KR100841330B1 - How to display the menu on the terminal, how to set the wallpaper, and the terminal using them - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a display unit for displaying an identifier for each of at least one menu item, an input unit for selecting one of the displayed at least one identifier, and an enlarged display of the selected identifier. The screen on which the identifier is displayed is divided into a plurality of areas, and the identifier for each of at least one sub menu item belonging to the menu item corresponding to the selected identifier is rotated a predetermined number of times in a predetermined direction in three dimensions. Provided is a terminal including a control unit for controlling the display unit to display each of the divided regions, and a menu displaying method thereof.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the menu can be displayed effectively on three dimensions.

Description

Method of displaying menu and setting wallpaper in terminal, and Terminal using these same}

1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for displaying a menu of a terminal according to the present invention.

Figure 3 is a state diagram showing an embodiment of displaying a menu of the terminal in the present invention.

Figure 4 is a state diagram showing an embodiment of setting the size of the partition area in the present invention.

5 is another exemplary state diagram illustrating a process of setting a size of a partition area in the present invention.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting a background screen of a terminal according to the present invention.

Figure 7 is a state diagram showing a process of setting a background screen of the terminal in the present invention.

The present invention relates to a menu display method of a terminal, a background screen setting method and a terminal using the same.

In the terminal according to the prior art, a menu is displayed in the following manner.

As a key for entering the menu search mode is selected by the user of the terminal, the terminal enters the menu search mode. In addition, the terminal displays a menu list including at least one menu item on a screen. In this case, the menu list may be expressed in a text format or a grid format.

However, according to the terminal according to the related art described above, since the menu list is implemented in two dimensions, it does not give visual fun to the user in providing the menu list.

In addition, in the terminal according to the prior art, the background screen is set in the following manner.

By a plurality of key manipulations by the user of the terminal, the terminal enters a mode for setting a background screen. The terminal displays a plurality of images that can be set as a background screen on a screen in a thumbnail format. Therefore, the terminal sets any one image selected by the user as a background screen.

However, according to the above-described terminal according to the prior art, since it is not possible to enter the background screen setting mode immediately in the standby state, there is a hassle of having to perform a plurality of key operations to set the background screen.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a method for effectively displaying a menu in three dimensions and a terminal using the same.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for quickly and effectively setting a background screen in three dimensions and a terminal using the same.

In order to achieve the above object, the terminal according to the present invention, the display unit for displaying an identifier for each of at least one menu item (menu item); An input unit to select one of the displayed at least one identifier; And enlarges and displays the selected identifier, divides the screen on which the enlarged identifier is displayed into a plurality of areas, for each of at least one sub menu item belonging to a menu item corresponding to the selected identifier. And a control unit for controlling the display unit to display an identifier in the divided plurality of areas, respectively.
Herein, the controller may rotate the plurality of divided regions a predetermined number of times in a predetermined direction in three dimensions.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the terminal according to the present invention, the display unit including a touch screen (touch screen) for touching a point of the background screen; And the display unit to divide the background screen into a plurality of areas as one point of the background screen is touched, and to display at least one image that can be set as a background screen in each of the divided areas. It includes a control unit for controlling.
Herein, the controller may rotate the plurality of divided regions a predetermined number of times in a predetermined direction in three dimensions.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the menu display method of the terminal according to the present invention comprises the steps of: selecting an identifier for any one of at least one menu item (menu item); A first displaying step of enlarging and displaying the selected identifier; And dividing the screen on which the enlarged identifier is displayed into a plurality of regions, and generating identifiers for each of at least one sub menu item belonging to a menu item corresponding to the selected identifier. And a second display step of displaying each.
In addition, in the second display step, the terminal may rotate the plurality of divided regions a predetermined number of times in a predetermined direction on a three-dimensional surface.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the background screen setting method of the terminal according to the present invention, the step of touching a point of the background screen; And dividing the background screen into a plurality of areas, and displaying at least one image that can be set as a background screen in each of the divided areas.
In addition, in the displaying step, the terminal may rotate the plurality of divided regions a predetermined number of times in a predetermined direction on three dimensions.

The above objects, features and advantages will become more apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, the detailed description thereof will be omitted for the known technology which is considered to blur the gist of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, it will be described in detail with respect to the terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal 100 includes an input unit 110, a wireless communication unit 120, a broadcast receiving unit 130, a display unit 140, a storage unit 150, a control unit 160, and a microphone. 170 and speaker 180. In particular, the display unit 140 includes a touch screen 142.

