WO2017039085A1 - Mobile terminal and control method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a touch screen for outputting first screen information; and a control unit which, when a touch is applied to the touch screen in a state where the first screen information is output, performs different control operations according to the pressure of the touch, wherein the control unit outputs, on the touch screen, second screen information corresponding to a function, which is different from a function corresponding to the first screen information, when the pressure of the touch satisfies predetermined reference pressure, and processes the touch as an input for the first screen information when the pressure of the touch does not satisfy the predetermined reference pressure.

Description

Mobile terminal and control method thereof

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of outputting visual information and a control method thereof.

Terminals may be divided into mobile / portable terminals and stationary terminals according to their mobility. The mobile terminal may be further classified into a handheld terminal and a vehicle mounted terminal according to whether a user can directly carry it.

The functions of mobile terminals are diversifying. For example, data and voice communication, taking a picture and video with a camera, recording a voice, playing a music file through a speaker system, and outputting an image or video to a display unit. Some terminals have an electronic game play function or a multimedia player function. In particular, recent mobile terminals may receive multicast signals that provide visual content such as broadcasting, video, and television programs.

As the terminal functions are diversified, for example, such a terminal is a multimedia player having a complex function such as taking a picture or a video, playing a music or video file, playing a game, or receiving a broadcast. Is being implemented.

Further, in order to support and increase the function of the terminal, it may be considered to improve the structural part and the software part of the terminal.

In addition, for such a mobile terminal, it may be considered to provide a variety of user interfaces to meet the needs of the user.

One object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal capable of easily switching the screen information output on a touch screen and a control method thereof.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal capable of simultaneously providing an execution screen currently being output, and recommendation information related to the execution screen, and a control method thereof.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a control method thereof that can more conveniently use the currently displayed execution screen by using the recommendation information.

A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may have a touch screen configured to output first screen information and different values depending on the pressure of the touch when a touch is applied to the touch screen while the first screen information is output. And a controller configured to perform control, wherein the controller is further configured to: a second screen corresponding to a function different from a function corresponding to the first screen information when the pressure of the touch satisfies a preset reference pressure; When the information is output and the pressure of the touch does not satisfy a preset reference pressure, the touch may be processed as an input for the first screen information.

The control unit may include a function corresponding to each of the first and second screen information on the touch screen when the pressure of the touch satisfies another preset reference pressure that is greater than the preset reference pressure. And third screen information corresponding to different functions.

In example embodiments, the first and second screen information may include execution screens of different applications currently being driven.

In example embodiments, when the first screen information includes a first virtual keyboard corresponding to a first arrangement method, when the touch satisfying the reference pressure is applied to the first virtual keyboard, Second screen information including a second virtual keyboard corresponding to a second arrangement may be output on the touch screen.

In example embodiments, when the second screen information is output, the controller divides the touch screen into a plurality of virtual areas, and outputs detailed screen information associated with different functions to each of the plurality of virtual areas. Can be.

According to an embodiment, one of the second and third screen information may include a list of currently running applications, and the other may include a home screen.

The control unit may simultaneously output at least a portion of each of the first to third screen information on the touch screen while the touch is applied, and at least a portion of each of the first to third screen information In addition, the identification may be performed at the same time.

The control unit may display guide information for notifying that one of the first to third screen information is selected on the touch screen based on the pressure of the applied touch. .

In an embodiment, when the touch is released, the controller may output only the selected screen information to the touch screen.

In at least one example embodiment, at least a portion of each of the first to third screen information may be overlapped with each other, and the first to third screen information may have different transparency so as to be distinguishable even when overlapping with each other.

In an embodiment, when the pressure of the touch is greater than or equal to the threshold pressure greater than the other preset reference pressure, the controller may output a notification icon indicating that there is no new screen information to be output anymore on the touch screen.

In example embodiments, the controller may control the touch screen such that the first to third screen information are alternately output while a touch satisfying the other preset reference pressure is applied.

In example embodiments, when the touch is released, the controller may control the touch screen to maintain output of screen information output to the touch screen when the touch of the first to third screen information is released. Can be.

A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the main body; A touch screen disposed on the main body and configured to sense a touch and output screen information; And a controller configured to control the touch screen such that a window including recommendation information related to the screen information output to the touch screen is overlapped with at least a portion of the screen information. The controller is configured to switch the window to an active state based on the first touch of a preset method being applied to the window, and when the second touch is applied to the recommendation information when the window is activated. The second touch may be processed in connection with the function of selecting the recommendation information, and the screen information may be controlled using the selected recommendation information.

In example embodiments, when the second touch is applied to the recommendation information when the window is in an inactive state, the second touch may be configured to select a part of screen information overlapping the recommendation information and not the recommendation information. Can be processed in conjunction.

In example embodiments, the recommendation information may be information related to the screen information among data stored in the main body or a predetermined server.

In an embodiment, the main body may include a wireless communication unit, and the data may include data extracted from contents of a message transmitted or received through the wireless communication unit.

The screen information output on the touch screen may be an execution screen of an application or a web site, and the controller may include a type of an application corresponding to the execution screen, an address of a web site, and an image included in the execution screen. And recommendation information to be included in the window based on at least one of text.

The recommended information to be included in the window may include at least one of text information, image information, meta information of an image, and contact information.

A control method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: outputting first screen information on a touch screen; Detecting a pressure of the touch when a touch is applied to the touch screen while the first screen information is output; And when the detected pressure of the touch satisfies a preset reference pressure, outputting second screen information corresponding to a function different from the function corresponding to the first screen information on the touch screen, and the pressure of the detected touch. If the preset reference pressure is not satisfied, the method may include processing the touch as an input for the first screen information.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, since the screen information is changed based on the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen, a plurality of operation processes for performing the screen information are omitted, thereby allowing the user to quickly and conveniently change the screen information. Screen information is available.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the touch screen is controlled such that recommendation information related to currently output screen information is output together with the screen information. Accordingly, the user can conveniently use the screen information and can reduce the time for searching for information or an application related to the screen information.

The controller may process a touch on the recommendation information in connection with a function of selecting the recommendation information based on whether the window including the recommendation information is in an activated state. Accordingly, the user may determine whether to use the recommendation information at the user's request.

The controller may control the screen information by using the selected recommendation information. Accordingly, the user may more conveniently reflect the recommendation information to the screen information.

1A to 1C, FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating a mobile terminal according to the present invention, and FIGS. 1B and 1C are conceptual views of one example of the mobile terminal, viewed from different directions.

2A is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2B and 2C are conceptual views illustrating the control method of FIG. 2A.

3A to 3B are conceptual views illustrating a control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4D are conceptual views illustrating a control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B are conceptual views illustrating a control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 7A to 7B are conceptual views illustrating the control method of FIG. 6.

8A is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of controlling screen information according to a first embodiment. 8B is a conceptual diagram for explaining a method of extracting recommendation information by the controller according to the first embodiment.

9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of controlling screen information according to a second embodiment.

10 is a conceptual diagram for describing a method of controlling screen information according to a third embodiment.

11A to 11B are conceptual views illustrating a method of controlling screen information according to a fourth embodiment.

12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of controlling screen information according to a fifth embodiment.

13 is a conceptual diagram for describing a method of controlling screen information according to a sixth embodiment.

14 is a conceptual view illustrating a method of controlling screen information according to a seventh embodiment.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments disclosed herein will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, and the same or similar components will be given the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and redundant description thereof will be omitted. The suffixes "module" and "unit" for components used in the following description are given or used in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have distinct meanings or roles from each other. In addition, in describing the embodiments disclosed herein, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known technology may obscure the gist of the embodiments disclosed herein, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, the accompanying drawings are intended to facilitate understanding of the embodiments disclosed herein, but are not limited to the technical spirit disclosed herein by the accompanying drawings, all changes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. It should be understood to include equivalents and substitutes.

Terms including ordinal numbers such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

When a component is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another component, it may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but it may be understood that other components may be present in between. Should be. On the other hand, when a component is said to be "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component, it should be understood that there is no other component in between.

Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

In this application, the terms "comprises" or "having" are intended to indicate that there is a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification, and one or more other features. It is to be understood that the present invention does not exclude the possibility of the presence or the addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, components, or a combination thereof.

The mobile terminal described herein includes a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant, a portable multimedia player, a navigation, a slate PC , Tablet PCs, ultrabooks, wearable devices, such as smartwatches, glass glasses, head mounted displays, and the like. have.

The mobile terminal described herein includes a mobile phone, a smart phone, a laptop computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant, a portable multimedia player, a navigation, a slate PC , Tablet PCs, ultrabooks, wearable devices, such as smartwatches, glass glasses, head mounted displays, and the like. have.

However, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the embodiments described herein may also be applied to fixed terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, digital signages, etc., except when applicable only to mobile terminals. will be.

1A to 1C, FIG. 1A is a block diagram illustrating a mobile terminal according to the present invention, and FIGS. 1B and 1C are conceptual views of one example of the mobile terminal, viewed from different directions.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an input unit 120, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, an interface unit 160, a memory 170, a controller 180, and a power supply unit 190. ) May be included. The components shown in FIG. 1A are not essential to implementing a mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal described herein may have more or fewer components than those listed above.

More specifically, the wireless communication unit 110 of the components, between the mobile terminal 100 and the wireless communication system, between the mobile terminal 100 and another mobile terminal 100, or the mobile terminal 100 and the external server It may include one or more modules that enable wireless communication therebetween. In addition, the wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules for connecting the mobile terminal 100 to one or more networks.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include at least one of the broadcast receiving module 111, the mobile communication module 112, the wireless internet module 113, the short range communication module 114, and the location information module 115. .

The input unit 120 may include a camera 121 or an image input unit for inputting an image signal, a microphone 122 for inputting an audio signal, an audio input unit, or a user input unit 123 for receiving information from a user. , Touch keys, mechanical keys, and the like. The voice data or the image data collected by the input unit 120 may be analyzed and processed as a control command of the user.

The sensing unit 140 may include one or more sensors for sensing at least one of information in the mobile terminal, surrounding environment information surrounding the mobile terminal, and user information. For example, the sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 141, an illumination sensor 142, an illumination sensor, a touch sensor, an acceleration sensor, a magnetic sensor, and gravity. G-sensor, Gyroscope Sensor, Motion Sensor, RGB Sensor, Infrared Sensor, Infrared Sensor, Finger Scan Sensor, Ultrasonic Sensor Optical sensors (e.g. cameras 121), microphones (see 122), battery gauges, environmental sensors (e.g. barometers, hygrometers, thermometers, radiation detection sensors, Thermal sensors, gas sensors, etc.), chemical sensors (eg, electronic noses, healthcare sensors, biometric sensors, etc.). Meanwhile, the mobile terminal disclosed herein may use a combination of information sensed by at least two or more of these sensors.

The output unit 150 is used to generate an output related to sight, hearing, or tactile sense, and includes at least one of a display unit 151, an audio output unit 152, a hap tip module 153, and an optical output unit 154. can do. The display unit 151 forms a layer structure with or is integrally formed with the touch sensor, thereby implementing a touch screen. The touch screen may function as a user input unit 123 that provides an input interface between the mobile terminal 100 and the user, and may also provide an output interface between the mobile terminal 100 and the user.

