KR102470575B1 - Appliacation and method for providing weather information - Google Patents

Abstract

A weather information providing application according to one technical aspect of the present invention is a weather information providing application that is driven in a portable terminal device including a communication module, a touch screen and a GPS module to provide weather information to a user, using the communication module A weather information management unit that obtains weather information from a predetermined server, a touch sensor that detects a user's touch and drag on the touch screen, and divides the entire screen into a plurality of weather information areas, based on the weather information, Controlling the display of required weather information for each information area, and providing detailed weather information to the user by materializing or transforming the weather information area adaptively to the user's touch or drag when the user's touch or drag occurs. can include According to an embodiment of the present invention, comprehensive weather information is provided using a user's portable terminal device, and in particular, a weather information area can be specified and modified to increase usability in the user's portable terminal device. It works.

Description

Weather information providing application and weather information providing method {APPLIACATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WEATHER INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to a weather information providing application and a weather information providing method.

With the development of computer technology, more accurate and diverse weather forecasts are becoming possible, and weather information can be more conveniently provided to users through various devices.

Recently, with the development and spread of mobile technology, all users are equipped with portable electronic devices such as smart phones.

Conventional weather information using such a portable terminal device is implemented based on a web, or a method of providing weather information to a user based on an application that can be driven in the portable terminal device is applied.

However, these conventional weather information providing means only provide fragmentary weather information, and have limitations in not providing comprehensive weather information.

Accordingly, there is an increasing need for a technology for providing weather information through a more intuitive and convenient interface to users.

Korean Registered Patent Publication No. 10-2180362

One technical aspect of the present invention is to solve the above problems of the prior art, and provides comprehensive weather information using a user's portable terminal device, and in particular, to increase convenience of use in the user's portable terminal device. An object of the present invention is to provide a weather information providing application and a weather information providing method capable of specifying and transforming an information area and providing the information.

One technical aspect of the present invention provides users with various weather information by configuring a plurality of weather information areas, derives characteristics of the weather information areas, and provides comprehensive weather comments, so that users can recognize weather characteristics intuitively and conveniently. An object of the present invention is to provide a weather information providing application and a weather information providing method that can be provided.

One technical aspect of the present invention is to provide forecasts having different time intervals according to a user's drag direction with respect to the weather forecast area, thereby increasing the user interface for the weather forecast area and providing weather forecast information more intuitively. It is to provide a weather information providing application and a weather information providing method.

The above objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from preferred embodiments of the present invention by those skilled in the art.

One technical aspect of the present invention provides a weather information providing application. The weather information providing application is a weather information providing application that is driven in a portable terminal device including a communication module, a touch screen and a GPS module to provide weather information to a user, and obtains weather information from a predetermined server using the communication module. A weather information management unit that obtains, a touch sensor that detects a user's touch and drag on the touch screen, and divides the entire screen into a plurality of weather information areas, and based on the weather information, necessary weather information for each of the weather information areas and, when the user's touch or drag occurs, an application control unit that materializes or transforms the weather information area adaptively to the generated touch or drag to provide detailed weather information to the user.

In one embodiment, the plurality of weather information areas include a general weather area and a weather forecast area, and may include at least one of a fine dust area, a nationwide weather area, a special weather report area, and a weather image area.

In one embodiment, the application control unit horizontally expands and provides a forecast set at a first time interval in the weather forecast area according to a user's dragging direction with respect to the weather forecast area, or a second time interval wider than the first time interval. Forecasts with 2-hour intervals can be extended and provided.

In one embodiment, when the user's drag is determined to be in the first direction, the application control unit scrolls and displays a forecast set at the first time interval corresponding to the user's drag in the first direction to display the scroll in the horizontal direction. extensions can be provided.

In one embodiment, when the user's drag is determined to be in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the application control unit sends a forecast set at the second time interval in response to the user's drag in the second direction. Correspondingly scrolling display may provide the vertical expansion.

In one embodiment, the application control unit cancels the horizontal expansion or the vertical expansion when the user's drag is performed in an area outside the weather forecast area, and controls the plurality of weather information areas according to the user's drag. Scrolls can be provided.

