Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used to designate identical or similar elements, and redundant description thereof will be omitted. The suffix "module" and " part "for the components used in the following description are given or mixed in consideration of ease of specification, and do not have their own meaning or role. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of related arts will be omitted when it is determined that the gist of the embodiments disclosed herein may be blurred. It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. , ≪ / RTI > equivalents, and alternatives.
1A to 1C are block diagrams for explaining a mobile terminal according to the present invention, and FIGS. 1B and 1C are conceptual diagrams showing an example of a mobile terminal according to the present invention in different directions.
The mobile terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, an input unit 120, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, an interface unit 160, a memory 170, a control unit 180, And the like. The components shown in FIG. 1A are not essential for implementing a mobile terminal, so that the mobile terminal described herein may have more or fewer components than the components listed above.
The wireless communication unit 110 may be connected between the mobile terminal 100 and the wireless communication system or between the mobile terminal 100 and another mobile terminal 100 or between the mobile terminal 100 and the external server 100. [ Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > wireless < / RTI > In addition, the wireless communication unit 110 may include one or more modules for connecting the mobile terminal 100 to one or more networks.
The wireless communication unit 110 may include at least one of a broadcast receiving module 111, a mobile communication module 112, a wireless Internet module 113, a short distance communication module 114, and a location information module 115 .
The input unit 120 includes a camera 121 or an image input unit for inputting a video signal, a microphone 122 for inputting an audio signal, an audio input unit, a user input unit 123 for receiving information from a user A touch key, a mechanical key, and the like). The voice data or image data collected by the input unit 120 may be analyzed and processed by a user's control command.
The sensing unit 140 may include at least one sensor for sensing at least one of information in the mobile terminal, surrounding environment information surrounding the mobile terminal, and user information. For example, the sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 141, an illumination sensor 142, a touch sensor, an acceleration sensor, a magnetic sensor, A G-sensor, a gyroscope sensor, a motion sensor, an RGB sensor, an infrared sensor, a finger scan sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, A microphone 226, a battery gauge, an environmental sensor (for example, a barometer, a hygrometer, a thermometer, a radiation detection sensor, A thermal sensor, a gas sensor, etc.), a chemical sensor (e.g., an electronic nose, a healthcare sensor, a biometric sensor, etc.). Meanwhile, the mobile terminal disclosed in the present specification can combine and utilize information sensed by at least two of the sensors.
The output unit 150 includes at least one of a display unit 151, an acoustic output unit 152, a haptic tip module 153, and a light output unit 154 to generate an output related to visual, auditory, can do. The display unit 151 may have a mutual layer structure with the touch sensor or may be integrally formed to realize a touch screen. The touch screen may function as a user input unit 123 that provides an input interface between the mobile terminal 100 and a user and may provide an output interface between the mobile terminal 100 and a user.
The interface unit 160 serves as a path to various types of external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. The interface unit 160 is connected to a device having a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, And may include at least one of a port, an audio I / O port, a video I / O port, and an earphone port. In the mobile terminal 100, corresponding to the connection of the external device to the interface unit 160, it is possible to perform appropriate control related to the connected external device.
In addition, the memory 170 stores data supporting various functions of the mobile terminal 100. The memory 170 may store a plurality of application programs or applications driven by the mobile terminal 100, data for operation of the mobile terminal 100, and commands. At least some of these applications may be downloaded from an external server via wireless communication. Also, at least a part of these application programs may exist on the mobile terminal 100 from the time of shipment for the basic functions (e.g., telephone call receiving function, message receiving function, and calling function) of the mobile terminal 100. Meanwhile, the application program may be stored in the memory 170, installed on the mobile terminal 100, and operated by the control unit 180 to perform the operation (or function) of the mobile terminal.
In addition to the operations related to the application program, the control unit 180 typically controls the overall operation of the mobile terminal 100. The control unit 180 may process or process signals, data, information, and the like input or output through the above-mentioned components, or may drive an application program stored in the memory 170 to provide or process appropriate information or functions to the user.
