181 may detect a user's finger input, for example, a capacitive type or a pressure sensitive type. The electrostatic type is a method of calculating touch coordinates by sensing fine electricity excited by a user's human body. The pressure-sensitive type includes two electrode plates embedded in the touch panel and calculates touch coordinates by detecting that the upper and lower plates of the touched point are in contact with each other so that current flows.

The touch sensor 181 may obtain an output signal according to a user's input from the touch sensor. The touch detector 181 calculates user input information such as touch position or touch coordinates, touch count, touch intensity, cell ID, touch angle, or touch area from the signal values, and calculates the touch input using the calculated user input information. You can decide the type. In this case, the touch detector 181 may determine the type of the touch input by using a touch recognition algorithm and touch pattern data in a memory (not shown) of the touch panel. When the type of touch input is determined, the touch detector 181 may transmit information regarding the type of touch input to the controller 190. As described above, the touch detector 181 may detect a proximity touch position (or hovering position) input by the user.

In this case, the controller 190 may replace a part of the function of the touch sensor 181. For example, the touch detector 181 may transmit the signal value obtained from the touch sensor or the user input information calculated from the signal value to the controller 190. The controller 190 may determine the type of the touch input using the received signal value or user input information by using a touch recognition algorithm and touch pattern data stored in the memory 150. For example, when the phone application is running, the controller 190 may detect that the call button of the phone application is selected from the user input information or the type of the touch input, and transmit a call to the counterpart through the communication unit 140. .

The motion detector 182 may move the electronic device 10 using at least one of an acceleration sensor, a tilt sensor, a gyro sensor, and a 3-axis magnetic sensor. (Eg, rotational movement, tilting movement, etc.) can be detected. The motion detector 182 may transfer the generated electrical signal to the controller 190. As an example, the motion detector 182 may measure an acceleration in which the movement acceleration and the gravity acceleration of the electronic device 10 are added, but may measure only the gravity acceleration without the movement of the electronic device 10.

For example, assuming that the motion detector 182 uses an acceleration sensor, gravity acceleration of each of the X, Y, and Z axes may be measured based on the electronic device 10. In this case, the front of the electronic device 10 is directed upward, and the positive direction of gravity acceleration is positive, and the rear of the electronic device 10 is directed upward as a negative direction of gravity acceleration. do. When the rear surface of the electronic device 10 is placed so as to touch the horizontal surface, the gravitational acceleration measured by the motion detector 182 is measured at 0 m / sec2 in the X-axis and Y-axis components, and only the Z-axis component is used. A certain amount of value (eg +9.8 m / sec 2) can be measured. On the contrary, when the front surface of the electronic device 10 lies on a horizontal surface, the gravitational acceleration measured by the motion detector 182 is measured at 0 m / sec2 in the X and Y axis components, and the Z axis component. Only certain negative values (eg -9.8 m / sec2) can be measured. In addition, assuming that the electronic device 10 is placed obliquely with the surface of the table, the gravitational acceleration measured by the motion detector 182 is measured at a value other than 0 m / sec 2 at least one axis. The square root of the sum of the squares of the components of the three axes, ie, the magnitude of the vector sum, may be the specific value (eg, 9.8 m / sec 2). In this case, the motion detector 182 may detect each acceleration in the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions in the coordinate system. On the other hand, it is a matter of course that the respective axes and the corresponding gravity acceleration can be changed according to the position where the sensor is attached.

The detector 180 may further include a pen detector (eg, a pen recognition panel) (not shown). The pen detector detects a user's pen input according to an operation of a user's touch pen (eg, a stylus pen or a digitizer pen), and outputs a pen proximity event value or a pen touch event value. have. The pen detecting unit may be implemented by, for example, an EMR method, and detects a touch or a proximity input according to a change in the intensity of the electromagnetic field due to the proximity of the pen or the pen touch. In detail, the pen recognition panel may be configured to include an electromagnetic induction coil sensor having a grid structure and an electronic signal processor for sequentially providing an AC signal having a predetermined frequency to each loop coil of the electromagnetic induction coil sensor. If there is a pen incorporating a resonant circuit in the vicinity of the loop coil of the pen recognition panel, the magnetic field transmitted from the loop coil generates a current based on mutual electromagnetic induction in the resonant circuit in the pen. Based on this current, an induction magnetic field is generated from the coil constituting the resonant circuit in the pen, and the pen recognition panel detects the induction magnetic field in the loop coil in a signal receiving state, so that the pen's approach position or touch position is changed. Can be detected.

The microphone (not shown) may receive a user voice (for example, start recording, stop recording, or end recording) for controlling the medical device through the electronic device 10, and recognize the user voice through the voice recognition module. . The recognized result may be transmitted to the controller 190. In this case, the voice recognition module may be located outside of the electronic device 10 or part of the controller 190 instead of the microphone.

The controller 190 (or the processor) may control the overall operation of the electronic device 10 using various programs stored in the memory 150.

The controller 190 may include a RAM 191, a ROM 192, a graphics processor 193, a main CPU 194, first to n interface 195-1 to 195-n, and a bus 196. have. In this case, the RAM 191, the ROM 192, the graphic processor 193, the main CPU 194, the first to nth interfaces 195-1 to 195-n, and the like may be connected to each other through the bus 196. .

RAM 191 stores an O / S and an application program. In detail, when the electronic device 10 is booted, the O / S may be stored in the RAM 191, and various application data selected by the user may be stored in the RAM 191.

The ROM 192 stores a command set for system booting. When the turn on command is input and the power is supplied, the main CPU 194 copies the O / S stored in the memory 150 to the RAM 191 according to the command stored in the ROM 192 and executes the O / S. Boot the system. When booting is completed, the main CPU 194 copies various application programs stored in the memory 150 to the RAM 191, and executes the application programs copied to the RAM 191 to perform various operations.

The graphic processor 193 generates a screen including various objects such as an item, an image, and a text by using a calculator (not shown) and a renderer (not shown). Here, the operation unit may be configured to calculate attribute values such as coordinate values, shapes, sizes, colors, etc. of each object to be displayed according to the layout of the screen using the control command received from the sensing unit 180. The renderer may be configured to generate screens of various layouts including objects based on the attribute values calculated by the calculator. The screen generated by the renderer may be displayed in the display area of the display 130.

The main CPU 194 accesses the memory 150 and performs booting using an operating system stored in the memory 150. The main CPU 194 performs various operations using various programs, contents, data, and the like stored in the memory 150.

The first to nth interfaces 195-1 to 195-n are connected to various components described above. One of the first to n-th interfaces 195-1 to 195-n may be a network interface connected to an external device through a network.

2B is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of an electronic device 10 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 2B, the electronic device 10 may include a display 130 and a controller 190.

The display 130 may be divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to each of the plurality of notification information. Each of the plurality of notification information may belong to one of the plurality of groups.

