WO2012141538A2

WO2012141538A2 - Terminal, recording medium and method for providing intuitive user interfaces

Info

Publication number: WO2012141538A2
Application number: PCT/KR2012/002837
Authority: WO
Inventors: 박종욱
Original assignee: 주식회사 네오위즈인터넷
Priority date: 2011-04-15
Filing date: 2012-04-13
Publication date: 2012-10-18
Also published as: KR20120117401A; WO2012141538A3; KR101336847B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a user interface technique of a terminal, and particularly to a terminal, recording medium and method for providing intuitive user interfaces with respect to image display and image conversion

Description

Terminals, methods and recording media providing an intuitive user interface

The present invention relates to a user interface technology of a terminal, and more particularly, to a terminal, a method, and a recording medium for providing an intuitive user interface with respect to screen display and screen switching.

In the conventional terminal, in relation to screen display and screen switching, functions such as a screen display function for displaying the screen of the current step and a screen switching function such as moving to the screen of the next step or returning to the screen of the previous step are provided. It provides a user interface with a focus on providing, and does not provide a user with a more intuitive screen display method or screen switching method.

In addition, in the case of a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a tablet PC, and a mobile communication terminal, since the size of the display is relatively small, information such as a title of a screen currently displayed is displayed by a button displayed for screen switching. There is a problem that can be hidden or limited to display.

In addition, in a conventional terminal, a back button for returning a screen exists inside or outside the screen, and the presence of such a back button does not mean that there is a previous step screen ahead of the current step screen. That is, in the conventional terminal, there is a problem in that the previous stage screen does not exist or the contents of the previous stage screen are not known.

In this background, it is an object of the present invention to provide an intuitive user interface with respect to screen display and screen switching.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an intuitive user interface in consideration of the information display space.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide the convenience of screen switching by informing the presence of the previous step screen or the content of the previous step screen.

In order to achieve the above object, in one aspect, the present invention, the application execution unit for executing an application consisting of a plurality of execution steps; And a screen controller configured to control a portion of the previous stage screen to be displayed on the touch screen at the current stage of the running application.

In another aspect, the present invention, in the method for providing an intuitive user interface provided by the terminal, when the application is executed in a plurality of steps, the title and content of the current step screen corresponding to the current step is displayed on the touch screen Doing; Checking the existence of a previous step preceding the current step; And if the previous step exists, displaying a portion of the previous step screen corresponding to the previous step on the touch screen together with the title and contents of the current step screen. Provide a way to provide.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method for providing an intuitive user interface, wherein, in a current step of an application executed in a plurality of steps, a portion of the previous step screen is displayed on the touch screen. Provided is a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program that implements a function of controlling display.

In still another aspect, the present invention provides a method for providing an intuitive user interface by a screen control application installed in a terminal, wherein the second step movement signal of the application is input while the first step screen of the application is displayed on the display. Becoming; Controlling the second step screen to appear on the display while moving in the direction of the one side while the second step screen appears on the other side of the display while the first step screen is moved in the direction of one side of the display; And controlling the index information of the first step screen to be displayed on the one side of the display together with the second step screen even after the application moves to the second step. Provides a way to provide an interface.

In still another aspect, the present invention provides a recording medium on which a program for executing a method of providing an intuitive user interface is recorded, wherein the second stage movement signal of the application is displayed while the first stage screen of the application is displayed on the display. And a function of controlling the second stage screen to appear on the display while moving in the direction of the one side while the second stage screen is displayed on the other side of the display as the input is moved. And a computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a function of controlling the index information of the first step screen to be displayed on the display together with the second step screen even after the application moves to the second step. to provide.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an effect of providing an intuitive user interface with respect to screen display and screen switching.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an effect of providing an intuitive user interface considering the information display space.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an effect of providing the convenience of screen switching by informing the presence of the previous step screen or the content of the previous step screen.

