KR101422003B1 - Method of displaying menu in terminal and Terminal using this same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a menu display method of a terminal and a terminal using the same.

The present invention relates to a method for selecting a menu item, the method comprising: selecting a menu item; And displaying a three-dimensional image corresponding to the selected menu item, wherein the displaying includes displaying at least one sub menu item constituting the selected menu item in the three-dimensional image And a terminal using the menu display method.

Therefore, according to the present invention, a menu can be more effectively provided using a three-dimensional image.

A menu item, a sub menu item, a three-dimensional image

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a method of displaying a menu of a terminal and a terminal using the same,

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a terminal for displaying a menu according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an exemplary method of displaying a menu of a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a state diagram illustrating a sub-menu item according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exemplary state diagram illustrating a three-dimensional image rotating in accordance with a touch operation in accordance with the present invention. FIG.

5 is a state diagram illustrating a process of executing a sub-menu item according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a menu display method of a terminal and a terminal using the same.

In a conventional terminal, a menu is displayed in the following manner.

As the key for entering the menu search mode is selected by the user of the terminal, the terminal enters the menu search mode. The terminal displays a menu list composed of at least one menu item on the screen. At this time, the menu list may be expressed in a text format or a grid format.

However, according to the terminal according to the related art described above, since the menu list is implemented in two dimensions, it does not provide visual fun for providing the menu list to the user.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method of providing a menu using a three-dimensional image on a three-dimensional plane and a terminal using the same.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a menu display method of a terminal, comprising: selecting a menu item; And displaying a three-dimensional image corresponding to the selected menu item, wherein the displaying includes displaying at least one sub menu item constituting the selected menu item in the three-dimensional image To be displayed on the corresponding part of the display.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal having a menu display function, the terminal including: an input unit for selecting a menu item; A display unit for displaying a three-dimensional image corresponding to the selected menu item; And a control unit for controlling the display unit to display at least one sub menu item constituting the selected menu item by matching the selected menu item with a corresponding part of the three-dimensional image.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In addition, the detailed description of the known technology, which is considered to be a possibility of blurring the gist of the present invention, will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 1, a terminal for displaying a menu according to the present invention will be described in detail. 1 shows a terminal having a menu display function according to the present invention.

1, the terminal 100 includes an input unit 110, a wireless communication unit 120, a broadcast receiving unit 130, a display unit 140, a storage unit 150, a controller 160, a microphone 170 and a speaker 180. In particular, the display unit 140 includes a touch screen 142.

The input unit 110 receives an input operation from a user of the terminal 100 and generates a signal corresponding to the input operation. Meanwhile, the touch screen 142 is not provided in the input unit 110 in the drawing, but may receive an input operation from the user and generate a corresponding signal. For example, the input unit 110 may include a key pad, a touch pad, or a touch screen. The key pad, the touch screen, or the touch pad may include numeric keys and character keys But also a direction key, a soft key, a function key, and the like.

The wireless communication unit 120 transmits / receives data to / from an external terminal or server through a wireless communication network. Here, the data may include audio data or video data according to a call connection, audio data according to transmission / reception of a message, video data or text data, various types of data according to a wireless Internet connection Data, and the like.

The broadcast receiver 130 receives a broadcast from a broadcast channel through a broadcast network. Here, the broadcast may include not only TV broadcast, radio broadcast, or data broadcast, but also a broadcast in which data is combined with a TV broadcast or a radio broadcast.

The display unit 140 displays not only status information of the terminal 100, but also various information related to the terminal 100. Particularly, in the present invention, the display unit 140 displays a three-dimensional image corresponding to the selected menu item through the input unit 110 according to the control signal of the controller 160. [ This will be described in more detail below.

The storage unit 150 not only stores all data input to and output from the terminal 100 but also stores all programs required to operate the terminal 100. [

The controller 160 controls the overall operation of the terminal 100 so that each of the components 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 170, and 180 can operate organically. In particular, in the present invention, the control unit 160 matches at least one sub-menu item constituting the selected menu item to a corresponding part of the three-dimensional image corresponding to the selected menu item through the input unit 110 And controls the display unit 140 to display the image. This will be described in more detail below.

The microphone 170 receives an audio signal from the outside. Also, the speaker 180 outputs an audio signal received from an external terminal or a server as well as an audio signal generated in the terminal 100.

