KR101253548B1 - Apparatus and method for set up focus - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, a focus setting apparatus includes an input unit for receiving a user input signal for setting a focus of a widget, a display unit displaying a widget on a standby screen and a focused widget, and a center coordinate of each widget located on the standby screen. A center coordinate determiner to determine the screen divider to divide the idle screen area into a predetermined number of areas, and set focus to a first widget, and if a direction key input exists in the divided area direction, the first Focusing on the second widget having the smallest distance between the first widget and the center coordinates in the next partition from the partition in which the widget is located to the direction key input direction; The smallest distance between the center coordinates in the direction key input direction in the partition area where the first widget is located; 3 It includes a focus setting unit for setting the focus on the widget.

According to the present invention, according to the present invention, it is possible to set the focus of the widget on the standby screen, and in particular, it is possible to set the focus even to widgets having various forms or arranged at various positions.

Widget, Idle Screen, Focus, Split, Mobile Terminal

Description

Focus setting device and method {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SET UP FOCUS}

The present invention relates to a focus setting apparatus and method, and more particularly, to a focus setting apparatus and method of a widget on a standby screen.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a focus setting apparatus and method for focusing a widget by applying a consistent selection method to widgets having various shapes or placed at various positions on a standby screen.

In a general communication system, a mobile terminal has evolved into a device capable of providing various additional services as well as a voice call service between existing users. Accordingly, mobile terminal users can use various additional functions such as wireless internet and broadcasting service as well as simple voice calls. As various functions are implemented in the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is gradually evolving in design, performance, and size. In particular, the display of the mobile terminal has greatly increased display performance such as resolution and size.

Among the screens displayed through the display unit of the mobile terminal, the standby screen is a screen provided when the user first boots the mobile terminal and is a screen displayed on the mobile terminal without any key input. Currently, the standby screen displays an image, text, time, date, etc. set by the user, and is the screen which is accessed the most times by the mobile terminal user.

In addition to the diversification of functions provided through the mobile terminal, there has been an increase in the demand for interfacing various application programs supported internally or externally through the standby screen.

As a result, various functions are developed / added to meet these demands. Therefore, the mobile terminal tends to perform an interface with an application by displaying a widget that can interface with a user in association with each application on an idle screen.

These widgets may be displayed on the idle screen. As such, when the widget is displayed on the idle screen, the mobile terminal user performs focus setting for selecting the widget.

When such a focus is set, if a widget of a similar type or a widget arranged according to a predetermined rule is included in the standby screen, the corresponding widget can be simply set through the direction key input.

However, user needs are diversified, and widgets displayed on the idle screen may be sized, formatted (e.g., video files, image files, text files, etc.), shapes (e.g., star, triangle, circle, etc.). , Square shapes, etc.) may have various shapes. In addition, the widgets may be arranged in various positions such as a randomly set position, an overlapped position, and the like.

As described above, the mobile terminal needs to focus on widgets arranged in various forms and various locations.

However, there has been a problem in that a specific operation method for focus setting does not exist even for widgets having various shapes on a standby screen and widgets not arranged at various positions.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a focus setting apparatus and method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for setting a focus of a widget.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a focus setting apparatus and method for focusing widgets disposed in various forms and various positions.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a focus setting device comprising: an input unit for receiving a user input signal for setting a focus of a widget, a display unit displaying a widget including a widget, and a widget configured to display a focused widget; A center coordinate determination unit for determining the center coordinates of each widget located at the screen; a screen divider for dividing the idle screen area into a predetermined number of areas; and setting focus on a first widget, and direction keys toward the divided areas. If there is an input, focus is set on the second widget having the smallest distance between the first widget and the center coordinates in the next division area from the division area where the first widget is located to the direction key input direction, and then toward the undivided area direction. If there is a direction key input, the direction key input direction is located within the partition area where the first widget is located. Includes the center coordinates between the focus is set to the distance Focus set to the smallest parts of the third widget.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a focus setting method, comprising: (a) determining a center coordinate of each widget located on an idle screen, and (b) dividing the idle screen region into a predetermined number of regions; (C) setting focus on the first widget; and (d) if there is a direction key input in the divided region direction, the next division is performed in the direction key input direction from the partition region where the first widget is located. Focusing on a second widget having a smallest distance between the first widget and a center coordinate in an area; and (e) if a direction key input exists in an undivided area direction, within the partition area where the first widget is located. And focusing the third widget having the smallest distance between the center coordinates in the direction key input direction.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording medium on which a program for setting a focus is recorded, the method comprising: (a) determining a center coordinate of each widget located on an idle screen; Dividing into a predetermined number of regions, (c) setting focus on the first widget, and (d) if there is a direction key input in the divided region direction, from the divided region where the first widget is located; Focusing on a second widget having a smallest distance between the first widget and a center coordinate in a next division area in a direction key input direction; and (e) if a direction key input exists in an undivided area direction; A program for executing focusing on a third widget having the smallest distance between center coordinates in the direction key input direction in a partition where a widget is located is recorded do.