1 is a block diagram of a terminal providing an intuitive user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating area management of a touch screen for providing an intuitive user interface according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of each step screen for providing an intuitive user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating that a part of a previous step screen is displayed on a touch screen on which a current step title and a current step content of a current step screen are displayed in a current step of an application.

5 is a diagram conceptually illustrating a principle that one step screen of a plurality of step screens is displayed on a touch screen as a current step screen according to execution of an application.

FIG. 6 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating that screen switching for moving to the next step is performed in the order of the first step screen, the second step screen, and the third step screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating screen switching for screen return in the order of a third screen, a second screen, and a first screen.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an intuitive user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing an intuitive user interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related well-known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the nature, order or order of the components are not limited by the terms. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but there may be another configuration between each component. It is to be understood that the elements may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

1 is a block diagram of a terminal 100 that provides an intuitive user interface (UI) according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a terminal 100 providing an intuitive UI according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an application execution unit 110 that executes an application installed in the terminal 100 and configured with a plurality of steps; In the current step of the running application, the current step title and current step content for the current step screen are displayed on the touch screen 130, and the "part of the previous step screen" is controlled to be displayed on the touch screen 130. The screen controller 120 and the like.

The application installed in the terminal 100 mentioned above refers to any program that implements some of all functions realized in the terminal 100, and is a program included in a platform or an operating system of the terminal 100, or It may be a separately installed program. For example, there may be a web browser, a menu screen program, a mail program, a message program, a game program, and the like.

The screen controller 120 may control a portion of the previous step screen displayed on the touch screen 130 to be displayed in a "bookmark form" together with the current step title and current step content of the current step screen.

With the current step title and current step content for the current step screen being displayed on the touch screen 130, the user may further display a portion of the previous step screen in the form of a "bookmark," as if the user had an index or bookmark exposed in the book. You can feel similar to this, so you know intuitively what step was before the current step.

The above-described screen controller 120 may control a portion of each of the two or more previous stage screens to be displayed together on the touch screen 130. In this case, a portion of the previous stage screen that is earlier among the portions of each of the two or more previous stage screens. It can show the shadow shape of. This allows the user to intuitively identify which part of each of the two or more previous step screens is part of the earlier step screen.

The screen controller 120 may manage the touch screen 130 as a first area and a second area. The first area and the second area of the touch screen 130 are illustrated in FIG. 2.

2 is a diagram exemplarily illustrating area management of the touch screen 130 to provide an intuitive UI.

The screen controller 120 manages the first area 210 and the second area 220 of the touch screen 130, as shown in FIG. 2A, the first area 210 and the second area. The regions 220 may be managed so that they do not overlap, or as illustrated in FIG. 2B, the first regions 210 may be included in the second regions 220.

The screen controller 120 described above, in relation to the positions of the first area 210 and the second area 220, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, respectively, of the first area 210. The center C1 is managed to be located to the left of the center C2 of the second region 220, or the center C1 of the first region 210 is to the right C2 of the center of the second region 220. It can also be managed to be located at). Hereinafter, for convenience of description, it is assumed that the center C1 of the first region 210 is located to the left of the center C2 of the second region 220.

The above-described screen controller 120 configures a step screen corresponding to each step of executing an application so as to correspond to the area management of the touch screen 130 described above. The configuration of each step screen is exemplarily shown in FIG. 3.

3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of each step screen 300 for providing an intuitive UI according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 (a) assumes that the center C1 of the first area 210 of the touch screen 130 is located to the left of the center C2 of the second area 220, and corresponding steps screens of FIG. The configuration of 300 is illustrated by way of example.

Referring to FIG. 3, each step screen 300 may include a main area 320 in which the step title and the step content are displayed, and a sub area in which index information (eg, the step title, etc.) of the step screen is displayed. 310). Here, the sub-region 310 becomes "part of" the previous step screen displayed on the touch screen 130 when the corresponding step screen 300 is the previous step screen of the current step screen.

The above-mentioned index information of the corresponding step screen may be, for example, a corresponding step title.

