KR20220096463A - Appliacation and method for providing weather information - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an application for providing weather information is operated by a mobile terminal device comprising a communication module, a touch screen and a GPS module and provides weather information to a user, wherein the application for providing weather information includes: a weather information management part for acquiring weather information from a predefined server using the communication module; a touch sensing part for sensing a touch and a drag made by the user on the touch screen; and an application control part for dividing a full screen into a plurality of weather information areas, controlling based on the weather information to display weather information necessary for each weather information area, specifying or modifying the weather information areas in response to a touch or a drag, when the touch or the drag is made by the user, and providing detailed weather information to the user. According to one embodiment of the present invention, comprehensive weather information is provided by using the mobile terminal device of the user and, in particular, the weather information areas are specified, modified and provided to improve a use convenience in the mobile terminal of the user.

Description

Applications for providing weather information and methods for providing weather information {APPLIACATION AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WEATHER INFORMATION}

The present invention relates to an application for providing weather information and a method for providing weather information.

With the development of computer technology, more accurate and various weather forecasts are possible, and weather information can be more conveniently provided to users through various devices.

In recent years, with the development and spread of mobile technology, all users are equipped with portable electronic devices such as smart phones.

Conventional weather information using such a portable terminal device is implemented as a web-based method, or a method of providing weather information to a user based on an application operable in the portable terminal device is applied.

However, these conventional weather information providing means are limited to providing only fragmentary weather information and failing to provide comprehensive information on the weather information.

Accordingly, there is an increasing need for a technology for providing weather information through a more intuitive and convenient interface to users.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2180362

One technical aspect of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, and provides comprehensive weather information using a user's portable terminal device, and in particular, provides a weather forecast to increase the user's convenience in using the portable terminal device. It is to provide a weather information providing application and a meteorological information providing method that can be provided by specifying and transforming an information area.

One technical aspect of the present invention is to provide a user with various weather information by configuring a plurality of weather information areas, and provide a comprehensive weather comment by deriving the characteristics of the weather information area to intuitively and conveniently recognize the weather characteristics to the user. An object of the present invention is to provide a weather information providing application and a weather information providing method that can be provided.

One technical aspect of the present invention is to provide a forecast having a different time interval according to a user's dragging direction for the weather forecast area, thereby increasing the user interface for the weather forecast area and providing weather forecast information more intuitively It is to provide a weather information providing application and a method for providing weather information that can be used.

The above objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from preferred embodiments of the present invention by those skilled in the art.

One technical aspect of the present invention provides a weather information providing application. The weather information providing application is a weather information providing application that is driven in a mobile terminal device including a communication module, a touch screen, and a GPS module to provide weather information to a user, and receives weather information from a predetermined server using the communication module. The weather information management unit to obtain, a touch sensing unit for sensing a user's touch and drag on the touch screen, and the entire screen are divided into a plurality of weather information areas, and based on the weather information, weather information required for each of the weather information areas It may include an application control unit that controls to display and provides detailed weather information to the user by realizing or transforming the weather information area adaptively to the generated touch or drag when the user's touch or drag occurs.

In an embodiment, the plurality of weather information areas may include a comprehensive weather area and a weather forecast area, and may include at least one of a fine dust area, a national weather area, a special weather report area, and a meteorological image area.

In an embodiment, the application control unit horizontally expands and provides a forecast set at a first time interval in the weather forecast area according to a user's drag direction to the weather forecast area, or a second wider than the first time interval Forecasts with a 2-hour interval can be provided in a longitudinal extension.

In one embodiment, when the user's drag is determined in the first direction, the application control unit scrolls the forecast set at the first time interval in response to the user's drag in the first direction to display the horizontal extensions can be provided.

In one embodiment, the application control unit, when the user's drag is determined in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a forecast set at the second time interval in response to the user's drag in the second direction A corresponding scroll display may provide the vertical expansion.

In one embodiment, the application control unit, when the user's drag is made in an area out of the weather forecast area, cancels the horizontal or vertical expansion, and according to the user's drag, the plurality of weather information areas Scrolling can be provided.

