KR20120040346A - An electronic device, a method for auto configuring menu using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An electronic device and a method for automatically configuring menu are provided to offer a customized menu for a user. CONSTITUTION: A control unit(190) confirms whether a year has been changed. When a year has been changed, the control unit generates a year page indicating the previous year. The control unit combines a menu object of the previous year with a generated year page. A storage unit(180) stores the generated year page and the menu object combined to the generated year page. The control unit confirms whether a menu mode command is detected. When the menu mode command is detected, the control unit displays at least one year page.

Description

An electronic device, a method for auto configuring menu using the same}

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method for automatically configuring a menu, and more particularly, to an electronic device for configuring a menu which is convenient for a user and a method for automatically configuring a menu using the same.

Electronic devices such as broadcast receivers, personal computers, laptops, cellular phones, and the like may be configured to perform various functions. Examples of such various functions include broadcast reception function, data and voice communication function, taking a picture or video through a camera, a voice recording function, a music file playing function through a speaker system, and an image or video display function. Some terminals may include additional functionality to play games.

In addition, the electronic device has been slimmed for convenience of movement, and has been developed to include input devices such as a touch pad and a touch screen for convenience of operation. Current electronic devices perform corresponding operations when the touch pad and the touch screen are touched. These operations correspond to making selections on the display screen. These operations may also include page paging, scrolling, panning, zooming, and the like.

In the touch pad, the movement of the input pointer corresponds to the relative movement of the user's finger as the user's finger moves along the surface of the touch pad. On the other hand, the touch screen is a kind of display screen having a touch sensitive transparent panel covering the screen. When using a touch screen, the user selects the GUI object by pointing the GUI object directly on the display screen (usually with a stylus or finger).

An object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device for providing a customized menu to a user and a method of automatically configuring a menu.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electronic device and a method for automatically configuring a menu that can configure a menu item in a form convenient for a user to use.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the automatic menu configuration method on a computer.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the automatic menu configuration method according to the present invention includes the steps of checking whether the year is changed, generating a year page indicating a previous year if the year is changed, and a previous year. Associating the menu object with the generated year page. Here, at least some areas of the menu object may be displayed on the service page. In addition, the menu object may be displayed in the shape of a dog.

The automatic menu configuration method may further include determining whether a menu mode command is detected, and if at least one menu mode command is detected, displaying at least one year page.

The automatic menu configuration method may further include receiving one of the displayed at least one year page, and placing and displaying a menu object associated with the selected year page on a service page. Here, the year page and the service page may be displayed by overlapping some regions with each other.

In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for automatically configuring a menu according to the present invention, the method comprising: checking whether a year has been changed, generating a year page indicating a current year if the year is changed, and an initial menu object. The method may include displaying a message for confirming whether or not to use the initial menu object, and associating the initial menu object with the generated year page when it is determined that the initial menu object is used.

The automatic menu configuration method may include checking whether a menu mode command is detected, and if the menu mode command is detected, placing and displaying an initial menu object associated with the generated year page on a service page. It may further include. Here, at least some areas of the menu object may be displayed on the service page. In addition, the menu object may be displayed in the shape of a dog.

The displaying may include displaying the generated year page and the generated year page in a previous year.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for automatically configuring a menu according to the present invention, displaying a plurality of service pages and at least one menu object pasted on one service page among the plurality of service pages. Storing the usage information on the displayed menu object, and changing a service page to which the menu object is attached or a location at which the menu object is attached to a service page based on the stored usage information. . Here, the contextual information may include at least one of location information, movement information, and time information. In addition, at least some areas of the menu object may be displayed on the service page. In addition, the menu object may be displayed in the shape of a dog.

In the changing step, the color of the menu object may be changed.

The automatic menu configuration method may further include recognizing context information and changing a service page to which the menu object is attached or a position at which the menu object is attached to a service page based on the recognized context information. .

