KR20150090840A - Device and mathod for shielding region of display screen of device - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for shielding a region of a display screen in a device, which includes the steps of: obtaining at least one piece of shield information about an application executed in a device or the operation of a user to shield a region of a display screen; and shielding the region of the display screen based on the obtained one piece of the shield information about the application or the obtained shield operation.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a device and a method for protecting an area of a display screen,

The present invention relates to a method for protecting all or a part of a display screen of a device and a device for performing the same.

With the recent rapid development of electronic industry and communication technology, new services based on data, voice and video are rapidly developing. Rapid advances in microelectronic technology and computer hardware and software technologies lay the foundation for handsets to handle more complex tasks and eliminate network limitations so that handsets can have more powerful features. In addition, the development of information technology makes the handset an intelligent, mobile multifunctional device.

In order to provide convenience to the user and further improve the visual effect, the screen of the device such as the mobile terminal becomes large, so that information can be easily exposed when using the device in a public place. To prevent exposure of information, methods such as encryption of current data, storage of data by permission, screen saver, and screen locking are used. However, these methods may be performed on the entire screen of the device, which is a larger area than the information to be protected, and may affect the normal use of the device.

A method for protecting all or a part of a display screen of a device, and a device for performing the method. The present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for causing a computer to execute the method is provided. The technical problem to be solved by this embodiment is not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems can be deduced from the following embodiments.

According to an aspect, a method of shielding all or a portion of a region of a display screen in a device includes the steps of a user's operation to protect all or a portion of the display screen, Acquiring at least one of shield information about the at least one object; And protecting all or a part of the display screen based on at least any one of the obtained protection operation or the protection information about the application.

Also, the step of protecting all or a part of the area of the display screen may include: selecting a corresponding area of the display screen according to the operation of the user or the protection information; And protecting the selected area.

In addition, the step of protecting the selected area may include masking a display screen of the selected area.

In addition, the step of protecting the display screen may include displaying a shield window synchronized with the display screen in the selected area.

In addition, the screening window may be movable within the display screen based on the operation of the user.

In addition, the step of protecting the selected area may include the step of covering the contents included in the selected area.

In addition, the step of protecting the content may include displaying a blind window synchronized with the content on the selected area to hide the content.

In addition, the step of protecting all or a part of the area of the display screen may include modifying the display of the display screen for the area.

Obtaining at least one of the operation of the user or the protection information for clearing protection of all or a part of the area of the display screen; And displaying contents included in all or a part of the protected display screen based on at least any one of the obtained removal operation or the protection information.

In addition, the step of displaying contents included in all or a part of the protected display screen may include: selecting a corresponding one of the areas of the protected display screen according to the obtained removal operation or the protection information; And displaying contents included in the selected area.

According to another aspect, a device that protects all or a part of a region of a display screen obtains protection information about an operation performed by a user or an application executed on the device to protect all or a part of the area of the display screen An input unit; A control unit for selecting a corresponding area of the display screen based on at least one of the obtained protection operation or protection information about the application; And a display unit for protecting the selected area.

In addition, the display unit covers the display screen for the selected area.

Also, the display unit displays a blind window synchronized with the display screen in the selected area.

In addition, the screening window may be movable within the display screen based on the operation of the user.

The display unit may hide the content included in the selected area.

In addition, the display unit displays a blind window synchronized with the content on the selected area to cover the content.

The input unit further obtains an operation of the user to remove protection of all or a part of the area of the display screen, and the control unit displays the protected display screen according to the obtained removal operation or the protection information, And the display unit displays the content included in the selected area.

Also, the control unit verifies the obtained removal operation or the protection information, and the display unit displays the content when the verification is successful.

The input unit may acquire information about a focus of the user's gaze and the control unit may select an area corresponding to the focus of the user's gaze based on the obtained information about the focus of the user's gaze do.

According to various embodiments of the present invention, a device that protects all or a part of a display screen has an effect of preventing exposure of private contents such as user's personal information, image, and photograph. In addition, normal functions can be provided so that the user can normally use the device while preventing exposure of private contents. In addition, unnecessary information such as harmful information and advertisement information can be prevented, and a more comfortable use environment can be provided to the user.

1 is a view for explaining a method of protecting all or a part of a display screen in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart of a method for protecting all or a portion of a display screen in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a view for explaining a method of protecting all or a part of a display screen in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a process of moving a window in the device of FIG. 3. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a screening window 501 for protecting all or a part of a display screen in the device of FIG.
6 is a view for explaining a method of protecting all or a part of a display screen in a device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a blind window for protecting all or a part of a display screen in the device 100 of FIG.
FIG. 8 is a view illustrating a blind window for protecting all or a portion of a display screen in a device according to another embodiment.
9 is a diagram for explaining a method of protecting all or a part of a display screen in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart of a method for protecting all or a portion of a display screen in a device according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a view for explaining a process of protecting all or a part of a display screen according to a method of protecting all or a part of a display screen of FIG. 10, or removing a protection thereof.
12 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a device for protecting all or a part of the area of the display screen of Fig.
13 is a block diagram showing another example of the configuration of a device that protects all or a part of the area of the display screen of Fig.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, only parts necessary for understanding the operation according to the present invention will be described, and descriptions of other parts may be omitted so as not to disturb the gist of the present invention.

In addition, terms and words used in the following description and claims should not be construed to be limited to ordinary or dictionary meanings, but are to be construed in a manner consistent with the technical idea of the present invention As well as the concept.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "electrically connected" with another part in between . Also, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without departing from the other elements unless specifically stated otherwise.