In an embodiment, the weather information providing application may further include a location information management unit to check the location of the portable terminal device in conjunction with the GPS module or the communication module. Here, the application control unit may include at least one of the current location of the mobile terminal device, current temperature information at the current location, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information to configure the weather comprehensive area.

In one embodiment, the application control unit selects a factor having a difference of more than a certain level compared to a previous record from among the current temperature information, the sensible temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet information, and selects a feature by the selected element can be extracted to generate a feature comment, and the generated feature comment can be included in the comprehensive area.

Another technical aspect of the present invention provides a method for providing weather information. The method for providing weather information is a method for providing weather information performed in a portable terminal device including a communication module, a touch screen, and a GPS module, the method comprising: obtaining weather information from a predetermined server using the communication module; Sensing the user's touch and drag on the screen, dividing the entire screen into a plurality of weather information areas, and controlling to display necessary weather information for each of the weather information areas based on the weather information, and the user's touch Alternatively, when a drag occurs, the step of providing detailed weather information to the user by specifying or transforming the weather information area adaptively to the generated touch or drag.

In an embodiment, the plurality of weather information areas may include a comprehensive weather area and a weather forecast area, and may include at least one of a fine dust area, a national weather area, a special weather report area, and a meteorological image area.

In one embodiment, the step of providing detailed weather information to the user may include horizontally extending and providing a forecast set at a first time interval in the weather forecast area according to the dragging direction of the user with respect to the weather forecast area, or The method may include providing a forecast having a second time interval wider than the first time interval in a vertical extension.

In one embodiment, in the step of providing the forecast by extending vertically, when the user's drag is determined in the first direction, the forecast set at the first time interval in response to the user's drag corresponds to the first direction It may include the step of providing the horizontal expansion by scrolling the display.

In one embodiment, the step of providing the forecast by extending vertically may include, if the user's drag is determined in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a forecast set at the second time interval in response to the user's drag The method may further include providing the vertical expansion by scrolling in response to the second direction.

In an embodiment, the step of providing the forecast by vertically extending the forecast includes, when the user's drag is made in an area outside the weather forecast area, cancels the horizontal or vertical expansion, and according to the user's drag The method may further include providing scrolling of the plurality of weather information areas.

In an embodiment, the method for providing weather information checks the location of the portable terminal device in conjunction with the GPS module or the communication module, and includes a current location of the portable terminal device, current temperature information at the current location, and tangible sensation The method may further include configuring the weather comprehensive area including at least one of temperature, fine dust information, and UV information.

In an embodiment, the configuring of the weather comprehensive area includes: selecting an element having a difference of more than a certain level from among the current temperature information, the sensible temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet information, compared with a previous record; It may include extracting a feature by the selected element to generate a feature comment, and including the generated feature comment in the synthesis area.

The means for solving the above-described problems do not enumerate all the features of the present invention. Various means for solving the problems of the present invention may be understood in more detail with reference to specific embodiments in the following detailed description.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, comprehensive weather information is provided using a user's portable terminal device, and in particular, the weather information area can be specified and provided by modifying the user's portable terminal device to increase ease of use. It works.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of weather information areas are configured to provide various weather information to the user, and weather characteristics are intuitively provided to the user by deriving the characteristics of the weather information area and providing a comprehensive weather comment. There is an effect that can be provided so that it can be recognized conveniently.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, by providing a forecast having a different time interval according to the user's drag direction for the weather forecast area, the user interface for the weather forecast area is increased and the weather forecast is more intuitive It has the ability to provide information.

1 is a view for explaining a system for providing weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a portable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal device running a weather information providing application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 to 16 are diagrams illustrating various examples of a weather information providing application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
17 to 18 are diagrams for explaining an example of determining a user drag in a weather information providing application.
19 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

However, the embodiment of the present invention may be modified in various other forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. In addition, the embodiments of the present invention are provided in order to more completely explain the present invention to those of ordinary skill in the art.

Although various flowcharts are disclosed to describe the embodiments of the present invention, this is for convenience of description of each step, and each step is not necessarily performed according to the order of the flowchart. That is, each step in the flowchart may be performed simultaneously with each other, performed in an order according to the flowchart, or may be performed in an order opposite to the order in the flowchart.

