JP2021528713A - How and system to control the media player - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and a system for controlling a media player.
According to the control method according to the embodiment of the present invention, a user can easily perform various operations such as playback, playback stop, content selection, content search, volume adjustment, etc. for the content provided by the media player with one hand. UX (user experience) and / or UI (user interface) can be provided for processing.
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Description

The following description relates to methods and systems for controlling the media player, and more specifically, the user performs various operations such as playing, stopping, selecting the content, searching in the content, adjusting the volume, etc. of the content provided by the media player. A control method that provides a UX (user experience) and / or a UI (user interface) so that can be easily processed with one hand, a computer device that executes the control method, and a computer that is combined with a computer to execute the control method. For computer programs recorded on computer-readable recording media and their recording media.

In the conventional technique for controlling a media player, physical key buttons corresponding to each of various operations provided by the media player are provided, or virtual buttons corresponding to each of various operations are arranged on the screen. It provides a certain UX (user experience) and / or UI (user interface). For example, Korean Publication No. 10-2010-0019241 relates to a technique for controlling a media player, and controls a built-in media player while receiving user input on a standby screen of a display means provided. It discloses that the icon to be displayed is displayed.

UX (user experience) and / or UI (user) so that the user can easily handle various operations such as playing, stopping, selecting, searching in the content, adjusting the volume, etc. of the content provided by the media player with one hand. A control method that provides an interface), a computer device that executes the control method, a computer program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium in combination with a computer to cause the computer to execute the control method, and a recording medium thereof. do.

At the stage of managing a plurality of layered objects for controlling the media player, at the first position of the touch screen screen of the computer device linked with the execution of the media player, the touch input for the first predetermined time or longer is maintained. By recognizing that, at the stage of displaying the upper layer object among the plurality of objects on the touch screen screen, the touch input is among the displayed upper layer objects from the first position. A stage of displaying a lower-level object corresponding to the first object on the touch screen screen by moving to the second position corresponding to the first object and recognizing that the second predetermined time or more is maintained. And by recognizing that the touch input moves from the second position to the third position corresponding to the second object among the displayed lower layer objects and is maintained for the third predetermined time or more. Provided is a control method including a step of applying an operation corresponding to the second object to the media player.

According to one side, the stage of managing the layered objects is the upper layer object corresponding to each of the categories in which the plurality of operations defined in advance for the media player are classified, and the plurality of objects. Objects in the lower hierarchy corresponding to each operation may be managed.

According to another aspect, the category is (1) a first category including a previous content selection operation, a next content selection operation, a play and stop play operation of the selected content, and (2) a forward search for the selected content. The second category includes the operation of and the reverse search operation for the selected content, and (3) two or more categories of the third category including the volume increase operation and the volume decrease operation may be included.

According to another aspect, the step of applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player is to apply the operation to the media player based on the distance between the third position and the second position. You may adjust the degree of.

According to another aspect, the step of applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player is such that the closer the third position is to the second position, the more the operation is applied to the media player. The degree to which the operation is applied to the media player may be relatively increased as the third position is farther from the second position.

According to another aspect, the degree to which the operation is applied to the media player depends on the type of the second object, the degree of decrease in search speed, the degree of increase in search speed, the degree of decrease in volume, and the degree of increase in volume. It may include any one of the degrees.

According to another aspect, at the stage of displaying the object of the upper layer, the display position of the object of the upper layer may be dynamically determined based on the first position.

According to another aspect, the stage of displaying the lower layer object may dynamically determine the display position of the lower layer object based on the second position.

According to yet another aspect, the control method provides visual, auditory, and feedback to at least one of maintaining the touch input in the first position and moving the touch input to the second position. It may further include a step of outputting using at least one of the senses of touch.

Provided is a computer program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium in combination with a computer to cause the computer to perform the control method.

Provided is a computer-readable recording medium in which a program for causing a computer to execute the control method is recorded.

The media player comprises at least one processor implemented to execute readable instructions on a computer device, the at least one processor managing a plurality of layered objects for control of the media player. By recognizing that the touch input for the first predetermined time or longer is maintained at the first position of the touch screen screen of the computer device linked with the execution of, the object in the upper layer among the plurality of objects is touched. Displayed on the screen screen, the touch input moves from the first position to the second position corresponding to the first object among the displayed higher-level objects, and is maintained for a second predetermined time or longer. By recognizing, the lower layer object corresponding to the first object is displayed on the touch screen screen, and the touch input is the second object of the displayed lower layer objects from the second position. Provided is a computer device that applies an operation corresponding to the second object to the media player by moving to a third position corresponding to the above and recognizing that the third predetermined time or more is maintained.

