WO2016003082A1

WO2016003082A1 - Method and system for controlling scrolling on basis of context information, and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium

Info

Publication number: WO2016003082A1
Application number: PCT/KR2015/005672
Authority: WO
Inventors: 황성재
Original assignee: 주식회사 퓨처플레이
Priority date: 2014-06-30
Filing date: 2015-06-05
Publication date: 2016-01-07

Abstract

According to one embodiment of the present invention, provided is a method for controlling scrolling on the basis of context information, comprising: (a) a step of acquiring context information on at least one part of content to be displayed on a screen; (b) a step of determining a scrolling motion to be applied to a first part corresponding to the acquired context information of the content by referring to the acquired context information; and (c) a step of applying the determined scrolling motion to the screen on which the first part of the content is to be displayed.

Description

[Correction 02.07.2015 by Rule 26] Method, system and non-transitory computer readable recording medium for controlling scrolling based on contextual information

The present invention relates to a method, system, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium for controlling scroll based on contextual information.

Recently, as a mobile terminal device such as a smart phone or a tablet, including a personal computer is widely used, various contents are provided through a personal computer or a mobile terminal device. For example, electronic content such as web pages and electronic maps, as well as content that has traditionally been provided through a paper medium such as newspapers, books, and cartoons, are provided in an electronic form through a personal computer or a mobile terminal device.

Accordingly, a variety of technologies related to a user interface for helping a user easily and conveniently use contents provided in an electronic form have been introduced. However, the technology introduced in the related art scrolls (or drags) the content because the content constituting the content remains at a level of visual effect such as simply moving the contents up, down, left, or right, or turning over the paper. In this case, the display state of the content cannot be uniformly controlled according to an operation input from the user.

Accordingly, the present inventors have developed a technique for adaptively controlling scrolling of content based on contextual information on content constituting the content or contextual information on the content usage behavior of the user.

The object of the present invention is to solve all the above-mentioned problems.

In addition, the present invention obtains the context information for at least a portion of the content to be provided on the screen, and the scroll to be applied to the first portion corresponding to the obtained context information of the content with reference to the obtained context information ( Scroll) by determining the movement and applying the above determined scroll movement to the screen on which the first portion of the content is displayed, thereby providing content to the content based on the context information on the content constituting the content or the context information on the user's content usage behavior. It is another purpose to adaptively control scrolling.

Representative configuration of the present invention for achieving the above object is as follows.

According to one aspect of the invention, a method for controlling scroll based on context information, comprising: (a) acquiring context information for at least a portion of content to be provided on a screen; Determining a scroll movement to be applied to a first portion of the content corresponding to the obtained context information with reference to the obtained context information, and (c) the determined scroll movement on a screen on which the first portion of the content is displayed. A method is provided that includes applying a.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for controlling scroll based on context information, comprising: a context information acquiring unit for acquiring context information of at least a portion of content to be provided on a screen; A scroll controller configured to determine a scroll movement to be applied to a first portion of the content corresponding to the obtained context information with reference to information, and to apply the determined scroll movement to a screen on which the first portion of the content is displayed; A system is provided.

In addition, there is further provided a non-transitory computer readable recording medium for recording another method, system, and computer program for executing the method for implementing the present invention.

According to the present invention, the scrolling of the content can be adaptively controlled based on the contextual information on the content constituting the content or the contextual information on the user's use of the content. An effect that can be controlled appropriately to the content usage situation is achieved.

In addition, according to the present invention, while improving the efficiency of the time required for the user to use the content to reduce the boredom that the user can feel, the situation occurs when the user does not see the important content contained in the content The effect that can be prevented is achieved.

