KR20130092890A - Mobile terminal and method for controlling screen continuity thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A mobile terminal and a screen continuity control method thereof are provided to differently process the depth of an existing screen and the depth of a newly executed application screen by using a three-dimensional technique when a new real-time and one-time application is executed. CONSTITUTION: A display part (151) displays a first application. A memory (160) stores default depth. If a second application is executed while the first application is displayed, a control part (180) displays the first and second applications with different depth according to the stored default depth. The first application includes an application where continuity is important and an application which is not interrupted. [Reference numerals] (110) Wireless communication unit; (111) Broadcasting receiving module; (112) Mobile communication module; (113) Wireless internet module; (114) LAN module; (115) Position information module; (120) A/V input unit; (121) Camera; (122) Microphone; (130) User input unit; (140) Sensing unit; (150) Output unit; (151) Display unit; (152) Voice output module; (153) Alarm unit; (160) Memory; (170) Interface unit; (180) Control unit; (181) Multimedia module; (190) Power supply unit

Description

MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN CONTINUITY THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal capable of processing randomly generated real-time and one-time information and applications while maintaining a function in use, and a method for controlling screen continuity thereof.

The mobile terminal may be configured to perform various functions. Examples of such various functions include a data and voice communication function, a function of photographing a video or a moving image through a camera, a voice storage function, a music file playback function through a speaker system, and an image or video display function. Some mobile terminals include additional functions to execute games, and some other mobile terminals are also implemented as multimedia devices. Moreover, recent mobile terminals can receive broadcast or multicast signals to watch video or television programs.

Further, efforts for supporting and increasing the functions of the mobile terminal continue. Such efforts include not only changes and improvements in structural components that form the mobile terminal, but also improvements in software or hardware. Among them, the touch function of the mobile terminal allows a user who is unfamiliar with the button / key input to conveniently perform the operation of the terminal by using the touch screen. In recent years, not only simple input but also user interface (UI) Is becoming an important function of Accordingly, as the touch function is applied to a mobile terminal in various forms, development of a user interface (UI) corresponding thereto is further demanded.

In general, a user executes web surfing or a desired application (video, DMB, game, etc.) through a screen of a mobile terminal. An application executed on the screen is an application that has a continuity, that is, an application that a user watches or watches continuously for a predetermined time, and is usually displayed in a landscape view.

However, one-time events, such as SNS (e.g., KakaoTalk) or SMS (text message), may be generated or a new or different kind of application may be executed while an application in which continuity is important as described above is executed.

In this case, since the application currently displayed on the screen is completely covered by the newly executed application screen, the user may not see or watch the application in which the continuity is important unless the user is forcibly terminated while executing the new application.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal and a screen continuity control method thereof capable of efficiently processing real-time and one-time events and applications while maintaining a function screen in use.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for controlling screen continuity of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: executing a first application; Setting different depths of the first and second applications according to pre-stored default values when the second application is executed in the execution state of the first application; And displaying first and second applications with the set depth. .

The first application may be an application of continuity such as associative content; And uninterrupted applications such as the Internet, DMB, and games.

The second application includes one-time or real-time information and an application, and the second application includes information and an application selected by an event of an SNS series or an SMS series.

The depth of the first and second applications are all adjusted according to a default value or only the first application is adjusted.

The screen of the second application is processed in transparency and displayed on the upper side of the first application screen.

When there is no user input for the first time, the second application is hidden on one side of the screen in the form of an icon, and when there is no user input for the second time, the second application disappears and returns to the original screen.

The method of controlling the screen continuity of the mobile terminal may further include selectively adjusting the screen size and depth of the first and second applications according to a user input.

The user input includes the movement of the depth control bar by the user, the touch input, and the inclination of the terminal.

The screen size and depth of the first application may be individually adjusted according to a user's touch input or may be adjusted in association with the second application according to the movement of the depth control bar. In particular, when a plurality of the first applications are displayed, the first applications displayed on the 3D screen have different angles.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, a display unit for displaying a first application; Memory that stores a default depth; And a controller configured to display the first and second applications with different depths according to the stored default depth when the second application is executed while the first application is being displayed. .

The first application includes an application in which continuity is important, such as associative content, and an application that is not interrupted, such as the Internet, DMB, and games.

