KR101000106B1 - Method for Providing Idle Mode Screen in Mobile Communication Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for providing a standby screen in a mobile terminal.

To this end, the present invention calculates the resolution ratio between the resolution of the application to be used as the standby screen and the mobile terminal screen, the standby screen installation method for converting the screen data included in the application according to the calculated resolution ratio to apply to the standby screen To provide. The present invention also provides a control command processing method for checking a coordinate input through a touch screen and converting the input coordinate according to the resolution ratio of the mobile terminal and the application into coordinates on the application to process the input control command. . The present invention also provides a means for verifying the resolution of an application; Means for checking the resolution of screen data playable in the mobile terminal; Means for calculating a resolution ratio of the application and the mobile terminal; And means for converting the coordinates and the size of the screen data according to the resolution ratio.

According to the present invention, a desired image file or a video may be used as a standby screen regardless of a resolution, and since it is not necessary to generate a standby screen for each resolution, it is possible to reduce the production time or cost of the standby screen.

Resolution, standby, platform, application, LCD

Description

Method for providing idle screen in mobile terminal {Method for Providing Idle Mode Screen in Mobile Communication Terminal}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a standby screen in a mobile terminal. In particular, the present invention relates to a method for using an application having a resolution different from that of a mobile terminal as a standby screen in the mobile terminal.

With the rapid development of electronic and communication technology, various services such as voice / video call, message transmission, TV watching, photography, and wireless internet use can be provided using a mobile terminal. Accordingly, mobile terminals have become a necessity for modern people.

When a specific task is not executed in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is switched to the standby mode and a standby screen set by the user in advance is displayed.

According to the user's preference, the user may directly photograph or download his or her own picture, a desired picture or video, as well as the standby screen provided by the manufacturer, and set the standby screen. In addition, the standby screen may be set such that an electronic calendar, a clock, a specific phrase desired, and the like are displayed on the standby screen.

The display unit of the mobile terminal displaying the standby screen is mainly an LCD, and has a resolution set in advance by the mobile terminal manufacturer such as 640 * 480, 320 * 240, 176 * 144, and 128 * 96 pixels (Pixel). A file having a resolution that is not the same as the resolution set in the display unit of the mobile terminal cannot be reproduced in the mobile terminal. Accordingly, an application set as an image such as a picture or a picture, a video such as a flash file or an animation, or a standby screen such as an electronic calendar or a clock must match the resolution supported by the mobile terminal.

Accordingly, in order to use an application such as an image or a video as a standby screen of a mobile terminal, a user may have to change an image file or a video file to a file having a resolution supported by the mobile terminal.

In addition, a standby screen provider that generates a standby screen and provides the mobile terminal with a mobile terminal must also produce an application to be used as the standby screen in various resolutions in order to support various types of mobile terminals. Accordingly, in order to receive a standby screen through the wireless Internet, a user may need to confirm a model or resolution of a mobile terminal owned in advance and select only a standby screen that matches the identified model or resolution. In addition, even if there is a standby screen to be downloaded from the idle screen provided by the idle screen provider, if the resolution does not match the resolution of the owned mobile terminal, the corresponding idle screen may not be provided.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a method for automatically changing the resolution to match the resolution of the application to the resolution of the mobile terminal, so that applications of various resolutions can be used as the standby screen, regardless of the resolution supported by the mobile terminal. .

To this end, the standby screen installation method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the idle screen installation method in a mobile terminal, comprising the steps of: (a) checking the resolution information of the application to be used as the standby screen; calculating a resolution ratio of the mobile terminal screen to the application; (c) converting screen data included in the application according to the resolution ratio; And (d) applying the converted application of the screen data to the standby screen.

In addition, the control command processing method according to an embodiment of the present invention is a method for processing a control command input via a touch screen in a mobile terminal running an application providing a standby screen, (a) coordinates input through the touch screen Confirming; (b) checking the resolution ratio by comparing the resolution of the mobile terminal with the resolution of the application; (c) converting coordinates input through the touch screen into coordinates on the application according to the resolution ratio; And (d) processing the control command set in the coordinates converted in the application.

In addition, the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention is a mobile terminal for executing an application having a different resolution as a standby screen, means for checking the resolution of the application; Means for checking the resolution of screen data playable in the mobile terminal; Means for comparing the resolution of the application with the resolution of the mobile terminal to calculate a resolution ratio; And means for converting the coordinates and the size of the screen data included in the application according to the resolution ratio.

