WO2012118256A1

WO2012118256A1 - Method for controlling drawing action using transparent window

Info

Publication number: WO2012118256A1
Application number: PCT/KR2011/007244
Authority: WO
Inventors: 박재현
Original assignee: Bahk Jae Hyun
Priority date: 2011-03-02
Filing date: 2011-09-30
Publication date: 2012-09-07
Also published as: KR101334526B1; KR20120099913A; CN103688239A; CN103688239B

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for controlling a drawing action using a transparent window which always displays an executed state of another application program or a result due to a drawing action according to a movement of a pointer which is not affected by contents displayed on a display. The method for controlling the drawing action using the transparent window includes the steps of: setting a property of the transparent window and a property of the picture drawn according to the movement of the pointer on the transparent window; displaying a transparent window according to the property of the transparent window as the uppermost window, and performing the drawing action according to the movement of the pointer on the displayed transparent window; determining whether a user input for temporarily stopping the drawing action according to the movement of the pointer is generated; and maintaining a result due to the drawing action and performing a function corresponding to the location of the pointer at a lower part of the transparent window when the user input for temporarily stopping the drawing action according to the movement of the pointer is generated.

Description

How to control drawing operation using transparent window

The present invention relates to a method of controlling a drawing operation for a transparent window, and more particularly, by applying a transparent window in performing a drawing operation according to a pointer movement on a display of a computer system, execution or display of another application program. The present invention relates to a method of controlling a drawing operation using a transparent window capable of always displaying a result of a drawing operation following a pointer movement without being influenced by contents displayed on the image.

In general, a drawing method using a pointer or the like on a display of a computer system uses a method of capturing the entire displayed screen and drawing on the captured screen.

In this conventional method, since a capture screen for drawing a picture is displayed and used in full screen, it is difficult to execute another application or switch to another application during the execution of the drawing operation.

In particular, since the conventional method uses a captured still image, it is impossible to simultaneously execute a drawing operation while watching a video such as a video lecture, and it is impossible to use other contents through the Internet or the like while executing the drawing operation.

Various techniques have been proposed to solve various drawbacks of the prior art, but additional cost is incurred due to the additional hardware provided in the computer system, or other parts of the computer system are affected. It is happening.

According to the present invention, by applying a transparent window in performing a drawing operation according to a pointer movement on a display of a computer system, drawing can be performed with or without affecting execution of other applications or contents displayed on the display. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of controlling a drawing operation using a transparent window.

The present invention as a means for solving the above technical problem,

Setting properties of a transparent window and properties of a picture drawn according to movement of a pointer on the transparent window;

Displaying a transparent window conforming to the property of the transparent window as a topmost window and performing a drawing operation following the pointer movement on the displayed transparent window;

Determining whether a user input for suspending a drawing operation following the pointer movement occurs; And

If a user input for suspending the drawing operation occurs, executing a function corresponding to the pointer position under the transparent window while maintaining a result of the drawing operation as it is;

It provides a drawing operation control method using a transparent window comprising a.

An embodiment of the present invention may further include determining whether the transparent window is a topmost window, and when the transparent window is not the topmost window, setting the transparent window back to the topmost window.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the step of determining whether the transparent window is the highest window may be repeatedly performed according to a preset period.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the property of the transparent window may include information on transparency, size, shape, position, color and brightness of the transparent window, and information on a user input for suspending the operation. .

In one embodiment of the present invention, the property of the picture may include the size and shape of the pointer for drawing the picture, the line thickness, color, and shape of the picture.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the pointer is a general input device that receives a user input on the display on the display, a keyboard, a mouse, a laser pointer and a remote control, a touch pad receiving a touch input, an infrared touch sensor It may include at least one input device of the ultrasonic touch sensor, the camera touch sensor.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the performing of the drawing operation may include displaying a plurality of the transparent windows and performing a drawing operation following movement of the pointer using the plurality of transparent windows. have.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the transparent window is a preset transparent by directly controlling the color of the base window provided by the operating system of the computer system and the color of the lower region of the region in which the base window is disposed by a pixel (Pixel) By mixing pixels in proportion, the basic window can be fabricated as the transparent window.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the transparent window can be produced by determining only the size and shape when creating a basic window provided by the operating system of the computer system, and removing or cutting the screen contents into a blank screen. have.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the transparent window designates a mask color to be deleted from the base window provided by the operating system of the computer system, and the mask color area within the corresponding base window with the specified mask color. It can be manufactured by removing only the bay.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the transparent window may be manufactured according to the transparency (ALPHA) of the layer window property of the base window provided by the operating system of the computer system.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of transparent windows, the color of the base window provided by the operating system of the computer system and the color of the lower region of the area where the base window is disposed by directly controlling the pixel (Pixel) in advance A first fabrication technique for fabricating the basic window into the transparent window by pixel-mixing according to a set transparency ratio; A second production technique for determining the size and shape of the basic window provided by an operating system of a computer system, and for producing the transparent window by removing or cutting the screen contents into a blank screen; A third fabrication technique of designating a mask color to be deleted from a base window provided by an operating system of a computer system and manufacturing the transparent window by removing only the mask color region in the corresponding base window with the specified mask color ; And a transparent window manufactured using at least two of the fourth manufacturing techniques for manufacturing the transparent window according to the transparency (ALPHA) of the layer window property of the basic window provided by the operating system of the computer system. can do.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of transparent windows have mutually different transparency, at least one of the plurality of transparent windows is applied to receive an input value by the pointer, at least one or more of the total transparent windows Can be applied to draw a picture according to the input value.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the executing of the function corresponding to the pointer position under the transparent window may include changing the transparency property or clearing the window area to pass the input event of the user input device as it is. It may include the step of passing.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the step of executing a function corresponding to the pointer position under the transparent window comprises: receiving the user input event at the pointer position and transmitting an event to a window under the transparent window. Alternatively, it may include generating and passing the event.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, after the execution of the function corresponding to the pointer position, when a preset time elapses or a preset return input occurs, the operation may return to the step of performing the drawing operation.