In one embodiment, the weather information providing application may further include a location information management unit that checks the location of the portable terminal device in conjunction with the GPS module or the communication module. Here, the application control unit may configure the general weather area by including at least one of the current location of the portable terminal device, current temperature information at the current location, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information.

In one embodiment, the application control unit selects an element having a difference of at least a certain amount compared to a previous record among the current temperature information, the sensible temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet light information, and selects a characteristic based on the selected element. is extracted to create a feature comment, and the created feature comment can be included in the comprehensive area.

Another technical aspect of the present invention provides a weather information providing method. The weather information providing method is a weather information providing method performed in a portable terminal device including a communication module, a touch screen, and a GPS module, comprising the steps of obtaining weather information from a predetermined server using the communication module, the touch screen Detecting a user's touch and dragging on the screen, dividing the entire screen into a plurality of weather information areas, and controlling necessary weather information to be displayed for each weather information area based on the weather information, and controlling the user's touch Alternatively, when dragging occurs, providing detailed weather information to the user by materializing or transforming the weather information area adaptively to the generated touch or dragging.

In one embodiment, the plurality of weather information areas include a general weather area and a weather forecast area, and may include at least one of a fine dust area, a nationwide weather area, a special weather report area, and a weather image area.

In one embodiment, the step of providing detailed weather information to the user may include horizontally extending and providing a forecast set at a first time interval in the weather forecast area according to a drag direction of the user with respect to the weather forecast area, or the The method may include vertically expanding and providing a forecast having a second time interval wider than the first time interval.

In one embodiment, the step of vertically expanding and providing the forecast may include, when the user's drag is determined to be in the first direction, the forecast set at the first time interval in response to the user's drag corresponding to the first direction. and providing the horizontal expansion by displaying the scroll by scrolling.

In one embodiment, the step of vertically expanding and providing the forecast may include, when the user's drag is determined to be a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the forecast set at the second time interval corresponding to the user's drag. The method may further include providing the vertical expansion by scrolling and displaying , in accordance with the second direction.

In one embodiment, the step of vertically expanding and providing the forecast may include canceling the horizontal expansion or the vertical expansion when the user's drag is performed in an area outside the weather forecast area, and the user's drag according to the user's drag. The method may further include providing scrolling of a plurality of weather information areas.

In one embodiment, the weather information providing method may determine the location of the portable terminal device in conjunction with the GPS module or the communication module, and determine the current location of the portable terminal device, current temperature information at the current location, and sensory experience. The method may further include configuring the comprehensive weather area by including at least one of temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information.

In one embodiment, the configuring of the comprehensive weather area may include selecting an element having a difference of at least a certain amount compared to a previous record among the current temperature information, the sensible temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet light information; and The method may include generating a feature comment by extracting a feature by the selected element, and including the created feature comment in the comprehensive area.

The means for solving the problems described above do not enumerate all the features of the present invention. Various means for solving the problems of the present invention will be understood in more detail with reference to specific embodiments of the detailed description below.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, comprehensive weather information is provided using a user's portable terminal device, and in particular, a weather information area can be specified and modified to increase usability in the user's portable terminal device. It works.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of weather information areas are configured to provide various types of weather information to users, and characteristics of the weather information areas are derived to provide comprehensive weather comments, so that weather characteristics can be presented to users in an intuitive and intuitive manner. There is an effect that can be conveniently perceived.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the user interface for the weather forecast area is increased and the weather forecast is more intuitive by providing forecasts with different time intervals according to the drag direction of the user with respect to the weather forecast area. It has the ability to provide information.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a portable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a configuration diagram of a portable terminal device in which a weather information providing application is driven according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 16 are diagrams illustrating various examples of weather information providing applications according to an embodiment of the present invention.
17 to 18 are diagrams for explaining an example of determining user dragging in a weather information providing application.
19 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

However, the embodiments of the present invention can be modified in many different forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention are provided to more completely explain the present invention to those skilled in the art.

Although various flow charts have been disclosed to describe the embodiments of the present invention, these are for convenience of description of each step, and each step is not necessarily performed in the order of the flowchart. That is, each step in the flowchart may be performed simultaneously with each other, in an order according to the flowchart, or in an order reverse to that in the flowchart.

1 is a diagram illustrating a system for providing weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a user has a portable terminal device 100, and a weather information providing application is driven in the portable terminal device 100 to provide location-based weather information to the user.

