KR102090443B1 - touch control method, apparatus, program and computer readable recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to touch control, and more particularly, to a method for quickly executing a preset function by an intuitive touch input, and an apparatus, a program and a computer readable recording medium for the same. The method comprises: generating a valid direction change due to a touch input performed while a touch is not released, on an input part; and executing a preset function by the valid direction change.

Description

Touch control method, apparatus, program and computer readable recording medium

The present invention relates to touch control, and more particularly, to a method, apparatus, program and computer readable recording medium for quickly executing a preset function by intuitive touch input.

Recently, electronic devices such as a smart phone equipped with a touch screen have become an essential element in daily life, and users can easily access various information.

Various touch methods and functions are provided for a user to easily execute a specific application or function using a touch input method determined by a finger or a touch pen.

In addition, the function shortcut key (hot-key) provides convenience to execute a specific function more quickly.

However, inevitable various actions that require the user to visually watch the screen for a predetermined input or gesture at a preset position or to recognize a button position of the device as a visual or tactile input speed desired by the user in an emergency or urgent situation Situation that is slower or mistyped often occurs.

By improving the conventional method that is executed only when the user needs to watch the location of a function to perform touch input or to input it precisely with a predetermined touch method or to accurately press a smart device to control a specific button, the user may It is intended to execute a preset function simply and accurately with only a touch input that is performed irregularly with only a finger sensation.

In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for executing a preset function, comprising: generating an effective direction change by a touch input performed while the touch is not released; And executing a predetermined function by the effective direction change, wherein the touch input is performed in at least one shape of a straight line and a curve, and the effective direction change is up, down, It may be caused by performing in a direction different from the above direction without releasing the touch input being performed in one of the left and right directions or a combination of the two.

In addition, the time point at which the effective direction change occurs may be a time point at which the vertex is generated.

In addition, the time point may be another function that is previously set as an effective direction change generated by a touch input that is further performed while the touch point is not released.

In addition, the preset function may be executed when the effective direction change occurs at a preset number of times. Also, the preset function may be executed based on a point in time when the effective direction change occurs regardless of whether the touch input is released.

Also, the touch input may be performed with one touch point of one to five.

Also, the preset function may be set differently according to the number of touch points performing touch input.

Also, the touch input may be started at an unspecified location of the input unit or may be performed at an unspecified region.

In addition, the touch input may be started at a predetermined location of the input unit or may be performed at a predetermined region.

In a method for executing a predetermined function, according to another embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object,

A valid direction change occurs by a touch input performed in a state in which the touch is not released; A step in which a preset function is switched to an executable state at a first point in time when the effective direction change occurs; And determining the direction of the last touch input performed at the second time point when the touch input is released after the effective direction change, and executing a preset function corresponding to the direction, wherein the touch input is a straight line. ) And a curve, and the effective direction change is in the direction without releasing the touch input being performed in the direction of one of the upper, lower, left and right or a combination of the two. And by doing it in a different direction.

According to the present invention, in an urgent situation, there is an advantage in that a user can execute a preset function accurately and quickly only by the tactile sense that a finger touches the screen without looking at the screen.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a touch control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 and 9 are flow charts for explaining a touch control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 8 and 10 are views showing an example of a touch control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For a detailed description of the present invention, which will be described later, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that illustrate specific embodiments in which the present invention may be practiced. These examples are described in detail enough to enable those skilled in the art to practice the present invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, specific shapes, structures, and properties described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in relation to one embodiment. In addition, it should be understood that the arrangement of individual components within each disclosed embodiment can be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the following detailed description is not intended to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention, if appropriately described, can be said to be equivalent to or equivalent to those claimed by the claims belong to the scope of the present invention. have. The same reference numerals or reference numerals in the plurality of drawings refer to the same element, and the term “and / or” may include any combination of any one or more of a plurality of items. The first component, the second component, and the like used to distinguish different components are not limited to the term itself, and the following first component is the second component without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Can be expressed as

The device and display unit described in the present specification are OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes), TFT-LCD (Thin Film Transister-Liquid Crystal Display), electronic ink that displays objects such as various applications, icons, text and images, maps, and videos. It includes a touch display equipped with a touch panel such as a display (E-ink Display), a smart board, a prompter, and the like.