Also, in this specification, content means an object displayed on a display screen and can be selected by user input. The content includes images, text and moving images, and may also include an icon, link information, a playback screen, a background image, an unlock screen, a keyboard image, and the like.

Also, a tap indicates an operation in which the user touches the screen very quickly using a finger or a stylus. That is, this means that the time difference between the touch-in time, which is the time when the finger or the touch tool touches the screen, and the touch-out time, which is the time when the finger or the touch tool falls off the screen, is very short below the critical time.

Also, a touch & hold indicates an operation in which a user touches a screen using a finger or a stylus, and then maintains a touch input over a threshold time. That is, the time difference between the touch-in point and the touch-out point is equal to or greater than the threshold time. In order to allow the user to recognize whether the touch input is a tap or a touch & hold, the feedback signal may be provided visually or audibly when the touch input is maintained for a predetermined time or more.

In addition, a double tap means an operation in which the user quickly touches the screen twice with a finger or a stylus.

In addition, hovering refers to an operation in which the user touches a space away from the screen using a finger or a touching tool. That is, the finger or the touch tool is located at a distance less than the critical distance on the screen.

In addition, a drag indicates an operation of moving a finger or a touch tool to another position in the screen while the user holds the touch after touching the finger or the touch tool with the screen. The drag may include a sliding operation.

In addition, a flick represents an operation in which a user drags very quickly using a finger or a touch tool. The drag and the flick can be distinguished based on whether the moving speed of the finger or the touch tool is equal to or greater than the critical speed.

In addition, a pinch indicates an operation of widening or narrowing the interval between the finger or touch tools after the user touches the screen with a plurality of fingers or touch tools. The operation of widening the gap between the thumb and index finger after the finger touches the screen is referred to as unpinching and the operation of narrowing the gap therebetween is referred to as pinching. As an example of utilizing a pinch, a page may be zoomed in by an un-pinching input, and a page may be zoomed out by a pinching input.

1 is a diagram for explaining a method of protecting all or a part of a display screen in a device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the device 100 may display a display screen including predetermined contents, and may protect all or a part of a display screen based on a user's operation or predetermined information.

Specifically, the device 100 may hide the display screen of the specific area or the content included in the specific area in order to protect a specific area of the display screen. For example, the device 100 may display a predetermined image or a blind window in a specific area of the display screen.

In addition, the device may display a display of contents included in all or a part of the display screen in order to protect all or a part of the display screen. For example, the device 100 may display blurred or dark display of the content, display it transparently, or display it as a mosaic.

The user can prevent the information on the user's personal information or the usage content from being exposed even when the device 100 is used in a place where the other person exists by using the function of protecting the display screen of the device 100. [ Alternatively, the user can avoid viewing unwanted content such as harmful information, advertisements, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 1, the device 100 can display an application screen by executing an application. For example, when a user executes a social network service (SNS), the device 100 can display an execution window of the SNS application. At this time, the user can tap a specific area of the display screen on which the information on the account is displayed by using the finger 101 or the touch tool, in order to protect the information about the account of the user included in the window of the application. The device 100 can protect a specific area of the corresponding display screen based on the tap operation of the user. For example, the device 100 may select a corresponding specific area based on the user's actions and display a shield window 102 in the selected area.

The screening window may be a separate window containing a predetermined image or character. The predetermined image or character is preset by default or can be set by the user. Alternatively, the blind window may be a window with effects such as mosaic or translucent. The blind window may be displayed in synchronization with the display screen or may be displayed in synchronization with the content included in a specific area of the display screen.

The fact that the blind window is synchronized with the display screen means that the position of the blind window on the display screen is fixed and the blind window is not affected by the change of the application window such as scrolling. In addition, the blind window is synchronized with the content, the blind window may be moved together when the position of the blind window is fixed to the corresponding content or is fixed to the application window and the content or application window moves within the display screen.

The shielding window may or may not affect the normal operation of the shielding region. For example, if the blind window is implemented to affect the normal operation of the protection area, the protection area may not be selected even if the user touches the area already hidden by the blind window. On the other hand, if the blind window is implemented so as not to affect the normal operation of the protection area, the content included in the protection area can be selected by touching the area hidden by the blind window. The user can not view the content of the protected area, but can use it as it is when viewed.

In addition, the device 100 can protect all or a part of the display screen based on the protection information about the executed application when the application is executed.

The protection information for the application is information for setting the protection state of the display screen with respect to the window of the application to be displayed. Specifically, the protection information may include information on a method of protecting a specific area of a display screen, a method of releasing protection, a synchronization target of a blind window, and the like. For example, the device 100 can protect the display screen by determining the area and position of the corresponding protection area, the shape of the blind window, the protection time, etc. with respect to the window of the application with reference to the protection information.

Specifically, when the SNS application is executed, the device 100 can obtain shield information for the corresponding SNS application. The device 100 can select a specific area of the corresponding display screen using the obtained protection information and display the blind window 102 in the selected area. The device 100 can automatically protect the display screen simultaneously with the execution of the application by using the protection information for the preset application.

The device 100 may protect the display screen automatically by acquiring the protection information when the application is executed or may protect the display screen using the protection information when the protection operation of the user is acquired after the application is executed .

A device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is an electronic device having a display screen and may be a smart phone, a mobile phone, a digital TV, a kiosk, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop, a media player, Devices, laptops, and other mobile or non-mobile computing devices. In addition, the device 100 may include various devices capable of receiving a touch input such as an electronic board, a touch table, and the like.