The weather information providing application operates based on the user's portable terminal device 100 and can obtain weather information necessary for providing weather information from the service interworking server 300 by interworking with the service interworking server 300 .

The service linkage server 300 is a dedicated server for providing a service in conjunction with a weather information providing application, and can distribute the weather information providing application to users and provide weather information requested by the weather information providing application in real time.

The service interworking server 300 may obtain weather information from the weather information server 400, convert the weather information into a format required by the weather information providing application, and provide the weather information to the weather information providing application. The weather information server 400 is a server that generates and directly provides weather information, and may be, for example, a weather information providing server provided by the Korea Meteorological Administration.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 1 , an example in which a weather information providing application generates weather information through the service interworking server 300 is described, but is not limited thereto. For example, a weather information providing application may be configured to obtain necessary weather information directly from the weather information server 400 .

2 is a block diagram for explaining an example of a portable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the portable terminal device will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2 .

3 is a configuration diagram of a portable terminal device that performs a user interface display operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the portable terminal device 100 includes a control unit 110, a mobile communication module 120, a sub communication module 130, a multimedia module 140, a camera module 150, a GPS module 155, It includes an input/output module 160, a sensor module 170, a storage unit 175, a power supply unit 180 and a display unit 190.

The sub communication module 130 includes at least one of a wireless LAN module 131 and a short range communication module 132, and the multimedia module 140 includes a broadcast communication module 141, an audio playback module 142, and a video playback module. (143).

The camera module 150 includes at least one of a first camera 151 and a second camera 152, and the input/output module 160 (also referred to as an input/output unit) includes a button 161 and a microphone 162. , At least one of a speaker 163, a vibration motor 164, a connector 165, a keypad 166, and an earphone connecting jack (Earphone Connecting Jack, 167).

Hereinafter, a case where the display unit 190 and the display controller 195 are a touch screen and a touch screen controller, respectively, will be described as an example.

The power supply unit 180 may supply power to one or a plurality of batteries disposed in the housing of the portable terminal device 100 under the control of the control unit 110 . One or a plurality of batteries supply power to the portable terminal device 100 .

The camera module 150 may include at least one of a first camera 151 and a second camera 152 that captures still images or videos under the control of the controller 110 .

The multimedia module 140 may include a broadcast communication module 141, an audio playback module 142, or a video playback module 143. The broadcasting communication module 141 controls broadcasting signals (eg, TV broadcasting signals, radio broadcasting signals, or data broadcasting signals) transmitted from broadcasting stations under the control of the control unit 110 and broadcasting information (eg, EPS (Electric Program Guide) or An Electric Service Guide (ESG) may be received. The audio playback module 142 may play a digital audio file (eg, a file having an mp3, wma, ogg, or wav file extension). The video playback module 143 can play a digital video file (eg, a file whose file extension is mpeg, mpg, mp4, avi, mov, or mkv).

The mobile communication module 120 may connect the portable terminal device 100 to an external device through mobile communication using at least one or a plurality of antennas (not shown) under the control of the controller 110 . The mobile communication module 120 can transmit and receive wireless signals for voice calls, video calls, text messages (SMS) or multimedia messages (MMS) with devices such as mobile phones having a phone number input to the portable terminal device 100. have.

The sub communication module 130 may include at least one of the wireless LAN module 131 and the short range communication module 132 . The wireless LAN module 131 may be connected to the Internet at a place where a wireless access point (AP) (not shown) is installed under the control of the control unit 110 . The short-distance communication module 132 may wirelessly perform short-range communication between the portable terminal devices 100 under the control of the controller 110 .

The GPS module 155 receives radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites (not shown) in earth orbit, and determines the time of arrival of radio waves from the GPS satellites (not shown) to the portable terminal device 100. The position of the portable terminal device 100 can be calculated using the .

The sensor module 170 includes at least one sensor that detects the state of the portable terminal device 100 . At least one sensor may detect a state, generate a signal corresponding to the detection, and transmit the signal to the control unit 110 .

The input/output module 160 may include at least one of a plurality of buttons 161, a microphone 162, a speaker 163, a vibration motor 164, a connector 165, and a keypad 166.