According to the present invention, it is possible to set the focus of a widget on an idle screen. In addition, even widgets arranged in various forms or various positions have an advantage that the focus can be set.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that in the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts will be omitted so as not to distract from the gist of the present invention.

The present invention proposes a focus setting apparatus and method. In particular, the present invention relates to a focus setting apparatus and method for focusing a widget on a standby screen.

The mobile terminal of the present invention determines an input unit for receiving a user input signal for setting a focus of a widget, a display unit displaying a standby screen including a widget and a focused widget, and determining center coordinates of each widget located on the standby screen. A center coordinate determination unit, a screen division unit for dividing the standby screen area into a predetermined number of areas, focus setting on a first widget, and when a direction key input exists in the direction of the divided area, the first widget Focusing on the second widget having the smallest distance between the first widget and the center coordinates in the next partition in the direction of the direction key input from the partition in which the location is located; The third widget having the smallest distance between the center coordinates in the direction key input direction within the partition where the widget is located. And a focus setting unit for focus setting.

The center coordinate determination unit may determine a center coordinate of the widget by applying a median value of the widget width and a median value of the widget height based on the reference coordinate of the widget.

The focus setting unit sets focus to the second widget included in the divided region located farthest from the current divided region when the next divided region does not exist in the divided region direction when the direction key is input in the divided region direction. It features.

The focus setting unit sets focus to a third widget located farthest in the area of the currently focused widget when a widget is not present in the undivided area direction when a direction key is input in the undivided area direction. It is done.

The focus setting unit has the widget having the highest priority, the widget having the highest serial number set in the widget, the widget positioned at the center of the idle screen, the widget positioned at the edge of the idle screen, the widget positioned at the edge of the display screen, and lastly Focus setting on at least one first widget of the executed widget, the previously selected widget, the largest widget, and the smallest widget.

The screen division unit divides the standby screen area in one of a horizontal (x-axis) direction and a vertical (y-axis) direction.

The focus setting unit may set focus to a widget located in front of the widget when the plurality of widgets overlap.

When the plurality of widgets overlap, the focus setting unit sequentially sets the widgets in a direction in which a direction key is input.

If the focus setting unit does not have a widget to set focus when a key is input in the divided area direction, the focus setting unit may move the divided area direction in the divided area of the focused widget so as to correspond to the direction key of the undivided area direction to provide the widget with the widget. When the focus is set and the widget to be focused does not exist when the key is input in the direction of the non-divided area, the focus is set by moving the direction so as to correspond to the direction key in the divided area direction.

In addition, the focus setting method of the present invention comprises the steps of (a) determining the center coordinates of each widget located on the idle screen, (b) dividing the idle screen region into a predetermined number of regions, and (c) Setting a focus on the first widget; and (d) if there is a direction key input in the direction of the divided area, the first widget and the first widget in the next partition area in the direction of the direction key input from the partition area where the first widget is located. Focusing on the second widget having the smallest distance between the center coordinates; and (e) if there is a direction key input in the direction of the undivided area, the center of the direction key input direction in the partition area where the first widget is located. And focusing on the third widget having the smallest distance between coordinates.