According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic device according to the present invention checks whether a year is changed, and if the year is changed, generates an year page indicating a previous year, and displays a menu object of the previous year. The control unit may be connected to the generated year page, and the storage unit may store the generated year page and a menu object associated with the generated year page. Here, at least some areas of the menu object may be displayed on the service page. In addition, the menu object may be displayed in the shape of a dog.

The controller may determine whether a menu mode command is detected and, if the menu mode command is detected, control to display at least one year page.

When the controller detects a selection signal for selecting one of the displayed at least one year page, the controller may control the menu object associated with the selected year page to be located and displayed on the service page.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device including a display for displaying a plurality of service pages and at least one menu object pasted on one service page of the plurality of service pages on the screen; And a storage unit for storing usage information about the displayed menu object, and a control unit for changing a service page to which the menu object is attached or a location at which the menu object is to be attached to a service page based on the stored usage information. Here, the contextual information may include at least one of location information, movement information, and time information. In addition, at least some areas of the menu object may be displayed on the service page. In addition, the menu object may be displayed in the shape of a dog.

The controller may recognize context information and change a service page to which the menu object is attached or a position at which the menu object is to be attached to a service page based on the recognized context information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure checks whether a year is changed and, if the year is changed, a controller for generating a year page indicating a current year, and an initial menu object. And a display configured to display a message for confirming whether to use the first menu object. When the controller determines that the initial menu object is used, the controller may associate the initial menu object with the generated year page.

The controller determines whether a menu mode command is detected in the automatic menu configuration method, and when the menu mode command is detected, controls the initial menu object associated with the generated year page to be located and displayed on a service page. can do. Here, at least some areas of the menu object may be displayed on the service page. In addition, the menu object may be displayed in the shape of a dog. In addition, the controller may control to display the generated year page and the generated year page in the previous year.

According to the electronic device and automatic menu configuration method according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a customized menu to the user, and to configure the menu items in a form convenient for the user, the user can use the electronic device more easily and conveniently .

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a preferred embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention;
2 is a view showing a process of performing a preferred embodiment of the method for automatically configuring a menu according to the present invention;
3 is a diagram illustrating a screen of an embodiment in which a main menu is displayed;
4 is a diagram illustrating a screen of an embodiment in which a past menu is displayed;
5 is a diagram illustrating a screen of another embodiment in which a past menu is displayed;
6 is a diagram illustrating a screen of an embodiment in which a submenu is displayed;
7 is a view showing a process of performing another preferred embodiment of the method for automatically configuring a menu according to the present invention;
8 is a view showing a process of performing another preferred embodiment of the method for automatically configuring a menu according to the present invention;
FIG. 9 illustrates a screen of another embodiment in which a main menu is displayed; FIG.
FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which the configuration of the main menu displayed in FIG. 9 is changed according to usage information.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, preferred embodiments of the present invention that can specifically realize the above object will be described. At this time, the configuration and operation of the present invention shown in the drawings and described by it will be described as at least one embodiment, by which the technical spirit of the present invention and its core configuration and operation is not limited.

The terms used in the present invention have been selected as general terms widely used as possible in consideration of the functions in the present invention, but may vary according to the intention or custom of a person skilled in the art or the emergence of a new technology. In addition, in certain cases, there is also a term arbitrarily selected by the applicant, in which case the meaning will be described in detail in the description of the invention. Therefore, it is intended that the terms used in the present invention should be defined based on the meanings of the terms and the general contents of the present invention rather than the names of the simple terms.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a preferred embodiment of an electronic device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic device 100 includes a tuner unit 110, a mobile communication unit 115, a demodulator 120, a network interface unit 130, a signal processor 140, a display 150, and a voice output. The unit 160, an input device 170, a storage unit 180, a controller 190, and an external signal receiver 135 are included. The electronic device 100 may be a personal computer system such as a desktop, laptop, tablet, or handheld computer. In addition, the electronic device 100 may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation device, or the like. Can be.

The electronic device 100 may be a personal computer system such as a desktop, laptop, tablet, or handheld computer. In addition, the electronic device 100 may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation device, or the like. Can be.

