KR101575108B1 - Method Mobile Communication Terminal And Computer-Readable Recording Medium with Program for Scrolling Contents List by Using Touch Screen - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of scrolling a content list, a touch screen terminal, and a computer readable recording medium.

The present invention relates to a touch screen which displays at least one of a content list area, an indicator area, and a content option area and detects whether or not a touch input is made; And recognizing that a touch event has occurred in the content list area corresponding to the detected position of the touch input, determining a transparency ratio of at least one of the indicator area and the content option area according to the touch event, And a terminal controller for controlling the display of the content list to reflect the determined transparency ratio. The present invention also provides a touch screen terminal for scrolling a content list.

According to the present invention, when a user scrolls a large number of lists, it is possible to increase the number of lists displayed on one screen, thereby increasing the convenience of retrieving the contents list from a user's point of view.

Touch input, content list, scrolling

Description

A method of scrolling a content list, a touch screen terminal, and a computer-readable recording medium. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0002]

The present invention relates to a method of scrolling a content list, a touch screen terminal, and a computer readable recording medium. More particularly, the touch screen terminal displays a list of at least one of text, image, audio, video, email, SMS, MMS, memo, terminal menu and telephone number in a content list area, A content classification area, and a menu key area, and controls the content list so as to reflect the determined transparency ratio so that the content list is displayed on the screen when scrolled A touch screen terminal, and a computer-readable recording medium. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004]

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In recent years, as computer, electronic, and communication technologies have dramatically developed, various wireless communication services using a wireless network have been provided. Accordingly, a service provided in a mobile communication system using a wireless communication network is developing as a multimedia communication service for transmitting data such as circuit data, packet data, and the like as well as voice services.

Meanwhile, the mobile communication terminal has become a necessity of modern people according to this trend. In addition to the function of voice communication, various types of portable digital devices (for example, a camera, an MP3 player, a memo function, etc.) It is becoming widespread.

As described above, due to the functional change of the mobile communication terminal, a large amount of contents (multimedia contents) are stored. However, in order to use the contents, I was burdened with scrolling.

In other words, considering the size of the display unit of a conventional mobile communication terminal, the maximum number of content lists that can be displayed on one screen (page) of the display unit is about seven, so if the total number of contents to be searched is several hundred, Only seven of the hundreds of content lists are output to a screen (page), and the content list is scrolled.

For example, when searching MP3 music using a conventional general content list scrolling method, a user scrolls through a list of hundreds of music contents to find a desired music file while searching for a desired file. However, There is a problem that the user repeatedly scrolls a number of times until a desired file is found.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a touch screen terminal displays a list of at least one of text, image, audio, video, email, SMS, MMS, memo, , When a touch input for scrolling a content list is provided in a content list area, a transparency ratio is determined for at least one of an indicator area, a content classification area and a menu key area, and control is performed so as to reflect the determined transparency ratio A method of scrolling a content list capable of displaying a larger number of content lists on a screen when scrolling a content list, a touch screen terminal, and a computer readable recording medium.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a touch screen display device including: a touch screen for displaying at least one area of a content list area, an indicator area, and a content option area, And recognizing that a touch event has occurred in the content list area corresponding to the detected position of the touch input, and determining a transparency ratio of at least one of the indicator area and the content option area according to the touch event And a terminal controller for controlling the display of the content list to reflect the determined transparency ratio.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a touch screen display method comprising: displaying an indicator area, a content list area, and a content option area on at least one of a content list area, an indicator area, and a content option area; A touch event recognition step of recognizing that a touch event has occurred in the content list area corresponding to the position of the touch input detected from the touch screen; And a transparency ratio reflecting step of determining a transparency ratio of at least one of the indicator area and the content option area according to the touch event and controlling the transparency ratio so as to reflect the determined transparency ratio. Provides a way to scroll the list.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program for executing a method of scrolling a content list as described above.

As described above, according to the present invention, a list of at least one of text, image, audio, video, email, SMS, MMS, memo, When there is a touch input for scrolling the content list in the content list area, the transparency ratio for at least one of the indicator region, the content classification region and the menu key region is determined, and control is performed so as to reflect the determined transparency ratio , There is an effect that a larger number of contents lists can be displayed on the screen when the contents list is scrolled.