3A is a diagram illustrating that the display 130 according to an embodiment is divided into a plurality of regions corresponding to each of a plurality of groups. Examples of the plurality of groups may include a basic group, a call / schedule group, a social network service group, a message group, and the like. Examples of the notification information belonging to the plurality of groups will be described later in more detail with reference to FIG. 4.

3A illustrates a display unit 130 having a rectangular shape, and FIG. 3A illustrates a display unit 130 having a circular shape, which is merely an example, and embodiments of the present disclosure may be applied. The display unit 130 may have various forms.

In FIG. 3A, each of the plurality of groups may correspond to each of the upper left region 11, the upper right region 12, the lower left region 13, and the lower right region 14 of the display 130. Only the plurality of areas respectively corresponding to the plurality of groups may correspond to various positions of the display 130.

3B is a diagram illustrating that the display 130 is divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to each of a plurality of groups, according to another exemplary embodiment.

In FIG. 3B, each of the plurality of groups may correspond to a plurality of regions divided by 2 × 2. In FIG. 3B, each of the plurality of groups may correspond to each of the upper left region 11, the upper right region 12, the lower left region 13, and the lower right region 14 of the display 130. Also, in FIG. 3B (b), each of the plurality of groups may correspond to a plurality of regions divided by 3 × 3. In FIG. 3B (b), each of the plurality of groups may correspond to each of the plurality of divided regions 31 to 39 of the display 130. In addition, although not shown, the plurality of regions may be divided into various arrangements such as 1x2, 2x1, 3x4, 4x3, and 4x4, and the shapes of the plurality of regions may have various shapes such as square, circle, fan, and polygonal shapes. But it is not limited thereto.

When an event related to the notification information is detected, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to activate pixels included in an area corresponding to the notification information among the plurality of areas. That is, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to activate the pixels included in the region corresponding to the group to which the notification information related to the detected event belongs among the regions corresponding to the plurality of groups. In addition, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to deactivate the pixels included in the region corresponding to the group to which the notification information does not belong among the regions corresponding to the plurality of groups. Here, the event may mean a command signal or an interrupt signal for operating the electronic device 10 with a predetermined function. For example, when a message is received from an external device, the controller 190 may detect an external interrupt signal related to the reception of the message.

The electronic device 10 may further include a memory 150 including mapping information mapped between the plurality of areas and the plurality of groups to which the notification information belongs.

In FIG. 4, the plurality of groups to which the notification information included in the mapping information belongs may include a basic group, a call / schedule group, a social network service group, a message group, and the like. Can be.

The notification information may belong to one group of the plurality of groups according to the type of notification information. The type of the notification information may be determined based on at least one of an application for processing the notification information, the importance of the notification information, the size of the notification information, the source of the notification information, the contents of the notification information, and the data type of the notification information. The type of notification information may be determined as a reference.

For example, the notification information included in the basic group may include, for example, at least one of alarm information, timer information, battery state information of the electronic device 10, and communication state information of the electronic device 10.

The notification information included in the call / schedule group may include, for example, at least one of call reception information and schedule information registered in advance by the user.

The notification information included in the SNS group may include, for example, social service information indicating that a tweet, a comment, or a content is registered, deleted, or changed in a social server.

For example, the notification information included in the message group may include at least one of text message information, email message information, and instant message information.

In FIG. 4, an example in which notification information belongs to any one of a basic group, a call / schedule group, an SNS group, and a message group has been described. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the notification information may be divided into various groups. For example, the notification information may be classified into an advertisement group, a general importance group, and an importance group. Alternatively, the notification information may be classified into an application group having a high use frequency, an application group having a medium use frequency, and an application group having a low use frequency. Alternatively, the notification information may be divided into a text group, an image group, a video group, and a document group.

In FIG. 4, the pixel area may mean, for example, an area in which pixels are activated for each of a plurality of groups and group notification information of each of the plurality of groups is displayed.

For example, when the resolution of the display unit 130 is 240 × 320, the group notification information of the basic group may be displayed in the pixel area of (0,0)-(119, 159). In addition, the group notification information of the call / schedule group may be displayed in the pixel area of (120, 0)-(239, 159). In addition, the group notification information of the SNS group may be displayed in the pixel area of (0, 160)-(119, 319). In addition, the group notification information of the message group may be displayed in the pixel area of (120, 160)-(239, 319).

In FIG. 4, the type of group notification information may mean a display type of group notification information. For example, the static type may mean that the group notification information is displayed as a static image, text, or graphic (eg, a figure). As another example, the dynamic type may mean that the group notification information is displayed as a dynamic image, text, or graphic (eg, a figure). The dynamic type may be a blinking type or an animation type. The blinking type may mean that the group notification information is displayed while blinking according to a predetermined period or a predetermined rule. In addition, the animation type may mean that the position where the group notification information is displayed is displayed while being changed or moved. In FIG. 4, group notification information included in a basic group is displayed in a static type, group notification information included in a call / schedule and an SNS group is displayed in a blinking type, and group notification information included in a message group is an animation type. It may be indicated by.

In addition, in FIG. 4, a notification color of the group notification information may mean a color in which group notification information is displayed. In FIG. 4, group notification information included in the basic group and the call / calendar group may be displayed in white, group notification information included in the SNS group may be displayed in blue, and group notification information included in the message group may be displayed in red. have.

In addition, although not described in FIG. 4, the mapping information may further include count information indicating whether the number of notification information belonging to a group is displayed for each group. For example, when the mapping information is set to display the count information of the message group, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the number of notification information belonging to the message group in an area corresponding to the message group. have.

The above-described mapping information may be preset by a provider of an application installed in the electronic device 10 or a provider of an operating system. Alternatively, the mapping information may be specified by the user through the user interface.

When the pixels included in the area corresponding to the group to which the notification information belongs are activated, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the group notification information of the group to which the notification information belongs in the activated area.

5A to 5C are diagrams illustrating an example of group notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In FIG. 5A, the group notification information 21 ˜ 24 may be displayed in one area of the plurality of areas 11 ˜ 14 of the display 130. The group notification information 21 ˜ 24 may include, for example, at least one of a graphic of one color displayed on one area of the display 130 and the number of notification information belonging to the group. In this case, the upper left region 11 of the plurality of one regions corresponds to a private group, the upper right region 12 corresponds to a public group, and the lower left region 13 corresponds to a call / message group. The lower right region 14 may correspond to a schedule group.

When an event related to the notification information belonging to the dedicated group is detected, as shown in FIG. 5A, the controller 190 displays the group notification information 21 of the dedicated group as the upper left region 11 of the display 130. The display 130 may be controlled to display the graphic 21-1 of one color and the number 21-2 of the notification information belonging to the dedicated group. In this case, the notification information belonging to the dedicated group may be, for example, alarm information set for a private use by the user.

