KR20130136050A - Display apparatus with graphic user interface and method for controlling screen thereof - Google Patents

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KR20130136050A
KR20130136050A KR1020120059578A KR20120059578A KR20130136050A KR 20130136050 A KR20130136050 A KR 20130136050A KR 1020120059578 A KR1020120059578 A KR 1020120059578A KR 20120059578 A KR20120059578 A KR 20120059578A KR 20130136050 A KR20130136050 A KR 20130136050A
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서종철
조성미
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김태기
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Abstract

A screen control device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a pointing device generating an input signal according to a motion of a user finger, a screen display part displaying a polygonal pillar-shaped image formed on a side of a plurality of graphic icons indicating a setting menu for adjusting a screen state, and a screen control part setting the screen state according to a setting value input signal about a detail setting item and activating the detail setting item indicated one of the graphic icons according to the input signal.

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DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a display device based on a graphical user interface and a method for controlling the screen thereof, and more specifically, a technology for allowing a user to directly set a screen state of the display device using a pointing device.

Currently, display devices are usually provided with a menu button to set a screen state at the bottom of the monitor.

However, these menu buttons describe menus in text or small image types due to location limitations, and thus are not easily recognized by the user.

Therefore, the user may enter the desired menu only by checking the function of the menu button through the manual of the display apparatus or by clicking the menu button one by one.

In addition, even when the user enters the desired menu, when setting the detailed setting value, several buttons are alternately pressed to input the setting value. Therefore, when the setting value input is unfamiliar, it is not easy to input the desired setting value, resulting in inconvenience in use.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to display a setting menu for adjusting the screen state arranged on the screen in the form of a graphic icon on one side of the screen, and input the screen setting value according to the movement of the user's finger using the pointing device. The present invention provides a graphic user interface based display device and a screen control method thereof.

An apparatus for controlling a screen according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pointing device for generating an input signal according to a movement of a user finger; A screen display unit displaying a plurality of graphic icons representing a setting menu for adjusting a screen state on a screen using a polygonal column-shaped image formed at one side; And a detailed setting item for a setting menu represented by the one graphic icon according to an input signal from the pointing device for selecting one graphic icon among the one or more graphic icons, and inputting a setting value for the detail setting item. And a screen controller for setting the screen state according to the signal.

On the other hand, the screen control method according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of graphic icons representing a setting menu for adjusting the screen state is arranged on the screen using a polygonal column-shaped image formed on one side Highlighting the icon; Activating a detailed setting item for a setting menu indicated by the highlighted graphic icon according to an input signal from a pointing device according to a pressing operation of a user finger; And setting the screen state according to a setting value input signal for a detailed setting item.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the setting menu for adjusting the screen state is displayed in the form of a graphic icon, so that the user can intuitively recognize it.

In addition, all screen states can be easily adjusted using only the pointing device. Therefore, the display device does not need to have a plurality of input buttons such as menu, confirmation, UP, and DOWN for setting screens, and can provide a display device that can improve aesthetics by forming a simple appearance. Can be.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a screen example of displaying one or more graphic icons according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a screen example in which a detailed setting item of a graphic icon is activated according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly illustrate the present invention, parts not related to the description are omitted, and similar parts are denoted by like reference characters throughout the specification.

Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

In addition, the term "... unit" described in the specification means a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software.

Hereinafter, a graphic user interface based display apparatus and a screen control method thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a display apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the display apparatus 100 includes a pointing device 101, a screen display 103, a storage 105, and a screen controller 107.

The display apparatus 100 includes all monitors that are integrated with portable electronic devices, including independent devices such as desktop monitors and television monitors.

The configuration of the display apparatus 100 will be described below. Here, the pointing device 101 generates an input signal according to the movement of the user's finger and outputs it to the screen controller 107.

In general, the pointing device 101 is a device that implements the same pointing technique as that of a personal computer (PC) by creating and moving a cursor or pointer on a screen through a finger movement, that is, placing a finger on the pointing device. When you move your finger up, the cursor (or pointer) moves on the screen according to the direction you move.

Here, the "finger" may be understood as another part of the body in addition to the general finger, and may be another replaceable object that enables the pointing device 101 to grasp the movement even if it is not the body.

In this case, the pointing device 101 may sense a physical contact of the user's finger or light reflected by the user's finger and generate an input signal accordingly.