The touch screen 190 may receive a user's manipulation and display an execution image of an application program, an operating state, and a menu state. That is, the touch screen 190 may provide a user interface corresponding to various services (eg, call, data transmission, broadcasting, and photography) to the user. The touch screen 190 may transmit an analog signal corresponding to at least one touch input to the user interface to the touch screen controller 195 . The touch screen 190 may receive at least one touch through a user's body (eg, a finger including a thumb) or a touchable input means (eg, a stylus pen). Also, the touch screen 190 may receive a continuous movement of one touch, that is, a drag, among at least one touch. The touch screen 190 may transmit an analog signal corresponding to an input touch to the touch screen controller 195 .

The touch screen controller 195 converts analog signals received from the touch screen 190 into digital signals (eg, X and Y coordinates) and transmits them to the controller 110 . The controller 110 may control the touch screen 190 using a digital signal received from the touch screen controller 195 .

The storage unit 175 includes the mobile communication module 120, the sub communication module 130, the multimedia module 140, the camera module 150, the GPS module 155, and the input/output module under the control of the control unit 110. 160, the sensor module 170, and input/output signals or data corresponding to the operation of the touch screen 190 may be stored. The storage unit 175 may store control programs and applications for controlling the portable terminal device 100 or the control unit 110 .

The term "storage unit" refers to the storage unit 175, the ROM 112 in the control unit 110, the RAM 113, or a memory card (not shown) mounted in the portable terminal device 100 (eg, an SD card, memory stick). The storage unit may include a non-volatile memory, a volatile memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), or a solid state drive (SSD).

The control unit 110 stores the CPU 111, a ROM 112 in which a control program for controlling the portable terminal device 100 is stored, and signals or data input from the outside of the portable terminal device 100, or A RAM 113 used as a storage area for tasks performed in the terminal device 100 may be included. The CPU 111 may include a single core, dual core, triple core, or quad core. The CPU 111, ROM 112, and RAM 113 may be interconnected through an internal bus.

The controller 110 includes a mobile communication module 120, a sub-communication module 130, a multimedia module 140, a camera module 150, a GPS module 155, an input/output module 160, a sensor module 170 , The storage unit 175, the power supply unit 180, the touch screen 190, and the touch screen controller 195 can be controlled.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of a weather information providing application will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 19 .

3 is a block diagram illustrating a weather information providing application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the weather information providing application 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a weather information management unit 210, a location information management unit 220, a touch detection unit 230 and an application control unit 240. can do.

The weather information management unit 210 uses a communication module of the portable terminal device 100, that is, the telecommunication communication module 120 or sub communication module 130 to provide a predetermined server, that is, the service linkage server 300 or weather information. Weather information may be obtained from the server 400 . The weather information management unit 210 may store the acquired weather information in the storage unit 175 of the portable terminal device 100 or provide it to the application control unit 240 .

The location information management unit 220 checks the location of the portable terminal device 100 in conjunction with the GPS module 155 or the aforementioned communication module. The location information management unit 220 provides the confirmed location of the portable terminal device 100 to the application controller 240 .

The touch sensor 230 may detect a user's touch and drag occurring on the touch screen. The touch sensor 230 may acquire coordinate information about a user's touch and drag from the touch screen controller 195 and provide the obtained coordinate information to the application controller 240 .

In an embodiment, the touch sensor 230 may check information on a plurality of weather information areas provided by the weather information providing application 200 and determine which weather information area the user's touch or drag occurred in. There is, the information about it can be provided to the application control unit 240.

The application control unit 240 may control other components of the weather information providing application 200 to operate the weather information providing application 200 .

The application controller 240 may divide the entire screen provided by the weather information providing application 200 into a plurality of weather information areas. Based on the weather information, the application control unit 240 may control to display necessary weather information for each weather information area.

In one embodiment, the plurality of weather information areas include a comprehensive weather area and a weather forecast area, and may include at least one of a fine dust area, a nationwide weather area, a special weather report area, and a weather image area. The application controller 240 may control to display necessary weather information for each of a plurality of weather information areas based on the provided weather information.

The application control unit 240 integrates weather information including at least one of the current location of the portable terminal device 100 confirmed by the location information management unit 220, current temperature information at the current location, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information. area can be configured.

