KR20160008391A - Mobile terminal and method for inputting of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a terminal and an input method of the terminal. The terminal includes: a detection unit for detecting vibration according to touch; a processing unit for determining a touch pattern of the touch, based on a pattern of the vibration; and a control unit for executing a predetermined command, corresponding to the determined touch pattern. The terminal and the input method of the same can execute various function of various terminals by the touch of the user.

Description

[0001] MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING OF THE SAME [0002]

The present invention relates to a terminal and a terminal input method.

Users who use wearable devices, smart phones, etc. habitually check the devices. That is, the users check the current time and the arrival of the message from time to time. In this case, users need to activate the device in the standby mode, and the device is generally activated by the user entering the password on the touch screen or pushing the specific button to the left or right.

Such an operation is particularly troublesome when the user's behavior is inconvenient, such as when the user is driving. Techniques for activating the device by touching the touch screen of the device are being developed.

The background art of the present invention is disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2009-0065766 (published on Jun. 23, 2009, a method of releasing a lock state of a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal).

It is an object of the present invention to provide a terminal and a terminal input method capable of performing various functions of various terminals by a user's touch.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal capable of determining a touch pattern according to a vibration pattern of a user's touch and performing a specific command according to the determined touch pattern.

The terminal may include a detection unit for detecting vibration due to a touch, a processing unit for determining a touch pattern of the touch, and a controller for performing a predetermined command corresponding to the determined touch pattern.

The processing section can further determine the touching means in accordance with the vibration and the processing section can determine the touching means in accordance with the frequency of the vibration and in this case the control section can perform the preset command corresponding to the determined touching means and the determined touch pattern combination have. In this case, the terminal may further include a storage unit for storing a command corresponding to a combination of the vibration frequency of the touch and the touch pattern.

The processing unit can determine the touch pattern in consideration of the number of occurrences of the vibration, the interval, the duration, and the like. The terminal may further include a display unit for displaying the contents of the command.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a terminal input method capable of determining a touch pattern according to a vibration pattern according to a user's touch and performing a specific command according to the determined touch pattern.

The terminal input method may further include detecting vibration of a touch, determining a touch pattern, and performing a predetermined command according to the touch pattern, and determining the touch means according to the vibration. In this case, the step of performing the predetermined command may include a step of performing a predetermined command corresponding to the combination of the determined touching means and the determined touch pattern.

In the terminal input method, a touch on a terminal may be a touch on any point of the terminal.

1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a flowchart illustrating a terminal input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a step of performing an instruction according to a touch pattern in a terminal input method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the like elements throughout. A description thereof will be omitted.

It is also to be understood that the terms first, second, etc. used hereinafter are merely reference numerals for distinguishing between identical or corresponding components, and the same or corresponding components are defined by terms such as first, second, no.

In addition, the term " coupled " is used not only in the case of direct physical contact between the respective constituent elements in the contact relation between the constituent elements, but also means that other constituent elements are interposed between the constituent elements, Use them as a concept to cover each contact.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a terminal input method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a touch input method according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a step of executing an instruction according to a pattern. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, a terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a detection unit 110, a processing unit 120, a control unit 130, a storage unit 140, and a display unit 150.

The detection unit 110 detects a vibration in accordance with a touch of the terminal and may include a vibration sensor. The vibration sensor may be mounted at any position of the terminal. For example, if the terminal is a smart phone, the vibration sensor may be mounted on a touch screen of the smart phone, and may be mounted on a screen of a clock or a band of a clock when the terminal is a smart watch.

The processing unit 120 determines the touch pattern based on the vibration pattern. Here, the touch pattern means the shape of the touch. For example, the touch pattern may mean a combination of the number of touches, the interval between touches, and the duration of the touch.

The processing unit 120 can determine the touch pattern according to the number of times of occurrence of vibration. For example, when the number of times of vibration is one, the touch pattern is recognized as a touch pattern for a command showing the current time. When the number of times of vibration is two, the touch pattern for a command showing the current weather can be recognized.

On the other hand, when the number of times of occurrence of vibration is one, the processing unit 120 can determine the touch pattern according to the duration of vibration generation. For example, the processing unit 120 can recognize the vibration pattern as a different touch pattern when the vibration generation time is 0.1 second or more and less than 0.1 second. That is, when the touch is shortened and when the touch is made long, different touch patterns can be recognized.

In addition, when the number of times of occurrence of vibration is plural, the processing unit 120 can determine the touch pattern according to at least one of the number of times of occurrence of vibration, time interval between occurrence of vibration, and duration of generation of vibration.

For example, when the number of times of occurrence of the vibration is two, the processing unit 120 can recognize each of the short vibration patterns and the long vibration patterns as different touch patterns in consideration of the time interval between the vibration occurrence. That is, when the user touches the touch or touches the touch, the processing unit 120 recognizes the touch pattern as a different touch pattern.

Further, in the case where the number of times of vibration occurrence is three, when the first two vibration occurrence intervals are short and when the two vibration occurrence intervals are short, the processing section 120 can recognize them as different touch patterns. That is, when the user touches the touch or touches the touch, the processing unit 120 recognizes the touch pattern as a different touch pattern.

