WO2019198844A1

WO2019198844A1 - Method and system for controlling media player

Info

Publication number: WO2019198844A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/004287
Authority: WO
Inventors: 정재헌; 류대원; 조민경; 조성용; 최진원
Original assignee: 라인플러스 주식회사
Priority date: 2018-04-12
Filing date: 2018-04-12
Publication date: 2019-10-17
Also published as: JP7183295B2; KR20200132884A; JP2021528713A; JP7183295B6; KR102512879B1

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and a system for controlling a media player. Through a control method according to embodiments of the present invention, a user experience (UX) and/or a user interface (UI) may be provided to allow a user to simply handle, with one hand, various operations such as reproduction, reproduction stop, content selection, search in a content, and volume adjustment for the content provided by a media player.

Description

Method and system to control media player

The following description relates to a method and system for controlling a media player. More specifically, the user can perform various operations such as playing, stopping, selecting content, navigating in content, adjusting the volume, and the like for content provided by the media player. A control method capable of providing a user experience (UX) and / or a user interface (UI) so as to be easily processed by a computer, a computer device performing the control method, and a computer coupled with the computer to execute the control method. A computer program stored in a computer readable recording medium and a recording medium thereof.

In the prior art for controlling a media player, a user experience (UX) in the form of providing a physical key button corresponding to each of the various operations for the media player or arranging virtual buttons corresponding to each of the various operations on the screen; Provide a user interface (UI). For example, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2010-0019241 relates to a technology for controlling a media player, and includes an icon for controlling a built-in media player by receiving a user input on a standby screen of a provided display means. It discloses that the media player to be displayed can be controlled.

UX (user experience) and / or user interface (UI) for users to easily handle various operations such as playing, stopping, selecting content, navigating in content, adjusting volume, etc. A control method capable of providing a computer, a computer apparatus for performing the control method, and a computer program coupled to a computer and stored in a computer readable recording medium for executing the control method on a computer are provided.

Managing a plurality of layered objects for control of the media player; Recognizing that the touch input is maintained for a first predetermined time or more at a first position of the touch screen of the computer device associated with the execution of the media player, objects of a higher layer among the plurality of objects are displayed through the touch screen. Displaying; Recognizing that the touch input is moved from the first position to a second position corresponding to the first object among the objects of the displayed upper layer and maintained for a second predetermined time or more, the lower layer corresponding to the first object Displaying objects on the touch screen; And recognizing that the touch input is moved from the second position to a third position corresponding to the second object among the objects of the displayed lower layer to be maintained for at least a third predetermined time, thereby performing an operation corresponding to the second object. It provides a control method comprising the step of applying to the media player.

According to one side, the managing of the plurality of layered objects, the object of the upper layer and each of the plurality of operations corresponding to each of the categories classified a plurality of operations defined for the media player. The objects of the lower layer may be managed.

According to another aspect, the categories may include: (1) a first category including a previous content selection operation, a next content selection operation, a play and stop playback operation of the selected content, (2) a forward search operation for the selected content and the selected content Two or more categories including a second search operation for the reverse search operation, and (3) a third category including a volume increase operation and a volume decrease operation.

According to another aspect, the step of applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player, the degree for applying the operation to the media player based on the distance between the third position and the second position. I can regulate it.

According to another aspect, applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player, the closer the third position is to the second position relative to the degree for applying the operation to the media player. Decrease, and as the third position moves away from the second position, the degree of applying the manipulation to the media player can be relatively increased.

According to another aspect, the degree for applying the manipulation to the media player includes a degree of decrease in search speed, a degree of increase in search speed, a degree of decrease in volume, and a degree of increase in volume depending on the type of the second object. It may include any one of.

According to another aspect, displaying the objects of the upper layer may dynamically determine display positions of the objects of the upper layer based on the first position.

According to another aspect, displaying the objects of the lower layer may dynamically determine the display position of the objects of the lower layer based on the second position.

According to another aspect, the control method may be configured to provide at least one of visual, auditory, and tactile feedback to at least one of: maintaining the touch input at the first position and moving the touch input to the second position. It may further include the step of outputting.

In combination with a computer there is provided a computer program stored on a computer readable recording medium for executing the control method on the computer.