In addition, according to the present invention, an indicator region, a content classification region, and a menu key region, which are indispensably displayed when a content list is scrolled using the touch screen, are displayed in a translucent or transparent manner according to the scrolling speed, It is possible to increase the number of lists displayed on one screen when scrolling the contents list.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In describing the components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. When a component is described as being "connected", "coupled", or "connected" to another component, the component may be directly connected to or connected to the other component, It should be understood that an element may be "connected," "coupled," or "connected."

1 is a front view of a touch screen terminal for scrolling a content list according to the present embodiment.

The touch screen terminal 100 according to the present embodiment refers to all kinds of terminals having the touch screen 110. [

Meanwhile, when the touch screen terminal 100 includes the communication unit 240, it can perform voice communication and data communication through wireless communication in cooperation with the mobile communication network through the communication unit 240.

For example, the touch screen terminal 100 may be a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a hand-held PC, a CDMA-2000 phone, a WCDMA phone, Multimedia Player), PSP (PlayStation Portable), MBS (Mobile Broadband System) phone, and the like.

The touch screen terminal 100 displays an indicator region 120, a content list region 140, and a content option region on the touch screen 110 provided when a command or an input for outputting a content list is received Control function. Here, the content option area is divided into a content classification area 130 and a menu key area 150.

The touch screen terminal 100 recognizes that a touch event has occurred at a specific position in the content list area 140 corresponding to the position of the touch input detected from the touch screen 110 and displays the indicator region 120), determines the transparency ratio of at least one of the content option areas, and performs control to reflect the transparency ratio determined.

The content option area is divided into a content classification area 130 and a menu key area 150. The content classification area 130 is disposed at one end of the content list area 140. The menu key area 150 is divided into a content list area 130, (Not shown).

1, the content classification area 130 may be disposed at the top of the content list area 140, and the menu key area 150 may be disposed at the bottom of the content list area 140 .

When the touch input is a flicking event, the touch screen terminal 100 displays an indicator region 120, a content classification region 130, and a menu key 130. In this case, And controls the transparency ratio of the region 150 to be changed to a semi-transparent state.

In addition, the touch screen terminal 100 controls the content list area 140 to be displayed in a content list area 140 in accordance with the direction of the flicking event, And controls the current content list output to the area 140 to overlap with the indicator area 120, the content classification area 130, and the menu key area 150.

The touch screen 110 detects a position of an object such as a human hand or an electronic pen at a specific position of a number, letter, symbol, or icon displayed on the screen, and displays a screen It says.

The touch screen 110 receives a touch input from a user and displays display data under the control of the terminal control unit 250 or displays an operation state of the touch screen terminal 100 and a plurality of pieces of information with icons and characters .

In particular, the touch screen 110 to which the present invention is applied displays an indicator region 120, a content classification region 130, a content list region 140, and a menu key region 150 under the control of the terminal control unit 250 A tapping event, a dragging event, a flicking event, a press event, and a release event are generated according to the user's input.

Here, an event generated through the touch screen 110 is defined as follows.

A tapping event is a touch operation such as clicking a mouse on a general PC, and tapping a selected object (such as a number, a character, a symbol, or an icon) lightly.

A drag event is an operation to select a specific object and move from a pressed state to a specified position, and then the object is moved in a pressed state.

A flicking event is an operation in which a contact is released after moving in one direction out of a specific direction (up, down, left, right, or diagonal) after touching, and processing of a specific operation is performed according to the operation direction and the moving speed of the flicking event . For example, a flicking event is an event about flipping a page.

The press event refers to an event about an operation of continuously depressing a contact after a touch, and the release event refers to an event about an operation where a contact is released after a touch.

In addition, the touch screen 110 displays the operation state of the touch screen terminal 100 including the power use state of the terminal, the reception strength of the radio wave, the date and time, and transmits information in the form of letters, numbers, It also functions as a screen display means for outputting this information.

The touch screen 110 displays messages generated during the execution of various programs stored in the memory unit 210 under the control of the terminal control unit 250.

