WO2015030313A1

WO2015030313A1 - Method for executing function using gesture, portable electronic apparatus therefor, and computer-readable recording medium having program recorded thereon therefor

Info

Publication number: WO2015030313A1
Application number: PCT/KR2013/011525
Authority: WO
Inventors: 유제민
Original assignee: Ryu Jea-Min
Priority date: 2013-08-29
Filing date: 2013-12-12
Publication date: 2015-03-05
Also published as: KR20150025631A; KR101507595B1

Abstract

A portable electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: an icon generating unit configured to generate guide icons including individual function icons displayed in a region divided into nine smaller regions and displayed in first to eighth regions among the nine smaller regions except for a central region; a function setting unit configured to set first to eighth vectors having directional components that are directed toward the central region from the first to eighth regions, and to match the functions of the individual function icons with the first to eighth vectors; a display unit configured to display the guide icons on a display screen; a sensing unit configured to receive input of a user gesture to detect a directional component of the gesture; a vector matching unit configured to determine, from among the directional components of the first to eighth vectors, a vector having a directional component that corresponds to the directional component of the gesture; a function executing unit configured to execute the function corresponding to the determined vector; a control unit configured to control the icon generating unit, the function setting unit, the display unit, the sensing unit, the vector matching unit and the function executing unit; and a memory configured to be executed by the control unit, and to store programs for operating the icon generating unit, the function setting unit, the display unit, the sensing unit, the vector matching unit and the function executing unit.

Description

A computer-readable recording medium recording a method for executing a function using a gesture, a portable electronic device therefor, and a program for executing the method using the gesture.

The present invention relates to a method of executing a function using a gesture and a portable electronic device for the same. More particularly, a guide icon providing a guide for a gesture is displayed on one side of a screen, and a gesture input from a user is detected to detect a gesture. A method and a portable electronic device for executing a function corresponding to an input direction.

Portable electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets provide a touch based interface. In a touch-based interface, a user can input a certain gesture on the touch screen without using an additional input device such as a keyboard to use the display device as an input device.

In an interface environment provided by modern portable electronic devices, a user needs to take a tap gesture to select an application icon to execute a specific application. If the application icon is located on the home screen (the base screen or desktop of the portable electronic device), the application can be run by selecting the icon directly from the home screen, but if the icon is not on the home screen, the menu on the home screen After selecting a button to bring up a list of applications, you need to select the icon for that application. In this case, two gestures are required: menu button selection and application icon selection.

Thus, there is a method of placing many application icons on the home screen for quick execution of the application, but when too many icons exist on the home screen, a problem of reducing the simplicity of the screen and the recognition of the icons has occurred. In addition, the number of icons that can be located in one home screen is limited.

Similarly, to run another application in the middle of executing one application, press the home button to return to the home screen, select a menu button on the home screen, and select an application button among the menu items. Gestures were required.

An object of the present invention is to enable the execution of various functions through a gesture, and to provide an intuitive guide to a gesture by displaying a gesture guide icon.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an icon generator for generating a guide icon including a nine-divided area and individual function icons displayed in the first to eighth areas except for the central area of the nine-divided area; A function setting unit for setting first to eighth vectors having direction components from the first to eighth regions to the central region, and corresponding functions of the individual function icons to the first to eighth vectors; A display unit which displays the guide icon on a display screen; A sensing unit configured to receive a gesture of a user and detect a gesture direction component; A vector matching unit which determines a vector having a direction component corresponding to the gesture direction component among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors; A function execution unit that executes the function corresponding to the determined vector; A controller for controlling the icon generating unit, the function setting unit, the display unit, the sensing unit, the vector matching unit, and the function execution unit; And a memory that is executed by the controller and stores a program for operating the icon generator, the function setting unit, the display unit, the sensing unit, the vector matching unit, and the function execution unit. do.

In the portable electronic device according to the present invention, the function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors may be a screen switch function, a specific application execution function, or a switch to another guide icon.

In the portable electronic device according to the present invention, when the gesture is input while the home screen is displayed on the display screen, the function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors is a switching function to the first to eighth home screens. When the gesture is input while a screen other than the home screen is displayed on the display screen, the function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors may be a specific application execution function.