2 is a flow diagram of a method for protecting all or a portion of a display screen in a device 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, in operation 210, the device 100 may obtain at least one of a user's operation for covering a specific area of a display screen or protection information about an application executed in the device.

The device 100 may obtain the protection operation of the user from the user. For example, the device 100 may detect a tap, touch & hold, double tap, hovering, drag or flick motion by a user's finger or touch tool to obtain a protection action. In addition, the device 100 may detect an operation of rubbing the screen or placing a cursor on the character input field using the eraser image displayed on the display screen to obtain the protection operation.

In addition, the device 100 can obtain protection information for an application to be executed when the application is executed. The device 100 may protect the display screen automatically when the application is executed by using the obtained protection information, or may protect the display screen when the protection operation of the user is acquired after the application is executed.

In step 220, the device 100 may protect all or a portion of the display screen based on at least one of the acquired protection action or protection information about the application.

The device 100 can select a specific area to be protected on the display screen based on the obtained protection operation. For example, the device 100 can select an area from the drag start point to the drag end point as an area to be protected based on the drag operation of the user.

In addition, the device 100 may select a predetermined area around the tap point as an area to be protected based on the tap operation of the user. In addition, the device 100 may select, based on the touch-and-hold operation of the user, a predetermined area including a wider peripheral area around the touch point as the area to be protected, depending on the length of the hold time.

In addition, the device 100 can dynamically select a character area from the starting point where the cursor was placed to the current cursor position based on the operation of placing the cursor in the character input field of the user.

In addition, the device 100 can select an area to be protected based on the protection information about the acquired application. The device 100 may store protection information corresponding to each application. The protection information for the application is either preconfigured by default or can be set by the user.

Further, the device 100 may store information about the protection target as protection information about the application. For example, the device 100 may include in the protected information the words, expressions, images, banking information, advertisement information, phone number information, and the like, which are harmful contents to be protected.

Specifically, the device 100 can select all or a part of the contents displayed on the display screen to be protected based on the information about the protection object stored in advance. The device 100 may protect all or some of the areas where the selected content is located.

For example, when the application is executed and the advertisement information is displayed, the device 100 scans all the contents displayed on the display screen to determine whether or not there is content containing a pre-stored protection target, . The device 100 can protect all or a portion of the area where the advertisement information is located and the user can use the device 100 without exposing the advertisement information.

The device 100 can select all or a part of the display screen as an area to be protected based on at least any one of the acquired protection operation or protection information about the application and can select a plurality of areas.

The device 100 may display a blind window such as a predetermined image in a selected area to protect all or a part of the area of the display screen. In addition, the device 100 may protect the entire or a part of the display screen by modifying and displaying the display of the content included in the selected area.

The device 100 may display the screen in synchronization with the display screen or may display the screen in synchronization with the content included in all or a part of the display screen.

The device 100 may move the displayed blind window based on the user ' s further action. For example, when the user touches and drags the screen, the device 100 can display the screen by moving the screen to the dragged position.

In addition, the device 100 may adjust the area of the protection area in which the blocking window is displayed or the unprotected area in which the content is normally displayed based on the additional operation of the user. For example, when the user touches and drags the boundary of the blind window, the device 100 may modify the boundary of the blind window to adjust the area of the protected area or the unprotected area.

3 is a diagram for explaining a method of protecting all or a part of a display screen in the device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 3, the device 100 may mask the display screen for the selected area to protect all or a portion of the area of the display screen. Specifically, the device 100 may display the blind window 301 synchronized with the display screen in the selected area.

On the left side of FIG. 3, the display screen of the device 100 displaying the window of the first application is displayed, and on the right side, the display screen of the device 100 displaying the window of the second application is displayed.

When the blind window 301 synchronized with the display screen is displayed, the device 100 can display the same blind window 301 at the same position on the display screen when the window of the first application is switched to the window of the second application have. Also, the device 100 can display the same blank window 301 as it is when the window of the first application is terminated.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a process of moving the blocking window 401 in the device 100 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, the device 100 can display a blind window 401 synchronized with a display screen, and when the window of the first application is switched to the window of the second application, the same blind window 401 is displayed as it is .

At this time, the location of the area to be protected in the window of the first application and the location of the area to be protected in the window of the second application may be different from the user. The user can perform a protection operation to display a new window, but can hide an area to be protected in the window of the second application by using the previously displayed window 401. [

Specifically, the user can touch and drag the screening window 401 using a finger or a touch tool and move the screening window 401 to another position. The device 100 may acquire an additional operation of the user such as touch and drag and move the position of the blocking window 401 to the dragged position based on the acquired operation.

At this time, the device 100 can display the screen 401 which affects the normal operation of the protection area. That is, when the user touches the cloaking window 401, the device 100 can acquire the user's touch operation with respect to the cloaking window 401, but the touch operation with respect to the protected area hidden by the cloaking window 401 It may not acquire.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screening window 501 for protecting all or a part of a display screen in the device 100 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 5, the device 100 may display a protection window 501 for protecting all or a part of a display screen by acquiring protection information of the user or a protection operation of the application.

At this time, the device 100 can display the blind window 501 synchronized with the display screen in the selected area.

When the window displayed on the display screen is scrolled, the device 100 can display the same window 501 at the same position on the display screen. Also, when the window displayed on the display screen is zoomed in or zoomed out, the device 100 can display the blind window 501 having the same size and shape as it is.