A computer-readable recording medium having a program recorded thereon for executing the control method on a computer is provided.

At least one processor implemented to execute readable instructions on a computer device, wherein the at least one processor manages a plurality of layered objects for control of a media player and is associated with execution of the media player. In response to recognizing that the touch input is maintained for the first predetermined time or more at the first position of the touch screen of the computer device, objects of a higher layer among the plurality of objects are displayed on the touch screen, and the touch input is displayed. Recognizing the object of the lower layer corresponding to the first object is moved to the second position corresponding to the first object of the displayed upper layer object from the first position and maintained for more than a second predetermined time. Through the screen,

In response to the touch input being moved from the second position to a third position corresponding to a second object among the displayed lower hierarchical objects and being maintained for a third predetermined time or more, the operation corresponding to the second object may be recalled. Provided is a computer device applied to a media player.

Provides UX (user experience) / UI (user interface) so that users can easily handle various operations such as playing, stopping, selecting content, navigating in content, adjusting the volume, etc. can do.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a control method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying an object of a higher layer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

5 to 7 are diagrams illustrating examples of displaying objects of a lower layer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The control method according to embodiments of the present invention may be implemented through a computer device such as an electronic device to be described later. In this case, a computer program according to an embodiment of the present invention may be installed and run on the computer device, and the computer device may perform the control method according to the embodiments of the present invention under the control of the driven computer program. The above-described computer program may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium in combination with a computer device for causing the computer to execute the control method.

1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a network environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network environment of FIG. 1 illustrates an example including a plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140, a plurality of

servers

150 and 160, and a network 170. 1 is an example for describing the invention, and the number of electronic devices and the number of servers are not limited as shown in FIG. 1.

The plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 may be a fixed terminal or a mobile terminal implemented with a computer device. Examples of the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 include a smart phone, a mobile phone, a navigation device, a computer, a notebook computer, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal digital assistant (PDA), and a portable multimedia player (PMP). Tablet PC). As an example, although FIG. 1 illustrates the shape of a smartphone as an example of the electronic device 1 110, in the embodiments of the present invention, the electronic device 1 110 may use a wireless or wired communication method to substantially connect the network 170. It may refer to one of various physical computer devices capable of communicating with other

electronic devices

120, 130, 140 and / or

server

150, 160 via.

The communication method is not limited and may include short-range wireless communication between devices as well as a communication method utilizing a communication network (for example, mobile communication network, wired internet, wireless internet, and broadcasting network) that the network 170 may include. For example, the network 170 may include a personal area network (PAN), a local area network (LAN), a campus area network (CAN), a metropolitan area network (MAN), a wide area network (WAN), and a broadband network (BBN). And one or more of networks such as the Internet. The network 170 may also include any one or more of network topologies, including bus networks, star networks, ring networks, mesh networks, star-bus networks, trees, or hierarchical networks, but It is not limited.

Each of the

servers

150 and 160 communicates with the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 via the network 170 to provide a command, code, file, content, service, or the like. It may be implemented in devices. For example, the server 150 may be a service (eg, a content providing service, a social network service, a messaging service, or a search service) with a plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 connected through the network 170. , Mail service, etc.).

In FIG. 1, an example of a communication environment between a server and a client has been described. However, the control method according to the exemplary embodiments of the present invention is an embodiment. In each of the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140. It may be done individually. For example, the control method according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 may be a description of a case where the electronic device 110 receives content from the server 150 and plays the content through a media player. On the other hand, the electronic device 110 may include a case in which the electronic device 110 plays content stored in the local storage of the electronic device 110 through the media player without separate communication with the server 150.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a computer device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each of the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 or each of the

servers

150 and 160 described above may be implemented by the computer device 200 shown in FIG. 2. For example, a computer program according to an embodiment may be installed and driven in the computer device 200, and the computer device 200 may share and reproduce a sound source according to embodiments of the present disclosure under the control of the driven computer program. The method can be performed.