In the portable electronic device according to the present invention, when the guide icon is tapped, an enlarged guide icon for editing each individual function icon of the guide icon is displayed, and each of the first to eighth areas is displayed. The individual function icon displayed on the screen may be changed in position and function according to a gesture of a user inputted on the enlarged guide icon.

In the portable electronic device according to the present invention, the 9-divided area may be a region obtained by dividing the guide icon into a 3 by 3 matrix shape, and the center area may be an area corresponding to 2 rows and 2 columns of the matrix.

In the portable electronic device according to the present invention, the display unit may display the guide icon on the display screen regardless of a home screen or an application execution screen.

In the portable electronic device according to the present invention, the display unit may display the guide icon on the display screen when the home screen is displayed.

In the portable electronic device according to the present invention, the gesture direction component detected by the sensing unit may be a direction component of a vector traveling from the start point to the end point of the gesture.

In the portable electronic device according to the present invention, the sensing unit may be a tactile sensor or a proximity sensor.

In the portable electronic device according to the present invention, the vector matching unit may determine a vector having a direction component closest to the gesture direction component among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the method comprises: generating a guide icon including a nine-divided area and individual function icons displayed on the first to eighth areas except for the central area among the nine divided areas; Setting first to eighth vectors having direction components from the first to eighth regions to the central region, and mapping the functions of the individual function icons to the first to eighth vectors; Displaying the guide icon on a display screen; Detecting a gesture direction component by receiving a gesture of a user; Determining a vector having a direction component corresponding to the gesture direction component among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors; And there is provided a function execution method using a gesture comprising the step of executing the function corresponding to the determined vector.

In the method for executing a function using a gesture according to the present invention, the function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors may be a screen switching function, a specific application execution function, or a switch to another guide icon.

In the method for executing a function using a gesture according to the present invention, when the gesture is input while a home screen is displayed on the display screen, a function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors is a first to eighth home screen. When the gesture is input while a screen other than the home screen is displayed on the display screen, the function may correspond to the first to eighth vectors.

In the method for executing a function using a gesture according to the present invention, when the guide icon is tapped, an enlarged guide icon for editing each individual function icon of the guide icon is displayed, and the first to eighth. The individual function icons displayed in each area may be changed in position and function according to a gesture of a user input on the enlarged guide icon.

In the method of executing a function using a gesture according to the present invention, the 9-divided area may be an area obtained by dividing the guide icon into a 3 by 3 matrix shape, and the center area may be an area corresponding to 2 rows and 2 columns of the matrix. have.

In the method for executing a function using a gesture according to the present invention, the displaying of the guide icon on the display screen may display the guide icon on the display screen regardless of the home screen or the application execution screen.

In the method for executing a function using a gesture according to the present invention, the displaying of the guide icon on the display screen may be displayed on the display screen only when the guide icon is displayed on the home screen.

In the method for executing a function using a gesture according to the present invention, the detecting of the gesture direction component may detect a direction component of a vector traveling from the start point to the end point of the gesture.

In the method for executing a function using a gesture according to the present invention, the determining of the vector may determine a vector having a direction component closest to the gesture direction component among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors.

According to still another embodiment of the present invention, a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of executing a function using a gesture is provided.

According to the present invention, the user can obtain information on a function executed according to the gesture type by referring to the gesture guide icon.

In addition, according to the present invention, various functions can be executed by using a gesture outside the spatial limits of the screen.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a function execution method using a gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram illustrating a guide icon generated according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of direction vectors according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an example of a screen for executing an application by a gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6A and 6B illustrate an example of switching a screen by a gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of switching a plurality of guide icons according to an embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a screen illustrating changing a setting of a guide icon according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Terms used herein will be briefly described and the present invention will be described in detail.

The terms used in the present invention have been selected as widely used general terms as possible in consideration of the functions in the present invention, but this may vary according to the intention or precedent of the person skilled in the art, the emergence of new technologies and the like.

In addition, in certain cases, there is also a term arbitrarily selected by the applicant, in which case the meaning will be described in detail in the description of the invention. Therefore, the terms used in the present invention should be defined based on the meanings of the terms and the contents throughout the present invention, rather than the names of the simple terms.