6 is a view for explaining a method of protecting all or a part of a display screen in a device 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 6, the device 100 may hide the content included in the selected area in order to protect all or a part of the area of the display screen. In detail, the device 100 may display the blind window 601 synchronized with the content included in the selected area in the selected area.

6, a display screen of the device 100 displaying the window of the first application is displayed, and a display screen of the device 100 displaying the window of the second application is displayed in the center.

When the blind window 601 synchronized with the content is displayed, the device 100 clears the blind window 601 when the window of the first application is switched to the window of the second application, and displays the other blind window 602 Can be displayed. Specifically, the device 100 may obtain the protection information for the second application and display the blocking window 602 based on the protection information for the obtained second application.

In addition, the device 100 stores information about the blind window 601 as protection information for the first application when the blind window 601 is removed, and the window of the second application is switched back to the window of the first application . Specifically, when the window of the second application is switched to the window of the first application, the device 100 removes the blind window 602 and displays the blind window 601 again on the basis of the protection information for the stored first application can do.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a blank window 701 for protecting all or a part of a display screen in the device 100 of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 7, the device 100 may acquire protection information of a user's protection operation or application, and may display a blind window 701 for protecting all or a part of the display screen.

At this time, the device 100 may display a blind window 701 synchronized with the content included in all or a part of the selected display screen in the selected area.

When the window displayed on the display screen is scrolled, the device 100 can display the hidden window 701 together with the corresponding content. As shown in FIG. 7, when the window displayed on the display screen is scrolled downward, the device 100 can move the screening window 701 upward at the same speed as the moving speed of the content moved upward. In addition, when the window displayed on the display screen is zoomed in or out, the device 100 can zoom in or zoom out the blind window 701 at the same rate as the content.

Accordingly, the user can continue to protect the content even when the window displayed on the display screen is scrolled, zoomed in or zoomed out.

The device 100 may synchronize the hidden window 701 with the content or application window using various implementations.

Specifically, the device 100 may obtain a snapshot of the original screen of the protected area and store it in the protected information for the application. When the user drags and moves the application window, the device 100 can obtain the information about the drag operation such as the drag direction, intensity, distance, etc., and estimate the movement position of the protection area. The device 100 may display the blind window 701 in the matching area if the obtained snapshot of the protection area matches the image of the estimated movement position.

The device 100 may also synchronize the hidden window 701 with the content or application window using optical character recognition (OCR). First, the device 100 can recognize and store characters included in the protection area using optical character recognition. When the user drags and moves the application window, the device 100 performs character recognition on the entire display screen using optical character recognition. The device 100 can display the blind window 701 in the matching area using the characters included in the stored protection area.

In addition, when the user drags the application window, the device 100 can acquire information on the drag operation such as the drag direction, intensity, distance, and the like, and calculate information on the relative positions before and after the application window. The device 100 can display the blind window 701 at the corresponding position using the calculated relative position information.

In addition, the device 100 can set a criterion according to the position of the protection area in the application window displayed on the display screen. The device 100 can synchronize the blind window 701 with the content by controlling the motion trajectory of the reference to coincide with the motion trajectory of the protection area.

The application displayed on the display screen provides an API (Application Programming Interface) for acquiring the coordinates of the pixel point on the screen corresponding to a specific portion of the content displayed on the screen and acquiring the currently displayed content according to the coordinates of the pixel point. The device 100 acquires a set of pixel points in the protection area when the protection operation of the user is acquired, and acquires and stores the contents corresponding to the pixel assignments by the provided API. When the application window is dragged, the device 100 can search the current display screen according to the API and hide the corresponding area in the screening window 701. [ If there is no corresponding area, the device 100 may not display the hidden window 701, and the search may be performed again when the next protection operation is obtained.

The device 100 can continuously protect the personal information or the usage content that the user intends to protect by adaptively protecting the user by displaying the blind window 701 synchronized with the content.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a blank window 801 for protecting all or a part of a display screen in the device 100 according to another embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 8, the device 100 may display a blind window 802 for protecting all or a part of a display screen by acquiring protection information of a user's protection operation or application.

The device 100 can obtain the operation of placing the cursor in the input field by the protection operation and can select the area from the starting point where the cursor is placed to the position where the current cursor 801 is located to the area to be protected. The device 100 can select a region to be dynamically protected as the cursor 801 moves as the user inputs a character. The device 100 may display a blind window 802 in a selected area and may display a larger blind window 802 as the user enters a character.

In addition, when the application window including the input field is executed, the device 100 may display the blind window 802 for protecting the input field by obtaining the protection information for the application. The device 100 can select the area from the initial starting point of the input field to the current cursor 801 as an area to be protected and display the blind window 802 in the selected area.

The user can move the current cursor 801 to another position using a touch operation or a cursor movement button to confirm the characters included in the protection area hidden by the screening window 802. [ The device 100 may display a different type of screening window 802 according to the moved position of the cursor 801 when the current cursor 801 is moved to another position by a user's further operation.

At this time, the device 100 can display the screening window 801 which does not affect the normal operation of the protection area. That is, when the user touches the screening window 802, the device 100 can acquire the touching operation for the screening area hidden by the screening window 802. [ The user can select, copy or delete the characters of the input field as well as when the blind window 802 is not present.

9 is a diagram for explaining a method of protecting all or a part of a display screen in a device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 9, the device 100 may display a predetermined image or a separate window to protect the selected area according to the protection operation of the user or the protection information of the application.