1 is a view for explaining a system for providing weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a user is equipped with a portable terminal device 100 , and a weather information providing application is driven in the portable terminal device 100 to provide location-based weather information to the user.

The weather information providing application operates based on the user's portable terminal device 100 , and may obtain weather information necessary for providing weather information from the service interworking server 300 in conjunction with the service interworking server 300 .

The service interworking server 300 is a dedicated server for providing a service by interworking with a weather information providing application, and may distribute the weather information providing application to users and provide the weather information required by the weather information providing application in real time.

The service interworking server 300 may obtain weather information from the weather information server 400 and convert it into a format required by the weather information providing application to provide the meteorological information to the meteorological information providing application. The weather information server 400 is a server that generates and directly provides meteorological information, and may be, for example, a weather information providing server provided by the Korea Meteorological Administration.

Meanwhile, in FIG. 1 , an example in which a weather information providing application generates meteorological information through the service interworking server 300 will be described, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the weather information providing application may be configured to directly obtain the necessary weather information from the weather information server 400 .

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a portable terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the portable terminal device will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 2 .

3 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal device performing a user interface display operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the mobile terminal device 100 includes a control unit 110 , a mobile communication module 120 , a sub communication module 130 , a multimedia module 140 , a camera module 150 , a GPS module 155 , It includes an input/output module 160 , a sensor module 170 , a storage unit 175 , a power supply unit 180 , and a display unit 190 .

The sub communication module 130 includes at least one of a wireless LAN module 131 and a short-range communication module 132, and the multimedia module 140 includes a broadcast communication module 141, an audio reproduction module 142, and a video reproduction module. (143);

The camera module 150 includes at least one of a first camera 151 and a second camera 152 , and the input/output module 160 (also referred to as an input/output unit) includes a button 161 and a microphone 162 . , a speaker 163 , a vibration motor 164 , a connector 165 , a keypad 166 , and at least one of an earphone connecting jack (Earphone Connecting Jack, 167).

Hereinafter, a case in which the display unit 190 and the display controller 195 are a touch screen and a touch screen controller, respectively, will be described as an example.

The power supply unit 180 may supply power to one or a plurality of batteries disposed in the housing of the portable terminal device 100 under the control of the control unit 110 . One or a plurality of batteries supplies power to the portable terminal device 100 .

The camera module 150 may include at least one of a first camera 151 and a second camera 152 for capturing still images or moving images under the control of the controller 110 .

The multimedia module 140 may include a broadcast communication module 141 , an audio playback module 142 , or a video playback module 143 . The broadcasting communication module 141 includes a broadcasting signal (eg, a TV broadcasting signal, a radio broadcasting signal, or a data broadcasting signal) transmitted from a broadcasting station under the control of the control unit 110 and information from the broadcasting unit (eg, an Electric Program Guide (EPS) or An Electric Service Guide (ESG) may be received. The audio reproduction module 142 may reproduce a digital audio file (eg, a file having a file extension of mp3, wma, ogg, or wav). The video playback module 143 may play a digital video file (eg, a file having a file extension of mpeg, mpg, mp4, avi, mov, or mkv).

The mobile communication module 120 may connect the portable terminal device 100 to an external device through mobile communication using at least one or a plurality of antennas (not shown) under the control of the controller 110 . The mobile communication module 120 may transmit and receive wireless signals for voice calls, video calls, text messages (SMS) or multimedia messages (MMS) with devices such as mobile phones having a phone number input to the mobile terminal device 100 . have.

The sub communication module 130 may include at least one of a wireless LAN module 131 and a short-range communication module 132 . The wireless LAN module 131 may be connected to the Internet at a location where a wireless access point (AP) (not shown) is installed under the control of the controller 110 . The short-distance communication module 132 may perform wireless short-distance communication between the mobile terminal devices 100 under the control of the controller 110 .

The GPS module 155 receives radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites (not shown) on Earth's orbit, and measures the time of arrival from the GPS satellites (not shown) to the portable terminal device 100 . The position of the mobile terminal device 100 may be calculated using

The sensor module 170 includes at least one sensor that detects the state of the portable terminal device 100 . At least one sensor may detect a state, generate a signal corresponding to the detection, and transmit it to the controller 110 .