In addition, the controller 180 may control at least some of the components illustrated in FIG. 1A in order to drive an application program stored in the memory 170. FIG. In addition, the controller 180 may operate at least two of the components included in the mobile terminal 100 in combination with each other for driving the application program.
The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller 180 and supplies power to the components included in the mobile terminal 100. The power supply unit 190 may include a battery, and the battery may be an internal battery or a replaceable battery.
At least some of the components may operate in cooperation with one another to implement a method of operation, control, or control of a mobile terminal according to various embodiments described below. The method of operation, control, or control of the mobile terminal may also be implemented on the mobile terminal by driving at least one application program stored in the memory 170. [
Hereinafter, the various components of the mobile terminal 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1A.
First, referring to the wireless communication unit 110, the broadcast receiving module 111 of the wireless communication unit 110 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. Two or more broadcast receiving modules may be provided to the mobile terminal 100 for simultaneous broadcast reception or broadcast channel switching for at least two broadcast channels.
The mobile communication module 112 may be a mobile communication module or a mobile communication module such as a mobile communication module or a mobile communication module that uses technology standards or a communication method (e.g., Global System for Mobile communication (GSM), Code Division Multi Access (CDMA), Code Division Multi Access 2000 (Enhanced Voice-Data Optimized or Enhanced Voice-Data Only), Wideband CDMA (WCDMA), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), Long Term Evolution And an external terminal, or a server on a mobile communication network established according to a long term evolution (AR), a long term evolution (AR), or the like.
The wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.
The wireless Internet module 113 is a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built in or externally attached to the mobile terminal 100. The wireless Internet module 113 is configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal in a communication network according to wireless Internet technologies.
Wireless Internet technologies include, for example, wireless LAN (WLAN), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi), wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) Direct, DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), WiBro Interoperability for Microwave Access, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) Transmits and receives data according to at least one wireless Internet technology, including Internet technologies not listed above.
The wireless Internet module 113 for performing a wireless Internet connection through the mobile communication network in view of wireless Internet access by WiBro, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE, LTE- May be understood as a kind of mobile communication module 112.
The short-range communication module 114 is for short-range communication, and includes Bluetooth ™, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB) (Near Field Communication), Wi-Fi (Wireless-Fidelity), Wi-Fi Direct, and Wireless USB (Wireless Universal Serial Bus) technology. The short-range communication module 114 is connected to the mobile terminal 100 and the wireless communication system through the wireless area networks, between the mobile terminal 100 and another mobile terminal 100, or between the mobile terminal 100 ) And the other mobile terminal 100 (or the external server). The short-range wireless communication network may be a short-range wireless personal area network.
Here, the other mobile terminal 100 may be a wearable device (e.g., a smartwatch, a smart glass, etc.) capable of interchanging data with the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention (smart glass), HMD (head mounted display)). The short range communication module 114 can detect (or recognize) a wearable device capable of communicating with the mobile terminal 100 around the mobile terminal 100. [ If the detected wearable device is a device authenticated to communicate with the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention, the control unit 180 may transmit at least part of the data processed by the mobile terminal 100 to the local communication module 114 ) To the wearable device. Therefore, the user of the wearable device can use the data processed by the mobile terminal 100 through the wearable device. For example, according to this, when a telephone is received in the mobile terminal 100, the user performs a telephone conversation via the wearable device, or when a message is received in the mobile terminal 100, It is possible to check the message.
The position information module 115 is a module for obtaining the position (or current position) of the mobile terminal, and a representative example thereof is a Global Positioning System (GPS) module or a Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) module. For example, when the mobile terminal utilizes the GPS module, it can acquire the position of the mobile terminal by using a signal transmitted from the GPS satellite. As another example, when the mobile terminal utilizes the Wi-Fi module, it can acquire the position of the mobile terminal based on information of a wireless access point (AP) that transmits or receives the wireless signal with the Wi-Fi module. Optionally, the location information module 115 may perform any of the other functions of the wireless communication unit 110 to obtain data relating to the location of the mobile terminal, in addition or alternatively. The location information module 115 is a module used to obtain the location (or current location) of the mobile terminal, and is not limited to a module that directly calculates or obtains the location of the mobile terminal.