The tuner unit 110 selects an RF broadcast signal corresponding to a channel selected by a user from among radio frequency (RF) broadcast signals received through an antenna, and converts the selected RF broadcast signal into an intermediate frequency signal or a baseband video or audio signal. To convert. For example, if the selected RF broadcast signal is a digital broadcast signal, it is converted into a digital IF signal (DIF). If the analog broadcast signal is converted into an analog baseband video or audio signal (CVBS SIF). That is, the tuner 110 may process a digital broadcast signal or an analog broadcast signal. The analog baseband video or audio signal CVBS SIF output from the tuner 110 may be directly input to the signal processor 140.

In addition, the tuner unit 110 may receive a single broadcast RF broadcast signal according to an ATSC (Advanced Television System Committee) scheme or a multiple broadcast RF broadcast signal according to a digital video broadcasting (DVB) scheme.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 100 may include at least two tuner parts. In the case of having at least two tuner units, the second tuner unit selects an RF broadcast signal corresponding to a channel selected by a user from among RF broadcast signals received through an antenna, similarly to the first tuner unit, and intermediates the selected RF broadcast signal. Convert to frequency signal or baseband video or audio signal.

In addition, the second tuner may sequentially select the RF broadcast signals of all the broadcast channels stored through the channel memory function among the received RF broadcast signals and convert them to intermediate frequency signals or baseband video or audio signals. The second tuner may periodically perform the conversion of all broadcast channels. Accordingly, the electronic device 100 may display an image of a broadcast signal converted through the first tuner unit and provide images of various channels converted through the second tuner unit in the form of thumbnails. In this case, the first tuner unit converts the main RF broadcast signal selected by the user into an intermediate frequency signal or a baseband video or audio signal, and the second tuner unit sequentially / periodically selects all the RF broadcast signals except for the main RF broadcast signal. This may be converted into an intermediate frequency signal or a baseband video or audio signal.

The demodulator 120 receives the digital IF signal DIF converted by the tuner 110 and performs a demodulation operation. For example, when the digital IF signal output from the tuner 110 is an ATSC scheme, the demodulator 120 performs 8-VSB (8-Vestigial Side Band) demodulation. As another example, when the digital IF signal output from the tuner 110 is a DVB scheme, the demodulator 120 performs coded orthogonal frequency division modulation (COFDMA) demodulation.

Also, the demodulation unit 120 may perform channel decoding. To this end, the demodulator 120 includes a trellis decoder, a de-interleaver, and a reed solomon decoder to perform trellis decoding, deinterleaving, Solomon decoding can be performed.

The demodulation unit 120 may perform demodulation and channel decoding, and then output a stream signal TS. In this case, the stream signal may be a signal multiplexed with a video signal, an audio signal, or a data signal. For example, the stream signal may be an MPEG-2 Transport Stream (TS) multiplexed with an MPEG-2 standard video signal, a Dolby AC-3 standard audio signal, and the like. Specifically, the MPEG-2 TS may include a header of 4 bytes and a payload of 184 bytes.

The stream signal output from the demodulator 120 may be input to the signal processor 140. The signal processor 140 performs demultiplexing and signal processing, and then outputs an image to the display 150, and outputs an audio to the audio output unit 160.

In addition, in the case of a digital broadcast receiver having at least two tuners, a number of demodulators corresponding thereto may be provided. The demodulator may be provided separately according to the ATSC scheme and the DVB scheme.

The mobile communication unit 115 transmits and receives a radio signal with at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include various types of data according to transmission and reception of a voice call signal, a video call call signal, or a text / multimedia message.

The network interface unit 130 receives the packets received from the network and transmits the packets to the network. The network interface unit 130 may receive an IP packet for transmitting broadcast data from a broadcast service providing server through a network. Here, the broadcast data includes content, update messages indicating whether to update the content, metadata, service information, software code, and A / V data. In addition, the service information may include service information for the real-time broadcast service and service information for the Internet service. The Internet service includes content services such as CoD (Content's on Demand), YouTube service, weather, news, local information and search, entertainment services such as games and karaoke, TV mail, and TV SMS (Short Message Service). This means a service that can be provided through the Internet. Accordingly, in the present invention, the digital broadcast receiver includes a network TV, a web TV and a broadband TV. In addition, the broadcast service may include an internet service as well as a broadcast service provided through terrestrial, satellite, and cable.