In addition, when an event related to the notification information belonging to the public group is detected, as shown in (b) of FIG. 5A, the controller 190 displays the group notification information 22 of the public group in the upper right region 12 of the display 130. As an example, the display 130 may be controlled to display the graphic 22-1 of the second color and the number 22-2 of the notification information belonging to the common group. In this case, the notification information belonging to the public group may be, for example, news information, advertisement information, or weather information that may be viewed by a third party.

In addition, when an event related to the notification information belonging to the call / message group is detected, as shown in (c) of FIG. 5A, the controller 190 notifies the group of the call / message group in the lower left region 13 of the display 130. As the information 23, the display 130 may be controlled to display the graphic 23-1 of the third color and the number 23-2 of the notification information.

In addition, when an event related to the notification information belonging to the schedule group is detected, as shown in (d) of FIG. 5A, the controller 190 may display the group notification information 24 of the schedule group in the lower right region 14 of the display 130. As such, the display 130 may be controlled to display the graphic 24-1 of the fourth color and the number 24-2 of the notification information.

In FIG. 5B, the group notification information 21 ˜ 24 may be text representing the group notification information 21 ˜ 24 displayed in the display area of the display 130. In this case, the pixels 21 to 24 corresponding to the text in the display area may be activated, and the pixels not corresponding to the text may be inactivated.

When an event related to the notification information belonging to the dedicated group is detected, as shown in FIG. 5B, the controller 190 may display the text 21 as the group notification information 21 of the dedicated group in the display area of the display 130. The display unit 130 may be controlled to activate the pixels 21-11 and 21-12 corresponding to.

In addition, when an event related to the notification information belonging to the public group is detected, as shown in FIG. The display unit 130 may be controlled to activate the pixels 22-1 and 22-12 corresponding to 22.

In addition, when an event related to the notification information belonging to the call / message group is detected, as shown in (c) of FIG. 5B, the controller 190 displays the group notification information 23 of the call / message group in the display area of the display 130. ) May control the display 130 to activate the pixels 23-11 and 23-12 corresponding to the text 23.

In addition, when an event related to the notification information belonging to a certain group is detected, as shown in (d) of FIG. 5B, the controller 190 displays the text as the group notification information 24 of the certain group in the display area of the display 130. The display 130 may be controlled to activate the pixels 24-11 and 24-12 corresponding to the 24.

In FIG. 5C, the group notification information 21 ˜ 24 may be an image representing the group notification information 21 ˜ 24 displayed in the display area of the display 130. At this time, the pixels 21 to 24 corresponding to the image are activated in the display area, and the pixels not corresponding to the image may be inactivated.

When an event related to the notification information belonging to the dedicated group is detected, as shown in FIG. 5C, the controller 190 displays the image 21 which is the group notification information 21 of the dedicated group in the display area of the display 130. The display unit 130 may be controlled to activate the pixels 21 corresponding to.

In addition, when an event related to the notification information belonging to the public group is detected, as shown in (b) of FIG. The display unit 130 may be controlled to activate the pixels 22 corresponding to 22.

In addition, when an event related to the notification information belonging to the call / message group is detected, as shown in (c) of FIG. 5C, the controller 190 displays the group notification information 23 of the call / message group in the display area of the display 130. The display unit 130 may be controlled to activate the pixels 23 corresponding to the image 23.

In addition, when an event related to the notification information belonging to the schedule group is detected, as shown in (d) of FIG. 5C, the controller 190 may display an image (the group notification information 24 of the schedule group) in the display area of the display 130. The display 130 may be controlled to activate the pixels 24 corresponding to the 24.

Although not shown, another example of the group notification information may include a group name, a group initial, a group alias, an animation related to the group, and the like. Such group notification information may be set in advance by a provider of an application installed in the electronic device 10 or a provider of an operating system, or may be set by a user through a user interface.

Hereinafter, an example of a user interface for displaying notification information is shown through FIGS. 6 to 10B.

In FIG. 6, the display 130 may be divided into a plurality of regions 11 to 14 corresponding to each of the plurality of notification information. That is, the display 130 may be divided into a plurality of areas 11 to 14 corresponding to a plurality of groups to which the plurality of notification information belongs.

In FIG. 6A, when an event (eg, a text message reception event) related to notification information (eg, text message information) is detected, the controller 190 includes a pixel included in the area 11 corresponding to the notification information. The display unit 130 may be controlled to activate the display unit 130. In addition, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to deactivate the pixels included in the areas 12 to 14 that do not correspond to the notification information. That is, the controller 190 activates the pixels included in the region 11 corresponding to the group to which the notification information belongs, and deactivates the pixels included in the regions 12 to 14 corresponding to the group to which the notification information does not belong. The display unit 130 may be controlled to control the display 130.

The controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the group notification information 21 of the group to which the notification information belongs in the activated pixel area. The group notification information 21 may be, for example, a graphic 21-1 representing a group or the number 21-2 of notification information unconfirmed by a user belonging to a group.

Next, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input for selecting the group notification information 21.

When the user input is detected, as shown in FIG. 6B, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the first notification information 601 among the notification information. For example, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the contents of the text message received from the first counterpart. In this case, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display an indicator 602 indicating the number of notification information. Next, the sensing unit 180 may sense a user input of touching the first direction (eg, left or right) on the display 130.

When the user input is detected, as illustrated in FIG. 6C, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the second notification information 701 among the notification information. For example, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the contents of the text message received from the second counterpart.

7 is a diagram illustrating a user interface screen for displaying notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

7 (a) and 7 (b) correspond to FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), a description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 7B, in the state where the details of the first notification information 601 are displayed, the sensing unit 180 touch-drags in the second direction (for example, the up or down direction) on the display 130. Can detect user input.

When the user input is detected, as illustrated in FIG. 7C, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display other

first notification information

602 and 603 received from the first counterpart. For example, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the contents of the text message previously transmitted and received by the first counterpart.

As another example, although not shown, when the group notification information is selected, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display a part of the notification information (for example, a part of the content of the text message). In this case, when a user input of touch dragging is detected on the display 130, the controller 190 controls the display 130 to display another part of the notification information (for example, another part of the content of the text message). can do.

8 is a diagram illustrating a user interface screen for displaying notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

8 (a) corresponds to FIG. 6 (a), a description thereof will be omitted.

In the state where the group notification information 21 is displayed as shown in FIG. 8A, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input for selecting the group notification information 21. In this case, as shown in FIG. 8B, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the notification information list 801. Next, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input for selecting the identification information 801-1 of the one notification information from the notification information list 801.

When the user input is detected, as shown in FIG. 8C, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the selected notification information 802.

9 is a diagram illustrating a user interface screen for displaying notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

9 (a) and 9 (b) correspond to FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), a description thereof will be omitted.