The second application includes one-time or real-time information and an application, and the second application includes information and an application selected by an event of an SNS series or an SMS series.

The controller adjusts both the depth of the first and second applications or only the depth of the first application according to the default value.

The controller processes the transparency of the second application screen and displays the upper portion of the first application screen.

If there is no user input for the first time, the controller hides the second application on one side of the screen in the form of an icon, and the user input returns the original screen for the second time.

The controller selectively adjusts the screen size and depth of the first and second applications according to the movement, the touch input, and the tilt of the depth control bar.

The controller individually adjusts the screen size and depth of the first application according to a user's touch input, or adjusts the second application in association with the movement of the depth control bar.

When the plurality of first applications is displayed, the controller displays the first applications with different angles on the 3D screen.

According to the present invention, when a new application is executed in real time and one time while maintaining a function or application screen in use, the depth of the existing screen and the newly executed application screen is differently processed using a 3D technique, thereby allowing the user to simultaneously refresh the previous screen. Characters can be written and sent through the executed screen.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram of a wireless communication system in which a mobile terminal may operate in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an example of screen continuity control of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4A and 4B illustrate an example of adjusting depth of a continuity application and a newly executed application.
5A-5C illustrate an application example of changing the size of a continuity application.
6 illustrates an example of controlling screen continuity for at least one application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flow chart for screen continuity control of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an application example of controlling the size and depth of a continuity application when performing screen continuity control in FIG. 7; FIG.

Hereinafter, a mobile terminal related to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The suffix "module" and " part "for components used in the following description are given merely for convenience of description, and do not give special significance or role in themselves. Accordingly, it should be noted that the above-mentioned "module" and "part"

The terminal may be implemented in various forms. For example, the terminal described in this specification may include a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) And fixed terminals such as a digital TV, a desktop computer, and the like. In the following description, it is assumed that the terminal is a mobile terminal. However, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that the configuration according to the following description may be applied to the fixed terminal, except for components specifically configured for mobile use.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an audio / video input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, A controller 170, a controller 180, a power supply 190, and the like. 1 shows a mobile terminal having various components. However, not all illustrated components are required. A mobile terminal may be implemented by more components than the illustrated components, or a mobile terminal may be implemented by fewer components.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more components that allow wireless communication between the mobile terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or wireless communication between the mobile terminal 100 and a network on which the mobile terminal 100 is located. For example, the wireless communication unit 110 may include a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless Internet module 113, a short range communication module 114, and a location information module 115 .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives a broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may refer to a server for generating and transmitting broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information, or a server for receiving broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information generated by the broadcast management server and transmitting the generated broadcast signals and / or broadcast related information. The broadcast-related information may refer to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or information related to a broadcast service provider. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a TV broadcast signal or a radio broadcast signal.

Meanwhile, the broadcast related information may be provided through a mobile communication network, and in this case, it may be received by the mobile communication module 112.

The broadcast related information may exist in various forms. For example, it may exist in the form of Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) or Electronic Service Guide (ESG) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcasting signals using various broadcasting systems. In particular, the broadcasting receiving module 111 may be a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), a Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S) Only Digital Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H), Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial (ISDB-T), and the like. Of course, the broadcast receiving module 111 is configured to be suitable for all broadcasting systems that provide broadcasting signals as well as the digital broadcasting system described above.

The broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information received through the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160.

In addition, the mobile communication module 112 transmits and receives radio signals to at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The wireless Internet module 113 is a module for wireless Internet access, and the wireless Internet module 113 can be built in or externally. WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies.

The short range communication module 114 refers to a module for short range communication. Bluetooth, radio frequency identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), ultra wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as the short distance communication technology.

The location information module 115 is a module for confirming or obtaining the location of the mobile terminal. A typical example of the position information module 115 is a Global Position System (GPS) module. According to the current technology, the GPS module calculates distance information and accurate time information from three or more satellites, and then applies trigonometry to the calculated information to obtain three-dimensional current position information according to latitude, longitude, and altitude It can be calculated accurately. At present, a method of calculating position and time information using three satellites and correcting an error of the calculated position and time information using another satellite is widely used. In addition, the GPS module can calculate speed information by continuously calculating the current position in real time.

An audio / video (A / V) input unit 120 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 121 and a microphone 122. The camera 121 processes an image frame such as a still image or a moving image obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. Then, the processed image frame can be displayed on the display module 151.