The controller 190 executes a command and performs an operation associated with the electronic device 100. For example, the controller 190 may control input and output between the components of the electronic device 100 and reception and processing of data by using a command retrieved from the storage unit 180. The controller 190 may be implemented on a single chip, multiple chips, or multiple electrical components. For example, various architectures may be used for the controller 190, including dedicated or embedded processors, single purpose processors, controllers, ASICs, and the like.

The controller 190 executes computer code together with an operating system to generate and use data. The operating system is generally known and will not be described in more detail. By way of example, the operating system may be a Window based OS, Unix, Linux, Palm OS, DOS, Android, Macintosh, and the like. The operating system, other computer code, and data may be present in the storage unit 180 that operates in conjunction with the control unit 190.

The storage unit 180 generally provides a place for storing program codes and data used by the electronic device 100. For example, the storage unit 180 may be implemented as a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive, or the like. The program code and data may reside in a removable storage medium and may be loaded or installed onto the electronic device 100 as needed. Removable storage media herein include CD-ROMs, PC-CARDs, memory cards, floppy disks, magnetic tape, and network components.

The display 150 may operate in connection with the controller 190. The display 150 may be implemented as an organic light emitting panel or a plasma panel.

The display 150 may display a graphical user interface (GUI) 153 that provides an easy-to-use interface between the user of the electronic device and an operating system or an application running on the operating system. The GUI 153 presents the program, file, and operation options in a graphical image. A graphical image may include a window, a field, a dialog box, a menu, an icon, a button, a cursor, a scroll bar, and the like. Such images may be arranged in a predefined layout or may be dynamically generated to help with the particular action the user is taking. During operation, a user can select and activate an image to present functions and tasks associated with various graphical images. By way of example, a user may select a button that opens, closes, minimizes, or maximizes a window, or an icon that launches a particular program.

The input device 170 may be a touch screen disposed on or in front of the display 150. The touch screen may be integrated with the display 150 or may be a separate component. As the touch screen is disposed in front of the display 150, the user may directly manipulate the GUI 153. For example, the user may only place his finger on the object to be controlled. In the touchpad, there is no one-to-one relationship like this.

In the touchpad, the touchpad is generally in a different plane away from the display 150. For example, display 150 is generally located in a vertical plane and the touchpad is generally located in a horizontal plane. This makes its use less intuitive and therefore more difficult when compared to a touch screen. In addition to being a touch screen, the input device 170 may be a multipoint input device.

The controller 190 may recognize the gesture 171 applied to the input device 170 and control the electronic device 100 based on the recognized gesture 171. Here, the gesture may include a touch gesture and a space gesture. Touch gestures may be defined as stylized interactions with the input device 170 that map to one or more specific computing operations. The gesture 171 may be performed through various hands, and more specifically, through finger movements. As another alternative or in addition, the gesture may be done with a stylus.

The input device 170 receives the gesture 171, and the controller 190 executes commands for performing operations associated with the gesture 171. In addition, the storage unit 180 may include a gesture operating program 181 which may be part of an operating system or a separate application. Gesture operator 181 generally recognizes the occurrence of gesture 171 and in turn responds to gesture 171 and / or gesture 171 to inform one or more software agents of what action (s) should be taken. Contains the command of.