In one embodiment, the application control unit 240 compares the current temperature information, the perceived temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet light information with a previous record to select an element having a difference of a certain amount or more, and extracts a feature by the selected element A feature comment is created, and the created feature comment may be included in a comprehensive area.

When a user's touch or drag occurs, the application controller 240 may provide detailed weather information to the user by specifying or transforming the weather information area adaptively to the generated touch or drag.

In one embodiment, the application control unit 240 horizontally expands and provides a forecast set at a first time interval in the weather forecast area according to the user's dragging direction with respect to the weather forecast area, or provides a second time interval wider than the first time interval. Forecasts with time intervals can be provided by extending them vertically.

For example, when the user's drag is determined to be in the first direction, the application control unit 240 scrolls and displays a forecast set at a first time interval corresponding to the user's drag in the first direction to provide the horizontal expansion. have.

As another example, when the user's drag is determined to be in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the application control unit 240 sets a forecast set at the second time interval in response to the user's drag to correspond to the second direction. It is possible to provide the vertical expansion by scrolling display.

In one embodiment, the application control unit 240 cancels horizontal expansion or vertical expansion when the user's drag is performed in an area outside the weather forecast area, and scrolls the plurality of weather information areas according to the user's drag. can provide

4 to 16 are diagrams illustrating various examples of a weather information providing application according to an embodiment of the present invention, and each operation of the application controller 240 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 16 .

4 and 5 are views illustrating the entire screen provided by a weather information providing application, that is, a plurality of weather information areas, and FIGS. 6 to 8 are diagrams illustrating example screens of a plurality of weather information areas.

Referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the weather information providing application includes a comprehensive weather area 510, a daily weather index area 520, a weather forecast area 530, a national weather area 540, a weather special report area 550, and A weather image area 560 may be included.

As in the example shown in FIG. 4 , the comprehensive weather area 510 may include at least one of the current location of the portable terminal device 100, current temperature information at the current location, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information. have.

The application control unit 240 compares the current temperature information, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information to an element having a difference of a certain level or more compared to the previous record, extracts a feature by the selected element, and generates a feature comment (511). can create The application control unit 240 may include the created feature comments in the general area 510 .

In this way, the application control unit 240 derives the characteristics of the weather information area and provides comprehensive weather comments, thereby intuitively and conveniently recognizing the weather characteristics to the user.

The application control unit 240 may display fine dust information, ultrafine dust information, and ozone information for the region including the user's location in the daily weather index area 520 .

The application control unit 240 may display weather information about a future time for the user's current location or a location set by the user, that is, a weather forecast, in the weather forecast area 530 .

The application control unit 240 may detect the user's drag on the weather forecast area and provide a different weather forecast according to the direction of the drag. That is, the application control unit 240 horizontally expands and provides a forecast set at a first time interval in the weather forecast area according to the dragging direction of the user with respect to the weather forecast area, or has a second time interval wider than the first time interval. Forecasts can be extended and provided.

Functions of the application controller 240 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 10 to 16 .

As shown in FIG. 6 , the application controller 240 may summarize the weather for the whole of Korea and display it in the nationwide weather area 540 .

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 8 , the application control unit 240 may display nationwide information on the special weather report in the special weather report area 550 when the special weather report takes effect. In addition, the application control unit 240 may provide a weather image area 560 capable of displaying satellite images, radar images, or Asian satellite images.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a detailed screen of the living weather index area 520 . When the user touches the daily weather index area 520 on the entire screen shown in FIG. 4, the application control unit 240 provides a detailed screen of the daily weather index area 520 to the user, as shown in the example shown in FIG. can do.

In addition, the application control unit 240 may set the daily weather index in consideration of the fine dust index, the UV index, and the like, and provide information 522 and 523 on the daily weather index. For example, the application control unit 240 may calculate an exercise index, a walk index, a feeling of heat, a ventilation index, and the like as a daily weather index. The living weather index may be calculated by including temperature, perceived temperature, humidity, fine dust index, and UV index.

10 to 16 are diagrams illustrating an example of providing detailed weather forecast information to a user by modifying a weather forecast area in response to a user's drag on the weather forecast area.