When any part of the specification is to "include" any component, this means that it may further include other components, except to exclude other components unless otherwise stated. In addition, the terms "... unit", "module", etc. described in the specification mean a unit for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software. .

Throughout the specification, a "gesture" refers to a gesture used by a user to control a portable electronic device. For example, the gestures described herein may include tap, touch and hold, double tap, drag, pan, flick, drag and drop.

"Tab" refers to an operation in which the user touches the screen very quickly using a finger or a touch stylus. That is, a time difference between the touch-in time point at which the finger or the touch tool touches the screen and the touch-out time point at which the finger or touch tool is dropped off the screen is very short.

"Touch & hold" refers to an operation in which a user touches a screen using a finger or a touch stylus and maintains a touch input for a threshold time or more. That is, this means that the time difference between the touch-in time and the touch-out time is more than the threshold time. In order to allow the user to recognize whether the touch input is a tap or a touch and hold, the feedback signal may be provided visually or acoustically when the touch input is maintained for a threshold time or more.

The term "drag" refers to an operation of moving a finger or a touch tool to another position on the screen while the user touches a finger or a touch tool on the screen and maintains a touch. An object is moved or a panning operation to be described later is performed due to the dragging operation.

"Panning" refers to a case where a user performs a drag operation without selecting an object. Panning does not select a specific object, so instead of moving the object within the page, the page itself moves within the screen, or a group of objects moves within the page.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

The portable electronic device 100 may be implemented in various forms. For example, the portable electronic device 100 described herein may be a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), Navigation, tablet PC, etc.

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the portable electronic device 100 may include an icon generator 110, a function setting unit 120, a display unit 130, a sensing unit 140, a vector matching unit 150, and a function execution. The unit 160, the communication unit 170, the memory 180, and the controller 190 may be included. However, not all illustrated components are essential components. The portable electronic device 100 may be implemented by more components than the illustrated components, and the portable electronic device 100 may be implemented by fewer components.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The icon generator 110 generates a guide icon according to an embodiment of the present invention. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the user may take a gesture of dragging in a specific direction to execute a specific application or switch screens, and the guide icon serves to visually provide a guide on the direction of the drag gesture. .

The guide icon of the present invention has a nine-divided area, and individual function icons may be displayed in each of the first to eighth areas except for the center area among the nine divided areas. In one embodiment of the present invention, the nine-divided region is a region divided into a shape of a 3x3 matrix, and the central region may be an area corresponding to two rows and two columns of the matrix. In addition, starting from the upper left area of the center area of the guide icon, each area may be set as the first to eighth areas in the clockwise direction. The first to eighth regions are not necessarily limited thereto, and any region other than the central region may be set as the first region, and each region may be set as the second to eighth regions in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. have.

Referring to FIG. 3, the portable electronic device 100 includes a display screen 101 and a home key 102. The display screen 101 may display a general icon 103 and a guide icon 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The user may load the home screen, which is a basic screen of the portable electronic device 100, on the display screen 101 by pressing the home key 102.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the guide icon 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention may have a circle shape, and the guide icon may include a nine-divided area in a 3 by 3 matrix shape.

In this case, the first to eighth regions 12-1 to 12-8 except for the central region 11 may be set in a clockwise direction starting from the upper left region 12-1 with respect to the central region 11. Can be. In the first to eighth areas 12-1 to 12-8, individual function icons 13-1 to 13-8 may be displayed. The individual function icons 13-1 to 13-8 may display icons of individual applications such as a music player and a folder launcher. A basic figure shape may be displayed in the central area 11 of the guide icon 10.

In addition to the example of FIG. 3 as described above, the shape of the guide icon 10 of the present invention may be variously adopted, and the individual function icons 13-1 to 13-8 in the guide icon 10 may also be variously changed. Of course. The guide icon 10 may be displayed on any area of the display screen 101. In addition, although the guide icon 10 may always be displayed on the display screen 101, it may not be displayed in a specific situation according to the user's setting.