Also, the touch screen 110 outputs numeric buttons for inputting numbers such as a telephone number, character buttons for inputting characters and menu selection buttons, and inputs a key or a command from a user using the touch screen terminal 100 Receiving key input means.

Here, the touch screen 110 is a device that displays a function of a touch panel, such as a touch panel, on a screen of a general monitor. The touch panel 110 includes a resistance film (Capacitive type) in which a minute current flows to the touch surface to find out a point where a current flows when a conductive material touches the screen, and an invisible ultrasonic wave and an infrared ray flow (IR type) and surface acoustic wave type (SAW type) analyzing pointers where the flow is disturbed when a user touches this grid with a finger or other specific object by causing a number of square gratings to appear on the screen Can be used.

The indicator area 120 is an area in which a plurality of indicator icons indicating a state of at least one of a reception state, a call state, a roaming state, an alarm state, a vibration setting state, and a battery charging state of the terminal are arranged.

The content classification area 130 is an area in which icons that classify the content list currently output in the content list area 140 into groups are arranged.

The content list area 140 is an area in which a list of at least one of text, image, audio, moving picture, email, SMS, MMS, memo, terminal menu and telephone number is arranged.

The menu key area 150 is an area in which a setting menu or function menu related to the content list currently output in the content list area 140 is arranged.

2 is a block diagram of a touch screen terminal for scrolling a content list according to the present embodiment.

The touch screen terminal 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a touch screen 110, a memory unit 210, a microphone 220, a speaker 230, a communication unit 240, and a terminal control unit 250 do.

The touch screen terminal 100 includes only the touch screen 110, the memory unit 210, the microphone 220, the speaker 230, the communication unit 240, and the terminal control unit 250 However, it should be understood that those skilled in the art can easily and easily implement the present invention without departing from the essential characteristics of the present embodiment, The present invention can be variously modified and modified to include an input unit or a display unit.

The description of the touch screen 110 is given in Fig. 1, so that the description thereof will be omitted in Fig.

The memory unit 210 includes a plurality of software programs for performing various additional functions such as basic software for operating the touch screen terminal 100 and performing voice and data communication, a camera function, and the like. The memory unit 210 processes a message transmitted / Protocol software, and the like.

The memory unit 210 may include a program memory 212 and a data memory 214. The memory unit 210 stores one or more pieces of information of a touch input and a touch event. Here, the program memory 212 stores a program for controlling the overall operation of the touch screen terminal 100, and the data memory 214 temporarily stores data generated during the execution of the program, Save.

The microphone 220 is a voice input means for converting the voice input of the mobile communication subscriber into an electrical signal and transmitting the electrical signal. The speaker 230 is a voice output means for converting the transmitted voice signal into an audible sound and outputting it.

The communication unit 240 may include a digital signal processing function for coding or decoding a voice signal, performing an equalizer function for multipath noise cancellation and performing an acoustic data processing function, etc., and converting the transmitted and received signals into a baseband signal, A baseband conversion function for performing analog conversion and analog-to-digital conversion processing, and a baseband conversion function for converting an IF signal into an RF signal by receiving an RF (Radio Frequency) And an RF signal processing function for amplifying the received signal, and an antenna function for transmitting and receiving a radio signal into the air to perform wireless communication processing. Meanwhile, the communication unit 240 can be variously modified and modified without being included in the touch screen terminal 100 within a range that does not deviate from the essential characteristics of the present embodiment.

The terminal control unit 250 is a control means for controlling the overall operation of the touch screen terminal 100 and includes not only a basic function for performing voice and data communication according to a signal input from the touch screen 110 or the communication unit 240 And executes various kinds of software stored in the memory unit 210 to perform an additional function.

The terminal control unit 250 controls each element of the touch screen terminal 100 to control the overall operation of the touch screen terminal 100. The terminal control unit 250 controls the overall operation of the touch screen terminal 100, Determines that a touch event has occurred at a specific position of the indicator region (140), determines a transparency ratio for at least one of the indicator region (120) and the content option region according to a specific position and a touch event, So that it can be controlled.

The content option area is divided into a content classification area 130 and a menu key area 150. The content classification area 130 is disposed at one end of the content list area 140. The menu key area 150 includes content And is disposed at the other end of the list area 140.