Further, the device may display and display the contents of the contents included in the specific area of the display screen in order to protect all or a part of the area of the display screen. For example, the device 100 may display blurred or dark display of the content, display it transparently, or display it as a mosaic.

9, various screening windows 901, 902, and 903 displayed in all or a part of the display screen of the device 100 are displayed.

For example, the device 100 may display an opaque blind window 901 of a predetermined color. The blind window 901 may be predefined by default or may include a predetermined color, image, or character set by the user.

In addition, the device 100 may display a blurred window 902 with a mosaic effect. The screening window 902 may include a mosaiced image of the content contained in the selected protection area. The blind window 902 may include a mosaic dynamic image if the content contained in the protection area is dynamic content such as a moving image.

Also, the device 100 may display a screening window 903 with a semi-transparent effect. The screening window 903 may include a fuzzy transformed image such that the content included in the selected protection area is seen in a semitransparent window. The user can conveniently use the device 100 by confirming the outline of the content while preventing exposure of personal information.

In addition to the mosaic effect and translucent effect, the device 100 can also display a blurred window with various effects such as a blur effect and a dark effect.

The settings for the blind window may be set by default or by the user. The setting for the blind window may be set differently depending on the type of the application to be executed, the type of content included in the protection area, or the type of the protection operation of the user.

10 is a flowchart of a method of protecting all or a portion of a display screen in a device 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 10, in operation 1010, the device 100 may acquire at least any one of operation information of the user or protection information related to the application to cover all or a part of the display screen.

In operation 1020, the device 100 may protect all or a part of the display screen based on at least any one of the obtained protection operation or the application-related protection information.

The device 100 can select a predetermined area by using at least one of the protection operation or the application-related protection information, and can protect the selected area by blocking it by using a window or the like.

In operation 1030, the device 100 may acquire at least one of a user's operation for clearing the protection of the display screen or protection information about an executed application.

The device 100 may obtain a removal operation from the user. For example, the device 100 may detect a tap, touch & hold, double tap, hover, drag or flick motion by a user's finger or touch tool to obtain a removal operation.

In addition, the device 100 may detect the operation of rubbing the screen using the eraser image displayed on the display screen or the operation of touching the cursor placed in the character input field to obtain the erasing operation. The removal operation for protection removal can be performed on the protection area displayed on the display screen of the device 100. [

In addition, the device 100 may acquire the removal operation by sensing the user's gaze and acquiring information about the focus of the gaze.

In addition, the device 100 may acquire an operation to terminate a running application by a removal operation.

In addition, the device can obtain protection information for the application to be executed. The protection information may include information about how to remove protection for the application being executed. For example, the protection information may include information about the type of operation the user needs to remove protection, the time at which protection is removed, and the verification required to remove the protection.

In step 1040, the device 100 may remove the protection of the protected area based on at least one of the obtained removal action or protection information for the application.

The device 100 may select a corresponding one of the protection areas of the display screen according to at least one of the obtained removal operation or the protection information and remove the protection of the selected area.

The device 100 may display the content contained in the protected area to remove protection. The device 100 can remove the blind window when the blind window is displayed in the selected area of the display screen and can display the normal content before the blind when the content of the selected area is deformed and displayed.

For example, according to the operation of tapping the user's screen, the device 100 may remove the selected screen.

In addition, according to the operation of rubbing the user's protection area, the device 100 can display the contents included in the area of the rubbed part of the protection area.

In addition, according to the touch & hold operation of the user's protection area, the device 100 can display the content included in the area corresponding to the touch point in the protection area. The device 100 may dynamically remove protection as the user moves the touch point. Specifically, when the touch point is moved, the device 100 may protect the area including the touch point before movement and remove the protection of the area including the touch point after movement.

The device 100 may first perform verification if the region is selected to remove protection and to remove protection for the selected region upon successful verification.

The device 100 may obtain a validation password from the user or obtain a user's removal operation that draws a particular shape when selecting all or a portion of the area from the user to perform verification. For example, the device 100 may obtain a removal operation of a user who draws a triangle, a square, or a circle when the user selects all or a portion of the area, compares the obtained shape with predetermined verification information, It can be judged.

The device 100 may remove protection for the selected area if it is determined that the obtained removal action is legitimate.

FIG. 11 is a view for explaining a process of protecting all or a part of a display screen according to a method of protecting all or a part of a display screen of FIG. 10, or removing a protection thereof.

Referring to FIG. 11, when the user reads the electronic book using the device 100, the device 100 protecting the display screen appears.

The user who reads the e-book may not want the contents of the e-book to be exposed to the other person. In this case, the device 100 may cover the entire area including the characters on the display screen with the covering window 1101. [

In addition, the device 100 may allow the user to read the electronic book by removing protection for some areas that the user wishes to read.

Specifically, the device 100 may sense the user's gaze and obtain information about the focus of the gaze. The device 100 may use information about the focus of the obtained line of sight to remove only the protection of the row 1102 including the focus of the line of sight. The device 100 can dynamically obtain information about the focus of the line of sight as the focus of the user's gaze moves and can dynamically remove the protection. The device 100 can protect the area from which the protection has been removed once again as the user's line of sight is moved and remove the protection of the new line including the focus of the moved line of sight.