The function setting unit 120 sets the first to eighth vectors having the direction component that travels in the direction of the center area in the first to eighth areas of the guide icon generated by the icon generator 110. The function setting unit 120 associates the functions of the individual function icons with the first to eighth vectors. For example, when the individual function icon 13-2 located in the second area 12-2 is an internet browser icon, the function setting unit 120 may display the central area 11 in the second area 12-2. After setting the second vector 14-2 proceeding to), the second vector 14-2 is made to correspond to the execution function of the Internet browser application.

When the guide icon has 9 divided regions of 3 by 3 matrix shape, the direction components of the first to eighth vectors are up to down and left to right. It may be one of a -down direction, a right-up left-down direction, a left-right direction, and an opposite direction of the above directions.

FIG. 4 is an example of the first to eighth vectors set when the guide icon has a nine-divided area as shown in FIG. 3 and the first to eighth areas are allocated in a clockwise direction. In the example of FIG. 4, the first vector 14-1 traveling from the first region 12-1 to the central region 11 is a vector having a direction component of −45 °. Further, the second vector 14-2 traveling from the second region 12-2 to the central region 11 is a vector having a direction component of -90 °, and the third to eighth vectors ( 14-3 to 14-8) may each be set to a vector having a direction component of an angle plus −45 °.

The function setting unit 120 associates the above-described first to eighth vectors 14-1 to 14-8 with functions of the individual function icons displayed in each area of the guide icon. In the example of FIG. 4, the Internet browser application icon 13-2 is displayed in the second area 12-2.

In this case, the function corresponding to the second vector 14-2 may be execution of an internet browser application.

The display 130 displays and outputs information processed by the portable electronic device 100 on a display screen. In one embodiment of the present invention, the display unit 130 serves to display the guide icon 10 generated by the icon generator 110. The guide icon 10 of the present invention does not directly act as a menu button, but provides a guide for the gesture direction in the user's gesture. The display 130 may display the guide icon 10 on the display screen 101 regardless of the home screen or the application execution screen. Alternatively, the guide icon may be displayed only when the display screen 101 displays the home screen.

In the present invention, when the display unit 130 and the touch pad have a mutual layer structure and constitute a touch screen, the display unit 130 may be used as an input device in addition to the output device. The display unit 130 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, or a three-dimensional display. 3D display). In addition, two or more display units 130 may exist according to the implementation form of the portable electronic device 100. The touch screen may be configured to detect not only the touch input position and the touched area but also the touch input pressure. In addition, the touch screen may be configured to detect not only the real-touch but also a proximity touch.

In the present specification, the term "real-touch" refers to a case in which a pointer is actually touched on the screen, and the term "proximity-touch" refers to a point in which the pointer actually touches the screen. Instead, it refers to the case where the screen approaches a distance from the screen. In the present specification, a pointer refers to a tool for touching or proximity touching a specific portion of a displayed screen. Examples include stylus fans, fingers, and the like.

The sensing unit 140 receives a gesture of the user from the touch screen and detects a direction component of the user gesture. In one embodiment of the present invention, the gesture of the user that the sensing unit 140 detects the direction component may be a drag gesture that makes a continuous touch from the start point to the end point. The direction component of the gesture detected by the sensing unit 140 may be a direction component of the vector traveling from the start point to the end point of the gesture.

The sensing unit 140 of the present invention may be provided with various sensors for detecting a touch or a proximity touch of the touch screen. An example of a sensor for sensing a touch of a touch screen is a tactile sensor. The tactile sensor refers to a sensor that senses the contact of a specific object to the extent that a person feels or more. The tactile sensor may sense various information such as the roughness of the contact surface, the rigidity of the contact object, the temperature of the contact point, and the like.

In addition, an example of a sensor for sensing a touch of a touch screen is a proximity sensor. The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or an object present in the vicinity without using a mechanical contact by using an electromagnetic force or infrared rays. Thus, proximity sensors have a considerably longer life than contact sensors and their utilization is also quite high.

Examples of the proximity sensor include a transmission photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor.

The vector matching unit 150 determines a vector having a direction component corresponding to the gesture direction component detected by the sensing unit 140 among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors set by the function setting unit 120.