When the touch input is a flicking event, the terminal control unit 250 displays the indicator region 120, the content classification region 130, and the menu key region 150 ) To a semitransparent state.

The terminal control unit 250 controls the content list area 140 to display a content list that is currently displayed on the content list area 140 in the order of the flicking event, The content classification area 130, and the menu key area 150. [0052] The content list area 130 includes a content area 130,

The terminal control unit 250 performs a function of controlling the rate of change of the content list currently output to the content list area 140 to gradually decrease in proportion to the rate of the flicking event.

The terminal control unit 250 maintains the transparency ratio of the indicator region 120, the content classification region 130, and the menu key region 150 in a semi-transparent state when the rate of the flicking event is lower than a predetermined first reference speed Function.

 The terminal control unit 250 maintains the transparency ratio of the indicator region 120 and the content classification region 130 in a translucent state when the speed of the flicking event exceeds a preset first reference speed, The current content list outputted to the content list area 140 is superimposed on the indicator area 120, the content classification area 130 and the menu key area 150 So that it can be controlled.

The terminal control unit 250 maintains the transparency ratio of the indicator region 120 and the content classification region 130 in a translucent state when the speed of the flicking event exceeds a predetermined second reference speed, In the content list area 140 by changing the transparency ratio of the content list area 140 to a transparent state. Here, the terminal control unit 250 performs a function of controlling the content list area 140 so that the content list currently output is reduced in a state where the aspect ratio is maintained.

The terminal control unit 250 generates a scroll bar 610 corresponding to the content list currently output in the content list area 140 and generates a scroll bar area 620 in one direction or another direction with respect to the scroll bar 610, So as to perform the control function.

The terminal control unit 250 controls the scroll bar 610 to be continuously moved in the scroll area 620 corresponding to the flicking event.

The terminal control unit 250 changes the transparency ratio of the indicator region 120, the content classification region 130, and the menu key region 150 to an opaque state when touch input is not generated in the content list region 140 And performs a function of controlling the power supply voltage.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of scrolling a content list according to the present embodiment.

The touch screen terminal 100 displays the indicator region 120, the content list region 140, and the content option region on the touch screen 110 when there is a command or input for requesting the display of the content list (S310).

The content option area is divided into a content classification area and a menu key area. The content classification area 130 is disposed at one end of the content list area 140, and the menu key area 150 includes a content list area 140, And is disposed at the other end.

The touch screen terminal 100 checks whether a touch input is detected from the touch screen 110 (S320).

If it is determined in step S320 that a touch input is detected from the touch screen 110, the touch screen terminal 100 generates a touch event at a specific position in the content list area 140 corresponding to the detected position of the touch input And checks whether the touch input generated from one side of the content list area 140 to the other side is a flicking event (S330).

If it is determined in step S330 that the touch input generated from one side to the other side of the content list area 140 is a flicking event, the touch screen terminal 100 displays the indicator area 120 and the content option area And determines that the transparency ratio is reflected in the determined transparency ratio (S340).

That is, when a flicking event is generated in the content list area 140, the touch screen terminal 100 changes the transparency ratio of the indicator area 120, the content classification area 130, and the menu key area 150 to a semi-transparent state So that it can be controlled.

The touch screen terminal 100 may control the content list currently displayed in the content list area 140 to be changed to a content list located before or after the sorting order according to the direction of the flicking event. At this time, the touch screen terminal 100 displays the current content list displayed on the content list area 140 in an overlapped manner with the indicator area 120, the content classification area 130, and the menu key area 150.

Here, when the touch screen terminal 100 displays a content list that is generated before or after the content list that is generated before the currently output content list, the content list area 140 displays a scroll list of the currently output content list it means.

In addition, when the speed of the flicking event exceeds the predetermined first reference speed, the touch screen terminal 100 changes the transparency ratio of the indicator region 120 and the content classification region 130 to a semi- , And the transparency ratio of the menu key region 150 is changed to a transparent state. At this time, the touch screen terminal 100 can control so that the current content list output to the content list area 140 overlaps with the indicator area 120, the content classification area 130, and the menu key area 150 have.

