KR100672607B1 - Method of displaying list of items in portable terminal and portable terminal embodying the same method - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for displaying a list in a portable terminal and the portable terminal for realizing the same are provided to enable a user to know a location or an order that a selected item occupies at total item list by using a location where an item, selected from an item list including at least one item, is displayed on a screen, thereby not needing to confirm a location, which a specific item occupies at the total list, through a scroll bar. A method for displaying a list in a portable terminal comprises the following steps of: selecting a specific item among at least one item by a selection indicator, moving on a screen, according to a signal inputted from the outside on the screen displaying the item list(S410); and displaying the at least one item including the selected item on the screen in an assigned display order(S440). In the above second step, a location where the selected item is displayed is decided according to a ratio of the display order, assigned to the selected item, to the number of items included in the item list(S420).

Description

Method of displaying list of items in portable terminal and portable terminal embodying the same method}

1 is an example of a phone book stored in a portable terminal.

2 is an example of displaying the phone book of FIG. 1 on a screen of a portable terminal according to the related art.

3 is an example of an item list for describing an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a list in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of entering a screen displaying a list of items shown in FIG. 3 according to the present invention.

6 is an example of a screen displayed when Menu 7 is selected from the item list of FIG. 3.

FIG. 7 is an example of a screen displayed when Menu 12 is selected from the item list of FIG. 3.

8 is an example of a screen for sequentially displaying sizes of items adjacent to a selected item.

9 is a block diagram of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method for displaying a list in a portable terminal and a portable terminal for implementing the same. More specifically, a list display method in a portable terminal such that a position where a selected item is displayed on a screen among an item list including at least one item indicates a position or order in the entire item list, and a portable device for implementing the same. It relates to a terminal.

1 is an example of a phone book stored in a portable terminal. 2 is an example of displaying the phone book of FIG. 1 on a screen of a portable terminal according to the related art. Assume that the phone book of FIG. 1 includes 50 names and phone numbers. In general, the portable terminal has a problem that the size of the screen is limited and 50 names and telephone numbers cannot be displayed on one screen. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, one screen displays all items (eg, name and phone number of FIG. 1) included in an item list (eg, the phone book of FIG. 1). It is common to be unable to display on (for example, the screen of FIG. 2).

On the other hand, a user of a portable terminal may want to know how much a particular item is located in the item list when the item list is displayed on the screen. For example, in FIG. 1, the specific item "Kim Min-kyung" is located in the fifth of the entire list. In addition, in FIG. 2, it is assumed that a specific item "Kim Min-kyung" is selected by the selection indicator 10. At this time, the user can know that a particular item "Kim Min-kyung" has been selected by the box 40 which displays the position of the selection indicator 10 and the telephone number. However, according to the related art, the user may know the position occupied in the entire list by the particular item "Kim Min-kyung" by the cursor 30 of the scroll bar 20 located on the right side of the screen. That is, the user may look at the position of the cursor 30 in the scroll bar 20 on the right side of the screen, and may know how much position of the currently selected item "Kim Min-kyung" is in the entire list. In FIG. 1, since "Kim Min-Kyung" is located at the fifth of the total 50 items, in FIG. 2, the cursor 30 is 5 (in the order of "Kim Min-Kyung") / 50 (all in the scroll bar 20) from the top. Number of items) = 10%. However, according to the related art, it is inconvenient because the user needs to check the position occupied by the specific item in the entire list through the scroll bar 20.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, the present invention, the position in which the selected item is displayed on the screen of the item list including at least one item to indicate the position or order in the entire item list An object of the present invention is to provide a list display method in a portable terminal and a portable terminal for implementing the same.

Another object of the present invention is to change the size of the items displayed on the screen, so that you can easily know the selected item and at the same time a list display method in a portable terminal to display more items on one screen and It is to provide a portable terminal for implementing this.

As an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a list display method in a portable terminal according to the present invention, in the portable terminal, (a) the order displayed on the screen (hereinafter referred to as "display order (DO)") (C) selecting a specific item of the at least one item by a selection indicator moving on the screen according to a signal input from an external device, on a screen displaying an item list including at least one item to which a) is assigned; (b) displaying the at least one item including the selected item on the screen in the assigned display order (DO), wherein in step (b), the position where the selected item is displayed is According to the ratio of the display order (DO) assigned to the selected item to the number of items included in the item list (hereinafter referred to as "item number (IN)") That is achieved by the features.

