KR20120058164A - Terminal unit with pointing device and controlling idle screen thereof - Google Patents

Terminal unit with pointing device and controlling idle screen thereof Download PDF

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KR20120058164A
KR20120058164A KR1020100119823A KR20100119823A KR20120058164A KR 20120058164 A KR20120058164 A KR 20120058164A KR 1020100119823 A KR1020100119823 A KR 1020100119823A KR 20100119823 A KR20100119823 A KR 20100119823A KR 20120058164 A KR20120058164 A KR 20120058164A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of controlling a phonebook application of a terminal device having a pointing device for generating and moving a cursor on a screen through the movement of a user's finger. Displaying a contact list together with the keyboard; Determining whether a motion detection signal is input from the pointing device; If a motion detection signal is input from the pointing device, causing the keyboard to disappear from the touch screen screen and displaying the contact list up to the screen area where the keyboard disappears; And sequentially activating a specific item of the contact list displayed on the screen in a direction corresponding to the up and down motion detection signal input from the pointing device.

Description

Terminal unit with pointing device and controlling idle screen according to the terminal device with a pointing device

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a contact application of a terminal device provided with a pointing device.

More specifically, the present invention relates to a terminal device having a pointing device for controlling a screen by moving a cursor (including a pointer) on a screen through a user's finger movement, and a method of controlling a contact application using the pointing device.

In general, various electronic devices are being made through the development of electronic communication technology, and these devices are increasingly emphasizing the user's ease of operation and the beautifulness of the design. Highlighted by this trend is the diversification of input devices represented by keyboards or keypads.

In addition, as various functions of the portable electronic device are integrated into one device, various menu settings for using the portable electronic device are required according to an operation mode of the portable electronic device. For example, searching and selecting the other party's phone number or file to be transmitted in the communication mode, searching for multimedia files in the multimedia mode, playing / stopping, pausing, etc. Is required. In addition, a function for basic setting or menu call of the portable electronic device itself is required.

In addition, as high-speed mobile communication technologies such as HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and WiBro (WiBro), which are 3.5 generation mobile communication, are recently commercialized, interest in full browsing has increased. Although a web page for a personal computer (PC) can be displayed on a mobile terminal, it is not easy to implement a PC internet screen on a screen of a narrow mobile terminal. In particular, controlling such an Internet screen is not much easier.

However, in the related art, a user needs to go through a menu search and selection process several times while moving between the upper menu and the lower menu in order to select a required function. In particular, in the full browsing screen, screen control is very inconvenient when the conventional menu selection method is applied.

Meanwhile, in a conventional mobile terminal using a touch screen, a user can select a function related to a menu or an icon simply by directly touching a menu or icon displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal with a finger, and a user interface according to various operations of the user. There is a problem that does not provide an environment.

The present invention is to solve the above problems,

In a terminal device equipped with a pointing device that controls a screen by moving a cursor (including a pointer) on a screen by a user's finger movement, a user quickly and conveniently uses a contact application of the terminal device through a simple operation using the pointing device. And to control.

The present invention relates to a method of controlling a phonebook application of a terminal device having a pointing device for generating and moving a cursor on a screen through the movement of a user's finger. Displaying a contact list together with the keyboard; Determining whether a motion detection signal is input from the pointing device; When the motion detection signal is input from the pointing device, causing the keyboard to disappear from the touch screen and displaying a contact list up to the screen area where the keyboard disappears; And sequentially activating a specific item of the contact list displayed on the screen in a direction corresponding to a vertical motion detection signal input from the pointing device.

In particular, detecting a pressing operation of a user's finger for selecting the activated specific item while the specific item is activated in the contact list displayed on the screen; And when the pressing operation is detected, determining whether the pressing operation is temporary or lasts for a predetermined time.

In addition, if the pressing operation is a temporary, it characterized in that it comprises a step of determining that the dome click (Dome click) operation to make a call to the stored phone number associated with the activated specific item.

In addition, if the pressing operation lasts for a predetermined time, it characterized in that it comprises the step of determining the long time press (Long Time Press) operation to display the details related to the activated specific item to the user .

According to the present invention has the following effects.

Through a simple operation using the pointing device, the user can quickly and conveniently use and control the phonebook application of the terminal device.