In an embodiment of the present invention as shown in FIG. 4, the direction components of the first to eighth vectors may differ by 45 ° from each other. In this case, the vector matching unit 150 detects which direction vector component the user's gesture is closest to. For example, in the example of FIG. 4, if the angle of the gesture direction component input by the user is located between -22.5 ° and -22.5 ° from the angle of the direction component of the second vector 14-2, The vector having the corresponding direction component may be determined as the second vector 14-2.

The function execution unit 160 executes a function of an individual function icon corresponding to the vector determined by the vector matching unit 150. The function execution unit 160 may serve as a processor that finally determines and executes an execution function of the portable electronic device 100.

In the embodiment of Fig. 4, the function of the individual function icon 13-2 corresponding to the second vector 14-2 is 'execution of the Internet browser application', and the vector having the direction component corresponding to the gesture direction component is In the case of the second vector 14-2, the function execution unit 160 executes the Internet browser application.

The communicator 170 may include one or more components that allow communication between the portable electronic device 100 and the external device 200. For example, the communication unit 170 may include a broadcast receiving module, a mobile communication module, a wireless internet module, a wired internet module, a short range communication module, a location information module, and the like.

The broadcast reception module receives a broadcast signal and / or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel.

In addition, the mobile communication module transmits and receives a radio signal with at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include various types of data according to transmission and reception of a voice call signal, a video call call signal, or a text / multimedia message.

The wireless internet module refers to a module for wireless internet access. The wireless internet module may be internal or external. In addition, the wired Internet module means a module for wired Internet access.

The short range communication module refers to a module for short range communication. Near field communication technology uses Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, Wi-Fi Direct (WFD) Near Field Communication (NFC), etc. Can be.

In addition, the location information module is a module for checking or obtaining the location of the portable electronic device 100. One example is the Global Position System (GPS) module. The GPS module receives location information from a plurality of satellites. Here, the location information may include coordinate information represented by latitude and longitude.

The memory 180 may store a program for processing and controlling the controller 190, and for storing data input / output (eg, capture data, phonebook, message, still image, video, etc.). You can also perform a function.

The memory 180 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory), RAM (RAM, Random

Access Memory (SRAM), Static Random Access Memory (ROM), ROM (Read-Only Memory),

EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory) may include a storage medium of at least one type of magnetic memory, magnetic disk, optical disk. In addition, the portable electronic device 100 may operate a web storage that performs a storage function of the memory 180 on the Internet.

The controller 190 typically controls the overall operation of the portable electronic device 100. For example, the controller 190 performs control and processing related to gesture recognition, voice call, data communication, video call, and the like. That is, the controller 190 may include the icon generator 110, the function setting unit 120, the display unit 130, the sensing unit 140, the vector matching unit 150, the function execution unit 160, and the communication unit 170. ) And the memory 180 can be controlled overall. In addition, the controller 190 may include a multimedia module for playing multimedia. The multimedia module may be implemented in the controller 190 or may be implemented separately from the controller 190.

Meanwhile, the external device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention refers to a device that can communicate with the portable electronic device 100. As an example of the external device 200, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a portable multimedia player (PMP), a navigation device, a tablet PC, a digital camera , Digital CE devices (Consumer Elctronics), and the like. The digital CE (Consumer Elctronics) device may include a digital television (DTV), an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV), a refrigerator having a display device, an air conditioner, a printer, and the like.

Meanwhile, the external device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a server device (eg, a social networking service server).

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of executing a function by a gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, a guide icon including individual function icons displayed in each of the first to eighth regions except for the central region among the nine divided regions and the nine divided regions is generated (S1).

Next, the first to eighth vectors having the direction components advancing from the first to eighth regions of the guide icon to the central region are set (S2).

Next, the functions of the individual function icons displayed in the area of the guide icon are associated with the first to eighth vectors (S3).

Next, the generated guide icon is displayed on the display screen (S4).

Next, the gesture direction component that receives the user's gesture and proceeds from the start point to the end point of the gesture input is detected (S5).

Finally, a vector having a direction component corresponding to the gesture direction component among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors is determined, and the function of the individual function icon corresponding to the determined vector is executed (S6).

First, the user may obtain an intuitive recognition of what function can be executed according to the direction of the gesture through the guide icon 10 displayed in the upper left of FIG. For example, the user may execute a music application by inputting a gesture having a direction from the upper right to the lower left through the guide icon 10, and may execute an internet browser application by inputting a gesture having the direction from the top to the lower left. It can be recognized.