When the user performs one or more gestures, the input device 170 transmits gesture information to the controller 190. Using commands from the storage unit 180, more specifically, the gesture operation program 181, the controller 190 interprets the gesture 171 and stores the storage unit 180, the display 150, and the voice output unit ( 160, different components of the electronic device 100, such as the signal processor 140, the network interface 130, and the input device 170, are controlled. The gesture 171 performs an operation in an application stored in the storage unit 180, modifies a GUI object displayed on the display 150, modifies data stored in the storage unit 180, and the network interface unit 130. ) May be identified as a command for performing an operation in the signal processor 140. By way of example, these commands may be associated with zooming, panning, scrolling, page turning, rotation, resizing, video channel change, content reception, Internet connection, and the like. As a further example, the command may also be used to launch a particular program, open a file or document, view a menu, make a selection, execute a command, log on to an Internet site system, authorized person Permitting access to restricted areas of the computer system, loading a user profile associated with a user's preferred array of desktops, and / or the like.

A wide variety of different gestures can be used. By way of example, the gesture may be a single point or multipoint gesture, a static or dynamic gesture, a continuous or segmented gesture, and / or the like. Single point gestures are gestures performed with a single point of contact. For example, this gesture is performed with a single touch with an object, for example one finger, palm or stylus. Multipoint gestures are gestures that may be performed with multiple points, for example, the gestures may be from, for example, multiple fingers, fingers and palms, fingers and stylus, multiple stylus and / or any combination thereof. As is performed with multiple touches. Static gestures are gestures that do not include movement, and dynamic gestures are gestures that do include movement. Continuous gestures are gestures performed in a single stroke, and distinct gestures are gestures performed in a sequence of separate steps or strokes.

Contact of the object with the touch screen typically has several different patterns. For example, a single point gesture on a touch screen includes a down event followed by an up event at or about the same location as the down event. Dynamic gestures on the touch screen include a down event followed by at least one dragging event, followed by an up event.

In some embodiments, parameters are used to describe the process by which a finger approaches a touch screen display, contacts a touch screen display, and moves away from the touch screen display. This parameter may be at least one of the distance between the finger and the touch screen display, the pressure at which the finger presses the touch screen display, the contact area between the finger and the touch screen, the voltage between the finger and the touch screen, the capacitance between the finger and the touch screen display, or at least one of the physical parameters. It may be a function of.

In some embodiments, depending on the magnitude of a parameter (eg, capacitance) between the finger and the touch screen display, when this parameter exceeds a predetermined threshold, a down event occurs and the parameter exceeds the predetermined threshold and While the finger's corresponding cursor position moves from position A to position B, a dragging event occurs, and an up event occurs when this parameter falls below the threshold level.

The controller 190 may detect each of the menu mode command, the past menu mode command, the year selection command, and the year change command from the associated gesture.

The controller 190 may detect a year selection command when detecting a down event and a subsequent up event in a region where a year page is located.

The controller 190 may detect a past menu mode command when the contact between the object and the touch screen in the menu mode continues for a predetermined time or more. In addition, the controller 190 may detect a menu mode command when the contact between the object and the touch screen in the past menu mode continues for a predetermined time or more. The area where contact occurs may be an area where a menu object and a service page are not displayed.

 The external signal receiver 135 may provide an interface for connecting the external device to the electronic device 100. Here, the external device may refer to various types of video or audio output devices such as a DVD (Digital Versatile Disk), Blu-ray (Bluray), a game device, a camcorder, a computer (laptop), and a USB memory or a USB hard disk. It may be a device. The electronic device 100 may control the video signal and the audio signal received from the external signal receiver 135 to be displayed, and may store or use the data signal.

Also, the external device may be the photographing device 90. The photographing apparatus 90 may include a plurality of cameras. The imaging device 90 can image a person. The photographing apparatus 90 may recognize a hand region of a person, focus on the hand region, and zoom in to capture an image. In this case, the captured hand may be recognized as a spatial gesture. That is, the controller 190 may recognize the captured hand as a spatial gesture and execute commands for performing the recognized spatial gesture related operations. Here, the spatial gesture may be defined as a gesture recognized from an image frame or an image received from the photographing apparatus 90, which is mapped to one or more specific computing operations.

2 is a diagram illustrating a preferred embodiment of a method for automatically configuring a menu according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the controller 190 checks whether the year has been changed (S100).

If the year is changed, the controller 190 generates a year page indicating the previous year (S110).