As described above, when the processing unit 120 determines a touch pattern according to at least one of the number of times of occurrence of the vibration, the time interval between the occurrence of the vibration, and the duration of occurrence of the vibration, a large number of the touch patterns can be determined.

The processing unit 120 can further determine the touching means of the touch according to the vibration. The touch means means means or medium for the user to touch the terminal, and may be a body part such as the user's finger or elbow, or may be an object such as a pen, a swab or the like.

The processing unit 120 can determine the touching means in accordance with the frequency of the vibration. The information of the touch means according to the vibration frequency can be registered in advance. For example, vibrating at the 'A'Hz frequency can be registered with the user's finger, and vibrating at the' B'Hz frequency can be registered to recognize with the pen.

The control unit 130 executes a preset command corresponding to the touch pattern determined by the processing unit 120. [ Meanwhile, when the processing unit 120 determines up to the touching unit, the control unit 130 may perform a predetermined command corresponding to the determined combination of the touching unit and the determined touch pattern.

Thus, if the processing unit 120 determines not only the touch pattern but also the touch means, the number of commands that can be operated by the touch operation is increased, so that various commands can be executed.

The storage unit 140 may store a command corresponding to the touch pattern, and may store a command corresponding to the combination of the vibration frequency of the touch and the touch pattern.

For example, in the case of 'one vibration at the vibration frequency touched by the user's finger', the 'device unlocked' command can be assigned and stored. In addition, in the case of 'two short vibration occurrences due to a vibration frequency touched by the user's finger', a 'open message box' command can be allocated and stored. In addition, in the case of three vibration occurrences at the vibration frequency touched with the pen, a command to execute the calculator can be allocated and stored.

The control unit 130 may extract the corresponding command from the storage unit 140 and may perform the touch pattern when the processing unit 120 determines the touching unit according to the vibration frequency.

The display unit 150 displays the contents of a command to be executed by the control unit 130. [ That is, the display unit 150 may display information on the current time and the current weather to the user, or may display a message list of the message box. The display unit 150 may include a touch screen of a smart phone or a liquid crystal of a smart watch.

Referring to FIG. 2, a terminal input method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a step S110 of setting an instruction, a step S120 of detecting vibration of a touch, a step S130 of determining a touching means, A step of determining a pattern (S140), and a step of performing an instruction (S150).

A step S110 of setting an instruction is a step of allocating and storing a command corresponding to the vibration frequency and the touch pattern. The user can set and store a specific touch pattern by a specific touching means. In this case, the specific touch means can be stored as information of a specific vibration frequency.

For example, if the user has a vibration with a vibration frequency that is touched with the user's finger, the user can allocate and store the 'device unlocked' command.

In addition, if there are three vibration occurrences due to the vibration frequency touched by the pen, a command to execute the calculator can be allocated and stored.

The step of detecting the vibration of the touch (S120) is a step in which the detection unit 110 such as the vibration sensor mounted on the terminal detects the vibration of the touch to the user's terminal. The touch may be a touch on any point of the terminal, and may be, for example, a touch on a touch screen of a smart phone, a touch on a liquid crystal or a band of a bezel or a smart watch.

The step of detecting the vibration of the touch (S120) may be started by the first vibration of the touch of the terminal. That is, when the terminal is in the standby mode, the step of detecting the vibration of the touch can be started by the first vibration of the touch even if the operation is not separately activated. According to this, even if the user does not see the terminal, it is possible to perform a specific function such as releasing the lock without difficulty.

The step of determining the touch means (S130) is a step of determining a touch medium for the user's touch. The touching means can be determined according to the frequency of the vibration. For example, vibrating at the 'A'Hz frequency can be registered with the user's finger, and vibrating at the' B'Hz frequency can be registered to recognize with the pen.

The step of determining the touch pattern (S140) is a step of determining a touch pattern according to the vibration pattern with respect to the touch of the terminal. The touch pattern can be determined according to the number of occurrences of vibration.

For example, when the number of times of occurrence of the vibration is one, it is determined as a touch pattern for the command showing the current time. When the number of times of occurrence of the vibration is two, the touch pattern for the command showing the current weather can be determined.

On the other hand, when the number of times of occurrence of vibration is one, the touch pattern can be determined according to the duration of generation of vibration. For example, the vibration generation time may be determined as a different touch pattern in the case of 0.1 second or more and in the case of less than 0.1 second. That is, different touch patterns can be determined when the touch is shortened and when the touch is extended.

The touch pattern can be determined according to at least one of the number of occurrences of the vibration, the time interval between the occurrence of the vibration, and the duration of occurrence of the vibration when the number of occurrences of the vibration is plural.

The step of executing the command (S150) is a step of executing a preset command according to a combination of the touch command or the touch command and the touch pattern according to the touch pattern.

For example, a 'device unlocked' command may be performed if it is perceived as' one vibration at the vibration frequency of touching with the user's finger ', and' three vibration at the vibration frequency touching the pen Quot ;, the " execute calculator " command may be executed.