Referring to FIG. 2, a menu display method of a terminal according to the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 2 illustrates a menu display method of a terminal according to the present invention.

The terminal receives a menu item from at least one menu item (S210).

Here, the menu item indicates a category of a function / operation provided by the terminal. In addition, the menu means a list (liast) composed of at least one menu item, which can also be a menu item.

For example, the menu item includes a menu item as a top menu item, a menu item belonging to the menu item includes a phonebook, a message, multimedia, and the like belonging to the "multimedia" Sub menu items "TV / RADIO watching", "camera", "MP3 listening", and the like.

In the case where the terminal has a touch screen, the terminal may perform the selecting step (S210) by touching an identifier for the menu item with a pointer. Alternatively, the terminal may perform the selection step S210 upon receiving the key for selecting the menu item. Here, the identifier for the menu item means an icon, text, or the like as a means for letting the user recognize what the menu item is.

The terminal displays at least one submenu item constituting the selected menu item while displaying a three-dimensional image corresponding to the selected menu item, and displays the at least one submenu item corresponding to the corresponding portion of the three-dimensional image (S220) .

For example, the terminal may display and match submenu items most relevant to a corresponding part of the three-dimensional image among the at least one submenu item. Here, the submenu item most relevant to the corresponding part means a submenu item indicating the function most likely to be performed in the corresponding part of the apparatus that realizes the three-dimensional image.

The terminal determines whether a rotation signal for the three-dimensional image has been generated (S230).

Here, the rotation signal is not only a signal for performing a rotation operation, but also signals for rotation direction, rotation speed, rotation angle, and the like.

When the rotation signal is generated as a result of the determination, the terminal rotates the three-dimensional image corresponding to the rotation signal (S240).

If the terminal is not provided with a touch screen, the terminal may be configured to input a direction key, which is input through a direction key provided on the keypad, with a rotation speed or a rotation angle corresponding to the input number or input time of the direction key, The three-dimensional image may be rotated.

For example, the direction key may include upper, lower, left, and right keys, and the terminal may display the three-dimensional image in a direction input through the selected one of the up, down, left, . In addition, since the terminal sets a rotation angle (or rotation speed) for each input number (or input time) of the direction key in advance, the terminal may set the rotation speed or the rotation speed corresponding to the input number or the input time for the direction key, The rotation angle can be determined.

Alternatively, when the terminal is provided with a touch screen, the terminal can rotate the three-dimensional image as a predetermined point is touched on the touch screen with the pointer.

For example, since the terminal distinguishes the touch areas for receiving the up, down, left, and right directions, it can determine the direction of rotation of the three-dimensional image by determining the touch area in which the predetermined point is located . Also, the rotation angle and the rotation speed may be determined according to the number of touches or the touch time with respect to the touch region in which the predetermined point is located.

Alternatively, the terminal may rotate the three-dimensional image corresponding to a drag direction, a drag speed, and a drag distance of the pointer to the touch screen. More specifically, the terminal determines the rotation direction in the counterclockwise direction (clockwise direction) when the drag direction is to the right (or left), and determines the rotation speed or the rotation speed in proportion to the drag speed or the drag distance The angle can be determined.

In step S250, the terminal displays the at least one submenu item matched to the corresponding part of the three-dimensional image in a state where the three-dimensional image is rotated.

The terminal may perform the display step (S250) in a state where the three-dimensional image is rotated by a predetermined rotation angle.

For example, when the predetermined rotation angle is 180 degrees, the terminal can perform the display step S250 only when the terminal is rotated 0 degrees (i.e., not rotated) and rotated 180 degrees. Therefore, at rotation angles other than 0 degrees and 180 degrees, the terminal merely displays the rotated three-dimensional image and does not display the submenu items matched to the corresponding part of the three-dimensional image.

Alternatively, when the three-dimensional image is rotated by an angle other than the predetermined rotation angle, the terminal may perform the displaying step S250 after rotating the three-dimensional image by a predetermined rotation angle . More specifically, when the predetermined rotation angles are 90 degrees and 180 degrees, and the rotation angle of the three-dimensional image is 50 degrees, the terminal is rotated 90 degrees, which is close to 50 degrees out of the predetermined rotation angles of 90 degrees and 180 degrees The display step S250 may be performed after rotating the three-dimensional image.