In addition, the device 100 may acquire the touch operation of the user, and may remove only the protection of the row 1102 including the touch point according to the touch operation. The device 100 can protect the area from which the protection has been removed and remove the protection of the new line including the moved touch point to provide the content to the user when the touch point of the user is moved. The device 100 can protect all areas including characters again when the user completely removes the touch on the display screen.

Fig. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the device 100 protecting all or a part of the display screen of Fig.

Referring to FIG. 12, the device 100 may include an input unit 120, a display unit 130, a storage unit 140, and a control unit 150. In Fig. 12, only the hardware components related to this embodiment will be described in order to prevent the features of this embodiment from being blurred. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that other general hardware components other than the hardware components shown in FIG. 2 may be included.

The input unit 120 may refer to a hardware configuration for inputting information for controlling the device 100. [ For example, the input unit 120 may be implemented as a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad, a jog wheel, a jog switch, or the like.

The input unit 120 may obtain an operation for protecting a display screen from a user. For example, the device 100 may detect a tap, touch & hold, double tap, hovering, drag or flick motion by a user's finger or touch tool to obtain a protection action. In addition, the device 100 may detect an operation of rubbing the screen or placing a cursor on the character input field using the eraser image displayed on the display screen to obtain the protection operation.

Also, the input unit 120 may acquire an additional operation for moving the screening window displayed on the display screen by the user.

In addition, the input unit 120 may obtain an operation for removing the protection of the display screen from the user.

In addition, the input unit 120 may obtain an operation or verification key for verification from the user.

The display unit 130 is a hardware configuration that displays information to be processed in the device 100. The device 100 may provide a user interface screen to the user through the display unit 130 and may provide various applications or contents.

The display unit 130 may protect and display the area selected by the user for protection. Specifically, the display unit 130 may cover the display screen for the selected area, or may hide the contents included in the selected area. The display unit 130 may protect the selected area by displaying a blind window in the selected area.

The display unit 130 may display the blind window in synchronization with the display screen, or may display the blind window in synchronization with the content included in the selected area.

When the window displayed on the display screen is deformed due to scrolling or the like, the display unit 130 can display and display the hidden window together with the deformation of the content. For example, when the content is scrolled, zoomed in or zoomed out, the display unit 130 scrolls the screen at the same speed or zooms in or out at the same rate.

In addition, the display unit 130 may display the protected area of the display screen by removing the protection of the area selected by the user to remove the protection. Specifically, the display unit 130 can remove the blind window when the blind window is displayed in the protection area of the display screen, and can display the normal content before the change if the content of the protection area is displayed deformed.

When the control unit 130 performs verification, the display unit 130 may display a verification result indicating whether the verification is successful.

The storage unit 140 is a hardware structure for storing all the information used in the device 100 and includes a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SDD), a random access memory (RAM) Or the like.

The storage unit 140 may store protection information for an application executed in the device 100. [

The protection information is information for setting the protection state of the display screen with respect to the window of the application to be displayed. Specifically, the protection information may include information on a method of protecting all or a part of the area of the display screen, a method of removing protection, a synchronization target of a blind window, and the like. For example, the device 100 can protect the display screen by determining the area and position of the corresponding protection area, the shape of the blind window, the protection time, etc. with respect to the window of the application with reference to the protection information.

The storage unit 140 may store protection information for an application by default or may store protection information set by a user.

In addition, when the window of the application is switched, the storage unit 140 may store the protection state for the application of the window before the switching as protection information.

The controller 150 is a hardware configuration implemented by at least one processor such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an AP (application processor), and the like, and can perform a function of controlling the overall operation of the device 100. [

The control unit 150 can protect all or a part of the area of the display screen based on at least one of the obtained protection operation or the protection information about the application.

Specifically, the control unit 150 can select a corresponding region of the display screen based on at least one of the obtained protection operation or the protection information, and control the display unit 130 to protect the selected region.

The control unit 150 can select all or a part of the display screen as an area to be protected and select a plurality of areas.

The control unit 150 may control the display unit 130 to display all or a part of the display screen in order to display a blind window such as a predetermined image in the selected area. In addition, the control unit 150 may control the display unit 130 to display the modified image by modifying the display of the content included in the selected area.

The control unit 150 may synchronize a blind window for protecting the display screen with the display screen or may synchronize with the content included in the selected area of the display screen.

The control unit 150 may synchronize the hidden window with the contents included in the selected area of the screen using snapshot matching, optical character recognition, relative location information, API, and the like.

In addition, the controller 150 may select a corresponding one of the protection areas of the display screen according to the obtained removal operation or protection information, and may control the display unit 130 to remove the protection of the selected area. For example, the control unit 150 can remove the protection by selecting the corresponding region based on the acquired information about the focus of the user's gaze.

In addition, the control unit 150 can verify the obtained removal operation or protection information when the removal operation or the protection information of the user for removing the protection is obtained. The control unit 150 may control the display unit 130 to remove the protection for the selected area if the verification is successful.

13 is a block diagram showing another example of the configuration of the device 100 for protecting all or a part of the area of the display screen of Fig.

13, the device 100 may include an input unit 1310, an output unit 1320, a communication unit 1330, a memory 1340, a visual line detection unit 1350, and a control unit 1360. The input unit 1310 may include a touch recognition module 1311, a motion recognition module 1312, a key recognition module 1313 and a voice recognition module 1314. The output unit 1320 may include a display unit 1321, An audio output module 1322 and an alarm unit 1323. The communication unit 1330 may include a local area communication module 1331, a wireless Internet module 1332, a mobile communication module 1333, and a wired Internet module 1334, . ≪ / RTI > In Fig. 13, only the hardware components related to this embodiment will be described in order to prevent the features of this embodiment from being blurred. However, depending on the type of the device 100, other general hardware components other than the hardware components shown in FIG. 13 may be further included, or some of the hardware components shown in FIG. 13 may be omitted. It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art.