The input unit 110 receives an input operation from a user of the terminal 100 and generates a signal corresponding thereto. The touch screen 142 is not provided in the input unit 110 in the drawing, but may receive an input operation from the user and generate a signal corresponding thereto. For example, the input unit 110 may include a key pad, a touch pad, or a touch screen. The keypad, the touch screen, or the touch pad may include only numeric keys and letter keys. In addition, a direction key, a soft key, a function key, and the like may be provided.

The wireless communication unit 120 transmits and receives data with an external terminal or server through a wireless communication network. The data may include audio data or video data according to a call connection, audio data according to transmission and reception of a message, video data or text data, and various forms according to a wireless Internet connection. Data and the like.

The broadcast receiving unit 130 receives a broadcast from a broadcast channel through a broadcast network. Here, the broadcast may include not only a TV broadcast, a radio broadcast, or a data broadcast, but also a broadcast in which data is combined with a TV broadcast or a radio broadcast.

The display unit 140 displays various information related to the terminal device 100 as well as the state information of the terminal 100.

The storage unit 150 not only stores all data input and output to the terminal 100, but also stores all programs necessary for operating the terminal 100.

The controller 160 controls the overall operation of the terminal 100 and allows the components 110, 120, 130, 140, 150, 170, and 180 to operate organically.

According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the controller 160 controls the display unit 140 to enlarge and display the selected identifier as the identifier for the menu item is selected through the input unit 110. do. In addition, the controller 160 divides the screen on which the enlarged identifier is displayed into a plurality of regions, and divides the identifiers of the at least one sub-menu items belonging to the menu items corresponding to the selected identifiers, respectively. The display unit 140 is controlled to display each area.

In addition, according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the controller 160 divides the background screen into a plurality of areas by touching a predetermined point of the background screen displayed on the touch screen 142 with a pointer. The display unit 140 is controlled to display at least one image that can be set as a background screen on the divided regions.

The microphone 170 receives an audio signal from the outside. In addition, the speaker 180 outputs not only an audio signal generated in the terminal 100 but also an audio signal received from an external terminal or a server.

Referring to Figure 2, it will be described in detail for the menu display method of the terminal according to the present invention. 2 illustrates a process of displaying a menu in a terminal according to the present invention.

The terminal receives an identifier for a menu item from a user (S210).

Here, the menu item means a category for a function / operation provided by the terminal. In addition, the identifier for the menu item is a means for recognizing the user of the menu item, and means an icon or text. In addition, the menu refers to a list composed of at least one menu item, which may also be one menu item.

For example, the menu item includes "menu" as the top menu item, and "telephone book", "message", "multimedia", etc., as menu items belonging to the "menu", and belongs to the "multimedia". Sub-menu items may include "TV / RADIO viewing", "camera", "MP3 listening", and the like.

The terminal displays an identifier for each of at least one menu item in a predetermined area of the screen, and the user may select a desired menu item by using the identifier for each of the displayed at least one menu item.

For example, the terminal may display an identifier for each of the preset menu items, an identifier for each of the menu items selected by the user, or each of the predetermined number of menu items in order of high frequency of use. An identifier for can be displayed.

In addition, an identifier for each of the at least one menu item may be displayed in a menu bar format in a lower area of the screen.

When the terminal has a touch screen, as the identifier for the menu item is touched by the pointer, the terminal may perform the selection step (S210). Alternatively, the terminal may perform the selection step S210 in response to receiving a key for selecting the menu item.

The terminal enlarges and displays the selected identifier on the screen (S220).

For example, the terminal may display the selected identifier to be gradually enlarged. Thus, the user can confirm that the selected identifier is further enlarged over time.

The terminal divides the screen on which the enlarged identifier is displayed into a plurality of regions (hereinafter, referred to as 'divided regions') (S230).

The dividing step S230 may be performed during the display step S220.

For example, the terminal may divide the displayed screen with the selected identifier enlarged to a predetermined size into a plurality of regions, and then continue with the displaying step S220.

The terminal rotates the divided regions a predetermined number of times (or a predetermined angle) in a predetermined direction in three dimensions (S240).

For example, the terminal may rotate the divided regions a predetermined number of times in front of or behind the screen in three dimensions, respectively, and the rotation direction may be an up-down direction or a left-right direction.

The terminal displays identifiers for each of at least one sub-menu item belonging to the menu item corresponding to the selected identifier in the divided regions, respectively (S250).