The step (b) may include: (b-1) calculating a ratio of the display order DO allocated to the selected item to the item number IN of the item list; and (b-2) the (b). (B-3) The acceptance number (AN) is obtained by multiplying the ratio calculated in step (1) by the number of items the screen can accommodate (hereinafter referred to as "accommodation number (AN)"), and (b-3) the acceptance number (AN). And displaying the selected item in an area corresponding to the value integerized in step (b-2) from the top or bottom of the screen divided into zones.

Also, in the step (b), when the item list includes a plurality of items, the items in which the display order DO is adjacent to the selected item are adjacent to the location where the selected item is displayed. And displaying the data in the display order DO. The number of items displayed on the screen does not exceed the accommodation number AN. In addition, the items having the display order DO may be characterized in that the displayed size decreases sequentially as the selected item moves away from the displayed position.

As another aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, the portable terminal according to the present invention, the display unit and at least one item assigned to the order displayed on the screen (hereinafter referred to as "display order (DO)") A memory unit for storing a list of items to be included, and controls to display a portion or all of the list of items in the display unit in the assigned display order (DO), for selecting any one of the at least one item When a specific item is selected by the selection indicator, the position is determined according to the ratio of the display order DO assigned to the selected item to the number of items included in the item list (hereinafter referred to as "item number IN"). And a controller for controlling to display the selected item. Herein, the selection indicator may be moved on the display unit according to a signal input through an input unit included in the portable terminal according to the present invention.

The control unit calculates the ratio, multiplies the calculated ratio by the number of items that the display unit can accommodate (hereinafter referred to as "accommodation number (AN)"), and integers a value obtained by the acceptance number (AN). The display unit may be controlled to display the selected item in an area corresponding to the integer value from an upper end or a lower end of the display unit.

The controller may further include, when the item list includes a plurality of items, items in which the display order DO is adjacent to the selected item in the display order DO adjacent to a position where the selected item is displayed. It may be characterized by controlling to display. The number of items displayed on the display unit may not exceed the accommodation number AN.

In addition, the controller may control to display the displayed sizes sequentially as the display items DO move closer to each other from the position where the selected item is displayed.

The above objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. In addition, when it is determined that the detailed description of the known function or configuration related to the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Hereinafter, terms used in the present invention are defined as follows.

(1) In the present invention, the item list means a list including at least one item. The item includes all objects that can be listed in the form of a menu, a file, a message by a Short Message Service (SMS) or a Multimedia Message Service (MMS), and other lists. For example, the phone book shown in FIG. 1 may be a list of items to which the present invention is applied. In addition, the form in which the item is displayed on the screen may vary. For example, the item may be displayed in the form of at least one of a letter, an icon, and an image.

(2) In the present invention, the display order DO refers to an order of sorting items included in the item list in displaying the item list on the screen. The display order DO may vary depending on how the items are sorted. For example, in displaying an item list including a plurality of files on the screen, the display order DO changes as the sorting method is changed based on the file's name, size, type, date modified, and the like. .

(3) In the present invention, the item number IN refers to the number of items included in a certain item list. For example, when the number of messages included in the item list of the "receive box" is 20, the item number "IN" of the "receive box" is 20.

(4) In the present invention, the acceptance number (AN) refers to the number of items that can be displayed on the screen of the portable terminal (that is, the number of items that the screen can accommodate). The accommodation number AN may vary according to the type of the portable terminal, the size of the display unit, the type of the display unit, and the type of the item.