The step (a) further includes determining the center coordinates of the widget by applying the median value of the widget width and the median value of the widget height based on the reference coordinates of the widget.

The step (d) further includes setting focus on the second widget included in the divided region located farthest from the current divided region, when there is no next divided region in the divided region direction.

In the step (e), if there is no widget in the non-divided area direction, the method may further include setting focus on a third widget located farthest in the area of the currently focused widget.

In step (c), the widget having the highest priority, the widget having the highest serial number set in the widget, the widget located at the center of the idle screen, the widget positioned at the edge of the idle screen, the widget positioned at the edge of the display screen, Focusing at least one first widget of the last executed widget, the previously selected widget, the largest widget, and the smallest widget.

Step (b) includes dividing the standby screen area into one of a horizontal (x-axis) direction and a vertical (y-axis) direction.

One of the steps (d) and (e) includes setting focus to the widget located in front of the widget when the plurality of widgets overlap.

In step (d), if there is no widget to set focus when a key is input in the divided area direction, the divided area direction is moved to correspond to the direction key of the undivided area direction in the divided area of the focused widget. The method may further include setting focus on the widget.

In the step (e), if there is no widget to set focus when a key is input in the non-divided area direction, the step (e) includes moving the direction to correspond to the direction key in the divided area direction and setting the focus on the widget.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a recording medium on which a program for setting focus is recorded may include: (a) determining a center coordinate of each widget located on an idle screen, and (b) dividing the idle screen area into a predetermined number of areas. (C) setting focus on the first widget; and (d) if there is a direction key input in a direction of the divided region, in a next partition area from the partition in which the first widget is located in the direction key input direction. Focus setting on a second widget having a smallest distance between the first widget and a center coordinate; and (e) if a direction key input exists in an undivided area direction, the direction in the divided area where the first widget is located. A program for executing the focus setting on the third widget having the smallest distance between the center coordinates in the key input direction is recorded.

The mobile terminal of the present invention uses a widget to interface with a mobile terminal user. The widget is a graphical user interface that supports interaction between an application running through the mobile terminal and the user of the mobile terminal.

The application program is divided into a content service / additional service application program and an application program for controlling a mobile terminal. The content service / additional service application program may be an application program related to securities, education, news, broadcasting, search, transportation, music, games, fortune telling, shopping, email, and the like. In addition, the application program for controlling the mobile terminal may be an application program related to a clock, a phone book, a camera, a message, an electronic diary, a ringtone, a screen setting, and the like.

On the other hand, when the widget is displayed in the mobile terminal may have a variety of icons including a still image and a video.

In the present invention, for convenience of description, an interface with a mobile terminal user is performed using a widget on an idle screen, but an example of the present invention will be described with all the interface tools capable of performing the user interface through the idle screen as well as the widget. The invention can be extended and applied.

The mobile terminal of the present invention sets the focus of the widget, and the focus setting refers to an operation of selecting a specific widget for execution of the widget. In addition, the focused widget is displayed to be distinguished from the unfocused widgets by various display methods such as shading, zooming, color conversion, and blinking.

Next, a structure of a mobile terminal for focus setting will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 illustrates a structure of a mobile terminal for focus setting a widget according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal includes a communication unit 111, an audio unit 113, a memory 115, an input unit 117, a display unit 119, a center coordinate determiner 121, and a screen divider 123. Include.

The communication unit 111 is connected through a communication network to perform data transmission and reception.

The audio unit 113 reproduces an audio signal and outputs it through a speaker, or processes an audio signal generated from a microphone.

The memory 115 may be composed of a program memory and a data memory. Programs are stored in the program memory for controlling general operations of the mobile terminal. Data generated during the execution of programs is temporarily stored in the data memory. In particular, the memory 115 may store at least one widget and may store center coordinates of each widget.