As illustrated in FIG. 9B, in a state where the first notification information 901 is displayed, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input for selecting the first notification information 901 on the display 130. . In this case, as illustrated in FIG. 9C, the controller 190 may display the external device 902 such that the execution screen 903 of the first notification information and the related application (eg, a text message application) is displayed on the external device 902. ) Can be controlled. In this case, the execution screen 902 of the application may display, for example, notification information transmitted and received with the first counterpart as well as the first notification information.

10A and 10B are diagrams illustrating a user interface screen for displaying notification information according to the present disclosure.

10a (a) corresponds to FIG. 6a, a description thereof will be omitted.

In a state in which group notification information is displayed in FIG. In this case, as illustrated in (b) of FIG. 10A, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to deactivate the display 130. In this case, deactivation of the display unit 130 indicates that the display unit 130 is in a black screen state, the display panel of the display unit 130 is turned off, or a state in which no information is displayed on the display unit 130. It may include.

Next, if a user input is detected on the deactivated display unit 130, as shown in FIG. 10B, the controller 190 may control the display unit 130 to display the watch screen 1001. . The watch screen 1001 may mean an initial screen or a standby screen of a smart watch including current time information (for example, analog time information using hour and minute hands, digital time information using numeric graphics, etc.). The device capable of displaying the watch screen 1001 is not limited to a smart watch, and various types of electronic devices 10 having a visual information display function may be targeted.

In detail, when the smart watch is switched from the off state to the on state, the watch screen 1001 may be displayed on the display unit 130 of the smart watch as an initial screen of the smart watch. In this case, when a user input is detected on the watch screen, the controller 190 may display a list or identification information of applications for which the smart watch is executable. Alternatively, the controller 190 may display notification information received by the smart watch. Alternatively, when the user input is not detected for a predetermined time while the smart watch is operating, the watch screen 1001 may be displayed on the display unit 130 of the smart watch as the standby screen of the smart watch. In this case, when a user input is detected on the watch screen, the controller 190 may display a list or identification information of applications for which the smart watch is executable. Alternatively, the controller 190 may display notification information received by the smart watch.

In this case, the watch screen 1001 may be divided into a plurality of regions 11 to 14 corresponding to each of the plurality of notification information. In other words, the watch screen 1001 may be divided into a plurality of areas 11 to 14 corresponding to groups to which the plurality of notification information belongs.

In this state, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the group notification information 25 in the area 11 corresponding to the group to which the notification information belongs among the plurality of areas 11 to 14. have. Next, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input for selecting group notification information.

When the user input is detected, as shown in FIG. 10B, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the notification information.

In FIG. 11A (a), the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the application list 1101 related to the notification information. The sensing unit 180 may include a UI element for generating a group to which the notification information provided by the application belongs to while the identification information 1101-1 and 1101-2 of the at least one application is selected from the application list 1101. A user input of selecting 1102 may be sensed.

If a user input is detected, as illustrated in FIG. 11A, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display a screen 1103 for receiving a name of a group.

Next, the sensing unit 180 may input a name of the group and detect a user input of selecting the UI element 1104 for determining the name.

If a user input is detected, as illustrated in FIG. 11B, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the group list 1105. The group list 1105 may include, for example, basic, call / calendar, social network service, and message group. Next, the sensing unit 180 may sense a user input for selecting a group 1105-1 included in the group list.

When the user input is detected, as shown in (d-1) of FIG. 11B or (d-2) of FIG. 11B, the controller 190 displays the display unit 130 such that a screen 1106 for determining an area corresponding to the group is displayed. ) Can be controlled. Next, the sensing unit 180 may receive a user input for selecting an area 1107 corresponding to the selected group 1105-1.

Then, when notification information related to an application belonging to the selected group 1105-1 is received, the controller 190 displays the group notification information in the area 1107 corresponding to the group 1105-1. Can be controlled.

Meanwhile, the controller 190 may activate only the first area of the touch panel of the touch sensor 181 and deactivate the second area of the touch panel. This may mean that the controller 190 processes a touch input detected through the first area of the touch panel and does not process the touch input detected through the second area of the touch panel. Alternatively, the controller 190 may mean that the amount of charge in the second region is limited to a predetermined value or less so that the touch input is not detected in the second region of the touch panel. Alternatively, the controller 190 may mean to cut off the supply of power to the elements related to the second area of the touch panel. Alternatively, the controller 190 may not process the output value or provide visual feedback corresponding thereto even when the controller 190 receives the touch output signal generated by the touch sensor corresponding to the second area of the touch panel.

When the display unit 130 is implemented as a touch screen having a layer structure in combination with the touch sensing unit 181, the controller 190 controls the first area of the touch screen as an active area, and the second area of the touch screen Can be controlled by inactive area. As an example, FIG. 12A is a diagram illustrating a watch screen 1201 displayed on a touch screen.

Referring to FIG. 12A, the controller 190 may control an outer region (or an outer region) 51 of the touch screen as an active region and an inner region 52 of the touch screen as an inactive region. In this case, when the user touches the outer area 51, the controller 190 may perform a function related to a user interface related to the touched area. On the other hand, when the user touches the inner region 52, the controller 190 may not perform processing on the user input.

In addition, referring to FIG. 12B, when the display 130 is divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to a plurality of groups according to the present disclosure, the controller 190 may correspond to one area 11 of the plurality of areas. The touch panel may be activated, and the touch panel corresponding to the other areas 12 to 14 may be deactivated.

In this case, when a user input is detected through the touch panel corresponding to the one area 11, the controller 190 may display the notification information or the notification information list belonging to the group corresponding to the one area 11 to be displayed. ) Can be controlled. On the other hand, when the user touches the other areas 12 to 14, the controller 190 may not perform processing on the user input.

13A and 13B are diagrams illustrating a UI screen in which a part of a touch screen is activated, according to an exemplary embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 13A (a), the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the watch screen 1301.

In this case, the watch screen 1301 may include an hour hand and a minute hand indicating a current time. In addition, when the watch screen 1301 is divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to a group to which the plurality of notification information belongs, the controller 190 displays the group notification information 25 in an area corresponding to the group to which the notification information belongs. The display unit 130 may be controlled to be controlled. In this case, when a user input for selecting the group notification information 25 is detected, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the notification information included in the group. Alternatively, when a touch drag input is detected on the watch screen 1301, the controller 190 controls the display 130 to display recently received notification information or to display a list of applications that the electronic device 10 can provide. can do.

Again, in FIG. 13A (a), the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input of touching one region (eg, the 12 o'clock direction of the outer region) 1302 of the touch screen.