According to the present invention, the mobile terminal automatically changes the resolution of the application to be used as the standby screen to the resolution set in the mobile terminal, so that the user can use the desired image file or video as the standby screen regardless of the resolution. In addition, even a company providing a standby screen does not need to generate various kinds of standby screens, thereby reducing the production time and cost of the standby screen.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. In addition, the terms “… unit”, “… unit”, “module”, and the like described in the specification mean a unit that processes at least one function or operation, which may be implemented by hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. Can be.

In the following description, according to an embodiment of the present invention, an image such as a picture, a picture, or the like provided to a mobile terminal, a video such as a flash file or an animation, or screen data such as an electronic calendar or a clock will be described as an application.

1 is a configuration diagram briefly showing a standby screen providing system according to the present invention.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a standby screen providing system includes a mobile terminal 110, a wireless base station 120, a switching center (MSC: Mobile Switching Center, hereinafter referred to as MSC) 130, and a packet switching support node (SGSN). Serving GPRS Support Node (hereinafter referred to as 'SGSN') 140, Packet Gateway Support Node (GGSN) (hereinafter referred to as 'GGSN') 150, Home Location Register (HLR) 160) and the application server 170. " HLR "

The mobile terminal 110 is a terminal capable of performing a telephone call with a counterpart via a mobile communication network or being connected to an internet network to receive a wireless internet service. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, after receiving an application transmitted from the application server 170, it converts to a supportable resolution to serve as a standby screen. Here, the internal configuration and detailed function of the mobile terminal 110 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The wireless base station 120 is connected to the mobile terminal 110 in a wireless section, and connects a call for voice / video call with the MSC 130 or transmits and receives various data with the SGSN 150. Performs the function of connecting a data call.

The MSC 130 controls a call and various additional services and provides a connection function with various other devices and an external network. In addition, the MSC 130 may be connected to the application server 170 to transfer various messages transmitted from the mobile terminal 110 to the application server 170 or to transmit an application provided from the application server 170 to the wireless base station 120. It can also serve as a).

The SGSN 140 supports mobility management of the mobile terminal 110, a call processing procedure for calling / incoming calls, and session management, authentication and billing functions for handling transmission and reception of packet data for the GPRS service. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when SGSN 140 is requested to provide an application to be used as a standby screen from the mobile terminal 110, by calling the requested application from the application server 170 through the GGSN 150 , To serve as the mobile terminal 110. At this time, the SGSN 140 transmits a plurality of applications stored in the application server 170 to the mobile terminal 110, and when a request for a specific application is input from the mobile terminal 110, the SGSN 140 calls the requested application. A process of providing the mobile terminal 110 is performed.

The GGSN 150 is a serving node of an Internet Protocol (IP) -based packet network that provides a high-speed packet data service for GPRS data service. The GGSN 150 manages sessions for packet data service and processes packet data routing. Do it. In addition, the GGSN 150 provides an interface connecting the application server 170 and the SGSN 140 so that an application called from the application server 170 can be transmitted over a wireless internet.

The HLR 160 is a server that stores subscriber information of the mobile terminal 110 and checks the location information of the mobile terminal 110 for transmission of an application through a linkage with a visitor location register (VLR). Do this. Here, the HLR 160 may store information such as the model of the mobile terminal 110, a resolution that is supported, and may also store information of an application provided from the application server 170 to the mobile terminal 110.

The application server 170 is a server operated by a mobile communication service provider or a standby screen provider. The application server 170 stores a plurality of applications provided as standby screens according to an embodiment of the present invention. When a request for providing an application is delivered, it is a server that calls and provides a requested application. In this case, the application server 170 may be located in the mobile communication network and directly connected to the MSC 130 or the GGSN 150, or may be located outside the mobile communication network and connected to the GGSN 150 through the Internet network.

In addition, the application server 170 according to an embodiment of the present invention operates a separate web page having a URL address, and serves as a standby screen to a user connected through an internet network using a personal computer or a mobile terminal 110. A web page including a list of available applications may be provided, and when a request for providing a specific application is input from a user, the web page may be transmitted to the mobile terminal 110 through the mobile communication network. .