The display step S250 may be performed during the rotation step S240 or after completion of the rotation step S240.

Although not shown in the drawing, the terminal may display an identifier for the selected menu item in any one of the divided regions. This is to inform the user of the menu item to which the currently displayed sub-menu items belong.

A process of setting the size of the divided region will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

Hereinafter, referring to FIG. 3, a process of displaying a menu on a screen in the present invention will be described in detail.

In the standby state, the terminal displays identifiers for each of the plurality of menu items in the lower area of the screen 300 (1). Here, identifiers for each of the plurality of menu items include an identifier 310-1 for a menu, an identifier 310-2 for a phone book, an identifier 310-3 for a message, and a multimedia for There is an identifier 310-4.

When the identifier 310-1 for the menu is selected in the state (1), the terminal gradually enlarges and displays the selected identifier 310-1 on the screen 300 (2). For example, the identifier 310-1 is gradually enlarged and displayed in the order of '320-1', '320-2', and '320-3' as time passes.

In addition, the terminal divides the screen on which the enlarged identifier is displayed into a plurality of areas (hereinafter, referred to as 'divided areas'), and rotates the divided areas forward or backward of the screen 300 in three dimensions, respectively (3). ). In this case, each of the divided regions may be an identifier for each of submenu items belonging to a menu, which is a menu item corresponding to the identifier 310-1, and an identifier 330-1 for a phone book and a message for a message. The identifier 330-2, the identifier 330-3 for the multimedia, the identifier 330-4 for the environment setting, the identifier 330-5 for the screen setting, and the identifier 330-6 for the schedule management Can be displayed.

After completing the rotation operation on each of the plurality of divided regions, the terminal displays the divided regions in which identifiers for each of the sub-menu items belonging to the menu are displayed (4).

4 and 5, the process of setting the size of the divided region in the present invention will be described in detail. 4 is a diagram illustrating a case in which a size of a divided region is set by a user when the terminal is equipped with a touch screen, and FIG. 5 is a size of the divided region in a terminal based on a frequency of execution of submenu items. Shows the case of setting.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the terminal displays identifiers for each of a plurality of sub-menu items belonging to the selected menu item in each of the divided regions.

When touching the first point 430-1 corresponding to the first corner of the first divided area 410-1 among the divided areas with a pointer and dragging it to the second point 430-2, In response to the drag operation, the terminal sets the size of the first partition 410-1 to be enlarged (2).

In addition, as the size of the first partition 410-1 increases, the terminal may include the second partition 410-2, the third partition 410-3, and the fourth partition 410-. Set the sizes of 4) to be relatively reduced.

Or, as shown in Figure 5, the terminal, based on the frequency of execution of each of the plurality of sub-menu items belonging to the selected menu item, the size of the divided regions in which each of the plurality of sub-menu items are displayed Set. More specifically, the terminal sets the size of the partition area in order of increasing execution frequency.

For example, "Phonebook" and "Message" run most frequently, "Multimedia" run most frequently, "Screen settings" and "Calendar" run fourth, When the frequency of execution of the 'Preferences' is lowest, the terminal sets the size of the partitions where the identifiers 510-1 and 510-2 for the phone book and the message are displayed to be the largest, and the identifier for the multimedia. Set the size of the divided area where 510-3 is displayed to be the third largest, and increase the size of the divided areas where the identifiers 510-4 and 510-6 for screen setting and schedule management are displayed fourth. The size of the partition area in which the identifier 510-5 for environment setting is displayed is set to be the smallest.

Referring to Figure 6, it will be described in detail a background screen setting method of the terminal according to the present invention. 6 illustrates a process of setting a background screen in a terminal according to the present invention.

The terminal receives a predetermined point of the background screen with a pointer (S610).

The terminal divides the background screen into a plurality of regions (hereinafter referred to as 'divided regions') (S620).

In this case, the terminal may perform the dividing step (S620) when the pointer is touched for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times. That is, the terminal may perform the dividing step S620 only when a touch operation required for performing the dividing step S620 exists.

On the other hand, although not shown in the drawing, when the terminal is not provided with a touch screen, the terminal, when the background screen is displayed, as the key for setting the background screen, the division step ( S620) may be performed.

The terminal rotates the divided regions a predetermined number of times (or a predetermined angle) in a predetermined direction in three dimensions (S630).

For example, the terminal may rotate the divided regions a predetermined number of times in front of or behind the screen in three dimensions, respectively, and the rotation direction may be an up-down direction or a left-right direction.