Of course, the touch screen terminal 100 may be configured such that the content list area 140 currently displayed in the content list area scrolls, the indicator area 120, the content classification area 130, Changing the transparency ratio of one of the regions 150 may be performed simultaneously or may be implemented by changing the execution order.

3, it is described that the touch screen terminal 100 sequentially executes steps S310 to S340. However, this is merely an exemplary description of the technical idea of the present embodiment, and it should be noted that in the technical field to which the present embodiment belongs, The touch screen terminal 100 may be modified to execute the steps described in FIG. 3 or to execute at least one of steps S310 to S340 in parallel without departing from the essential characteristics of the embodiment. And Fig. 3 is not limited to the time series order.

As described above, the method of scrolling the content list according to the present embodiment described in FIG. 3 can be implemented by a program and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

A program for implementing a method of scrolling a content list according to the present embodiment is recorded, and a computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording devices for storing data that can be read by a computer system.

Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like. The computer readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code in a distributed manner may be stored and executed.

In addition, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present embodiment can be easily inferred by programmers in the technical field to which the present embodiment belongs.

Figs. 4 to 10 are illustrations according to the present embodiment. Fig.

4 and 5 are exemplary diagrams of opacity states of the indicator region 120, the content classification region 130, the content list region 140, and the menu key region 150 according to the present embodiment.

The touch screen terminal 100 recognizes that a touch event has occurred at a specific position in the content list area 140 corresponding to the position of the touch input detected from the touch screen 110 and displays the indicator region 120), determines the transparency ratio of at least one of the content option areas, and performs control to reflect the determined transparency ratio.

5, the content option area is divided into a content classification area 130 and a menu key area 150. The content classification area 130 is disposed at one end of the content list area 140, The key area 150 is disposed at the other end of the content list area 140.

4 and 5, when the touch input is not generated in the content list area 140 of the touch screen terminal 100, the indicator area 120, The transparency ratio of the content classification area 130 and the menu key area 150 disposed at the lower end of the touch screen 110 is in an opaque state.

For example, referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, in an idle state in which the user does not perform any operation (i.e., a state in which the list scroll is stopped), the indicator region 120 disposed at the top of the touch screen 110, The classification area 130 and the menu key area 150 disposed at the lower end of the touch screen 110 are opaque and the scroll bar 610 and the scroll area 620 do not appear.

FIGS. 6 and 7 are illustrations of the semitransparent state of the indicator region 120, the content classification region 130, and the menu key region 150 according to the present embodiment.

6 and 7, when a touch input is generated from one side of the content list area 140 to the other side (upper or lower), and the touch input is a flicking event An indicator region 120 disposed at the upper end of the touch screen 110 and the content classification region 130 are changed to a translucent state and a menu key region 150 disposed at the lower end of the touch screen 110, In the translucent state.

As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the touch screen terminal 100 displays a list of content items currently output in the content list area 140 according to the direction of the flicking event, And controls the content list area 140 to display the current content list superimposed on the indicator area 120, the content classification area 130, and the menu key area 150 .

6 and 7, when a user inputs a flicking event upward in the content list area 140, the content list currently output in the content list area 140 is sorted in the order of sorting If the user inputs a flicking event downward in the content list area 140, the content list currently displayed in the content list area 140 is displayed in the order of And the content list is displayed.

Here, the touch screen terminal 100 indicates that the changing rate of the content list currently output to the content list area 140 gradually decreases in proportion to the speed of the flicking event, and then stops.

6 and 7, when the speed of the flicking event is equal to or lower than a predetermined first reference speed, the touch screen terminal 100 displays the indicator region 120, the content classification region 130, and the menu key region 150) in the translucent state.