UX (user experience) / UI (user interface) so that the user can easily process various operations such as playback, stop playback, content selection, content search, volume adjustment, etc. for the content provided by the media player with one hand. ) Can be provided.

It is a figure which showed the example of the network environment in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which showed the example of the computer apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which showed the control method in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the example which displays the object of the upper hierarchy in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the example which displays the object of the lower hierarchy in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the example which displays the object of the lower hierarchy in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which showed the example which displays the object of the lower hierarchy in one Embodiment of this invention.

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

The control method according to the embodiment of the present invention may be realized by a computer device such as an electronic device described below. At this time, in the computer device, the computer program according to the embodiment of the present invention may be installed and executed, and the computer device controls the control method according to the embodiment of the present invention according to the control of the executed computer program. You may do it. The computer program described above may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium in combination with a computer device to allow the computer to perform the control method.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 shows an example including a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140, a plurality of servers 150, 160, and a network 170. Such FIG. 1 is merely an example for explaining the invention, and the number of electronic devices and the number of servers are not limited as in FIG.

The plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 may be fixed terminals or mobile terminals realized by a computer device. Examples of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 include smartphones, mobile phones, navigation systems, PCs (personal computers), notebook PCs, digital broadcasting terminals, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), and PMPs (Portable Multimedia Players). ), Tablets, etc. As an example, FIG. 1 shows a smartphone as an example of the electronic device 1 (110), but in the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 1 (110) substantially utilizes a wireless or wired communication method. It may mean one of a variety of physical computer devices capable of communicating with other electronic devices 120, 130, 140 and / or servers 150, 160 via network 170.

The communication method is not limited, and not only the communication method using the communication network (for example, mobile communication network, wired Internet, wireless Internet, broadcasting network) that can be included in the network 170, but also the short distance between devices. Wireless communication may be included. For example, the network 170 includes a PAN (personal area network), a LAN (local area network), a CAN (campus area network), a MAN (metropolitan area network), a WAN (wide network), etc. It may include any one or more of the networks. Further, network 170 may include, but is limited to, any one or more of network topologies including bus networks, star networks, ring networks, mesh networks, star-bus networks, tree or hierarchical networks, and the like. Will not be done.

Each of the servers 150, 160 is realized by one or more computer devices that communicate with a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 via a network 170 to provide instructions, codes, files, contents, services, and the like. good. For example, the server 150 provides services (for example, content providing service, social network service, messaging service, search service, mail service, etc.) to a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 connected via the network 170. It may be a system that does.

Although the example of the communication environment between the server and the client is described in FIG. 1 described above, this is only one embodiment, and the control method according to the embodiment of the present invention is a plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130. , 140 may be executed individually. For example, the control method according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 may describe a case where the electronic device 110 receives the content provided by the server 150 and reproduces the content on the media player. On the other hand, another embodiment may include a case where the electronic device 110 does not communicate with the server 150 and the content stored in the local storage location of the electronic device 110 is played back by the media player.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 and the servers 150, 160 described above may be realized by the computer device 200 shown in FIG. For example, in the computer device 200, the computer program according to the embodiment may be installed and executed, and the computer device 200 may control the computer program to be executed to play and share the sound source according to the embodiment of the present invention. May be executed.

Such a computer device 200 may include a memory 210, a processor 220, a communication interface 230, and an input / output interface 240, as shown in FIG. The memory 210 is a computer-readable recording medium and may include a permanent large-capacity recording device such as a RAM (random access memory), a ROM (read only memory), and a disk drive. Here, a permanent large-capacity recording device such as a ROM or a disk drive may be included in the computer device 200 as another permanent recording device that is separated from the memory 210. Further, the memory 210 may record an operating system and at least one program code. Such software components may be loaded into memory 210 from a computer-readable recording medium separate from memory 210. Such other computer readable recording media may include computer readable recording media such as floppy drives, discs, tapes, DVD / CD-ROM drives, memory cards and the like. In other embodiments, software components may be loaded into memory 210 through a communication interface 230 that is not a computer-readable recording medium. For example, software components may be loaded into memory 210 of computer equipment 200 based on a computer program installed by a file received over network 170.