As shown in the left figure of FIG. 5, the user may input a gesture having a vector component moving from the upper right side to the left direction on the display screen 101 through a touch. As described above, the sensing unit 140 detects a gesture direction component from the gesture input of the user, and the vector matching unit 150 performs a gesture among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors 14-1 to 14-8. A vector having an aromatic component corresponding to the aromatic component is determined. In the embodiment of FIG. 5, the sensing unit 140 detects a vector of the end point direction at the start point of the user gesture, and the vector matching unit 150 indicates that the third vector 14-3 is a vector corresponding to the gesture direction component. You can decide.

In the embodiment of FIG. 5, since the individual function icon corresponding to the third vector 14-3 is the music reproduction application icon 13-3 located in the third region 12-3, the function execution unit 160 is executed. Run the music playback application as shown in the right screen.

In the exemplary embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 5, the user may execute various functions simply with a single gesture without a plurality of touches despite the limited display screen size.

6A illustrates an example in which the home screens 105 and 105-1 to 105-8 that are applicable in the present invention are reduced and displayed on the display screen 101. Referring to FIG. 6A, the home screen of the present invention may have nine home screens 105, 105-1 to 105-8 arranged in a 3 by 3 matrix form. The display screen 101 illustrated in FIG. 6A may be a screen of a full screen view of a home screen executed by a user using a double touch using two fingers to view a configuration of a home screen. In the embodiment of FIG. 6A, the home screen currently displayed on the display screen 101 may be displayed as the home screen 105 located at the center.

In the environment of a conventional portable electronic device, a plurality of home screens may be provided, but switching between home screens is possible only through left and right touches, so that the number of switching increases as the number of home screens increases. For example, in order to move from the first home screen to the fifth home screen, a drag gesture that moves left and right is required four times.

On the contrary, according to an embodiment of the present invention, up to nine home screens can be extended, and moving from the current home screen to all other home screens is possible with a single touch.

6B illustrates a method of switching a home screen through a gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the portable electronic device 100 of FIG. 6B, the left side displays the central home screen 105 on the display screen 101, and the right side displays the home screen 105-1 on the upper left on the display screen 101. It is a state.

Referring to FIG. 6B, unlike the guide icon 10 of FIG. 5, the guide icon 10 displays a rectangular screen shape in the shape of each individual function icon 13-1 to 13-8. At this time, although the shape of the individual function icon is the same, the function setting unit 120 switches to different home screens for each individual function icon 13-1 to 13-8 and each of the vectors 14-1 to 14-8. Functions can be mapped. For example, the first vector 14-1 may correspond to a function of switching from the current home screen 105 to the home screen 105-1 on the upper left side. Alternatively, the third vector 14-3 may correspond to a function of switching from the current home screen 105 to the home screen 105-3 in the upper right corner.

The user can see the shape of the individual function icon displayed on the guide icon 10 to obtain information that the home screen can be switched through the current gesture.

In the embodiment of FIG. 6B, when the home screen currently being shown is the center home screen 105 of FIG. 6A as shown in the left figure, the user moves to the home screen 105-1 at the upper left side based on the current home screen. To switch, a gesture may proceed from the upper left to the lower right as shown in FIG. 6B.

6A and 6B, the direction component of the gesture proceeding from the upper left to the lower right corresponds to the direction component of the first vector 14-1 and the function setting unit 120. A function of switching from the current home screen 105 to the home screen 105-1 on the upper left, which is set as a function corresponding to the first vector 14-1, may be executed as shown in the right figure. In a similar manner, when a gesture corresponding to the direction component of the second vector 14-2 is inputted, a switching function from the current home screen 105 to the upper home screen 105-2 may be executed. . When the home screen is switched, a screen switching effect such as roll-in and roll-up may be applied at the same time as the user's gesture to smooth the switching shape.

The individual function icons 13-1 to 13-8 of the guide icon 10 of the present invention can be freely changed by the user's setting. In addition, it may also be assumed that an individual function icon for executing an application and an icon for screen switching are displayed together in one guide icon 10.