1 is a diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a scroll control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A is a diagram illustrating a general scroll movement according to the prior art, and FIGS. 2B to 2G are diagrams exemplarily illustrating a patterned scroll movement according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 to 10 are diagrams exemplarily illustrating a configuration for adaptively controlling scrolling for various contents according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of the sign

100: scroll control system

110: context information acquisition unit

120: scroll control unit

130: communication unit

140: control unit

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings that show, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be embodied in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention with respect to one embodiment. In addition, it is to be understood that the location or arrangement of individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The following detailed description, therefore, is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention, if properly described, is defined only by the appended claims, along with the full range of equivalents to which such claims are entitled. Like reference numerals in the drawings refer to the same or similar functions throughout the several aspects.

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 can easily implement the present invention.

In the present specification, content or content is a concept that collectively refers to digital information or individual information elements composed of letters, codes, voices, sounds, images, moving pictures, and the like, accessible through a communication network. Such content may include, for example, data such as text, images, video, audio, links (eg, web links), or a combination of at least two of these data.

Configuration of Scroll Control System

Hereinafter, the internal structure of the scroll control system performing important functions for the implementation of the present invention and the function of each component will be described.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a microprocessor is provided with memory means such as a personal computer (for example, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, etc.), a server, a workstation, a PDA, a web pad, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet, and the like. Any device equipped with a computing capability may be adopted as the scroll control system of the present invention, and the user terminal device itself in which content provided to a general user is normally displayed may be a scroll control system. In particular, the scroll control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, scrolls from the user using a touch screen, a keyboard, a mouse, a stylus pen, an infrared sensor, an acceleration sensor, and the like. Or input means capable of receiving various kinds of operations such as dragging, and may include display means including a screen for displaying visual information accompanying content.

Referring to FIG. 1, the scroll control system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a context information acquirer 110, a scroll controller 120, a communicator 130, and a controller 140. . According to an embodiment of the present invention, the context information obtaining unit 110, the scroll control unit 120, the communication unit 130 and the control unit 140 is a program module in which at least some of them communicate with an external system (not shown) Can be entered. Such program modules may be included in the scroll control system 100 in the form of operating systems, application modules, and other program modules, and may be physically stored on various known storage devices. In addition, such program modules may be stored in a remote storage device that can communicate with the scroll control system 100. On the other hand, such program modules include, but are not limited to, routines, subroutines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform particular tasks or execute particular abstract data types, described below, in accordance with the present invention.

First, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the contextual information obtaining unit 110 may perform a function of obtaining contextual information on at least a portion of content to be provided on the screen of the display means.

Specifically, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the contextual information on at least a portion of the content may be determined based on the content constituting the corresponding portion of the content. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the context information may include information on the type, density, difficulty, physical attributes, etc. of the content constituting the part corresponding to the context information of the content. Information about the size of the real area, the amount of pictures, the amount of characters, the meaning of characters, and the language nationality of characters included in the portion corresponding to the context information may be included. According to one embodiment of the invention, the contextual information for at least a portion of the content may be obtained through an automatic recognition that may be performed on the content or directly input by a user or an administrator.

In addition, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the contextual information on at least a portion of the content may be determined based on the information about the user's use of the corresponding portion of the content. For example, the contextual information about the user's use of the content may include information about whether the user (ie, the user has used or used the content) has used a portion of the content corresponding to the corresponding contextual information, and the user (ie, the content). Information about the time the user spent in the portion of the content corresponding to the contextual information, information about the frequency at which the user (ie, the user using the content) used the portion of the content corresponding to the contextual information, and the user (ie Information on the number of times that a user using the content) selects (clicks, touches, etc.) a portion of the content corresponding to the corresponding contextual information; Point of Interest (POI) included in information related to eye tracking of a content and a portion corresponding to the corresponding contextual information in the content It can or could include information on their importance.

Next, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the scroll controller 120 determines a scroll movement to be applied to the first portion of the content corresponding to the obtained context information with reference to the obtained context information. Can be performed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the scroll movement that can be applied to the content may include adjusting the scroll speed, adjusting the scroll direction, and increasing or reducing the display size of the content. For example, the scroll control unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention may allow the user to pay attention to the corresponding portion by lowering the scrolling speed of the portion of the high importance of the content, and the portion of the low importance of the content. For, the user can increase the scrolling speed so that the user can pass through the portion quickly.