According to the present invention, by applying a transparent window and executing a drawing on the transparent window, there is an effect that can be displayed and utilized in the running video or other applications.

In addition, when an input other than an input for a drawing operation occurs, other applications may be executed while the drawing operation is performed by performing functions of the lower part of the transparent window corresponding to the corresponding pointing position while maintaining the result drawn to this point. This has the effect of allowing other computer functions to be executed.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a drawing operation control method using a transparent window according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation for maintaining a transparent window as the topmost window in one embodiment of the present invention.

3A to 3B are exemplary views illustrating an example of a screen on which a transparent window according to an embodiment of the present invention is displayed.

4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a display screen on which a plurality of transparent windows according to an embodiment of the present invention are executed.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, embodiments 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. Embodiment of this invention is provided in order to demonstrate this invention more completely to the person skilled in the art to which this invention belongs. Therefore, it should be noted that the shape and size of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for more clear explanation.

In the method of controlling a drawing operation using a transparent window according to an embodiment of the present invention, when a command for executing a transparent window of a user is input, setting a property of a transparent window and a picture property related to a picture drawn on the transparent window (S11), displaying the transparent window according to the set transparent window property, performing a drawing operation on the displayed transparent window (S12), and generating a user input for suspending the drawing operation following the pointer movement. The method may include a step S13 of determining whether or not a user input for suspending the drawing operation occurs, and a step S14 of executing a function corresponding to the location of the pointer under the transparent window.

In order for a user to draw on a display of a computer system using a pointer, a user may first input a command to execute a transparent window serving as a background for drawing.

The pointer is a general input device that receives a user's input on the display, and a variety of user inputs such as a keyboard, a mouse, a laser pointer and a remote controller, a touch pad that receives a touch input, an infrared touch sensor, an ultrasonic touch sensor, a camera touch sensor, and the like. The location may be determined by at least one of the devices.

The user can predetermine the properties of the transparent window and the properties related to the picture drawn on the transparent window or at the time of executing the transparent window.

The computer system is in the middle of setting (S11) the properties of the transparent window determined in advance or determined together with the user's transparent window execution command (S11) and displaying the transparent window accordingly (S12).

When a user inputs a command to execute a transparent window (for example, a command executed by double-clicking an icon), the drawing operation is stopped and the window property is changed to perform a function corresponding to the position of the corresponding pointer under the transparent window. A double click (S14) is executed.

For example, the property of the transparent window may include information about transparency, size, shape, position, color, and brightness of the transparent window, and information about a user input for suspending a drawing operation. In addition, the property of the picture may include the size and shape of the pointer for drawing the picture, the line thickness and color of the picture.

The displayed transparent window can be set to the highest window. Even when other applications or windows are running on the computer system, the transparent window is set and displayed as the topmost window. If the transparent ratio is set to 100% among the properties of the transparent window, even if the transparent window exists on the top of the display screen, the previously running application or window can be seen as it is.

The transparent window may be manufactured by applying various techniques using a basic window defined in an operating system (for example, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, MAC, Linux, etc.) of a computer system by a known technology. .

