KR100690759B1 - Methods and apparatus' of improving ui performance for mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention counts the time on the screen by a timer by the infant continuously displayed on the portable terminal, and does not display an hourglass icon displaying a background process when the threshold is less than a predetermined criterion. The control unit of the portable terminal is a control command applied from the keyboard unit. Search for the module unit and display the screen by sequentially displaying the selected service operating infant, and when the infant of the next sequence is applied until the set time count of the timer unit ends, the infant of the next sequence displays the screen, and the timer unit If it is not applied until the end of the counting, the hourglass unit is controlled to display the hourglass icon on the display unit and the feature, and when operating the service selected by the controller of the mobile terminal, the infant of the selected service module Display the screen and then click Next In the case of switching to the screen of the book, by the timer unit is driven by the sequence of the next sequence until the set time is counted, if the screen is applied, if not, by the characteristic consisting of a series of processes to display the hourglass icon, When the screen information is quickly applied to the infant in the next step, the hourglass icon is not output and displayed, thereby reducing the load and improving reliability.

Description

Device and method for improving performance of infants in mobile terminals {METHODS AND APPARATUS 'OF IMPROVING UI PERFORMANCE FOR MOBILE PHONE}

1 is a flowchart illustrating a display method of an hourglass infant of a conventional mobile terminal;

2 is a functional diagram of a device for improving performance of an infant of the present invention portable terminal;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method for improving performance of an infant of the present invention.

          ** Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawing **

100: display unit 110: control unit 120: memory unit

130: module portion 140: keyboard portion 150: timer portion

160: hourglass

The present invention speeds up the display operation of an infant (UI) screen that is continuously displayed on a mobile terminal. In particular, by using a timer, the background process time for the infant to process the screen is analyzed, and an hourglass icon (ICON) is analyzed. The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for improving performance of an infant of a mobile terminal which reduces the switching operation time of the entire screen and reduces the load.

The mobile terminal for mobile communication (UE: USER EQUIPMENT) monitors a mobile switching center (MSC) while moving freely in a service area formed by a corresponding base station (RAN: RADIO ACCESS NETWORK) of a registered system. It is a high-tech wireless communication device that allows an individual to always carry and move by directly wirelessly communicating with a desired party anytime, anywhere through a communication path established by control and switching.

In general, communication equipment, in particular, the mobile terminal (MS) is not a lot of times or time directly used for communication, and always carry a feature for carrying out communication that may occur when solving the problem of low utilization rate, and use of mobile communication service It is a supplementary service that promotes and effectively applies and utilizes in real life.

For example, an additional service of the portable terminal may include a camera, a TV, an electronic calculator, a PDA, an MP3, a phone book, a GPS, a VOD, a text / video message, an online game, a wireless Internet access, a caller ID, an infrared (IRDA) communication, Functions such as Bluetooth (BLUETOOTH) communication, etc. continue to be developed and added new features.

In order to efficiently select and operate the various functions of the portable terminal as described above, the control and confirmation for the selection and operation of the additional service should be easy, and the convenient operation of the portable terminal as described above, and the portable terminal and the user It is UI (USER INTERFACE) to interface between.

In order to perform the selected function by the selected program, the portable terminal goes through several processes, and the plurality of screens displayed on the display unit are assigned functions, and a background process process is required for each screen to be switched. When the time required for the background process is long, an hourglass icon is displayed to solve the problem of waiting.

However, every time the screen of the portable terminal is changed, since the hourglass icon is loaded and displayed indiscriminately, there is a problem in that the overall operating time is increased while increasing the load.

Accordingly, there is a need to develop a technology for selecting icons displayed indiscriminately in the mobile terminal.

Hereinafter, an infant display method of a portable terminal according to the related art will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a flowchart illustrating a display method of an hourglass infant of a mobile terminal according to the prior art.

Referring to FIG. 1, when the hourglass toddler of the portable terminal according to the related art is described, the method for communicating or performing an additional service is selected and operated by the corresponding control unit of the portable terminal (S10). In operation S10, the controller activates and operates a module for displaying a screen of the selected function as an infant (UI) (S20), and activates and operates the infant terminal (UI). Before the screen is input in the corresponding order, the hourglass icon ICON is loaded and displayed on the display unit (S30).