As shown in FIG. 3, since the center C1 of the first area 210 is located to the left of the center C2 of the second area 220, the main area 320 of each step screen 300 is provided. The subregion 310 is located on the left side. When the center C1 of the first region 210 is located to the right of the center C2 of the second region 220, the main region 320 of each step screen 300 is located to the right of the sub-region 310. Will be located.

The step of executing the application is composed of several steps, and the step screen 300 having the configuration as shown in FIG. 3A corresponds to each step of the application.

3B is a conceptual diagram in which all of the step screens 300 corresponding to each step of the application are accumulated and stacked.

If the area configuration of the touch screen 130 illustrated in (b) of FIG. 2 corresponds to the configuration of each step screen 300 illustrated in FIG. 3, a step is performed in the first area 210 of the touch screen 130. The sub-region 310 of the screen 300 corresponds to, and the main region 320 of the step screen 300 corresponds to the second region 220 of the touch screen 130.

According to the correspondence between the first area 210 and the second area 220 of the touch screen 130 and the sub area 310 and the main area 320 of the step screen 300, various execution steps of the application are performed. Among these, an example displayed on the touch screen 130 is exemplarily illustrated in FIG. 4 when a specific step is a current step in which an application is running.

4 exemplarily illustrates that a part of a previous step screen is displayed on a touch screen 130 in which a current step title and a current step content of a current step screen are displayed in a current step of an application.

Referring to FIG. 4, the current step title and current step content in the main area 320 of the current step screen, which is the step screen corresponding to the current step of the application, are displayed on the second area 220 of the touch screen 130. The index information of the previous step screen in the sub area 310 of the previous step screen corresponding to the previous step executed before the current step is displayed on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130.

That is, the screen controller 120 described above controls to display the "current step title and current step content for the current step screen" on the "second area 220" of the touch screen 130 in the current step of the application. In addition, the “part of the previous step screen” in which “index information of the previous step screen” is displayed may be controlled to be displayed on the “first area 210” of the touch screen 130.

By displaying the index information of the previous step screen on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130, the user can know whether the previous step screen exists before the current step screen.

In FIG. 4, the index information of the previous step screen may be, for example, a title of the previous step, or may be any information that can identify the contents of the previous step screen.

As such, by displaying, on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130, information for identifying the contents of the previous step screen, such as the title of the previous step, as index information of the previous step screen, the user is present. Whether or not, of course, there is an effect that can easily know what the previous step screen. Hereinafter, for convenience of explanation, it will be described that the index information of each step screen is the corresponding step title.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, a setting button 400 for setting an application or a UI may be further displayed on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130.

Through the setting button 400, the shape, color, position, size, and display text of the sub-region 310 on the step screen 300 may be adjusted and set. That is, by adjusting the shape, color, position, size and display text of the "bookmark shape" of the portion of the previous stage screen (this corresponds to the sub-region 310 of the previous stage screen) displayed on the touch screen 130 Can be.

Meanwhile, the screen controller 120 described above designates an area in which a portion of the previous step screen (corresponding to the sub-region 310 of the previous step screen) is displayed on the touch screen 130 as a touch area, and touches in the designated touch area. When an event occurs, the current step title and the current step content of the previous step screen may be displayed in the second area 220 in which the current step title and the current step content of the current step screen are displayed. In this case, the touch event may be an event of one-touch or an event (also referred to as a drag event) such as touch and drag.

Such a screen switching method (ie, a screen switching method for returning a screen) may be, for example, a “screen movement animation method”, and the screen controller 120 may be configured according to the screen moving animation method. , The previous step title and the previous step content for the previous step screen slide and enter the second area 220, and accordingly, the current step title and the current step content for the current step screen are displayed in the second area 220. ) To be pushed away from the touch screen 130 to disappear.

In addition, the screen controller 120 described above displays a current step title and a current step content of the current step screen on the second area 220 of the touch screen 130 at the current step of the executed application. When a portion of the previous step screen (corresponding to the sub-region 310 of the previous step screen) is displayed on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130, when the next step moving signal is input, the next step moving is performed. Screen switching is made for.