As illustrated in FIG. 2, the computer device 200 may include a memory 210, a processor 220, a communication interface 230, and an input / output interface 240. The memory 210 may be a computer-readable recording medium, and may include a permanent mass storage device such as random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), and a disk drive. In this case, the non-volatile mass storage device such as a ROM and a disk drive may be included in the computer device 200 as a separate permanent storage device separate from the memory 210. In addition, the memory 210 may store an operating system and at least one program code. These software components may be loaded into the memory 210 from a computer-readable recording medium separate from the memory 210. Such a separate computer-readable recording medium may include a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy drive, disk, tape, DVD / CD-ROM drive, memory card, and the like. In other embodiments, the software components may be loaded into the memory 210 via the communication interface 230 rather than the computer readable recording medium. For example, software components may be loaded into memory 210 of computer device 200 based on a computer program installed by files received via network 170.

The processor 220 may be configured to process instructions of a computer program by performing basic arithmetic, logic, and input / output operations. Instructions may be provided to the processor 220 by the memory 210 or the communication interface 230. For example, the processor 220 may be configured to execute a command received according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 210.

The communication interface 230 may provide a function for the computer device 200 to communicate with other devices (eg, storage devices described above) through the network 170. For example, a request, a command, data, a file, etc. generated by the processor 220 of the computer device 200 according to a program code stored in a recording device such as the memory 210 may be controlled according to the control of the communication interface 230. 170 may be transferred to other devices. Conversely, signals, commands, data, files, and the like from other devices may be received by the computer device 200 via the communication interface 230 of the computer device 200 via the network 170. Signals, commands, data, and the like received through the communication interface 230 may be transmitted to the processor 220 or the memory 210, and the files and the like may be further included in the storage medium (described above). Persistent storage).

The input / output interface 240 may be a means for interfacing with the input / output device 250. For example, the input device may include a device such as a microphone, a keyboard or a mouse, and the output device may include a device such as a display or a speaker. As another example, the input / output interface 240 may be a means for interfacing with a device in which functions for input and output are integrated into one, such as a touch screen. The input / output device 250 may be configured as the computer device 200 and one device.

In addition, in other embodiments the computer device 200 may include fewer or more components than the components of FIG. 2. However, it is not necessary to clearly show most of the prior art components. For example, the computer device 200 may be implemented to include at least some of the input and output devices 250 described above, or may further include other components such as a transceiver, a database, and the like.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a control method according to an embodiment of the present invention. The control method according to the present exemplary embodiment may be performed by the computer apparatus 200 implementing any one of the plurality of

electronic devices

110, 120, 130, and 140 described above, and the computer apparatus 200 may be touched. It may include a screen environment. For example, the processor 220 of the computer device 200 may be implemented to execute a control instruction according to a code of an operating system included in the memory 210 or a code of at least one program. For example, the program code described above may be code of an application providing a media player. Herein, the processor 220 may perform the steps 310 to 340 included in the control method of FIG. 3 according to a control command provided by a code stored in the computer device 200. ) Can be controlled.

In operation 310, the computer device 200 may manage a plurality of layered objects for controlling the media player. For example, the computer device 200 may include a lower layer corresponding to each of the plurality of operations and objects of a higher layer corresponding to each of the categories that classify the plurality of operations defined for the media player in step 310. Can manage objects in. In this case, the categories may include: (1) a first category including a previous content selection operation, a next content selection operation, a play and stop playback of the selected content, (2) a forward seek operation for the selected content, and a selection for the selected content. Two or more categories of a second category including a reverse search operation, and (3) a third category including a volume increasing operation and a volume decreasing operation.

As a more specific example, a first operation for playing and stopping playback of the currently selected content, a second operation for selecting previous content of the currently selected content, and a third operation for selecting the next content of the currently selected content are included in the first category. May be included. In this case, the first category may correspond to the object 1-1 of the upper layer, and the object 1-1 of the upper layer may correspond to the object 2-1 of the lower layer corresponding to the first operation and the object of the lower layer corresponding to the second operation. It may correspond to the object 2-3 of the lower layer corresponding to 2-2 and the third operation. For example, when object 1-1 of the upper layer is selected, object 2-1, object 2-2 and object 2-3 of the lower layer may be provided.