The interface unit 160 serves as a path to various types of external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. The interface unit 160 connects a device equipped with a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, and an identification module. It may include at least one of a port, an audio input / output (I / O) port, a video input / output (I / O) port, and an earphone port. In the mobile terminal 100, in response to an external device being connected to the interface unit 160, appropriate control associated with the connected external device may be performed.

In addition, the memory 170 stores data supporting various functions of the mobile terminal 100. The memory 170 may store a plurality of application programs or applications driven in the mobile terminal 100, data for operating the mobile terminal 100, and instructions. At least some of these applications may be downloaded from an external server via wireless communication. In addition, at least some of these application programs may exist on the mobile terminal 100 from the time of shipment for basic functions of the mobile terminal 100 (for example, a call forwarding, a calling function, a message receiving, and a calling function). The application program may be stored in the memory 170 and installed on the mobile terminal 100 to be driven by the controller 180 to perform an operation (or function) of the mobile terminal.

In addition to the operation related to the application program, the controller 180 typically controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 100. The controller 180 may provide or process information or a function appropriate to a user by processing signals, data, information, and the like, which are input or output through the above-described components, or by driving an application program stored in the memory 170.

In addition, the controller 180 may control at least some of the components described with reference to FIG. 1A in order to drive an application program stored in the memory 170. Furthermore, the controller 180 may operate by combining at least two or more of the components included in the mobile terminal 100 to drive the application program.

The power supply unit 190 receives power from an external power source and an internal power source under the control of the controller 180 to supply power to each component included in the mobile terminal 100. The power supply unit 190 includes a battery, which may be a built-in battery or a replaceable battery.

At least some of the components may operate in cooperation with each other to implement an operation, control, or control method of the mobile terminal according to various embodiments described below. In addition, the operation, control, or control method of the mobile terminal may be implemented on the mobile terminal by driving at least one application program stored in the memory 170.

Hereinafter, the components listed above will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1A before looking at various embodiments implemented through the mobile terminal 100 described above.

First, referring to the wireless communication unit 110, the broadcast receiving module 111 of the wireless communication unit 110 receives a broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. Two or more broadcast receiving modules may be provided to the mobile terminal 100 for simultaneous broadcast reception or switching of broadcast channels for at least two broadcast channels.

The mobile communication module 112 may include technical standards or communication schemes (eg, Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), Code Division Multi Access (CDMA), Code Division Multi Access 2000 (CDMA2000), and EV). Enhanced Voice-Data Optimized or Enhanced Voice-Data Only (DO), Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced) and the like to transmit and receive a radio signal with at least one of a base station, an external terminal, a server on a mobile communication network.

The wireless signal may include various types of data according to transmission and reception of a voice call signal, a video call call signal, or a text / multimedia message.

The wireless internet module 113 refers to a module for wireless internet access and may be embedded or external to the mobile terminal 100. The wireless internet module 113 is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in a communication network according to wireless internet technologies.

Examples of wireless Internet technologies include Wireless LAN (WLAN), Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi), Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) Direct, Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), Wireless Broadband (WiBro), and WiMAX (World). Interoperability for Microwave Access (HSDPA), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), Long Term Evolution (LTE), Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A), and the like. 113) transmits and receives data according to at least one wireless Internet technology in a range including the Internet technologies not listed above.

In view of the fact that the wireless Internet access by WiBro, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE, LTE-A, etc. is made through a mobile communication network, the wireless Internet module 113 for performing a wireless Internet access through the mobile communication network 113 ) May be understood as a kind of mobile communication module 112.

The short range communication module 114 is for short range communication, and includes Bluetooth ™, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and NFC. (Near Field Communication), at least one of Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), Wi-Fi Direct, Wireless USB (Wireless Universal Serial Bus) technology can be used to support short-range communication. The short-range communication module 114 may be configured between a mobile terminal 100 and a wireless communication system, between the mobile terminal 100 and another mobile terminal 100, or through the wireless area networks. ) And a network in which the other mobile terminal 100 (or an external server) is located. The short range wireless communication network may be short range wireless personal area networks.

Here, the other mobile terminal 100 is a wearable device capable of exchanging (or interworking) data with the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention (for example, smartwatch, smart glasses). (smart glass), head mounted display (HMD). The short range communication module 114 may sense (or recognize) a wearable device that can communicate with the mobile terminal 100, around the mobile terminal 100. Further, when the detected wearable device is a device that is authenticated to communicate with the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention, the controller 180 may include at least a portion of data processed by the mobile terminal 100 in the short range communication module ( The transmission may be transmitted to the wearable device through 114. Therefore, the user of the wearable device may use data processed by the mobile terminal 100 through the wearable device. For example, according to this, when a call is received by the mobile terminal 100, the user performs a phone call through the wearable device or when a message is received by the mobile terminal 100, the received through the wearable device. It is possible to check the message.

The location information module 115 is a module for obtaining a location (or current location) of a mobile terminal, and a representative example thereof is a Global Positioning System (GPS) module or a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) module. For example, when the mobile terminal utilizes the GPS module, the mobile terminal may acquire the location of the mobile terminal using a signal transmitted from a GPS satellite. As another example, when the mobile terminal utilizes the Wi-Fi module, the mobile terminal may acquire the location of the mobile terminal based on information of the wireless access point (AP) transmitting or receiving the Wi-Fi module and the wireless signal. If necessary, the location information module 115 may perform any function of other modules of the wireless communication unit 110 to substitute or additionally obtain data regarding the location of the mobile terminal. The location information module 115 is a module used to obtain the location (or current location) of the mobile terminal, and is not limited to a module that directly calculates or obtains the location of the mobile terminal.

Next, the input unit 120 is for inputting image information (or signal), audio information (or signal), data, or information input from a user. For input of image information, the mobile terminal 100 is one. Alternatively, the plurality of cameras 121 may be provided. The camera 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video call mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame may be displayed on the display unit 151 or stored in the memory 170. On the other hand, the plurality of cameras 121 provided in the mobile terminal 100 may be arranged to form a matrix structure, and through the camera 121 forming a matrix structure in this way, the mobile terminal 100 may have various angles or focuses. The plurality of pieces of image information may be input. In addition, the plurality of cameras 121 may be arranged in a stereo structure to acquire a left image and a right image for implementing a stereoscopic image.

The microphone 122 processes external sound signals into electrical voice data. The processed voice data may be variously used according to a function (or an application program being executed) performed by the mobile terminal 100. Meanwhile, various noise reduction algorithms may be implemented in the microphone 122 to remove noise generated in the process of receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 123 is for receiving information from a user. When information is input through the user input unit 123, the controller 180 may control an operation of the mobile terminal 100 to correspond to the input information. . The user input unit 123 may be a mechanical input unit (or a mechanical key, for example, a button, a dome switch, a jog wheel, or the like located on the front, rear, or side surfaces of the mobile terminal 100). Jog switch, etc.) and touch input means. As an example, the touch input means may include a virtual key, a soft key, or a visual key displayed on the touch screen through a software process, or a portion other than the touch screen. It may be made of a touch key disposed in the. The virtual key or the visual key may be displayed on the touch screen while having various forms, for example, graphic, text, icon, video, or the like. It can be made of a combination of.

Meanwhile, the sensing unit 140 senses at least one of information in the mobile terminal, surrounding environment information surrounding the mobile terminal, and user information, and generates a sensing signal corresponding thereto. The controller 180 may control driving or operation of the mobile terminal 100 or perform data processing, function or operation related to an application program installed in the mobile terminal 100 based on the sensing signal. Representative sensors among various sensors that may be included in the sensing unit 140 will be described in more detail.

First, the proximity sensor 141 refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or an object present in the vicinity without using a mechanical contact by using an electromagnetic force or infrared rays. The proximity sensor 141 may be disposed in an inner region of the mobile terminal covered by the touch screen described above or near the touch screen.

Examples of the proximity sensor 141 include a transmissive photoelectric sensor, a direct reflective photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflective photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillating proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor. In the case where the touch screen is capacitive, the proximity sensor 141 may be configured to detect the proximity of the object by the change of the electric field according to the proximity of the conductive object. In this case, the touch screen (or touch sensor) itself may be classified as a proximity sensor.

On the other hand, for convenience of explanation, an action of allowing the object to be recognized without being in contact with the touch screen so that the object is located on the touch screen is referred to as a "proximity touch", and the touch The act of actually touching an object on a screen is called a "contact touch." The position at which the object is in close proximity touch on the touch screen means a position where the object is perpendicular to the touch screen when the object is in close proximity touch. The proximity sensor 141 may detect a proximity touch and a proximity touch pattern (for example, a proximity touch distance, a proximity touch direction, a proximity touch speed, a proximity touch time, a proximity touch position, and a proximity touch movement state). have. Meanwhile, the controller 180 processes data (or information) corresponding to the proximity touch operation and the proximity touch pattern detected through the proximity sensor 141 as described above, and further, provides visual information corresponding to the processed data. It can be output on the touch screen. Further, the controller 180 may control the mobile terminal 100 to process different operations or data (or information) according to whether the touch on the same point on the touch screen is a proximity touch or a touch touch. .

The touch sensor senses a touch (or touch input) applied to the touch screen (or the display unit 151) using at least one of various touch methods such as a resistive film method, a capacitive method, an infrared method, an ultrasonic method, and a magnetic field method. do.

As an example, the touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in pressure applied to a specific portion of the touch screen or capacitance generated at the specific portion into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor may be configured to detect a position, an area, a pressure at the touch, a capacitance at the touch, and the like, when the touch object applying the touch on the touch screen is touched on the touch sensor. Here, the touch object is an object applying a touch to the touch sensor and may be, for example, a finger, a touch pen or a stylus pen, a pointer, or the like.

As such, when there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and then transmits the corresponding data to the controller 180. As a result, the controller 180 can know which area of the display unit 151 is touched. Here, the touch controller may be a separate component from the controller 180 or may be the controller 180 itself.

Meanwhile, the controller 180 may perform different control or perform the same control according to the type of touch object that touches the touch screen (or a touch key provided in addition to the touch screen). Whether to perform different control or the same control according to the type of touch object may be determined according to the operation state of the mobile terminal 100 or an application program being executed.

Meanwhile, the touch sensor and the proximity sensor described above may be independently or combined, and may be a short (or tap) touch, a long touch, a multi touch, a drag touch on a touch screen. ), Flick touch, pinch-in touch, pinch-out touch, swipe touch, hovering touch, etc. A touch can be sensed.

The ultrasonic sensor may recognize location information of a sensing object using ultrasonic waves. On the other hand, the controller 180 can calculate the position of the wave generation source through the information detected from the optical sensor and the plurality of ultrasonic sensors. The position of the wave source can be calculated using the property that the light is much faster than the ultrasonic wave, that is, the time that the light reaches the optical sensor is much faster than the time when the ultrasonic wave reaches the ultrasonic sensor. More specifically, the position of the wave generation source may be calculated using a time difference from the time when the ultrasonic wave reaches the light as the reference signal.

On the other hand, the camera 121, which has been described as the configuration of the input unit 120, includes at least one of a camera sensor (eg, CCD, CMOS, etc.), a photo sensor (or image sensor), and a laser sensor.