For example, the transparent window to be implemented in the present invention has a method of directly controlling a pixel to make a transparent window by directly mixing bit values of the window color of the screen and the remaining window color. And when creating a window, there is a transparent window with only the size and area without anything on the blank screen. That is, a transparent window can be produced by determining only a size and a shape when creating a basic window provided by an operating system of a computer system, and removing or cutting the screen contents into a blank screen. In addition, the technology for transparent windows that has existed since the time of Microsoft's Win98 era is the Alpha Blending technique, which is a transparent window that creates a transparent screen by transparency (ALPHA) of one screen and the other screen of the screen. There is also a transparent window that uses a specific masking color to erase only the mask color from the window, making it transparent. In addition, since Vista and Win7 have recently been studied techniques for full-scale transparent processing, various transparent window techniques have emerged. Recently, transparent windows through layered window properties have also emerged.

When the drawing operation is executed by moving the pointer, a picture is drawn on the transparent window existing at the top, so that the desired picture can be drawn without being affected by the existing running application or window.

For example, FIG. 3A illustrates an example in which the transparent window 40 is disposed on the display screen 30 of the computer system. As shown in (a) of FIG. 3, according to the present invention, the application 31 for the video lecture is executed at the bottom of the transparent window while watching the video lecture, while using the pointer on the transparent window 40. A memo 32 or the like for a video lecture may be written on the display by performing a drawing operation.

Referring back to FIG. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, determining whether a user input for suspending a drawing operation following the movement of the pointer occurs (S13) and a user input for suspending the drawing operation occurs. In this case, the method may include executing a function corresponding to the pointer position under the transparent window (S14). That is, the step S13 and the step S14 are to operate as if the transparent window does not exist for the remaining inputs other than the input for the drawing operation.

As an example for performing such an operation, executing a function corresponding to the pointer position under the transparent window (S14) may change the transparency property or pass a window area to pass the input event of the user input device as it is. By passing through the event, you can execute the function located under the corresponding position of the pointer when other input exists. Also, in another example, executing the function corresponding to the pointer position under the transparent window (S14), the transparent window receives a user input event at the pointer position and sends an event to the window under the transparent window. By passing or generating and passing the event, when there is another input, a function disposed under the corresponding position of the pointer can be executed.

An example of such a configuration of the present invention is shown in FIG.

As illustrated in FIG. 3A, it is assumed that an Internet search is required while drawing on a specific area 32 while watching the video lecture 31 using the transparent window 40. The pointer 33 is moved onto the Internet browser execution icon 34 existing on the desktop under the transparent window and double-clicked. This double click can be recognized as an input that stops the user from drawing.

While the transparent window is displayed, it is determined that the user's double click is not an input for a drawing operation, and accordingly, the icon 34 of the lower part of the transparent window corresponding to the position where the pointer 33 exists is inputted as a double click. As shown in FIG. 3B, the Internet browser 31 ′ may be executed. However, the drawing contents so far remain.

On the other hand, after executing a function corresponding to the pointer position (S14), if a predetermined time elapses or a preset return input occurs, it may return to step (S12) to perform the drawing operation.

On the other hand, as described above, the transparent window 40 may again become the top window by the top-level windowing process (S13 and S14) of the transparent window is made at any time, and the drawing operation is again performed on one region 35 on the transparent window. Can be done.

As described above, when an input other than an input for a drawing operation occurs, the present invention performs the functions of the lower part of the transparent window corresponding to the corresponding pointing position, thereby allowing other applications and other computer functions to be executed while the drawing operation is performed. You can run it.

Referring to FIG. 2, according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, determining whether the transparent window is a topmost window (S21) and when the transparent window is not the topmost window, setting the transparent window again as the topmost window ( S22) may be further included.

As described above, the drawing operation needs to be performed on the transparent window in order for the drawing operation to be performed without being interrupted or erased. To this end, one embodiment of the present invention repeatedly checks whether the transparent window is the highest window according to a preset period (S21), and automatically sets the transparent window to be the highest window (S22) if it is not the highest window. Can give

Accordingly, one embodiment of the present invention can be painted without being erased or interrupted regardless of the operation of other applications or windows.

Meanwhile, in one embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in FIG. 4, a plurality of transparent windows may be arranged to perform a drawing operation. 4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a display screen on which a plurality of

transparent windows

40 and 41 are executed, according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The plurality of transparent windows may use transparent windows manufactured by two or more different techniques among the various transparent window fabrication techniques described above. That is, the plurality of transparent windows, as described above, a pixel mixing technique by direct pixel processing, a technique for manufacturing a transparent window through blank screen processing, a technique for manufacturing a transparent window by removing a specified mask color, layer processing According to the transparency of the window properties can include a transparent window manufactured using at least two or more techniques of manufacturing a transparent window.

In this embodiment, the plurality of transparent windows have mutually different transparency, at least one of the plurality of transparent windows is applied to receive an input value by the pointer, and at least one or more of all the transparent windows are connected to the input value. It can be applied to draw a picture.