(5) In the present invention, the selection indicator is an object that can move between items on the screen to select a specific item from the item list. The user may move the selection indicator to a specific item to be selected by manipulation of a direction key or a touch using a touch screen. Examples of the form in which the selection indicator is displayed include a cursor form or a bar form.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the item list shown in FIG. 3. Since the item list shown in FIG. 3 has 20 items from Menu 1 to Menu 20, the item number IN is 20. For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the accommodation number AN is 7 as shown in FIG. 2, and the display order DO is allocated in the order shown from the top in FIG. 3. For example, since Menu 3 of FIG. 3 is shown third from the top of the item list, the display order DO assigned to Menu 3 is three.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of displaying a list in a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 and 4, the list display method in the portable terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

First, the screen enters the item list display [S400]. The user may enter a screen displaying a list of items by using a user interface provided in the portable terminal. For example, the display enters a screen for displaying a list of items shown in FIG. 3. Of course, since the accommodation number AN is assumed to be seven, seven items of the item list shown in FIG. 3 are displayed on the screen. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of entering a screen displaying a list of items shown in FIG. 3 according to the present invention. In Fig. 5, since the accommodation number AN is seven, seven items are displayed on the screen from Menu 1 to Menu 7, and the selection indicator 10 selects Menu 1 as a bar.

Thereafter, the specific indicator is selected from the item list by the selection indicator 10 [S410]. For example, the user may move the selection indicator for selecting any one item from the item list by manipulating the direction key provided in the terminal or directly touching the touch screen. When the portable terminal is provided with a touch screen, when an external touch on any one item is detected on the touch screen, the selection indicator 10 moves to the touched item, thereby selecting the touched item. Meanwhile, the selection indicator 10 may move according to the movement of an external touch with respect to the selection indicator 10 on the touch screen. That is, after the user touches the selection indicator 10 using a finger or a stylus pen, the user moves the finger or the stylus pen in an item alignment direction (for example, an up / down direction or a left / right direction). Accordingly, the selection indicator 10 is moved.

Thereafter, a ratio of the display order DO allocated to the selected item to the number IN of items included in the item list is calculated [S420]. Assuming that Menu 7 is selected in step S410, since Menu 7 is the seventh from the top of the item list of FIG. 3, the display order DO assigned to Menu 7 is 7. FIG. In addition, since the item number IN of the item list of FIG. 3 is 20, the ratio calculated in step S420 is as follows.

If Menu 12 is selected in step S410, since the display order DO assigned to Menu 12 is 12, the ratio calculated in step S420 is as follows.

Thereafter, according to the ratio calculated in step S420, a position where the selected item is displayed on the screen is determined [S430], and the selected item is displayed at the position determined in the step S430 [S440]. Detailed methods for performing the step S430 may be very diverse. For example, the position at which the selected item is displayed may be obtained by integerizing a value obtained by multiplying the ratio calculated in step S420 by the accommodation number AN of the screen. When Menu 7 is selected in step S410, since the acceptance number (AN) is assumed to be 7, it is possible to obtain 0.35 × 7 = 2.45. There are many ways to purify the obtained 2.45. If you round 2.45 to a whole number and round it up, you get 2. Therefore, the position where Menu 7 is displayed is second. On the other hand, when 2.45 is rounded up to the nearest decimal point, 3 is obtained, and the position where Menu 7 is displayed is the third. 6 is an example of a screen displayed when Menu 7 is selected from the item list of FIG. 3. Fig. 6 (a) shows the case by rounding the decimal point, and Fig. 6 (b) shows the case by rounding the decimal point. FIG. 7 is an example of a screen displayed when Menu 12 is selected from the item list of FIG. 3. That is, when Menu 12 is selected in step S410, multiplying the ratio obtained in step S420 by the accommodation number (AN), 0.6 × 7 = 4.2 can be obtained. According to the integerization by rounding the decimal point, as shown in Fig. 7A, Menu 12 is displayed fourth from the top of the screen. On the other hand, according to the integerization by raising the decimal point, as shown in Fig. 7B, Menu 12 is displayed fifth from the top of the screen. That is, FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 show the selected item in an area corresponding to the integer value from the top or bottom of the screen divided into zones equal to the accommodation number AN.

Thereafter, the remaining items adjacent to the selected item are displayed in the assigned display order DO (S450). 6 and 7, when the position of the selected item is determined, the remaining items adjacent to the selected item are displayed on the screen in the assigned display order DO, respectively. For example, in FIG. 6A, since the position where the selected Menu 7 is displayed is the second position, Menu 6 is displayed at the upper portion of the position where Menu 7 is displayed, and Menu 8 is displayed below the position where Menu 7 is displayed. To Menu 12 are displayed. That is, the number of items displayed on the screen may not exceed the accommodation number AN. In the above-described steps S430 to S450, the selected item is displayed from the top of the screen according to the ratio calculated in the step S420. However, the selected item is displayed from the bottom of the screen according to the ratio calculated in the step S420. You may.