The camera 121 and the laser sensor may be combined with each other to detect a touch of a sensing object with respect to a 3D stereoscopic image. The photo sensor may be stacked on the display element, which is configured to scan the movement of the sensing object in proximity to the touch screen. More specifically, the photo sensor mounts a photo diode and a transistor (TR) in a row / column and scans contents mounted on the photo sensor by using an electrical signal that varies according to the amount of light applied to the photo diode. That is, the photo sensor calculates coordinates of the sensing object according to the amount of light change, and thus, the position information of the sensing object can be obtained.

The display unit 151 displays (outputs) information processed by the mobile terminal 100. For example, the display unit 151 may display execution screen information of an application program driven in the mobile terminal 100 or user interface (UI) and graphical user interface (GUI) information according to the execution screen information. .

In addition, the display unit 151 may be configured as a stereoscopic display unit for displaying a stereoscopic image.

The stereoscopic display unit may be a three-dimensional display method such as a stereoscopic method (glasses method), an auto stereoscopic method (glasses-free method), a projection method (holographic method).

The sound output unit 152 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 170 in a call signal reception, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, and the like. The sound output unit 152 may also output a sound signal related to a function (for example, a call signal reception sound or a message reception sound) performed in the mobile terminal 100. The sound output unit 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The haptic module 153 generates various haptic effects that a user can feel. A representative example of the tactile effect generated by the haptic module 153 may be vibration. The intensity and pattern of vibration generated by the haptic module 153 may be controlled by the user's selection or the setting of the controller. For example, the haptic module 153 may synthesize different vibrations and output or sequentially output them.

In addition to vibration, the haptic module 153 may be used to stimulate pins that vertically move with respect to the contact skin surface, jetting force or suction force of air through the jetting or suction port, grazing to the skin surface, contact of electrodes, and electrostatic force Various tactile effects can be generated, such as effects by the endothermic and the reproduction of a sense of cold using the elements capable of endothermic heat generation.

The haptic module 153 may not only deliver a tactile effect through direct contact, but also may allow a user to feel the tactile effect through a muscle sense such as a finger or an arm. Two or more haptic modules 153 may be provided according to a configuration aspect of the mobile terminal 100.

The light output unit 154 outputs a signal for notifying occurrence of an event by using light of a light source of the mobile terminal 100. Examples of events occurring in the mobile terminal 100 may be message reception, call signal reception, missed call, alarm, schedule notification, email reception, information reception through an application, and the like.

The signal output from the light output unit 154 is implemented as the mobile terminal emits light of a single color or a plurality of colors to the front or the rear. The signal output may be terminated by the mobile terminal detecting the user's event confirmation.

The interface unit 160 serves as a path to all external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. The interface unit 160 receives data from an external device, receives power, transfers the power to each component inside the mobile terminal 100, or transmits data inside the mobile terminal 100 to an external device. For example, a port connecting a device equipped with a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, and an identification module. The port, audio input / output (I / O) port, video input / output (I / O) port, earphone port, etc. may be included in the interface unit 160.

On the other hand, the identification module is a chip that stores a variety of information for authenticating the usage rights of the mobile terminal 100, a user identification module (UIM), subscriber identity module (SIM), universal user authentication And a universal subscriber identity module (USIM). A device equipped with an identification module (hereinafter referred to as an 'identification device') may be manufactured in the form of a smart card. Therefore, the identification device may be connected to the terminal 100 through the interface unit 160.

In addition, when the mobile terminal 100 is connected to an external cradle, the interface unit 160 may be a passage for supplying power from the cradle to the mobile terminal 100 or may be input from the cradle by a user. Various command signals may be a passage through which the mobile terminal 100 is transmitted. Various command signals or power input from the cradle may operate as signals for recognizing that the mobile terminal 100 is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The memory 170 may store a program for the operation of the controller 180 and may temporarily store input / output data (for example, a phone book, a message, a still image, a video, etc.). The memory 170 may store data regarding vibration and sound of various patterns output when a touch input on the touch screen is performed.

The memory 170 may include a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a solid state disk type, an SSD type, a silicon disk drive type, and a multimedia card micro type. ), Card-type memory (e.g., SD or XD memory), random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read It may include at least one type of storage medium of -only memory (PROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), magnetic memory, magnetic disk and optical disk. The mobile terminal 100 may be operated in connection with a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory 170 on the Internet.

On the other hand, as described above, the controller 180 controls the operation related to the application program, and generally the overall operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, if the state of the mobile terminal satisfies a set condition, the controller 180 may execute or release a lock state that restricts input of a user's control command to applications.

In addition, the controller 180 may perform control and processing related to voice call, data communication, video call, or the like, or may perform pattern recognition processing for recognizing handwriting input or drawing input performed on a touch screen as text and images, respectively. Can be. Furthermore, the controller 180 may control any one or a plurality of components described above in order to implement various embodiments described below on the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention.

The power supply unit 190 receives an external power source and an internal power source under the control of the controller 180 to supply power for operation of each component. The power supply unit 190 includes a battery, and the battery may be a built-in battery configured to be rechargeable, and may be detachably coupled to the terminal body for charging.

In addition, the power supply unit 190 may be provided with a connection port, the connection port may be configured as an example of the interface 160 is electrically connected to the external charger for supplying power for charging the battery.

As another example, the power supply unit 190 may be configured to charge the battery in a wireless manner without using the connection port. In this case, the power supply unit 190 uses one or more of an inductive coupling based on a magnetic induction phenomenon or a magnetic resonance coupling based on an electromagnetic resonance phenomenon from an external wireless power transmitter. Power can be delivered.

Meanwhile, various embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in a recording medium readable by a computer or a similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

1B and 1C, the disclosed mobile terminal 100 includes a terminal body in the form of a bar. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the present invention can be applied to various structures such as a watch type, a clip type, a glass type, or a folder type, a flip type, a slide type, a swing type, a swivel type, and two or more bodies which are coupled to be movable relative. . Although related to a particular type of mobile terminal, a description of a particular type of mobile terminal may generally apply to other types of mobile terminals.

Herein, the terminal body may be understood as a concept that refers to the mobile terminal 100 as at least one aggregate.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a case (eg, a frame, a housing, a cover, etc.) forming an external appearance. As shown, the mobile terminal 100 may include a front case 101 and a rear case 102. Various electronic components are disposed in the internal space formed by the combination of the front case 101 and the rear case 102. At least one middle case may be additionally disposed between the front case 101 and the rear case 102.

The display unit 151 may be disposed in front of the terminal body to output information. As shown, the window 151a of the display unit 151 may be mounted to the front case 101 to form a front surface of the terminal body together with the front case 101.

In some cases, an electronic component may be mounted on the rear case 102. Electronic components attachable to the rear case 102 include a removable battery, an identification module, a memory card, and the like. In this case, the rear cover 102 may be detachably coupled to the rear case 102 to cover the mounted electronic component. Therefore, when the rear cover 103 is separated from the rear case 102, the electronic components mounted on the rear case 102 are exposed to the outside.

As shown, when the rear cover 103 is coupled to the rear case 102, a portion of the side surface of the rear case 102 may be exposed. In some cases, the coupling serial case 102 may be completely covered by the rear cover 103. On the other hand, the rear cover 103 may be provided with an opening for exposing the camera 121b or the sound output unit 152b to the outside.

The cases 101, 102, and 103 may be formed by injecting a synthetic resin, or may be formed of a metal, for example, stainless steel (STS), aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), or the like.

The mobile terminal 100 may be configured such that one case may provide the internal space, unlike the above example in which a plurality of cases provide an internal space for accommodating various electronic components. In this case, the mobile terminal 100 of the unibody that the synthetic resin or metal from the side to the rear may be implemented.

On the other hand, the mobile terminal 100 may be provided with a waterproof portion (not shown) to prevent water from seeping into the terminal body. For example, the waterproof portion is provided between the window 151a and the front case 101, between the front case 101 and the rear case 102 or between the rear case 102 and the rear cover 103, and a combination thereof. It may include a waterproof member for sealing the inner space.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a display unit 151, first and second sound output units 152a and 152b, a proximity sensor 141, an illuminance sensor 142, an optical output unit 154, and first and second units. The cameras 121a and 121b, the first and second manipulation units 123a and 123b, the microphone 122, the interface unit 160, and the like may be provided.

Hereinafter, as illustrated in FIGS. 1B and 1C, the display unit 151, the first sound output unit 152a, the proximity sensor 141, the illuminance sensor 142, and the light output unit may be disposed on the front surface of the terminal body. 154, the first camera 121a and the first operation unit 123a are disposed, and the second operation unit 123b, the microphone 122, and the interface unit 160 are disposed on the side of the terminal body. The mobile terminal 100 in which the second sound output unit 152b and the second camera 121b are disposed on the rear surface of the mobile terminal 100 will be described as an example.

However, these configurations are not limited to this arrangement. These configurations may be excluded or replaced as needed or disposed on other sides. For example, the first manipulation unit 123a may not be provided on the front surface of the terminal body, and the second sound output unit 152b may be provided on the side of the terminal body instead of the rear surface of the terminal body.

The display unit 151 displays (outputs) information processed by the mobile terminal 100. For example, the display unit 151 may display execution screen information of an application program driven in the mobile terminal 100 or user interface (UI) and graphical user interface (GUI) information according to the execution screen information. .

The display unit 151 may include a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), and a flexible display (flexible display). display, a 3D display, or an e-ink display.

In addition, two or more display units 151 may exist according to an implementation form of the mobile terminal 100. In this case, the plurality of display units may be spaced apart or integrally disposed on one surface of the mobile terminal 100, or may be disposed on different surfaces.

The display unit 151 may include a touch sensor that senses a touch on the display unit 151 so as to receive a control command by a touch method. By using this, when a touch is made to the display unit 151, the touch sensor may sense the touch, and the controller 180 may generate a control command corresponding to the touch based on the touch sensor. The content input by the touch method may be letters or numbers or menu items that can be indicated or designated in various modes.

Meanwhile, the touch sensor is formed of a film having a touch pattern and disposed between the window 151a and the display (not shown) on the rear surface of the window 151a or directly patterned on the rear surface of the window 151a. May be Alternatively, the touch sensor may be integrally formed with the display. For example, the touch sensor may be disposed on a substrate of the display or provided in the display.

As such, the display unit 151 may form a touch screen together with the touch sensor. In this case, the touch screen may function as the user input unit 123 (see FIG. 1A). In some cases, the touch screen may replace at least some functions of the first manipulation unit 123a.

The first sound output unit 152a may be implemented as a receiver for transmitting a call sound to the user's ear, and the second sound output unit 152b may be a loud speaker for outputting various alarm sounds or multimedia reproduction sounds. It can be implemented in the form of).

A sound hole for emitting sound generated from the first sound output unit 152a may be formed in the window 151a of the display unit 151. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the sound may be configured to be emitted along an assembly gap between the structures (for example, a gap between the window 151a and the front case 101). In this case, an externally formed hole may be invisible or hidden for sound output, thereby simplifying the appearance of the mobile terminal 100.