The image frame processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 or transmitted to the outside through the wireless communication unit 110. [ The camera 121 may be equipped with two or more cameras according to the configuration of the terminal.

The microphone 122 receives an external sound signal through a microphone in a communication mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it as electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be converted into a form that can be transmitted to the mobile communication base station through the mobile communication module 112 when the voice data is in the call mode, and output. The microphone 122 may be implemented with various noise reduction algorithms for eliminating noise generated in the process of receiving an external sound signal.

The user input unit 130 generates input data for a user to control the operation of the terminal. The user input unit 130 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like. Particularly, when the touch pad has a mutual layer structure with the display module 151 described later, it can be called a touch screen.

The sensing unit 140 senses the current state of the mobile terminal 100 such as the open / close state of the mobile terminal 100, the position of the mobile terminal 100, the presence or absence of user contact, the orientation of the mobile terminal, And generates a sensing signal for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in the form of a slide phone, it may sense whether the slide phone is opened or closed. Also, it is responsible for a sensing function related to whether or not the power supply unit 190 is powered on, whether the interface unit 170 is connected to an external device, and the like. Meanwhile, the sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 141. This will be discussed later in connection with touch screens.

The sensing unit 140 includes a geomagnetic sensor for calculating a moving direction when a user moves, a gyro sensor for calculating a rotating direction, and an acceleration sensor.

The interface unit 170 serves as an interface with all external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. For example, a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device having an identification module, an audio I / O port, Video input / output (I / O) ports, earphone ports, and the like.

Here, the identification module is a chip that stores various information for authenticating the use right of the mobile terminal 100, and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM) ), A Universal Subscriber Identity Module (" USIM "), and the like. In addition, an apparatus having an identification module (hereinafter referred to as 'identification device') can be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 100 through the port. The interface unit 170 receives data from an external device or receives power from the external device to transfer the data to each component in the mobile terminal 100 or to transmit data in the mobile terminal 100 to an external device.

The interface unit 170 may be a path through which power from the cradle is supplied to the mobile terminal 100 when the mobile terminal 100 is connected to an external cradle, Various command signals may be transmitted to the mobile terminal. The various command signals or the power source input from the cradle may be operated as a signal for recognizing that the mobile terminal is correctly mounted on the cradle.

The output unit 150 is for outputting an audio signal, a video signal, or an alarm signal. The output unit 150 may include a display module 151, an audio output module 152, and an alarm unit 153.

The display module 151 displays and outputs information processed by the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal is in the call mode, a UI (User Interface) or a GUI (Graphic User Interface) associated with a call is displayed.

Meanwhile, as described above, when the display module 151 and the touch pad have a mutual layer structure to constitute a touch screen, the display module 151 can be used as an input device in addition to the output device. The display module 151 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display 3D display). Some of these displays can be configured to be transparent so that they can be viewed from outside. This may be referred to as a transparent display. A typical example of the transparent display is a transparent organic light emitting diode (TOLED) or the like. In addition, there may be two or more display modules 151 according to the embodiment of the mobile terminal 100. For example, the mobile terminal 100 may be provided with an external display module (not shown) and an internal display module (not shown) at the same time. The touch screen may be configured to detect not only the touch input position and area but also the touch input pressure.

The audio output module 152 outputs audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output module 152 outputs an acoustic signal related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the mobile terminal 100. [ The sound output module 152 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the mobile terminal 100. Examples of events that occur in the mobile terminal include call signal reception, message reception, key signal input, touch input, and the like. The alarm unit 153 may output a signal for informing occurrence of an event in a form other than an audio signal or a video signal. For example, it is possible to output a signal in a vibration mode. When a call signal is received or a message is received, the alarm unit 153 can output a vibration to notify it. Alternatively, when the key signal is input, the alarm unit 153 can output the vibration by the feedback to the key signal input. The user can recognize the occurrence of an event through the vibration output as described above. Of course, a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event may also be output through the display module 151 or the sound output module 152.

The memory 160 may store a program for processing and controlling the control unit 180 and may store a function for temporarily storing input / output data (e.g., a phone book, a message, a still image, . In addition, the memory 160 may store data on vibration and sound of various patterns outputted when a touch is input on the touch screen.

