KR20080092123A - Mobile terminal and method for cotrolling an operation in thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile terminal and operation control method thereof are provided to use a touch screen more efficiently by adjusting the size of usable keys larger than those of un-usable keys, and to promote the user's convenience. A first display part(110) displays at least one object. A second display part(120) is a touch screen type display for displaying a navigation key for highlight display moving of the object. A control part adjusts the size of the direction keys for constituting the navigation key in accordance with the arrangement method of the object. The first display part is one of LCD(Liquid Crystal Display) and touch screen. The first and the second display part are divided into each display area on one touch screen, in case of touch screen. In case of arranging the objects to one direction, the control part adjusts the size of the direction keys corresponding to one direction to be larger than the direction keys not corresponding to one direction. The control part enlarges the size of up/down/right/left direction keys, in case of arranging the objects with grid style.

Description

Mobile terminal and method for cotrolling an operation in Technical Field

1 is a perspective view showing a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling direction key size adjustment of the second display unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4C are explanatory diagrams illustrating a process of controlling direction key size adjustment of the second display unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling size adjustment of various keys of the second display unit according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6A to 6B are explanatory diagrams illustrating a process of controlling size adjustment of various keys of the second display unit according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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110: first display unit 120: second display unit

130: memory 140: broadcast receiving unit

150: communication unit 160: control unit

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method of controlling an operation of a mobile terminal having a touch screen type display unit on which a plurality of keys are displayed for a user's terminal operation.

Today, with the remarkable development of the information and communication field, there is a rapid change in the information and communication environment, and among such changes, mobile terminals are being used as much as they are considered essential in modern society.

Due to the demand of consumers due to the expansion of the mobile terminal, various functions such as video recording and playback, broadcast playback, and MP3 file playback are added to the mobile communication terminal in addition to the general voice call.

As various functions are added to the mobile terminal as described above, in order to provide a new type of input device to the user, the mobile terminal is equipped with a touch screen type display unit on which keys for operating the user's terminal are displayed.

For example, if the type of the mobile terminal is a slide type terminal, a first display unit for displaying the state and information of a general terminal and a touch for displaying the keys mentioned above are displayed on the front of the slide terminal. The second display portion of the screen type is mounted.

However, the size of each key is fixed to the second display unit of the touch screen type as described above.

Therefore, when the mobile terminal performs a specific function, the keys available in the current state and the keys unavailable in the current state are the same, which makes it difficult to use the touch area of the touch screen more efficiently.

Summary of the Invention An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal having a touch screen displaying a plurality of keys for manipulating a terminal of a user so that the keys available within a function currently being performed are greater than the unusable keys. Its purpose is to provide an operation control method.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile terminal including: a first display unit on which at least one object is displayed; A second display unit of a touch screen type on which a navigation key for moving the highlight display of the object is displayed; It includes a control unit for adjusting the size of the direction keys constituting the navigation key in accordance with the alignment method of the object.

In this case, the first display unit is any one of a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch screen. If the first display unit is a touch screen, the first and second display units may be divided into display regions on one touch screen.

In addition, when the objects are aligned in one direction, the controller adjusts the size of the direction keys corresponding to the one direction among the direction keys to be larger than the direction keys not corresponding to the one direction.

That is, the controller enlarges the size of the up / down direction keys when the objects are aligned in the up / down direction, and enlarges the size of the left / right direction keys when the objects are aligned in the left / right direction.

In addition, when the objects are arranged in a grid style, the controller enlarges the size of the up / down / left / right arrow keys.

In addition, the operation control method of the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first display unit for displaying at least one object, and the second display unit of the touch screen type to display a navigation key for moving the highlight display of the object A method of controlling an operation of a mobile terminal, comprising: identifying an alignment method of the objects; And adjusting the size of the direction keys constituting the navigation key of the second display unit according to the identified alignment method.

