KR101061007B1 - How to Output a List of Character Lines - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention comprises the steps of receiving a search character to search for information in order to improve the readability of the output character list; Extracting text lines related to the search text from a database and sorting the text lines; Displaying the same characters corresponding to each of the preceding character lines with each other; And outputting the text lines as a list, and outputting distinguished characters among the text lines.

Character line, list, output

Description

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The present invention relates to a method of outputting a list of character lines, and more particularly, to a method of outputting a list of character lines by improving the readability of the character line list by displaying the same content of the character line list to be distinguished.

In general, an information device includes an output device such as a display device, and when a user inputs a search word to search for desired information, the information device outputs detailed information on the screen.

In this case, prior to detailed information, a menu of related information is displayed on the screen in a list of character lines arranged in ascending or descending order. When the menu includes the same characters, the menus of the same information are mainly arranged in the order of the smallest number of characters and the related information. The text lines constituting the menu are displayed in the same shape, color, and size.

1 is a view illustrating a method of outputting a text line list on a screen in a conventional display device.

As shown in FIG. 1, information according to a search condition of a user is output in a text line having the same text form and text color, and items including the same text are continuously output.

In addition, the character line has a previous character line 10 and a corresponding character line 20 according to the sorting order, which is sorted in order of the smallest number of letters with the relevant information first.

However, conventionally, when outputting a sorted list of characters, even if the starting letter between each item is the same or only partly different, all the letters must be read to find the desired item. There was a problem that information could not be found quickly.

In particular, in the case of navigation, the driver needs to find information such as a desired position quickly, and there is an inconvenience that the desired information cannot be found quickly due to the burden of reading all the same letters.

In order to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for outputting a list of character lines to improve readability of the character line list by displaying the same contents of the character line list to be distinguished.

Receiving a search text so that the information is searched to solve the above problems of the present invention; Extracting text lines related to the search text from a database and sorting the text lines; Determining whether or not the letters in the columns corresponding to each immediately preceding character line are identical to each other in the column-aligned character line, and repeating the display process of the corresponding character of the character line determined to be the same in the column direction sequentially A thermal direction identity treatment step; And outputting the text lines as a list, and outputting distinguished characters among the text lines.

Here, the column-wise identity processing step may be repeated sequentially from the best line of text lines to the last line of text lines. Further, the column-direction identity processing step may preferably perform the display process when all the characters of the immediately preceding character line are the corresponding characters of the corresponding character line determined to be the same. The outputting step may be performed such that at least one or more of the color, shape, and size of the displayed text are distinguished from each other.

The present invention provides the following effects through the above solution.

First, in the list of character lines, the same characters are displayed and displayed on the screen by distinguishing them from the beginning characters of consecutive character lines, so that the user can quickly and easily recognize the same characters and list them in a list of character lines. Readability can be significantly improved.

Second, in the output method of the character line of the present invention, the distinguishing mark may be differently applied as the characters of the character string immediately preceding the character lines are all included or partially included in the sorting order in successive character lines. It can be used in various ways.

Third, in the method of outputting a list of character lines according to the present invention, since the same letters are distinguished from the existing list by different colors, shapes, and sizes, the readability is improved, so that the user can quickly find the item of the desired information. Navigation may be used more usefully, such as mobile devices that are less readable due to the small screen.

Hereinafter, a method of outputting a line list according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail.

The present invention comprises the steps of receiving a search character to be searched for information in order to improve the readability of the character line list by the display process to distinguish the same content of the character line list (S210); Extracting text lines related to the search text from a database and sorting the text lines in a sequence (S220); Displaying the same characters corresponding to each of the preceding character lines with each other (S230 to S280); And outputting the text lines as a list, and outputting the displayed characters among the text lines to be distinguished (S290).

In addition, the feature of the present invention is that the display processing step (S230 to S280) determines whether or not the character of the column corresponding to the character string arranged in the array form is the same as the previous character line (S230), it is determined that the same And a column direction identity processing step (S230 to S260) of sequentially repeating the display process of the corresponding character of the corresponding character line (S240) in the column direction.

Further, another feature of the present invention is that the column direction identity processing steps (S230 to S260) are repeatedly performed sequentially from the latest line of text lines to the last line of text lines.

Further, another feature of the present invention is that the column-direction identity processing steps (S230 to S260) is to perform the display process if all the letters of the immediately preceding character line is the corresponding character of the corresponding character line determined to be the same. This is a second embodiment.

In addition, another feature of the present invention is that the output step (S290) is performed so that at least one or more of the color, shape and size of the displayed text is distinguished.

Accordingly, the method for outputting a list of text lines according to the present invention can significantly improve the usability of the device to which the present invention is applied because the user can quickly find a desired item in the list output on the screen of the display device.