Processor 220 may be configured to process instructions in a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and I / O operations. Instructions may be provided to processor 220 by memory 210 or communication interface 230. For example, the processor 220 may be configured to execute instructions received according to program code recorded in a recording device such as memory 210.

The communication interface 230 may provide a function for the computer device 200 to communicate with another device (for example, the recording device described above) via the network 170. As an example, requests, instructions, data, files, etc. generated by the processor 220 of the computer device 200 according to the program code recorded in the recording device such as the memory 210 are sent via the network 170 under the control of the communication interface 230. May be transmitted to the device of. On the contrary, signals, instructions, data, files and the like from other devices may be received by the computer device 200 via the communication interface 230 of the computer device 200 via the network 170. Signals, instructions, data and the like received through the communication interface 230 may be transmitted to the processor 220 and the memory 210, and files and the like may be transferred to a recording medium (the above-mentioned permanent recording device) that can be further included in the computer device 200. May be recorded.

The input / output interface 240 may be a means for an interface with the input / output device 250. For example, the input device may include a device such as a microphone, keyboard, or microphone, and the output device may include a device such as a display, speaker. As another example, the input / output interface 240 may be a means for an interface with a device such as a touch screen in which functions for input and output are integrated into one. The input / output device 250 may be composed of a computer device 200 and one device.

Also, in other embodiments, the computer device 200 may include fewer or more components than the components of FIG. However, it is not necessary to clearly illustrate most of the prior art components. For example, the computer device 200 may be implemented to include at least a portion of the input / output devices 250 described above, or may further include other components such as transceivers, databases, and the like.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The control method according to the present embodiment may be executed by a computer device 200 that realizes any one of the plurality of electronic devices 110, 120, 130, 140 described above, and such a computer device 200 may be touched. It may include a screen environment. For example, the processor 220 of the computer device 200 may be implemented to execute control instructions by the code of the operating system included in the memory 210 and the code of at least one program. For example, the program code described above may be the code of an application that provides a media player. Here, the processor 220 controls the computer device 200 so that the computer device 200 executes steps 310 to 340 included in the control method of FIG. 3 according to a control instruction provided by a code recorded in the computer device 200. good.

At step 310, the computer device 200 may manage a plurality of layered objects for control of the media player. For example, in step 310, the computer device 200 manages a higher-level object corresponding to each of the categories in which a plurality of operations defined in advance for the media player are classified, and a lower-level object corresponding to each of the plurality of operations. You can do it. At this time, the categories are (1) the first category including the previous content selection operation, the next content selection operation, the playback and playback stop operation of the selected content, and (2) the forward search operation for the selected content, and selection. It may include two or more categories of the second category including the reverse search operation for the content, and (3) the third category including the volume increasing operation and the volume decreasing operation.

As more specific examples, the first operation for playing and stopping the currently selected content, the second operation for selecting the previous content of the currently selected content, and the currently selected content A third operation for selecting the next content may be included in the first category. At this time, the first category may correspond to the object 1-1 of the upper layer, and the object 1-1 of the upper layer corresponds to the object 2-1 of the lower layer corresponding to the first operation and the second operation. It may correspond to the lower layer object 2-2 and the lower layer object 2-3 corresponding to the third operation. For example, when the upper layer object 1-1 is selected, the lower layer objects 2-1 and 2-2, and the object 2-3 may be provided.

Further, the fourth operation for the forward search for the selected content and the fifth operation for the reverse search for the selected content may be included in the second category. At this time, the second category may correspond to the objects 1-2 in the upper hierarchy, and the objects 1-2 in the upper hierarchy correspond to the objects 2-4 in the lower hierarchy corresponding to the fourth operation and the fifth operation. It may correspond to the object 2-5 of the lower hierarchy. For example, if objects 1-2 in the upper hierarchy are selected, objects 2-4 and 2-5 in the lower hierarchy may be provided.

Further, the sixth operation for increasing the volume and the seventh operation for decreasing the volume may be included in the third category. At this time, the third category may correspond to the objects 1-3 of the upper hierarchy, and the objects 1-3 of the upper hierarchy correspond to the objects 2-6 of the lower hierarchy corresponding to the sixth operation and the seventh operation. It may correspond to the object 2-7 in the lower hierarchy. For example, if objects 1-3 in the upper hierarchy are selected, objects 2-6 and 2-7 in the lower hierarchy may be provided.