Touch control device

1 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the device 100 includes a display unit 110, an input unit 120, a control unit 130, a storage unit 140, and an input unit 150. The display unit 110 may be a panel that displays the above-described object according to an input of the user performing on the input unit 120 or the input unit 150. The input unit 120 or the input unit 150 may be configured as a touch panel providing a user input interface. Alternatively, the display unit 110 may be separated from the input unit 120 and the input unit 150 and interlocked in a wired or wireless form, or may be combined into one, but the display unit 110 described herein is an input unit 120 ) Or an example that is a component of the device 100 combined with the input unit 150 as one, will be described in the drawings and embodiments.

In addition, the touch input is generated by a user's finger, a touch pen, a wired / wireless mouse, a touch pad for controlling a mouse pointer, a remote controller, a device including a Bluetooth function, and the like, and communicates with the controller 130 through wired or wireless communication. It may be an input signal for displaying or controlling an object on the display 110.

In addition, the display unit 110 and the input unit 120 combined as one may have the same size or one size smaller than the other. For example, the display unit 110 includes a laptop monitor, a tablet, and a smartphone, and the input unit 150 interlocked with the device 100 by wire or wireless may be an input device including a touch pad and a touch pad. As another example, some of the areas divided on a dual smart device in which two screens are closely interlocked or a smart device in which one screen is folded are functions of the display unit 110, and some of the other non-overlapping areas are input units 120. ). In addition, in a dual screen smartphone, one of two screens interlocked may perform a function of the device 100 and the other screen may be configured to perform a function of the input unit 150.

The control unit 130 may be configured to include hardware and an operating system (OS) including at least one processor, and determine an input signal through the input unit 120 or the input unit 150 to be displayed on the display unit 110 However, it may be displayed on the display unit 110 in a form that is processed or regenerated through the storage unit 140. The storage unit 140 may store instructions, data, functions, and programs for performing at least one of the touch control methods in this specification.

Touch control method

In step S201 of FIG. 2, a valid direction change occurs by a touch input performed with a preset number of touch points in any one of a sleep mode, a lock mode, and a lock release mode.

According to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 3, the touch input can identify that the lock mode is as shown in (a), the lock image 301 and the sleep mode in which the identification image is not displayed (ON screen) This is off) state, (b) unlocked input (304) waiting state, (c) unlocked state, at least one application is running, webpage, navigation, displayed functions, not displayed It can be performed in a standby state in which either a function that is not being executed, a local execution function is executed, or a function other than essential functions is not executed. At this time, the unlocking input 304 of FIG. 3B may be in a state of waiting for input of a user performing one of pattern, number, text, voice, and biometric authentication.

According to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 4, a touch point performing touch input includes one touch point as in (a), two touch points as in (b), and three touches as in (c) It can be one of the dots. Or it may be four or five touch points. At this time, all preset functions executed according to the number of touch points performing touch input may be set to be the same or different.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4 (a), a movement path corresponding to the number of touch points may be identified or may be displayed as one movement path regardless of the number of touch points as shown in (b). Alternatively, as shown in (c), a movement path may not be displayed.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 5, a location or area for starting or performing touch input may be an unspecified position or area of the input unit 120 or the input unit 150 or a position or area that is separately set. You can. For example, it may be a predetermined position 502 of (501) in (a) of FIG. 5 or an undefined position (not shown) of (501), and a fixed position 506 of the edge area 505 of (b) ), (b) of the undetermined position (not shown) of the edge area 505, the undetermined position 504 of the area 503 except the edge, and the undetermined position (not shown) of the area 503 excluding the edge It can be at least one. Alternatively, it may be a predetermined position 507 displayed to be identifiable as in (c), and the determined position 507 is a fluid type that returns to the original position 507 when the touch input is released by the touch input. It can be an image. The device 100 determines a touch input starting at 501, 503, and 505 of FIG. 5, which is a predetermined area or location, as an input for generating an effective direction change of the present invention, or starts at a predetermined area or location However, if the effective direction change or the position at which the touch input is released is outside the predetermined areas or positions 501, 503, and 505, it may not be determined as a valid direction change or a valid direction change.