The memory 160 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory) SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM (Programmable Read- And an optical disc. Also, the mobile terminal 100 may operate a web storage for performing a storage function of the memory 160 on the Internet.

The control unit 180 typically controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal. For example, voice communication, data communication, video communication, and the like. In addition, the control unit 180 may include a multimedia module 181 for multimedia playback. The multimedia module 181 may be implemented in the control unit 180 or may be implemented separately from the control unit 180. [

The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process for recognizing handwriting input or drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters and images, respectively.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the control unit 180 as a battery, and supplies power necessary for operation of the respective components.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of processors, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and electrical units for performing functions. In some cases, And may be implemented by the control unit 180.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as procedures or functions may be implemented with separate software modules that perform at least one function or operation. The software code may be implemented by a software application written in a suitable programming language. In addition, the software codes may be stored in the memory 160 and executed by the control unit 180. [

The terminal 100 shown in Fig. 1 is configured to be operable in a communication system capable of transmitting data through a frame or packet, including a wired / wireless communication system and a satellite-based communication system .

Hereinafter, a communication system capable of operating a terminal according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The communication system may use different air interfaces and / or physical layers. For example, wireless interfaces that can be used by communication systems include, but are not limited to, Frequency Division Multiple Access ('FDMA'), Time Division Multiple Access ('TDMA'), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) (especially Long Term Evolution (LTE)), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) . Hereinafter, for convenience of description, the description will be limited to CDMA. However, the present invention is applicable to all communication systems including CDMA wireless communication systems.

2, the CDMA wireless communication system includes a plurality of terminals 100, a plurality of base stations (BSs) 270, and base station controllers (BSCs) 275 , And a mobile switching center ('MSC') 280. The MSC 280 is configured to be connected to a public switched telephone network (PSTN) 290 and is also configured to be connected to BSCs 275. BSCs 275 may be coupled in pairs with BS 270 through a backhaul line. The backhaul line may be provided according to at least one of E1 / T1, ATM, IP, PPP, Frame Relay, HDSL, ADSL, or xDSL. Thus, a plurality of BSCs 275 may be included in the system shown in FIG.

Each BS 270 may comprise at least one sector, and each sector may comprise an omnidirectional antenna or an antenna pointing to a particular direction of radial from BS 270. [ In addition, each sector may include two or more antennas of various types. Each BS 270 may be configured to support a plurality of frequency assignments, each of which has a specific spectrum (eg, 1.25 MHz, 5 MHz, etc.).

The intersection of sectors and frequency assignments may be called a CDMA channel. BS 270 may be referred to as a Base Station Transceiver Subsystem (BTSs). In this case, the word "base station" may be referred to as a combination of one BSC 275 and at least one BS 270. [ The base station may also indicate “cell site”. Alternatively, each of the plurality of sectors for a particular BS 270 may be referred to as a plurality of cell sites.

2, a broadcasting transmitter (BT) 295 transmits a broadcasting signal to the terminals 100 operating in the system. The broadcast receiving module 111 shown in FIG. 1 is provided in the terminal 100 to receive a broadcast signal transmitted by the BT 295.

In addition, FIG. 2 illustrates several Global Positioning System ('GPS') satellites 300. The satellites 300 help to locate at least one of the plurality of terminals 100. Although two satellites are shown in FIG. 2, useful location information may be obtained by two or more satellites. The location information module 115 shown in FIG. 1 cooperates with satellites 300 to obtain desired location information. Here, you can track your location using all of the technologies that can track your location, as well as your GPS tracking technology. Also, at least one of the GPS satellites 300 may optionally or additionally be responsible for satellite DMB transmission.

Among the typical operations of a wireless communication system, the BS 270 receives a reverse link signal from the various terminals 100. At this time, the terminals 100 are connecting a call, transmitting or receiving a message, or performing another communication operation. Each of the reverse link signals received by the particular base station 270 is processed by the particular base station 270. The data resulting from the processing is transmitted to the connected BSC 275. The BSC 275 provides call resource allocation and mobility management functions, including the organization of soft handoffs between the base stations 270. The BSC 275 also transmits the received data to the MSC 280 and the MSC 280 provides additional transmission services for connection with the PSTN 290. [ Similarly, the PSTN 290 connects to the MSC 280, the MSC 280 connects to the BSCs 275, and the BSCs 275 communicate with the BSs 270 ).