The input unit 117 may be configured as a keypad or a touch screen, and when a button is pressed or touched by the user, the input unit 117 receives a user input signal. The input unit 117 receives a user input signal for focus setting and includes a direction key for receiving a user input signal. The direction key includes a key indicating a direction, a numeric key and the like. The movement direction according to the position movement of the widget may be mapped to the numeric key. For example, '2/8/4/6', '5/0/7/9', '1/4/2/3', and '3/6' corresponding to the 'up / down / left / right' directions It can be mapped in various ways, such as / 1/2 '.

The display unit 119 may be configured of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like, and displays display data generated while performing a mobile terminal function. The display unit 119 displays a standby screen including a widget and displays a focus setting operation of the widget.

The center coordinate determination unit 121 determines the center coordinates of each widget located on the idle screen. The center coordinate determiner 121 determines a center coordinate by applying a median value of a widget width and a median value of a widget height based on a reference coordinate of the widget.

Determining the center coordinates (x, y) will be described by way of example, and is shown in Equation 1 below.

x = pX + (width / 2), y = pY + (height / 2)

In Equation 1, 'pX' and 'pY' are reference coordinates of the widget, 'width' is the size of the entire width of the widget, and 'height' represents the overall height of the widget. The reference coordinates (pX, pY) are the vertex (vertex) coordinates of the widget, the coordinates having the smallest value among the coordinates occupied by the widget, and the smallest x coordinate value and the smallest y coordinate value among the coordinates occupied by the widget. It includes at least one of the coordinates to be determined.

The center coordinate determiner 121 may determine a center coordinate of the widget by adding and / or subtracting values corresponding to half of a width and a height to a reference coordinate of the widget.

Accordingly, the reference coordinate may include a coordinate having the largest value among the coordinates occupied by the widget and a coordinate determined by the largest x coordinate value and the largest y coordinate value among the coordinates occupied by the widget.

In addition, the center coordinate determiner 121 may set the center of gravity coordinates of the widget as the center coordinates.

The screen divider 123 divides the standby screen area into a predetermined number (eg, n) areas. The screen divider 123 divides the standby screen area displayed on the display unit 119 into a predetermined number of areas. The screen dividing unit 123 may divide the standby screen area in a horizontal (x-axis) direction or a vertical (y-axis) direction or may be divided by a predetermined interval unit.

The focus setting unit 125 sets focus on a widget of the idle screen, that is, a widget included in the idle screen region. The focus setting unit 125 sets focus based on the center coordinates of each widget when setting the focus on the widget.

The focus setting unit 125 sets focus on a specific widget, for example, a first widget, for focus setting. Here, the first widget is a widget having the highest priority, the widget having the highest serial number set in the widget, the widget located at the center of the idle screen, the widget positioned at the edge of the idle screen, when the initial operation for focus setting is performed. The widget may be at least one of a widget positioned at a corner of the display screen, a widget executed last, a widget selected last, a widget of the largest size, and a widget of the smallest size.

In addition, when the first widget is not the initial operation for focus setting, the first widget becomes a previously focused widget according to the focus setting operation.

If there is a direction key input in the direction of the divided area, the focus setting unit 125 may determine a distance between the first widget and the center coordinates in the next partition area from the partition area where the first widget is located in the direction key input direction. Sets focus to the second smallest widget.

In addition, when there is a direction key input in an undivided area direction, the focus setting unit 125 may select a third widget having a smallest distance between center coordinates in a direction in which the first widget is located. Set focus.

The focus setting unit 125 calculates a distance between the center coordinates of the widgets according to the focus setting of the widget. Assume that the coordinates of the A widget to calculate the distance between the center coordinates are (x1, y1) and the coordinates of the B widget are (x2, y2).

Here, an operation of calculating the distance between the center coordinates is shown in Equation 2 below.

In Equation 2, 'distance' represents a distance between center coordinates of each widget, and 'x1', 'y1', 'x2', and 'y2' represent x coordinate values and y coordinate values of each widget.

An operation of setting focus by the focus setting unit 125 will be described below.