The light output unit 154 is configured to output light for notifying when an event occurs. Examples of the event may include message reception, call signal reception, missed call, alarm, schedule notification, email reception, information reception through an application, and the like. When the user's event confirmation is detected, the controller 180 may control the light output unit 154 to end the light output.

The first camera 121a processes an image frame of a still image or a moving image obtained by the image sensor in a shooting mode or a video call mode. The processed image frame may be displayed on the display unit 151 and stored in the memory 170.

The first and second manipulation units 123a and 123b may be collectively referred to as a manipulating portion as an example of the user input unit 123 operated to receive a command for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100. have. The first and second manipulation units 123a and 123b may be adopted in any manner as long as the user is tactile manner such as touch, push, scroll, and the like while the user is tactile. In addition, the first and second manipulation units 123a and 123b may be employed in such a manner that the first and second manipulation units 123a and 123b are operated without a tactile feeling by the user through proximity touch, hovering touch, or the like.

In the drawing, the first operation unit 123a is illustrated as being a touch key, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the first operation unit 123a may be a mechanical key or a combination of a touch key and a push key.

The contents input by the first and second manipulation units 123a and 123b may be variously set. For example, the first operation unit 123a receives a command such as a menu, a home key, a cancellation, a search, etc., and the second operation unit 123b is output from the first or second sound output units 152a and 152b. The user may receive a command such as adjusting the volume of the sound and switching to the touch recognition mode of the display unit 151.

Meanwhile, as another example of the user input unit 123, a rear input unit (not shown) may be provided on the rear surface of the terminal body. The rear input unit is manipulated to receive a command for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100, and the input contents may be variously set. For example, commands such as power on / off, start, end, scroll, etc., control of the volume of sound output from the first and second sound output units 152a and 152b, and the touch recognition mode of the display unit 151. Commands such as switching can be received. The rear input unit may be implemented in a form capable of input by touch input, push input, or a combination thereof.

The rear input unit may be disposed to overlap the front display unit 151 in the thickness direction of the terminal body. For example, the rear input unit may be disposed at the rear upper end of the terminal body so that the user can easily manipulate the index body when the user grips the terminal body with one hand. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto, and the position of the rear input unit may be changed.

As such, when the rear input unit is provided at the rear of the terminal body, a new type user interface using the same may be implemented. In addition, when the touch screen or the rear input unit described above replaces at least some functions of the first operation unit 123a provided in the front of the terminal body, the first operation unit 123a is not disposed on the front of the terminal body. The display unit 151 may be configured with a larger screen.

Meanwhile, the mobile terminal 100 may be provided with a fingerprint recognition sensor for recognizing a user's fingerprint, and the controller 180 may use fingerprint information detected through the fingerprint recognition sensor as an authentication means. The fingerprint recognition sensor may be embedded in the display unit 151 or the user input unit 123.

The microphone 122 is configured to receive a user's voice, other sounds, and the like. The microphone 122 may be provided at a plurality of locations and configured to receive stereo sound.

The interface unit 160 serves as a path for connecting the mobile terminal 100 to an external device. For example, the interface unit 160 may be connected to another device (eg, an earphone or an external speaker), a port for short-range communication (for example, an infrared port (IrDA Port), or a Bluetooth port (Bluetooth). Port), a wireless LAN port, or the like, or a power supply terminal for supplying power to the mobile terminal 100. The interface unit 160 may be implemented in the form of a socket for receiving an external card such as a subscriber identification module (SIM) or a user identity module (UIM), a memory card for storing information.

The second camera 121b may be disposed on the rear surface of the terminal body. In this case, the second camera 121b has a photographing direction substantially opposite to that of the first camera 121a.

The second camera 121b may include a plurality of lenses arranged along at least one line. The plurality of lenses may be arranged in a matrix format. Such a camera may be referred to as an 'array camera'. When the second camera 121b is configured as an array camera, images may be photographed in various ways using a plurality of lenses, and images of better quality may be obtained.

The flash 124 may be disposed adjacent to the second camera 121b. The flash 124 shines light toward the subject when the subject is photographed by the second camera 121b.

The second sound output unit 152b may be additionally disposed on the terminal body. The second sound output unit 152b may implement a stereo function together with the first sound output unit 152a and may be used to implement a speakerphone mode during a call.

The terminal body may be provided with at least one antenna for wireless communication. The antenna may be built in the terminal body or formed in the case. For example, an antenna that forms part of the broadcast receiving module 111 (refer to FIG. 1A) may be configured to be pulled out from the terminal body. Alternatively, the antenna may be formed in a film type and attached to the inner side of the rear cover 103, or may be configured such that a case including a conductive material functions as an antenna.

The terminal body is provided with a power supply unit 190 (see FIG. 1A) for supplying power to the mobile terminal 100. The power supply unit 190 may include a battery 191 embedded in the terminal body or detachably configured from the outside of the terminal body.

The battery 191 may be configured to receive power through a power cable connected to the interface unit 160. In addition, the battery 191 may be configured to enable wireless charging through a wireless charger. The wireless charging may be implemented by a magnetic induction method or a resonance method (magnetic resonance method).

Meanwhile, in the drawing, the rear cover 103 is coupled to the rear case 102 to cover the battery 191 to limit the detachment of the battery 191 and to protect the battery 191 from external shock and foreign matter. To illustrate. When the battery 191 is detachably configured to the terminal body, the rear cover 103 may be detachably coupled to the rear case 102.

An accessory may be added to the mobile terminal 100 to protect the appearance or to assist or expand the function of the mobile terminal 100. An example of such an accessory may be a cover or pouch that covers or accommodates at least one surface of the mobile terminal 100. The cover or pouch may be configured to be linked with the display unit 151 to expand the function of the mobile terminal 100. Another example of the accessory may be a touch pen for assisting or extending a touch input to a touch screen.

On the other hand, in the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention including at least one or more of the components as described above, switching of the screen information output on the touch screen can occur more easily.

Hereinafter, the control method associated with the switching of the screen information will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2A is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2B and 2C are conceptual views illustrating the control method of FIG. 2A.

Referring to FIG. 2A, in the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of outputting the first screen information 210 to the touch screen may be performed (S210).

Here, the first screen information 210 may be an execution screen of an application.

Alternatively, the first screen information 210 may be a home screen page screen, a menu screen, a screen corresponding to a function executed by a user's request, a notification screen for notifying that an event has occurred. As such, the screen information output on the touch screen may be a screen displayed by a normal operation of the mobile terminal.

In detail, the application may be pre-stored in the memory 170. When a user's request to execute the application is input, an execution screen of the application may be output on the touch screen. For example, when a touch on an icon corresponding to the application is applied while a home screen page screen (hereinafter, referred to as a home screen) is output, an execution screen of the application may be output.

For example, referring to (a) of FIG. 2B, the first screen information 210 may be an execution screen of an application related to an internet access function. More specifically, the first screen information 210 may be an execution screen of an application configured to be connected to a web site, and may be an execution screen of a web site corresponding to a predetermined url address.

Referring to FIG. 2B, when a touch is applied to the touch screen 151 while the first screen information 210 is output, step S220 of detecting the pressure of the touch may be performed.

For example, when the touch screen 151 is capacitive, the controller 180 according to the present invention may detect the pressure of the touch based on a resistance that changes according to the pressure of the touch.

The controller 180 related to the present invention may perform different control according to the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151.

More specifically, the controller 180 may perform different control based on whether the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 satisfies the reference pressure.

In other words, the controller 180 may perform different control when the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 is greater than or equal to the reference pressure and less than the reference pressure.

Referring to FIG. 2A, when the detected touch pressure satisfies a preset reference pressure, a second screen corresponding to a function different from a function corresponding to the first screen information 210 on the touch screen 151 If the information 220 is output and the pressure of the detected touch does not satisfy a preset reference pressure, processing of the touch as an input to the first screen information 210 may be performed (S230).

Referring to (a) and (b) of FIG. 2B, when the detected pressure of the touch satisfies a preset reference pressure, a function different from the function corresponding to the first screen information 210 on the touch screen 151 may be different. Second screen information 220 corresponding to a function may be output.

More specifically, the first and second screen information 210 and 220 may include execution screens of different applications currently being driven. That is, the second screen information 220 may be an execution screen of an application different from the application corresponding to the first screen information 210.

For example, when the first screen information 210 is an execution screen of an application related to an internet access function, the second screen information 220 may be an execution screen of an application related to a message function.

More specifically, when there are two or more currently running applications, the second screen information 220 is an execution screen related to another application that was executed immediately before the application corresponding to the first screen information 210 is executed. Can be.

Meanwhile, referring to (a) and (c) of FIG. 2B, if the detected pressure of the touch does not satisfy a preset reference pressure, the first screen information 210 applies the touch applied on the touch screen 151. Can be treated as an input to.

That is, when a touch that does not satisfy the reference pressure is made for a virtual menu associated with a predetermined link included in the first screen information 210, an execution screen associated with the link is output on the touch screen 151. Can be.

In other words, a touch less than a reference pressure applied while the first screen information 210 is output on the touch screen 151 to output an execution screen associated with an application corresponding to the first screen information 210. Function can be performed.

As such, in one embodiment of the present invention, based on the pressure of the touch, the application can be switched more quickly and easily.

On the other hand, in the present invention, based on the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151, it is possible to switch the arrangement of the keyboard more easily.

Referring to (a) of FIG. 2C, the first screen information 210 may include a first virtual keyboard 211 corresponding to the first arrangement method.

For example, when the first screen information 210 is an execution screen of an application associated with a message function, when a user request to input a message is input, an execution screen including the first virtual keyboard 211 is output. Can be.

For example, the first virtual keyboard 211 may be a virtual keyboard corresponding to a qwerty arrangement method.

Referring to (a) and (b) of FIG. 2C, when a touch that satisfies a reference pressure is applied to the first virtual keyboard 211, the controller 180 may include a second virtual corresponding to a second arrangement method. The second screen information 220 including the keyboard 221 may be output on the touch screen 151.

In this case, the second virtual keyboard 221 may be a virtual keyboard corresponding to the arrangement method that is heaven and earth.

Meanwhile, referring to (a) and (c) of FIG. 2C, when a touch that does not satisfy a reference pressure is applied to the first virtual keyboard 211, the controller 180 applies the touch to the first virtual keyboard. It can be treated as a touch on (211).

As such, in one embodiment of the present invention, the arrangement of the virtual keyboard can be switched more quickly and easily based on the pressure of the touch.

In the meantime, the screen information is output based on whether the pressure applied to the touch screen 151 falls within a range of one reference pressure as an example, but the present invention is limited thereto. Not.

That is, according to the present invention, different screen information may be output based on whether the pressure applied to the touch screen 151 falls within a range divided by a plurality of reference pressures. Hereinafter, this will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3A to 3B are conceptual views illustrating a control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3A, when the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 does not satisfy the reference pressure (hereinafter, referred to as a first reference pressure), the touch may include first screen information. Can be treated as a touch to.

Referring to (a) and (b) of FIG. 3B, when the first screen information 310 is an execution screen related to a specific application, a touch that does not satisfy the first reference pressure is input to an execution screen of the specific application. Can be processed.

In addition, as described above, when the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 satisfies the first reference pressure, a function different from the function corresponding to the first screen information 310 is different on the touch screen 151. Second screen information 320 corresponding to a function may be output.