In operation S450, the remaining items adjacent to the selected item may be characterized in that the displayed size decreases sequentially as the selected item moves away from the displayed position, as shown in FIG. 8. . That is, when items are displayed as shown in FIG. 8, when the number of items IN displayed on the screen is large, not only the currently selected item can be easily known but also more items are displayed on the screen than when the items are displayed in the same size. can do. FIG. 8 illustrates a case where all item lists having the item number IN are displayed on one screen. (A) to (c) of FIG. 8 are cases where Menu 1, Menu 7 and Menu 11 are selected by the selection indicator, respectively.

9 is a block diagram of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. The list display method of FIG. 4 may be implemented by the portable terminal of FIG. 9. 9, a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail as follows.

The portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a key input unit 100, a control unit 110, a display unit 120, and a memory unit 130. The display unit 120 may include a touch screen 123 as an input unit (or user interface) separate from the key input unit 100. Meanwhile, the present invention can be applied to both portable terminals, and FIG. 9 illustrates a mobile communication terminal having a mobile communication module 140 for data transmission and reception with a mobile communication network as a specific example of the portable terminal.

The key input unit 100 is an input device provided with various numeric keys, direction keys, etc. to receive various information or commands from a user. The controller 110 manages the overall operation of the portable terminal according to the present invention. The display unit 120 is a device for displaying the state or various information of the portable terminal. The memory unit 130 stores a predetermined program for controlling the overall operation of the portable terminal according to the present invention, and the data inputted and outputted when the overall operation of the portable terminal is performed by the controller 110 is performed. Save the data. In particular, the memory unit 130 stores an item list including at least one item to which the display order DO is assigned.

Hereinafter, the portable terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the operation of the controller 110.

The controller 110 controls the display unit 120 to display some or all of the item list stored in the memory unit 130 in the assigned display order DO. Here, when the specific item is selected by the selection indicator for selecting any one of the at least one item included in the item list, the controller 110 includes the number of items included in the item list (IN). Control to display the selected item at a position according to a ratio of the display order DO allocated to the selected item with respect to the control unit. Here, the controller 110 controls to display the selected item at a position corresponding to the ratio from an upper end or a lower end of the display unit 120.

On the other hand, the selection indicator is characterized in that the moving on the display unit 120 according to the signal input through the input device provided in the portable terminal. The key input unit 100 or the touch screen 123 serves as the input device. Specific operations of moving the selection indicator using the touch screen 123 are the same as those described in the list display method according to the present invention. That is, the controller 110 controls to move the selection indicator to the touched item according to an external touch on any one of the at least one item on the touch screen 123. In addition, the controller 110 controls to move the selection indicator according to the movement of an external touch with respect to the selection indicator on the touch screen.

A detailed operation of the control unit 110 to display the selected item at a position according to the ratio of the display order DO allocated to the selected item to the item number IN is as follows.

That is, the controller 110 calculates a ratio of the display order DO allocated to the selected item to the item number IN, and accommodates the received number AN that the display unit 120 can accommodate in the calculated ratio. Multiply the value obtained by multiplying) and control the display to display the selected item in an area corresponding to the integer value from an upper end or a lower end of the display unit 120 divided into an area equal to the accommodation number AN. .

In addition, when the item list includes a plurality of items, the items in which the display order DO is adjacent with respect to the selected item are adjacent to the position where the selected item is displayed. Control to display in parentheses. Here, the number of items displayed on the display unit may not exceed the accommodation number AN.

On the other hand, as described in the list display method according to the present invention, the control unit 110 displays the displayed size sequentially smaller as the items adjacent to the display order (DO) is far from the position where the selected item is displayed. Can be controlled.

Detailed features related to the operation of the other controller 110 are the same as those described in the list display method according to the present invention.

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

The list display method and the effect of the portable terminal for implementing the same in the portable terminal according to the present invention described above are as follows.