First, assuming that the standby screen area is divided based on the horizontal (x-axis) direction, the divided area direction is an up / down direction, and the undivided area direction is a left / right direction.

The focus setting unit 125 selects a widget of a partition area located above the partition area including the first widget when an up direction key is input, and a partition area including the first widget when a down key is input. Select the widget in the pane at the bottom of the screen.

In addition, when the left direction key is input, the focus setting unit 125 selects a widget located on the left side of the first widget in the divided area including the first widget, and when the right direction key is input, the first widget is selected. The widget located on the right side of the first widget is selected in the included partition area.

Secondly, assuming that the standby screen area is divided based on the vertical (y-axis) direction, the divided area direction is left / right direction, and the undivided area direction is up / down direction.

When the left direction key is input, the focus setting unit 125 selects a widget of the partition area located on the left side of the partition area including the first widget, and when the right direction key is input, the partition area including the first widget Select the widget of the partition on the right side of the screen.

In addition, the focus setting unit 125 selects a widget located above the first widget in the divided area including the first widget when an up direction key is input, and selects the first widget when the down direction key is input. The widget located below the first widget is selected within the included partition area.

In addition, when the widget is selected, the focus setting unit 125 may select a widget after the focus setting unit 125 is selected between the divided regions or after moving in the divided regions according to the up / down / left / right direction key input. You can select the widget with the smallest distance between the widget and the center coordinates.

The focus setting unit 125 focuses on the second widget included in the divided region located farthest from the current divided region when the next divided region does not exist in the divided region direction when the direction key is input in the divided region direction. Set it. In addition, if the widget is not present in the non-divided area direction when the direction key is input in the non-divided area direction, the focus setting unit 125 moves to the third widget located farthest in the area of the currently focused widget. Set focus.

When the plurality of widgets overlap, the focus setting unit 125 sets the focus on the widget located in front of the widget and sequentially sets the focus in the corresponding direction when the direction key is pressed. For example, the focus setting unit 125 sets the focus on the A widget when the A widget, the B widget, and the C widget overlap each other. After that, if the left key is input, the focus can be set in the order of A widget, B widget, C widget, and if the right key is input while the focus is set on the C widget, the order of C widget, B widget, and A widget is set. To set the focus.

The focus setting unit 125 does not divide the divided area direction in the divided area of the focused widget when there is no widget to set focus when a key (for example, an up / down direction key) is input in the divided area direction. The focus is set on the widget by moving in a direction so as to correspond to a direction key (for example, left / right direction keys) in the direction of the non-region area. Also, the focus setting unit 125 may use a direction key (for example, the divided area direction) when a widget to set focus does not exist when a key (for example, left / right direction key) is input in the undivided area direction. Set the focus on the widget by moving the direction so as to correspond to the up / down direction keys).

Next, operation of the mobile terminal to set focus will be described with reference to FIG. 2.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile terminal for focus setting a widget according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in step 211, the mobile terminal determines center coordinates and proceeds to step 213. The center coordinates are coordinates that are a reference for selecting a focus operation of the widget. The center coordinates can be determined in various ways.

In step 213, the mobile terminal divides the idle screen area and proceeds to step 215. The step 213 may be performed before the step 211 or may be performed simultaneously with the step 211.

In step 215, the mobile terminal divides the idle screen area into a predetermined number of areas and proceeds to step 215.

In step 215, the mobile terminal determines whether the operation mode of the current mobile terminal is the focus setting mode.

If the operation mode of the mobile terminal is not the focus setting mode, the process proceeds to step 217.

In step 217, the mobile terminal executes a corresponding operation mode.

If the operation mode of the mobile terminal is the focus setting mode, the process proceeds to step 215.

In step 215, the mobile terminal sets focus to the first widget and proceeds to step 221. Since the first widget is a widget that is initially set at the time of focus setting and is the same widget as the first widget described with reference to FIG. 1, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In step 221, the mobile terminal checks whether a direction key is input.

If the direction key is not input as a result of the check, the flow proceeds to step 221.

If the confirmation key is input, the flow proceeds to step 223.