The pointing device 101 may be classified into an input signal according to a pressing operation according to a movement of a user's finger and an input signal according to a swipe operation.

Here, the pressing operation means an input operation in which the user presses the pointing device 101 with a finger. The swipe gesture refers to an input gesture in which the user picks as if the user sweeps the broom with a finger.

The pointing device 101 may distinguish an input signal according to a movement of a user's finger according to two embodiments.

According to one embodiment, the pointing device 101 collects light reflected from the user's finger by irradiating light on the user's finger proximate the pointing device 101.

In this case, when the light is continuously collected without changing the amount of light for a predetermined time t, the pointing device 101 outputs an input signal according to the swipe operation to the screen controller 107. Here, the predefined specific time is in seconds, and may be, for example, "one second ".

In addition, the pointing device 101 collects the light reflected by the user's finger and outputs an input signal according to the pressing operation to the screen controller 107 when the collected light amount exceeds a predefined light amount threshold.

At this time, the specific time t and the light quantity threshold for determining as a swipe operation are stored in a memory (not shown) of the pointing device 101.

According to another embodiment, the pointing device 101 senses a physical contact of a user's finger. The means for detecting the physical contact by the pointing device 101 may be implemented through a touchpad or a dome switch, and various other means may be adopted.

In this case, the pointing device 101 outputs an input signal according to a swipe operation to the screen controller 107 when a movement displacement due to physical contact of the user's finger occurs for a predetermined time. Here, the predefined specific time is in seconds, and may be, for example, "one second ".

In addition, the pointing device 101 outputs an input signal according to a pressing operation to the screen controller 107 when a physical contact time of a user's finger at a specific point occurs for a predetermined time without moving displacement.

In this case, as in the swipe operation, a specific time t for determining as a pressing operation is stored in a memory (not shown) of the pointing device 101.

The screen display 103 is provided outside the display apparatus 100 to output information on the screen according to the operation of the display apparatus 100 or an external device connected to the display apparatus 100.

In this case, the screen display 103 displays one or more graphic icons representing a setting menu for adjusting a screen state under the control of the screen controller 107. Here, the graphic icon is an icon displayed by combining text and / or image so that the user can intuitively recognize the setting menu.

In addition, the screen display unit 103 highlights one graphic icon in a state in which one or more graphic icons are arranged in a predetermined direction of the screen under the control of the screen control unit 107. The screen display unit 103 configures detailed setting items of the highlighted graphic icon, and highlights one item in a state in which a plurality of items for selecting or inputting a setting value of the screen are also arranged in a predetermined direction of the screen.

For example, the graphic icon 200 displayed on the screen by the screen display unit 103 may be arranged along the upper edge of the polygonal pillar (eg, hexagonal pillar) shape image, as shown in FIG. 2, The detailed setting item for the one highlighted graphic icon 201 may be displayed on one side of the polygonal columnar image.

The highlighted graphic icon may be embodied by a method of protruding in front of the screen or displaying a larger size than the other graphic icons or other items, or clearly displaying other items.

The storage unit 105 stores information for controlling the operation of the display apparatus 100 and information related to a screen control function.

The screen controller 107 controls screen output and screen state setting of the screen display 103 according to an input signal transmitted from the pointing device 101 based on the information stored in the storage 105.

The screen controller 107 may be configured to a setting menu indicated by a graphic icon selected according to a vertical swipe input (eg, downward direction) signal transmitted from the pointing device 101 while at least one graphic icon is displayed on the screen. Activate the detailed settings for this. Then, the screen state is set according to the set value input signal for the displayed detailed setting item.

As such, the display apparatus 100 may set a screen according to an input value of a setting menu indicated by a graphic icon selected according to an input signal transmitted from the pointing device 101 while displaying a graphic icon on the screen. Graphic User Interface (GUI) based device.

Meanwhile, the screen controller 107 may display one or more graphic icons 200 on the screen as shown in FIG. 2.

2 is a screen example of displaying one or more graphic icons according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the screen display unit 103 outputs five graphic icons 200 on the screen. In this case, the five graphic icons 200 are 'Image Settings' icon 201, 'Settings' icon 203, 'Language' icon 205, 'Brightness Contrast' icon 207, and 'Color Settings' icon, respectively. 209 may include. These five graphic icons are arranged along the top edge of the hexagonal column displayed on one side of the screen, the specific graphic icon (for example, 201) is highlighted, and text information corresponding to the graphic icon is accompanied. Can be displayed.