The controller of the portable terminal outputs a screen to be applied in a predetermined order while the hourglass icon ICON is displayed (S40), and determines whether to switch to the next screen (S50), When the display (S50) is switched to the next sequence screen and is displayed, the feedback is fed back to the third step (S30), and when the screen is not switched to the next sequence screen (S50), the process proceeds to the end. do.

The prior art has the advantage of not having to be boring the time required for screen switching, because the hourglass icon is loaded and displayed for each middle when the screen is switched in the state of displaying the selected function in the mobile terminal as infants, but There is a problem that the load of the mobile terminal is increased and the screen switching is delayed.

The present invention does not display the hourglass icon when the screen of the next order is applied before the end of the set timer time, when the screen is displayed in a predetermined order by the infant of the mobile terminal, thereby reducing the load and reducing the overall time of screen switching. It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for improving performance of an infant of a mobile terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a control unit of a mobile terminal that searches for a module unit by a control command applied from a keyboard unit, and displays the selected service operating infants by sequentially outputting the screen on the display unit, and then the infants in the following order. When the screen is applied until the set time count of the timer unit ends, the infant in the next order displays the screen. If the screen is not applied until the timer unit counts out, the hourglass control unit outputs an hourglass icon to the display unit. It is characterized by consisting of a configuration.

In addition, the present invention devised in order to achieve the above object, the display unit for displaying the selected service operation screen and the hourglass icon by the operation of the mobile terminal output by the corresponding control; A control unit which accesses the display unit and outputs the screen of the activated module, and outputs an hourglass icon when the next screen is not applied within the timer unit; An hourglass unit connected to the control unit and outputting an hourglass icon signal for displaying a screen switching process; A timer unit connected to the control unit and counting and outputting a set time; And a module unit connected to the controller and configured to store and output the screen information of the infant of the selected service.

In addition, the present invention devised to achieve the above object, when operating the service selected by the control unit of the mobile terminal, when the infant of the selected service module displays the screen and switches to the screen of the next order, driving the timer unit When the screen is applied to the infant in the next order until the set time is counted, if the screen is not applied, it is characterized in that a series of processes of displaying an hourglass icon.

In addition, the present invention devised to achieve the above object, the process of the infant to determine whether to display the screen by the infant by the module when the selected service of the mobile terminal to switch to the next order of the screen; A timer step of counting a time by driving the timer unit and determining whether the timer counting time expires when switching to the next screen in the process; An hourglass process for outputting an hourglass icon when the timer counting time ends and determining whether the screen is accepted by the infant in the next step; In the above process, when the infant in the next order by the module is applied to the screen is characterized in that the output process for outputting to display on the display.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, an apparatus and a method for improving performance of an infant by a mobile terminal.

In order to illustrate the present invention, FIG. 2 is a functional diagram of a device for improving performance of an infant according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a method for improving performance of an infant according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, according to the present invention, a device for improving performance of a UI of a mobile terminal UE is described. The controller 110 of the mobile terminal UE for mobile communication includes a memory unit 120. The operation program is loaded from the control unit, and an operation standby state is searched, and the module unit 130 is searched by the control command applied from the keyboard unit 140, and the selected service operation infant (UI) screen is displayed on the display unit 100. In order to output and display sequentially, when the screen of the infant (UI) of the next order is applied until the set time count (COUNT) of the timer unit 150 ends, and displays the infant (UI) screen of the next sequence, and the timer unit ( If it is not applied until the count of 150 is completed, the hourglass unit 160 is controlled to display the hourglass icon ICON on the display unit 100.