In addition, the mobile terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention, the first display unit for displaying the event-related information; A second display unit of a touch screen type on which at least one key for a user's terminal operation is displayed; When the event occurs, the second display unit includes a control unit for adjusting the size of the key associated with the generated event.

In this case, the second display unit displays at least one of a navigation key for moving the highlight display of the objects, various function keys for executing a specific function, and keys for text input.

The event may be at least one of call reception, message reception, broadcast reproduction, sound reproduction, game, and alarm output.

In addition, the control unit adjusts the size of the keys available in the generated event among the keys to be larger than the unavailable keys.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling an operation of a mobile terminal, comprising: a first display unit displaying event related information and a second display unit of a touch screen type displaying at least one key for operating the terminal; A method of controlling an operation of a terminal, the method comprising: determining whether an event occurs; If the event occurs, the second display unit comprises the step of adjusting the size of the key associated with the generated event.

As described above, the mobile terminal discussed in the present invention may be applied to various types of terminals such as game machines, digital cameras, PMPs, as well as terminals capable of receiving digital broadcasts, MP3s, PDAs, mobile phones, and smart phones.

Hereinafter, a description will be given on the assumption that the present invention is applied to a terminal such as a mobile phone for simplicity of explanation.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a mobile terminal according to the present invention.

1 and 2, the first display unit 110 is a display device which is generally provided in a mobile terminal. The operation state and a plurality of information of the mobile terminal are displayed, and the second display unit 120 is touched. Keys for operating the user's terminal are displayed in the screen type.

In this case, the first display unit 110 may be provided as a liquid crystal display (LCD) module on the mobile terminal, or may be provided in the same touch screen form as the second display unit 120.

Preferably, when the first display unit 110 is provided in the form of a touch screen, the first display unit 110 and the second display unit 120 may be provided in a form in which display areas are divided on one touch screen.

In addition, a plurality of objects are displayed on the first display unit 110. The objects are objects to be processed in a mobile terminal such as a menu list, a phone number list, a call list, a message list, a picture file, a voice file, a video file, and the like. It means a predetermined image shape.

In this case, the objects displayed on the first display unit 110 are displayed by an alignment method preset in the mobile terminal. For example, the alignment method may include an up / down scroll method, a left / right scroll method, and a grid style alignment method.

That is, when the objects are aligned in the up / down progress manner on the first display unit 110, the user touches the up / down direction keys among the direction keys of the navigation key 121 displayed on the second display unit 120. You can scroll through them.

In other words, the second display unit 120 displays a navigation key 121 composed of direction keys for cursor movement or highlight indication movement of objects displayed on the first display unit 110.

In FIG. 1, the shape of the direction keys constituting the navigation key 121 is displayed in the form of up / down / left / right lines, but the shape of the direction keys according to the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the direction keys of the navigation key 121 may each have an arrow shape indicating a different direction, and the navigation key 121 itself may be a jog dial, a wheel, a jug shuttle, or a scroll shape.

In addition, although the direction keys constituting the navigation key 121 are illustrated as keys for moving in up / down / left / right directions in FIG. 1, the direction of the direction keys for the present invention is not limited thereto, but the present invention is clearly defined. To do this.

In addition, various keys 122 for executing a predetermined function are displayed around the navigation key 121. For example, the keys 122 may execute functions for loading a menu, canceling, moving back to the menu, and the like.

In addition, although not shown in FIG. 1, the second display unit 120 may display not only the navigation key 121 and the keys 122, but also numeric keys for text input of a user.

The memory 130 stores a predetermined program for controlling the overall operation of the mobile terminal and various data input and output when the control operation of the mobile terminal is performed.

The broadcast receiver 140 receives a broadcast signal transmitted from a broadcast center and demultiplexes and decodes the broadcast signal.

The communication unit 150 modulates the signal generated by the control unit 160 and transmits the signal to the base station or demodulates the radio signal received from the base station to the baseband and outputs the signal to the control unit 160.

The controller 160 controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal, and in detail with reference to the drawings the operation process for adjusting the direction key size and function key size of the navigation key 121 of the control unit 160 according to the present invention in detail do.