If a user input is detected, as shown in FIG. 13A (b), the controller 190 may execute a timer setting function. When the timer setting function is executed, the controller 190 controls the outer area 51 of the watch screen 1301 as the active area, and the inner area 52 of the watch screen 1301 is inactivated as described above with reference to FIG. 12. Can be controlled by area. Next, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input of dragging an arc along the outer region 51 starting from the one region 1302. At this time, since the inner region 52 is an inactive region, when the user input is dragged outward from the outside, the controller 190 does not detect the user input dragged from the inside or performs processing on the user input. You can't. The sensing unit 180 may detect a user input of dragging to another region (for example, the four o'clock direction of the outer region) 1303. According to a user input, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the sector area 1304 corresponding to the dragged amount highlighted. Next, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input for releasing a touch.

If a user input is detected, as shown in FIG. 13A (c), the controller 190 may set a timer based on the dragged amount. For example, assuming that the amount dragged 360 degrees along the entire outer area of the watch screen 1301 is 60 seconds, the timer corresponding to the amount dragged 120 degrees to the 4 o'clock position may be 20 seconds. Next, the sensing unit 180 may sense a user input for selecting the UI element 1305 for starting the timer.

When the user input is detected, as shown in (d) of FIG. 13B, the controller 190 may start the timer based on a time corresponding to the dragged amount. In this case, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display an animation effect on the watch screen 1301 in proportion to the timer's progress time. For example, the size of the sector region 1304 may be reduced in proportion to the timer's running time. Alternatively, the color of a part of the sector region 1304 may be changed in proportion to the timer's advancing time. In addition, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the remaining time 1306 on the watch screen 1301. In this case, when a user input for selecting the timer pause UI element 1307 is detected, the controller 190 may pause the progress of the timer.

When the time of the timer is completed, as shown in (e) of FIG. 13B, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the time 1308 indicating the end of the timer. In this case, when a user input for selecting the UI element 1309 for restarting the timer is detected, the controller 190 may restart the timer.

In FIG. 14A (a), the watch screen 1401 may include an hour hand and a minute hand indicating a current time. In addition, in a state where the watch screen 1401 is divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to a group to which the plurality of notification information belongs, the controller 190 displays the group notification information 25 in an area corresponding to the group to which the notification information belongs. The display 130 may be controlled to be displayed.

In FIG. 14A (a), a user may register a schedule. First, the user can register the start time of the schedule. In the state where the current time is displayed, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input of releasing a touch in a predetermined area by touching and dragging the hour hand. In this case, an animation may be displayed in which the hour hand moves together with the movement of the touch position according to the drag.

When the user input is detected, as illustrated in FIG. 14A, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to move and display the hour hand in an area where the touch is released. Next, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input of releasing a drag in a predetermined area by touching and dragging the minute hand. In this case, an animation of moving the minute hand together with the movement of the touch position according to the drag may be displayed.

When the user input is detected, as shown in FIG. 14B (c), the controller 190 may control the display 130 to move and display the minute hand in an area where the touch is released. Next, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input for releasing a touch.

When the user input is detected, as illustrated in (d) of FIG. 14B, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display a popup 1402 for requesting the end time of the schedule. Next, a user input may not be detected for a certain time (eg, 1 second).

In this case, in FIG. 14C (e), the user can register the end time of the schedule. In a state in which a schedule start time is displayed, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input of releasing a touch in a predetermined region by selecting and dragging the hour hand. In this case, an animation may be displayed in which the hour hand moves together with the movement of the touch position according to the drag.

When the user input is detected, as illustrated in FIG. 14C, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to move and display the hour hand in the region where the touch is released. Next, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input of touching the minute hand and then releasing the touch. This may mean that the user does not want to move the minute hand. If the user wants to move the minute hand, the sensing unit 180 may detect a user input of releasing a drag in a predetermined area by touching and dragging the minute hand.

If a user input is detected, in FIG. 14D (g), the controller 190 may recognize a user voice related to a certain content through a microphone (not shown). While the user's voice is recognized, as shown in (h) of FIG. 14D, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display a graphic 1403 indicating a voice recognition time.

When the voice recognition time elapses, as shown in FIG. 14E (i), the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display a popup 1404 indicating that a schedule is registered. In this case, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display an animation indicating the start time and the end time of the schedule.

Next, when a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) elapses, as shown in (j) of FIG. 14E, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display the current time again.

15A and 15A (b) correspond to FIGS. 14A and 14A, and descriptions thereof will be omitted.

In FIG. 15B (c), the controller 190 may control the display 130 to move and display the hour hand in an area where the touch is released. Next, a user input may not be detected for a certain time (eg, 3 seconds).

In this case, as shown in (d) of FIG. 15B, the user may cancel registration of a schedule. In this case, the controller 190 may control the display 130 to display an animation indicating cancellation of registration of a schedule. For example, an animation may be displayed in which the hour and minute hands return from the start time of the canceled schedule to the current time.

16A and 16B are diagrams illustrating various devices in which notification information is displayed, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 16A, the display unit 130 may be mounted in the driver's seat of the vehicle.

In this case, as described above in the present disclosure, the display 130 may be divided into a plurality of regions 11 to 14 corresponding to each of the plurality of notification information. That is, the display 130 may be divided into a plurality of regions 11 to 14 corresponding to the plurality of groups of the present disclosure.

At this time, the vehicle may detect an event related to the notification information, or the vehicle may receive an event related to the notification information from the electronic device 10. In this case, the vehicle may activate pixels included in the area 11 corresponding to the notification information. In addition, the vehicle may deactivate the pixels included in the areas 12 to 14 that do not correspond to the notification information. Next, the vehicle may control the display 130 to display the group notification information 21 of the group to which the notification information belongs in the region 11 where the pixels are activated.

Also, as illustrated in FIG. 16B, a plurality of light emitting parts 1611 ˜ 1614 (eg, LEDs) may be mounted on a strap of the smart watch.

The plurality of light emitting parts 1611 to 1614 may be adjacent to each other or may be spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval. In addition, the plurality of light emitting parts 1611 to 1614 may emit different colors. Alternatively, the plurality of light emitting units 1611 to 1614 may emit light at different periods.

The plurality of light emitting parts 1611 to 1614 may correspond to the plurality of areas 11 to 14 corresponding to the plurality of groups of the present disclosure. That is, the first light emitter 1611 corresponds to the first region 11, the second light emitter 1612 corresponds to the second region 12, and the third light emitter 1613 corresponds to the third region ( 13, the fourth light emitting unit 1614 may correspond to the fourth region 14.

In this case, when an event related to the notification information belonging to one group of the plurality of groups is detected by the smart watch, the smart watch may control the display 130 to emit light corresponding to the one group. For example, the smart watch may emit light of a light emitting part corresponding to one group with a first color, and do not emit a light emitting part corresponding to another group. Alternatively, the smart watch may emit light emitting parts corresponding to one group in a first period, and light emitting parts corresponding to another group may not emit light or emit light in a second period different from the first period.