Next, the input unit 120 is for inputting image information (or signal), audio information (or signal), data, or information input from a user. For inputting image information, Or a plurality of cameras 121 may be provided. The camera 121 processes image frames such as still images or moving images obtained by the image sensor in the video communication mode or the photographing mode. The processed image frame may be displayed on the display unit 151 or stored in the memory 170. [ A plurality of cameras 121 provided in the mobile terminal 100 may be arranged to have a matrix structure and various angles or foci may be provided to the mobile terminal 100 through the camera 121 having the matrix structure A plurality of pieces of image information can be input. In addition, the plurality of cameras 121 may be arranged in a stereo structure to acquire a left image and a right image for realizing a stereoscopic image.
The microphone 122 processes the external acoustic signal into electrical voice data. The processed voice data can be utilized variously according to a function (or a running application program) being executed in the mobile terminal 100. Meanwhile, the microphone 122 may be implemented with various noise reduction algorithms for eliminating noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.
The user input unit 123 is for receiving information from a user and when the information is inputted through the user input unit 123, the control unit 180 can control the operation of the mobile terminal 100 to correspond to the input information . The user input unit 123 may include a mechanical input unit or a mechanical key such as a button located on a front or rear or side of the mobile terminal 100, a dome switch, a jog wheel, Jog switches, etc.) and touch-type input means. For example, the touch-type input means may comprise a virtual key, a soft key or a visual key displayed on the touch screen through software processing, And a touch key disposed on the touch panel. Meanwhile, the virtual key or the visual key can be displayed on a touch screen having various forms, for example, a graphic, a text, an icon, a video, As shown in FIG.
Meanwhile, the sensing unit 140 senses at least one of information in the mobile terminal, surrounding environment information surrounding the mobile terminal, and user information, and generates a corresponding sensing signal. The control unit 180 may control the driving or operation of the mobile terminal 100 or may perform data processing, function or operation related to the application program installed in the mobile terminal 100 based on the sensing signal. Representative sensors among various sensors that may be included in the sensing unit 140 will be described in more detail.
First, the proximity sensor 141 refers to a sensor that detects the presence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface, or the presence of an object in the vicinity of the detection surface, without mechanical contact by using electromagnetic force or infrared rays. The proximity sensor 141 may be disposed in the inner area of the mobile terminal or in proximity to the touch screen, which is covered by the touch screen.
Examples of the proximity sensor 141 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. In the case where the touch screen is electrostatic, the proximity sensor 141 can be configured to detect the proximity of the object with a change of the electric field along the proximity of the object having conductivity. In this case, the touch screen (or touch sensor) itself may be classified as a proximity sensor.
On the other hand, for convenience of explanation, the act of recognizing that the object is located on the touch screen in proximity with no object touching the touch screen is referred to as "proximity touch & The act of actually touching an object on the screen is called a "contact touch. &Quot; The position at which the object is closely touched on the touch screen means a position where the object corresponds to the touch screen vertically when the object is touched. The proximity sensor 141 can detect a proximity touch and a proximity touch pattern (e.g., a proximity touch distance, a proximity touch direction, a proximity touch speed, a proximity touch time, a proximity touch position, have. Meanwhile, the control unit 180 processes data (or information) corresponding to the proximity touch operation and the proximity touch pattern sensed through the proximity sensor 141 as described above, and further provides visual information corresponding to the processed data It can be output on the touch screen. Furthermore, the control unit 180 can control the mobile terminal 100 such that different operations or data (or information) are processed according to whether the touch to the same point on the touch screen is a proximity touch or a touch touch .
The touch sensor uses a touch (or touch input) applied to the touch screen (or the display unit 151) by using at least one of various touch methods such as a resistance film type, a capacitive type, an infrared type, an ultrasonic type, Detection.