Specifically, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the scroll motion that can be applied to the content includes an X-axis vector representing the scroll movement in the left and right directions, a Y-axis vector representing the scroll movement in the up and down directions, and Z representing the enlargement or reduction of the display size. It can be defined as a three-dimensional vector containing an axis vector.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the scroll movement that can be applied to the content may be patterned in a predetermined pattern.

2A is a diagram illustrating a general scroll movement according to the prior art, and FIGS. 2B to 2G are diagrams exemplarily illustrating a patterned scroll movement according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2A to 2G, the X value represents the scroll movement in the left and right directions, the Y value represents the scroll movement in the up and down directions, and the Z value represents the degree of enlargement or reduction of the display size.

First, referring to FIG. 2A, a scroll movement according to the related art that moves at a constant speed (or at a speed proportional to a user's manipulation amount) along the vertical direction may be confirmed.

Next, referring to FIGS. 2B to 2G, scroll viscous patterns (FIG. 2B) exhibiting the effect of increasing or decreasing the scroll speed and then increasing the scroll speed as if the friction or viscosity acting on the scroll is changed. The scroll shake (or vibration) pattern (see FIG. 2C), which has the same effect as if the content is shaken by quickly changing the scroll direction up, down, left, or right, or quickly changing the display size. Scroll Snap pattern (see FIG. 2D) that repeats scrolling and stopping along the way, Zoom In / Out pattern (see FIG. 2E) to enlarge or reduce at least a portion of the content, content A scroll jumping pattern that skips at least a portion of the pattern (see FIG. 2F), a blend pattern in which at least two of the above patterns are combined ( See 2g) can identify such.

Next, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in displaying the first portion of the content on the screen, the scroll controller 120 performs a function of applying the scroll movement determined to be applied to the first portion of the content. Can be.

Meanwhile, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it may be assumed that an arbitrary scroll manipulation is input from a user apart from the scroll movement determined according to the context information. In this case, according to an embodiment of the present invention, The scroll controller 120 may combine the scroll movement determined according to the context information with the scroll manipulation input from the user and apply the scroll movement to the content display screen. For example, a scrolling operation input from the user scrolls the content downward by a, and the scroll movement determined according to the context information reduces the scrolling speed in the vertical direction by 0.5 times (that is, doubles the frictional force applied to the scrolling). Increasing), in such a case, according to one embodiment of the present invention, by combining the above scrolling operation with the above scrolling movement, the content is downward 0.5a (= a X 0.5) You can only scroll.

First, referring to FIG. 3, for a cut 310 having a small amount of characters in a webtoon or a low level of attention noticed by another user who read the webtoon, the current user may quickly cut the cut 310. You can speed up the scrolling speed or weaken the friction applied to the scroll (see Figure 3 (a)) so that the amount of characters in the webtoons is high, or the cut that is noticed by other users who read the webtoons ( For 320, the current user may slow down the scroll speed or increase the friction force applied to the scroll so that the user may check the cut 320 slowly (see FIG. 3 (b)).

Next, referring to FIG. 4, for a portion 410 in which a contact of a person who is frequently contacted by the user is displayed, the user may slowly check the contact of the corresponding portion 410. The scroll speed may be slowed, the friction force applied to the scroll on the portion 410 may be increased, or the size of the portion 410 may be increased.

Next, referring to FIG. 5, the portion 510 of the article that has not been read by the user may be slowed in the scroll speed or the friction force applied to the scroll so that the user may pay attention to the portion 510.

Next, referring to FIG. 6, with respect to the portion 610 in which the concentration of another user who reads the book is low, the frictional force applied to the scrolling speed or the scroll speed is increased so that the current user can quickly pass the portion 610. For the portion 620 of the book where the concentration of other users who read the book was high, the scroll speed may be slowed down or the friction applied to the scroll may be increased so that the current user may slowly check the portion 620. Can be.