Such layering of objects may be configured by pre-defined operations on the media player, may be layered in three or more, and may include additional objects, depending on the embodiment. You may. For example, the operation for playing back and the operation for stopping playing over the selected content may be separated into individual objects by the third layer. In addition, an operation for increasing or decreasing the screen brightness for playing the moving image may be added.

In step 320, the computer device 200 maintains the touch input for a first predetermined time or longer at the first position of the touch screen screen of the computer device linked with the execution of the media player (for example, the first touch screen screen). By recognizing (touch input is maintained for 1 second or longer at the position), a higher-level object among a plurality of objects may be displayed on the touch screen screen. For example, the computer device 200 dynamically determines the position where the upper layer object is displayed on the touch screen screen, that is, the display position of the upper layer object, based on the first position which is the first position of the touch input. You can do it. Here, the display position is any one of the points included in the area where any object is displayed separately from other objects and other image elements on the touch screen screen (as an example, the center). It may be the position corresponding to the point). As a more specific example, the computer device 200 is centered on objects 1-1, objects 1-2, and objects 1-3 in the upper hierarchy corresponding to the first category, the second category, and the third category described above. Object 1-1, Object 1-2, and Object 1 so that the points form the vertices of an equilateral triangle by keeping the same distance from the first coordinates of the touch input (for example, the coordinates on the touch screen screen). -3 Each position may be calculated dynamically. When there are two objects in the upper layer, the center points of each of the two objects are kept at the same distance as the position where the touch input is maintained, and the position where the touch input is maintained is up / down / left / right or in advance. The positions of the two objects may be calculated so that they are located in the set angular directions. As another example, when there are four objects in the upper hierarchy, the center points of each of the four objects should be positioned at the same distance from the first coordinates of the touch input while forming the vertices of a square. In addition, the positions of each of the four objects may be calculated. The array of objects may be set in various ways depending on the embodiment, and the display position thereof may be dynamically calculated according to the position of the touch input.

Each such object 1-1, object 1-2, and object 1-3 may continue to be displayed at the dynamically calculated position for as long as the touch input is maintained. If the touch input is canceled in the step 320, the computer device 200 may cancel the display of the object in the upper layer.

In step 330, the computer device 200 moves the touch input from the first position to the second position corresponding to the first object among the objects in the upper hierarchy displayed from the first position, and maintains the second predetermined time or more. By recognizing (for example, 0.5 seconds or more is maintained after the touch input moves from the first position to the second position corresponding to the first object), the lower hierarchy corresponding to the first object is recognized. The object may be displayed on the touch screen screen. For example, with objects 1-1, objects 1-2, and objects 1-3 displayed as higher-level objects, the touch input position is set to the second position on the area where object 1-1 is displayed. When moving, instead of objects 1-1, objects 1-2, and objects 1-3, lower-level objects 2-1, objects 2-2, and objects 2-3 corresponding to objects 1-1 are displayed. May be done.

At this time, the computer device 200 may dynamically determine the display position of the object in the lower layer based on the second position. For example, the position where the touch input is maintained in step 320 may be the center point of objects 1-1, objects 1-2, and objects 1-3. At this time, when the position of the touch input is moved to and maintained at the position where the object 1-1 is displayed, the computer device 200 refers to the corresponding position (second position) and lowers the object 1-1. The positions of objects 2-1 and 2-2, and objects 2-3, which are objects in the hierarchy, may be calculated dynamically. As a more specific example, in the computer device 200, the center points of the objects 2-1 and 2-2, and 2-3 are equilateral triangles while maintaining the same distance as the position where the touch input is maintained. The positions of objects 2-1 and objects 2-2, and objects 2-3 may be calculated so as to form vertices. As mentioned above, the array of objects may be set in various ways, and its display position may be dynamically calculated according to the current coordinates of the touch input that is moved and maintained.

In step 340, the computer device 200 moves the touch input to the third position corresponding to the second object of the lower layer objects displayed from the second position and maintains the third predetermined time or more. By recognizing (for example, 0.5 seconds or more is maintained after the touch input moves from the second position to the third position corresponding to the second object), the operation corresponding to the second object is transmitted to the media. It may be applied to the player.