1 shows an external configuration of a terminal apparatus provided with a pointing device according to the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining a user input interface using a pointing device.
4 to 7 are exemplary diagrams for describing a method for controlling a phonebook application of a terminal device having a pointing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Repeated descriptions, well-known functions and configurations that may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, and detailed description of the configuration will be omitted. Embodiments of the present invention are provided to explain in detail the present invention to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the shape and size of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the main features of the present invention are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" or "include" a certain component, unless otherwise stated that does not exclude the other component that can further include or include other components it means.

The pointing device that can be applied to the present invention can be a pointing device using infrared (IR), laser, electric field, or the like. The pointing device may be mounted to the terminal device as an auxiliary input device.

Hereinafter, a terminal device equipped with a pointing device and a method for controlling a contact application according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 shows an external configuration of a terminal apparatus provided with a pointing device according to the present invention.

1 illustrates a portable terminal 1 as an example of a terminal device, but is not limited thereto. The terminal device includes a display unit 100 and a pointing device 200 and includes all electronic devices capable of wired / wireless communication and capable of executing multimedia content. For example, it may include an information terminal, a smartphone, a game machine, a PMP, a remote controller, a tablet PC, a notebook computer, an IPTV, and the like.

In this case, the display unit 100 may be provided on the upper surface of the portable terminal 1, and a liquid crystal display (LCD), which is currently commercialized, may be used.

The display unit 100 displays a cursor (including a pointer) 101 on the screen and outputs information according to the operation of the portable terminal 1 on the screen. In particular, a screen corresponding to a user interface (UI) input from the pointing device 200 is output to the outside.

The display unit 100 outputs a screen corresponding to an implementation of a phonebook application service according to the present invention to the user.

The pointing device 200 implements a pointing technology in a personal computer (PC) by generating and moving a cursor (including a pointer) on a screen output by a display as a input auxiliary device through a finger movement. For example, after raising a finger on the pointing device 200 and moving the finger up, down, left and right, the cursor moves according to the direction.

Here, the pointing device 200 may be applied to various techniques. The pointing device 200 applied to the present invention outputs movement information of a finger as a displacement value, and moves a cursor (including a pointer) on the screen by the displacement. Such a pointing device 200 may be applied with various sensors including an infrared sensor, a fingerprint sensor, and a pressure sensor.

2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the terminal device 1 includes a display unit 100, a pointing device 200, a controller 300, and a memory 400.

Here, the pointing device 200 detects the movement or pressing operation of the user's finger, and accordingly, the control unit 300 performs a different operation.

First, the pointing device 200 generates a motion detection signal or a touch detection signal corresponding to a movement of a user's finger (for example, 4 way) or a pressing motion. In this case, the means for detecting the user's finger pressing by the pointing device 200 may be implemented through a touch pad or a dom switch.

The controller 300 controls the screen to execute a corresponding function according to the user's moving or pressing operation through the pointing device 200, and outputs the determined screen through the display 100.

That is, when the motion detection signal is transmitted from the pointing device 200, the controller 300 reads the user's finger movement, and the items constituting the contact list (eg, names) are sequentially arranged in the direction corresponding to the movement of the user's finger. To be activated. When the touch detection signal is received from the pointing device 200, the controller 300 counts the contact time T by recognizing the user as a pressing operation for executing a specific function.

Here, the 'pressing operation' refers to an operation in which a user presses the pointing device 200 with a finger to execute a corresponding function.

The memory 400 stores an operation of a valid user interface and screen control information according to the result of reading the touch sensing signal, and provides the screen control information to the controller 300 at the request of the controller 300.

The memory 400 stores an operation of a valid user interface and control information according to the result of reading the light sensing signal and the amount of light, and provides the screen control information to the controller 300 at the request of the controller 300. .

The user interface using the pointing device 200 described above may include a 'moving operation' and a 'pressing operation'. Here, the moving operation for changing the position of the cursor or performing the navigation function includes' scroll 'and' swipe ', and the pressing operation for the user to execute a specific function is' Dome clicks' and 'Long Time Press' (see FIG. 3).