For example, referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, when a user inputs a flicking event at a slow speed, the indicator region 120, the content classification region 130, and the menu key region 150 are displayed in a translucent manner The scroll bar 610 and the scroll area 620 are displayed when the content list currently displayed in the content list area 140 is scrolled. The user can check backward content list through the indicator area 120, the content classification area 130, and the menu key area 150 which appear semi-transparently as shown in FIG.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are illustrations of the semitransparent state of the indicator region 120 and the content classification region 130 and the transparent state of the menu key region 150 according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, when the touch input is generated from one side of the content list area 140 to the other side (upper or lower), and the touch input is a flicking event The touch screen terminal 100 generates a scroll bar 610 corresponding to the content list currently output to one side of the content list area 140 and displays the scroll bar 620 in one direction or another direction with respect to the scroll bar 610, To be displayed and to perform display control.

The touch screen terminal 100 controls the scroll bar 610 to be continuously moved in the scroll area 620 in response to the flicking event.

8 and 9, when the speed of the flicking event exceeds a preset first reference speed, the touch screen terminal 100 displays the indicator region 120 disposed at the upper end of the touch screen 110, And controls the transparency ratio of the content classification area 130 to be in a translucent state and to change the transparency ratio of the menu key area 150 disposed at the lower end of the touch screen to a transparent state, The content classification area 130, and the menu key area 150 in a state in which the current content list is displayed in a superimposed manner on the indicator area 120, the content classification area 130, and the menu key area 150.

That is, the user can see the transparency ratio of the indicator region 120 and the content classification region 130 disposed at the upper end of the touch screen 110 in a semi-transparent state and the menu key region 150 disposed at the lower end of the touch screen 110, The transparency ratio of the content list area 140 is in a transparent state, so that the current content list outputted in the content list area 140 can be confirmed more widely.

For example, when a user inputs a flicking event at a fast rate as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the indicator region 120 and the content classification region 130 appear as translucent but transparently represent the menu key region 150 . In this case, the user can check backward content list through the indicator area 120 and the content classification area 130, which appear semi-transparently as shown in FIG. 9, and confirm the content list through the transparent menu key area 150 Therefore, the user can check the contents list wider than the normal list view screen.

10 is an exemplary view of a reduced content list according to the present embodiment.

10, when the speed of the flicking event exceeds the predetermined second reference speed, the touch screen terminal 100 changes the transparency ratio of the indicator region 120 and the content classification region 130 to a semi-transparent state And controls the transparency ratio of the menu key area 150 to be changed to a transparent state so as to display the content list area 140 in a predetermined ratio. Here, the touch screen terminal 100 allows the content list area 140 to be reduced in a state in which the content list is maintained in the aspect ratio.

For example, referring to FIG. 10, it can be mainly used in a phone book, an MP3 play list, etc. in which a list of hundreds or more contents is displayed. When a user inputs a flicking event at a very high speed to search for a specific content , The content list area 140 is reduced to a predetermined ratio so that a larger number of lists can be confirmed on a single screen. In this case, the size of one list object can be reduced, but the user can check more lists at a time on a limited screen.

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. That is, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively coupled to one or more of them. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented as one independent hardware, some or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform a part or all of the functions in one or a plurality of hardware. As shown in FIG. The codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily deduced by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium, readable and executed by a computer, thereby realizing an embodiment of the present invention. As the storage medium of the computer program, a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, or the like may be included.

It is also to be understood that the terms such as " comprises, "" comprising," or "having ", as used herein, mean that a component can be implanted unless specifically stated to the contrary. But should be construed as including other elements. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs, unless otherwise defined. Commonly used terms, such as predefined terms, should be interpreted to be consistent with the contextual meanings of the related art, and are not to be construed as ideal or overly formal, unless expressly defined to the contrary.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, a list of at least one of text, image, audio, video, email, SMS, MMS, memo, When there is a touch input for scrolling the content list in the list area, determines the transparency ratio for at least one of the indicator region, the content classification region, and the menu key region, and controls so as to reflect the determined transparency ratio, A method of scrolling a content list capable of displaying a larger list of contents on a screen when scrolling a list, a method of scrolling a content list using a touch screen provided on a touch screen terminal and a computer-readable recording medium Indicators that are mandatory Area, content classification area, and menu key area are displayed in semitransparent or transparent manner according to the scrolling speed, so that a list displayed on one screen can be enlarged when the user scrolls a large number of lists. As a result, This is a very useful invention that produces an effect of increasing convenience.