Also, a fourth operation for forward searching for the selected content and a fifth operation for reverse searching for the selected content may be included in the second category. In this case, the second category may correspond to the object 1-2 of the upper layer, and the object 1-2 of the upper layer corresponds to the objects 2-4 and the lower layer corresponding to the fifth operation of the lower layer corresponding to the fourth operation. It can correspond to 2-5. For example, when objects 1-2 of the upper layer are selected, objects 2-4 and object 2-5 of the lower layer may be provided.

In addition, a sixth operation for increasing the volume and a seventh operation for decreasing the volume may be included in the third category. In this case, the third category may correspond to the objects 1-3 of the upper layer, and the objects 1-3 of the upper layer correspond to the objects 2-6 and the lower layer corresponding to the seventh operation of the lower layer corresponding to the sixth operation. It can correspond to 2-7. For example, when objects 1-3 of an upper layer are selected, objects 2-6 and objects 2-7 of a lower layer may be provided.

The layering of such objects may be configured according to the operations defined for the media player, and may be layered more than three or further include additional objects, depending on the embodiment. For example, an operation for reproducing the selected content and an operation for stopping the reproduction may be separated into individual objects through the third layer. In addition, an operation for increasing or decreasing the brightness of the screen may be added to reproduce the moving image.

In operation 320, the computer device 200 maintains a touch input for a first predetermined time or more at a first position of the touch screen of the computer device associated with the execution of the media player (eg, the first position of the touch screen screen). As the touch input is maintained for 1 second or more), the upper layer of the plurality of objects may be displayed on the touch screen. For example, the computer device 200 may dynamically determine a position where objects of a higher layer are displayed on a touch screen screen, that is, display positions of objects of a higher layer, based on a first position that is an initial position of a touch input. The display position may be a position corresponding to any one point (for example, a center point) of points included in an area in which an object is displayed separately from other objects and other image elements on the touch screen. As a more specific example, the computer apparatus 200 may include the center points of the objects 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3 of the upper layer corresponding to the first category, the second category, and the third category as described above. The positions of the objects 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3 may be dynamically calculated to be located at the same distance from the initial coordinates (eg, coordinates on the touch screen) to form vertices of an equilateral triangle. If there are two objects of the upper layer, the center points of the two objects are located at the same distance from the position where the touch input is maintained, and are located at the top, bottom, left, or right angle directions of the position where the touch input is maintained. We can compute the position of two objects so that As another example, when there are four objects of the upper layer, the positions of the four objects may be calculated such that the center point of each of the four objects forms a vertex of the square and is located at the same distance from the initial coordinate of the touch input. The arrangement of the objects may be variously set according to an embodiment, and the display position thereof may be dynamically calculated according to the position of the touch input.

Each of the objects 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3 may be displayed while the touch input is maintained at a dynamically calculated position. If the touch input is released in operation 320, the computer device 200 may release the display of the objects of the upper layer.

In operation 330, the computer apparatus 200 moves the touch input from the first position to a second position corresponding to the first object among the objects of the upper layer displayed and maintained for the second predetermined time or more (for example, the touch input. After the movement from the first position to the second position corresponding to the first object is maintained for 0.5 seconds or more), the objects of the lower layer corresponding to the first object may be displayed on the touch screen. For example, if the position of the touch input moves to the second position on the area where the object 1-1 is displayed while the objects 1-1, object 1-2, and object 1-3 are displayed as the objects of the upper layer, the object 1 Instead of -1, object 1-2, and object 1-3, object 2-1, object 2-2, and object 2-3 of lower layers corresponding to object 1-1 may be displayed.

In this case, the computer device 200 may dynamically determine the display position of the objects of the lower layer based on the second position. For example, the location where the touch input is maintained in step 320 may be a center point of the object 1-1, the object 1-2, and the object 1-3. In this case, when the location of the touch input is moved and maintained to the location where the object 1-1 is displayed, the computer device 200 may be an object 2 that is an object of a lower layer of the object 1-1 based on the location (second location). The positions of 1, object 2-2 and object 2-3 can be calculated dynamically. As a more specific example, the computer device 200 may make the object 2-1 such that the center points of the objects 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3 are located at the same distance as the position where the touch input is maintained and form vertices of an equilateral triangle. For example, the positions of objects 2-2 and 2-3 may be calculated. As described above, the arrangement of the objects may be variously set, and the display position may be dynamically calculated according to the current coordinates of the touch input in which the display position is moved and maintained.