Referring to (a) and (c) of FIG. 3B, the second screen information 320 may include a list of currently running applications. In this case, the order of the list may be based on a recently executed order of the application.

Although not specifically illustrated, when a touch is made on the object 321 corresponding to the list, an execution screen of an application corresponding to the list may be output.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the controller 180, other preset reference pressure (hereinafter referred to as the second reference pressure) that the pressure of the touch applied on the touch screen 151 is greater than the first reference pressure. If satisfied, the third screen information 330 corresponding to a function different from the function corresponding to each of the first and second screen information 310 and 320 may be output on the touch screen 151.

Referring to (a) and (d) of FIG. 3B, the third screen information 330 may include a home screen screen (hereinafter, referred to as a home screen).

Here, the home screen is a kind of a background screen, and may be a screen output on the touch screen 151 when the home button provided in the terminal is pressed. The home screen may include icons corresponding to applications installed in the terminal. In addition, the home screen may include various widgets based on a user's selection.

According to the present exemplary embodiment, a screen 320 or a home screen 330 including a list of currently running applications may be output according to a pressure of a touch applied to the touch screen 151.

Meanwhile, the second and third screen information 320 and 330 related to the present invention are not limited to those shown in FIG. 3B.

For example, any one of the second and third screen information 320 and 330 may include detailed screen information associated with different functions.

Referring to FIG. 4A (b) for the related description, when the second screen information 420 is output, the controller 180 divides the touch screen 151 into a plurality of virtual areas, and Detailed screen information 421, 422, and 423 associated with different functions may be output to the virtual region of the screen.

For example, the first detailed screen information 421 may include a first image object 421a associated with outputting the screen information of the previous step. In addition, the second detailed screen information 422 may include a second image object 422a associated with outputting a home screen screen. The third detailed screen information 423 may include a third image object 423a associated with outputting a setting screen for setting various states of the terminal.

Although not shown, when a selection is made on any one of the first to third image objects 421a, 422a, and 423a, screen information associated with the selected image object may be output to the touch screen 151. have.

Meanwhile, an example in which the touch screen 151 is divided into three virtual regions and three detailed screen informations are output to each region is illustrated in FIG. 4A, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

For example, the touch screen 151 may be divided into four virtual regions, and four detailed screen information may be output to each region. In this case, the above-described first to third detailed screen informations 421, 422, and 423 are output to the three virtual regions, and the other detailed virtual screen is associated with a list of recently executed applications. Information can be output.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, when the pressure of the touch is changed while the touch is applied to the touch screen 151, the screen information output to correspond to the changed pressure may also be changed. This will be described in more detail below. Hereinafter, this will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

4A and 4B are conceptual views illustrating a control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 4A and 4B, when the first screen information 410 is outputted on the touch screen 151, the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 is increased, thereby increasing the first reference. When the pressure is satisfied, the second screen information 420 may be output to the touch screen 151.

In this case, the touch may be in a state of being still applied on the touch screen 151.

Referring to FIGS. 4A and 4C, in a state in which the second screen information 420 is output on the touch screen 151, the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 is increased so that the second reference is made. If the pressure is satisfied, the third screen information 430 may be output to the touch screen 151.

That is, as the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 is increased, the first to third screen information 410, 420, and 430 may be sequentially output.

Furthermore, referring to FIGS. 4A and 4D, when the third screen information 430 is output on the touch screen 151, the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 is reduced to reduce the pressure. When the second reference pressure is not satisfied and the first reference pressure is satisfied, the second screen information 420 may be output to the touch screen 151.

Similarly, referring to FIGS. 4A and 4A, when the second screen information 420 is output to the touch screen 151, the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 is reduced to reduce the pressure. When the first reference pressure is not satisfied, the first screen information 410 may be output to the touch screen 151.

As described above, as the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 is reduced, the third to first screen information 430, 420, and 410 may be sequentially output.

That is, while the touch is applied on the touch screen 151, as the pressure of the touch is changed, the screen information output to the touch screen 151 may be continuously changed to correspond to the changed pressure.

Referring to FIG. 4B, when the touch is released, the output of the screen information output to the touch screen 151 is maintained when the touch among the first to third screen information 410, 420, and 430 is released. Can be.

That is, when the touch is released while the second screen information 420 is output to the touch screen 151, the output of the second screen information 420 is maintained, so that the screen information can be switched.

Although not shown separately, when the touch is released while the first and third screen information 410, 420, and 430 are output, the output of the first and third screen information 410, 420, and 430 is output. Can be maintained.

Meanwhile, although FIG. 4A illustrates that screen information corresponding to the pressure is output on the entire touch screen 151 based on the pressure of the touch currently applied, the present invention is not limited thereto.

For example, when the first screen information is output to the touch screen 151, when the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen is increased to satisfy the first reference pressure, a part including an area to which the touch is applied is included. The second screen information may be output only in the region, and the output of the first screen information may be maintained in the rest.

According to such a control method related to screen switching, after the touch pressure is adjusted, the screen information that can be switched is provided in advance, and finally the screen information can be changed.

Referring to FIG. 4C, when a touch greater than or equal to a threshold pressure greater than the second reference pressure is applied to the touch screen 151, the controller 180 displays a notification icon 431 indicating that there is no new screen information to be output. The touch screen may be output to the touch screen 151.

Alternatively, when the touch that satisfies the second reference pressure is continuously applied for a predetermined time or more, the notification icon 431 may be output on the touch screen 151.

The notification icon 431 may guide the pressure of the touch to be applied to the touch screen 151 to be reduced.

Alternatively, referring to FIG. 4D, the controller 180 according to the present invention may include the first to third screen information 410, 420, while a touch satisfying the second reference pressure is applied on the touch screen 151. The touch screen 151 may be controlled to alternately output 430.

The first to third screen information 410, 420, and 430 may be alternately output at predetermined time intervals.

In this case, when the touch is released, the output of the screen information output to the touch screen 151 is maintained when the touch of the first to third screen information 410, 420, 430 is released. Switching can be made.

On the other hand, until now, based on the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151, it has been described on the basis that the screen information of any one of the first to third screen information is output to the touch screen 151, the present invention Is not limited to this.

That is, in the present invention, when a touch is applied to the touch screen 151 while the first screen information is output on the touch screen 151, each of the first to third screen information of the first to third screen information is applied to the touch screen 151. At least some may be output at the same time. Hereinafter, this will be described in detail.

5A and 5B are conceptual views illustrating a control method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIGS. 5A and 5B, when touch is applied to the touch screen 151 while the first screen information 510 is output to the touch screen 151, the touch screen 151 may be touched. The first to third screen information 510, 520, and 530 may be overlapped and output at the same time.

In this case, the first to third screen information 510, 520, and 530 may have different transparency so that they can be identified even when they overlap each other.

More specifically, the screen information corresponding to the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 among the first to third screen information 510, 520, and 530 may have the highest discriminating power.

For example, referring to FIG. 5A (b), when the pressure of the touch satisfies the first reference pressure but does not satisfy the second reference pressure, the second screen information 520 is the most compared to the other screen information. It can be made to have a high discrimination power.

At this time, when the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 is changed, the transparency of the first to third screen information (510, 520, 530) so that the screen information corresponding to the changed pressure has the highest discriminating power Can be changed.

Referring to FIGS. 5A and 5C, when a touch applied to the touch screen 151 is released, a time point at which the touch is released among the first to third screen information 510, 520, and 530 is released. Only the screen information with the highest discriminating power can be displayed.

The first to third screen information 510, 520, and 530 may be simultaneously output in the form of a thumbnail image.

Referring to (a) and (b) of FIG. 5B, when the first screen information 510 is output on the touch screen 151, the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 may be the first reference pressure. If satisfied, thumbnail images 511, 521, and 531 of the first to third screen information may be output.

In this case, any one thumbnail image corresponding to the pressure of the touch currently applied among the first to third screen informations 510, 520, and 530 may be displayed differently from the rest of the thumbnail images.

For example, referring to FIG. 5B (b), when the pressure of the currently applied touch satisfies the first reference pressure and does not satisfy the second reference pressure, the thumbnail image 521 of the second screen information is displayed. The border may be displayed differently from the borders of other thumbnail images 511 and 531.

Referring to (b) and (c) of FIG. 5B, when the pressure of the currently applied touch is increased to satisfy the second reference pressure, the thumbnail image 511 having different borders of the thumbnail image 531 of the third screen information is displayed. It may be displayed differently from the border of 521.

Although not shown, when the pressure of the touch is reduced so that the first reference pressure is not satisfied, the edge of the thumbnail image 511 of the first screen information may be displayed differently from the edges of the other thumbnail images 521 and 531. Can be.

Referring to (c) and (d) of FIG. 5B, when a touch applied to the touch screen 151 is released, another thumbnail of the first to third screen information 510, 520, and 530 is different from the released time point. Screen information corresponding to the thumbnail image that is displayed differently from the images may be output to the touch screen 151.

Up to now, the control method related to the change of the screen information based on the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen 151 has been described in detail. The first and second reference pressures described above may be preset by the user or preset by the controller 180 based on the user's touch pattern.

Until now, the switching of the first and second screen information based on the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen has been described in detail.

Meanwhile, in one embodiment of the present invention, the first and second screen information are simultaneously output, and whether one of the first and second screen information is activated based on the pressure of the touch applied to the touch screen. Can be controlled.

The mobile terminal according to the embodiment simultaneously displays screen information (which may correspond to the first screen information) and currently recommended information (which may correspond to the second screen information) related to the screen information. Can provide.

Hereinafter, a method of providing screening information related to screen information and controlling the screen information by using the provided recommendation information will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a control method of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 7A to 7B are conceptual views illustrating the control method of FIG. 6.

Referring to FIG. 6, in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, outputting screen information to a touch screen may be performed (S610).

Here, the screen information may be an execution screen of an application or a web site. Alternatively, the screen information may be a home screen page screen, a menu screen, a screen corresponding to a function executed by a user's request, a notification screen indicating that an event has occurred, and the like. As such, the screen information output on the touch screen may be a screen displayed by a normal operation of the mobile terminal.

In the present specification, the screen information is described on the basis of being an execution screen of an application or a web site.

For example, FIG. 7A illustrates that the screen information is an execution screen 710 of an application related to 'finance'.

In detail, the application may be pre-stored in the memory 170 of the main body. When a user's request to execute the application is input, an execution screen of the application may be output on the touch screen. For example, when a touch on an icon corresponding to the application is applied while a home screen page screen is output, the execution screen of the application may be output.

Alternatively, the screen information may be an execution screen of a web site. Specifically, after the application configured to be accessible to the web site is executed, if a predetermined url address is input in the address input window, an execution screen of the web site corresponding to the url address may be output.

As such, in a state in which arbitrary screen information is output on the touch screen, recommendation information related to the screen information may be output on the touch screen.

Referring to FIG. 6, the controller 180 may output a window 720 including recommendation information related to the screen information to overlap at least part of the screen information (S620). Hereinafter, after the recommendation information is first described, a window including the recommendation information will be described in detail.

The recommendation information 721 may be included in the window 720 and output on the touch screen together with the window 720.

The recommendation information 721 is information related to the screen information and may be information determined to be necessary for the user when the screen information is used by the controller 180.