For example, the touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in a pressure applied to a specific portion of the touch screen or a capacitance generated in a specific portion to an electrical input signal. The touch sensor may be configured to detect a position, an area, a pressure at the time of touch, a capacitance at the time of touch, and the like where a touch object touching the touch screen is touched on the touch sensor. Here, the touch object may be a finger, a touch pen, a stylus pen, a pointer, or the like as an object to which a touch is applied to the touch sensor.
Thus, when there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and transmits the corresponding data to the controller 180. Thus, the control unit 180 can know which area of the display unit 151 is touched or the like. Here, the touch controller may be a separate component from the control unit 180, and may be the control unit 180 itself.
On the other hand, the control unit 180 may perform different controls or perform the same control according to the type of the touch object touching the touch screen (or a touch key provided on the touch screen). Whether to perform different controls or to perform the same control according to the type of the touch object may be determined according to the current state of the mobile terminal 100 or an application program being executed.
On the other hand, the touch sensors and the proximity sensors discussed above can be used independently or in combination to provide a short touch (touch), a long touch, a multi touch, a drag touch ), Flick touch, pinch-in touch, pinch-out touch, swipe touch, hovering touch, and the like. Touch can be sensed.
The ultrasonic sensor can recognize the position information of the object to be sensed by using ultrasonic waves. Meanwhile, the controller 180 can calculate the position of the wave generating source through the information sensed by the optical sensor and the plurality of ultrasonic sensors. The position of the wave source can be calculated using the fact that the light is much faster than the ultrasonic wave, that is, the time when the light reaches the optical sensor is much faster than the time the ultrasonic wave reaches the ultrasonic sensor. More specifically, the position of the wave generating source can be calculated using the time difference with the time when the ultrasonic wave reaches the reference signal.
The camera 121 includes at least one of a camera sensor (for example, a CCD, a CMOS, etc.), a photo sensor (or an image sensor), and a laser sensor.
The camera 121 and the laser sensor may be combined with each other to sense a touch of the sensing object with respect to the three-dimensional stereoscopic image. The photosensor can be laminated to the display element, which is adapted to scan the movement of the object to be detected proximate to the touch screen. More specifically, the photosensor mounts photo diodes and TRs (Transistors) in a row / column and scans the contents loaded on the photosensor using an electrical signal that varies according to the amount of light applied to the photo diode. That is, the photo sensor performs coordinate calculation of the object to be sensed according to the amount of change of light, and position information of the object to be sensed can be obtained through the calculation.
The display unit 151 displays (outputs) information processed by the mobile terminal 100. For example, the display unit 151 may display execution screen information of an application program driven by the mobile terminal 100 or UI (User Interface) and GUI (Graphic User Interface) information according to the execution screen information .
Also, the display unit 151 may be configured as a stereoscopic display unit for displaying a stereoscopic image.
In the stereoscopic display unit, a three-dimensional display system such as a stereoscopic system (glasses system), an autostereoscopic system (no-glasses system), a projection system (holographic system) can be applied.
The sound output unit 152 may output audio data received from the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 170 in a call signal reception mode, a call mode or a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast reception mode, The sound output unit 152 also outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.) performed in the mobile terminal 100. [ The audio output unit 152 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.
The haptic module 153 generates various tactile effects that the user can feel. A typical example of the haptic effect generated by the haptic module 153 may be vibration. The intensity and pattern of the vibration generated in the haptic module 153 can be controlled by the user's selection or the setting of the control unit. For example, the haptic module 153 may combine and output different vibrations or sequentially output the vibrations.
In addition to vibration, the haptic module 153 may be configured to perform various functions such as a pin arrangement vertically moving with respect to the contact skin surface, a spraying force or suction force of the air through the injection port or the suction port, a touch on the skin surface, And various tactile effects such as an effect of reproducing a cold sensation using an endothermic or exothermic element can be generated.
The haptic module 153 can transmit the tactile effect through the direct contact, and the tactile effect can be felt by the user through the muscles of the finger or arm. The haptic module 153 may include two or more haptic modules 153 according to the configuration of the mobile terminal 100.