The display step S250 will be described in more detail below with reference to FIG.

In Fig. 4, it is assumed that the rotation direction and the rotation angle are determined in accordance with the drag direction and the drag distance. Of course, it has been described above that the rotation angle can be determined corresponding to the drag speed.

Here, it is assumed that the rotation angle of the three-dimensional image by the drag distance and the rotation direction of the three-dimensional image by the drag direction are preset. More specifically, it is assumed that the rotation angle for each drag distance is set to 50 degrees for the first drag distance, 130 degrees for the second drag distance, and 180 degrees for the third drag distance, which will be described below. It is also assumed that the counterclockwise direction with respect to the right direction and the clockwise direction with respect to the left direction are set as the rotation direction for each drag direction, which will be described below.

The user touches the first point 452 of the screen 400 on which the three-dimensional image 420 is displayed with a finger (corresponding to the above-mentioned 'pointer') (1) The terminal is moved from the first point 452 to the second point 454 in the left direction which is the drag direction, that is, the first drag distance is set to 50 (2), the three-dimensional image is rotated clockwise.

Alternatively, when the user touches the first point 452 of the screen 400 with the finger (1) and then drags to the third point 456 located to the left of the first point 452, Dimensional image is clockwise rotated by a predetermined angle of 130 degrees with respect to the distance from the first point 452 to the third point 456 in the left direction which is the drag direction, i.e., the second drag distance ).

Alternatively, when the user touches the first point 452 of the screen 400 with the finger (1) and then drags to the fourth point 458 located to the left of the first point 452, The terminal rotates the three-dimensional image in the clockwise direction by 180 degrees preset by the distance from the first point 452 to the fourth point 458, that is, the third drag distance in the left direction which is the drag direction ( 4).

Meanwhile, although not shown in FIG. 4, the terminal can rotate the three-dimensional image corresponding to all the drag directions. Further, the rotation angle for each drag distance or drag speed may be set by the user or set to the terminal by default. In addition, the direction of rotation for each drag direction may be set by a user or set to the terminal by default.

Meanwhile, steps S230, S240, and S250 are not necessarily required in the present invention, and thus may be omitted.

In step S260, the terminal selects one of sub menu items among at least one sub menu item displayed in correspondence with corresponding parts of the three-dimensional image.

For example, if the terminal is equipped with a touch screen, the selection step S260 may include selecting any one of at least one submenu item matched to a corresponding part of the three- As shown in Fig.

Alternatively, the selecting step (S260) may be performed by receiving a number assigned to each of the at least one sub-menu item using a number key. Alternatively, the selecting step S260 may be performed using a direction key.

Then, the terminal executes a function corresponding to the selected submenu item (S270).

The selection step S260 and the execution step S270 will be described in detail below with reference to Fig.

5, a 'camera image' is displayed as a three-dimensional image matched to the selected menu item 'camera' when the selected menu item is 'camera'.

The terminal displays sub menu items that are matched for each corresponding part on the camera image 520 displayed on the screen 500 in three dimensions (1).

When the 'picture / video album' among the displayed sub menu items is selected, the terminal executes a function corresponding to 'picture / video album' (2). Accordingly, the terminal displays a list of photo files or video files stored in the terminal on the screen as a function corresponding to a 'picture / video album'. At this time, the list can be displayed in a thumbnail format.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 3, a process of displaying a sub-menu item for a corresponding part of a three-dimensional image according to the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 3 shows a state in which sub menu items are displayed at corresponding portions of the three-dimensional image for each rotation angle.

As shown in FIG. 3, when 'camera' 310 among a plurality of menu items 1 displayed on the screen 300 is selected, the terminal displays a three-dimensional image corresponding to the camera 310 The camera image 320 is displayed on the screen 300 (2, 3, 4).

At this time, in the states (2) and (4), a plurality of sub menu items belonging to the camera 310 are matched and displayed on respective corresponding parts of the camera image 320. More specifically, the plurality of submenu items may be displayed by matching each of the plurality of corresponding regions of the camera image 320, which are most relevant to each other.

Here, the submenu items matched to the corresponding portion that is not visible from the angle of the camera image 320 can be displayed on the screen. However, where the matched corresponding portion is located, It can not be known without rotating the camera image 320.