For example, assume that object 1-1 is selected in step 320, object 2-1, object 2-2, and object 2-3 are displayed in step 330, and object 2-1 is selected in step 340. .. As described above, the object 2-1 may correspond to the first operation for playing and stopping the playback of the selected content, and the playing operation or the playing stop operation may be applied to the media player. If the content selected in the media player is playing, the play stop operation may be applied to the media player, and if the content selected in the media player is before playback, the media player has a play operation. May be applied. At this time, if the user's touch operation is examined in detail, the user simply touches the touch screen screen, moves the touch position to the object 1-1, and then moves the touch to the object 2-1 for playback on the media player. It becomes possible to process the operation or the operation of stopping playback. Further, since the display position of the object starts from the touch position of the user, the user can easily process such a playback operation or a playback stop operation with one hand. Further, it is assumed that object 1-1 is selected in step 320, object 2-1, object 2-2, and object 2-3 are displayed in step 330, and object 2-2 is selected in step 340. .. The object 2-2 may correspond to a second operation for selecting the content before the currently selected content, and the user again touches the touch screen screen and then sets the touch position to the object 1-. It is possible to select the previous content simply by moving it to 1 and then moving it to object 2-2. When the user moves the touch position to the object 1-1 and then to the object 2-3, the next content is selected.

Similarly, after moving the touch position to the object 1-2 or the object 1-3, the user moves the object in the lower hierarchy (the object 2-4 in the lower hierarchy corresponding to the object 1-2 in the upper hierarchy or the object 2-4 in the lower hierarchy). Forward search, reverse search, volume with a simple one-handed operation of moving to object 2-5 or lower-level object 2-6 or object 2-7) corresponding to higher-level object 1-3. It is possible to handle various operations such as adjustment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of displaying an upper layer object in one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 shows a smartphone 400 as an example of the computer device 200 described above, and shows an example in which a track image 420 of an album by a media player is displayed on the first screen 410, and a user can display the first screen 410 on the first screen 410. An example of touching one position 430 is shown. At this time, the smartphone 400 has an object 450 for a playback operation, an object 460 for a search operation, and a volume operation as objects in the upper layer according to the control of the computer program as in the second screen 440. Object 470 may be displayed. At this time, the user's touch may be maintained at the first position 430, and when the user's touch is released, the display of the objects 450, 460, and 470 may also be released. At this time, the recognition of the touch related to the display of the objects 450, 460, and 470 may correspond to the entire area of the first screen 410, and depending on the embodiment, it may correspond to a preset partial area of the first screen 410. It may be limited.

On the other hand, the user may select one of the objects in the upper hierarchy by moving the position of the maintained touch to the position of the displayed objects 450, 460, 470, and in this case, the smartphone 400. May display lower-level objects that correspond to the selected higher-level objects.

5 to 7 are diagrams showing an example of displaying objects in a lower hierarchy in one embodiment of the present invention.

The first screen 510 of FIG. 5 moves the touch position maintained by the user on the second screen 440 of FIG. 4 from the first position 430 to the second position 520 on the object 450 for the playback operation. An example is shown. At this time, a lower layer object corresponding to the object 450 for the reproduction operation may be provided based on the second position 520.

The second screen 530 of FIG. 5 shows an object 540 for playing and stopping playback of the content selected as a lower-level object corresponding to the object 450 for the playback operation, an object 550 for selecting the previous content, and the next. An example is shown in which the object 560 for content selection is provided based on the second position 520. At this time, the user moves the position where the touch is maintained to the position of one of the objects in the lower hierarchy, so that the operation corresponding to one of the objects in the lower hierarchy is applied to the media player. good. For example, when the user moves the touch position onto the object 540 for playing and stopping the playback of the selected content from the second position 520, the playback of the selected content may be started or stopped. As another example, when the user moves the touch position from the second position 520 onto the object 550 for selecting the previous content, the content before the content currently selected in the playlist may be selected. As another example, when the user moves the touch position from the second position 520 onto the object 560 for the next content selection, the content next to the content currently selected in the playlist may be selected. ..

The first screen 610 of FIG. 6 moves the touch position maintained by the user on the second screen 440 of FIG. 4 from the first position 430 to the third position 620 on the object 460 for the search operation. An example is shown. At this time, a lower hierarchy object corresponding to the object 460 for the search operation may be provided based on the third position 620.