Similar to the screen switching method for returning the screen, the screen switching method for moving to the next step may use a screen moving animation method. Accordingly, the screen controller 120 executes a later execution order or a later user selection than the current step. The next step title and next step content of the next step screen corresponding to the step are moved and displayed as entering the second area 220 of the touch screen 130, and the current step title and current step content for the current step screen are displayed. A part of the current step screen which is pushed out of the second area 220 of the touch screen 130 and disappears from the touch screen 130, and the index information of the current step screen is displayed (corresponding to the sub area 310 of the current step screen) Control to be displayed on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130.

In the following, the above-mentioned "screen movement animation method" will be described with reference to FIG. 5.

FIG. 5 conceptually illustrates a principle in which one step screen of a plurality of step screens is displayed on the touch screen 130 as a current step screen according to execution of an application.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the screen moving animation method, a modern step screen is displayed on the touch screen 130 among each step screen while moving each step screen in one direction (left ← right) or the other direction (left → right). It means the way.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the forward order of execution of an application is a first step, a second step, a third step, a fourth step, and a fifth step, a first step screen (main screen) and a second step Each stage screen is managed as if the screen, the third stage screen, the fourth stage screen, and the fifth stage screen are stretched out to the left and right. For example, the screen controller 120 assigns a unique " Sequence Number " for each step screen, and the first step screen (main screen), the second step screen, and the third through the assigned sequence number. Each stage screen may be managed as if the stage screen, the fourth stage screen, and the fifth stage screen are stretched out to the left and right.

Referring to FIG. 5, it is assumed that a third stage screen is a current stage screen corresponding to a current stage (current execution stage) of an application. In this case, the screen controller 120 may add the "current step screen identification code" to the sequence number allocated to the third step screen, thereby indicating that the third step screen is the current step screen.

In order to move to the next step screen, the screen controller 120 moves the first step screen, the second step screen, the third step screen, the fourth step screen, and the fifth step screen to the "left" as a whole. The fourth step screen may be controlled to enter the touch screen 130.

In this case, the screen controller 120 adds the current step screen identification code added to the sequence number assigned to the third step screen to the sequence number assigned to the fourth step screen, so that the current step screen is displayed on the fourth step screen. The screen switching control may be performed to switch to the step screen.

In order to return the screen, the screen controller 120 moves the first step screen, the second step screen, the third step screen, the fourth step screen, and the fifth step screen to the "right" as a whole, and thus the second step screen, which is the previous step screen. The screen may be controlled to enter the touch screen 130.

At this time, the screen control unit 120 adds the current step screen identification code added to the sequence number assigned to the third step screen to the sequence number assigned to the second step screen, whereby the current step screen is displayed on the second step screen. The screen switching control may be performed to return to the step screen.

As described above, in the present invention, using the screen moving animation method, displaying the current step screen on the touch screen 130 while moving each step screen arranged in the forward order of execution of the application, This is very similar to the way you navigate through the pages of a book arranged in order (corresponding to each step screen) and looking for the page you want to view (which corresponds to the current step screen displayed on the touch screen 130). It will provide an intuitive user interface.

In other words, the screen transition through scroll animation and the index information of the previous stage screen are displayed together in the current stage, so that the user can conveniently and intuitively navigate the screen corresponding to each execution stage of the application. Navigation function ".

Screen switching (next step movement, screen return) using the above-described screen moving animation method will be exemplarily described again with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

First, each step screen is managed such that the first step screen, the second step screen, and the third step screen are aligned from left to right.

Referring to FIG. 6A, when the application is first executed, the first stage title and the first stage content in the main area 320 of the first stage screen corresponding to the first stage of execution of the application are displayed on the touch screen 130. The second area 220 is displayed.