Referring to the above configuration again, by displaying the selected service operation screen and the hourglass icon (ICON) by the operation of the mobile terminal (UE) by the corresponding control, the service module selected by the control of the control unit 110 The display unit 100 outputs and displays the screen signals in the set order, and outputs the screen of the hourglass icon when the next order of the output screen is applied after a predetermined time count (COUNT) of the timer unit 150;

Access to the display unit 100 and outputs the screen of the activated module (MODULE), if the next screen is not applied within the time of the timer unit 150 to output the hourglass icon (ICON), the keyboard unit 140 Analyze the control command applied from, and if there is a service selected for operation, search the module unit 130 and outputs the UI screen signal to the display unit 100 in the set order, and the screen signal of the next sequence is the timer unit If it is not applied during the counting time of 150, the control unit 110 for controlling the hourglass unit 160 to monitor to output the hourglass icon (ICON) to the display unit 100 until the next sequence screen is applied; ,

A memory unit 120 connected to the controller 110 and storing and outputting programs and data for operating the mobile terminal in the allocated area;

A module unit 130 connected to the controller 110 and storing and outputting UI screen information of a selected service in an allocated area;

A keyboard unit 140 connected to the controller 110 and inputting a command signal including a control command and a dialing signal for activating and operating a module of the selected service;

A timer unit 150 connected to the control unit 110 and counting and outputting the time set by the control;

The hourglass icon (ICON) signal which is connected to the control unit 110 and displays the switching process of the screen is output, and under the control of the control unit 110, the next in the service module selected and activated by the module unit 130 The hourglass unit 160 outputs and displays the background process processing state as an hourglass-like icon for the screen processing output in order.

Hereinafter, according to the present invention having the configuration described above, the infant performance of the portable terminal will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Since the mobile communication terminal (UE) is manufactured in a small size and light weight in order to increase mobility and portability, the control unit 110 and the corresponding resource (RESOURCE) for controlling and monitoring the entire operation cannot be sufficiently configured. There is a limit in processing capacity.

In addition, in order to increase the utilization or utilization of the portable terminal, which is a communication device, since additional services of various functions such as a camera, a TV, a PDA, etc. are added, it is necessary to increase the load and increase the reliability.

According to the present invention, in the state of displaying the UI screen of the selected service, the BACKGROUND PROCESS state display hourglass icon ICON for screen display of the next turn or sequence is indiscriminately whenever the screen is switched. If the timer unit 150 is less than the predetermined time value that counts, the hourglass icon is not displayed. Therefore, the load of the mobile terminal is reduced, and the infant screen is displayed. It is to speed up the transition.

The control unit 110 of the mobile communication terminal (UE) loads the operation and application programs and data from the memory unit 120, and thus the operation is in the standby state. The control unit 110 monitors each function unit.

The control unit 110 analyzes the control command applied from the monitoring keyboard unit 140, and selects and operates one service among the mobile communication service or a plurality of additional services as a result of the analysis. Search and display the infant screen (UI) assigned for the service to the display unit 100 in the corresponding order.

When the infant (UI) screen applied to the display unit 100 and displayed is changed to the infant (UI) screen according to the following order, the controller 110 drives the timer unit 150 to count a predetermined time set. Until the timer unit 150 finishes counting the set time, and determines whether the UI screen information is applied from the module unit 130 in the following order.

In the determination of the control unit 110, before the counting of the time set by the timer unit 150, when the screen information is applied to the infant in the next order, the infant immediately outputs the screen to the display unit 100, and displays it, When the UI screen information of the next sequence is not applied until the time set by the timer unit 150 is completed, the hourglass icon ICON is controlled to control the hourglass icon ICON. The generated hourglass icon is outputted and displayed on the display unit 100, and the output hourglass icon is continuously displayed until a baby screen (UI) of the next order is applied.

That is, the controller 110 outputs and displays an infant child (UI) screen from the module unit 130 on the display unit 100 while operating the selected service, and switches to the infant child (UI) screen according to the following procedure. If the display is to be displayed within a predetermined time, the hourglass icon is not output, and the hourglass icon is output and displayed only when the display cannot be displayed within the predetermined time.

Therefore, since the hourglass icon is not displayed indiscriminately, there is an advantage in that the load LOAD of the mobile terminal controller 110 is reduced and reliability is increased.