The light output unit 154 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event using the light of the light source of the mobile terminal 100. Examples of events that occur in the mobile terminal 100 may include message reception, call signal reception, missed call, alarm, schedule notification, email reception, information reception through an application, and the like.
The signal output from the light output unit 154 is implemented as the mobile terminal emits light of a single color or a plurality of colors to the front or rear surface. The signal output may be terminated by the mobile terminal detecting the event confirmation of the user.
The interface unit 160 serves as a path for communication with all external devices connected to the mobile terminal 100. The interface unit 160 receives data from an external device or supplies power to each component in the mobile terminal 100 or transmits data in the mobile terminal 100 to an external device. For example, a port for connecting a device equipped with a wired / wireless headset port, an external charger port, a wired / wireless data port, a memory card port, an audio I / O port, a video I / O port, an earphone port, and the like may be included in the interface unit 160.
The identification module is a chip for storing various information for authenticating the use right of the mobile terminal 100 and includes a user identification module (UIM), a subscriber identity module (SIM) A universal subscriber identity module (USIM), and the like. Devices with identification modules (hereinafter referred to as "identification devices") can be manufactured in a smart card format. Accordingly, the identification device can be connected to the terminal 100 through the interface unit 160. [
The interface unit 160 may be a path through which power from the cradle is supplied to the mobile terminal 100 when the mobile terminal 100 is connected to an external cradle, May be a path through which the mobile terminal 100 is transmitted. The various command signals or the power source input from the cradle can be operated as a signal for recognizing that the mobile terminal 100 is correctly mounted on the cradle.
The memory 170 may store a program for the operation of the controller 180 and temporarily store input / output data (e.g., a phone book, a message, a still image, a moving picture, etc.). The memory 170 may store data related to vibrations and sounds of various patterns output upon touch input on the touch screen.
The memory 170 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a solid state disk type, an SDD type (Silicon Disk Drive type), a multimedia card micro type ), Card type memory (e.g., SD or XD memory), random access memory (RAM), static random access memory (SRAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read memory, a programmable read-only memory (PROM), a magnetic memory, a magnetic disk, and / or an optical disk. The mobile terminal 100 may operate in association with a web storage that performs storage functions of the memory 170 on the Internet.
Meanwhile, as described above, the control unit 180 controls the operations related to the application program and the general operation of the mobile terminal 100. [ For example, when the state of the mobile terminal meets a set condition, the controller 180 can execute or release a lock state for restricting input of a user's control command to applications.
In addition, the control unit 180 performs control and processing related to voice communication, data communication, video call, or the like, or performs pattern recognition processing to recognize handwriting input or drawing input performed on the touch screen as characters and images, respectively . Further, the controller 180 may control any one or a plurality of the above-described components in order to implement various embodiments described below on the mobile terminal 100 according to the present invention.
The power supply unit 190 receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller 180 and supplies power necessary for operation of the respective components. The power supply unit 190 includes a battery, the battery may be an internal battery configured to be chargeable, and may be detachably coupled to the terminal body for charging or the like.
In addition, the power supply unit 190 may include a connection port, and the connection port may be configured as an example of an interface 160 through which an external charger for supplying power for charging the battery is electrically connected.
As another example, the power supply unit 190 may be configured to charge the battery in a wireless manner without using a connection port. In this case, the power supply unit 190 may use at least one of an inductive coupling method based on a magnetic induction phenomenon from an external wireless power transmission apparatus and a magnetic resonance coupling method based on an electromagnetic resonance phenomenon Power can be delivered.
In the following, various embodiments may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.
Hereinafter, embodiments related to a control method that can be implemented in a mobile terminal configured as above will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of manufacturing a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2, a method of displaying a notification message of the mobile terminal 100 includes the steps of acquiring notification information, group information, and priority information of an application (S110), notification information of the acquired application, group information, A step S120 of generating a notification message based on the information, and a step S130 of displaying a notification message in a group window corresponding to the group information.