On the other hand, the rotation step (S630) is not necessarily a step in the present invention, it may be omitted in some cases.

The terminal displays at least one image that can be set as a background screen in the divided regions, respectively (S640).

The image set as the background screen may be an image previously stored in the terminal, an image photographed by the terminal, or an image provided from an external terminal or a server. In addition, the image set as the background screen may include a still image, a moving image, an animation image, a flash image, and the like.

The displaying step S640 may be performed during the rotating step S630 or after completion of the rotating step S630.

In addition, the terminal may gradually display at least one image that can be set as the background screen.

The terminal sets the selected image as a background screen as a user selects one of the displayed at least one image from the user (S660).

7, the process of setting the background screen of the terminal in the present invention will be described in detail.

As the terminal receives a predetermined point 710-1 of the background screen with the pointer 720 (1), the terminal divides the background screen into a plurality of regions (hereinafter, referred to as 'divided regions'), and divides the divided region. Are rotated in three dimensions, respectively (2). In this case, at least one image that can be set as a background screen may be displayed on each of the divided regions.

After completing the rotation operation of each of the divided regions, the terminal displays at least one image that can be set as a background screen in each divided region (3).

The terminal sets the image 730-2 as a background screen as a predetermined point of the image 730-2 of the at least one displayed image is touched by the pointer 720 (3). (4).

The present invention described above is capable of various substitutions, modifications, and changes without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention for those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is not limited by the drawings.

Effects of the method and the terminal according to the present invention described above are as follows.

First, in displaying a menu, the user can provide the menu in a visually effective manner by rotating the partition area in which the identifier of each of the sub-menu items belonging to the selected upper menu item is displayed in three dimensions.

Second, in setting the wallpaper, it is possible to set the wallpaper directly from the standby state, thereby eliminating the trouble of setting the wallpaper.

Third, in displaying a menu or setting a background screen, an image that can be set as a menu item or a background screen in the form of a polyhedron can be provided to the user.

Claims (10)

A display unit which displays an identifier for each of at least one menu item; An input unit to select one of the displayed at least one identifier; And An identifier for each of at least one sub menu item belonging to a menu item corresponding to the selected identifier by enlarging and displaying the selected identifier and dividing the screen on which the enlarged identifier is displayed into a plurality of regions A control unit for controlling the display unit to display each of the divided regions; The controller is configured to rotate the divided regions in a predetermined number of times in a predetermined direction in three dimensions, respectively. The method of claim 1, wherein the input unit, When the terminal has a touch screen, the terminal receives a touched identifier of the at least one identifier. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, And setting the size of each of the plurality of divided regions according to a touch drag operation on the touch screen when the terminal has a touch screen. The method of claim 1, wherein the control unit, And setting a size of each of the plurality of divided regions based on a frequency of execution of a sub-menu item corresponding to an identifier displayed in each of the plurality of divided regions. The method of claim 1, wherein the display unit, And gradually displaying an identifier corresponding to each area on the divided plurality of areas according to a control signal of the controller. A display unit including a touch screen which receives a point of the background screen; And As one point of the background screen is touched, the display unit divides the background screen into a plurality of areas, and displays the at least one image that can be set as a background screen on each of the divided areas. It includes a control unit for controlling, The controller is configured to rotate the divided regions in a predetermined number of times in a predetermined direction in three dimensions, respectively. Receiving an identifier for any one of at least one menu item; A first displaying step of enlarging and displaying the selected identifier; And The screen on which the enlarged identifier is displayed is divided into a plurality of regions, and an identifier for each of at least one sub menu item belonging to a menu item corresponding to the selected identifier is assigned to the divided plurality of regions. A second display step of displaying each, In the second display step, the menu display method of the terminal to rotate the plurality of divided regions each predetermined number of times in a predetermined direction on a three-dimensional. The method of claim 7, wherein the selecting step, When the terminal has a touch screen, a menu display method of the terminal receiving a touched identifier among the at least one identifier. The method of claim 7, wherein If the terminal has a touch screen, the terminal further comprising setting a size of each of the divided plurality of regions according to a touch drag operation on the touch screen How to display menus. Receiving a point on the background screen; And Dividing the background screen into a plurality of areas, and displaying at least one image that can be set as a background screen in each of the divided areas; In the displaying step, the background screen setting method of the terminal for rotating the divided plurality of areas a predetermined number of times in a predetermined direction on each of three dimensions.

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