Although not shown, the electronic device 10 may have various types of feedback for each of a plurality of groups. For example, when an event related to the notification information is detected, the electronic device 10 may provide different haptic feedback for each of a plurality of groups to which the notification information belongs. Alternatively, when an event related to the notification information is detected, the electronic device 10 may provide different sound effects for each of a plurality of groups to which the notification information belongs.

17 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 17, in operation 1701, the electronic device 10 may obtain notification information.

In operation 1702, the electronic device 10 may determine a group to which the acquired notification information belongs. For example, the electronic device 10 may determine a group to which the notification information belongs based on the type of the notification information. The first group to the Nth group may be various groups representing the notification information, and an example of the groups is described above throughout the present disclosure and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

When the group to which the notification information belongs is determined, in operation 1703, the electronic device 10 may determine a pixel area corresponding to the group to which the notification information belongs in the display 130. In addition, the electronic device 10 may determine an area of the touch panel corresponding to the determined pixel area.

In operation 1704, the electronic device 10 may activate the determined pixel area and the area of the touch panel corresponding to the determined pixel area. In this case, the electronic device 10 may not activate pixel areas corresponding to the group to which the notification information does not belong in the display 130. In addition, the area of the touch panel corresponding to the pixel areas that are not activated may not be activated.

In operation 1705, the electronic device 10 may display group notification information on the activated pixel area.

Next, in operation 1706, the electronic device 10 may determine whether a user input for selecting group notification information is detected.

If a user input is detected (S1706-Y), in operation 1708, the electronic device 10 may display notification information. For example, the electronic device 10 may execute an application related to the notification information and display the notification information on the application execution screen.

On the other hand, if a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds) elapses without the detection of the user input (S1706-N), in step 1707, the electronic device 10 may stop displaying the group notification information. At this time, the notification information may disappear with a fade off effect.

18 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying notification information according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 18, in operation S1801, the electronic device 10 may determine whether an event related to notification information is detected.

If an event is detected (S1801-Y), in step S1802, the electronic device 10 activates pixels included in an area corresponding to the notification information among the plurality of areas 11 to 14 and does not correspond to the notification information. Pixels included in the area may be deactivated.

In this case, the area corresponding to the notification information may be an area corresponding to the group to which the notification information belongs.

19 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying notification information according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 19, in operation S1901, the electronic device 10 may determine whether an event related to notification information is detected.

If an event is detected (S1901-Y), in step S1902, the electronic device 10 activates pixels included in an area corresponding to a group to which notification information belongs among the plurality of notification areas 11-14. Group notification information can be displayed in the area. At this time, the electronic device 10 may deactivate the pixels included in the area corresponding to the group to which the notification information does not belong among the plurality of notification areas 11 to 14.

Next, in operation S1903, the electronic device 10 may determine whether a user input for selecting group notification information is detected.

When the user input is detected (S1903-Y), the electronic device 10 may display notification information belonging to the group in the region where the pixel is activated. Alternatively, the electronic device 10 may display the notification information list belonging to the group in the region where the pixel is activated.

20 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying notification information according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 20, in operation S2001, the display 130 of the electronic device 10 may be in an inactive state. In this case, the display 130 is in an inactive state, for example, the display 130 is in a black screen state, the display panel of the display 130 is turned off, or no information is displayed on the display 130. May include a non-state. Alternatively, the display 130 being in an inactive state may include a state in which the electronic device 10 is turned off.

In the state in which the display 130 is inactivated, in operation S2002, the electronic device 10 may determine whether an event related to the notification information is detected.

If an event is detected (S2002 -Y), in operation S2003, the electronic device 10 may activate pixels included in an area corresponding to the notification information in the display area of the display 130. Here, the area corresponding to the notification information may be part of the display area. The electronic device 10 may display the group notification information in the area where the pixels are activated. Alternatively, the electronic device 10 may display notification information in the area where the pixels are activated. In this case, the electronic device 10 may deactivate pixels included in an area of the display area that does not correspond to the notification information.

Meanwhile, in the above-described embodiment, the notification information has been described as being directly provided to the electronic device 10. However, this is only an embodiment, and the electronic device 10 may receive the notification information through another external electronic device. have.

21 is a diagram illustrating a situation in which notification information is provided through an external electronic device 2100 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the electronic device 10 may be a wearable device such as a smart watch, and the external electronic device 2100 may be a mobile device such as a smart phone or a tablet device.

In FIG. 21, when the counterpart 2 sends a message to the user 1, the message may be transmitted to the external electronic device 2100 through the base station 3. In this case, the external electronic device 2100 may transmit event information indicating reception of a message to the connected electronic device 10. In response to the received event, the electronic device 10 may determine an area corresponding to the group to which the message belongs among the plurality of areas of the display 130. In addition, the electronic device 10 may activate pixels included in the determined area and display group notification information 21 of a group to which the message belongs in the determined area to indicate reception of the message.

As described above, the event occurrence information is transmitted from the mobile device such as the smart phone to the wearable device such as the smart watch, so that the user can check the event occurrence and the event type more quickly. Thereafter, when the user selects the group notification information, the user may be provided with the notification information through the electronic device 10 or the external electronic device 2100.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the mapping information is described as being stored in the electronic device 10. However, this is only an example, and the external device may share the mapping information by registering the mapping information in the server.

FIG. 22 is a diagram for describing an embodiment in which mapping information is stored in a server 2210 and provided to other external devices according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

In FIG. 22, the electronic device 10 stores in the memory 150 including mapping information mapped between a plurality of areas and a plurality of groups to which notification information belongs. In this case, mapping information between the plurality of areas and the plurality of groups may be designated through a user interface. In addition, the electronic device 10 may transmit mapping information to the server 2210. The server 2210 may store the transmitted mapping information. The server 2210 may transmit the stored mapping information to the other external devices 2220-1 to 2220-3 according to a request of the other external devices 2220-1 to 2220-3. In this case, the external devices 2220-1 to 2220-3 may include not only an electronic device such as a smart phone but also a large display device such as a TV, and a wearable device such as a smart glass.

FIG. 23 is a sequence diagram illustrating an embodiment in which mapping information is stored in a server 2210 and provided to other external devices according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

In operation S2310, the electronic device 10 specifies mapping information. In this case, the mapping information may be designated according to a user input received through the user interface.

In operation S2320, the electronic device 10 transmits the designated mapping information to the server 2210. In this case, the mapping information may include user information (eg, ID information) of the electronic device 10.

In operation S2330, the server 2210 registers the received mapping information. In this case, the server 2210 may store mapping information and user information together.

In operation S2340, the external device 2220 requests mapping information. In this case, the request may include user information of the external device 2220.

In operation S2350, the server 2210 transmits mapping information to the external device 2220 in response to the request. In detail, the server 2210 may determine whether mapping information registered by the same user as the user of the external device 2220 exists based on the user information included in the request. When mapping information registered by the same user as the user of the external device 2220 exists, the server 2210 may transmit the registered mapping information to the external device 2220.