In operation 340, the computer apparatus 200 moves the touch input from the second position to a third position corresponding to the second object among the objects of the lower layer displayed and maintained for the third predetermined time or longer (for example, the touch input. After the movement from the second position to the third position corresponding to the second object is maintained for 0.5 seconds or more), an operation corresponding to the second object can be applied to the media player.

For example, object 1-1 is selected in step 320 to display object 2-1, object 2-2 and object 2-3 in step 330, and object 2-1 to select in step 340 May be considered. As described above, the object 2-1 may correspond to a first operation for reproducing and resuming reproduction of the selected content, and the reproducing operation or reproducing operation may be applied to the media player. If the content selected through the media player is being played, the media player may be stopped from playing. If the selected content is played back through the media player, the media player may be played back. In this case, when the user touches the touch screen, the user touches the touch screen screen, and then moves the touch position to the object 1-1 and then to the object 2-1 again. The stop operation can be processed. In addition, since the display position of the objects is based on the touch position of the user, the user can easily handle such playback operation or playback stop operation with one hand. In addition, when the object 1-1 is selected in step 320 to display the object 2-1, the object 2-2 and the object 2-3 in step 330, the object 2-2 is selected in step 340 May be considered. The object 2-2 may correspond to the second operation for selecting previous content of the currently selected content, and the user also touches the touch screen screen to move the touch position to the object 1-1, and then the object 2-2. Just by moving, the previous content can be selected. If the user moves the position of the touch to object 1-1 and then to object 2-3, the next content can be selected.

Similarly, the user moves the position of the touch to Object 1-2 or Object 1-3, and then the object in the lower layer (Object 2-4 or Object 2 in lower layer corresponding to Object 1-2 in higher layer). 5 or a simple one-handed move to lower layers of Objects 2-6 or Objects 2-7 corresponding to Objects 1-3 of the upper layer to handle various operations such as forward navigation, reverse navigation, volume control, etc. do.

4 is a diagram illustrating an example of displaying an object of a higher layer according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 illustrates an example of the smartphone 400 as an example of the computer device 200 described above, and illustrates an example in which a track image 420 of an album is displayed through a media player on a first screen 410. Shows an example of touching the first position 430 on the first screen 410. In this case, the smartphone 400 is an object of a higher layer as an object of a higher layer, an object 450 for a reproduction operation, an object 460 for a navigation operation, and a volume operation, as the objects of the upper layer, as shown in the second screen 440. The object 470 may be displayed. In this case, the user's touch may be maintained at the first position 430, and when the user's touch is released, the display of the

objects

450, 460, and 470 may also be released. In this case, the recognition of the touch associated with the display of the

objects

450, 460, and 470 may be performed for the entire area of the first screen 410, and according to an exemplary embodiment, a predetermined area of the first screen 410 may be used. It may be limited to.

Meanwhile, the user may select one of the objects of the upper layer by moving the position of the touch maintained to the position of the displayed

objects

450, 460, and 470, in which case the smartphone 400 Objects of a lower layer corresponding to objects of the selected upper layer may be displayed.

The first screen 510 of FIG. 5 is a second position 520 on the object 450 for reproducing at the first location 430 the position of the touch held by the user on the second screen 440 of FIG. 4. An example of moving to) is shown. In this case, objects of a lower layer corresponding to the object 450 for the reproduction operation may be provided based on the second location 520.

The second screen 530 of FIG. 5 is an object of a lower layer corresponding to the object 450 for a reproduction operation, an object 540 for playing and stopping playback of selected content, and an object 550 for selecting previous content. And an example of providing the object 560 for selecting the next content based on the second location 520. In this case, as the user moves the position where the touch is maintained to one of the objects in the lower layer, an operation corresponding to one of the objects in the lower layer may be applied to the media player. For example, when the user moves the touch position on the object 540 for playing and stopping playing the selected content at the second position 520, the playing of the selected content may be started or stopped. As another example, when the user moves the touch position on the object 550 for the selection of the previous content at the second location 520, the previous content of the content currently selected in the playlist may be selected. As another example, when the user moves the touch position from the second position 520 onto the object 560 for selecting the next content, the next content of the content currently selected in the playlist may be selected.