The controller 190 associates the menu object of the previous year with the generated year page and stores the generated year page and the menu object associated with the generated year page in the storage unit 180 (S120). Here, the menu object is a mapping of associated computing operations and is associated with a specific service page. In other words, the menu object represents at least one menu item. Menu objects can also be displayed attached to a service page on the main menu.

3 is a diagram illustrating a screen of an embodiment in which a main menu is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 3, the display 150 may display the screen 300 as a main menu screen. The main menu screen may be displayed as an initial screen after completion of booting, may be displayed when a menu request command is detected, or may be displayed when a menu mode switch command is detected.

The screen 300 displays the menu object 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318 and the area 320 in which the service page is located. Here, the menu objects 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, and 318 are located in a specific service page. The menu object 311 is located on the service page 321, the menu object 312 is located on the service page 322, and the menu object 318 is located on the service page 328.

The menu objects 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, and 318 have some areas attached to the service page on which the menu object is located. Although not shown, the entire area of the menu object may be attached to the service page where the menu object is located. In addition, as shown in the screen 300, the menu object may be displayed in the shape of a book, and the plurality of service pages may be displayed by overlapping some areas with each other. In addition, the menu objects 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, and 318 are stored in association with the year page in step S120.

The controller 190 checks whether a past menu mode command is detected (S130).

If a past menu mode command is detected, the display 150 displays at least one year page (S140).

4 is a diagram illustrating a screen of an embodiment in which a past menu is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 4, the display 150 may display the screen 400 in step S140. A plurality of year pages may be displayed, such as year pages 410, 420, 430, and 440. Service pages and menu objects 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 415, 417, 418 are also displayed between year page 410 and year page 420. Here, the menu objects 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 415, 417, and 418 are associated with the year page 410.

The controller 190 checks whether one of the displayed year pages is selected (S150). Herein, when the year selection command for selecting a particular year page is detected, the controller 190 may confirm that the year page is selected. In addition, the controller 190 may confirm that the year page is selected when a year change command for changing the selected year is input. For example, 2010 may be a year in which the year indicated by the year page 410 is selected on the screen 400, and when the year change command is input, the selected year may be a year in which 2009, the year indicated by the year page 420, is selected. .

If the year page is selected, the display 150 locates and displays a menu object associated with the selected year page on the service page (S160).

5 is a diagram illustrating a screen of another embodiment in which a past menu is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 5, the display 150 may display the screen 500 in step S160. The screen 500 is a screen displaying a past menu when the year 2009 is selected. Service pages and menu objects 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, and 328 are also displayed between year page 320 and year page 330. Here, the menu objects 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, and 328 are associated with the year page 320.

6 is a diagram illustrating a screen of an embodiment in which a sub-menu is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 6, when a down event is detected for a predetermined time while in a region where the menu object 311 is located, a sub-menu list listing sub menu items of the menu object 311 may be displayed.

When the down event is detected in the menu object 311 for a time smaller than the preset time, the service page associated with the menu object 311 may be displayed in full screen.

The sub-menu list may be displayed in a page form like the sub-menu list 1020 and may be displayed in a form pasted with the menu object 311. The sub menu list 620 includes sub menus 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, and 626.

Each submenu included in the submenu list is associated with a specific service page, and when a submenu is selected, the service page associated with the selected submenu may be displayed in full screen. For example, if the service menu 621 is selected, the service page of January 1 may be displayed. The service page of January 1 may display schedule information of January 1.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating another preferred embodiment of a method for automatically configuring a menu according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 7, the controller 190 checks whether the year has been changed (S200).

If the year is changed, the controller 190 generates a year page indicating the current year (S210).

The controller 190 checks whether the initial menu object is used (S220). Herein, the controller 190 may display a message for confirming whether or not the initial menu object is used, and check whether the initial menu object is used as a value input through the message. Here, the initial menu object is a menu object provided by default, and may be composed of a plurality of menu objects. In addition, the initial menu object may be set at the time of production of the electronic device 100, may be updated, and may be changed by the user. For example, the initial menu object may include the menu objects 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, and 318 illustrated in FIG. 3.