Here, the 'Image Settings' icon 201 represents a setting menu for adjusting the left and right, up and down, and the left and right, up and down, and the pixel clock and phase of the screen.

The 'Settings' icon 203 represents a setting menu for setting a state value of the screen display unit 103.

'Language' icon 205 represents a menu for setting the language of a menu popup.

The 'Brightness Contrast' icon 207 represents a setting menu for adjusting the brightness and contrast of the screen.

The 'Color Settings' icon 209 represents a setting menu for setting colors by adjusting the Red / Green / Blue values of the screen.

Meanwhile, the screen controller 107 of FIG. 1 switches the highlighting to a graphic icon located in the moving direction of the input signal according to the swiping operation of the user's finger transferred from the pointing device 101. For example, when the movement direction of the finger is in the right direction, the highlighting is switched to the 'Color Settings' icon 209 located to the right of the currently highlighted 'Image Settings' icon 201. When the direction of movement of the finger is left, the highlighting is switched to the 'Settings' icon 201 located on the left of the currently highlighted 'Image Settings' icon 201. Here, the screen control unit 107 of FIG. 1 rotates the hexagonal pillar GUI shown in FIG. 2 to switch the highlighting between the graphic icons so that the highlighted graphic icon is positioned at the center, and the highlighted graphic icon is different from the other. Larger and clearer than graphical icons.

In addition, the screen controller 107 may display the detailed setting items of the graphic icon highlighted as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3.

3 is a screen example in which a detailed setting item of a graphic icon is activated according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the screen display unit 103 activates the detailed setting item 219 of the 'Color Settings' icon 209 which is the selected graphic icon among the graphic icons 200 listed according to the embodiment of FIG. 2.

In this case, the detailed setting item 219 may include a plurality of items, that is, a blue preset, a red preset, a green preset, a user preset, a normal preset, and an OK.

The plurality of items may be arranged in a line in the vertical direction, and when the detailed setting item 219 is activated, one item of the plurality of items may be highlighted. 'Activation' of the detailed setting item 213 is a swiping operation (eg, a user's finger) while the graphic icon 200 is activated (that is, the icon of any one of the graphic icons 200 is highlighted). , Swipe downward) or when the input signal according to the pressing operation is input from the pointing device 101. For example, when the 'Color Settings' icon 203 of the graphic icon 200 is highlighted and an input signal is detected according to the downward swiping motion of the user's finger, the 'Color Settings' icon 203 The detailed setting item 213 displayed on the lower side of is activated.

As described above, 'activation' highlights an icon or an item that the user wants to select from among icons included in the graphic icon 200 or items included in the detailed setting item 213 by manipulating the pointing device 101. It means a state that can be switched to the display.

Meanwhile, in the state where the detailed setting item 213 is activated, the highlight display is switched to an item located in the vertical movement direction of the input signal according to the swiping operation of the user's finger transferred from the pointing device 101. That is, when the vertical movement direction is downward while the Normal Preset item is highlighted, the Blue Preset item is highlighted.

As such, when an input signal according to the pressing operation transmitted from the pointing device 101 is generated in the highlighted state, the setting value of the highlighted item may be input.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not implemented only by the apparatus and method, but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, It belongs to the scope of right.

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A graphical user interface based display device,
A pointing device generating an input signal according to a movement of a user finger;
A screen display unit displaying a plurality of graphic icons representing a setting menu for adjusting a screen state on a screen using a polygonal column-shaped image formed at one side; And
Activates a detailed setting item for a setting menu indicated by the one graphic icon according to an input signal from the pointing device for selecting one graphic icon among the one or more graphic icons, and inputs a setting value input signal for the detailed setting item And a screen controller for setting the screen state according to the present invention. In the method for controlling the screen by the display device based on the graphical user interface,
Highlighting one graphic icon in a state in which a plurality of graphic icons representing a setting menu for adjusting a screen state are arranged on the screen using a polygonal column-shaped image formed on one side;
Activating a detailed setting item for a setting menu indicated by the highlighted graphic icon according to an input signal from a pointing device according to a pressing operation of a user finger; And
And setting the screen state according to a setting value input signal for a detailed setting item.
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