The contents of the command executed in the step of executing the command (S150) may be displayed to the user through the display unit 150 of the terminal.

FIG. 3 shows a method of performing various commands according to the number of vibration occurrences according to the touch and the interval between the occurrence of vibrations. Referring to FIG. 3, description will be made after the detection unit 110 of the terminal detects the vibration of the touch.

It is judged whether vibration occurrence is once or not (S210). If vibration occurrence is once, a first command can be executed (S211).

If the vibration is not generated once, it is determined whether the vibration is generated twice (S220). If the vibration occurs twice, it is determined whether the interval between the vibration occurrence is a second or less (S230). If the interval between vibration occurrences is a second or less, a second command is executed (S231). If the interval between vibrations is more than a second, a second command is executed (S232).

If the vibration is not generated once or twice, it is determined whether the vibration occurs three times (S240). If the vibration occurs three times, the first (first) vibration occurrence interval and the second (second) Sec or less (S250). If the interval between the first vibration occurrence and the second vibration occurrence is less than b seconds, it is determined whether the interval between the second vibration occurrence and the third (third) vibration occurrence is less than c seconds (S260).

If the interval between the first vibration occurrence and the second vibration occurrence interval is equal to or less than b seconds and the interval between the second vibration occurrence and the third (third) vibration occurrence is equal to or less than c seconds, the fourth command is executed (S261) If the interval between generation and third vibration occurrence exceeds c seconds, the fifth command is executed (S262).

If the interval between the first vibration occurrence and the second vibration occurrence is more than b seconds, it is determined whether the interval between the second vibration occurrence and the third vibration occurrence is less than d seconds (S270).

If the interval between the first vibration occurrence and the second vibration occurrence interval is more than b seconds and the interval between the second vibration occurrence and the third vibration occurrence is less than d seconds, the sixth command is executed (S271) Th < / RTI > vibration is greater than d seconds, the seventh command is executed (S272).

On the other hand, when no vibration is generated four times or more, if there is no preset command, the specific command is not executed.

In FIG. 3, only the command execution according to the touch pattern is shown. However, if commands are combined by touching means corresponding to the vibration frequency of the touch, more commands can be executed.

As described above, according to the terminal and terminal input method according to one embodiment of the present invention, various commands can be easily performed by a simple operation of touch. In particular, if the command is to release the lock state, the touch pattern can replace the password.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims. The present invention can be variously modified and changed by those skilled in the art, and it is also within the scope of the present invention.

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Claims (16)

A detection unit for detecting vibration due to a touch;
A processing unit for determining a touch pattern of the touch according to the vibration pattern; And
And performs a predetermined command corresponding to the determined touch pattern.
The method according to claim 1,
The processing unit further determines the touching means of the touch according to the vibration,
Wherein the controller performs a predetermined command corresponding to the determined combination of the touch means and the determined touch pattern.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the processing unit determines the touching means of the touch according to the frequency of the vibration.
The method of claim 3,
Further comprising a storage unit for storing a command corresponding to a combination of a vibration frequency of the touch and a touch pattern.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the processor determines the touch pattern according to a frequency of occurrence of the vibration.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the processing unit determines the touch pattern in accordance with the generation duration of the vibration when the number of times of occurrence of the vibration is one.
6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the processing unit determines the touch pattern according to at least one of a number of times of occurrence of the vibration, a time interval of occurrence of the vibration, and a duration of generation of the vibration when the number of times of occurrence of the vibration is plural .
The method according to claim 1,
And a display unit for displaying the contents of the command performed by the control unit.
Detecting vibration of a touch to the terminal;
Determining a touch pattern of the touch according to the vibration pattern; And
And performing a predetermined command corresponding to the determined touch pattern.
10. The method of claim 9,
Between the step of detecting the vibration of the touch and the step of determining the touch pattern,
Further comprising the step of determining a touching means in response to the vibration,
The step of performing the pre-
And performing a predetermined command corresponding to the determined combination of the touch means and the determined touch pattern.
11. The method of claim 10,
Wherein the step of determining the touching means comprises:
And determining the touching means according to the frequency of the vibration.
12. The method of claim 11,
Prior to detecting the vibration of the touch on the terminal,
And setting a command corresponding to the combination of the vibration frequency of the touch and the touch pattern.
10. The method of claim 9,
The step of determining the touch pattern includes:
And determining the touch pattern according to a frequency of occurrence of the vibration.
14. The method of claim 13,
The step of determining the touch pattern includes:
Wherein the touch pattern is determined according to a duration of occurrence of the vibration when the number of occurrences of the vibration is one.
14. The method of claim 13,
In the step of determining the touch pattern,
And determining the touch pattern according to at least one of the number of times of occurrence of the vibration, the time interval of occurrence of the vibration, and the duration of occurrence of the vibration when the number of occurrences of the vibration is plural Input method.
10. The method of claim 9,
In the step of detecting the vibration of the touch to the terminal,
Wherein the touch is a touch to an arbitrary point of the terminal.

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