The first screen 610 of FIG. 6 is a third position 620 on the object 460 for the search operation at the first position 430 of the position of the touch held by the user on the second screen 440 of FIG. 4. An example of moving to) is shown. In this case, objects of a lower layer corresponding to the object 460 for the search operation may be provided based on the third location 620.

The second screen 630 of FIG. 6 is an object of a lower layer corresponding to the object 460 for the navigation operation, and the object 640 for forward navigation and the object 650 for reverse navigation are located in the third position 620. An example is provided based on the above. In this case, as the user moves the position where the touch is maintained to one of the objects in the lower layer, an operation corresponding to one of the objects in the lower layer may be applied to the media player.

For example, when the user moves the touch position on the object 640 for forward search from the third location 620, the forward search for the selected content may be performed. In this case, the degree of forward search may be determined based on the time at which the user's touch is continuously positioned on the object 640 for forward search. Alternatively, the degree of forward navigation may be determined according to the position on the object 640 for forward navigation of the user's touch. More specifically, as the touch location on the object 640 for forward navigation of the user is closer to the third location 620, the search speed in the forward direction is relatively decreased, and the user's touch location is reduced to the third location 620. The further away from, the relatively higher the search speed in the forward direction can be. As another example, as the touch position on the object 640 for forward navigation of the user is closer to the center of the object 640 for forward navigation, the search speed in the forward direction is relatively decreased, and the user's touch position is forward search. The closer to the edge of the object 640 for the faster the search speed in the forward direction can be increased.

Similarly, when the user's touch location is moved from the third location 620 onto the object 650 for reverse search, reverse search for the selected content may be performed. In this case, the degree of reverse search may be determined based on the time at which the user's touch is continuously positioned on the object 650 for reverse search. In addition, the degree of reverse search may be determined according to the position on the object 650 for the reverse search of the user's touch. More specifically, as the touch position on the object 650 for the reverse search of the user is closer to the third position 620, the search speed in the reverse direction is relatively decreased, and the touch position of the user is the third position 620. As you move further away, the search speed in the reverse direction may increase relatively. As another example, the closer the user's touch position is to the center of the object 650 for reverse navigation, the lower the search speed in the reverse direction, and the closer the user's touch position is to the edge of the object 650 for reverse navigation. As a result, the search speed in the reverse direction may be relatively increased.

In the first screen 710 of FIG. 7, the position of the touch held by the user on the second screen 440 of FIG. 4 is located at the fourth position 720 on the object 470 for volume manipulation at the first location 430. An example of moving to) is shown. In this case, objects of lower layers corresponding to the object 470 for volume manipulation may be provided based on the fourth location 720.

The second screen 730 of FIG. 7 is an object of a lower layer corresponding to the object 470 for volume manipulation. The second screen 730 shows an object 740 for increasing volume and an object 750 for decreasing volume in a fourth position 720. An example is provided based on the above. In this case, as the user moves the position where the touch is maintained to one of the objects in the lower layer, an operation corresponding to one of the objects in the lower layer may be applied to the media player.

For example, when the user moves the touch position on the object 740 for increasing the volume at the fourth position 720, the volume according to the playback of the selected content may be increased. In this case, the degree of increase in volume may be determined based on the time at which the user's touch is continuously positioned on the object 740 for increasing the volume. Alternatively, the degree of volume increase may be determined according to a position on the object 740 for increasing the volume of the user's touch. More specifically, as the touch position on the object 740 for increasing the volume of the user is closer to the fourth position 720, the degree of volume increase is relatively decreased, and the touch position of the user is changed from the fourth position 720. The further away, the relative increase in volume can occur. As another example, the closer the user's touch position is to the center of the object 740 for increasing the volume, the lower the volume increase, and the closer the user's touch position to the edge of the object 740 for increasing the volume. The degree of volume increase can be relatively increased.