In step 223, the mobile terminal sets focus to a widget located in the corresponding direction, and proceeds to step 225. The mobile terminal moves the focus setting based on the divided area when the direction key is pressed toward the divided area of the idle screen, and if one or more widgets exist in the divided area, the distance between the center coordinates between the currently focused widget and the widget to be focused Move the focus setting to the smallest widget. The mobile terminal moves the focus setting within the divided area including the focused widget when the direction key is input in a direction other than the divided area of the idle screen.

In step 225, the mobile terminal determines whether focus setting is completed.

If the focus setting is not completed as a result of the determination, the process proceeds to step 221. In the case where the focus setting is not completed, an additional key input is present.

When the focus setting is completed as a result of the determination, the process proceeds to step 227. The focus setting is completed when, for example, there is a key input for executing the widget.

In step 227, the mobile terminal executes the corresponding widget when the focus setting is completed.

Next, the standby screen divided through the display unit of the mobile terminal will be described with reference to FIG. 3.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen divided standby screen according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the standby screen area of the display unit is divided into a predetermined number, for example, six (n = 6) areas.

The idle screen, A widget, B widget, C widget, D widget is shown, the center coordinates are displayed inside each widget.

It is assumed that the current mobile terminal is focusing on the B widget.

The mobile terminal is a case where a down key, that is, a direction key indicating a down direction, is input. The downward direction corresponds to a key input in a divided area direction and sets focus to a widget included in a fourth partitioned area after the third partitioned area in which the B widget is located. That is, the mobile terminal sets the focus on the C widget.

When the direction key in the direction of the divided region is input, the mobile terminal sets focus to the divided region in priority. Accordingly, the mobile terminal sets the focus to the C widget because the A widget and the D widget set the focus area in priority even if the distance between the center coordinates of the B widget is closer than the C widget.

The mobile terminal sets the focus on the D widget if a down key input exists when the C widget is set to focus, and sets the focus on the B widget again when an up key input exists.

The partition where each widget exists is determined by the partition where the center coordinates of each widget are located.

Next, the standby screen according to the focus setting of the widget will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

4 is a diagram illustrating a focus setting of a widget according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, a standby screen according to the focus setting of the mobile terminal is illustrated, and is shown as an 'a' standby screen or a 'h' standby screen.

Each display section shows four widgets: a news widget 1, a weather widget 2, a search widget 3, and a clock widget 4. For example, it is assumed that the standby screen is divided in the horizontal (x-axis) direction. In addition, it is assumed that the idle screen is divided into six areas as an example of a predetermined number.

The standby screen 'a' is focused on the search widget 3.

The mobile terminal switches to the 'b' idle screen state when the up key is input in the 'a' idle screen state.

The 'b' standby screen is focused on the weather widget 2.

The mobile terminal switches to the 'c' standby screen state when the up key is input in the 'b' idle screen state.

The 'c' standby screen is focused on the news widget 1.

When the up key is input in the 'c' idle screen state, the mobile terminal switches to the 'd' idle screen state.

The standby screen 'd' is focused on the clock widget 4.

When the up key is input in the 'd' idle screen state, the mobile terminal switches to the 'a' idle screen state. Further, when there is no next partition to move according to the direction key input as the mobile terminal moves from the 'c' standby screen state to the 'd' standby screen state, the mobile terminal is located farthest from the current partition area. Set the focus to the clock widget (4) included in the.

When the down key or the right key is input in the 'a' idle screen state, the mobile terminal switches to the 'e' idle screen state.

The standby screen 'e' is focused on the clock widget 4.

When the down key or the right key is input in the 'e' idle screen state, the mobile terminal switches to the 'f' idle screen state.

The 'f' standby screen is focused on the news widget 1.

The mobile terminal switches to the 'g' standby screen state when the left direction key is input in the 'a' idle screen state.

The 'g' standby screen is focused on the weather widget 2.

The mobile terminal switches to the 'h' idle screen state when the left direction key is input in the 'g' idle screen state.