The present invention proposes a method for processing randomly generated real-time and one-time applications while maintaining the screen of an application whose continuity is important.

Applications where the continuity is important include, for example, video content (videos, dramas), and uninterrupted applications (internet, US dramas, DMB and games).

The randomly generated real-time application includes an application of SNS series and SMS series by event generation, and the one-time application includes a mode application arbitrarily selected and executed by a user.

In the present invention, for convenience of description, an application having continuity is defined as a first application, and a randomly generated real-time or one-time application is defined as a second application.

The present invention displays a screen of a first application in a two-dimensional (2D) form, and when a new application, that is, a second application, the 2D screen is converted into a 3D screen, wherein the first and second application screens have different depths. It is indicated by persimmon.

That is, the 3D technique processes the first application as if the screen is moved backward based on the second application, or processes the second application to protrude based on the first application screen.

The depth of the first and second application screens is a default value, and the user may adjust the depth of the screen to a desired depth using a depth adjustment bar provided at one side of the screen.

The present invention maintains continuity for the first application by reducing the size of the first application or adjusting the transparency of the second application when the first and second application screens are displayed with different depths.

The size of the first application is determined in proportion to the difference in depth between the first and second applications. That is, when the depth difference becomes large, the size of the first application is small, and when the depth difference is small, the size of the first application is not so changed.

The size of the first and second applications is determined according to the inclination of the mobile terminal. That is, the size of the first and second application screens is proportionally increased or decreased according to the tilt value and the direction detected by the tilt sensor.

In addition, when the user enlarges / reduces the size of the first application screen using a touch, the depth of the second application may be automatically adjusted based on the changed screen size. In particular, when the size of the first application screen is greater than or equal to the predetermined size, the screen of the second application may be changed and displayed. For example, the keyboard may be divided into 1/2 and displayed on the lower right and lower left of the screen, respectively.

The second application screen is processed for transparency for the first application screen shown on the back side, and the transparency can be adjusted according to the user's selection. Therefore, even when the first and second application screens overlap, the first application screen is transparent so that the user can continue to watch the first application screen, thereby maintaining screen continuity.

According to the present invention, when at least one first application having continuity is displayed in the form of screen division, when the real time or one-time second application is executed, the present invention displays the method described above. In this case, at least one of the first applications may change an angle displayed like a 3D object.

If there is no input for a first time on the second application screen displayed on the upper side, it disappears temporarily. If there is no input for a second time longer than the first time, it returns to the original screen state. The temporarily disappeared screen is displayed again when one side of the screen or a predetermined icon is touched.

When the user completes the execution of the second application, the user switches from the 3D screen to the 2D screen, and returns the entire screen to the first application.

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

3 shows an example of screen continuity control of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3, initially, a continuous application 50 is displayed on the screen. The continuity application 50 is a screen for a user to continuously watch (or watch) a predetermined time, and includes image contents (movies, dramas) and uninterrupted applications (internet, DMB, games, and the like).

In the state where the continuity application is being displayed or reproduced, if any real-time or one-time application 51 is executed, the screen display is switched from 2D to 3D, so that the depth of the continuity application 50 and the executed application 51 can be achieved. The senses are adjusted to different values and displayed on the screen. The real-time or one-time application 51 includes a key input keyboard by the SNS and SMS series events and an application arbitrarily executed by the user.

The continuity application 50 is adjusted in depth so that it appears to be located behind the newly executed application 51. At this time, as a method of setting the depth of the continuity application 50 and the application 51 differently, the method of adjusting only the depth of the continuity application 50 without adjusting the depth of the application 51 and the continuity application ( 50) and the depth of the newly executed application 51, but there is a way to adjust differently. The difference in depth between the two applications 50 and 51 is set to a default value unless the user sets it separately.

In addition, due to the difference in depth between the continuity application 50 and the newly executed application 51, the size of the continuity application 50 becomes smaller than the first.

In addition, the newly executed application 51 is transparently processed so that the user can see the continuity application 50 displayed below. The transparency of the application may be changed through a menu setting displayed when the application is long touched.

When the newly executed application 51 has no input (touch or text input) for a predetermined time from the user, the continuity application 50 is enlarged and displayed in a 2D form on the screen, and the application is in the form of an icon (A). It may be displayed on one side of the screen. When the user touches the icon A, two applications 50 and 51 are displayed on the 3D screen again. In this state, if there is no user input for a predetermined time, the display returns to the first state by switching to the 2D screen.