Subsequently, when the next step movement signal is input through the operation of the next step movement button displayed on the second area 220, as shown in FIG. 6B, the first step screen (main area and sub area). It moves to the left side (one side) and the second stage screen (the main region and the sub region) also moves to the left side.

As shown in FIG. 6C, as the screen moves, the first stage title and the first stage contents in the main region of the first stage screen are displayed in the second region 220 of the touch screen 130. The second stage title and the second stage content in the main region of the second stage screen are displayed on the second region 220 of the touch screen 130.

As shown in FIG. 6B, as shown in FIG. 6C, the first stage title and the first stage content in the main area of the first stage screen are displayed on the touch screen 130. Although disappearing from the second area 220, the index information (ie, the first step title) of the first step screen in the sub area that is part of the first step screen is stored in the first area 210 of the touch screen 130. Will be displayed.

Subsequently, when the next step movement signal is input through the operation of the next step movement button displayed on the second area 220, as shown in FIG. 6D, the second step screen (main area and sub area) is shown. The left side (one side) moves to the left side, and the third stage screen (the main region and the sub region) also moves to the left side.

As shown in (e) of FIG. 6, the second stage title and the second stage contents in the main region of the second stage screen are displayed in the second region 220 of the touch screen 130 as the screen moves. The third stage title and the third stage content in the main region of the third stage screen are displayed on the second region 220 of the touch screen 130.

As shown in FIG. 6D, as illustrated in FIG. 6E, the second stage title and the second stage content in the main area of the second stage screen are displayed on the touch screen 130. Although disappearing from the second area 220, the index information (ie, the second step title) of the second step screen in the sub area which is a part of the second step screen is stored in the first area 210 of the touch screen 130. Will be displayed.

In addition, in FIG. 6E, since the current step is the third step, the previous step before the third step is the second step and the first step, and accordingly, the first area of the touch screen 130 ( Index 210 of the first-level screen in the sub-region that is part of the first-level screen together with the index information (ie, the second-level title) of the second-level screen in the sub-region that is part of the second-level screen. Information (ie, first stage title) may also be displayed.

That is, the index information of the previous step screen displayed on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130 may be plural. For example, only the index information of the main step screen (first step screen) and the index information of the immediately previous step screen may be displayed. For example, when the current step is the fifth step, only the index information of the first step screen and the index information of the fourth step screen may be displayed on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130.

As described with reference to FIG. 6, the screen transition for the next step movement using the screen movement animation method includes moving each step screen from right to left, so that a step screen (current step screen) corresponding to an execution step of an application is displayed. It is displayed on the touch screen 130 to switch the screen.

FIG. 7 shows that the screen switching for screen return is performed in the order of (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) of FIG. .

Referring to FIG. 7A, the third region title and the third stage content in the main region of the third stage screen corresponding to the third stage, which is the current stage, are included in the second region 220 of the touch screen 130. Is displayed on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130, since the first step and the second step, which are before the third step, which is the current step, are the first step in the sub-area of the first step screen. Index information (first stage title) of the screen and index information (second stage title) in the sub area of the second stage screen are displayed.

Thereafter, when the user touches the touch area in which the index information (second step title) of the second step screen is displayed on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130, as shown in FIG. 7B. The third stage screen (main region and sub region) moves to the right side (the other side), and the second stage screen (main region and sub region) also moves to the right side.

As the screen moves, the second stage title and the second stage contents in the main region of the second stage screen are displayed on the second region 220 of the touch screen 130 as shown in FIG. The screen returns.

Subsequently, when the user touches the touch area in which the index information (first step title) of the first step screen is displayed on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130, as shown in FIG. 7D. The second stage screen (main region and sub region) moves to the right side (the other side), and the first stage screen (main region and sub region) also moves to the right side.

As shown in FIG. 7E, the first stage title and the first stage content in the main region of the first stage screen are displayed on the second region 220 of the touch screen 130 as shown in FIG. The screen returns.