Similarly, when the user's touch position is moved from the fourth position 720 onto the object 750 for volume reduction, the volume according to playback of the selected content may be reduced. In this case, the degree of volume reduction may be determined based on the time at which the user's touch is continuously positioned on the object 750 for volume reduction. Alternatively, the degree of volume reduction may be determined according to a position on the object 750 for volume reduction of the user's touch. More specifically, as the touch position on the object 750 for decreasing the volume of the user approaches the fourth position 720, the degree of volume reduction is relatively decreased, and the touch position of the user is reduced from the fourth position 720. The further away, the relative decrease in the volume can be. As another example, the closer the user's touch position is to the center of the object 750 for volume reduction, the lower the degree of volume reduction, and the closer the user's touch position to the edge of the object 750 for volume reduction. The degree of volume reduction can be relatively increased.

On the other hand, when the objects are displayed on the touch screen in each of the embodiments, a portion where the object is not displayed on the screen is deemed or displayed on the screen so that the user can more easily recognize that the media player is being operated. Objects may be highlighted by applying a dominant color to the displayed object.

In another embodiment, feedback as the user's touch moves on the object may be output using at least one of visual, auditory, and tactile. For example, since embodiments of the present invention are a way in which the media player is operated as the user moves with one touch held, the user's touch is placed on the object so that the user can more easily recognize the selection of the object. When moving, the smartphone 400 may provide feedback to the user, such as vibration, brightness adjustment of the screen, and object manipulation (eg, display of an object shaking on the screen).

As such, the layered objects for manipulation of the media player are provided for each layer based on the touch position of the user, so that the user can easily select the layered objects with one hand. Accordingly, according to embodiments of the present invention, a user may easily process various operations such as playing, stopping, selecting content, searching in content, adjusting volume, and the like provided by a media player with one hand. experience and / or a user interface (UI).

The system or apparatus described above may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component or a combination of hardware components and software components. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments are, for example, processors, controllers, arithmetic logic units (ALUs), digital signal processors, microcomputers, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Can be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers, such as a programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions. The processing device may execute an operating system (OS) and one or more software applications running on the operating system. The processing device may also access, store, manipulate, process, and generate data in response to the execution of the software. For the convenience of understanding, a processing device may be described as one being used, but a person skilled in the art will appreciate that the processing device includes a plurality of processing elements and / or a plurality of types of processing elements. It can be seen that it may include. For example, the processing device may include a plurality of processors or one processor and one controller. In addition, other processing configurations are possible, such as parallel processors.

The software may include a computer program, code, instructions, or a combination of one or more of the above, and configure the processing device to operate as desired, or process independently or collectively. You can command the device. Software and / or data may be any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device in order to be interpreted by or to provide instructions or data to the processing device. It can be embodied in. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems so that they are stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer readable media.

The method according to the embodiment may be embodied in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially designed and constructed for the purposes of the embodiments, 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. Such a recording medium may be various recording means or storage means in the form of a single or several hardware combined, and is not limited to a medium directly connected to any computer system, but may be distributed on a network. 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 have been described by the limited embodiments and the drawings as described above, various modifications and variations are possible to those skilled in the art from the above description. For example, the described techniques may be performed in a different order than the described method, and / or components of the described systems, structures, devices, circuits, etc. may be combined or combined in a different form than the described method, or other components. Or even if replaced or substituted by equivalents, an appropriate result can be achieved.

Therefore, other implementations, other embodiments, and equivalents to the claims are within the scope of the following claims.

Claims

A computer program coupled to a computer device, the computer program stored on a computer readable recording medium for executing the control method on the computer device,

The control method,

Managing a plurality of layered objects for control of the media player;

Recognizing that the touch input is maintained for a first predetermined time or more at a first position of the touch screen screen of the computer device associated with the execution of the media player, an object of a higher layer among the plurality of objects through the touch screen screen Displaying them;

An object of a lower layer corresponding to the first object is recognized as the touch input is moved from the first position to a second position corresponding to the first object of the displayed upper layer and maintained for a second predetermined time or more. Displaying them through the touch screen; And

In response to the touch input being moved from the second position to a third position corresponding to a second object among the displayed lower hierarchical objects and being maintained for a third predetermined time or more, the operation corresponding to the second object may be recalled. Steps to apply to media player

Including, a computer program.
The method of claim 1,

The managing of the plurality of layered objects may include:

And manage objects of the upper layer corresponding to each of categories categorized into a plurality of operations defined for the media player and objects of the lower layer corresponding to each of the plurality of operations.
The method of claim 2,