Hereinafter, according to the present invention with reference to the accompanying Figure 3, when the infant of the mobile terminal describes a method for improving performance, when operating the service selected by the control unit 110 of the mobile terminal (UE) of the selected service module In the case of displaying the UI screen and switching to the next screen, the timer 150 is driven until the set time is counted. When the screen is applied, the screen is displayed. It consists of a series of processes for displaying the icon (ICON).

According to the above configuration, when the infant of the mobile terminal describes the performance improvement method again, when operating the selected service of the mobile terminal (UE) for mobile communication, the controller of the mobile terminal displays the UI screen by the corresponding module. And to determine whether to switch to the next screen to display, the control unit of the portable terminal determines whether to operate the service (SERVICE) selected by the user (S100); When operating the selected service in step S100, displaying the infant screen by the selected service module by applying the UI screen to the display unit 100 (S110); The infant process comprising the step (S120) of the control unit determines whether the infant (UI) screen displayed in the step (S110) is switched to the next order screen,

When the infant switches to the next screen in the process, the timer is counted by driving the timer 150 and the timer counting time is determined to be ended. (S130) counting the set time by driving the timer unit 150 when switching to the screen; A timer process comprising a process (S140) of determining whether the set time count of the timer unit 150 driven in the process (S130) has ended;

When the timer counting time ends in the timer process, an output of the hourglass icon ICON is displayed and it is determined whether or not the UI screen of the next order is applied. The predetermined time count set by the controller 110 is finished. Determining and outputting and displaying the hourglass icon ICON (S150); In step S160, the controller 110 determines whether the screen in the next order is applied by the controller 110 in step S150, and returns to the icon display process if the screen in the next order is not applied. Hourglass process,

When the infant (UI) screen of the next order by the service module selected in the hourglass process is applied, the output process (S170) for outputting and displaying on the display unit 100.

Hereinafter, according to the present invention having the configuration described above, a method of improving the performance of the infant of the portable terminal will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The control unit 110 of the mobile communication terminal UE monitors each function unit and analyzes a control command signal applied from the keyboard unit 140 to determine whether to select and operate a service (S100). If it is determined in step S100 that the control command for selecting and operating a service is authorized, the infant screen (UI) information is retrieved from the module unit 130 and displayed on the display unit 100 in the corresponding order (S100). S110).

The control unit 110 of the process (S110), in order to operate the selected service, it is determined whether it is necessary to switch the infant (UI) screen currently displayed on the display unit 100 to the next screen of the infant (UI) (S120) ).

If it is determined that the infant needs to switch and display the UI screen, the control unit 110 of the process S120 drives the timer 150 to count the predetermined time set (S130). In step S130, the timer unit 150 determines whether the counting of the set time is completed or completed (S140).

When the timer unit 150 finishes counting the set time in the process (S140), the controller 110 controls the hourglass unit 160 to generate an hourglass icon ICON, and the sand Since the hourglass icon ICON output by the clock unit 160 is displayed on the display unit 100 (S150), a background process (BACKGROUND PROCESS) is being processed to output the UI screen in the next order. Display.

The control unit 110 of the process (S150), in the state that the hourglass icon (ICON) is displayed, determines whether the next screen of the infant (UI) screen is applied (S160), the next step in the determination (S160) If the infant (UI) screen is not applied, it returns to the hourglass process (S150), so that the hourglass continues to output and display.

In the process (S160), when the screen of the infant in the next order is applied, the control unit 110 blocks the display of the hourglass icon on the display unit 100, the infant is applied in the next order outputs the screen to the corresponding service To display the operation status (S170).

In addition, in the timer process (S140), if the timer unit 150 does not finish counting a predetermined time, the next step is to determine whether the screen is applied to the infant (S160), and in the next step (S160) When the infant's screen is applied, since the infant in the next order to immediately display the screen on the display unit 100, it is not necessary to control the hourglass 160 to output the hourglass icon.

Therefore, when the screen information is received from the module unit 130 in the next order for the selected service operation until the predetermined time set in the timer unit 150, the control unit 110 is sand Since the clock unit 160 is not controlled to generate the hourglass icon, the load LOAD is reduced and reliability is increased.

