KR100260751B1 - User interface apparatus of wireless telephone set having touch screen - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A user interface device of a wireless terminal installing a touch screen is provided to divide keypads displayed on the touch screen into various units, and to display a telephone directory composed of names and phone numbers on the touch screen, when a flip is opened. CONSTITUTION: A user interface device locates an LCD(Liquid Crystal Display)(110) on an upper surface of an upper housing(160) of a wireless terminal(100). The user interface locates the first touch screen(120) at a lower end of the LCD(110). The user interface device locates the second touch screen(130) on an inner surface of a flip(190) covering the first touch screen(120). A program adaptively displays keypad data and keypads on the touch screens(120,130). A memory stores the keypad data indicating a phone directory composed of names and phone numbers, and a keypad of a general wireless telephone. A controller senses an operation from the touch screens(120,130) to adaptively display the keypads on the touch screens(120,130). The controller displays display data according to a program performing, and displays a state of the wireless terminal(100) on the LCD(110). When the flip(190) is opened, the controller simultaneously displays the keypads and the phone numbers on the touch screens(120,130). If a display command exists to a horizontal axis, the controller displays the display data to a horizontal axis direction. If the names or the phone numbers are touched, the controller performs an automatic dialing function.

Description

User interface device of wireless terminal with touch screen

The present invention relates to a user interface of a wireless terminal using a touch screen, and more particularly, to a user interface device of a wireless terminal capable of efficiently displaying a large number of keyboards on a touch screen of a wireless terminal and facilitating an automatic dialing function.

In general, when looking at the user interface of a wireless terminal using a touch screen, in order to take advantage of the touch screen, the data is displayed on the touch screen and data is entered instead of the user interface consisting of a conventional key input unit and a liquid crystal display unit. received. However, this method requires a plurality of data inputs due to an increase in data services of wireless terminals, and it is necessary to display more keyboards on the touch screen to facilitate the input. Moreover, in order to operate not only a wireless terminal function but also various functions such as an electronic notebook function, more keyboard display is required. However, in spite of these demands, there is a problem that the size of the touch screen is also reduced as the wireless terminal becomes smaller. In order to make a call to a phone number input to a phone book using a conventional wireless terminal, there is a problem that a cumbersome operation must be performed by searching for a desired phone number through multiple operations and performing dialing.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a user interface device of a wireless terminal having a touch screen on the flip portion.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a user interface device of a wireless terminal having a touch screen for dividing into a plurality of keyboards to be displayed on the touch screen as needed.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a user interface device of a wireless terminal having a touch screen that displays a phone book composed of a name and a phone number on an initial screen displayed on the touch screen when a user opens a flip.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a user interface device of a wireless terminal in which a screen displayed on a display unit can be displayed in a vertical axis direction or a horizontal axis direction.

In order to achieve the above objects, the present invention provides a liquid crystal display disposed on an upper surface of an upper housing of a wireless terminal, a first touch screen positioned on a lower side of the liquid crystal display, and an inner surface of a flip covering the first touch screen. A display unit composed of a second touch screen, a plurality of keyboard data, a program for adaptively displaying the keyboards on the touch screen, a phone book composed of a name and a telephone number, and keypad data representing a keypad of a general wireless telephone. A memory to be stored, and connected to the memory, the touch screen, and the liquid crystal display, to detect an operation from the touch screen to adaptively display the keyboards on the touch screen, and display data according to a program execution of the wireless terminal. The status is displayed on the LCD, and the flip is opened And a control unit for displaying the keypad and the phone number on the touch screen, displaying display data in the horizontal axis direction if there is a display command in the horizontal axis, and performing an automatic dialing function when the name or the phone number is touched. It is characterized by.

1 is a perspective view of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention

2 is a block diagram of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an initial screen of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a menu screen of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a menu screen of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention

6 is a Hangul keyboard display of the wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention

7 is an English keyboard screen of the wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention

8 is a calculator keyboard screen of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is another English keyboard screen of the wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention

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100: wireless terminal 110: liquid crystal display

120: first touch screen 130: second touch screen

140: antenna 150: speaker

160: upper housing 170: lower housing

180: microphone 190: flip

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, specific details appear in the following description, which is provided to help a more general understanding of the present invention, and the present invention may be practiced without these specific matters. Will be self-evident. In the following description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a perspective view of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The wireless terminal 100 includes a main body consisting of an upper housing 160 and a lower housing 170, a flip 190 connected to and opened by a support arm (not shown) at the lower end of the upper housing 160, a speaker 150 located on an upper surface of the upper housing 160, A liquid crystal display 110 located at the bottom of the speaker 150, a first touch screen 120 located at the bottom of the liquid crystal display 110, a microphone 180 located at the bottom of the first touch screen 120, and a second located at an inner side of the flip 190. The touch screen 130 includes an antenna 140 connected to an upper right side of the upper housing 160 and the lower housing 170.