The input/output module 160 may include at least one of a plurality of buttons 161 , a microphone 162 , a speaker 163 , a vibration motor 164 , a connector 165 , and a keypad 166 .

The touch screen 190 may receive a user's manipulation, and may display an execution image of an application program, an operation state, and a menu state. That is, the touch screen 190 may provide the user with a user interface corresponding to various services (eg, call, data transmission, broadcasting, photo taking). The touch screen 190 may transmit an analog signal corresponding to at least one touch input to the user interface to the touch screen controller 195 . The touch screen 190 may receive at least one touch input through the user's body (eg, a finger including a thumb) or a touchable input means (eg, a stylus pen). Also, the touch screen 190 may receive a continuous movement of one touch, ie, a drag, among at least one touch. The touch screen 190 may transmit an analog signal corresponding to an input touch to the touch screen controller 195 .

The touch screen controller 195 converts an analog signal received from the touch screen 190 into a digital signal (eg, X and Y coordinates) and transmits it to the controller 110 . The controller 110 may control the touch screen 190 using a digital signal received from the touch screen controller 195 .

The storage unit 175 includes a mobile communication module 120 , a sub communication module 130 , a multimedia module 140 , a camera module 150 , a GPS module 155 , and an input/output module according to the control of the controller 110 . ( 160 ), the sensor module 170 , and a signal or data input/output corresponding to the operation of the touch screen 190 may be stored. The storage unit 175 may store control programs and applications for controlling the mobile terminal device 100 or the controller 110 .

The term “storage unit” refers to the storage unit 175, the ROM 112 in the control unit 110, the RAM 113, or a memory card (not shown) mounted in the portable terminal device 100 (eg, SD card, memory stick). The storage unit may include a non-volatile memory, a volatile memory, a hard disk drive (HDD), or a solid state drive (SSD).

The control unit 110 stores the CPU 111 , a ROM 112 in which a control program for controlling the portable terminal device 100 is stored, and signals or data input from the outside of the portable terminal device 100 , or is portable. It may include a RAM (RAM) 113 used as a storage area for a task performed in the terminal device 100 . The CPU 111 may include a single core, a dual core, a triple core, or a quad core. The CPU 111 , the ROM 112 , and the RAM 113 may be interconnected through an internal bus.

The control unit 110 includes a mobile communication module 120 , a sub communication module 130 , a multimedia module 140 , a camera module 150 , a GPS module 155 , an input/output module 160 , and a sensor module 170 ). , the storage unit 175 , the power supply unit 180 , the touch screen 190 , and the touch screen controller 195 can be controlled.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the weather information providing application will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 19 .

3 is a block diagram illustrating a weather information providing application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the weather information providing application 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a weather information management unit 210 , a location information management unit 220 , a touch sensing unit 230 , and an application control unit 240 . can do.

The weather information management unit 210 uses the communication module of the portable terminal device 100 , that is, the mobile communication module 120 to the sub communication module 130 to a predetermined server, that is, the service interworking server 300 or the weather information. Weather information may be obtained from the server 400 . The weather information management unit 210 may store the obtained weather information in the storage unit 175 of the portable terminal device 100 or provide it to the application control unit 240 .

The location information management unit 220 checks the location of the portable terminal device 100 by interworking with the GPS module 155 or the above-described communication module. The location information management unit 220 provides the confirmed location of the mobile terminal device 100 to the application control unit 240 .

The touch sensing unit 230 may detect a user's touch and drag generated on the touch screen. The touch sensing unit 230 may obtain coordinate information for the user's touch and drag from the touch screen controller 195 and provide it to the application control unit 240 .

In an embodiment, the touch sensing unit 230 may determine in which weather information area the user's touch or drag occurred by checking information on a plurality of weather information areas provided by the weather information providing application 200 . and may provide information about it to the application control unit 240 .

The application controller 240 may control other components of the weather information providing application 200 to control the meteorological information providing application 200 to operate.

The application controller 240 may divide the entire screen provided by the weather information providing application 200 into a plurality of weather information areas. The application controller 240 may control to display necessary weather information for each weather information area based on the weather information.