At this time, the dome click is a temporary state of pressing operation, and the long time press is classified as a continuous state of pressing operation. That is, the long time press operates when the contact time T is greater than or equal to the predefined time threshold t, while the dome click operates when the contact time T is less than the predefined time threshold t. Here, the contact time T and the predefined time threshold t may be in units of seconds, for example, the predefined time threshold t may be '1 second'.

'Dome click' executes a function linked to a specific item activated on a screen of the terminal device. Specific embodiments thereof will be described in more detail with reference to the following description.

In addition, the 'long time press' allows the user to display the details of a specific item activated on the screen of the terminal device or to implement a screen control function for controlling the specific item. At this time, the detail item and the screen control function related to the specific item are previously defined by the terminal developer. Specific embodiments thereof will be described in more detail with reference to the following description.

4 to 7 are exemplary diagrams for describing a method for controlling a phonebook application of a terminal device having a pointing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment of the method for controlling a contact application described below is for better understanding of the present invention, and the essential features of the present invention are not limited to the following embodiments.

First, referring to FIGS. 4 and 5, the left figure of FIGS. 4 and 5 shows a basic screen when the contact application is driven in the terminal device 1 according to the present invention. In this state, the contact list is displayed together with the keyboard on the touch screen screen of the terminal device 1. 4 and 5, a keyboard for allowing a user to input characters, special symbols, and the like is located in the lower area of the screen, and a contact list stored in the terminal device 1 is displayed on the upper part.

In the basic screen state, the controller determines whether a motion detection signal (Scroll or Swipe) is input from the pointing device.

When the motion detection signal is input from the pointing device, the controller causes the keyboard to disappear from the touch screen screen and displays the contact list up to the screen area where the keyboard disappears (see the right picture of FIGS. 4 and 5). The controller may display only the contact list on the screen where the keyboard disappears, and activate and display a specific item (for example, an item located in the middle) of the displayed contact list. The controller sequentially activates a specific item in the contact list displayed on the screen in a direction corresponding to the vertical motion detection signal input from the pointing device.

Next, the controller detects a pressing action of the user's finger for selecting the activated specific item while the specific item is activated in the contact list displayed on the screen.

At this time, when the pressing operation is detected, it is determined whether the pressing operation is temporary or lasts for a predetermined time.

As a result of the determination, when the pressing operation is temporary, it is determined as a dome click operation so that the call is made to the stored phone number in association with the activated specific item, otherwise (that is, when the pressing operation is a predefined time) If so, it is determined as a Long Time Press operation so that the details related to the activated specific item are displayed to the user.

For example, when the activated specific item is a name of a specific person, details related to the name may be a mobile phone number, a home phone number, a work phone number, a home address, an e-mail address, a date of birth, a memo, and the like.

According to the present invention, there is an effect that the user can quickly and conveniently use and control the contact application of the terminal device through a simple operation using the pointing device.

As described above, an optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and specification. Although specific terms have been used herein, they are used only for the purpose of describing the present invention and are not used to limit the scope of the present invention as defined in the meaning or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

1: portable terminal 100: display unit
200: pointing device 300: control unit
400: Memory

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A method for controlling a phonebook application of a terminal device having a pointing device for generating and moving a cursor on a screen through the movement of a user finger,
When the contact application is executed by the user, displaying a contact list together with a keyboard on a touch screen;
Determining whether a motion detection signal is input from the pointing device;
When the motion detection signal is input from the pointing device, causing the keyboard to disappear from the touch screen and displaying a contact list up to the screen area where the keyboard disappears; And
And sequentially activating a specific item of a contact list displayed on the screen in a direction corresponding to a vertical motion detection signal inputted from the pointing device. The method according to claim 1,
Detecting a pressing operation of a user's finger for selecting the activated specific item while a specific item of the contact list displayed on the screen is activated; And
And determining whether the pressing operation is temporary or lasting for a predetermined time when the pressing operation is detected. The method according to claim 2,
And when the pressing operation is temporary, determining that the click operation is a dome click operation so that a call is made to a stored phone number associated with the activated specific item. To control your contacts application. The method according to claim 2,
If the pressing operation lasts for a predetermined time, it is determined by the Long Time Press (Long Time Press) operation characterized in that it comprises the step of displaying the details related to the activated specific item to the user, pointing Method of controlling a contact application of a terminal equipped with a device.
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