In the second screen 630 of FIG. 6, as the lower layer objects corresponding to the object 460 for the search operation, the object 640 for the forward search and the object 650 for the reverse search are placed at the third position 620. An example provided based on is shown. At this time, the user moves the position where the touch is maintained to the position of one of the objects in the lower hierarchy, so that the operation corresponding to one of the objects in the lower hierarchy is applied to the media player. good.

For example, when the user moves the touch position from the third position 620 onto the object 640 for the forward search, the forward search for the selected content may be performed. At this time, the degree of the forward search may be determined by the time that the user's touch remains on the object 640 for the forward search. Alternatively, the degree of forward search may be determined by the position on the object 640 for the forward search of the user's touch. As a more specific example, the closer the touch position on the object 640 for the user's forward search is to the third position 620, the slower the forward search speed is, and the user's touch position is at the third position. The farther from 620, the faster the forward search may be relatively increased. As another example, as the touch position on the object 640 for the forward search of the user is closer to the center of the object 640 for the forward search, the speed of the forward search is relatively reduced, and the user's touch. The closer the position is to the edge of the object 640 for forward search, the faster the forward search may be relatively increased.

Similarly, when the user's touch position is moved from the third position 620 onto the object 650 for the reverse search, the reverse search for the selected content may be performed. At this time, the degree of the reverse search may be determined by the time that the user's touch remains on the object 650 for the reverse search. Alternatively, the degree of reverse search may be determined by the position on the object 650 for the reverse search of the user's touch. As a more specific example, as the touch position on the object 650 for the user's reverse search is closer to the third position 620, the speed of the reverse search is relatively reduced, and the user's touch position is at the third position. The farther from 620, the speed of the reverse search may increase relatively. As another example, as the user's touch position is closer to the center of the object 650 for the reverse search, the speed of the reverse search is relatively reduced, and the user's touch position is the object 650 for the reverse search. The closer to the edge of, the faster the reverse search may be relatively increased.

The first screen 710 of FIG. 7 moves the touch position maintained by the user on the second screen 440 of FIG. 4 from the first position 430 to the fourth position 720 on the object 470 for volume operation. An example is shown. At this time, a lower layer object corresponding to the object 470 for volume operation may be provided based on the fourth position 720.

The second screen 730 of FIG. 7 has an object 740 for increasing the volume and an object 750 for decreasing the volume as lower hierarchy objects corresponding to the object 470 for the volume operation, based on the fourth position 720. An example provided is shown. At this time, the user may move the position where the touch is maintained to the position of one of the objects in the lower hierarchy, so that the operation corresponding to one of the objects in the lower hierarchy may be applied to the media player. ..

For example, when the user moves the touch position from the fourth position 720 onto the object 740 for volume increase, the playback volume of the selected content may be increased. At this time, the degree of volume increase may be determined by the time that the user's touch remains on the object 740 for volume increase. Alternatively, the degree of volume increase may be determined by the position on the object 740 for the volume increase of the user's touch. As a more specific example, as the touch position on the object 740 for increasing the volume of the user is closer to the fourth position 720, the degree of the volume increase is relatively reduced, and the touch position of the user is from the fourth position 720. As the distance increases, the degree of volume increase may increase relatively. As another example, as the user's touch position is closer to the center of the object 740 for volume increase, the degree of volume increase is relatively reduced, and the user's touch position is at the edge of the object 740 for volume increase. The closer it is, the more the volume may increase relatively.

Similarly, when the user moves the touch position from the fourth position 720 onto the object 750 for volume reduction, the playback volume of the selected content may be reduced. At this time, the degree of volume reduction may be determined by the time that the user's touch remains on the object 750 for volume reduction. Alternatively, the degree of volume reduction may be determined by the position on the object 750 for volume reduction of the user's touch. As a more specific example, as the touch position on the object 750 for the user's volume reduction is closer to the fourth position 720, the degree of volume reduction is relatively reduced, and the user's touch position is from the fourth position 720. The farther away, the more the volume reduction may be relatively increased. As another example, as the user's touch position is closer to the center of the object 750 for volume reduction, the degree of volume reduction is relatively reduced, and the user's touch position is at the edge of the object 750 for volume reduction. The closer it is, the more the volume reduction may be relatively increased.