On the other hand, when the screen change button provided on one side of the screen is selected while the newly executed application 51 is displayed above the continuity application 50, the previous screen, that is, the screen of the first application is returned.

4A and 4B illustrate an example of adjusting the depth of the continuity application and the newly executed application.

As described above, the depth of the two applications 50 and 51 displayed on the 3D screen is set to a default value. The user may adjust the depth of the two applications 50 and 51 by using the depth adjustment bar 52 displayed on one side of the 3D screen. The depth adjustment bar 52 has a default value, and as the center thereof moves upward, the depth of the continuity application 50 decreases.

Therefore, when the depth adjustment bar 52 is moved upward from the center, as shown in FIG. 5B, the depth difference between the two applications 50 and 51 becomes small, so that the depth of the continuity application 50 may be reduced. The size becomes larger, and the size of the newly executed application 51 becomes smaller. The user can appropriately move the depth adjustment bar 52 to create and send a desired text on a newly executed application, for example, a text processing screen.

5A to 5C are application examples of changing the size of the continuity application.

The size of the continuity application 50 was adjusted using the depth adjustment bar 52, but can be adjusted by other methods. For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, the size of the continuity application 50 may be reduced or enlarged by moving the inside or the outside after the user touches with two fingers.

When the size of the continuity application 50 is adjusted by a user's touch input, the controller 180 changes the size and depth of the application 50 and at the same time adjusts the size of the newly executed application 51. At this time, the size can be reduced only up and down size.

And, the size of the continuity application 50 can be adjusted according to the tilt of the mobile terminal, as shown in FIG. 5B. When the user tilts the mobile terminal, the tilt sensor and the gyro sensor sense the direction and value of the tilt, and the size of the continuity application 50 may be changed. At this time, the depth is automatically adjusted according to the size change.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 5C, when the user adjusts the size of the continuity application 50 by the user's touch input, when the size of the continuity application 50 becomes larger than a predetermined size, the newly executed application 51 is performed. That is, the character input keyboard is divided into 1/2 for left and right hand input and displayed at the lower left and right sides, respectively.

6 is an example of controlling screen continuity for at least one application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 6, three continuity applications Ap1 to AP3 having different screen division ratios may be displayed on one screen. In this state, for example, when an event of an SNS series (eg, KakaoTalk) is generated and a new character input keyboard is displayed on the screen, the depth of the three continuity applications Ap1 to AP3 is adjusted to lower the character input keyboard. Is displayed. In this case, the continuity applications Ap1 to AP3 are not only changed in size but also displayed with adjusted display angles, and the text input keyboard is displayed in a transparent process.

7 is a flowchart illustrating screen continuity control of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the user selects a first application for continuous viewing or viewing, the controller 180 displays the first application in a 2D form on the screen of the display unit 151 (S10). There is usually one or more first applications.

If a predetermined event occurs in this state or the second application is executed by the user's selection (S11), the controller 180 converts the current 2D screen into a 3D screen and according to a default value previously stored in the memory 160. The depth of the first and second applications is adjusted differently (S12 and S13). Here, the meaning of adjusting the depth of the first and second applications differently includes both adjusting the depth of the first and second applications in mode or adjusting the depth of the first application.

When the depth of the first and second applications is adjusted according to the default value, the controller 180 displays the second application on the upper side of the first application (S14). In another embodiment, the first application may be displayed on the upper side of the second application. At this time, the controller 180 also adjusts the sizes of the first and second applications according to the depth.

Accordingly, the user may perform a desired operation (character input and transmission) through the second application, and when the corresponding operation is completed, the user may return to the previous screen by using the screen switching button provided on one side of the screen. When the selection of the screen switching button is detected (S15), the controller 180 switches from the 3D screen to the 2D screen and displays the first application in its original size on the 2D screen (S16 and S17).

If the new second application is not selected in the step S11, the controller 180 continues to display the first application. If the screen switching button is not input in the step S15, the user uses the second application. The second application is displayed on the upper part of the first application so as to perform a desired operation (S14). In addition, when there is no input for the second application for a predetermined time, the controller 180 displays the second application in the form of an icon or returns to the previous screen.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an application example of first and second applications when performing screen continuity control of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the movement of the depth adjustment bar is detected from the user in the state in which the second application is displayed above the first application (S14) (S20), the controller 180 moves the depth movement bar. According to the display, the depth and size of the first application or the first and second applications are adjusted and displayed (S21).