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 110 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an RF transceiver 210, a data storage 220, a display 230, a data input 240, and a controller 250.

The RF transceiver 210 is a part for modulating or demodulating a voice / video signal and a data call of RF type to perform communication with a mobile communication network. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the RF transceiver 210 serves to receive an application input through the wireless base station 120.

The data storage unit 220 stores various data such as a phone book, a call list, a picture, a video, a transmission / reception message, and a music set by a user, including various software, including a control program for controlling the mobile terminal 110. to be. In addition, the data storage unit 220 stores a program for performing the conversion by comparing the application resolution and the display unit resolution, and comparing the coordinate information if different, according to an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, in performing such a process, it temporarily stores various data generated in the mobile terminal 110.

In addition, the data storage 220 performs a function of storing installation environment information such as an application ID, an application name, a version, and an application resolution checked when the received application is installed.

The display 230 is a portion where a standby screen according to an embodiment of the present invention is provided. The standby screen may include an operating state of the mobile terminal 110 such as a power supply state, a radio wave reception intensity, a date and time, a picture or a video. In addition, the display unit 230 displays various service screens provided by the mobile terminal 110 according to a call request, a data service request, an additional service provision request, and a standby screen setting request input through the data input unit 240. to be. As such, the display unit 230 displaying the standby screen and the operation state of the mobile terminal 110 is mainly composed of an LCD and has a preset resolution.

The display 230 of the mobile terminal 110 may be implemented as a touch screen. In this case, the display 230 configured as the touch screen performs the function of the data input unit 240.

The data input unit 240 is a module for receiving a telephone number, a call request, and various additional service provision requests for executing various services of the mobile terminal 110. To this end, the data input unit 240 includes a key input module 242 including various key buttons such as volume control buttons, direction buttons, menu access buttons, and numeric buttons.

Herein, the mobile terminal 110 may include a data input unit 240 implemented as a touch screen, and for this purpose, the data input unit 240 includes a touch coordinate input module 244. Here, the touch coordinate input module 244 checks the X and Y coordinates of the input display unit 230 and performs a function of transmitting the input coordinate information to the controller 250.

The controller 250 is a part that controls the overall functions of the mobile terminal 110. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 250 installs an application received from the application server 170 and displays the application resolution. It controls overall standby screen setting tasks such as converting to a resolution supported by) and executing it. To this end, the controller 250 is a platform control module 260 for processing the installation and conversion of the application, and touch coordinate processing for controlling the mobile terminal 110 according to the coordinate information input through the touch coordinate input module 240 Module 270.

The platform control module 260 that handles installation and conversion of an application includes an application installation module 262, an application management module 264, a display management module 266, and a resolution comparison and conversion module 268.

The application installation module 262 installs an application received through the RF transceiver 210 and checks detailed information about the application, such as an ID, an application name, a version, and an application resolution of the application. It stores the confirmed application details in the data storage unit 220.

The application management module 264 manages the installed application, and when the application is executed by the user, calls the application detailed information stored in the data storage unit 220 and checks the application resolution. The application resolution is transmitted to the resolution comparison and conversion module 268.

The display management module 266 checks the resolution information of the display 230 and transmits the resolution information to the resolution comparison and conversion module 268.

The resolution comparison and conversion module 268 compares the application resolution received from the application management module 264 with the display unit resolution received from the display management module 266. If it is determined that the application resolution and the display unit resolution are the same, the application is applied to the display unit 130 as it is. However, if it is determined that the application resolution and the display unit resolution are different, the ratio of the application resolution and the display unit resolution is calculated, and the display unit 130 is converted by converting the coordinates on which the application is displayed and the length of the application screen according to the calculated ratio. It is applied to apply.

In addition, the resolution comparison and conversion module 268 according to an embodiment of the present invention requests a calculation of a display unit resolution and an application resolution ratio from the touch coordinate processing module 270 according to a key input through the touch coordinate input module 244. When the input is performed, the ratio of the application resolution to the display unit resolution may be calculated and transmitted to the touch coordinate processing module 270.

When the key input through the touch coordinate input module 244 is received, the touch coordinate processing module 270 checks the coordinates (hereinafter, referred to as “touch coordinates”) of the key input position on the display 230. The touch coordinate position is converted into coordinates (hereinafter, referred to as “application coordinates”) in the application according to the ratio of the application resolution calculated by the resolution comparison and conversion module 268 to the display unit resolution.