That is, the application controller 240 horizontally expands and provides a forecast set at a first time interval in the weather forecast area according to the user's dragging direction with respect to the weather forecast area, or vertically expands and provides a forecast having a second time interval. can do. Here, the second time interval is wider than the first time interval.

That is, forecast information with different forecast time intervals can be intuitively provided to the user by horizontally expanding (scrolling) or vertically expanding (scrolling) forecast information according to the user's dragging direction.

10 to 12 show examples of horizontal expansion of the weather forecast area.

As in the example shown in FIG. 10 , when the user drags in the first direction, that is, drags in the horizontal direction, with respect to the weather forecast area 531, the application control unit 240 responds to the user's drag at a first time interval. Horizontal expansion may be provided by scrolling and displaying the set forecast corresponding to the first direction.

In the illustrated example, the first time interval is a three-hour interval, but is not limited thereto.

In FIG. 10 , when horizontal scrolling is performed according to dragging in the horizontal direction, the weather forecast area 532 is changed and scrolled as shown in FIG. 11 .

12 shows an example of a display area 531 before horizontal expansion and a display area 532 after horizontal expansion for weather forecast information set at 3-hour intervals.

In this way, when the user drags the weather forecast area 530 in the horizontal direction (horizontal direction), the application control unit 240 horizontally expands in response to the user's drag and provides a forecast. Here, the time interval (eg, 3 hours) of forecasting by horizontal expansion is set shorter than that of forecasting by vertical expansion (eg, 1 day), which will be described later.

13 to 14 show examples of vertical expansion of the weather forecast area.

As in the example shown in FIG. 13 , when the user drags in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, that is, drags in the vertical direction, with respect to the weather forecast area 531, the application control unit 240 responds to the user's drag. Accordingly, vertical expansion may be provided by scrolling and displaying a forecast set at the second time interval in the second direction.

In the illustrated example, the second time interval is a one-day interval, but is not limited thereto.

In FIG. 13 , when vertical scrolling is performed according to a vertical drag, the weather forecast area 533 is changed and scrolled to a daily forecast as shown in FIG. 14 . In the example shown in FIG. 14 , if vertical dragging continues, the application control unit 240 continuously provides a daily forecast for the following day while scrolling.

As a result, according to the direction in which the user drags the weather forecast area 530, the time interval and scroll direction of the provided forecast are changed, and this is to provide the forecast information to the user more intuitively.

15 to 16 are diagrams explaining dragging of the entire screen, which is distinguished from vertical expansion of a weather forecast area.

The horizontal expansion and vertical expansion described above are performed only in the weather forecast area 530, and the application control unit 240 controls the entire screen to be moved for dragging to areas 510 and 520 other than the weather forecast area.

That is, if the user's drag is performed in an area outside the weather forecast area as shown in FIG. 15, the application control unit 240 cancels horizontal expansion or vertical expansion, and drags a plurality of weather information areas according to the user's drag. can provide In FIG. 16 , it can be seen that upward scrolling has been performed to display the national weather area 540 and the special weather forecast area 550 .

In one embodiment, when the user's drag on the weather forecast area 530 is unclear, the application control unit 240 may determine whether the drag is a vertical drag or a horizontal drag. 17 to 18 are diagrams for explaining an example of determining user dragging in a weather information providing application.

As shown in FIG. 17 , user drag may include both a vertical component and a horizontal component. In practice, the user's drag is implemented as a synthetic drag including vertical and horizontal components as shown in FIG. 17 rather than vertical or horizontal drag.

The application control unit 240 determines the drag to perform vertical expansion or horizontal expansion when the starting point of the user's drag is included in the weather forecast area 530 .

As shown in (a) of FIG. 18, the application control unit 240 extracts the start point (Ps) and end point (Pf) of the drag. Here, as described above, the starting point Ps of the drag is included in the weather forecast area 530 .

As shown in Figure (b), the application control unit 240 generates the shortest drag from the starting point (Ps) to the ending point (Pf) of the dragging. Thereafter, the application control unit 240 calculates the horizontal component (Dx) and the vertical component (Dy) of the shortest distance drag, as shown in Figure (c), and based on the larger component among the horizontal component (Dx) and the vertical component (Dy) to determine the direction of the drag. In the illustrated example, since the vertical component Dy is greater, the application control unit 240 may determine the drag of FIG. 17 as the vertical drag for the weather forecast area 530 .