The recommendation information may be information related to the screen information among data stored in the main body of the mobile terminal or a predetermined server.

More specifically, the recommendation information may be information extracted by the controller 180 determined to be related to the screen information among data stored in the main body (more specifically, the memory 170) or a predetermined server. .

Here, the data may be a concept including all data of various formats. That is, the data may be text format data, image format data, or the like stored in the main body or a predetermined server.

For example, the text data may include data input by a user through an application related to a 'memo' function. In addition, the image format data may include an image captured by the user through an application related to a camera function. Here, the image may be a concept including both a still image and a video.

In addition, the data may be data included in the content of the message transmitted or received through the wireless communication unit. In this case, the controller 180 may extract the recommendation information from data included in a message transmitted or received by the user through an application related to a message function.

In summary, the data used in the present invention is included in the contents of the message transmitted or received by the user even if the user does not have the request, as well as the data stored in the memory 170 or the predetermined server according to the user request related to the storage. May mean data.

Hereinafter, a method of extracting recommended information from the data will be described in detail.

The recommendation information may be extracted by the controller 180 at the time of generation of the data and separately stored in the “recommended information management unit”. In this case, when the recommendation information is stored, the recommendation information may be stored together with the meta information of the recommendation information. Here, the meta information may be information about an execution screen of an application or an execution screen of a web site associated with the recommendation information.

In this case, when recommendation information is stored in the recommendation information management unit, it may be determined in advance whether the recommendation information is to be output together when the execution screen of which application or web site is output.

Alternatively, the recommendation information may be extracted from the data based on a preset condition associated with the screen information when the screen information is output on the touch screen. In this case, the recommendation information may not be separately stored in the recommendation information management unit.

Specifically, the controller 180 may extract the recommendation information from the data based on at least one of a type of an application corresponding to the execution screen, an address of a web site, an image and text included in the execution screen. Can be. As described above, the extracted recommendation information is output on the touch screen together with the execution screen.

For example, referring to FIG. 7A (b), when the execution screen 710 of the application related to 'financial' is output on the touch screen, the recommendation information is transferred to the transfer amount and the payee account to be transferred by the user. Information about the server, and the like. As described above, the transfer amount and the information on the payee may be information extracted from data input by the user through an application related to a 'memo' function. Alternatively, the information may be information extracted from data included in the content of the message transmitted or received by the user.

Up to now, the recommendation information 721 outputted together with the screen information 710 has been described in detail. The recommendation information 721 may be included in the window 720 and output on the touch screen together with the window 720. Hereinafter, the window 720 will be described in detail.

Referring to FIG. 7A (b), the window 720 may be output to the touch screen to overlap at least part of the screen information 710. The window 720 may be output to one side of the touch screen to overlap at least a portion of the screen information 710.

The position at which the window 720 is output on the touch screen may be preset by the user. Alternatively, the controller 180 may detect a position in which the text or image is not included in the screen information 710 and control the touch screen to output the window 720 to a portion corresponding to the detected position. have.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 7B, screen information located in an area overlapping with the window 720 among the screen information 710 may include first screen information 711 and a screen located in an area not overlapping with the window 720. The information is referred to as second screen information 712.

The first screen information 711 may be distinguishable even when the first screen information 711 overlaps with the window 720. The recommendation information 721 included in the window 720 may also be distinguishable even when the recommendation information 721 is overlapped with the first screen information 711. That is, the window 720 may be transparent so that the first screen information 711 and the recommendation information 721 included in the window 720 can be identified at the same time.

Subsequently, referring to FIGS. 6 and 7A (c) together, when the first touch 730 of a preset method is applied to the window, the controller 180 may activate the window. Switch (S630).

That is, the first touch of the preset method is a touch for performing a function of switching the window to an active state, and may include various types of touch.

For example, the various types of touch may include short (or tap) touch, long touch, double touch, multi touch, drag touch, Flick touch, pinch-in touch, pinch-out touch, swipe touch, hovering touch, force touch, etc. May be included.

Hereinafter, the various types of touch will be described in more detail.

A short (or tap) touch is a touch that is released within a certain time after a touch object (for example, a finger or a stylus pen, etc.) comes into contact with the touch screen 151 (for example, after a touch is applied). Can be. For example, the short (or tap) touch may be a touch in which a touch object contacts the touch screen for a short time, such as a single click of a mouse.

The long touch may be a touch that is maintained for a predetermined time or more after the touch object is in contact with the touch screen 151. For example, the long touch may be a touch in which the touch is maintained for a predetermined time or more after a touch is applied to the touch screen 151 by a touch object. More specifically, the long touch may be a touch which is released after the touch is maintained for a predetermined time or more at a point on the touch screen. In addition, the long touch may be understood as a touch corresponding to a touch and hold operation of maintaining a contact state of a touch object for a predetermined time or more on the touch screen 151.

The double touch may be a touch on which the short touch is continuously applied at least twice within a predetermined time on the touch screen 151.

The predetermined time described in the short touch, long touch and double touch may be determined by user setting.

The multi touch may be a touch applied to at least two contact points at substantially the same point in time on the touch screen 151.

A drag touch is a touch in which a touch starting at a first point of the touch screen 151 is continuously applied along one direction on the touch screen, and then the contact is released at a second point different from the first point. Can be.

In detail, the drag touch is a touch which is released at a point different from the one point after the touch applied to a point of the touch screen 151 by the touch object is continuously extended in a state maintained on the touch screen 151. Can be.

In addition, the drag touch may mean a touch continuously extended from the touch after a touch is applied to a point of the touch screen 151.

The flick touch may be a touch to which the drag touch is applied within a predetermined time. In detail, the flick touch may be a touch in which the touch object applying the drag touch within a predetermined time is released from the touch screen 151. In other words, the flick touch may be understood as a drag touch applied at a speed above a preset speed.

The swipe touch may be a drag touch applied in a straight line.

The pinch-in touch may be a touch extending in a direction in which at least one of the first and second touches applied to two different points (two spaced points) on the touch screen 151 is close to each other. have. For example, the pinch-in touch may be a touch implemented by an operation of narrowing the interval of each finger while a finger is in contact with each of two points spaced apart on the touch screen 151.

The pinch-out touch may be a touch in which at least one of the first and second touches applied to two different points (two spaced points) on the touch screen 151 extends away from each other. . For example, the pinch-out touch may be a touch corresponding to an operation of spreading (distinguishing) each of the fingers while the fingers are in contact with each of two points spaced apart on the touch screen 151.

A hovering touch is a touch corresponding to an operation of a touch object in a space away from the touch screen 151 without the touch object contacting the touch screen 151. For example, the proximity touch described with reference to FIG. (proximity touch). For example, the hovering touch may be a touch corresponding to an operation in which the touch object is maintained for a predetermined time or more at a point spaced apart from the touch screen 151.

The force touch may be a touch recognized by the touch object when a pressure equal to or greater than a preset intensity is applied to the touch screen.

In the present specification, an example in which the first touch that performs the function of switching the window to the activated state is a force touch will be described. In other words, the first touch may be a touch that satisfies the reference pressure. The second touch, which will be described later, may be a touch that does not satisfy the reference pressure.

However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the various types of touch described above may be implemented to perform a function of switching a window to an activated state according to a user setting.

In the following, the meaning of the activated state of the window will be described in more detail.

As described above, the window is output to overlap at least part of the screen information on the touch screen. When a touch is applied to the overlapped area, the controller 180 recognizes that the control command corresponding to the touch is for one of screen information (first screen information) and a window output to the overlapped area. Can be.

For example, if one of the first screen information and the window is in an activated state, the other may be in an inactive state. As such, when a touch is applied to the overlapped region while any one of the first screen information and the window is activated, the control command corresponding to the touch is currently activated among the first screen information and the window. Can be recognized as a control command.

As described above, in the present invention, the controller 180 outputs a window including recommendation information related to the screen information based on the currently output screen information. In this case, the first output window may be in an inactive state. When the first touch of the preset method is applied to the window, the window may be switched from an inactive state to an activated state.

In other words, before the first touch is applied, when a touch is applied to the overlapped region, the touch is recognized as a touch for processing a control command for the screen information displayed on the overlapped region instead of the window.

In other words, even when a touch is applied to the recommendation information included in the window when the window is inactive, the touch is linked to a function of selecting a part of the screen information overlapping the recommendation information and not the recommendation information. Can be processed.

Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7A (d) together, when the second touch is applied to the recommendation information 721b in the state where the window 720 is activated, the controller 180 according to the present invention, The second touch may be processed in association with the function of selecting the recommendation information (S640). In addition, the controller 180 may control the screen information by using the recommendation information 721b selected by the second touch.

More specifically, when the recommendation information 721a and 721b related to the screen information 710 is divided into a plurality of outputs, the second touch may be performed on one recommendation information 721b among the plurality of recommendation information 721a and 721b. Can be applied.

That is, one piece of recommendation information 721b is selected from among the plurality of pieces of recommendation information 721a and 721b by the second touch. The controller 180 may control the screen information 710 using the selected recommendation information 721b.

Here, the control method of the screen information using the recommendation information may vary.

Hereinafter, a method of controlling screen information using the recommendation information selected by the second touch will be described in detail through various embodiments. In addition, when describing each embodiment, the relationship between the screen information and the recommended information will be described in more detail.

8A is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of controlling screen information according to a first embodiment. 8B is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of extracting recommendation information by the controller 180 related to the first embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8A (a), as described above, when the execution screen 810 of the application related to 'finance' is output on the touch screen, recommendation information regarding the transfer amount and the payee account to be transferred by the user 821a and 821b may be output. Here, when the recommendation information is plural, the plurality of recommendation information 821a and 821b may be included in the state listed on the window 820.

Referring to FIG. 8B (a), as described above, the recommendation information (more specifically, information about the transfer amount and the recipient) 821a is data 821a input by the user through an application installed in the main body. ') May be extracted information.

Alternatively, referring to (b) of FIG. 8B, the recommendation information 821b may be information extracted from data 821b 'included in the message content transmitted or received by the user.

Here, the method of extracting the recommendation information by the controller 180 will be described in more detail.

The controller 180 may determine the recommendation information based on a type of an application corresponding to an execution screen, an address of a web site, a specific keyword associated with at least one of an image and text included in the screen. .

That is, in this embodiment, the controller 180 is based on whether the application corresponding to the execution screen is an application related to 'financial', based on whether a specific keyword '~ bank', '~ won', etc. is included. The recommendation information may be determined.

More specifically, the controller 180 determines that the application corresponding to the execution screen is an application related to 'financial' and that the execution screen includes text such as 'deposit account' and 'transfer amount'. The recommendation information may be determined based on whether the keywords '~ bank', '~ won', etc. are included.

On the other hand, the controller 180, when extracting the recommendation information based on whether the specific keyword is included in the data included in the message content sent or received by the user, by analyzing the message content, the extracted recommendation information Unnecessary information can be filtered out.

For example, referring to (c) of FIG. 8B, the controller 180 determines whether a specific keyword '~ bank', '~ won', etc. is included among the data included in the message content transmitted or received by the user. Extract data to be used for processing recommendations.