As described with reference to FIG. 7, in the screen switching for screen return using the screen moving animation method, the step screen (current step screen) to which each step screen is moved from left to right is returned to the touch screen 130. Is displayed on the screen and the screen is switched.

Meanwhile, as illustrated in FIGS. 6E and 7A, index information (first stage title and second stage title) of two or more previous stage screens is displayed on the first area 210 of the touch screen 130. ) Is displayed, in order to indicate which of the index information of the two or more previous step screens is the index information of the previous step screen, the screen controller 120 determines that the button of the touch area where the first step title is displayed is the second step. The shadow of the button of the touch area in which the title of the first stage is displayed may be displayed so that the title appears above the button of the touch area in which the title is displayed.

4, 7 and 8, the current step title of the current step screen is displayed on the second area 220 of the touch screen 130 and the designated touch area is returned to return to the previous step screen. Since the index information of the previous step screen (e.g., the previous step title) is displayed on the screen, that is, the touch area where the index information of the previous step screen is displayed does not invade the area in which the current step title is displayed, the current step title is The problem of being hidden by the back button (the index information of the previous step screen is not displayed) does not occur.

The method of providing an intuitive user interface by the terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7 will be briefly described again with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 8.

Referring to FIG. 8, the method for providing an intuitive user interface by the terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a current step for a current step screen corresponding to the current step when the application is executed in a plurality of steps. Displaying the title and the current step content on the touch screen 130 (S800), and checking the existence of the previous step ahead of the current step (S802), and if the previous step exists, the previous corresponding to the previous step And displaying a portion of the step screen on the touch screen 130 together with the current step title and the current step content (S804).

In the above-described step S802, if it is confirmed that the previous step does not exist, since the current step is the first step (main step), it is not necessary to perform the step S804.

The terminal 100 providing an intuitive user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention described above may be, for example, a mobile terminal such as a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, a tablet PC, and the like. In addition, it may be any device having a touch screen 130 and capable of executing an application.

The method for providing an intuitive user interface by the terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention described above may be implemented by a program such as a screen control application that can be installed in the terminal 100. That is, the screen controller 120 of FIG. 1 may be implemented as a program such as a screen control application that can be installed in the terminal 100.

The screen control application may be a program included in the platform of the terminal 100, or may be a partial program module included in the above-mentioned application (any application executed on the terminal 100). The terminal 100 such as a phone or a tablet PC may be a separate application downloaded and installed from an app store (App Store, Application Store) or the like.

The method for providing an intuitive user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention described above may be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium by implementing a program such as a screen control application.

The program recorded on the recording medium for implementing the method for providing an intuitive user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the current step of the application executed in a plurality of steps, a portion of the screen of the previous step is touch screen 130 ) Can be implemented to control the display.

The program recorded on the recording medium can execute the above functions by being read from a computer and installed and executed.

As described above, in order for a computer to read a program recorded on a recording medium and execute functions implemented as a program, the above-described program may be used by C, C ++ that the computer's processor (CPU) can read through the computer's device interface. Code may be coded in a computer language such as JAVA, machine language, or the like.

Such code may include a function code associated with a function or the like that defines the above-described functions, and may include execution procedure-related control code necessary for a processor of the computer to execute the above-described functions according to a predetermined procedure.

In addition, the code may further include memory reference-related code for additional information or media required for a processor of the computer to execute the above-described functions at which location (address address) of the computer's internal or external memory. .

In addition, if the processor of the computer needs to communicate with any other computer or server on the remote in order to perform the above functions, the code may be used to determine which computer the processor of the computer uses the communication module of the computer on the remote. It may further include communication-related codes such as how to communicate with other computers or servers, and what information or media should be transmitted and received during communication.

Examples of recording media that can be read by a computer recording a program as described above include, for example, ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical media storage device, and the like. , Transmission through the Internet) may be included.

The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. In this case, any one or more of the plurality of distributed computers may execute some of the functions presented above, and transmit the results to one or more of the other distributed computers, and receive the results. The computer may also execute some of the functions presented above, and provide the results to other distributed computers as well.