The control unit 180 of the mobile terminal 100 acquires notification information, group information, and priority information of the application (S110). When the control unit 180 of the mobile terminal 100 receives an event from the application while the application is running or is operating in the background, The corresponding notification information, the group information, and the priority information. The control unit 180 may also store the obtained notification information, group information, and priority information in a memory. Examples of events that occur in the mobile terminal 100 include message reception, missed call, alarm, schedule notification, email reception, information reception through an application, and the like.
The notification information means an original of information to be displayed on the display unit 151 in order to transmit information to the user while the application is executed in the control unit 180 or in the background. Such notification information often includes much content to be displayed on the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100 at a time. Therefore, it is necessary to process the notification information in order to deliver the notification information more efficiently to the user of the mobile terminal 100 through the display unit 151 having a limited size.
Group information refers to information obtained by dividing a plurality of applications into groups. That is, it means information on which group the application belongs to. Each group includes at least one application. However, not every application belongs to a group, and some applications do not belong to a group.
The priority information means a weight for the application to be displayed on the display unit 151. [ That is, according to the embodiment of the present invention, each of the notification messages of the applications may be displayed prioritizing the notification messages of the high priority applications or displaying more detailed information about the notification messages. And thus may include information regarding the priority of each of the applications. The priority information may include an order for the group, and may include information about the priority for the application in the group.
Step S120 of generating a notification message based on the size, notification information, group information and priority information of the obtained application's application window is a step of processing the notification information to generate a notification message.
The size of the notification window means the size of the display unit capable of displaying the notification message. The size of the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100 is generally limited due to the characteristics of the mobile device. In addition, the size of the display unit that can display the notification message differs according to the state of the mobile terminal 100. [ For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in a locked state, a display unit of a size large enough to include text information may be displayed at the center of the display unit 151. [ However, in a state where a plurality of applications are displayed on the mobile terminal 100, a notification message may be displayed in a small icon form on the upper left corner. In this way, the size of the notification window differs depending on the state of the mobile terminal 100. Accordingly, the notification message can be sized according to the state of the mobile terminal 100.
The control unit 180 of the mobile terminal 100 generates a notification message based on the size of the notification window, the notification information, the group information, and the priority information. The control unit 180 determines the display method of the notification message according to the size of the notification window. Also, the control unit 180 determines the group window in which the notification message is to be displayed using the group information. The control unit 180 determines the position of the group window to be displayed in the notification window using the priority information, and determines the position and display method of the notification message in the group window. In addition, the control unit 180 determines a display method of the notification message according to the type of the notification information.
The notification message may allow the user of the mobile terminal 100 to know whether an event has occurred or not through an indication that an event has occurred in the application. The notification message may also include the number of occurrences of the event. The number of occurrences of each event in an application may be expressed in Arabic numerals in a portion of the application icon. However, this is not a limitation. The notification message may also include a specific content of an event generated in the application. As the specific contents of the event are displayed on the display unit 151, the user of the mobile terminal 100 can know the information about the event generated through the notification message without executing the corresponding application.
A remedy for generating a notification message in the controller 180 of the mobile terminal 100 will be described later with reference to the other drawings.
Step S130 of displaying the notification message in the group window corresponding to the group information displays the notification message generated in step S120 on the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100. [
The notification message may be displayed on the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100, and the displayed notification message may be displayed differently according to the priority.
For example, a high priority group can be placed at the top of the notification window or at a location where the user can easily see it. The notification window can be scrolled by the user's gesture and the group window of the higher priority group can be located at a position where the user can be displayed without scrolling. On the other hand, the group window of the lower priority group can be displayed at the visible position by scrolling. That is, the position of the group window is positioned to reflect the priority.
In addition, the group window of the high priority group is displayed to display the text of the notification information, and the group window of the low priority group can display only the occurrence and the occurrence count of the event in the application. That is, the information displayed in the group window according to the priority may be different.