In addition, the guide icon 10 of FIG. 5 and the guide icon 10 of FIG. 6A may be displayed by being switched or changed with each other by user setting. In particular, when the home screen is displayed on the display screen 101, the screen switching guide icon 10 and a function corresponding thereto are executed as shown in FIG. 6A, and when a menu screen or an application screen other than the home screen is displayed, FIG. 5. An application execution guide icon 10 and a function corresponding thereto may be executed. That is, the user may switch the screen when the display screen 101 is in the state of the home screen, and execute another application in the case of the application screen, using the method of executing a function using the gesture gesture of the present invention.

Individual function icons located in the first to eighth areas 12-1 to 12-8 of the guide icon 10 may represent a switching function to another guide icon 10.

7 is a diagram illustrating an example of switching a plurality of guide icons using a gesture according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, a plurality of guide icons may exist. Referring to FIG. 7, it can be seen that individual function icons in the shape of the guide icon 10 are displayed in the fifth area 12-5 of the first guide icon 10-1. In this case, the function setting unit 120 may set a function corresponding to the fifth vector 14-5 of the first guide icon 10-1 to the execution of the second guide icon 10-2. That is, when the first guide icon 10-1 is displayed, the user may execute the second guide icon 10-2 by performing a gesture in the direction of the fifth vector 14-5. In this case, the guide icon 10 displayed on the display screen 101 is changed from the first guide icon 10-1 to the second guide icon 10-2.

In addition, it can be seen that individual function icons in the shape of the guide icon 10 are displayed in the first area 12-1 and the seventh area 12-7 of the second guide icon 10-2. In this case, the function setting unit 120 sets the function corresponding to the first vector 14-1 of the second guide icon 10-2 to the execution of the first guide icon 10-1, and The function corresponding to the seventh vector 14-7 can be set by execution of the third guide icon 10-3. When the second guide icon 10-2 is displayed, the user takes a gesture toward the first vector 14-1 to display the first guide icon 10-1 on the display screen 101, or the seventh. The third guide icon 10-3 may be displayed by performing a gesture in the direction of the vector 14-7.

Finally, it can be seen that individual function icons in the shape of the guide icon 10 are displayed in the third area 12-3 of the third guide icon 10-3. In this case, the function setting unit 120 may set a function corresponding to the third vector 14-3 of the third guide icon 10-3 to the execution of the second guide icon 10-2.

As illustrated in the left figure of FIG. 8, the user may tap the guide icon 10 to change positions and functions of individual function icons 13-1 to 13-8 of the guide icon 10. When the guide icon 10 is tapped, the enlarged guide icon 10a is displayed as shown in the right figure of FIG. 8.

The user taps one of the individual function icons 13-1 to 13-8 or the first to eighth areas 12-1 to 12-8 in the enlarged guide icon 10a to set the function of each individual function icon. Can be changed. Functions that can be applied to individual function icons include an application execution function and a screen switching function. When a function applied to an individual function icon is changed, the shape of the individual function icon is also changed to the shape changed to the corresponding function.

For example, the icon 13-3 currently located in the third area 12-3 is a music application icon, but the user taps the third area 12-3 to select a message application from the list that appears. The function icon 13-3 may be changed to a message application icon. At this time, the function corresponding to the third vector 14-3 is a message.

Of course, it is changed by execution of the application.

In addition, the user may touch and hold one of the individual function icons 13-1 to 13-8 for a predetermined time to change the position between the individual function icons 13-1 to 13-8. For example, when the icon 13-1 located in the first area 12-1 and the icon 13-2 located in the second area 12-2 are to be changed, the first area 12 is changed. -1) After holding the icon 13-1 positioned for a predetermined time or longer, drag the icon 13-1 to the second area 12-2 to drag and drop the position between the two icons. You can change it.

By the method and the portable electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention described above, it is possible to execute various functions by various gestures without departing from the spatial limitations of the screen, and provide a guide icon for a gesture to Intuitive recognition of the relationship is possible.