For example, when drawing through a single transparent window, the drawing itself becomes transparent because the screen itself is transparent. Therefore, if you make the drawing opaque, you can make it opaque by drawing on another transparency.

As shown in FIG. 4, two

transparent windows

40, 41 are applied and applied, and the transparency of the topmost transparent window 41 of FIG. 4 is reduced to a minimum so that the lower part is visible and other transparent beneath it. If you make a drawing by creating a transparent window of a blank screen rather than a window made of this transparency, the transparent window 40 can be opaquely drawn.

In the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the following claims and their equivalents.

Claims

Setting properties of a transparent window and properties of a picture drawn according to movement of a pointer on the transparent window;

Displaying a transparent window conforming to the property of the transparent window as a topmost window and performing a drawing operation following the pointer movement on the displayed transparent window;

Determining whether a user input for suspending a drawing operation following the pointer movement occurs; And

If a user input for suspending the drawing operation occurs, executing a function corresponding to the pointer position under the transparent window while maintaining a result of the drawing operation as it is;

Drawing operation control method using a transparent window comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

Determining whether the transparent window is the highest window; And

If the transparent window is not the uppermost window, the step of setting the transparent window back to the uppermost window further comprising the step of controlling the drawing operation using a transparent window.
The method of claim 2,

The determining of whether the transparent window is the uppermost window is executed repeatedly according to a predetermined period.
The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute of the transparent window,

A method of controlling a drawing operation using a transparent window, comprising information on transparency, size, shape, position, color, and brightness of the transparent window, and user input for suspending the operation.
The method of claim 1, wherein the attribute of the picture,

And a size and shape of a pointer for drawing the picture, a line thickness, a color, and a shape of the picture.
The method of claim 1, wherein the pointer is

A general input device that receives a user input on the display on the display, a keyboard, a mouse, a laser pointer and a remote controller, and at least one of a touch pad, an infrared touch sensor, an ultrasonic touch sensor, and a camera touch sensor that receives touch input. A drawing operation control method using a transparent window, characterized in that the position is determined by the input device.
The method of claim 1, wherein the performing of the drawing operation comprises:

And displaying a plurality of the transparent windows and performing a drawing operation according to the movement of the pointer using the plurality of transparent windows.
The method of claim 1 or 7, wherein the transparent window,

The color of the base window provided by the operating system of the computer system and the color of the lower area of the area in which the base window is disposed are directly controlled by pixels, and the pixels are mixed according to a preset transparency ratio to make the base window transparent. Drawing control method using a transparent window, characterized in that the window is produced.
The method of claim 1 or 7, wherein the transparent window,

A method for controlling drawing using a transparent window, wherein the size and shape of the basic window provided by the operating system of the computer system is determined, and the screen content is removed or cut out to be processed as a blank screen.
The method of claim 1 or 7, wherein the transparent window,

Using a transparent window characterized in that the mask color (Mask Color) to be deleted from the default window provided by the operating system of the computer system, and by removing only the mask color area in the corresponding basic window with the specified mask color Drawing control method.
The method of claim 1 or 7, wherein the transparent window,

A drawing control method using a transparent window, which is manufactured according to transparency (ALPHA) of a layer window property of a basic window provided by an operating system of a computer system.
The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of transparent windows,

The color of the base window provided by the operating system of the computer system and the color of the lower area of the area in which the base window is disposed are directly controlled by pixels, and the pixels are mixed according to a preset transparency ratio to make the base window transparent. A first fabrication technique for fabricating the window;

A second production technique for determining the size and shape of a basic window provided by an operating system of a computer system, and for producing the transparent window by removing or cropping the screen contents and processing the blank window;

A third fabrication technique of designating a mask color to be deleted from a basic window provided by an operating system of a computer system, and manufacturing the transparent window by removing only the mask color region in the corresponding basic window with the specified mask color; ; And

A transparent window manufactured using at least two of the fourth manufacturing techniques for manufacturing the transparent window according to the transparency (ALPHA) of the layer window property of the basic window provided by the operating system of the computer system. Drawing operation control method using a transparent window, characterized in that.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The plurality of transparent windows have different transparency from each other, at least one of the plurality of transparent windows is applied to receive an input value by the pointer, and at least one of the entire transparent windows displays a picture according to the input value. Drawing operation control method, characterized in that applied to the drawing.
The method of claim 1,

Executing a function corresponding to the pointer position under the transparent window,

And changing the transparency property or clearing the window area so as to pass the input event of the user input device as it is, and then passing the event.
The method of claim 1,

Executing a function corresponding to the pointer position under the transparent window,

And receiving the user input event at the pointer position and passing or generating the event to a window below the transparent window to pass the event.
The method of claim 1,

And after executing a function corresponding to the pointer position, when a preset time elapses or when a preset return input occurs, the method returns to performing the drawing operation.