There may also be a priority of each application in the group, and there may be a difference in the position and the displayed information in the group window according to the priority of each application.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a user of the mobile terminal 100 easily displays a plurality of events in a plurality of applications by displaying an application message, the display unit 151 displays events of all applications It can not be displayed. However, in the case of an application having a high priority, a user of the mobile terminal 100 can advantageously check information of an event of an application whose priority is set high, by not displaying the event without being omitted.
3A to 3C are conceptual diagrams for explaining an apparatus for displaying event information in the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3A shows a display method of a plurality of applications on an initial screen of the mobile terminal 100. [ The mobile terminal 100 displays the group windows 310, 320, and 330 on the display unit 151. Each of the group windows 310, 320, and 330 displays the notification messages 311, 312, 313, and 314 when the application belonging to the application group corresponding to the group window includes notification information. The notification messages 311, 312, 313, and 314 shown in FIG. 3A indicate that an event has occurred in the application corresponding to the notification message. In this embodiment, it is shown that the event is simply generated, but in another embodiment, a number may be displayed in the notification message to display the number of events generated in the application.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the group corresponding to the group window 310 may have a priority that is at least equal to or higher than that of the group corresponding to the group window 320. [ Accordingly, the group window 310 is displayed above the group window 320. Similarly, each of the groups corresponding to the group window 310 and the group window 320 may have a priority that is at least equal to or higher than that of the group corresponding to the group window 330. [
3A, the group window 310 is a group window of a group related to a message, the group window 320 is a group window related to an SNS, and the group window 330 is a group window related to a game. Accordingly, an application belonging to the group window 310 can display a notification message in the group window 310. [
According to one embodiment of the present invention, each of the applications in the group window may have an application priority. For example, the message application corresponding to the notification message 311 may have at least the same priority as or higher priority than the message application corresponding to the notification message 312. Therefore, the notification message 311 may be located further to the left than the notification message 312.
That is, an application corresponding to each of the erroneous messages 311, 312, 313, and 314 can be said to be displayed on the left side of the group window 310,
As described above, when there is a priority order of each of the application group and the application, the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100 displays a notification message corresponding to the application having a higher priority at a position where the user can more easily check The user of the mobile terminal 100 is determined to be more important, so that it is possible to obtain information on an event of a high priority application.
Although not shown in FIG. 3A, when there is not enough space in the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100, the control unit 180 may not be able to display both the notification message and the group window. In this case, the control unit 180 may cause the group window and the notification message to be displayed by scrolling according to the gesture input of the user. Even if all the notification messages are not displayed on the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100 due to the occurrence of an event in the plurality of applications, the control unit 180 may display the group window corresponding to the high priority group or the application, A message can be displayed on the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100, which is advantageous in that a user can easily obtain information on an event of an application.
FIG. 3B shows a method of executing an application corresponding to a notification message when the user's gesture is input in the notification message or displaying notification information of the notification message in detail.
When a gesture input of the user is input to the notification message, the control unit 180 performs a function corresponding to the gesture. Gestures can be various gestures such as touch, long touch, double Dutch, and so on.
For example, when the gesture of the user is input to the notification message 313, the control unit 180 may execute the application corresponding to the notification message 313, and the notification information corresponding to the notification message 313 may be detailed Can be displayed.
The user of the mobile terminal 100 can more easily confirm the event generated in the application in spite of the space of the display unit 151 of the limited mobile terminal 100 or can easily operate the application There are advantages to be able to.
3C shows a method of displaying a more detailed notification message.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the application corresponding to the notification message 314 may not belong to a specific group, and when the priority of the application corresponding to the notification message 314 is high, The notification information of the event of the application corresponding to the notification message 314 can be displayed in detail. The present invention can differentially apply a method of displaying a notification message according to the priority order as described above. The application of the method of displaying the notification message according to the priority of the application is advantageous in that the event of the application can be displayed more efficiently.