In the states (2), (3), and (4), a horizontal bar 330 for indicating the degree of lateral rotation at the lower end of the screen 300 and an indicator 332 A vertical bar 340 for indicating the degree of up and down rotation and an indicator 342 provided on the vertical bar 340 are displayed on the right side of the screen 300.

3, it is assumed that the display operation of the sub-menu item for each part of the three-dimensional image 320 is performed only in the non-rotated state (2) and the rotated state 180 (4).

First, in the state (2), the terminal displays sub menu items matched to a corresponding part of the camera image 320 in a state where the camera image 320 is not rotated.

For example, in order to match and display sub menu items most relevant to the corresponding part of the camera image 320, the terminal displays' photo / video album 'on the screen display area and' Edit ", and " photo prints " to the photo print request key. On the other hand, the terminal displays 'photo / video shooting' and 'camera setting' as sub menu items matched to a corresponding part that is not visible at the current angle.

The terminal may also be configured to position the indicator 332 in the center on the horizontal bar 330 and center the indicator 342 on the vertical bar 340 so that the camera image 320 rotates Is not displayed.

Next, in the state (3), the terminal displays sub menu items matched to a corresponding part of the camera image 320 in a state where the camera image 320 is rotated clockwise by 50 degrees Do not display.

At this time, the terminal may return the camera image 320 to the non-rotated state and perform the display operation in the above-described (2) state.

Next, in the state (4), the terminal displays sub menu items matched to a corresponding part of the camera image 320 in a state where the camera image 320 is rotated 180 degrees clockwise Display.

For example, when the sub menu items most relevant to the corresponding part of the camera image 320 are displayed in a matching manner, the terminal displays 'picture / video shooting' on the camera lens, keys To 'camera setting'. On the other hand, the terminal displays 'photo / video album', 'photo edit' and 'photo print' as sub menu items matched to a corresponding part that is not visible at the current angle.

The terminal may also be configured to position the indicator 332 at the right end on the horizontal bar 330 and to center the indicator 342 on the vertical bar 340, Direction is rotated 180 degrees.

Next, in the state (5), the terminal displays sub menu items matched to the corresponding part of the camera image 320 in a state where the camera image 320 is rotated 130 degrees clockwise Do not display.

At this time, the terminal may return the camera image 320 rotated 180 degrees to perform the display operation in the above-described (4) state.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents. The present invention is not limited to the drawings.

The effects of the above-described method and terminal according to the present invention are as follows.

First, not only does it provide a three-dimensional image corresponding to a menu item, but also provides sub-menu items that are matched and displayed on corresponding parts of the three-dimensional image, thereby providing the user with visual fun for menu search.

Secondly, when the terminal has a touch screen, the three-dimensional image can be rotated so as to correspond to the drag direction, the drag distance, the drag speed, etc. by the pointer, It can be rotated.

Claims (10)

Displaying a three-dimensional image of a shape representing the selected menu item when a menu item having at least one submenu item is selected; Displaying each of the at least one submenu item in at least one part corresponding to a shape representing the at least one submenu item among the parts in the three-dimensional image, and displaying the at least one submenu item; And And executing a function of the selected sub menu item when any one of the sub menu items displayed on the at least one site is selected. delete The method according to claim 1, Rotating the three-dimensional image; And And displaying the at least one submenu item matched to the corresponding portion of the three-dimensional image in the rotated state. 4. The method according to claim 3, Wherein the three-dimensional image is rotated by a predetermined rotation angle. 4. The method of claim 3, Dimensional image corresponding to at least one of a drag direction of a pointer to the touch screen, a drag speed, and a drag distance when the terminal has a touch screen, Of the menu. delete delete An input unit for selecting a specific menu item having at least one sub-menu item; A display unit for displaying a three-dimensional image of a shape representing the selected menu item; And Displaying at least one sub-menu item on at least one part corresponding to a shape representing the at least one sub-menu item among the parts in the three-dimensional image, Menu, and executing a function of the selected sub-menu item when any one of the sub-menu items is selected. The display device according to claim 8, A terminal having a menu display function with a touch screen. 10. The apparatus according to claim 9, Dimensional image corresponding to at least one of a dreag direction of a pointer to the touch screen, a drag speed, and a drag distance.

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