KR100624858B1 - Method for forming image letters in Mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of forming an image character in a mobile communication terminal, when a character conversion menu selection information is received from a user, displays a text input screen and receives and stores content information desired to be converted into image character from the user. And converting the stored contents into the character conversion information according to the character conversion information to generate graphic text, and then displaying the converted character information without adding a font set to the mobile terminal. Using fonts, you can apply the shape, shape, color, size, and character effects of a letter so that it is treated as if there are a variety of letter fonts.

Mobile terminal, image text. Font, graphic text

Description

Method for forming image letters in Mobile communication terminal             

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a mobile communication terminal for forming image characters according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of forming an image paper character in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a view showing a phrase input screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a view showing a text color selection screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a view showing a letter shape selection screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a view showing a character effect selection screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a view showing a font size selection screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a view showing an example of the use of the image character according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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100 control unit 102 ROM

104: RAM 106: Flash RAM

108: keypad 110: display unit

112: codec 114: microphone

116: speaker 118: antenna

120: duplexer 122: RF transmitter

124: RF receiver 126: interface

The present invention is a method of transforming the shape and color of the characters by converting the character string input from the mobile communication terminal into an image to provide a variety of mobile communication terminal application services such as mobile terminal video mail, the background of the mobile communication terminal, schedule management The present invention relates to a method of forming an image character in a mobile communication terminal.

The main use of the current wireless mobile communication terminal is based on the function of transmitting and receiving voice call data through a wireless method and provides various additional services through related application technology. Among them, the short message service, which is a text message transmission / reception function, defines each character necessary for message transmission as a series of binary or hexadecimal digits in the processing method, and then encodes a text message created on a terminal or computer communication Internet according to a predefined definition. The data is transmitted to the mobile communication company, and the mobile communication company relays and transmits the encoded message from the intended receiving terminal. The terminal receiving the encoded text message takes a method of converting the final encoded message into a text message form before encoding and expressing the target text message on the liquid crystal display which is a display device of the terminal.

Since the font used in the mobile communication terminal is determined by the terminal manufacturer and the terminal is released, users cannot use their desired font, that is, the font, and only the font determined at the time of terminal release by the terminal manufacturer is available. For example, they had to use the display service, the wireless Internet service, and the SMS message service of the portable wireless terminal.

As described above, there is a problem that only fixed fonts provided by a terminal manufacturer may be used in the use of information or services of a mobile communication terminal. Thus, various applications to a wider range are limited.

In addition, when a user uses information and services of a portable wireless terminal, there is a problem in that it cannot satisfy various needs of the user due to the limitation of its application range.

In addition, the user of the mobile communication terminal cannot use the shape transformation, color transformation, effect application, etc. of the character string in the terminal.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is that it is very difficult for a mobile terminal having limited computing power and limited memory to include various font sets, so that the shape, shape, color, size, An object of the present invention is to provide an image character forming method in a mobile communication terminal to be processed as if there are various character fonts by applying a character effect.

According to an aspect of the present invention to achieve the above object, in the method for forming an image character in a mobile communication terminal, when the character conversion menu selection information is received from the user, displays a text input screen, the image character from the user Receiving and storing contents information desired to be converted to a character, and receiving and storing character conversion information from the user, converting the stored contents according to the character conversion information to generate graphic text, and then displaying An image character forming method may be provided in a mobile communication terminal.

The generated graphic text is stored together with the input content information, and the stored graphic text is output as the stored graphic text when the user inputs corresponding content.

The phrase input screen includes a content input field and a text conversion information input field, and the user inputs content desired to be converted into graphic text in the content input field.

The text conversion information includes a text color, a text shape, a text effect, a size, and a background color.

The conversion of the letter shape to the content input by the user is converted by a warping technique.

The graphic text is an image character.

In the receiving of the content information and the character conversion information input by the user, the content information input by the user is stored as a pixel value, and then the character conversion information input by the user is received.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a text input by a user is stored, and the text is input by the user. Provided is a method for forming image characters in a mobile communication terminal, characterized by converting into graphic text using character conversion information including at least one of a size and a background color, and simultaneously displaying and storing the converted graphic text.