The categories include: (1) a first category including a previous content selection operation, a next content selection operation, a play and stop playback operation of the selected content, (2) a forward search operation for the selected content, and a reverse search operation for the selected content And a second category comprising: and (3) two or more categories of a third category comprising a volume increase operation and a volume decrease operation.
The method of claim 1,

Applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player,

And adjust a degree for applying the manipulation to the media player based on a distance between the third position and the second position.
The method of claim 4, wherein

Applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player,

The closer the third position is to the second position, the less the extent to which the manipulation is applied to the media player, and the farther the third position is from the second position, apply the manipulation to the media player. A computer program, which increases the degree to do relatively.
The method of claim 4, wherein

The degree for applying the manipulation to the media player includes any one of a degree of decrease in search speed, an amount of increase in search speed, a degree of decrease in volume, and a degree of increase in volume according to the type of the second object. , Computer program.
The method of claim 1,

Displaying the objects of the higher layer,

And dynamically determine a display position of the objects of the upper layer based on the first position.
The method of claim 1,

Displaying the objects of the lower layer,

And dynamically determine a display position of the objects of the lower layer based on the second position.
The method of claim 1,

The control method,

Outputting feedback for at least one of maintaining at the first position of the touch input and moving the touch input to the second position using at least one of visual, auditory, and tactile

The computer program further comprising.
Managing a plurality of layered objects for control of the media player;

Recognizing that the touch input is maintained for a first predetermined time or more at a first position of the touch screen of the computer device associated with the execution of the media player, objects of a higher layer among the plurality of objects are displayed through the touch screen. Displaying;

Recognizing that the touch input is moved from the first position to a second position corresponding to the first object among the objects of the displayed upper layer and maintained for a second predetermined time or more, the lower layer corresponding to the first object Displaying objects on the touch screen; And

In response to the touch input being moved from the second position to a third position corresponding to a second object among the displayed lower hierarchical objects and being maintained for a third predetermined time or more, the operation corresponding to the second object may be recalled. Steps to apply to media player

Control method comprising a.
The method of claim 10,

The managing of the plurality of layered objects may include:

And managing objects of the upper layer corresponding to each of categories categorized into a plurality of operations defined for the media player and objects of the lower layer corresponding to each of the plurality of operations.
The method of claim 10,

Applying the operation corresponding to the second object to the media player,

And control the degree for applying the manipulation to the media player based on the distance between the third position and the second position.
The method of claim 10,

Displaying the objects of the higher layer,

And dynamically determine a display position of the objects of the higher layer based on the first position.
The method of claim 10,

Displaying the objects of the lower layer,

And dynamically determine a display position of the objects of the lower layer based on the second position.
The method of claim 10,

Outputting feedback for at least one of maintaining at the first position of the touch input and moving the touch input to the second position using at least one of visual, auditory, and tactile

Further comprising, the control method.
A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program for causing a computer to execute the method of any one of claims 10 to 15.
At least one processor implemented to execute computer-readable instructions

Including,

By the at least one processor,

Manage a plurality of layered objects for control of the media player,

Recognizing that the touch input is maintained for a first predetermined time or more at a first position of the touch screen of the computer device associated with the execution of the media player, objects of a higher layer among the plurality of objects are displayed through the touch screen. Display,

Recognizing that the touch input is moved from the first position to a second position corresponding to the first object among the objects of the displayed upper layer and maintained for a second predetermined time or more, the lower layer corresponding to the first object Display objects on the touch screen screen,

In response to the touch input being moved from the second position to a third position corresponding to a second object among the displayed lower hierarchical objects and being maintained for a third predetermined time or more, the operation corresponding to the second object may be recalled. Applied to media player,

Computer devices.
The method of claim 17,

By the at least one processor,

Managing objects of the upper layer corresponding to each of categories categorized into a plurality of operations defined for the media player and objects of the lower layer corresponding to each of the plurality of operations,

Computer devices.
The method of claim 17,

By the at least one processor,

Adjusting a degree for applying the manipulation to the media player based on a distance between the third position and the second position,

Computer devices.
The method of claim 17,

By the at least one processor,

Dynamically determining display positions of objects of the lower layer based on the first position,

Computer devices.