The 'h' standby screen is focused on the news widget 1.

As described above, when the widget does not exist in the direction corresponding to the left / right direction key, the left / right direction key is focused by the same operation as the input of the up / down direction key or the down / up direction key. Can be set.

If the widget does not exist in the divided area corresponding to the up / down direction keys in the divided area, the up / down direction keys are the same as the input of the left / right direction key or the right / left direction key. You can set focus through operation.

In addition, referring to the case where the standby screen is divided in the vertical (y-axis) direction, when the widget does not exist in the direction corresponding to the up / down direction keys, the up / down direction keys are left / right directions. The focus can be set by the same operation as the key or the right / left key input. And when the widget does not exist in the partition area of the mobile terminal corresponding to the left / right direction keys in the partition area, the left / right direction keys are the same operation as the input of the up / down direction keys or down / up direction keys You can set the focus through.

In the present invention, the mobile terminal sets the focus on the widget based on the divided idle screen area when the widget is selected using the direction key. Therefore, the mobile terminal can provide a consistent focus setting method to the mobile terminal user when setting the focus of the widget.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the embodiments described, but it is natural that the scope of the claims extends to the equivalent scope of the claims as well as the claims to be described later.

The above-described method for providing a mobile terminal idle screen according to the present invention can be applied to a communication system, and the focus can be set on a widget on the idle screen.

1 illustrates a structure of a mobile terminal for focus setting a widget according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a mobile terminal for focus setting a widget according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen divided standby screen according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 illustrates a focus setting of a widget according to an embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

111: communication unit 113: audio unit

115: memory 117: input unit

119: display unit 121: center coordinate determination unit

123: screen divider 125: focus setting unit

Claims (26)