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

1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication terminal for forming image text according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the control unit 100 basically serves to process and control a telephone call or data communication in a typical mobile phone, and the character (text) input by the user is input by the user. Convert according to the conversion information to generate graphic text (image).

The ROM 102 stores microcode and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the controller 100.

The RAM 104 is provided as a working memory of the controller 100, and the flash ROM 106 is an area for storing various updatable storage data, and the graphic text generated by the controller 100 is stored. The graphical text is stored with the actual content before conversion.

The keypad 108 includes a plurality of numeric keys and function keys to provide key input by the user to the controller 100. That is, the user inputs contents for converting into graphic text using the keypad 108 and inputs character conversion information.

The display unit 110 includes an LCD to display image information under the control of the controller 100 through the LCD.

The codec 1120 connected to the control unit 100, the microphone 115 and the speaker 116 connected to the codec 1120 are voice input / output blocks used for phone calls and voice recording.

In addition, the duplexer 120 separates the signal transmitted and received with the mobile communication base station through the antenna 118, the RF transmitter 122 modulates the signal to be transmitted from the control unit 100 through the interface 126 to the RF signal Is transmitted through the duplexer 120 and the antenna 118, the RF receiver 124 demodulates the RF signal received through the antenna 118 and the duplexer 120 to the control unit 100 through the interface 126 Will output

In more detail, the user selects a menu for converting characters into graphic text using the keypad 108. Then, the menu selection information is transmitted to the controller 100, and the controller 100 displays the phrase input screen on the display unit 110.

Then, the user inputs a character to be converted into graphic text on the displayed phrase input screen using the keypad 108 and inputs character conversion information. The input letters and character conversion information are transmitted to the controller 100, and the controller 100 converts the input characters according to the character conversion information to generate graphic text. Then, the controller 100 outputs the generated graphic text to the display unit 110 and simultaneously stores the generated graphic text in the flash ROM 106.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of forming an image paper character in a mobile communication terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a phrase input screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a view showing a text color selection screen according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a view showing a letter shape selection screen according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a letter effect selection screen according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 7 is a view showing a font size selection screen according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 8 is a view showing an example of the use of the image character in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, a user selects a menu for converting letters into graphic text using a keypad of a terminal.

When the menu selection information input by the user is received (S200), the terminal displays a phrase input screen as shown in FIG. 3 (S202). Referring to FIG. 3 for the phrase input screen, the phrase input screen includes a content input text box, a text color, a shape, an effect, a size, and a background color selection menu.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the text input screen is first displayed in the content input box, when the user enters the content to convert to the graphical text in the content input box, to select the text color, shape, effect, size, background color, etc. The text conversion information input field may be displayed.

The user inputs a desired content in a content input box of the displayed text input screen, and the terminal receives and stores content information input by the user (S204). The content information is stored as a pixel value.

The user then inputs character conversion information for converting the input content into graphic text. Then, the terminal receives the character conversion information input by the user (S206), and converts the stored content according to the input character conversion information to generate a graphic text (S208).

The text conversion information refers to information such as text color, shape, effect, size, and background color, and a user inputs the text conversion information using the displayed text input screen.

That is, when the user selects a text color menu on the text input screen, a text color selection screen such as 4 is displayed on the terminal, and the user selects a desired color on the displayed text color selection screen.

Referring to FIG. 4, the text color selection screen includes a color selection area such as red, blue, yellow, and the like and a selection button. The user selects a desired color from the color selection area and then presses a selection button. Then, the color information selected by the user is stored to convert the text input by the user into the selected color.

In addition, when the user selects a letter shape menu on the phrase input screen, a letter shape selection screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the terminal, and the user selects a desired letter shape on the displayed letter shape selection screen.

Referring to FIG. 5, the letter shape selection screen includes a letter shape selection area such as a rectangle, an inverse equilibrium quadrangle, a square quadrangle, a cloud, and a selection button. The user selects a desired shape from the letter shape selection area and then presses a selection button. Then, the letter shape selected by the user is stored to convert the letter input by the user into the selected letter shape.