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3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling direction key size adjustment of the second display unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

4A to 4C are explanatory diagrams illustrating a process of controlling direction key size adjustment of the second display unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the first display unit 110 and the second display unit 120 are interlocked with each other, and the first display unit 110 moves the cursor and highlight display in a direction in which the second display unit ( The navigation key 121 of 120 indicates an indicator.

That is, the controller 160 controls the size of the direction keys corresponding to the direction in which the cursor and the highlight display can be moved among the direction keys constituting the navigation key 121.

3 and 4, the controller 160 determines an arrangement method of the objects displayed on the first display unit 110 (S301), and the second display unit according to the determined arrangement method of the objects. The size of each direction key constituting the navigation key 121 displayed on 120 is adjusted (S302).

That is, when the objects are aligned in one direction, the controller 160 adjusts the size so that the direction keys corresponding to the one direction among the direction keys are larger than the direction keys not corresponding to the one direction.

Hereinafter, a process of adjusting the size of the direction keys according to the alignment method of the objects will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 4A to 4C.

1. When the object is aligned up or down.

As shown in FIG. 4A, when the alignment method of the objects displayed on the first display unit 110 is an up / down scroll method, the controller 160 may move up / down arrow keys among the direction keys constituting the navigation key 121. The touch recognition area of 121a) is enlarged than the touch recognition area of the left and right arrow keys.

That is, when the alignment method of the first display unit 110 is the up / down scroll method, the up / down direction keys 121a are used more than the left / right direction keys among the direction keys constituting the navigation key 121. .

Therefore, by adjusting the size of the up / down direction keys 121a to be larger than the left / right direction keys, the user may be able to indicate a direction in which the cursor and highlight display can be moved on the first display unit 110.

In addition, as the size of the movable direction keys increases, the number of touch error inputs of the user may be reduced.

2. When the objects are sorted by left / right scrolling.

As shown in FIG. 4B, when the alignment method of the objects displayed on the first display unit 110 is a left / right scrolling method, the control unit 160 may use the left / right arrow keys among the direction keys constituting the navigation key 121. The touch recognition area of 121b is enlarged than the touch recognition area of the up / down arrow keys.

3. The object is arranged in a grid style.

As shown in FIG. 4B, when the alignment method of the objects displayed on the first display unit 110 is a grid style, the controller 160 may move up / down among the direction keys constituting the navigation key 121. Increases the size of the touch recognition area of the / left / right arrow keys.

If the navigation key 121 includes only up / down / left / right direction keys, the size of the function keys 122 is slightly reduced in the second display unit 120 and the up / down / left / right direction keys It would be desirable to enlarge the size of.

Second Embodiment

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of controlling size adjustment of various keys of the second display unit according to the second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6A to 6B are explanatory diagrams illustrating a process of controlling size adjustment of various keys of the second display unit according to the first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

According to the second embodiment of the present invention, when a predetermined event occurs (S502) in the standby state (S501), the generated event among the keys 122 displayed on the second display unit 120 is generated. It is to adjust the size of the key associated with (S503).

That is, when a predetermined event occurs, the controller 160 adjusts the key available on the generated event among the keys 122 displayed on the second display unit 120 to be larger than the unavailable key.

In this case, the event refers to a state in which the mobile terminal, such as a call reception, a message reception, a broadcast playback, a sound playback, a game, an alarm output, or the like is output by a user or an external user in a standby state (Standby).

6A and 6B will be described in detail with reference to the process of adjusting the size of the various keys according to the type of event, for example.

1. The type of event is a call reception event.

As shown in FIG. 6A, when the current call reception event occurs through the communication unit 150, the controller 160 is the most frequently used call on the call reception event among the keys 122 of the second display unit 120. The size of the touch recognition area of the connection function key 122a and the call termination function key 122b is set to other function keys (the menu function keys and the function keys for moving to the previous are shown in the drawings, but are not limited thereto). Zoom in larger.