In an embodiment, the plurality of weather information areas may include a comprehensive weather area and a weather forecast area, and may include at least one of a fine dust area, a national weather area, a special weather report area, and a meteorological image area. The application controller 240 may control to display necessary weather information for each of the plurality of weather information areas based on the provided weather information.

The application control unit 240 includes at least one of the current location of the mobile terminal device 100 identified by the location information management unit 220, current temperature information at the current location, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information You can configure the area.

In one embodiment, the application control unit 240 selects a factor having a difference of more than a certain level compared to the previous record among the current temperature information, the sensible temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet information, and extracts the characteristics by the selected element. A feature comment is generated, and the generated feature comment may be included in the comprehensive area.

When a user's touch or drag occurs, the application control unit 240 may provide detailed wake-up information to the user by specifying or transforming the weather information area adaptively to the generated touch or drag.

In one embodiment, the application control unit 240 horizontally expands and provides the forecast set at the first time interval in the weather forecast area according to the user's drag direction for the weather forecast area, or a second wider than the first time interval Forecasts with time intervals can be provided with a longitudinal extension.

For example, when the user's drag is determined in the first direction, the application control unit 240 may scroll and display the forecast set at a first time interval in response to the user's drag in the first direction to provide the lateral expansion. have.

As another example, when it is determined that the user's drag is in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the application control unit 240 may correspond to the forecast set at the second time interval in response to the user's drag in the second direction. can be scrolled to provide the vertical expansion.

In one embodiment, when the user's dragging is made in an area outside the weather forecast area, the application control unit 240 cancels the horizontal or vertical expansion, and scrolls the plurality of weather information areas according to the user's drag. can provide

4 to 16 are diagrams illustrating various examples of a weather information providing application according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, each operation of the application controller 240 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 16 .

4 and 5 are views for explaining the entire screen provided by the weather information providing application, that is, a plurality of weather information areas, and FIGS. 6 to 8 are diagrams illustrating exemplary screens of the plurality of weather information areas.

4 and 5, the weather information providing application includes a weather comprehensive area 510, a daily weather index area 520, a weather forecast area 530, a national weather area 540, a weather special area 550 and It may include a weather image area 560 .

As shown in the example shown in FIG. 4 , the weather comprehensive area 510 may include at least one of the current location of the portable terminal device 100 , current temperature information at the current location, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information. have.

The application control unit 240 selects an element having a difference of more than a certain level compared to the previous record among current temperature information, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet information, and extracts features by the selected element to make a feature comment (511) can create The application control unit 240 may include the generated feature comment in the synthesis area 510 .

In this way, the application control unit 240 may provide the user with the weather characteristics intuitively and conveniently by deriving the characteristics of the weather information area and providing the comprehensive weather comment.

The application control unit 240 may display fine dust information, ultrafine dust information, ozone information, etc. for an area including the user's location on the living weather index area 520 .

The application controller 240 may display weather information for a future time of the user's current location or a location set by the user, ie, a weather forecast, in the weather forecast area 530 .

The application controller 240 may detect a user's drag to the weather forecast area, and provide a weather forecast differently according to the direction of the drag. That is, the application control unit 240 horizontally expands and provides the forecast set at the first time interval in the weather forecast area according to the user's drag direction to the weather forecast area, or has a second time interval wider than the first time interval. Forecasts can be extended vertically.

The function of the application control unit 240 will be described below with reference to FIGS. 10 to 16 .

As shown in FIG. 6 , the application controller 240 may summarize the weather for the whole of Korea and display it in the national weather area 540 .

7 to 8 , when the special weather report takes effect, the application control unit 240 may display national information on the special weather report in the special weather area 550 . In addition, the application control unit 240 may provide a weather image area 560 capable of displaying a satellite image, a radar image, or an Asian satellite image.

9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a detailed screen of the living weather index area 520 . When the user touches the living weather index area 520 on the entire screen shown in FIG. 4 , the application control unit 240 provides a detailed screen of the living weather index area 520 to the user, as in the example shown in FIG. 9 . can do.

In addition, the application control unit 240 may set the living weather index in consideration of the fine dust index, the UV index, and the like, and provide information 522 and 523 on the living weather index. For example, the application control unit 240 may calculate an exercise index, a walking index, a feeling of heat, a ventilation index, etc. as a living weather index. This living weather index can be calculated including temperature, sensible temperature, humidity, fine dust index, and UV index.