1 is a front view of a touch screen terminal for scrolling a content list according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a touch screen terminal for scrolling a content list according to the present embodiment.

3 is a flowchart for explaining a method of scrolling a content list according to the present embodiment,

Figs. 4 to 10 are illustrations according to the present embodiment. Fig.

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110: Touch screen 120: Indicator area

130: Content classification area 140: Content list area

150: Menu key area

Claims (17)

A touch screen that displays at least one of a content list area, an indicator area, and a content option area and detects whether or not a touch input is made; And Recognizes that a touch event has occurred in the content list area corresponding to the detected position of the touch input, determines a transparency ratio for at least one of the indicator area and the content option area according to the touch event, The terminal control unit controls the display unit to reflect the transparency ratio Lt; / RTI > The terminal control unit, Wherein when the touch event occurs from one side of the content list area to the other side, the transparency ratio of the indicator area and the content option area is changed to a translucent state so as to be displayed. terminal. The method according to claim 1, In the touch event, Wherein the touch screen terminal is one of a tapping event, a dragging event, and a flicking event. delete The method according to claim 1, The terminal control unit, The content list currently displayed in the content list area is changed to a content list located before or after the sort order according to the direction of the touch event, And controls the current content list displayed in the content list area to overlap with the indicator area and the content option area. 5. The method of claim 4, The terminal control unit, Wherein the control unit controls the change rate of the content list currently output in the content list area to be gradually decreased in proportion to the speed of the touch event. The method according to claim 1, The terminal control unit, Wherein the controller is configured to maintain the transparency ratio of the indicator area and the content option area in a translucent state when the speed of the touch event is equal to or less than a predetermined first reference speed. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the content option area is divided into a content classification area disposed at one end of the content list area and a menu key area disposed at the other end of the content list area, Wherein the terminal control unit maintains the transparency ratio of the indicator region and the content classification region in a translucent state when the speed of the touch event exceeds a predetermined first reference speed, And controls to display the current content list displayed in the content list area superimposed on the indicator area, the content classification area, and the menu key area. Screen terminal. 8. The method of claim 7, The terminal control unit, When the speed of the touch event exceeds a predetermined second reference speed, the ratio of transparency of the indicator region and the content classification region is maintained in a semi-transparent state, and the transparency ratio of the menu key region is changed to a transparent state Respectively, Wherein the content list is displayed by reducing the content list currently output in the content list area to a predetermined ratio. 9. The method of claim 8, The terminal control unit, Wherein the control unit controls the content list currently output in the content list area to be scaled down while maintaining the aspect ratio. The method according to claim 1, The terminal control unit, Wherein a scroll bar corresponding to a content list currently output is generated and displayed on one side of the content list area. 11. The method of claim 10, The terminal control unit, Wherein the control unit controls the scroll bar to continuously move in response to the touch event. delete Displaying an indicator area, a content list area, and a content option area on the touch screen to display at least one of a content list area, an indicator area, and a content option area; A touch event recognition step of recognizing that a touch event has occurred in the content list area corresponding to the position of the touch input detected from the touch screen; And Determining a ratio of transparency to at least one of the indicator region and the content option region according to the touch event, and controlling the transparency ratio to reflect the determined transparency ratio Lt; / RTI > The transparency ratio reflecting step may include: When the touch event is generated from one side of the content list area to the other side of the content list area, the transparency ratio of the indicator area and the content option area is changed to a semitransparent state, And scrolling the content list. delete 14. The method of claim 13, After the semitransparent state change step, A content list change display step of controlling the content list currently displayed in the content list area to be changed to a content list located before or after the sorting order according to the direction of the touch event Further comprising the step of: scrolling the content list. 14. The method of claim 13, Wherein the content option area is divided into a content classification area disposed at one end of the content list area and a menu key area disposed at the other end of the content list area, The transparency ratio reflecting step may include: Controls the transparency ratio of the indicator area and the content classification area to be in a semitransparent state when the speed of the touch event exceeds a predetermined first reference speed, and controls the transparency ratio of the menu key area to be in a transparent state Transparent and transparent state change steps to control changes to appear And scrolling the content list. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of scrolling a content list according to any one of claims 13 and 15 to 16.

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