In operation S2360, the external device 2220 stores the received mapping information.

In operation S2370, the external device 2220 detects an event related to notification information in operation S2370.

In operation S2380, the external device 2220 activates a pixel in an area corresponding to the notification information in response to the event detection (S2380). In this case, the external device 2220 may deactivate the pixels included in the area corresponding to the group to which the notification information does not belong.

As described above, by registering the mapping information in the server 2210 and sharing it with other external devices 2220, the user can share the mapping information designated by the user with other external devices, thereby enabling the same user experience through a plurality of devices. Can be provided.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the screen is divided into a specific number irrespective of the number of group notification information. However, this is only an exemplary embodiment, and the screen is adaptively divided according to the number of group notification information. Can be displayed.

FIG. 24 is a diagram for describing an embodiment in which a screen is divided according to the number of group notification information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Specifically, in the case where the electronic device 10 is a smart watch having a circular display unit 130, when two group notification information is designated through environment setting, the electronic device 10 is illustrated in FIG. 24A. As described above, the display 130 may be divided into two regions, and group notification information may be mapped to each of the two regions. In addition, when three group notification information is designated, the electronic device 10 divides the display 130 into three areas as shown in FIG. 24B and group notification information in each of the three areas. Can be mapped. In addition, when four group notification information is designated, the electronic device 10 divides the display 130 into four areas as shown in FIG. 24C, and group notification information is provided in each of the four areas. Can be mapped.

As described above, the display unit 130 is adaptively divided according to the number of designated group notification information, so that the user can check not only the type of group notification information but also the number of group notification information designated by the user.

FIG. 25 is a diagram illustrating a situation in which notification information is provided to the electronic device 10 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure. In FIG. 25, the electronic device 10 may be, for example, a food storage device (eg, a refrigerator).

In FIG. 25, each of the

regions

2511, 2512, 2513, and 2514 of the display unit 2510 may correspond to each of the plurality of

originators

2501, 2502, 2053, and 2504 capable of providing notification information. In this case, the call destination may include a device owned by a third party or a server external to the electronic device 10.

In this case, the notification information received from one originator 2502 among the plurality of

originators

2501, 2502, 2053, and 2504 may be displayed on the display unit 2510 through an area 2512 corresponding to the originator 2502. Can be.

In detail, the notification information sent from the originator 2502 of FIG. 25 may be received by the electronic device 10.

In this case, the electronic device 10 may detect an event indicating that notification information has been received from the one source 2502. In response to the detected event, the electronic device 10 may determine an area 2512 corresponding to the notification information among the plurality of

areas

2511, 2512, 2513, and 2514 of the display unit 2510.

When the area 2512 corresponding to the notification information is determined, the electronic device 10 activates pixels included in the area 2512 corresponding to the notification information, and the

areas

2511, 2513, and 2514 that do not correspond to the notification information. ) Pixels may be deactivated.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 25A, the electronic device 10 may activate pixels included in the area 2512 corresponding to the notification information and display the notification information by using a portion of the activated pixel area. have. For example, when the source 2502 is a device owned by the parent of the user, the notification information displayed on the activated pixel area may be a message such as "take out a side dish in a refrigerator".

As another example, as shown in FIG. 25B, when the notification information is text, the electronic device 10 activates only pixels corresponding to the text in the area 2512 corresponding to the notification information and does not correspond to the notification information.

Regions

2511, 2513, 2514 and other pixels in region 2512 may be deactivated.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, the display attribute of the notification information may also be different for each sender. For example, each notification information according to each originator may be displayed to be distinguished with different colors, different fonts, or different shades.

In this way, the user can intuitively know the sender who sent the notification information based on each area where the notification information is displayed.

FIG. 26 is a diagram illustrating a process of mapping a sender for transmitting notification information to an area of the display unit 2510 in the electronic device 10 according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

In FIG. 26A, the electronic device 10 may display a UI screen 2610 including a plurality of senders that can be mapped to an area provided by the display unit 2510. In this case, the user may select one sender 2611 among the plurality of senders.

When the call destination 2611 is selected, in FIG. 26B, the electronic device 10 may include a UI screen 2620 including a plurality of areas provided by the display unit 2510. In this case, when another sender is already mapped to one area among the plurality of areas included in the UI screen 2620, identification information of the other sender may be previously displayed in the area where the sender is mapped.

When the UI screen 2620 is displayed, the user may select one region 2621 to be mapped to one originator 2611 among the plurality of regions.

If one area 2621 is selected, in FIG. 26C, the electronic device 10 includes a UI 2601-1 including a graphic 2611-1 confirming that the one area 2621 is mapped to one source 2611. The screen 2610 may be displayed.

As described above, when one source 2611 is mapped to one area 2621 of the display unit 2510, when notification information is received from the source 2611, the electronic device 10 is mapped to the source 2611. The received notification information may be displayed on one area 2621 of the display unit 2510.

FIG. 27 is a diagram illustrating a situation in which notification information is provided to the electronic device 10 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

In FIG. 27, each of the

areas

2711, 2712, 2713, and 2714 of the display 2710 may correspond to each of a plurality of

destinations

2701, 2702, 2703, and 2704 that receive notification information.

In this case, the notification information received by one destination 2702 among the plurality of

destinations

2701, 2702, 2703, and 2704 is displayed through an area 2712 of the display unit 2710 corresponding to the destination 2702. Can be.

In detail, in FIG. 27, notification information for notifying one destination 2702 may be received from the external device to the electronic device 10. In this case, the external device may include a device owned by an external third party or a server external to the electronic device 10.

Alternatively, the notification information for notifying one destination may be generated by the electronic device 10 itself.

For example, the electronic device 10 may generate notification information informing the destination 2270 of the state of the food being stored. For example, when the state of the stored food has passed the expiration date, or the amount of the stored food exceeds or falls short of a certain range, the electronic device 10 may generate notification information indicating the storage state of the food. .

As another example, when an error occurs during the operation of the electronic device 10, the electronic device 10 may generate notification information for notifying an error state of the electronic device 10 to one destination 2702. For example, when the temperature of the storage compartment in which the food is stored in the electronic device 10 is high or low beyond a certain range, the electronic device 10 may generate notification information indicating that the temperature of the storage compartment is abnormal.

In this case, the electronic device 10 may detect an event indicating that notification information has been received or generated. In response to the detected event, the electronic device 10 may determine an area 2712 corresponding to the notification information among the plurality of

areas

2711, 2712, 2713, and 2714. Here, the area 2712 corresponding to the notification information may be an area for displaying the notification information and may be an area corresponding to the destination 2270 to receive the notification information.

When the area 2712 corresponding to the notification information is determined, the electronic device 10 activates pixels included in the area 2712 corresponding to the notification information, and

areas

2711, 2713, and 2714 that do not correspond to the notification information. ) Pixels may be deactivated.