In addition, when the size of the first application is changed by the user's touch operation (S22), the controller 180 adjusts the size of the first application and the depth of the first application, and adjusts the size of the second application correspondingly. (S23). In addition, although steps S20 and S22 are described in order for convenience of description, the corresponding operations may be sequentially or separately processed, and the order may be changed.

As described above, the present invention performs randomly executed real-time and one-time execution while maintaining the continuity of a previously displayed function or screen by performing 3D screen processing on information and applications executed in one-time or real-time on the use screen where continuity is important. Processing the application can be convenient for the user.

Further, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described method can be implemented as computer-readable code on a medium on which a program is recorded. The computer readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, and the like, and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission over the Internet) . Further, the computer may include a control unit of the terminal.

The mobile terminal described above can be applied to not only the configuration and method of the embodiments described above but also all or some of the embodiments may be selectively combined so that various modifications may be made to the embodiments It is possible.

110: wireless communication unit 111: broadcast receiving module
112: mobile communication module 113: wireless Internet module
140: sensing unit 150: output unit
151: display unit 160: memory
180:

Claims (20)

Executing a first application;
Setting different depths of the first and second applications when the second application is executed in the execution state of the first application; And
Displaying first and second applications with the set depth; Screen continuity control method of a mobile terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein the first application is
Applications where continuity is important, such as associative content; And
A method of controlling screen continuity of a mobile terminal including an uninterrupted application such as the Internet, a DMB, and a game. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application is
And one-time or real-time information and an application, wherein the second application includes information and an application selected by an event of an SNS series or an SMS series. According to claim 1, wherein the depth of the first and second applications
A method for controlling screen continuity of a mobile terminal, characterized in that set to a default value. According to claim 1, wherein the depth of the first and second applications
2. The method of controlling screen continuity of a mobile terminal, wherein all adjustments are made according to a default value or only a first application is adjusted. The method of claim 1, wherein the screen of the second application is processed on the transparency and displayed on the upper portion of the first application screen. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application is
If there is no user input during the first time is hidden on one side of the screen in the form of an icon, if there is no user input during the second time screen continuity control method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that to return to the original screen. The method of claim 1, further comprising selectively adjusting the screen size and depth of the first and second applications according to a user input. The method of claim 8, wherein the user input is
A method for controlling screen continuity of a mobile terminal including movement of a depth control bar by a user, touch input, and tilt of the terminal. The screen size and depth of the first application of claim 8, wherein
A method for controlling screen continuity of a mobile terminal, characterized in that it is individually adjusted according to a user's touch input or adjusted in association with a second application according to a movement of a depth control bar. The method of claim 8, wherein when the plurality of the first applications is displayed, the first applications displayed on the 3D screen are displayed at different angles. A display unit displaying a first application;
Memory that stores a default depth; And
A controller configured to display the first and second applications with different depths according to the stored default depth when the second application is executed while the first application is being displayed; Mobile terminal comprising a. The method of claim 12, wherein the first application is
A mobile terminal comprising an application of continuity such as associative content and an uninterrupted application such as the Internet, DMB, and games. The method of claim 12, wherein the second application is
And one-time or real-time information and an application, wherein the second application includes information and an application selected by an event of an SNS series or an SMS series. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit
The mobile terminal, characterized in that to adjust both the depth of the first and second applications or only the depth of the first application according to the default value. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit
And processing the transparency of the second application screen to display the upper portion of the first application screen. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit
And if there is no user input for the first time, the second application is hidden on one side of the screen in the form of an icon, and the user input returns the original screen for the second time. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit
And a screen size and a depth of the first and second applications are selectively adjusted according to the movement, the touch input, and the tilt of the depth control bar. The method of claim 18, wherein the control unit
The mobile terminal, characterized in that for adjusting the screen size, depth of the first application individually according to the user's touch input, or in association with the second application in accordance with the movement of the depth control bar. 13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the control unit
When the plurality of first applications are displayed, the mobile terminal, characterized in that the display of the first applications different angles on the three-dimensional screen.

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