The mobile terminal 110 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may not include the touch coordinate input module 244 and the touch coordinate processing module 270 when the display unit 230 is not implemented as a touch screen.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a standby screen providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

After the user of the mobile terminal 110 connects to the application server 170 through the mobile communication network, the user of the mobile terminal 110 selects an application to be set as a standby screen among a plurality of applications provided by the application server 170. In this case, when the application server 170 provides a separate web page, the user of the mobile terminal 110 may access the corresponding web page through the internet network and select an application to be set as a standby screen.

When an application to be set as the idle screen is selected by the user, the application server 170 calls the selected application and transmits it to the mobile terminal 110 through the wireless Internet. At this time, in transmitting the application to the mobile terminal 110, the application detailed information is enclosed and transmitted (S302).

The mobile terminal 110 installs the received application. In this case, the mobile terminal may check information such as an application ID, an application name, a version, an application resolution, and the like through the application detailed information enclosed with the application. In addition, the mobile terminal 110 may store the confirmed application detailed information in the data storage unit 220 (S304).

When the user requests the execution of the corresponding application through the data inputter 240 (S306), the application management module 264 checks the application resolution stored in the data storage 220. In this case, the application resolution checked by the application management module 264 may be represented by (w, h). Here, w is the X-axis (horizontal axis) resolution of the application, and h is the Y-axis (vertical axis) resolution of the application (S308).

Then, the display unit resolution information is checked using the display unit management module 266. In this case, the display unit resolution checked by the display unit management module 266 may be represented by (W, H). Here, W is the X-axis resolution of the actual display unit 230, H is the Y-axis resolution of the actual display unit 230.

When the resolution of the display unit is checked, the application resolution is checked in step S308 (S310), and it is checked whether it is the same (S312).

If the application resolution and the display unit resolution are determined to be the same, the screen processed by the application is applied to the display unit 130 as it is (S314).

However, when it is determined in step S312 that the application resolution and the display unit resolution are different, the screen conversion information is calculated by calculating the ratio of the application resolution and the display unit resolution.

In this case, the screen conversion information may be expressed as Nx indicating the screen resolution ratio on the X axis and Ny indicating the screen resolution ratio on the Y axis, where Nx is calculated through a formula of 'Nx = W / w', and Ny is 'Ny'. It is calculated through the formula of = H / h '(S316).

Then, the home position of the displayed screen data of the application is checked. At this time, the home position includes the X coordinate and Y coordinate where the screen data is located and the width and length information of the screen data (S318).

When the original position of the screen data is confirmed through the step S318, according to the screen conversion information calculated in the step S316, the position coordinates and screen size of the screen data is converted (S320), and the screen data converted according to the display unit resolution is displayed. Displayed in the unit 230 (S322).

Through this method, the mobile terminal 110 may convert the resolution of the application downloaded from the application server 170 to match the resolution of the display 230 and use it as a standby screen.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of processing a command input through a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the display unit 230 of the mobile terminal 110 is implemented as a touch screen, the display unit 230 receives a control command from a user through the display unit 230 implemented as a touch screen.

When the input of the control command through the touch coordinate input module 244 is confirmed (S402), the touch coordinate processing module checks the coordinate information input to the touch coordinate input module 244. Here, the coordinates input by the user through the display unit 230 will be described as 'touch coordinates' (S404).

At this time, since the coordinates of the display unit 230 are not coordinates in the application of the identified touch coordinates, a malfunction may occur when the input touch coordinates are executed in the application as it is. Accordingly, an operation for converting input touch coordinates into coordinates in an actual application is required.

To this end, the mobile terminal 110 confirms the resolution of the application through the application management module 264 and the display unit resolution through the display management module 266. The ratio between the application resolution and the display unit resolution is calculated through the resolution comparison and conversion module 268 (S406).

When the ratio between the application resolution and the display unit resolution is calculated, the touch coordinates are converted into the application coordinates through the resolution comparison and conversion module 268. For example, assuming that the X-axis screen resolution ratio is Nx and the Y-axis screen resolution ratio is Ny between the application resolution and the display resolution, the x-coordinate of the application is 'x = X ÷ Nx + 1' (where , X is the X-axis coordinates of the touch coordinates, the y coordinate of the application may be calculated as 'y = Y ÷ Ny + 1' (where Y is the Y-axis coordinates of the touch coordinates) (S408).