For example, as illustrated in FIG. 27A, the electronic device 10 may activate pixels included in the area 2712 corresponding to the notification information and display the notification information using a portion of the activated pixel area. have. For example, when the destination to which the notification information is to be received is the parent of a user who mainly manages the food of the electronic device 10, the notification information displayed in the activated pixel area may be "milk expiration date has passed." It can be a message.

As another example, as shown in FIG. 27B, when the notification information is text, the electronic device 10 activates only pixels corresponding to the text in the area 2712 corresponding to the notification information and does not correspond to the notification information.

Regions

2711, 2713, 2714 and other pixels in region 2712 may be deactivated.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, display attributes of the notification information may also be different for each destination. For example, each notification information according to each destination may be displayed to be distinguished with different colors, different fonts, or different shades.

As such, based on the notification information displayed through each area of the display unit 2510, users using the electronic device 10 may intuitively know the notification information provided to the user.

FIG. 28 is a diagram illustrating a process of mapping a destination for receiving notification information to an area of the display unit 2510 in the electronic device 10 according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.

In FIG. 28A, the electronic device 10 may display a UI screen 2810 including a plurality of destinations that can be mapped to an area provided by the display unit 2510. In this case, the user may select one destination 2811 among the plurality of destinations.

When the destination 2811 is selected, in FIG. 28B, the electronic device 10 may include a UI screen 2820 including a plurality of areas provided by the display 2710. In this case, when another destination is already mapped to one area among the plurality of areas included in the UI screen 2820, identification information of the other destination may be displayed in the area where the destination is mapped.

When the UI screen 2820 is displayed, the user may select one region 2821 to be mapped to one destination 2811 among the plurality of regions.

If one area 2821 is selected, in FIG. 26C, the electronic device 10 includes a UI 2811-1 including a graphic 2811-1 confirming that one area 2821 is mapped to one source 2811. The screen 2810 may be displayed.

As such, when notification information notifying one destination 2811 is received in a situation in which one destination 2811 is mapped to one area 2821 of the display 2810, the electronic device 10 transmits the message to the destination 2811. The received notification information may be displayed on one area 2821 of the mapped display unit 2710.

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus (eg, modules or electronic device 10) or a method (eg, operations) may be maintained in, for example, computer-readable storage media. It may be performed by at least one computer (for example, the processor 190) that executes instructions included in at least one of the programs.

When the command is executed by a computer (for example, the processor 190), the at least one computer may perform a function corresponding to the command. In this case, the computer-readable storage medium may be, for example, the memory 150.

Programs include, for example, hard disks, floppy disks, magnetic media (such as magnetic tape), optical media (such as compact disc read only memory) and digital versatile disc (DVD). ), Magneto-optical media (e.g. floptical disks), hardware devices (e.g. read only memory (ROM), random access memory (RAM), or flash memory, etc.) In this case, the storage medium is generally included as part of the configuration of the electronic device 10, but may be mounted through a port of the electronic device 10, or the electronic device. The program may be included in an external device (eg, a cloud, a server, or another electronic device) external to the device 10. The program may be stored in a plurality of storage media, and at least one of the plurality of storage media Some of the electronic devices 10 It may be located in the machine.

Instructions can include high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, as well as machine code such as produced by a compiler. The aforementioned hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the various embodiments, and vice versa.

In addition, while the above has been shown and described with respect to preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, the present disclosure is not limited to the specific embodiments described above, the technical field to which the present invention belongs without departing from the spirit of the present disclosure claimed in the claims. Of course, various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and these modifications should not be individually understood from the technical spirit or the prospect of the present disclosure.

Claims

An electronic device for providing notification information,

A display unit divided into a plurality of areas corresponding to each of the plurality of notification information; And

When an event related to the notification information is detected, the pixels included in the area corresponding to the notification information among the plurality of areas are activated, and the display unit is configured to deactivate pixels included in the area not corresponding to the notification information. An electronic device comprising a control unit.
The method of claim 1,

The area corresponding to the notification information,

And an area corresponding to a group to which the notification information belongs.
The method of claim 1,

The display unit,

And a plurality of areas corresponding to a plurality of groups to which each of the plurality of notification information belongs.
The method of claim 1,

The notification information,

It belongs to one group of the plurality of groups according to the type of the notification information,

The type of the notification information is determined according to at least one of an application for processing the notification information, an importance of the notification information, a size of the notification information, a source of the notification information, a content of the notification information, and a data type of the notification information. And an electronic device.
The method of claim 1,

The electronic device,

The apparatus may further include a memory configured to maintain mapping information to which the plurality of groups and the plurality of groups to which each of the plurality of notification information belongs are mapped.

The controller controls the display unit to activate pixels included in an area to which the notification information belongs among the plurality of areas based on the mapping information.
The method of claim 1,

The notification information,

And at least one of call reception information, text message information, email message information, instant message information, social service information, alarm information, timer information, battery information, and schedule information.
The method of claim 1,

The control unit,

And control the display unit to display group notification information of a group to which the notification information belongs in an area where the pixels are activated.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The group notification information,

A graphic representing the group, the number of notification information belonging to the group, the number of notification information unidentified by the user belonging to the group, the name of the group, the initial of the group, the alias of the group, the image associated with the group and And at least one of the animations associated with the group.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The electronic device,

Further comprising a detector for detecting a user input for selecting the group notification information,

The control unit,

And control the display unit to display notification information belonging to the group in response to the user input.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The electronic device,

Further comprising a detector for detecting a user input for selecting the group notification information,

The control unit,

And control the display unit to display a list of notification information belonging to the group in response to the user input.
In the method for providing notification information of the electronic device,

Detecting an event related to the notification information; And

In response to the detected event, pixels included in an area corresponding to the notification information among the plurality of areas of the display unit divided corresponding to each of the plurality of notification information are activated and placed in an area not corresponding to the notification information. And deactivating the included pixels.
The method of claim 11,

The area corresponding to the notification information,

Notification information providing method, characterized in that the area corresponding to the group to which the notification information belongs.
The method of claim 11,

The display unit,

And providing a plurality of regions corresponding to the plurality of groups to which the plurality of notification information belongs.
The method of claim 11,

The notification information,

It belongs to one group of the plurality of groups according to the type of the notification information,

The type of the notification information is determined according to at least one of an application for processing the notification information, an importance of the notification information, a size of the notification information, a source of the notification information, a content of the notification information, and a data type of the notification information. Notification information providing method characterized in that.
The method of claim 11,

Maintaining mapping information in which a plurality of groups to which each of the plurality of areas and each of the plurality of notification information belongs are mapped to a memory;

Activating pixels included in an area corresponding to the notification information may include:

And activating pixels included in an area to which the notification information belongs among the plurality of areas based on the mapping information.