In the above, a weather information providing application according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 18 .

Hereinafter, a weather information providing method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 19 . However, since the weather information providing method to be described below is performed based on the weather information providing application described above, it can be easily understood by referring to the above description with reference to FIGS. 1 to 18 .

19 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 19 , the weather information providing application 200 may obtain weather information from a predetermined server using a communication module (S1910).

The weather information providing application 200 may detect a user's touch and drag on the touch screen (S1920).

The weather information providing application 200 may divide the entire screen into a plurality of weather information areas, and display necessary weather information for each weather information area based on the weather information (S1930).

When a user's touch or drag occurs, the weather information providing application 200 may provide detailed weather information to the user by materializing or transforming a weather information area adaptively to the generated touch or drag (S1940).

In one embodiment, the plurality of weather information areas may include a comprehensive weather area and a weather forecast area, and may include at least one of a fine dust area, a nationwide weather area, a special weather report area, and a weather image area.

In one embodiment for step S1930, the weather information providing application 200 checks the location of the portable terminal device in conjunction with the GPS module or communication module, the current location of the portable terminal device, the current temperature information at the current location, A step of configuring a comprehensive weather area including at least one of sensory temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information may be performed.

Here, as a step of configuring the weather comprehensive area, the weather information providing application 200 compares the current temperature information, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information with a previous record to select an element having a difference of a certain amount or more Steps of extracting features by the selected elements and generating feature comments and including the created feature comments in a comprehensive area may be performed.

In one embodiment of step S1940, the weather information providing application 200 horizontally expands and provides the forecast set at the first time interval in the weather forecast area according to the drag direction of the user with respect to the weather forecast area, or the first A step of vertically expanding and providing a forecast having a second time interval wider than the time interval may be performed.

Here, as a step of vertically expanding and providing the forecast, the weather information providing application 200, when the user's drag is determined to be in the first direction, provides a forecast set at a first time interval corresponding to the user's drag in the first direction. A step of providing horizontal expansion by displaying a scroll corresponding to the direction may be performed.

In addition, as a step of vertically expanding and providing the forecast, the weather information providing application 200, when the user's drag is determined to be a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, is set to a second time interval corresponding to the user's drag. The step of providing the vertical expansion by scrolling and displaying the forecast in the second direction may be performed.

In addition, as a step of vertically expanding and providing the forecast, the weather information providing application 200 cancels the horizontal expansion or vertical expansion when the user's drag is made in an area outside the weather forecast area, and according to the user's drag A step of providing scrolling of a plurality of weather information areas may be performed.

The present invention described above is not limited by the foregoing embodiments and the accompanying drawings, but is limited by the claims to be described later, and the configuration of the present invention can be varied within a range that does not deviate from the technical spirit of the present invention. It can be easily changed and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention belongs.

100: mobile terminal device
200: Weather information providing application
300: service interworking server
400: weather information server
210: Weather information management department
220: location information management unit
230: touch sensor
240: application control unit