10 to 16 are diagrams illustrating examples of providing detailed weather forecast information to a user by transforming a weather forecast area in response to a user's drag on the weather forecast area.

That is, the application control unit 240 horizontally expands and provides the forecast set at the first time interval in the weather forecast area according to the user's drag direction to the weather forecast area, or vertically expands and provides the forecast having the second time interval. can do. Here, the second time interval is wider than the first time interval.

That is, the forecast information can be intuitively provided to the user by horizontally expanding (scrolling) or vertically expanding (scrolling) the forecast information having different forecast time intervals according to the user's drag direction.

10 to 12 show examples of lateral expansion for a weather forecast area.

As in the example shown in FIG. 10 , when the user drags the weather forecast area 531 in the first direction, that is, horizontally drags, the application control unit 240 responds to the user's drag at a first time interval. Horizontal expansion may be provided by scrolling the set forecast in response to the first direction.

In the illustrated example, the first time interval is a 3 hour interval, but is not limited thereto.

When a horizontal scroll is performed according to a horizontal drag in FIG. 10 , the weather forecast area 532 is changed and scrolled as shown in FIG. 11 .

12 shows an example of a display area 531 before horizontal expansion and a display area 532 after horizontal expansion with respect to weather forecast information set at 3-hour intervals.

In this way, when the user drags the weather forecast area 530 in the horizontal direction (horizontal direction), the application control unit 240 horizontally expands in response to the user's drag to provide a forecast. Here, the time interval (eg, 3 hours) of the forecast by the lateral expansion is set shorter than the forecast (eg, 1 day) by the vertical expansion, which will be described later.

13 to 14 show examples of longitudinal expansion for the weather forecast area.

As in the example shown in FIG. 13 , when the user drags the weather forecast area 531 in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, that is, the longitudinal drag, the application control unit 240 responds to the user's drag. Thus, the forecast set at the second time interval can be scrolled and displayed in response to the second direction to provide vertical expansion.

In the illustrated example, the second time interval is a one-day interval, but is not limited thereto.

When vertical scrolling is performed according to the vertical drag in FIG. 13 , the weather forecast area 533 is changed to a daily forecast and scrolled as shown in FIG. 14 . If the vertical drag continues in the example shown in FIG. 14 , the application control unit 240 continues to provide the daily forecast while scrolling for a later date.

As a result, according to the direction in which the user drags the weather forecast area 530, the time interval and scrolling direction of the provided forecast are changed, in order to provide forecast information more intuitively to the user.

15 to 16 are diagrams for explaining the drag of the entire screen, which is distinguished from the vertical expansion of the weather forecast area.

The horizontal expansion and vertical expansion described above are performed only in the weather forecast area 530, and the application controller 240 controls the entire screen to be moved when dragging the areas 510 and 520 other than the weather forecast area.

That is, when the user's dragging is performed in an area outside the weather forecast area as shown in FIG. 15 , the application control unit 240 cancels the horizontal or vertical expansion, and drags the plurality of weather information areas according to the user's drag. can provide 16. It can be seen that the upward scrolling is performed so that the national weather area 540 and the weather warning area 550 are displayed.

In an embodiment, when the user's drag to the weather forecast area 530 is unclear, the application controller 240 may determine whether the drag is a vertical drag or a horizontal drag. 17 to 18 are diagrams for explaining an example of determining a user drag in a weather information providing application.

17 , the user drag may be generated including both a vertical component and a horizontal component. Actually, the user's drag is implemented as a composite drag including vertical and horizontal components as shown in FIG. 17 rather than a vertical or horizontal drag.

When the user's dragging point is included in the weather forecast area 530 among the user's drags, the application control unit 240 determines as a drag to be extended vertically or horizontally.

As shown in Figure 18 (a), the application control unit 240 extracts the starting point (Ps) and the end point (Pf) of the drag. Here, as described above, the time point Ps of the drag is included in the weather forecast area 530 .