2 is a diagram illustrating a flow of a method of outputting a list of text lines according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of outputting a list of text lines according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Here, the list output method of the text line of the present invention can be applied to any device having a process of outputting to a display device using a computer. In particular, the present invention may be more usefully used in a portable device having a small screen such as navigation, so that the description will be limited to navigation for convenience of description.

As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the list output method of the text line according to the first embodiment of the present invention is the input step (S210), sorting step (S220), display processing steps (S230 to S280) and output step ( S290) is made.

First, since a portable device such as a navigation device has an input unit including a keypad, a touch pad, a button, and the like, a control unit including a database, an extraction sorting unit, and an output unit including a display unit and the like, a detailed description thereof will be provided. Omit.

In detail, the input step (S210) refers to performing a step of receiving a search text to search for information.

Here, in the case of navigation, the input of the search text is performed by a method of inputting consonants or vowels of each letter constituting a word to be searched so as to be quickly inputted while driving.

Therefore, the search character is a concept including all of the initial, words, symbols, symbols and the like.

That is, the user of the navigation inputs the search text to search for information such as a place name and a location stored in a database, and the navigation system, which receives the input, lists the text lines of related information on the screen as a corresponding operation. Will be displayed.

On the other hand, after the input step (S210), and extracts the text lines associated with the search text from the database to sort in a columnar form (S220).

Here, the text lines associated with the search text refer to items of related information extracted from a database according to a search condition previously stored by the navigation system.

Of course, the method of outputting a text line of the present invention is applicable to a list of text lines displayed on the screen by menu selection instead of the search text.

In addition, the ordered alignment is a concept that includes both the vertical direction and the left and right directions, the direction in which the letter starts is also a concept including all four directions.

That is, the navigation system that receives the input signal by the user's input operation performs a process of extracting and sorting text lines associated with the search text from a database.

On the other hand, after the alignment step (S220), performing the display process (S230 to S280) to display the same characters sequentially corresponding to each character line from the best column letters between each immediately preceding character line.

Here, the best column letter 311 refers to the letter located at the top of the order in which the letter starts in each of the letter lines output as a list. In the character lines arranged left and right, the letters located at the left or right end according to the start order may be the best column letters 311.

In addition, the immediately preceding character line refers to the preceding character line located above each of the character lines, and the corresponding character line of the latter is located below the immediately preceding character line and is followed by the display process according to the method of the present invention. The character line to which it applies.

Furthermore, the same letters sequentially corresponding to the best column letters 311 are arranged in the column direction when the two letters are arranged in the left and right directions by dividing the two text lines into a previous text line 310 and a corresponding text line 320 in a row direction. Refers to the same letter in the corresponding position in order.

The display processing of the text lines may include display processing to be distinguished from at least one or more text lines of the immediately preceding text line 310 and the corresponding text line 320. That is, it may be applied to both the immediately preceding text line 310 and the corresponding text line 320 or may be applied to only one text line.

On the other hand, in the display processing step (S230 to S280), it is determined whether the characters of the column corresponding to the character string 310 is the same as the character string arranged in the enumerated expression (S230), and said determined to be the same It is preferable to include a column-direction identity processing step (S230 to S260) of sequentially repeating the display process (S240) of the corresponding character of the character line 320 in the column direction.

Here, for convenience of description, the alignment of the text lines will be described in that the text lines are aligned along the top and bottom directions with respect to the top and the letters forming the text lines in the left and right directions with respect to the left end are described.

First, in FIG. 2, R _n refers to the nth immediately preceding character line in the row direction, and R _{n + 1} refers to the n + 1th corresponding character line subsequent to R _n . That is, in the concept of relative order, R _n becomes a leading character line and R _{n + 1} becomes a trailing character line.

In addition, CH refers to a character forming a character line and includes a space. N is the number corresponding to the order of the characters listed in the character line. Thus, R _n CH (N) refers to the Nth character of the nth character line.

Moreover, N (R _n ) means the number of characters of the nth immediately preceding character line. That is, the character lines each have a different number of characters and repeat the process as many times as the number of characters of the previous character line R _n in which the same character can exist at most.

N denotes the number corresponding to the order of the character lines in the row direction, and R _E refers to the number corresponding to the order of the character lines positioned at the last line, which depends on the search character. Therefore, n (R _E ) refers to the number in the order of the last character line.

Here, the best column letter 311 refers to a letter located at the left end in the column direction among the letters constituting the character row.

In addition, the immediately preceding character line 310 and the character line 320 is located on the upper side relative to any one character line in the line direction in the list of the character line immediately preceding character line 310 and the lower one is the corresponding character Row 320.

That is, the above process is performed on two text lines sequentially arranged among the text lines arranged, and it is determined whether the first letter between the immediately preceding text line 310 and the corresponding text line 320 is the same. If it is the same, the display process is distinguished, and then the maximum number of characters in the previous character line 310 is determined to determine whether the letters listed at the corresponding positions are the same, and if they are the same, the display process is distinguished.