On the other hand, in each embodiment, when displaying an object on the touch screen screen, a portion in which the object on the screen is not displayed so that the user can easily recognize that the media player is operating. The object may be made to stand out by dimming the object or applying a dominant color to the object displayed on the screen.

In another embodiment, feedback due to the movement of the user's touch onto the object may be output using at least one of visual, auditory, and tactile sensations. For example, in the embodiment of the present invention, since the operation of the media player is performed by moving the touch while one touch of the user is maintained, the user can easily recognize the selection of the object. Therefore, when the user's touch moves on the object, the smartphone 400 described above has vibration, screen brightness adjustment, object operation (for example, the state of the object shaking is displayed on the screen), and the like. Feedback may be provided to the user.

In this way, by providing the layered objects for the operation of the media player for each layer based on the touch position of the user, the user can easily select the layered objects with one hand. Become. Therefore, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the UX allows the user to easily process various operations such as playback, stop playback, content selection, content search, volume adjustment, etc. for the content provided by the media player with one hand. (User experience) and / or UI (user interface) can be provided.

The system or device described above may be implemented by a hardware component, a software component, or a combination of the hardware component and the software component. For example, the apparatus and components described in the embodiments include, for example, a processor, a controller, an ALU (arithmetic logic unit), a digital signal processor, a microprocessor, an FPGA (field programgate array), a PLU (programmable log unit), and a microprocessor. It may be implemented utilizing one or more general purpose computers or special purpose computers, such as a processor or various devices capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the OS. The processing device may also respond to the execution of the software, access the data, and record, manipulate, process, and generate the data. For convenience of understanding, one processing device may be described as being used, but one of ordinary skill in the art may indicate that the processing device may include a plurality of processing elements and / or a plurality of types of processing elements. You can understand. For example, the processing device may include multiple processors or one processor and one controller. Other processing configurations, such as parallel processors, are also possible.

The software may include computer programs, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of these, configuring the processing equipment to operate at will, or instructing the processing equipment independently or collectively. You may do it. The software and / or data is embodied in any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual device, computer recording medium or device for interpretation based on the processing device or for providing instructions or data to the processing device. May be converted. The software is distributed on a networked computer system and may be recorded or executed in a distributed state. The software and data may be recorded on one or more computer-readable recording media.

The method according to the embodiment may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be those specially designed and configured for the embodiment or may be usable known to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic media such as magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, optical magnetic media such as floppy disks, and ROMs. Includes hardware devices specially configured to record and execute program instructions such as RAM, flash memory, and the like. Such a recording medium may be a variety of recording or storage means in the form of a combination of single or multiple hardware, and is not limited to a medium directly connected to a computer system, but on a network. It may exist in a dispersed manner. Examples of program instructions include not only machine language code, such as those generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code, which is executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

As described above, the embodiments have been described based on the limited embodiments and drawings, but those skilled in the art will be able to make various modifications and modifications from the above description. For example, the techniques described may be performed in a different order than the methods described, and / or components such as the systems, structures, devices, circuits described may be in a form different from the methods described. Appropriate results can be achieved even if they are combined or combined, or confronted or replaced by other components or equivalents.

Therefore, even if the embodiments are different, they belong to the attached claims as long as they are equal to the claims.