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A weather information providing application that is stored in the storage unit of a portable terminal device including a storage unit, a control unit, a communication module, a touch screen, and a GPS module, and is driven by the control unit of the portable terminal device to provide weather information to a user,
a weather information management unit acquiring weather information from a predetermined server using the communication module;
a touch sensor that senses a user's touch and drag on the touch screen; and
Divides the entire screen into a plurality of weather information areas, controls to display necessary weather information for each weather information area based on the weather information, and adapts to the generated touch or drag when the user's touch or drag occurs an application control unit that specifically specifies or transforms the weather information area to provide detailed weather information to the user; including,
The plurality of weather information areas include a weather synthesis area and a weather forecast area,
The application control unit,
According to the user's dragging direction with respect to the weather forecast area, a forecast set at a first time interval is horizontally expanded and provided in the weather forecast area, or a forecast having a second time interval wider than the first time interval is vertically expanded to provide provide,
When the user's drag is determined to be in a first direction, which is a horizontal expansion direction, a forecast set at the first time interval is scroll-displayed in response to the user's drag to provide the horizontal expansion;
When the user's drag is determined to be in the second direction, which is a vertical extension direction perpendicular to the first direction, a forecast set at the second time interval is scrolled and displayed corresponding to the second direction in response to the user's drag. provides longitudinal extension;
If the start point of the user's drag is included in the weather forecast area and the user's drag is determined to be a synthetic drag including both a vertical component and a horizontal component, the start and end points of the drag are extracted, and the end point is extracted from the start point of the drag. After generating the shortest drag that reaches , after calculating the horizontal and vertical components of the shortest drag, setting the direction of the drag to either the horizontal or vertical direction based on the larger component among the horizontal and vertical components. to do
Weather information providing application characterized by.
The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of weather information areas,
Including at least one of a fine dust area, a nationwide weather area, a weather warning area, and a weather image area
Weather information providing application characterized by.
delete delete delete The method of claim 2, wherein the application control unit,
canceling the horizontal expansion or the vertical expansion when the user's drag is performed in an area outside the weather forecast area, and providing scrolling of the plurality of weather information areas according to the user's drag;
Weather information providing application characterized by.
The method of claim 2, wherein the weather information providing application,
a location information management unit that checks the location of the portable terminal device in conjunction with the GPS module or the communication module;
Including more,
The application control unit,
Configuring the comprehensive weather area by including at least one of the current location of the portable terminal device, current temperature information at the current location, sensible temperature, fine dust information, daily weather index information, and ultraviolet light information.
Weather information providing application characterized by.
The method of claim 7, wherein the application control unit,
Among the current temperature information, the perceived temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet light information, an element having a difference of a certain level or more is selected compared to a previous record, and a feature comment is generated by extracting a feature by the selected element. Include the specified feature comments in the synthesis area
Weather information providing application characterized by.
A weather information providing method performed in a portable terminal device including a communication module, a touch screen and a GPS module,
obtaining weather information from a predetermined server using the communication module;
detecting a user's touch and drag on the touch screen;
dividing an entire screen into a plurality of weather information areas and displaying necessary weather information for each of the weather information areas based on the weather information; and
if the user's touch or drag occurs, providing detailed weather information to the user by specifying or transforming the weather information area adaptively to the generated touch or drag; including,
The plurality of weather information areas include a comprehensive weather area and a weather forecast area;
The step of providing meteorological details to the user,
According to the user's dragging direction with respect to the weather forecast area, a forecast set at a first time interval is horizontally expanded and provided in the weather forecast area, or a forecast having a second time interval wider than the first time interval is vertically expanded to provide providing;
providing the horizontal expansion by scrolling and displaying a forecast set at the first time interval in response to the user's drag when it is determined that the user's drag is in a horizontal first direction;
When the user's drag is determined to be in a second direction, which is a vertical direction perpendicular to the first direction, a forecast set at the second time interval is scrolled and displayed corresponding to the second direction in response to the user's drag. providing an extension; and
If the start point of the user's drag is included in the weather forecast area and the user's drag is determined to be a synthetic drag including both a vertical component and a horizontal component, the start and end points of the drag are extracted, and the end point is extracted from the start point of the drag. After generating the shortest drag that reaches , after calculating the horizontal and vertical components of the shortest drag, setting the direction of the drag to either the horizontal or vertical direction based on the larger component among the horizontal and vertical components. doing;
Meteorological information providing method comprising a.
The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of weather information areas,
Including at least one of a fine dust area, a nationwide weather area, a weather warning area, and a weather image area
Meteorological information providing method characterized by.
delete delete delete The method of claim 10, wherein the step of vertically expanding and providing the forecast,
canceling the horizontal expansion or the vertical expansion, and providing scrolling of the plurality of weather information areas according to the user's drag, when the user's drag is performed in an area outside the weather forecast area;
Weather information providing method characterized in that it further comprises.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the controlling to display necessary weather information for each weather information area comprises:
The location of the portable terminal device is determined in conjunction with the GPS module or the communication module, and at least one of the current location of the portable terminal device, current temperature information at the current location, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information is obtained. configuring the weather synthesis area by including;
Weather information providing method characterized in that it further comprises.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein configuring the weather synthesis area comprises:
selecting an element having a difference of at least a predetermined level compared to a previous record among the current temperature information, the sensed temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet light information; and
generating a feature comment by extracting a feature by the selected element, and including the created feature comment in the comprehensive area;
Meteorological information providing method comprising a.

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