In addition, if it is not the same, the corresponding text line 320 becomes a new previous text line and the lower text line becomes a new corresponding text line and repeats the above process. As a result of this process, the display is successively distinguished from the first character of the two character lines to the same character.

Specifically, if the previous character line 310 and the character line 320 is determined, it is determined whether each of the best column letters 311 are the same (S230).

Thereafter, if it is determined that the best column letters 311 are the same, the display process is performed so that the best row letters 311 are distinguished (S240).

Here, if it is determined that the best column letter 311 is not the same, the character line 320 enters the step of being sequentially repeated so as to be the immediately preceding character line (S270).

Thereafter, entering the next character (S250), if the number (N) corresponding to the next character sequence is less than or equal to the total number of characters (N (R _n )) of the character line repeat the above steps (S230 to S260) In this case, the same character is successively displayed from the previous character line 310 and the best column character 311 of the character line 320 to be distinguished from each other.

That is, it is determined whether the letters in the columns corresponding to the immediately preceding character lines are identical to the character lines arranged in the enumerated expression (S230), and the process of displaying the corresponding characters of the corresponding character lines determined to be the same (S240). To perform the column-direction identity processing steps (S230 to S260) to sequentially repeat in the column direction.

Here, when the number N corresponding to the next character order is larger than the total number N (R _n ) of the character line, there is no character to be compared, and thus the character line is repeated.

On the other hand, the column direction identity processing steps (S230 to S260) is preferably repeatedly performed sequentially from the most recent line of text lines to the last line of text lines.

Here, the best line text line refers to a text line located at the top of the list when the list of text lines is arranged up and down, for convenience. Similarly, the last line of text refers to the line of text located at the bottom of the list. This is not a concept on the output screen.

That is, the best line of text refers to the line of text located at the top of the list displayed on the screen, and the last line of text refers to the line of text located at the bottom of the list of output on the screen. That is, it is a character line located at the top and bottom.

Also, two text lines are repeatedly performed based on the best text line located at the top of the text lines arranged in the row direction. Through this, the process of the present invention can be performed for all text lines associated with the search text.

Moreover, the preceding text line and the corresponding text line are repeated sequentially based on the best line text line, which means that the best text line becomes the previous text line and the lower text line becomes the corresponding text line to perform the process of the present invention. Thereafter, the corresponding text line becomes the previous text line and the new text line on the lower side is the text line to perform the processor of the present invention.

That is, in order to repeatedly perform all the character lines, the system enters two consecutive character lines (S270), and the number n corresponding to the next immediately preceding character line is the number n according to the order of the last character line (n). (R _E )), since the last character line does not have a lower character line to be compared, the process enters the output step S290 to perform the processes S230 to S260 for the entire character line.

Therefore, the output method of the character line of the present invention uses a simple algorithm as described above, so that the existing system is simple to apply. On the other hand, there is an advantage in that it is possible to quickly grasp the contents of a large number of output lines, that is, a list of data.

Through this, the method of outputting a list of text lines according to the present invention can be conveniently applied to various information devices.

Meanwhile, after the display processing steps S230 to S280, the text lines are output as a list, and the display characters of the text lines are output in a distinct manner (S290).

That is, a list of character lines is output on an output screen of a display device such as navigation.

Therefore, the list output method of the character line according to the present invention proposes a new method for improving the readability of the list, menu, etc. displayed on the screen. Through this, the user can quickly find a desired item in the list of a large amount of data can significantly improve the search efficiency.

On the other hand, the output step (S290) is preferably performed so that at least one or more of the color, shape and size of the displayed text is distinguished.

That is, referring to FIG. 3, it can be seen that the same letters are visually processed in a different color from the letters that are not identical in the text lines sequentially arranged in the vertical direction. Such visual processing is also possible by the shapes and sizes described below.

Of course, the present invention is not limited to the above-described color, shape, and size because it is to visually process the character, and includes all methods for visually distinguishing the character through the use of symbols.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a text line output method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the same characters are displayed differently in the first embodiment, but when all the characters of the immediately preceding character line 410 are included in the character line 420, the same characters of the character line 420 are displayed. By displaying differently, to provide a variety of options that can be used in various ways according to the user's convenience to improve the readability of the aligned character line.

As shown in FIG. 4, the column-direction identity processing steps S230 to S260 may be performed when all the letters of the immediately preceding character line 410 are the corresponding characters of the corresponding character line 420 determined to be the same. It is preferable to perform the processing step (S240).

That is, when the first character is the same when performing the two character lines in the above-described display processing steps (S230 to S280), if the first character is the same, the same character is determined and the display process is performed for the remaining letters corresponding to each other. If there is a character different from the character line 420 among the characters in the immediately preceding character line 410 during this process, the distinguishing display process is returned to its original state.