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A computer program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium that is combined with a computer device to allow the computer device to perform control methods.
The control method is
The stage of managing multiple layered objects for control of a media player,
By recognizing that the touch input for the first predetermined time or longer is maintained at the first position of the touch screen screen of the computer device linked with the execution of the media player, the upper layer of the plurality of objects is recognized. The stage of displaying an object on the touch screen screen,
By recognizing that the touch input moves from the first position to the second position corresponding to the first object among the displayed higher-level objects and is maintained for a second predetermined time or longer. The stage in which the lower layer object corresponding to the first object is displayed on the touch screen screen, and the touch input corresponds to the second object of the displayed lower layer objects from the second position. A computer program comprising the step of applying an operation corresponding to the second object to the media player by moving to three positions and recognizing that a third predetermined time or longer is maintained. The stage of managing the plurality of layered objects is
The first aspect of the present invention, wherein the upper layer object corresponding to each of the categories in which the plurality of operations defined in advance are classified for the media player and the lower layer object corresponding to each of the plurality of operations are managed. Computer program. The categories are (1) a first category including a previous content selection operation, a next content selection operation, a play and play stop operation of the selected content, (2) a forward search operation for the selected content, and a selection. The computer program according to claim 2, wherein the computer program includes two or more categories of a second category including a reverse search operation for content, and (3) a third category including a volume increasing operation and a volume decreasing operation. The step of applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player is
The computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the degree of applying the operation to the media player is adjusted based on the distance between the third position and the second position. The step of applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player is
The closer the third position is to the second position, the less the degree to which the operation is applied to the media player, and the farther the third position is from the second position, the more the operation is performed to the media. The computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which relatively increases the degree of application to the player. The degree to which the operation is applied to the media player is one of the degree of decrease in search speed, the degree of increase in search speed, the degree of decrease in volume, and the degree of increase in volume, depending on the type of the second object. The computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 5, comprising one. The stage of displaying the objects in the upper hierarchy is
The computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 6, which dynamically determines a display position of an object in the upper layer based on the first position. The stage of displaying the objects in the lower hierarchy is
The computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 7, which dynamically determines a display position of an object in the lower hierarchy based on the second position. The control method is
Feedback on at least one of the maintenance of the touch input in the first position and the movement of the touch input to the second position is output using at least one of visual, auditory, and tactile sensations. The computer program according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising the step of performing. The stage of managing multiple layered objects for control of a media player,
By recognizing that the touch input is maintained for the first predetermined time or longer at the first position of the touch screen screen of the computer device linked with the execution of the media player, the object in the upper hierarchy among the plurality of objects is recognized. On the touch screen screen,
By recognizing that the touch input moves from the first position to the second position corresponding to the first object among the displayed higher-level objects and is maintained for a second predetermined time or longer. The stage in which the lower layer object corresponding to the first object is displayed on the touch screen screen, and the touch input corresponds to the second object of the displayed lower layer objects from the second position. A control method comprising the step of applying an operation corresponding to the second object to the media player by moving to the three positions and recognizing that the third predetermined time or more is maintained. The stage of managing the plurality of layered objects is
The tenth aspect of the present invention, wherein the object of the upper layer corresponding to each of the categories in which the plurality of operations defined in advance are classified for the media player and the object of the lower layer corresponding to each of the plurality of operations are managed. Control method. The step of applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player is
The control method according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the degree of applying the operation to the media player is adjusted based on the distance between the third position and the second position. The stage of displaying the objects in the upper hierarchy is
The control method according to any one of claims 10 to 12, wherein the display position of the object in the upper layer is dynamically determined based on the first position. The stage of displaying the objects in the lower hierarchy is
The control method according to any one of claims 10 to 13, wherein the display position of the lower layer object is dynamically determined based on the second position. Feedback on at least one of the maintenance of the touch input in the first position and the movement of the touch input to the second position is output using at least one of visual, auditory, and tactile sensations. The control method according to any one of claims 10 to 14, further comprising a step of performing. A computer-readable recording medium in which a computer program for causing a computer to perform the method according to any one of claims 10 to 15 is recorded. Includes at least one processor implemented to execute computer-readable instructions
By the at least one processor
Manage multiple layered objects for control of the media player,
By recognizing that the touch input is maintained for the first predetermined time or longer at the first position of the touch screen screen of the computer device linked with the execution of the media player, the object in the upper hierarchy among the plurality of objects is recognized. Is displayed on the touch screen screen.
By recognizing that the touch input moves from the first position to the second position corresponding to the first object among the displayed higher-level objects and is maintained for a second predetermined time or longer. The lower layer object corresponding to the first object is displayed on the touch screen screen, and the object is displayed on the touch screen screen.
By recognizing that the touch input moves from the second position to the third position corresponding to the second object among the displayed lower layer objects and is maintained for the third predetermined time or more. Applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player,
Computer equipment. By the at least one processor
It manages the object of the upper layer corresponding to each of the categories in which the plurality of operations defined in advance are classified for the media player, and the object of the lower layer corresponding to each of the plurality of operations.
The computer device according to claim 17. By the at least one processor
Adjusting the degree to which the operation is applied to the media player based on the distance between the third position and the second position.
The computer device according to claim 17 or 18. By the at least one processor
The display position of the lower layer object is dynamically determined based on the first position.
The computer device according to any one of claims 17 to 19.

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