An input unit to receive a user input signal for setting the focus of the widget; A display unit for displaying the idle screen including the widget and the focused widget; A center coordinate determination unit which determines a center coordinate of each widget located on an idle screen; A screen divider for dividing the idle screen area into a predetermined number of areas; If the focus is set on the first widget and there is a direction key input in the direction of the divided region, the distance between the first widget and the center coordinate is increased in the next partition in the direction of the direction key input from the partition in which the first widget is located. If the focus is set on the smallest second widget and there is a direction key input in the undivided area direction, the third widget having the smallest distance between the center coordinates in the direction key input direction is located in the divided area where the first widget is located. A mobile terminal including a focus setting unit for setting focus. The method of claim 1, The center coordinate determining unit determines a center coordinate of a widget by applying a median value of a widget width and a median value of a widget height based on a reference coordinate of the widget. The method of claim 2, The reference coordinate is a coordinate determined by the vertex coordinate of the widget, the smallest x coordinate value and the smallest y coordinate value among the coordinates occupied by the widget, and the largest x coordinate value and the largest y coordinate value among the coordinates occupied by the widget. A mobile terminal, characterized in that one of the coordinates determined. The method of claim 1, The focus setting unit sets focus to the second widget included in the divided region located farthest from the current divided region when the next divided region does not exist in the divided region direction when the direction key is input in the divided region direction. Mobile terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 1, The focus setting unit sets focus to a third widget located farthest in the area of the currently focused widget when a widget is not present in the undivided area direction when a direction key is input in the undivided area direction. Mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, The focus setting unit includes the widget having the highest priority, the widget having the highest serial number set in the widget, the widget positioned at the center of the idle screen, the widget positioned at the edge of the idle screen, the widget positioned at the edge of the display screen, and lastly And focus on at least one of the executed widget, the last selected widget, the largest widget, and the smallest widget. The method of claim 1, And the screen divider divides the standby screen area in one of a horizontal (x-axis) direction and a vertical (y-axis) direction. The method of claim 7, wherein And when the idle screen area is divided in a horizontal direction, the divided area direction is an up / down direction, and the undivided area direction is a left / right direction. The method of claim 7, wherein And when the standby screen area is divided in a vertical direction, the divided area direction is a left / right direction, and the undivided area direction is an up / down direction. The method of claim 1, The focus setting unit sets the focus to the widget located in front of the mobile terminal when a plurality of widgets overlap. 11. The method of claim 10, The focus setting unit sequentially sets the widgets in the direction in which the direction key is input when the plurality of widgets overlap. The method of claim 1, If the focus setting unit does not have a widget to set focus when a key is input in the divided area direction, the focus setting unit may move the divided area direction in the divided area of the focused widget so as to correspond to the direction key of the undivided area direction to provide the widget with the widget. Set focus, and if there is no widget to set focus when a key is input in the non-divided area direction, the mobile terminal characterized by moving the direction to correspond to the direction key in the divided area direction to set the focus on the widget. (a) determining the center coordinates of each widget located on the idle screen; (b) dividing the idle screen area into a predetermined number of areas; (c) setting focus on the first widget, (d) If there is a direction key input in the direction of the divided region, from the partition in which the first widget is located to the second widget having the smallest distance between the first widget and the center coordinates in the next partition in the direction key input direction. Setting focus; (e) focusing on a third widget having the smallest distance between center coordinates in the direction of the direction key input in the divided area where the first widget is located, when the direction key input exists in the direction of the undivided area; How to set focus. The method of claim 13, The step (a) And determining a center coordinate of the widget by applying a median value of the widget width and a median value of the widget height around the reference coordinate of the widget. 15. The method of claim 14, The reference coordinate is a coordinate determined by the vertex coordinate of the widget, the smallest x coordinate value and the smallest y coordinate value among the coordinates occupied by the widget, and the largest x coordinate value and the largest y coordinate value among the coordinates occupied by the widget. Focus setting method characterized in that one of the determined coordinates. The method of claim 13, Step (d) And setting a focus on a second widget included in the divided region located farthest from the current divided region if the next divided region does not exist in the divided region direction. The method of claim 13, Step (e) is And if the widget does not exist in the non-divided area direction, focus setting on a third widget located farthest in the area of the currently focused widget. The method of claim 13, The step (c) The widget with the highest priority, the widget with the highest serial number set in the widget, the widget in the center of the idle screen, the widget in the edge of the idle screen, the widget in the corner of the display screen, the widget that was last executed, And setting a focus on at least one of the widgets previously selected, the widget having the largest size, and the widget having the smallest size. The method of claim 13, Step (b) is And dividing the standby screen area into one of a horizontal (x-axis) direction and a vertical (y-axis) direction. 20. The method of claim 19, And when the standby screen area is divided in a horizontal direction, the divided area direction is an up / down direction, and the undivided area direction is a left / right direction. 20. The method of claim 19, And when the standby screen area is divided in a vertical direction, the divided area direction is a left / right direction, and the undivided area direction is an up / down direction. The method of claim 13, One of steps (d) and (e) If the plurality of widgets are overlapping, focus setting method comprising the step of setting the focus to the widget located in front. 23. The method of claim 22, And if the plurality of widgets overlap, setting focus on the widgets sequentially in a direction in which a direction key is input. The method of claim 13, Step (d) If there is no widget to set focus when the key is input in the divided area direction, focusing the divided area direction in the divided area of the focused widget so as to correspond to the direction key of the undivided area direction to set the focus on the widget Focus setting method further comprising. The method of claim 13, Step (e) is If there is no widget to set focus when a key is input in the non-divided area direction, focus setting comprises moving the direction to correspond to the direction key in the divided area direction and setting focus on the widget. In a recording medium in which a program for setting focus is recorded, (a) determining the center coordinates of each widget located on the idle screen; (b) dividing the idle screen area into a predetermined number of areas; (c) setting focus on the first widget, (d) If there is a direction key input in the direction of the divided region, from the partition in which the first widget is located to the second widget having the smallest distance between the first widget and the center coordinates in the next partition in the direction key input direction. Setting focus; (e) if a direction key input exists in an undivided area direction, focusing on a third widget having the smallest distance between center coordinates in the direction key input direction in a partitioned area where the first widget is located; A record carrier having recorded thereon a program for the purpose of

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