When the touch coordinates are converted to the application coordinates through the step S408, the application processes the command according to the input coordinates (S410).

Through this method, a command input through the touch screen in the mobile terminal 110 on which the standby screen having the converted resolution is executed may be correctly processed in the application.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not only implemented by the apparatus and method but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, The embodiments can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

1 is a configuration diagram briefly showing a standby screen providing system according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating an internal configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a standby screen providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of processing a command input through a touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (12)

In the standby screen installation method in the mobile terminal, (a) checking the resolution of the application every time the application to be used as a standby screen is downloaded and storing the application to correspond to the application; (b) when the execution of the application is requested, checking the resolution of the application; (c) calculating a resolution ratio between the resolution of the mobile terminal screen and the resolution of the application when the resolution of the mobile terminal screen and the resolution of the application are different from each other; (d) converting screen data included in the application according to the resolution ratio; And (e) applying the screen data of the converted application to a standby screen of the mobile terminal screen; Standby screen installation method comprising a. The method of claim 1, Step (d) is, Standby screen installation method characterized in that for converting the position coordinates and screen size of the screen data included in the application according to the resolution ratio. The method of claim 1, Step (c) is, (c1) checking an X-axis resolution and a Y-axis resolution of the mobile terminal screen; (c2) checking the X-axis resolution and the Y-axis resolution of the application; (c3) calculating a ratio between the X-axis resolution of the mobile terminal screen and the X-axis resolution of the application; And (c4) calculating a ratio between the Y-axis resolution of the mobile terminal screen and the Y-axis resolution of the application Standby screen installation method is configured to include. The method of claim 1, Prior to step (a) above, Downloading an application to be used as a standby screen; Installing the downloaded application; And Checking application detail information including the resolution of the application and storing the application detail information to correspond to the application; Standby screen installation method comprising a. A method of processing a control command input through a touch screen in a mobile terminal in which an application providing a standby screen is executed, (a) checking coordinates input through the touch screen; (b) checking the resolution ratio by comparing the resolution of the mobile terminal with the resolution of the application; (c) converting coordinates input through the touch screen into coordinates on the application according to the resolution ratio; And (d) processing the control command set in the converted coordinates in the application; Control command processing method comprising a. The method of claim 5, Step (b) is, calculating a screen resolution ratio of the X axis by comparing the X axis screen resolution of the mobile terminal with the X axis screen resolution of the application; And (b2) calculating a screen resolution ratio of the Y axis by comparing the Y axis screen resolution of the mobile terminal with the Y axis screen resolution of the application; Control command processing method configured to include. The method of claim 6, Step (c) is, (c1) calculating the X coordinate in the application by converting the X coordinate input through the touch screen according to the screen resolution ratio of the X axis; And (c2) calculating the Y coordinate in the application by converting the Y coordinate input through the touch screen according to the screen resolution ratio of the Y axis. Control command processing method configured to include. The method of claim 7, wherein Step (d) is, (d1) confirming the X and Y coordinates calculated in steps (c1) and (c2); (d2) confirming a control command set to (X, Y) coordinates in the application; And (d3) executing the control command Control command processing method configured to include. A mobile terminal for executing an application having a different resolution as a standby screen, Means for checking the resolution of the application each time the application to be used as a standby screen is downloaded and storing the application to correspond to the application; Means for checking the resolution of the application and the resolution of the screen data playable in the mobile terminal when the execution of the application is requested; Means for comparing the resolution of the application and the resolution of the mobile terminal to calculate a resolution ratio between the resolution of the mobile terminal screen and the resolution of the application if they are different; And Means for converting coordinates and sizes of screen data included in the application according to the resolution ratio A mobile terminal comprising a. 10. The method of claim 9, And display means for reproducing the screen data whose coordinates and sizes are converted. The method of claim 10, The display means is implemented as a touch screen, the mobile terminal, characterized in that for receiving a control command through the display means. The method of claim 11, Means for checking the position coordinates of the control command input through the display means and converting the position coordinates into coordinates in the application according to the resolution ratio A mobile terminal further comprising.

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