The input unit 1310 may refer to a hardware configuration in which a user inputs information for controlling the device 100. [ For example, the input unit 1310 may be implemented as a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad, a jog wheel, a jog switch, or the like.

The touch recognition module 1311 senses a user's touch gesture or touch input and can transmit information on the sensed touch gesture or touch input to the control unit 1360. [

The touch recognition module 1311 may include various sensors for sensing a touch or a proximity touch. In order to detect a touch gesture or a touch input in the touch recognition module 1311, a sensor such as a contact type capacitance type, a pressure type resistive film type, an infrared ray detection type, a surface ultrasonic wave conduction type, an integral type tension measurement type, . ≪ / RTI >

In addition, the touch recognition module 1311 may detect a proximity touch using a proximity sensor. The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects the presence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or an object existing in the vicinity of the detection surface without mechanical contact using an electromagnetic force or an infrared ray. Examples of proximity sensors include a transmission type photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection type photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection type photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation type proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor.

The user's touch gesture or touch input can include tap, touch & hold, double tap, drag, flick, drag and drop, hovering, and the like.

The touch recognition module 1311 may have a plurality of layers with the display unit 1321 and may be implemented as a touch screen. 12 may be implemented by a hardware structure of a touch screen including a touch recognition module 1311 and a display unit 1321. In addition,

The motion recognition module 1312 recognizes the motion of the device 100 and can transmit information on the motion of the device 100 to the control unit 1360. [ The motion recognition module 312 recognizes a motion such as three-dimensional movement or rotation of the device 100, rather than a deformation of the device 100. [

The motion recognition module 1312 may include various sensors for recognizing motion of the device 100. For example, the motion recognition module 312 may include an acceleration sensor, a tilt sensor, a gyro sensor, a 3-axis magnetic sensor, and the like.

The motion input, which can be recognized by the motion recognition module 1312, includes a three-dimensional motion input in which the device 100 is moved in the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis directions, A shaking motion input in which the device 100 shakes in at least one direction, a tilted motion input in which the device 100 is tilted in a predetermined direction, and the like.

The key recognition module 1313 can recognize a command of a user input via a hardware key (e.g., a direction key, a letter key, a mouse, and the like). The voice recognition module 1314 recognizes the voice of the user using the voice recognition engine and can transmit the recognized voice to the controller 1360. [

The output unit 1320 is a hardware configuration for outputting an audio signal, a video signal, or an alarm signal.

The display unit 1321 is a display interfacing means for displaying various information such as information to be processed or information to be processed in the device 100 to the user. The display unit 1321 may display a graphical user interface (GUI) for visually and intuitively providing information processed by the device 100 to a user. The display unit 1321 may perform the functions of the display unit 130 described with reference to FIG. Meanwhile, the display unit 130 of FIG. 12 may be implemented by a hardware structure of a touch screen including a touch recognition module 1311 and a display unit 1321.

The audio output module 1322 outputs audio data received via the communication unit 1330 or stored in the memory 1350. [ The sound output module 1322 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 1323 outputs a signal for notifying the event generated in the device 100. [ The alarm unit 1123 can output a signal for notifying occurrence of an event in at least one of an audio signal, a video signal, and a vibration signal.

The communication unit 1330 is a hardware configuration having a function of communicating with an external network or an external device.

The short-range communication module 1331 is a module for short-range communication. Bluetooth, UWB, ZigBee, Near Field Communication (NFC), Wi-Fi Direct (WFD), and infrared data association (IrDA) .

The wireless Internet module 1332 is a module for wireless Internet access. The mobile communication module 1333 is a module for communicating with the mobile communication network. The wired Internet module 1334 is a module for a wired Internet connection.

The memory 1340 is a hardware configuration for storing information processed by the device 100 and includes a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state drive (SDD), a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory Can be implemented. For example, the memory 1340 may store general information about the user interface to be displayed through the display unit 1321. [

The visual line detecting unit 1350 is a hardware configuration for detecting a viewing direction of a user looking at the display unit 1321 of the device 100 and may be implemented by modules such as an infrared camera and a proximity sensor. At this time, the visual line detecting unit 1350 can detect the viewing direction by recognizing the direction of the user's pupil, the direction of the front face of the user, and the like. The visual line detecting unit 1350 can measure not only the viewing direction but also the distance between the display unit 1321 and the user.

The controller 1360 may be implemented as at least one processor, such as a CPU, an AP, etc., as a hardware configuration for controlling the overall operations and functions of the device 100. [ The controller 150 of FIG. 2 described above may correspond to the controller 1360.

An apparatus according to the present invention may include a processor, a memory for storing and executing program data, a permanent storage such as a disk drive, a communication port for communicating with an external device, a user interface such as a touch panel, a key, Devices, and the like. Methods implemented with software modules or algorithms may be stored on a computer readable recording medium as computer readable codes or program instructions executable on the processor. Here, the computer-readable recording medium may be a magnetic storage medium such as a read-only memory (ROM), a random-access memory (RAM), a floppy disk, a hard disk, ), And a DVD (Digital Versatile Disc). The computer-readable recording medium may be distributed over networked computer systems so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. The medium is readable by a computer, stored in a memory, and executable on a processor.