Thereafter, the controller 180 analyzes the conversation contents of the user and the counterpart, and if it is determined that the message 822 corresponding to 'the deposit is completed' is transmitted after the message including the specific keyword is received, the message is transmitted. May be excluded from the data used to process the recommendation information. Herein, the controller 180 may determine the message 822 corresponding to 'the deposit is completed' based on whether a specific keyword such as 'complete' or 'done' is included.

That is, referring to FIG. 8A (a) and FIG. 8B (c) together, the controller 180 is extracted from one message content 821b 'of the contents 821b' and 821c 'of the plurality of messages. Only the information 821b corresponding to the data may be determined as the recommended information 821b.

So far, the method of extracting the recommendation information by the controller 180 related to the present embodiment has been described in detail. Hereinafter, a screen control method using the extracted recommendation information will be described in detail.

8A and 8B, when a drag touch is applied to the recommendation information 821b, the controller 180 may include an input window 811 included in the execution screen 810 of the recommendation information. , 821b1, 821b2, and 821b3 that can be input to the 812, 813 are extracted.

The controller 180 may automatically input the extracted information 821b1, 821b2, and 821b3 to the input windows 811, 812, and 813. Alternatively, although not shown, the extracted information may be input to the input window based on a user's selection.

More specifically, as described above, when the window 820 is in an active state, the controller 180 processes a touch applied to the recommendation information 821b in association with a function of selecting the recommendation information. When a touch applied to the recommendation information 821b is applied to the recommendation information 821b as a starting point and a drag touch is applied to the end point of the second screen, the recommendation information is automatically applied to the input window. Can be.

Although not shown, instead of automatically inputting the recommendation information into the execution screen, the recommendation information may be input by the user in the input window.

9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of controlling screen information according to a second embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 9A, when an execution screen 910 of an application related to 'finance' is output on a touch screen, the security card provided by a financial institution stored in a memory 170 or a predetermined server may be used. Image information 921 may be output as recommendation information.

More specifically, the controller 180, the application corresponding to the execution screen 910 is an application related to the 'financial', 'authentication', '~' 'lock' 'security' on the execution screen 910 Based on the text including at least some of the text, image information 921 for the 'security card provided by the financial institution' may be output as the recommendation information.

On the other hand, the controller 180 may determine image information on the 'security card provided by the financial institution' based on whether the memory 170 or a predetermined pattern includes image information stored in a predetermined server.

For example, when a predetermined keyword or a series of numbers equal to or more than a predetermined number is detected in the image information, the image information may be determined as image information about a 'security card provided by a financial institution'.

Here, when there is a plurality of image information determined by the controller 180 as image information of the 'security card provided by the financial institution', the plurality of image information may be listed on the window.

Furthermore, the controller 180 may determine which banking application the banking application corresponding to the running screen is based on the image or text included in the running screen. In this case, the controller 180 may control the touch screen to output only the image information of the security card provided by the bank corresponding to the execution screen among the image information of the plurality of 'security cards provided by the financial institution'. Can be.

Referring to FIGS. 9A and 9B, as described above, when the first touch 930 of a preset method is applied to the window 920, the window 920 is activated.

9B and 9C, when the second touch 940 is applied to the image information 921 while the window 920 is activated, the second touch 940 is applied to the image information 921. Is processed in connection with the function of selecting the image information 921.

When the second touch 940 is applied to the image information 921, the controller 180 controls the touch screen to enlarge and output the image information 921.

That is, as the image information 921 is enlarged and output, the user may easily check detailed information (for example, information related to the security number) included in the image information 921.

Meanwhile, as described above, when the touch is applied to the overlapped area in the state in which the window 920 is activated, the control command corresponding to the touch is the first screen information 911 and the window 920. The control command is recognized as a control command for the window 920 currently being activated.

Referring to FIGS. 9C and 9D, the first screen information 911 may include input windows 912a and 912b related to a security number. In this case, in order for the information obtained from the image information 921 to be input to the input windows 912a and 912b, the first screen information 911, not the window 920, must be activated.

To this end, a third touch 950 of a preset method may be applied to the window 920. That is, when the third touch 950 is applied to the window 920, the window 920 may be inactivated. At the same time, by applying the third touch 950, the first screen information 911 may be switched to an active state. The third touch described herein may be a touch that satisfies the reference pressure, similarly to the first touch.

Accordingly, information related to the security number obtained from the image information 921 may be input to the input windows 912a and 912b by the user.

FIG. 9D illustrates a case in which the controller 180 controls the touch screen to reduce and output the image information 921 again when the window 920 is in an inactive state. However, the present invention is not limited to that shown in the drawing, and even when the window 920 is inactivated, the image information 921 may be enlarged and output.

On the other hand, as described above, the position and size of the window may vary. Although not shown, when the window is output so as not to overlap with the input window, the input to the input window may be possible even when the window is activated. In this case, even when the third touch on the window is not applied, input to the input window may be possible.

On the other hand, heretofore, the case where the entire image information on the 'security card provided by the financial institution' is output as the recommendation information. However, in this invention, it is not limited to this. For example, based on the text included in the execution screen, more specifically based on the text related to '~' included in the execution screen, only a part of the image information including numerical information related to the text is recommended information. May be output as: In this case, in order to facilitate input to the input window, the image information may be output at a position adjacent to the input window on the window.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, when a touch is applied to the image information, the image information is enlarged and output as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, as in the first embodiment, when a drag touch is applied to the image information, numerical information is extracted from the image information by a preset method, and the extracted numeric information is automatically input to the input window. An example is possible.

Up to now, taking a case where an execution screen of an application related to 'finance' is outputted, for example, a method of extracting and determining recommendation information based on screen information and a method of controlling screen information using recommendation information will be described. I looked at it.

Hereinafter, a case in which an execution screen of an application related to 'shopping' is outputted, for example, a method of extracting and determining recommendation information based on the screen information, and another method of controlling screen information using recommendation information Look at them.

10 is a conceptual diagram for describing a method of controlling screen information according to a third embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 10A, when the execution screen 1010 of an application or website related to 'shopping' is output on the touch screen, recommendation information 1021a regarding shopping list to be purchased by the user is output. Can be.

More specifically, when the main execution screen 1010 of an application or web site related to 'shopping' is output on the touch screen, recommendation information 1021a about a shopping list to be purchased by the user may be output. .

Specifically, the controller 180 recommends the shopping list on the basis of whether to include a predetermined keyword among the data stored in the memory 170 or a predetermined server, or whether to include a word inputted consecutively over a predetermined number. Information 1021a can be determined.

For example, at least one preset word among 'data to be bought', 'to buy', 'shopping', 'recipe', 'shopping', etc. among data input by the user through an application related to the 'memo' function If there is data containing the, the data may be determined as one of the recommendation information.

Alternatively, as shown in (a) of FIG. 10, when data including words input consecutively over a preset number of 'squid, pork belly, onion, carrot, etc.' is stored, the data is recommended. Can be determined by information.

Referring to FIGS. 10A and 10B, as described above, when the first touch 1030 of a preset method is applied to the window, the window 1020 is activated. When the second touch 1040 for the recommendation information 1021a is applied while the window 1020 is activated, selection of the recommendation information 1021a is completed.

In FIG. 10B, only the case where the second touch 1040 is a drag touch is illustrated, but the second touch 1040 may be various types of touch.

When the selection of the recommendation information 1021a related to the shopping list is completed, the controller 180 according to the present embodiment may include information about each item 1021a1, 1021a2, 1021a3, ... of the recommendation information 1021a. ) Can be extracted.

Thereafter, the controller 180 uses the information 1021a1, 1021a2, 1021a3,. The touch screen may be controlled to search for each item corresponding to (eg, squid, pork belly, onion, ...) and output at least one of the goods for each searched item.

The controller 180 may preferentially recommend a product to which an exercise price is applied when there are a plurality of products searched for one item. That is, when there are a plurality of the searched products, the products to which the exercise price is applied may be displayed above the other products.

Alternatively, when there are a plurality of searched products, the controller 180 may preferentially recommend products that the user has already purchased. That is, when there are a plurality of the searched products, the user may have already displayed a product which has been purchased at a higher level than other products.

Meanwhile, the controller 180 may select one product for each item based on preset criteria. Here, the predetermined criterion may be, as described above, whether the exercise price is applied or whether the corresponding product has been purchased.

In addition, the controller 180 may select one product for each item by using information related to the target price input by the user. That is, the respective products may be selected such that the sum of the prices of the selected products, one for each item, is equal to or less than the target amount.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 10C, the controller 180 automatically forms a control command related to 'adding the selected product to the shopping cart' after one product is selected for each item. can do. Accordingly, the screen information may output an execution screen showing that each product is automatically included in a shopping cart corresponding to the user's account.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, referring to FIG. 10A, when an execution screen 1010 of a web site related to 'shopping' is outputted, contact information 1021b related to the execution screen 1010 is recommended. It can be output as information.

For example, the contact information 1021b may be a contact information regarding a counterpart who has been called more than a predetermined number of times by the user while the execution screen 1010 of the web site related to 'shopping' is output. Information. Alternatively, by the user, the contact information may be preset contact information related to an execution screen of the web site related to the shopping.

Referring to FIG. 10C, when a touch is applied to the contact information while the window 1020 is activated, a message or a telephone function is linked so that the other party corresponding to the contact information can be contacted. An icon of the application may be output.

Referring to FIGS. 10C and 10D, when there are a plurality of applications, a plurality of icons 1023 corresponding to the plurality of applications may be output. When a touch is applied to one of the icons 1023a, an application corresponding to the icon may be executed. In this case, an execution screen 1010 corresponding to the application may be output on the touch screen.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, an icon of an application associated with a message or a telephone function is output based on the touch on the contact information as an example, but the step of outputting the icon may be omitted. That is, when a touch is applied to the contact information, an application in which a message or a telephone function is linked may be executed immediately.

11A to 11B are conceptual views illustrating a method of controlling screen information according to a fourth embodiment.

Referring to (a) of FIG. 11A, when an execution screen 1110 of an application or a website related to 'shopping' is output on a touch screen, information 1121 related to a recipe stored in a memory 170 or a predetermined server is displayed. May be output as the recommendation information.

Specifically, when the screen 1110 searched for any product in the application or web site related to 'shopping' is output on the touch screen, information 1121 related to the recipe stored in the memory 170 or a predetermined server is displayed. Can be output.

Meanwhile, as described above, the controller 180 may select a specific keyword associated with at least one of a type of an application corresponding to the execution screen, an address of a web site, an image and text included in the execution screen. The text information to be included can be output as recommended information.

The controller 180 according to the present exemplary embodiment is based on the text 1111 or the image 1112 included in the execution screen 1110 to determine what items (eg, squids) are output on the current execution screen. And the text information including the specific keyword (eg, squid) associated with the determined item may be output as the recommendation information. Here, the text information, as described above, may be information 1121 related to a recipe related to the item.

Furthermore, if the touch of a preset method is applied to the information 1121 related to the recipe while the window 1120 is activated, the controller 180 may include other information included in the information 1121 related to the recipe. Information about the items can be extracted.

Furthermore, referring to FIG. 11A (b), as described above in the third embodiment, the controller 180 selects one product for each item and then adds the selected product to a shopping cart. Control commands can be automatically generated. Accordingly, the screen information may output an execution screen showing that each product is automatically included in a shopping cart corresponding to the user's account.