When it is determined that the initial menu object is used, the controller 190 associates an initial menu object with the generated year page, and stores the generated year page and the initial menu object associated with the generated year page. Stored in the unit 180 (S230).

In some embodiments, when it is determined that the initial menu object is not used, the controller 190 may control to display a graphic user interface for menu configuration. Here, the controller 190 may display a message for confirming whether the graphic user interface is displayed and adjust whether to display the graphic user interface according to a value input through the message.

In some embodiments, when it is determined that the initial menu object is not used, the controller 190 may not perform a separate operation.

The controller 190 checks whether a menu mode command is detected (S240).

If a menu mode command is detected, the display 150 displays a service page and a menu object between the current year page and the previous year page (S250). Herein, the display 150 may display the screen 400. In this case, the screen 400 is used as the screen on which the main menu is displayed, and the year page 410 on the screen 400 indicates the current year. In addition, menu objects 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418 are displayed between the current year page 410 and the previous year page 420. The menu objects 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418 are menu objects associated with the current year page. If a menu object located between the current year page 410 and the previous year page 420 is additionally generated, the controller 190 may associate the additionally generated menu object with the current year page 410. In addition, when there is no menu object associated with the current year page 410, the menu object may not be displayed.

The controller 190 checks whether one of the displayed year pages is selected (S260). Herein, when the year selection command for selecting a particular year page is detected, the controller 190 may confirm that the year page is selected. In addition, the controller 190 may confirm that the year page is selected when a year change command for changing the selected year is input. For example, if the current year 2010 is selected on the screen 400, and a year change command is input while the screen 400 is displayed, the selected year will be the selected year 2009, which is the year indicated by the year page 420. Can be.

If the year page is selected, the display 150 locates and displays a menu object associated with the selected year page on the service page (S270). The display 150 may display the screen 500.

In some embodiments, display 150 displays service pages and menu objects except the year page in step S250. In this case, the display 150 may display the screen 300 in step S250.

8 is a view showing the implementation of another preferred embodiment of the automatic menu configuration method according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8, the display 150 displays a plurality of service pages and at least one menu object attached to one service page of the plurality of service pages on the screen (S300).

9 is a diagram illustrating a screen of another embodiment in which a main menu is displayed.

Referring to FIG. 9, the display 150 may display the screen 900 in step S300. The screen 900 displays the menu objects 910, 920, 930, 940, 950, 960, 970, and 980 arranged from the top to the bottom and aligned from the left to the right.

The controller 190 checks whether a specific menu object is used (S310).

When the menu object is used, the controller 190 stores menu usage information in the menu usage list (S320). The menu usage list may be stored in the storage unit 180.

The menu usage information may include time information on which the menu is used and information on place where the menu is used. The controller 190 may check the place information using the menu from the GPS information received from the mobile communication unit 115 or the GPS information received from the network interface unit 130.

The menu usage list may include menu usage statistics information for each menu object. The menu usage statistics information includes at least one of the number of menu selections per hour, the number of menu selections per place, and the total number of menu selections.

The controller 190 determines whether a menu configuration change is necessary based on the menu use list (S330). For example, when there is a menu object having the largest total number of use among the menu objects displayed below, the controller 190 may determine that the menu configuration needs to be changed.

In another embodiment, the controller 190 recognizes the situation information and determines whether a menu configuration change is necessary based on the recognized situation information and the menu use list. Here, the contextual information may include at least one of location information of the electronic device 100, movement information of the electronic device 100, and current time information. For example, if the situation information indicates a company, the controller 190 may determine that the menu configuration needs to be changed in order for the company to display the menus in order of increasing number of times. In addition, when the situation information indicates the evening time, it may be determined that the menu configuration needs to be changed in order to display the menu selection frequency in the evening time.

In addition, the controller 190 may perform step S330 when the automatic menu configuration change is set. Automatic menu configuration changes can be set and changed by the user.