In addition, a functional program for implementing the present invention, codes and code segments associated therewith may be used in consideration of a system environment of a computer that reads a recording medium and executes the program. It may be easily inferred or changed by.

The "computer" capable of reading such a recording medium may be a terminal 100 such as a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, a tablet PC, and the like.

A program, such as a screen control application that implements a method for providing an intuitive user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention, may be a program downloaded and installed by the terminal 100 through an app store.

The recording medium recording a program implementing the method for providing an intuitive user interface according to an embodiment of the present invention may be a recording medium (eg, a hard disk) included in an app store server or another server linked with an app store server. Disk, etc.), and may be interpreted as an app store server or another server linked with the app store server itself.

Referring to FIG. 9, a method of providing an intuitive user interface according to another embodiment of the present invention is a method in which a screen control application installed in a terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet PC provides an intuitive user interface. The first step screen of the screen control application (which may be the same application or a different application) is displayed on the display (S900), the second step movement signal of the application is input (S902), and the first step screen is displayed. While moving in the direction of one side (eg, the left side) of the display, the second step screen is displayed on the other side (eg, the right side) of the display and controls to be displayed on the display while moving in the direction of one side (S904). ) And the index information of the first screen is displayed on one side of the display together with the second screen. And the like Step (S906).

By displaying the index information of the first step screen mentioned above, it is possible to know whether or not the previous step screen (first step screen) exists while the second step screen, which is the current step screen, is displayed.

In addition, the index information of the first step screen may be a title of the first step screen as a part of the first step screen. Thus, it is possible to know what screen the previous step screen (the first step screen) is.

In addition, the index information of the first level screen may be displayed on a button of a bookmark type, which is similar to a bookmark marked separately on a specific page of a book that has been viewed once, so that the existence of the previous level screen may be intuitively recognized. Can be.

As shown in FIG. 9, in the method for providing an intuitive user interface according to another exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, after the above-described step S906, index information of the first stage screen displayed together with the second stage screen is displayed on the user. Step (S908) selected by the step, and while moving the screen of the second step in the other direction, and controlling the display on the display while the first step screen appears on one side and moves in the direction of the other side ( S910) may be further included.

A method of providing an intuitive user interface according to another embodiment of the present invention described above with reference to FIG. 9 may be implemented in a program such as a screen control application installable on a terminal and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. .

A program recorded on a recording medium for implementing a method for providing an intuitive user interface according to another embodiment of the present invention may be inputted when a second stage movement signal of an application is input while a first stage screen of the application is displayed on a display. Accordingly, while the first step screen is moved in the direction of one side of the display, the second step screen is displayed on the other side of the display and is controlled in a direction while moving in one direction, and the first step A function of controlling the index information of the screen to be displayed on the display together with the second stage screen may be implemented.

The "computer" capable of reading such a recording medium may include a terminal such as a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile communication terminal, a tablet PC, and the like.

A program, such as a screen control application that implements a method for providing an intuitive user interface according to another embodiment of the present invention, may be a program that the terminal 100 can download and install through an app store.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a recording medium recording a program implementing the method for providing an intuitive user interface may include a recording medium (eg, a hard disk) included in an app store server or another server linked with an app store server. Disk, etc.), and may be interpreted as an app store server or another server linked with the app store server itself.

In the above description, all elements constituting the embodiments of the present invention are described as being combined or operating in combination, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to the embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented in one independent hardware, each or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform some or all functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having a. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, and the like.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be included, unless otherwise stated, and thus excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms commonly used, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be construed in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The above description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains may make various modifications and changes without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This patent application claims priority under No. 119 (a) (35 USC § 119 (a)) of the US Patent Act No. 10-2011-0035139, filed April 15, 2011 with Korea. All content is incorporated by reference in this patent application. In addition, if this patent application claims priority to a country other than the United States for the same reason, all its contents are incorporated into this patent application by reference.