In step S202 of FIG. 2, a preset function corresponding to the effective direction change is executed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 6, the touch input may be performed in a shape of at least one of a straight line and a curve without releasing the touch point. For example, when the user needs to perform touch input with a hand gripping the device 100 in the form of a smartphone or a tablet, FIG. 6 in which irregularly sized straight lines, curved lines, parabolic lines, and arc shapes are connected in a complex manner It may be in the form of (a) to (c).

The two vertices 601 and 602 of FIG. 6 (a) are created by three straight lines, one vertex 603 of (b) is generated by two curves, and one vertex of (c) 604 may be generated with one curve and one straight line. At this time, the generated vertices 601, 602, 603, and 604 may be determined by the device 100 as a time point at which an effective direction change occurs.

Vertex means a vertex formed by two or more straight lines, curves, and parabolic points, and the intersection of sides and corners is not included in the vertex, and the prior definition that it cannot appear in an elliptical shape is applied equally to the present invention. I will do it.

The interior angle of the vertex may be set to a range smaller than 90 degrees by a user or developer within a range of 0 degrees to 90 degrees. For example, when the touch input being performed in the upper direction is performed in a direction exceeding 90 degrees, such as the upper right side or the upper left side, the input unit 120 or the input unit 150 is determined as a curve or arc, and no vertices are generated. At the same time as it is determined that it does not react or may be processed as scroll input of the object.

Alternatively, even when the interior of the vertex exceeds 90 degrees and occurs within a range of 180 degrees or less, the touch input is performed differently or the number of touch points is executed differently so that the same function is executed and the conventional function is not executed. It can be set as a method to be performed on (505) of Figure 5 is not the function of.

One of the objects of the present invention is that the user needs to watch the location where the user wants to perform touch input, or recognizes a hot-key (quick execution shortcut) configured on one side of the smartphone and presses it with a fast and constant pressure or with accurate touch input. It is to provide a method for executing a specific function more intuitively and conveniently than an operation such as a shape to be completed.

For example, a socially weak person (elderly, female, child, disabled, etc.) or an accidental injury should request a smartphone (or smart watch, smart band, etc.) in a pocket or bag. It is not easy to run SOS applications quickly and accurately (for example). In this situation, the present invention has the advantage of being useful in a variety of ways in an urgent situation in that it is possible to intuitively perform quick and simple touch input simply by touching the touch panel with a finger touching the user to minimize the possibility of erroneous input.

According to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 7, three valid inputs 703, 704, and 705 are generated for touch input starting at 701 or 702 of (a). , As described in FIG. 6, the two intersections 706 and 707 cannot be determined as effective direction changes. In addition, (708) in (b) is determined to be an effective direction change, and intersections such as (709) and (710) and two closed curved surfaces cannot be determined to be an effective direction change.

According to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to (c) of FIG. 7, the vertex 711 close to 0 degrees by an operation of switching the direction from the right side to the right side again while performing a touch input from the right side to the left side of (c) At the same time, a position and a time point where a part of the touch path overlaps 712 are determined to be an intersection, not a valid direction change, and the vertex 711 is determined to be a valid direction change and a predetermined function may be executed. At this time, the preset condition is at least one of the mode of the device 100 or the display unit 110, the region or position on the input unit 120 or the input unit 150, the number of touch points, and the number of effective direction switching in order to execute the preset function. It can be one.

The effective direction change is determined by at least one of the display unit 110, the input unit 120, the control unit 130, the storage unit 140, and the input unit 150 to execute at least one of the preset functions, and the preset function is executed. It may be stored up to the point in time when the touch input is released, or until the point in time when the touch input is released, or deleted by the user.

In step S203 of FIG. 2, a preset function corresponding to a direction change that is performed to perform a valid direction change further without releasing the touch input or to perform again after touch release is further executed.