Next, referring to FIG. 7, by slowing the scrolling speed or increasing the friction force applied to the scroll from the portion A of the electronic map containing the point of interest (POI) to the portion of the C including the point of interest, The user may be able to effectively identify the point of interest that appears on the electronic map.

Next, referring to FIG. 8, in the portion A of the electronic map that does not include the point of interest (POI) or the portion of interest B (ie, the point of interest having only 124 clicks), the point of interest is low. By slowing down the scrolling speed or by increasing the friction applied to the scroll, the user can effectively see the point of interest that appears on the electronic map by moving to section C, which contains a point of interest of high importance (i.e., 98324 clicks). You can check it.

Next, referring to FIG. 9, a scroll vibration pattern may be applied to a cut including a content in which a character screams or an urgent situation occurs in a webtoon. On the other hand, according to an embodiment of the present invention, whether or not the cut constituting the webtoon includes the content that the characters shout or the urgent situation, refer to the shape or font of the speech bubble included in each cut Can be automatically determined.

Next, referring to FIG. 10, the cut 1010 in which the concentration of other users who read the web toon among the web tones is high may be enlarged and displayed so that the current user may notice.

Meanwhile, the communication unit 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention performs a function of allowing the scroll control system 100 to communicate with an external device.

Finally, the controller 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention performs a function of controlling the flow of data between the context information acquirer 110, the scroll controller 120, and the communicator 130. That is, the controller 140 controls the flow of data from the outside or between the respective components of the scroll control system 100, so that the context information acquirer 110, the scroll controller 120, and the communicator 130 are each unique. Control to perform the function.

Embodiments according to the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of program instructions that may be executed by various computer components, and may be recorded on a non-transitory computer readable recording medium. The non-transitory computer readable recording medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc. alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the non-transitory computer readable recording medium may be those specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the computer software arts. Examples of non-transitory computer readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs, DVDs, magnetic-optical media 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. The hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the process according to the invention, and vice versa.

Although the present invention has been described by specific embodiments such as specific components and the like, but the embodiments and the drawings are provided to assist in a more general understanding of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For those skilled in the art, various modifications and variations can be made from these descriptions.

Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the appended claims, fall within the scope of the spirit of the present invention. I will say.

Claims

A method for controlling scroll based on context information,

(a) obtaining contextual information about at least a portion of the content to be provided on the screen,

(b) determining a scroll movement to be applied to a first portion of the content corresponding to the obtained context information with reference to the obtained context information, and

(c) applying the determined scroll movement to a screen on which the first portion of the content is displayed;

How to include.
The method of claim 1,

And the contextual information is determined based on content constituting the at least a portion.
The method of claim 2,

The contextual information includes information regarding at least one of a kind, density, difficulty, and physical property of the content constituting the at least part.
The method of claim 1,

And the contextual information is determined based on information regarding user usage behavior for the at least a portion.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The contextual information includes information regarding whether the user who used or used the content has used the at least a part, information about a time when the user who used the content stays in the at least part, the user who used the content, the at least part Information on a frequency using the information, information on the number of times the user selected the at least a portion using the content, information on eye tracking in the at least part of the user using the content, and included in the at least part. At least one of information about the number or importance of Point of Interest (POI).
The method of claim 1,

The scroll movement includes at least one of a scroll speed change, a scroll direction change, and a display size reduction or enlargement.
The method of claim 1,

The scroll movement includes at least one of a scroll viscosity pattern, a scroll shake pattern, a scroll snap pattern, a zoom in / out pattern, and a scroll jumping pattern.
The method of claim 1,

In the step (c),

And combining the determined scroll movement with a scroll manipulation input from a user to apply to the screen on which the first portion of the content is displayed.
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
A system for controlling scroll based on context information,

A context information obtaining unit which obtains context information of at least a part of the content to be provided on the screen, and

Determining a scroll movement to be applied to a first portion of the content corresponding to the obtained context information with reference to the obtained context information, and applying the determined scroll movement to a screen on which the first portion of the content is displayed; Scroll control

System comprising.