Method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means may be recorded on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. Program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the present invention, or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having skill in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape, optical media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, and magnetic disks, such as floppy disks. Magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include not only machine code generated by a compiler, but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

Claims

An icon generator for generating a guide icon including a 9-divided area and individual function icons displayed in the first to eighth areas except for the center area of the 9-divided area;

A function setting unit for setting first to eighth vectors having direction components from the first to eighth regions to the central region, and corresponding functions of the individual function icons to the first to eighth vectors;

A display unit which displays the guide icon on a display screen;

A sensing unit configured to receive a gesture of a user and detect a gesture direction component;

A vector matching unit which determines a vector having a direction component corresponding to the gesture direction component among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors;

A function execution unit that executes the function corresponding to the determined vector;

The icon generator, the function setting unit, the display unit, the sensing unit,

A control unit controlling the vector matching unit and the function execution unit; And

A memory that is executed by the controller and stores a program for operating the icon generator, the function setting unit, the display unit, the sensing unit, the vector matching unit, and the function execution unit;

Portable electronic device comprising a.
The method of claim 1,

The function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors may be at least one of a screen change function, a specific application execution function, and a switch to another guide icon.
The method of claim 1,

When the gesture is input while the home screen is displayed on the display screen, the function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors is a switching function to the first to eighth home screens.

When the gesture is input while a screen other than the home screen is displayed on the display screen, the function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors is a specific application execution function.
The method of claim 1,

When tapping the guide icon, an enlarged guide icon for editing each individual function icon of the guide icon is displayed, and the individual function icon displayed in each of the first to eighth areas is enlarged. A portable electronic device, the position and function of which may be changed according to a gesture of a user input on the guide icon.
The method of claim 1,

The nine-divided region is a region obtained by dividing the guide icon into a 3 by 3 matrix, and the central region is a region corresponding to two rows and two columns of the matrix.
The method of claim 1, wherein the display unit

A portable electronic device for displaying the guide icon on the display screen regardless of a home screen or an application execution screen.
The method of claim 1, wherein the display unit

The portable electronic device displaying the guide icon on the display screen when the guide icon is displayed.
The method of claim 1, wherein the gesture direction component detected by the sensing unit is

A portable electronic device which is a direction component of a vector traveling from a start point to an end point of the gesture.
The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor

Portable electronic devices that are tactile sensors or proximity sensors.
The method of claim 1, wherein the vector matching unit

And a vector having a direction component closest to the gesture direction component among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors.
Generating a guide icon including a nine-divided area and individual function icons displayed in the first to eighth areas except for the central area among the nine-divided areas;

Setting first to eighth vectors having direction components from the first to eighth regions to the central region, and mapping the functions of the individual function icons to the first to eighth vectors;

Displaying the guide icon on a display screen;

Detecting a gesture direction component by receiving a gesture of a user;

Determining a vector having a direction component corresponding to the gesture direction component among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors; And

Executing the function corresponding to the determined vector;

Function execution method using a gesture comprising a.
The method of claim 11,

The function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors may be a screen change function, a specific application execution function, or a switch function to another guide icon.
The method of claim 11,

When the gesture is input while the home screen is displayed on the display screen, the function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors is a switching function to the first to eighth home screens.

If the gesture is input while a screen other than the home screen is displayed on the display screen, the function corresponding to the first to eighth vectors is a specific application execution function.
The method of claim 11,

Tap the guide icon to display an enlarged guide icon for editing each individual function icon of the guide icon,

The individual function icon displayed in each of the first to eighth areas may be a function execution method using a gesture in which a position and a function may be changed according to a gesture of a user input on the enlarged guide icon.
The method of claim 11,

The 9-divided region is a region obtained by dividing the guide icon into a 3 by 3 matrix, and the center region is a region corresponding to 2 rows and 2 columns of the matrix.
The method of claim 11, wherein displaying the guide icon on a display screen

And a gesture of displaying the guide icon on the display screen regardless of a home screen or an application execution screen.
The method of claim 11, wherein displaying the guide icon on a display screen

A method for executing a function using a gesture of displaying on the display screen only when the guide icon is displayed on a home screen.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein detecting the gesture direction component

And a gesture detecting a direction component of the vector moving from the start point to the end point of the gesture.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining the vector

And determining a vector having a direction component closest to the gesture direction component among the direction components of the first to eighth vectors.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method for executing a function using a gesture according to any one of claims 11 to 19.