If the menu configuration needs to be changed, the controller 190 changes the menu object configuration (S340). The controller 190 may display the total number of uses to be aligned from top to bottom, and may display the left to right alignment. The controller 190 may highlight and display a menu object having a high total number of times of use, and display the menu object by changing a color of the menu object according to the total number of times of use.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a screen in which a configuration of a main menu displayed in FIG. 9 is changed according to usage information.

Referring to FIG. 10, the controller 190 may control to change from the screen 900 to the screen 1000 in step S340. On screen 1000, menu object 910 is displayed at location 1050, menu object 920 is displayed at location 1040, and menu object 930 is displayed at location 1070. Also, on the screen 1000, the menu object 940 is displayed at the location 1060, the menu object 950 is displayed at the location 1020, and the menu object 960 is displayed at the location 1030. When the menu object 970 is displayed at the position 1080 and the menu object 980 is displayed at the position 1090, the menu object 990 is displayed at the position 1010.

The present invention can also be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer apparatus is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission via the Internet) . The computer-readable recording medium may also be distributed to networked computer devices so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described above, the present invention is not limited to the specific preferred embodiments described above, and the present invention belongs to the present invention without departing from the gist of the present invention as claimed in the claims. Various modifications can be made by those skilled in the art, and such changes are within the scope of the claims.

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Checking whether the year has changed;
If the year is changed, generating a year page indicating a previous year; And
Associating a menu object of a previous year with the generated year page. The method of claim 1,
Checking whether a menu mode command is detected; And
If at least one menu mode command is detected, displaying at least one year page. The method of claim 2,
Selecting one of the displayed at least one year page; And
And positioning and displaying a menu object associated with the selected year page on a service page. The method of claim 3, wherein
And the year page and the service page are partially overlapped with each other and displayed. The method of claim 1,
And at least a partial region of the menu object is displayed on a service page. The method of claim 1,
And the menu object is displayed in the shape of a palate. Checking whether the year has changed;
If the year is changed, generating a year page indicating a current year;
Displaying a message for confirming whether an initial menu object is used; And
And when it is determined that the initial menu object is used, associating the initial menu object with the generated year page. The method of claim 7, wherein
Checking whether a menu mode command is detected; And
And when the menu mode command is detected, placing and displaying an initial menu object associated with the generated year page on a service page. The method of claim 8,
Wherein the displaying comprises:
And displaying the generated year page and the generated year page in a previous year. Displaying a plurality of service pages and at least one menu object pasted on one service page of the plurality of service pages on a screen;
Storing usage information for the displayed menu object; And
And changing a service page to which the menu object is attached or a location at which the menu object is attached to a service page based on the stored usage information. The method of claim 10,
Recognizing situation information; And
And changing a service page to which the menu object is attached or a location at which the menu object is attached to a service page, based on the recognized context information. The method of claim 10,
The context information includes at least one of location information, movement information and time information. The method of claim 10,
In the step of changing,
Automatic menu configuration method characterized in that for changing the color of the menu object. The method of claim 10,
And the menu object is displayed in the shape of a palate. A control unit which checks whether a year has been changed and, if the year has changed, generates a year page indicating a previous year and associates a menu object of the previous year with the generated year page; And
And a storage unit which stores the generated year page and a menu object associated with the generated year page. 16. The method of claim 15,
The control unit,
Check whether a menu mode command is detected, and if the menu mode command is detected, control to display at least one year page. 17. The method of claim 16,
The control unit,
And when a selection signal for selecting one of the displayed at least one year page is detected, a menu object associated with the selected year page is positioned on a service page and controlled to be displayed. A display for displaying a plurality of service pages and at least one menu object pasted on one service page of the plurality of service pages on a screen;
A storage unit which stores usage information about the displayed menu object; And
And a control unit for changing a service page to which the menu object is attached or a location at which the menu object is to be attached to a service page based on the stored usage information. 19. The method of claim 18,
The control unit,
And recognize the context information and change a service page to which the menu object is attached or a location at which the menu object is attached to a service page based on the recognized context information. The method of claim 19,
The situation information includes at least one of location information, movement information, and time information.

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