First, according to the present invention, the position or order in which the selected item occupies in the entire item list is determined by the position where the selected item is displayed on the screen among the item list including the at least one item.

Second, according to the present invention, by changing the size of the items displayed on the screen, it is possible to easily know the selected item and at the same time there is an effect that can display more items on one screen.

Claims (17)

In the portable terminal, a method for displaying an item list including at least one item to which the order displayed on the screen (hereinafter referred to as "display order (DO)") is allocated, (a) selecting a specific item of the at least one item on a screen displaying the item list by a selection indicator moving on the screen according to a signal input from an external device; And (b) displaying the at least one item including the selected item on the screen in the assigned display order (DO), In the step (b), the position in which the selected item is displayed is displayed in the display order (DO) assigned to the selected item with respect to the number of items included in the item list (hereinafter referred to as "item number IN"). The list display method of the portable terminal, characterized in that determined according to the ratio. According to claim 1, wherein step (b), And displaying the selected item at a position corresponding to the ratio from the top or bottom of the screen. The method of claim 2, wherein step (b) comprises: calculating a ratio of the display order DO assigned to the selected item to the item number IN of the item list; (b-2) integerizing a value obtained by multiplying the ratio calculated in the step (b-1) by the number of items the screen can accommodate (hereinafter referred to as "accommodation number (AN)"); And (b-3) displaying the selected item in an area corresponding to the value integerized in the step (b-2) from the top or the bottom of the screen divided into the area equal to the accommodation number (AN); To List display method in a portable terminal comprising. The method of claim 3, wherein step (b) comprises: (b-4) When the item list includes a plurality of items, the items in which the display order DO is adjacent to the selected item are displayed in the display order DO adjacent to the position where the selected item is displayed. Including more steps, The number of items displayed on the screen does not exceed the acceptance number (AN). The method of claim 4, wherein the items in which the display order DO is adjacent to each other include: And as the selected item moves away from the displayed position, the displayed size decreases sequentially. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable terminal, A list display method in a portable terminal comprising a touch screen. According to claim 6, The signal input from the outside, An external touch to any one of the at least one item on the touch screen, And the selection indicator moves to the touched item according to the external touch. According to claim 6, The signal input from the outside, Movement of an external touch with respect to the selection indicator on the touch screen, And the selection indicator moves according to the movement of the external touch. A display unit; A memory unit for storing a list of items including at least one item to which a display order (hereinafter, referred to as a display order DO) is assigned; And A part or all of the item list is controlled to be displayed on the display unit in the assigned display order DO, When a specific item is selected by the selection indicator for selecting any one of the at least one item, the selected item for the number of items included in the item list (hereinafter referred to as "item number (IN)") A control unit for controlling to display the selected item at a position according to a ratio of the display order DO assigned to the item. Portable terminal including. The method of claim 9, Further comprising an input unit, And the selection indicator moves on the display unit according to a signal input through the input unit. The method of claim 10, wherein the control unit, And display the selected item at a position corresponding to the ratio from an upper end or a lower end of the display unit. The method of claim 11, wherein the control unit, The ratio is calculated, and the value obtained by multiplying the calculated ratio by the number of acceptable items (hereinafter referred to as "accommodation number (AN)") of the display unit is integerized, and divided by the number of zones of the accommodation number (AN). And displaying the selected item in an area corresponding to the integer value from an upper end or a lower end of the display unit. The method of claim 12, wherein the control unit, When the item list includes a plurality of items, the display items DO of the selected items are controlled to be displayed in the display order DO adjacent to the position where the selected item is displayed. The number of items displayed on the display unit does not exceed the accommodation number (AN). The method of claim 13, wherein the control unit, The display terminal (DO) is characterized in that the adjacent items are controlled to display the displayed size in order as the farther away from the position where the selected item is displayed. The method of claim 10, wherein the input unit, A portable terminal comprising at least one of a keypad or a touch screen provided on the display unit. The method of claim 15, wherein the selection indicator, And moves to the touched item according to an external touch on any one of the at least one item on the touch screen. The method of claim 15, wherein the selection indicator, The mobile terminal, characterized in that for moving according to the movement of the external touch with respect to the selection indicator on the touch screen.

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