As a result, this may provide new convenience to the user by displaying the corresponding characters on the corresponding character line 420 only when all the characters of the previous character line 410 are included in the corresponding character line 420. .

For example, when the same name is used as a business name but the business types are different, the distinguishing display process according to the second embodiment is useful.

Of course, the present invention is shown only in English in the drawings, it is obvious that the method according to the invention is applicable to other languages, such as Korean.

5 is a view showing an example of a text line output method according to a third embodiment of the present invention, Figure 6 is a view showing an example of a text line output method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

A characteristic of the embodiments is to exemplify that the method used when differently displaying the letters determined to be the same may be formed by a shape change such as a change in the size of a letter or a tilt of the letter.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the outputting step S290 may be performed such that at least one or more of the color, shape, and size of the displayed text are distinguished from each other.

3 and 4 illustrate that the same letters are displayed in different colors so that non-identical letters are easily seen by the user.

In addition, it is also possible to output the same letters in the shade, it is preferable that the same letters are relatively inconspicuous in contrast to the letters that are not identical in order to quickly read the letters that are not identical.

In addition, the same letters are grouped based on different first letters, and each of the groups may be considered to be output in a different color. This may be provided according to the user's choice as an option.

Here, the herd group refers to the character lines which start with the first letter of 'A' in FIG. 5 and are arranged vertically and distinguished.

5 and 6 show the results of the method performed according to the second embodiment of the present invention on each immediately preceding character line 510 and 610 and the corresponding character line 520 and 620, and immediately before FIG. 5. The character line 510 shows that different colors and font sizes are simultaneously distinguished and outputted in the same letter. The character line 610 of FIG. 6 immediately changes the shape such as a change in color and inclination in the same letter. The output is distinguished.

That is, in the method of outputting a list of character lines according to the present invention, it is possible to use a difference and a symbol such as color, shape, size, shape, etc. of the character display processing by the system such as navigation. The above can be applied and it is also possible to apply the overlap.

However, the same letters should be able to be distinguished easily and quickly from the letters that make up the existing list.

As described above, the method of outputting a list of character lines according to the present invention is to perform special visual processing for the same characters when the list of sorted character lines is output, and the visual processing is performed by the characters having the same consecutive list. In the case of starting with the same letter, the same characters are outputted on the screen of the display device to have a different color, size, shape, shape, etc. from the rest of the list.

Of course, the method of outputting a list of character lines according to the present invention, unlike the method described above for efficient programming, first judges the entire list to select the character lines starting with the same letter in the row direction, and then each corresponding character. The method may include various methods, such as a method of determining and displaying the same characters that are arranged by comparing the rows.

As a result, the number of characters to be read in order to find a desired item is reduced, and as a result, the user can search more quickly.

Through this, the readability of a list of character lines that are enumerated in a large amount can be significantly improved by the user quickly and easily recognizing the same characters.

In addition, the output method of the character line of the present invention can be applied differently according to the distinguishing display as the letters of the character line immediately before the sort in the sequence of character lines are all included or partially included in the character of the character line, the user's search convenience It can be used in various ways.

Furthermore, in the method of outputting a list of character lines according to the present invention, the same characters are distinguished from the existing list by different colors, shapes, and sizes, so that the readability is improved, so that the user can quickly find the item of the desired information. Navigation may be used more usefully, such as mobile devices that are less readable due to the small screen. Of course, it can be applied to the general information equipment.

As described above, the method of outputting a list of character lines according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs without departing from the claims claimed by the present invention. It is possible to perform the modifications and such modifications are within the scope of the present invention.

1 is a view illustrating a method of outputting a text line list on a screen in a conventional display device.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of outputting a list of text lines according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method of outputting a list of character lines according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a text line output method according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a text line output method according to a third exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a text line output method according to a fourth exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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310, 410, 510, 610: previous character line 320, 420, 520, 620: corresponding character line

311: Best heat letter

Claims (5)

Receiving a search letter to search for information; Extracting text lines related to the search text from a database and sorting the text lines; Determining whether the letters in the columns corresponding to each of the immediately preceding character lines are identical to each other, and displaying the corresponding characters of the character lines determined to be the same in the column direction are sequentially repeated in the column direction. Thermal direction identity processing; And And outputting the text lines as a list, and outputting distinguished characters among the text lines. delete The method of claim 1, The column-direction identity processing step of the character line list output method characterized in that iteratively repeated from the best line to the last line of the character line. The method of claim 1, And wherein the column-direction identity processing step performs the display process when all the characters in the immediately preceding character line are the corresponding characters in the corresponding character line determined to be the same. The method of claim 1, And the outputting step is performed such that at least one or more of the color, shape, and size of the displayed text are distinguished from each other.

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