In the present embodiment, the first touch screen 120 and the second touch screen 130 have the same size but may be implemented differently. The first touch screen 120 and the second touch screen 130 display various display data according to the present invention. In addition, the first touch screen 120 and the second touch screen 130 operate to display a display data according to the input of a key value of the keypad of the wireless terminal and the execution of the program. The liquid crystal display 110 displays the state of the wireless terminal 100 and display data according to program execution.

2 is a block diagram of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The controller 200 controls the overall operation of the wireless terminal 100. In particular, the control unit 200 performs a user interface function using a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. The touch screen display unit 240 including the first touch screen 120 and the second touch screen 130 operates under the control of the controller 200. The RAM 220 stores data input and output and various data processed when the overall operation of the wireless terminal 100 is performed by the controller 200. In particular, the ROM 210 stores data indicating a phone book and a keypad of a general wireless terminal as shown in FIG. 3. Also, the ROM 210 stores a checkerboard menu, a program for performing an operation shown in the menu, data indicating a state of the wireless terminal 100, Korean keyboard data, English keyboard data, and calculator keyboard data. The ROM 210 stores a program for performing a user interface function using the display unit 240 for the touch screen. The tiled menu may be made of a phone book, a calculator, a word, a memo pad, a dictionary, a communication, a calendar, a schedule, a terminal setting, and the like as shown in FIG. 4. The LCD 110 displays a menu currently being used, and displays the progress of the program when the program is executed. The transmission connector 230 may transmit and receive data by connecting to an external device. The audio unit 250 is controlled by the controller 200, modulates a voice signal input through the microphone 180 into a wireless signal, demodulates the wireless signal received through the receiver 260, and outputs the voice signal through the speaker 150. In addition, the receiver 260 receives a radio signal output from the duplexer 270 under the control of the controller 200. The transmitter 280 transmits the modulated radio signal from the audio unit 250 to the duplexer 270. The duplexer 270 communicates with the base station through the antenna 140 to transmit a signal from the transmitter 280 to the base station through the antenna 140. The duplexer 270 allows the signal received through the antenna 140 to be received by the receiver 260.

3 is an initial screen of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 5 are menu screens of the wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a Hangul keyboard display of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is an English keyboard screen of the wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a calculator keyboard screen of a wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is another English keyboard screen of the wireless terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 9, a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described as follows. The wireless terminal 100 according to the present invention has a user interface including a liquid crystal display 110, a first touch screen 120, and a second touch screen. When the user opens the flip 190 of the wireless terminal 100 in order to use the wireless terminal 100, the shape is as shown in FIG. In this case, the controller 200 displays the liquid crystal display 110, the first touch screen 120, and the second touch screen 130 as shown in FIG. 3. The liquid crystal display 110 displays the state of the wireless terminal 100 such as a current time, a battery state, and a reception possibility. As shown in FIG. 3, the first touch screen 120 displays a keyboard, such as a keypad of a conventional wireless terminal. In addition, the second touch screen 130 displays a phone book as shown in FIG. 3. The phone book is composed of a name and a corresponding phone number as shown in FIG. When the name or the phone number displayed on the second touch screen 130 is touched, the controller 200 automatically dials the corresponding number. In addition, the controller 200 may manually perform a dialing operation according to a value of a telephone number input through a keypad displayed on the first touch screen 120.