3B, when the gesture of the user of the mobile terminal 100 is input to the notification message 313, the control unit 180 changes the notification message 313 of the application to the notification message 314 . Therefore, the user of the mobile terminal 100 can immediately confirm the notification message 314 without executing the application corresponding to the notification message 313. [ According to the present invention, there is an advantage that the user of the mobile terminal 100 can more easily grasp the details of the event that occurs in the application by changing the display method of the notification message through the gesture of the user.
4A and 4B are conceptual diagrams for explaining an apparatus for displaying event information in the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4A is a diagram illustrating a case where an application event is generated when the mobile terminal 100 is provided with a desktop on which an execution icon corresponding to an application is displayed on the screen, A notification message can be displayed.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, when an application has a high priority, a notification message can be displayed first. For example, the priority of the application corresponding to the notification message 401 is at least equal to or higher than the priority of the application corresponding to the notification message 402. [ Therefore, the notification message 401 is displayed on the left side of the notification message 402. Similarly, the priority of the application corresponding to the notification message 402 is at least equal to or higher than the priority of the application corresponding to the notification message 403. Therefore, the notification message 402 is displayed on the left side of the notification message 403. Similarly, the priority of the application corresponding to the notification message 403 is at least equal to or higher than the priority of the application corresponding to the notification message 404. Therefore, the notification message 403 is displayed on the left side of the notification message 404. It is possible to preferentially display the notification message corresponding to the application having the higher priority as described above. However, if the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100 has insufficient space to display a notification message, the control unit 180 first displays the notification message corresponding to the application having a higher priority. Accordingly, the user of the mobile terminal 100 has the advantage of being able to more easily confirm the information on the event of the application determined to be important.
4B is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the upper left side of the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100 when an event of the application is generated when the mobile terminal 100 is provided with a desktop on which an execution icon corresponding to the application is displayed. If the space of the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100 is insufficient at the time of displaying the notification message, they can be grouped and displayed.
For example, if the priority of the application corresponding to the notification message 401 is higher than that of the other application, the notification message 401 can indicate that an event has occurred to the application corresponding to the notification message 401. [ However, when the number of events of the plurality of other applications is not large enough to be displayed on the display unit 151 of the mobile terminal 100, the controller 180 may group the events. If four events have occurred in the application included in the game group, a "G4" indication (411) can be made. Although not shown in the drawings, it is also possible that a plurality of groups are simultaneously displayed. For example, if four events occur in an application included in a game group and three events occur in an application belonging to the SNS group, a notification message " G4 " and " S3 " may be displayed. However, the above-described method is merely an example of indicating that a plurality of events have occurred in the same group, and it is possible to indicate that an event has occurred in an application belonging to the group in various ways.
5A and 5B are conceptual diagrams illustrating a method for setting an application priority of the mobile terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 5A, the control unit 180 may include an application in a predetermined group or a group arbitrarily generated by the user. The user can also create a new group.
For example, the groups 501 and 502 may be predetermined groups, and the groups 503 and 504 may be groups generated by a user. In addition, the control unit 180 may generate a new group other than the already created groups 501 to 504. [
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the groups 501 to 504 can designate priorities between groups, and can be set in two steps as a priority priority group and a general group. However, the priority among groups may be set to three or more levels.
Referring to FIG. 5B, the controller 180 may set the priority of the application in the group. For example, as shown in FIG. 5B, a plurality of applications 511 to 518 may be included in a group, and applications 512, 514, and 517 selected by a user among a plurality of applications 511 to 518 may be assigned a higher priority As shown in FIG.
However, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5B, the priority is set in two stages, but it is also possible to set the priority of the application in three or more stages.
The present invention described above can be embodied as computer-readable codes on a medium on which a program is recorded. The computer readable medium includes all kinds of recording devices in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer readable medium include a hard disk drive (HDD), a solid state disk (SSD), a silicon disk drive (SDD), a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, , And may also be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet). In addition, the computer may include a control unit 180 of the mobile terminal 100. Accordingly, the above description should not be construed in a limiting sense in all respects and should be considered illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by rational interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the scope of equivalents of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.