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, when the infant displays the screen on the display unit in order to operate the selected service, when the infant in the next step is quickly applied, the hourglass icon is not output and displayed, so that the load is not displayed. There is an industrial use effect to reduce the, and improve the reliability.

In addition, in the case of changing the screen of the infant for operating the selected service of the mobile terminal, since the hourglass icon is output indiscriminately and indiscriminately, the infant has a convenient effect of changing the screen quickly.

Claims (11)

The control unit of the portable terminal searches for the module unit by a control command applied from the keyboard unit, and the selected service operating infant sequentially outputs the screen to the display unit and displays the screen. When the infant in the next sequence is applied until the set time count of the timer unit is finished, When the infant of the next sequence displays the screen, and is not applied until the counting of the timer unit is finished, the infant of the mobile terminal, characterized in that it is configured to output the hourglass icon to the display unit by controlling the hourglass unit . A display unit for displaying the selected service operation screen and the hourglass icon by the operation of the mobile terminal according to the corresponding control; A control unit which accesses the display unit and outputs the screen of the activated module, and outputs an hourglass icon when the next screen is not applied within the timer unit; An hourglass unit connected to the control unit and outputting an hourglass icon signal for displaying a screen switching process; A timer unit connected to the control unit and counting and outputting a set time; Infant performance improving apparatus of the portable terminal, characterized in that the module is connected to the control unit and comprises a module for storing and outputting the screen information of the infant of the selected service. The method of claim 2, A keyboard unit for accessing the control unit and inputting a command signal including a control command and a dialing signal for activating and operating a module of a selected service; And a memory unit for accessing the control unit and storing and outputting a program and data for operating the mobile terminal in an allocated area. The method of claim 2, wherein the hourglass part, Under the control of the control unit, the mobile terminal, characterized in that for processing the screen output in the next order in the service module selected and activated in the module unit for displaying the background process processing status as an hourglass icon Infants improve performance. The method of claim 2, wherein the display unit, The infant of the service module selected under the control of the controller outputs and displays the screen signals in the set order, and if the next sequence of the outputted screen is applied after a predetermined time count of the timer, the hourglass icon screen is configured to be displayed. Infants improve the performance of the portable terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 2, wherein the control unit, Analyzing the control command applied from the keyboard unit, if there is a service selected for operation, search the module unit and outputs the screen signal to the display unit in the set order and if the screen signal of the next sequence is not applied during the counting time of the timer unit, Infant performance improving device of the mobile terminal, characterized in that for controlling the hourglass to output the hourglass icon to the display unit until the next screen is applied. In the case of operating the service selected by the controller of the mobile terminal, when the infant of the selected service module displays the screen and switches to the next sequence of screens, the screen of the infants in the next sequence is granted until the set time is counted by driving the timer unit. If the display, if not applied to the infant performance of the portable terminal, characterized in that the process consisting of a series of processes for displaying the hourglass icon. In the case of operating the selected service of the mobile terminal, the infant process by judging whether or not the infant by the module to display the screen and to switch to the next sequence screen, and A timer process of driving a timer unit to determine whether the screen of the next order is applied within the timer counting time when the display is switched to the next screen; An hourglass process for displaying an hourglass icon if the next screen is not applied within the timer counting time, and determining whether the next screen is applied to the infant; When the infant of the next sequence is the screen is applied, the infant is a performance improvement method of the infant characterized in that the output process of outputting the screen to the display unit for display. The method of claim 8, wherein Determining whether to operate the selected service; If the infant operates the selected service, searching for the screen from the selected service module and applying the same to the display unit; Infant performance improvement method of the mobile terminal, characterized in that the process consisting of determining whether the displayed screen is switched to the next screen of the infant. The method of claim 8, wherein in the timer process When the screen of the next sequence is applied within the timer counting time, the infant's performance of the mobile terminal, characterized in that to display the screen without displaying the hourglass icon. The method of claim 8, wherein the hourglass When the infant in the next step is not applied to the screen display method of improving the infant's performance of the mobile terminal, characterized in that to continue to display the hourglass icon by returning to the icon display process.

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