If the user does not use the wireless terminal as a telephone and performs other operations, the user touches the "MENU" button located at the top of the first touch screen 120. In this case, if the value of the area touched on the first touch screen 120 is “MENU,” the controller 200 displays a menu as shown in FIG. 4 on the liquid crystal display 110, the first touch screen 120, and the second touch screen 130. Display. The controller 200 displays a message indicating a menu state through the liquid crystal display 110, and displays a menu through the first touch screen 120 and the second touch screen 130. The menu may be configured, for example, a phone book, a calculator, a word, a memo pad, a dictionary, a communication, a calendar, a horizontal axis display, a terminal setting, and the like. Assume that the user selects a menu called "word". Then, the controller 200 executes the corresponding program stored in the ROM 210 and displays the same as shown in FIG. 5. The controller 200 displays a menu of a program through the liquid crystal display 110, and displays display data necessary for performing other programs. The controller 200 displays a submenu of the “word” menu through the first touch screen 120 and the second touch screen 130. In this case, it is assumed that the user selects a menu called “Create” to create a document. The controller 200 displays the Korean keyboard as shown in FIG. 6 through the liquid crystal display 110, the first touch screen, and the second touch screen. . In this case, the liquid crystal display 110 displays a character corresponding to the value touched through the first touch screen 120 and the second touch screen 130. If the user wants to replace the Hangul keyboard with the English keyboard while writing the document, the user may touch a preset Han-Young conversion marker as shown on the bottom right of the second touch screen 130. In this case, when the region corresponding to the Korean-English conversion mark is touched, the controller 200 displays an English keyboard as shown in FIG. 7. In addition, when the “calculator” menu is selected in the menu of FIG. 4, the controller 200 displays the calculator keyboard as shown in FIG. 8 through the first touch screen 120 and the second touch screen 130. In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, when the area corresponding to “display on the horizontal axis” of FIG. 4 is touched, the controller 200 displays the English keyboard on the horizontal axis as shown in FIG. 9. Similarly, the Korean keyboard of FIG. 6 and the calculator keyboard of FIG. 8 may display keyboards as shown in FIG. 9. In addition, the display data displayed on the liquid crystal display 110 may be displayed on the horizontal axis.

The Korean keyboard, the English keyboard, and the calculator keyboard can be displayed on the display unit 240 for the touch screen adaptively by executing the program. That is, the controller 200 selects one of the keyboards and displays the selected keyboard on the touch screen display 240 when a command for displaying the touch screen 240 is generated. For example, a Korean-English conversion key located at the lower right of the second touch screen 130 of FIG. 6 or a Korean keyboard, an English keyboard, or a calculator keyboard is displayed as the user touches the calculator on the menu. In addition, as the program is executed, the display unit 240 for the touch screen plays the same role as the liquid crystal display unit 110 and displays the progress of the program and the menu state.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, a touch screen is further provided on the inner side of the flip of the wireless terminal, and the Hangul keyboard, the English keyboard, and the calculator keyboard can be displayed adaptively, and the horizontal axis can be used to easily input data. There is an effect according to an embodiment of the present invention to facilitate the operation of the autodial function by displaying the keypad and the phone book of the general wireless terminal together.

Claims (14)

In the user interface device of the flip type wireless terminal having a touch screen, A first touch screen located on the upper housing; The flip cover covering the first touch screen; And a second touch screen positioned on an inner side of the flip. The method of claim 1, And a liquid crystal display on an upper surface of the upper housing and an upper end of the first touch screen. In the user interface device of the flip type wireless terminal having a touch screen, Memory that stores a lot of keyboard data, And a controller for reading a specific keyboard stored in the memory and displaying the specific keyboard on the touch screen when a value indicating a specific keyboard is input among the plurality of keyboard data. The method of claim 3, wherein And a plurality of keyboard data stored in the memory are Korean keyboard data, English keyboard data, and calculator keyboard data. The method of claim 3, wherein The touch screen, A first touch screen located on an upper surface of the upper housing of the wireless terminal, And a second touch screen positioned on an inner surface of the flip cover that covers the first touch screen. The method of claim 3, wherein The memory further stores data representing a phone book consisting of a name and a phone number, And the control unit displays the phone book through the touch screen when the flip is opened. The method of claim 3, wherein The memory further stores data representing a keypad of a general wireless terminal, And the control unit displays the keypad through the touch screen when the flip is opened. The method of claim 5, The wireless terminal further comprises a liquid crystal display on the top of the first touch screen. The method of claim 6, And the controller automatically dials the telephone number when the telephone number area corresponding to the name or name of the telephone book is touched. In the user interface device of the wireless terminal, With display part, And a control unit for displaying the display data on the horizontal axis through the display unit when a specific value displayed on the horizontal axis is input. The method of claim 10, And the display unit is a liquid crystal display. The method of claim 10, And the display unit is a touch screen. The method of claim 11, The display unit further comprises a touch screen. The method according to claim 12 or 13, The touch screen, A first touch screen located on the upper housing; And a second touch screen positioned on an inner surface of the flip cover that covers the first touch screen.