2. The event type is a message receiving event.

As shown in FIG. 6B, when the current message reception event occurs through the communication unit 150, the controller 160 uses the message most frequently used on the message reception event among the keys 122 of the second display unit 120. The touch recognition area size of the contents confirmation function key 122c is larger than other function keys (the menu function key, the function key for moving to the previous, and the end function key are shown in the drawings, but are not limited thereto). Zoom in.

3. The event type is a broadcast play event.

As illustrated in FIG. 6C, when a broadcast reproduction event for reproducing a broadcast signal received through the broadcast receiver 140 occurs, the controller 160 broadcasts one of the keys 122 of the keys 122 of the second display unit 120. The touch recognition area size of the function key 122d for changing and the function key 122e for adjusting the broadcast volume is enlarged larger than other function keys.

4. The event type is a game event.

As shown in FIG. 6D, when a game event occurs, the controller 160 sets the size of each direction key of the navigation key 121 for unit control in the game among the keys of the second display 122. Zoom in larger.

In addition, as shown in Figure 6e, when controlling the unit on the game event with the numeric keys, the control unit 160 is 2, 8, 4 corresponding to the up / down / left / right position of the number keys The size of the sixth key 122e is enlarged larger than the other numeric keys.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit and essential features of the present invention. For example, it will be very easy for those skilled in the art to use the above-described embodiments in combination with each other.

Accordingly, the above detailed description should not be construed as limiting in all aspects and should be considered as illustrative.

The scope of the invention should be determined by reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the equivalent scope of the invention are included in the scope of the invention.

In the mobile terminal and an operation control method therefor, the mobile terminal having a touch screen on which keys for operating the terminal of the user are displayed is adjusted so that the keys available in the function currently being performed are larger than the unavailable keys. Thus, the touch area of the touch screen can be used more efficiently.

Claims (12)

A first display unit displaying at least one object; A second display unit of a touch screen type on which a navigation key for moving the highlight display of the object is displayed; And And a controller for adjusting the size of the direction keys constituting the navigation key according to the arrangement of the objects. The method of claim 1, The first display unit is any one of a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a touch screen. The method of claim 2, If the first display unit is a touch screen, the first and second display units are divided into display regions on one touch screen, respectively. The method of claim 1, When the objects are aligned in one direction, the controller controls the size of the direction keys corresponding to the one direction among the direction keys to be larger than the direction keys not corresponding to the one direction. The method of claim 4, wherein The controller may be configured to enlarge the size of the up / down arrow keys when the objects are aligned in the up / down direction, and increase the size of the left / right arrow keys when the objects are aligned in the left / right direction. The method of claim 4, wherein The control unit, when the objects are arranged in a grid (Grid) style, the mobile terminal, characterized in that for increasing the size of the up / down / left / right direction keys. In the method of controlling the operation of a mobile terminal having a first display for displaying at least one object and a second display of a touch screen type to display a navigation key for moving the highlight display of the object, Determining an alignment method of the object; And And adjusting the size of the direction keys constituting the navigation key of the second display unit in accordance with the identified alignment method. A first display unit displaying event related information; A second display unit of a touch screen type on which at least one key for a user's terminal operation is displayed; And And a controller configured to adjust a size of a key associated with the generated event in the second display unit when an event occurs. The method of claim 8, The second display unit, at least one of a navigation key for moving the highlight display of the objects, various function keys for executing a specific function, and keys for text input is displayed. The method of claim 8, The event is a mobile terminal, characterized in that at least one of call reception, message reception, broadcast playback, sound playback, game, alarm output. The method of claim 8, The control unit, characterized in that for adjusting the size of the keys available in the generated event among the keys to be larger than the unavailable keys. In the method of controlling an operation of a mobile terminal having a first display unit for displaying event-related information and a second display unit of a touch screen type to display at least one key for operating the terminal, Determining whether an event occurs; And And adjusting the size of a key associated with the generated event in the second display unit when the event occurs.

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