Through this, the user can buy all the products related to the recipe.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 11B (a), when the drag touch is applied to the image 1112 included in the execution screen 1110 in the state where the window 1120 is activated, The image 1112 may be stored in the memory 170.

More specifically, the drag touch may be a touch in which a contact starting from the image 1112 is continuously applied in one direction on the touch screen, and then the contact is released at an arbitrary point of the window 1120.

In this case, the image 1112 may be stored in the memory 170 or a predetermined server together with address information of the web site corresponding to the execution screen 1110 including the image.

Accordingly, although not shown, the user may later check the image 1112 through an application related to a gallery or a memo function. In addition, a touch may be applied to the image 1112 on the execution screen of the application to immediately execute the execution screen corresponding to the address information of the web site.

12 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a method of controlling screen information according to a fifth embodiment.

As described above, the controller 180 according to the present invention includes a specific pattern associated with at least one of a type of an application corresponding to the execution screen, an address of a web site, an image and text included in the execution screen. Image information can be output as recommended information.

For example, referring to FIG. 12A, based on the image 1211 included in the execution screen 1210, image information 1221 determined to be a similar image to the image 1211 is recommended information. Can be output.

More specifically, the controller 180 extracts a specific pattern included in the image 1211 based on the image 1211 included in the execution screen 1210, and stores the specific pattern in the memory 170 or a preset server. Image information 1221 including the specific pattern among data may be determined as recommendation information. Here, the specific pattern may be a concept including contour information or color information included in the image 1211.

Referring to FIGS. 12B and 12C, when the image information 1221 is stored together with address information of a preset web site, a touch is applied to the image information 1221 while the window is activated. When applied, the execution screen 1210 'related to the web site address information may be output on the touch screen.

Meanwhile, as described above, the image information 1221 may be information extracted from data stored in the memory 170 or a predetermined server, or extracted from data included in the content of a message transmitted or received through a wireless communication unit. The information may be corrected.

When at least a part of the image information 1221 is information extracted from data included in a message sent or received by a user through an application related to a message function, contact information regarding the other party who has sent or received the message ( 1223 may be output together as the recommendation information.

That is, referring to FIG. 12A, the window 1220 may include not only image information 1221 but also contact information 1223 associated with the image information.

Referring to FIG. 12C, when a touch is applied to the contact information 1223 while the window 1220 is activated, a message may be contacted to correspond to the counterpart corresponding to the contact information 1223. Alternatively, an icon 1224 of an application associated with a telephone function may be output.

Referring to FIG. 12C, when there are a plurality of applications, a plurality of icons 1223 corresponding to the plurality of applications may be output.

Although not shown, when a touch is applied to one of the icons, an application corresponding to the icon may be executed. In this case, an execution screen corresponding to the application may be output on the touch screen. In this way, the user may be provided with an opportunity to once again have a conversation with the other party having a conversation about the image information 1221.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 12A, the recommendation information may include web site address information 1224 related to the execution screen 1210.

The web site address information 1224 may be web site address information stored together when the image information 1221 is stored in the memory 170 or a predetermined server.

Alternatively, the web site address information 1224 may be a web site address related to the execution screen 1210 among web site addresses added by the user as a favorite.

13 is a conceptual diagram for describing a method of controlling screen information according to a sixth embodiment.

Referring to FIGS. 13A and 13B, when a text is partially input in a state in which an execution screen 1710 for inputting text or an image is output on a touch screen, the text may be linked to the input text. Recommendation information may be output.

Specifically, when any text (eg, tteokbokki) is input to the execution screen 1710, image information 1721 having meta information related to the input text (eg, tteokbokki) is output. Can be. As described above, the image information 1721 may be information extracted from data stored in a predetermined server or memory 170.

In this case, the image information 1721 may be stored together with the meta information at the time of storing the image information 1721. The meta information is information about the image information 1721, and may be information about a location where the image information 1721 is photographed or an object indicated by the image information 1721.

Referring to FIGS. 13B and 13C, when a touch is applied to any one of the image information 1721 while the window 1720 is activated, the image information 1721a is generated. Is selected.

For example, when a touch is started with respect to the image information 1721a and a drag touch is released on the input window of the screen information 1710 included in an area not overlapping with the window 1720, the touch is selected. Image information 1721a may be input to the input window of the screen information.

By outputting and controlling the recommendation information, when a user inputs text or an image into a web site, the trouble of having to check a large number of images one by one can be reduced.

14 is a conceptual view illustrating a method of controlling screen information according to a seventh embodiment.

In the present exemplary embodiment, referring to FIG. 14A, in a state in which an execution screen 1810 of an application related to a message function is output on a touch screen, image information 1821 related to the execution screen may be output. have.

In detail, when the execution screen 1810 of the application related to the message function includes a chat window in which a conversation is performed between a plurality of conversation participants, the image information 1821 may be image information 1821 related to the participants. Can be.

More specifically, the controller 180 may extract image information 1821 related to the participants by a preset method from among data stored in the memory 170 or a predetermined server.

For example, the preset method may be a face recognition algorithm. The face recognition algorithm may recognize the face of the participant through a ratio of distances of eyes, nose, and mouth which are main parts of the face.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 14B, the controller 180 analyzes a conversation content between the plurality of conversation participants on the execution screen 1810 of the 'message' function related application, and relates to the conversation content. The touch screen may be controlled to output image information 1822.

For example, when a text related to a place (eg, Turkey) is detected in the conversation contents, the controller 180 may have an image having meta information about the place among data stored in the memory 170 or a predetermined server. Information 1822 is extracted. The extracted image information 1822 may be included on the window together with the image information 1821 related to the conversation participants who have already been output.

Referring to FIGS. 14B and 14C, the controller 180 touches any one of the image information 1821 and 1822 1822a while the window 1820 is activated. When is applied, a control command for transmitting a message 1822a 'including the image information 1822a to which the touch is applied may be formed.

In FIG. 14C, only the case where the touch on the image information is a drag touch is illustrated, but the touch may be various types of touch.

The present invention described above can be embodied as computer readable codes on a medium in which a program is recorded. The computer-readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of computer-readable media include hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state disks (SSDs), silicon disk drives (SDDs), ROMs, RAMs, CD-ROMs, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, optical data storage devices, and the like. This also includes implementations in the form of carrier waves (eg, transmission over the Internet). In addition, the computer may include a controller 220 of the terminal. Accordingly, the above detailed description should not be construed as limiting in all aspects and should be considered as illustrative. The scope of the invention should be determined by reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the equivalent scope of the invention are included in the scope of the invention.

The above-described mobile terminal is not limited to the configuration and method of the above-described embodiments, but the embodiments may be configured by selectively combining all or some of the embodiments so that various modifications can be made. It may be.

Claims (20)

1. A touch screen configured to output first screen information; And

   When a touch is applied to the touch screen in the state that the first screen information is output, a control unit for performing different control according to the pressure of the touch,

   The control unit,

   When the pressure of the touch satisfies a preset reference pressure, outputting second screen information corresponding to a function different from a function corresponding to the first screen information on the touch screen;

   And when the pressure of the touch does not satisfy a preset reference pressure, processing the touch as an input for the first screen information.
2. The method of claim 1,

   The control unit,

   A third screen corresponding to a function different from a function corresponding to each of the first and second screen information on the touch screen when the pressure of the touch satisfies another preset reference pressure that is greater than the preset reference pressure A mobile terminal characterized by outputting information.
3. The method of claim 1,

   The first and second screen information,

   A mobile terminal comprising a running screen of different applications currently running.
4. The method of claim 1,

   The control unit,

   When the first screen information includes a first virtual keyboard corresponding to a first arrangement scheme, when a touch satisfying the reference pressure is applied to the first virtual keyboard, a second virtual scheme corresponding to a second arrangement scheme is applied. And outputting second screen information including a keyboard on the touch screen.
5. The method of claim 1,

   The control unit,

   When the second screen information is output, the touch screen is divided into a plurality of virtual regions,

   And outputting detailed screen information associated with different functions to each of the plurality of virtual areas.
6. The method of claim 2,

   One of the second and third screen information includes a list of currently running applications, and the other includes a home screen.
7. The method of claim 2,

   The control unit,

   While the touch is applied, at least a part of each of the first to third screen information is simultaneously output on the touch screen,

   At least a portion of each of the first to third screen information is characterized in that the identification is made at the same time.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein

   The control unit,

   And a guide information for indicating that one of the first to third screen information is selected on the touch screen, based on the pressure of the applied touch.
9. The method of claim 8,

   The control unit,

   When the touch is released, the mobile terminal, characterized in that for outputting only one selected screen information on the touch screen.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein

    At least a part of each of the first to third screen information overlaps each other and is output.

    And the first to third screen information have different transparency so that they can be identified even when they overlap each other.
11. The method of claim 2,

    The control unit,

    And when the pressure of the touch is greater than or equal to the threshold pressure greater than the other preset reference pressure, outputting a notification icon indicating that there is no new screen information to be output on the touch screen.
12. The method of claim 2,

    The control unit,

    And controlling the touch screen to alternately output the first to third screen information while a touch satisfying the other preset reference pressure is applied.
13. The method of claim 12,

    The control unit

    When the touch is released, the touch screen is controlled so that the output of the screen information output on the touch screen is maintained when the touch of the first to third screen information is released.
14. main body;

    A touch screen disposed on the main body and configured to sense a touch and output screen information; And

    And a controller configured to control the touch screen such that a window including recommendation information related to the screen information output to the touch screen is overlapped with at least a portion of the screen information.

    The control unit,

    On the basis of the first touch of the predetermined manner is applied to the window, the window is switched to the active state,

    When the second touch is applied to the recommendation information when the window is activated, the second touch is processed in connection with the function of selecting the recommendation information.

    And controlling the screen information by using the selected recommendation information.
15. The method of claim 14,

    If the second touch is applied to the recommendation information when the window is in an inactive state, the second touch is processed in connection with a function of selecting a part of screen information overlapping the recommendation information and not the recommendation information. Mobile terminal characterized in that.
16. The method of claim 14,

    The recommended information is

    Mobile terminal, characterized in that the information associated with the screen information of the data stored in the main body or a predetermined server.
17. The method of claim 16,

    The main body includes a wireless communication unit,

    And the data includes data extracted from contents of a message transmitted or received through the wireless communication unit.
18. The method of claim 14,

    The screen information output on the touch screen is an execution screen of an application or a web site.

    The control unit,

    And determining recommendation information to be included in the window based on at least one of a type of an application corresponding to the execution screen, an address of a web site, an image, and text included in the execution screen.
19. The method of claim 18,

    Recommendation information to be included in the window,

    And at least one of text information, image information, image meta information, and contact information.
20. Outputting first screen information to a touch screen;

    Detecting a pressure of the touch when a touch is applied to the touch screen while the first screen information is output; And

    When the detected pressure of the touch satisfies a preset reference pressure, second screen information corresponding to a function different from the function corresponding to the first screen information is output on the touch screen, and the pressure of the detected touch is And if the preset reference pressure is not satisfied, processing the touch as an input for the first screen information.

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