The application control unit 240 generates the shortest drag from the starting point (Ps) to the end point (Pf) of the drag, as shown in Figure (b). After that, the application control unit 240 calculates the horizontal component (Dx) and the vertical component (Dy) of the shortest drag as shown in Figure (c), and based on the larger component among the horizontal component (Dx) and the vertical component (Dy) to determine the drag direction. In the illustrated example, since the vertical component Dy is larger, the application controller 240 may determine the drag of FIG. 17 as a vertical drag with respect to the weather forecast area 530 .

In the above, the weather information providing application according to an embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 18 .

Hereinafter, a method of providing weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 19 . However, since the method for providing weather information to be described below is performed based on the above-described weather information providing application, it can be easily understood with reference to the above description with reference to FIGS. 1 to 18 .

19 is a flowchart illustrating a method for providing weather information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 19 , the weather information providing application 200 may obtain weather information from a predetermined server using a communication module (S1910).

The weather information providing application 200 may detect a user's touch and drag on the touch screen (S1920).

The weather information providing application 200 may divide the entire screen into a plurality of weather information areas and control to display necessary weather information for each weather information area based on the weather information (S1930).

When a user's touch or drag occurs, the weather information providing application 200 may materialize or transform the weather information area adaptively to the generated touch or drag to provide detailed weather information to the user (S1940).

In an embodiment, the plurality of weather information areas may include a comprehensive weather area and a weather forecast area, and may include at least one of a fine dust area, a national weather area, a special weather report area, and a meteorological image area.

In an embodiment for step S1930, the weather information providing application 200 checks the location of the portable terminal device in conjunction with the GPS module or communication module, the current location of the portable terminal device, the current temperature information at the current location, The step of configuring a comprehensive weather area including at least one of sensible temperature, fine dust information, and ultraviolet light information may be performed.

Here, as a step of configuring the weather comprehensive area, the weather information providing application 200 selects an element having a difference of more than a certain level from the current temperature information, the sensible temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet information compared to the previous record. The step and the step of extracting features by the selected elements to generate a feature comment, and including the generated feature comment in the comprehensive area may be performed.

In an embodiment for step S1940, the weather information providing application 200 horizontally expands and provides the forecast set at the first time interval in the weather forecast area according to the user's drag direction for the weather forecast area, or the first The step of providing a forecast having a second time interval wider than the time interval may be vertically extended.

Here, as a step of providing a forecast in a vertical extension, when the user's drag is determined in a first direction, the weather information providing application 200 provides a forecast set at a first time interval in response to the user's drag in the first time interval. A step of providing lateral expansion by scrolling in response to a direction may be performed.

In addition, as a step of providing a forecast by extending it vertically, the weather information providing application 200, when the user's drag is determined to be a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, is set at a second time interval in response to the user's drag The step of providing the vertical expansion by scrolling the forecast corresponding to the second direction may be performed.

In addition, as a step of providing a forecast by extending it vertically, the weather information providing application 200 cancels the horizontal or vertical expansion when the user's drag is made in an area outside the weather forecast area, and according to the user's drag The step of providing scrolling of a plurality of weather information areas may be performed.

The present invention described above is not limited by the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings, but is limited by the claims described below, and the configuration of the present invention may vary within the scope without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can easily recognize that it can be easily changed and modified.

100: mobile terminal device
200: Weather information providing application
300: service interworking server
400: weather information server
210: Weather information management department
220: location information management unit
230: touch sensing unit
240: application control unit