Claims

An application execution unit for executing an application composed of a plurality of execution steps; And

In the current step of the running application, a screen controller for controlling a portion of the previous step screen to be displayed on the touch screen

Terminal providing an intuitive user interface comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

The screen control unit,

Terminal for providing an intuitive user interface, characterized in that for controlling a portion of the previous step screen to be displayed in the form of a bookmark.
The method of claim 1,

The screen control unit,

The touch screen is managed as a first area and a second area, and in the current step of the application, a portion of the previous step screen on which the index information of the previous step screen is displayed is displayed on the first area, and the current step screen is displayed. A terminal for providing an intuitive user interface, characterized in that the control to display the title and content in the second area.
The method of claim 3,

The screen control unit,

The first area and the second area do not overlap, or the first area is managed to be included in the second area,

The center of the first area is located to the left or right of the center of the second area to provide an intuitive user interface.
The method of claim 3,

The screen control unit,

Designating an area where a part of the previous step screen is displayed among the first area as a touch area,

When a touch event occurs in the touch area, the user interface is controlled so that the title and content of the previous step screen are displayed in the second area in which the title and content of the current step screen are displayed. Providing a terminal.
The method of claim 5,

The screen control unit,

According to the screen movement animation method, the title and the content of the previous step screen are moved and displayed while entering the second area, and the title and the content of the current step screen are pushed out of the second area and moved on the touch screen. Terminal providing an intuitive user interface, characterized in that the control to disappear.
The method of claim 3,

The screen control unit,

When the next step movement signal is input, the title and content of the next step screen are moved and displayed as entering the second area, and the title and content of the current step screen are pushed out of the second area and are displayed on the touch screen. Disappearing,

And a portion of the current step screen on which index information of the current step screen is displayed is displayed on the first area.
The method of claim 7, wherein

The screen control unit,

An intuitive user interface that controls a portion of each of two or more previous step screens to be displayed together on the touch screen, and displays a shadow shape of a portion of the previous step screen that is earlier in each of the two or more previous step screens. Providing a terminal.
The method of claim 3,

The screen control unit,

And a setting button for setting the application or the user interface on the first area.
In the method for providing an intuitive user interface provided by the terminal,

When the application is executed in a plurality of steps, displaying a title and content of a current step screen corresponding to the current step on a touch screen;

Checking the existence of a previous step preceding the current step; And

If the previous step exists, displaying a portion of the previous step screen corresponding to the previous step on the touch screen together with a title and content of the current step screen;

Method for providing an intuitive user interface comprising a.
In a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of providing an intuitive user interface,

A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing a function of controlling a part of a screen of a previous step to be displayed on a touch screen in a current step of an application executed in a plurality of steps.
In the method that the screen control application installed in the terminal provides an intuitive user interface,

Inputting a second-stage movement signal of the application while the first-stage screen of the application is displayed on the display;

Controlling the second step screen to appear on the display while moving in the direction of the one side while the second step screen appears on the other side of the display while the first step screen is moved in the direction of one side of the display; And

Controlling the index information of the first stage screen to be displayed on the one side of the display together with the second stage screen even after the application moves to the second stage.

Method for providing an intuitive user interface comprising a.
The method of claim 12,

Index information of the first step screen,

And a portion of the first step screen.
The method of claim 12,

Selecting index information of the first step screen displayed together with the second step screen on the display; And

And moving the second step screen in the direction of the other side, and controlling the first step screen to be displayed on the display while appearing on the one side and moving in the direction of the other side. How to provide an intuitive user interface.
In a recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of providing an intuitive user interface,

As the second stage movement signal of the application is input while the first stage screen of the application is displayed on the display, the second stage screen is moved to the side of the display while the first stage screen is moved. A function of controlling to be displayed on the display while appearing from the other side and moving in one direction;

A function of controlling the index information of the first step screen to be displayed on the display together with the second step screen even after the application moves to the second step.

A computer-readable recording medium that records a program that implements the program.