All documents, including publications, patent applications, patents, etc., cited in the present invention may be incorporated into the present invention in the same manner as each cited document is shown individually and specifically in conjunction with one another, .

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, reference will be made to the preferred embodiments shown in the drawings, and specific terminology is used to describe the embodiments of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the specific terminology, Lt; / RTI > may include all elements commonly conceivable by those skilled in the art.

The present invention may be represented by functional block configurations and various processing steps. These functional blocks may be implemented in a wide variety of hardware and / or software configurations that perform particular functions. For example, the present invention may include integrated circuit configurations, such as memory, processing, logic, look-up tables, etc., that may perform various functions by control of one or more microprocessors or other control devices Can be adopted. Similar to the components of the present invention that may be implemented with software programming or software components, the present invention may be implemented as a combination of C, C ++, and C ++, including various algorithms implemented with data structures, processes, routines, , Java (Java), assembler, and the like. Functional aspects may be implemented with algorithms running on one or more processors. Further, the present invention can employ conventional techniques for electronic environment setting, signal processing, and / or data processing. Terms such as "mechanism", "element", "means", "configuration" may be used broadly and are not limited to mechanical and physical configurations. The term may include the meaning of a series of routines of software in conjunction with a processor or the like.

The specific acts described in the present invention are, by way of example, not intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. For brevity of description, descriptions of conventional electronic configurations, control systems, software, and other functional aspects of such systems may be omitted. Also, the connections or connecting members of the lines between the components shown in the figures are illustrative of functional connections and / or physical or circuit connections, which may be replaced or additionally provided by a variety of functional connections, physical Connection, or circuit connections. Also, unless explicitly mentioned, such as " essential ", " importantly ", etc., it may not be a necessary component for application of the present invention.

The use of the terms " above " and similar indication words in the specification of the present invention (particularly in the claims) may refer to both singular and plural. In addition, in the present invention, when a range is described, it includes the invention to which the individual values belonging to the above range are applied (unless there is contradiction thereto), and each individual value constituting the above range is described in the detailed description of the invention The same. Finally, the steps may be performed in any suitable order, unless explicitly stated or contrary to the description of the steps constituting the method according to the invention. The present invention is not necessarily limited to the order of description of the above steps. The use of all examples or exemplary language (e.g., etc.) in this invention is for the purpose of describing the present invention only in detail and is not to be limited by the scope of the claims, It is not. It will also be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, and alterations may be made depending on design criteria and factors within the scope of the appended claims or equivalents thereof.

Claims (20)

A method of shielding all or a portion of a region of a display screen in a device,
Obtaining at least one of a user's operation for protecting an area of the display screen or shield information about an application executed in the device; And
And protecting all or a portion of the display screen based on at least any one of the obtained protection operation or the protection information about the application. The method according to claim 1,
The step of protecting all or a part of the display screen includes:
Selecting a corresponding region of the display screen according to the operation of the user or the protection information; And
And protecting the selected area. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the step of protecting the selected area comprises:
Screening the display screen for the selected area. The method of claim 3,
The step of protecting the display screen includes:
Wherein a shield window synchronized with the display screen is displayed in the selected area. 5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the occlusion window is movable within the display screen based on an operation of the user. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the step of protecting the selected area comprises:
And covering the content included in the selected area. The method according to claim 6,
The method of claim 1,
And displaying a blind window synchronized with the content in the selected area to cover the content. The method according to claim 1,
The step of protecting all or a part of the display screen includes:
Modifying the display of the display screen for the area. The method according to claim 1,
Obtaining at least one of the operation of the user or the protection information for clearing the protection of all or a part of the area of the display screen; And
Further comprising displaying content included in all or a portion of the protected display screen based on at least one of the obtained removal operation or the protection information. 10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the step of displaying contents included in all or a part of the protected display screen comprises:
Selecting a corresponding one of the areas of the protected display screen according to the obtained removal operation or the protection information; And
And displaying contents included in the selected area. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 10. A device for protecting all or a part of a display screen,
An input unit for acquiring protection information on an operation performed by a user or an application executed on the device to protect all or a part of the area of the display screen;
A control unit for selecting a corresponding area of the display screen based on at least one of the obtained protection operation or protection information about the application; And
And a display unit for protecting the selected area. 13. The method of claim 12,
The display unit includes:
A device for screening the display screen for the selected area. 14. The method of claim 13,
The display unit includes:
And displays a blind window synchronized with the display screen in the selected area. 15. The method of claim 14,
Wherein the occlusion window is movable within the display screen based on an operation of the user. 13. The method of claim 12,
The display unit includes:
A device for covering contents included in the selected area. 17. The method of claim 16,
The display unit includes:
And displaying a blind window synchronized with the content on the selected area to hide the content. 13. The method of claim 12,
Wherein the input unit comprises:
Further obtaining an operation of the user to remove protection of all or a part of the area of the display screen,
Wherein,
Selecting a corresponding one of all or a part of the protected display screen according to the obtained removal operation or the protection information,
The display unit includes:
And displays the content included in the selected area. 19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein,
Verifying the obtained removal operation or the protection information,
The display unit includes:
And if the verification is successful, display the content. 19. The method of claim 18,
Wherein the input unit comprises:
Acquiring information on the focus of the user's gaze,
Wherein,
And selects an area corresponding to the focus of the user's line of sight based on the obtained information on the focus of the user's line of sight.

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