According to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 8, a point in time at which a preset function is executed is set to a point in time when the effective direction change of the touch input occurs three times, and a partial position on the device 100 as shown in (a) When three effective direction changes (802), (803), and (804) are generated by the touch input performed in (801), a function or a pre-installed function or not displayed on the device 100 as shown in (b) At least one of the applications is executed, or (817), (818), (819), (820), (821) configured in the pre-installed SOS Application (816) or SOS Application (816) among the pre-installed applications ) And at least one of functions not displayed on the display unit 110 may be further executed.

As another example, when the preset function execution time is set to a time point in which a valid direction change of the touch input occurs once, in (a) of FIG. 8, a time point in which a valid direction change occurs (802) occurs (817 ) Is executed, 818 is executed at the time 803 occurs, and 819 can be executed at the time 804 occurs. At this time, at least one of the functions 817, 818, and 819, which is being executed, is terminated, and the next function is executed, or another function can be executed without the function being executed. Alternatively, any one function previously set by the effective direction change occurring in the first execution may be executed, and the function being executed by the second effective direction change occurring may be terminated.

In step S901 of FIG. 9, a valid direction change occurs by a touch input performed with a preset number of touch inputs in one of the sleep mode, the lock mode, and the unlock mode.

Step S901 is the same reason as step S201 of FIG. 2, which can be described in the same way, and the repetitive description will be omitted.

Next, in step S902 of FIG. 9, a function preset to the first point in time at which the effective direction change occurs is switched to an executable state.

According to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 10, when an effective number of direction switching for executing a preset function is set to one time, an object 1001 having a size outside the size of the device 100 as shown in (a) ), The touch input is started in (1003) in the middle of the display (middle), a valid direction change occurs in (1004), and the device 100 is preset at the time when the effective direction change (1004) occurs. The function may be switched to a mode in which the function is executed, and a temporary standby mode may be maintained until a touch input is released. Alternatively, the object 1001 of FIG. 10 may be scrolled up and down until the touch input is released and the preset function is executed. Of course, the number of touch points or the touch input area performed to execute the preset function of the present invention may be set by distinguishing the number of touch points and the touch area for executing the conventional function.

Next, in step S903 of FIG. 9, the direction of the last touch input performed at the second time point when the touch input is released after the change of direction is determined, and a preset function corresponding to the last performed touch input direction is executed. .

According to an embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIG. 10, the device 100 determines a time point and direction 1005 at which the touch point of (a) is released, and an upper edge 1006 of the object 1001 as shown in (b). ) May be displayed on the device 100. In this way, the touch input performed in (a) of FIG. 10 is immediately touch-released as shown in (1005) of (a) of FIG. 10 after the effective direction change of (1004) occurs, and the touch input is touched at the position of (1005) The touch input performed in the (valid) direction change shape in the upward direction in the unreleased state is applied in the same manner as the touch input to be released in touch while generating the (valid) direction change in the downward direction again. The upper edge 1006 of 1001) may be displayed on the device 100.

Then, as shown in (a) or (b) of FIG. 10, the position of the object 1001 displayed on the device 100 is (1002) or (1006) and the touch input starts at (1007) of (b). In the case of an effective direction change 1008 for executing a preset function, a preset function corresponding to the direction 1009 in which the touch input is released is executed to display the lower edge 1010 as shown in (c). .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an effective direction change for executing a preset function may be generated in the shape of a curve in which a vertex is not generated, such as the direction change 1011 of FIG. 10 (c), and the angle of the curve Can be performed at 0 degrees or more and 90 degrees or less.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the preset function may be any one function or a combination of a plurality of functions. For example, the function is a function of scrolling such that a position corresponding to the edge of one or a combination of top, bottom, left, and right of an object composed of at least one of an image and text is displayed, a function of displaying a virtual keyboard, The ability to adjust the volume while displaying the volume adjustment tool, the ability to run multiple preset applications or multiple functions simultaneously or sequentially one by one, and the effective direction change are included in the unlocking input process, allowing the user to A function that is normally unlocked by performing together with the set unlocking input, a function of switching or terminating the device 100 or an application in a locked mode in the unlocked state, or the device 100 or the display 110 in sleep mode or Ability to switch to lock mode, pre-stored phone numbers, recent calls Telephone number, may be a function of recently received irrespective of the originating and separate unlock at least one of a phone number in the lock mode or the sleep mode.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described touch control method may be divided into each detailed step and individually configured, or may be configured to combine a plurality of steps.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the above touch control method may be implemented as a computer program stored in a medium for executing at least one of the above embodiments through combination with hardware.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the touch control method is implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer means for performing at least one of the above embodiments to be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. have.