In addition, when the user selects a letter effect menu on the phrase input screen, the terminal displays a letter effect selection screen as shown in FIG. 6, and the user selects a desired letter effect on the displayed letter effect selection screen.

Referring to FIG. 6, the letter effect selection screen includes a letter effect selection area and a selection button such as a basic effect, an embossed effect, a three-dimensional effect, an outline effect, a painting effect, and the like. The user selects a desired letter effect in the letter effect selection area and then presses a selection button. Then, the text effect selected by the user is stored to give the selected text effect to the text input by the user.

In addition, when the user selects a font size menu on the phrase input screen, the terminal displays a font size selection screen as shown in FIG. 7, and the user selects a desired font size from the displayed font size selection screen.

Referring to FIG. 7, the font size selection screen includes a font size selection area such as a large letter, a middle letter, a small letter, and a selection button. The user selects a desired font size from the font size selection area and presses a selection button. Then, the text size selected by the user is stored to convert the text input by the user to the selected text size.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the text size selection screen may include a numeral size selection area and a selection button such as 1, 2, 3, and the like.

After the input of the character conversion information, the terminal converts the stored contents into graphic text using the character conversion information input by the user. When the terminal converts the shape of the letter uses a warping technique. The warping technique is a technique of re-extracting an input image according to a specific rule and uses a projection warping technique or a mesh warping technique.

After the step 208 is performed, the terminal displays the generated graphic text and stores it at the same time (S210). The stored graphic text may be provided to an application service such as a video mail, a background screen, and a schedule management by a user.

For example, a case where a user wants to configure a background screen as shown in FIG. 8 will be described.

The user first selects the text conversion menu and inputs 'hello' in the text input box of the text input screen, and selects the text color to be blue, the shape is parallelogram, the effect is not effective, and the size is large. Then, the terminal converts the "hello" into graphic text according to the character conversion information selected by the user and stores it.

The user then retrieves and synthesizes the photo and the stored graphical text. Then, the background screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many variations are possible by those skilled in the art within the spirit of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, since it is very difficult to include various font sets in a mobile terminal having limited computing power, limited memory, and limited LCD size, the shape of a letter using an already included font without adding a font set, It is possible to provide a method of forming image characters in a mobile communication terminal that can be processed as if there are various fonts by applying shapes, colors, sizes, and character effects.                     

In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a method for forming image characters in a mobile communication terminal that can be used in various applications using letter input, such as scheduling in a mobile communication terminal, a phone book, and a fun text synthesis in a camera phone.

Claims (13)

In the method of forming an image character in a mobile communication terminal, If a character conversion menu selection information is received from a user, displaying a phrase input screen; Receiving and storing content information desired to be converted into image text from the user; Receiving and storing character conversion information from the user; And Converting the stored contents according to the character conversion information to generate graphic text and then displaying the graphic text; Image character forming method in a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, And storing the generated graphic text. The method of claim 2, And the graphic text is stored together with the input content information. The method of claim 2, The stored graphic text is outputted when the corresponding content is input from the user. The method of claim 1, The text input screen may include an image text box and a text conversion information text box. The method of claim 5, And a content to be converted into graphic text is input to the content input box. The method of claim 1, The character conversion information is an image character formation method in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that it includes a character color, character shape, character effect, size, background color The method according to claim 1 or 7, The method of forming an image character in a mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the conversion of the letter shape for the input content is converted by a warping technique. The method of claim 1, And the graphic text is an image text. The method of claim 1, And the content information is stored as a pixel value. The method of claim 1, The graphic text is an image character forming method in the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that the content is converted by at least one of the conversion information of the character color, character shape, character effect, size, background color of the character conversion information. Storing the text input by the user; Receiving at least one conversion information of a text color, a text shape, a text effect, a size, and a background color of text conversion information to form an image character of the text; Converting the text into graphic text according to the input character conversion information; Displaying the converted graphic text. Image character forming method in a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 12, The converted graphic text further comprises the step of storing the image character forming method in a mobile communication terminal.

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