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As a weather information providing application that is driven in a mobile terminal device including a communication module, a touch screen and a GPS module to provide weather information to a user,
a weather information management unit for obtaining weather information from a predetermined server using the communication module;
a touch sensing unit sensing a user's touch and drag on the touch screen; and
Divides the entire screen into a plurality of weather information areas, controls to display necessary weather information for each weather information area based on the weather information, and adapts to the generated touch or drag when the user's touch or drag occurs Containing an application control unit that provides detailed weather information to the user by specifying or transforming the weather information area as a matter of fact
Weather information providing application, characterized in that.
According to claim 1, wherein the plurality of weather information areas,
including a weather synthesis area and a weather forecast area;
What includes at least one of a fine dust area, a national weather area, a weather advisory area, and a weather image area
Weather information providing application, characterized in that.
According to claim 2, wherein the application control unit,
According to the user's drag direction to the weather forecast area, the forecast set at the first time interval is horizontally extended and provided in the weather forecast area, or the forecast having a second time interval wider than the first time interval is extended vertically. to offer
Weather information providing application, characterized in that.
According to claim 3, wherein the application control unit,
When the user's drag is determined in the first direction, the forecast set at the first time interval in response to the user's drag is scrolled and displayed in response to the first direction to provide the lateral expansion
Weather information providing application, characterized in that.
According to claim 4, wherein the application control unit,
When the user's drag is determined in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the forecast set at the second time interval in response to the user's drag is scrolled and displayed in response to the second direction to provide the vertical expansion to do
Weather information providing application, characterized in that.
According to claim 5, wherein the application control unit,
If the user's drag is made in an area outside the weather forecast area, cancel the horizontal or vertical expansion, and provide scrolling of the plurality of weather information areas according to the user's drag
Weather information providing application, characterized in that.
According to claim 2, wherein the weather information providing application,
a location information management unit that interworks with the GPS module or the communication module to check the location of the portable terminal device;
further comprising,
The application control unit,
Composing the comprehensive weather area including at least one of the current location of the portable terminal device, current temperature information at the current location, sensible temperature, fine dust information, living weather index information, and UV information
Weather information providing application, characterized in that.
The method of claim 7, wherein the application control unit,
Among the current temperature information, the sensible temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet information, a factor having a difference of more than a certain level compared to the previous record is selected, and a feature by the selected factor is extracted to generate a feature comment, and generate, Including the specified feature comment in the general area
Weather information providing application, characterized in that.
A method of providing weather information performed in a mobile terminal device including a communication module, a touch screen and a GPS module, the method comprising:
obtaining weather information from a predetermined server using the communication module;
detecting a user's touch and drag on the touch screen;
dividing the entire screen into a plurality of weather information areas, and controlling to display necessary weather information for each of the weather information areas based on the weather information; and
providing detailed weather information to the user by specifying or transforming the weather information area adaptively to the generated touch or drag when the user's touch or drag occurs;
Meteorological information providing method comprising a.
The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of weather information areas,
including a weather synthesis area and a weather forecast area;
What includes at least one of a fine dust area, a national weather area, a weather warning area, and a meteorological image area
A method of providing weather information, characterized in that
The method of claim 10, wherein the step of providing detailed weather information to the user comprises:
According to the user's drag direction to the weather forecast area, the forecast set at the first time interval is horizontally extended and provided in the weather forecast area, or the forecast having a second time interval wider than the first time interval is extended vertically. providing;
Meteorological information providing method comprising a.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of providing the forecast by longitudinal extension comprises:
providing the horizontal expansion by scrolling the forecast set at the first time interval in response to the user's drag in response to the user's drag in the first direction when the user's drag is determined in the first direction;
Meteorological information providing method comprising a.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of providing the forecast by longitudinal extension comprises:
When the user's drag is determined in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the forecast set at the second time interval in response to the user's drag is scrolled and displayed in response to the second direction to provide the vertical expansion to do;
Weather information providing method, characterized in that it further comprises.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of providing the forecast by longitudinal extension comprises:
when the user's drag is made in an area outside the weather forecast area, canceling the horizontal or vertical expansion, and providing scrolling of the plurality of weather information areas according to the user's drag;
Weather information providing method, characterized in that it further comprises.
The method of claim 10, wherein the controlling to display the necessary weather information for each of the weather information areas comprises:
Check the location of the portable terminal device in conjunction with the GPS module or the communication module, and obtain at least one of the current location of the portable terminal device, current temperature information at the current location, sensible temperature, fine dust information, and UV information. configuring the weather comprehensive area, including;
Weather information providing method, characterized in that it further comprises.
16. The method of claim 15, wherein the configuring of the weather comprehensive area comprises:
comparing the current temperature information, the sensible temperature, the fine dust information, and the ultraviolet light information, and selecting a factor having a difference of more than a certain amount from a previous record; and
extracting features by the selected elements to generate feature comments, and including the generated feature comments in the comprehensive area;
Meteorological information providing method comprising a.

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