Computer-readable recording media may include alone or in combination with program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like. The program codes or instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be known and usable by those skilled in computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media such as floptical disks, and the like. It is a hardware device that includes at least one of a storage unit and a control unit to store and perform programs such as ROM, RAM, and flash memory. Examples of program instructions include machine language codes such as those produced by a compiler, and high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The computer-readable recording medium may be a non-transitory computer-readable medium. The hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operation of the present invention, and vice versa.

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Claims (15)

In the method for executing a predetermined function on the display unit,
An effective direction change is generated by a touch input performed while the touch is not released on the input unit; And
And executing a predetermined function by the effective direction change,
The touch input is performed in a shape of at least one of a straight line and a curve, and the point in time when the effective direction change occurs is one of up, down, left, and right, or of up, down, left, or right. It is a point in time at which a vertex is generated in a range of a predetermined cabinet by performing in a predetermined second direction different from the first direction without releasing the touch input being performed in the arbitrary first direction which is a combination. The range of the preset cabinet is set to less than 90 degrees, and the touch input is a touch control method characterized in that the input area for unlocking is performed without being displayed on the display unit. delete According to claim 1,
After the effective direction change, a touch control method characterized in that another function set as a valid direction change that is further generated by a touch input performed further in the state in which the touch input is not released is executed. According to claim 1,
The preset function is executed at a point in time when the effective direction change occurs at a preset number of times. According to claim 1,
The preset function is executed based on a point in time when the effective direction change occurs regardless of whether the touch input is released or not. According to claim 1,
The touch control method is characterized in that the touch input is performed by one of the touch points of one to five According to claim 1,
The preset function is set differently according to the number of touch points performing touch input. In the method for executing a predetermined function on the display unit,
An effective direction change is generated by a touch input performed while the touch is not released on the input unit;
Switching to a state in which a predetermined function is executable at a first point in time at which the effective direction change occurs; And
Determining a touch input direction last performed at a second time point when the touch input is released after switching the effective direction, and executing a preset function corresponding to the direction;
The touch input is performed in a shape of at least one of a straight line and a curve, and the point in time when the effective direction change occurs is one of up, down, left, and right, or of up, down, left, or right. It is a point in time at which a vertex is generated in a range of a predetermined cabinet by performing in a predetermined second direction different from the first direction without releasing the touch input being performed in the arbitrary first direction which is a combination. The preset range of the cabinet is set to less than 90 degrees, and the touch input is performed while the input area for unlocking is not displayed on the display unit, and the preset function corresponds to the direction of the second viewpoint. Touch control method characterized in that the function to display the position of the edge of the object on the display unit The method of claim 1 or 8,
The touch control method is characterized in that the touch input is performed at an unspecified region or at an unspecified location of the input unit. The method of claim 1 or 8,
The touch control method is characterized in that the touch input is performed at a predetermined location of the input unit or performed at a predetermined region. A computer-readable recording medium comprising computer instructions for executing the method of claim 1, 9. A computer program stored in a medium for executing the method of any one of claims 1, 3 to 8 through combination with hardware. An input unit that generates an input signal by the user;
Display unit;
A control unit for controlling touch by the input unit;
Storage unit,
The storage unit stores and stores a program configured to be executed by the control unit, and the program includes a touch control device including instructions for performing any one of the methods of claims 1, 3 to 8 The method of claim 13,
The display unit and the input unit is a touch control device characterized in that the combined form The method of claim 13,
The display and input unit is a touch control device, characterized in that the form of interlocking by wire or wireless

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