KR20160029611A - Terminal control method using the navigation menu bar - Google Patents

Terminal control method using the navigation menu bar Download PDF

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KR20160029611A
KR20160029611A KR1020140119441A KR20140119441A KR20160029611A KR 20160029611 A KR20160029611 A KR 20160029611A KR 1020140119441 A KR1020140119441 A KR 1020140119441A KR 20140119441 A KR20140119441 A KR 20140119441A KR 20160029611 A KR20160029611 A KR 20160029611A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a terminal menu by using a navigation bar which provides a menu by using the navigation bar which is a combined form of a slide bar and a main menu, and can automatically move the navigation bar based on a screen that a user uses. The method for controlling a terminal menu comprises the following steps: (a) approaching to a menu setting mode when a menu setting is requested; (b) setting a menu according to a menu selection of a user in the menu setting mode, and generating a navigation bar including set menu information; and (c) displaying the generated navigation bar in a screen.

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[0001] The present invention relates to a terminal control method using a navigation bar,

The present invention relates to a terminal menu control using a navigation bar. More particularly, the present invention provides a menu using a navigation bar, which is a combination of a slide bar and a main menu. A navigation bar is automatically The present invention relates to a method of controlling a menu of a terminal using a navigation bar.

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In general, a screen of a terminal such as a smart phone displays various menus for performing a corresponding function. Various menus displayed on a screen of the terminal perform corresponding functions by a user's selection.

Looking at the usage environment of the menu, it is useful to always use the fixed screen at the same position. That is, since the menu is displayed on the basis of one fixed screen, it is very useful for finding the menu when the fixed screen is used.

To check the function by selecting a specific menu, and then return to the desired menu, go back to the home screen and select the desired menu.

A conventional technique for controlling a menu in a portable terminal is disclosed in the following Patent Document 1: Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2014-0035081 (published on Mar. 31, 2014).

The conventional art disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a step of displaying an editing menu for moving a tab menu, a general menu, and a general menu registered in a tab menu bar on a display device, Selecting at least one general menu by touching, and arranging the order in which the general menu is arranged in the tab menu according to the order in which the touch input is performed, and arranging the order in the menu.

Such a conventional technique can easily place a menu desired by a user in a tab menu or switch from a tab menu to a normal menu, minimizing the process required for menu switching, thereby maximizing user convenience.

Korean Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0035081 (published on March 21, 2014)

However, the conventional technique described above is useful for a screen fixed at the same position, but it has a disadvantage that it can not be applied to a terminal having a plurality of screens or a flexible display.

In addition, when the user selects one menu and executes a function or returns to a previous menu state to search for another menu, the user navigates to a back or home screen and searches for a menu. Therefore, The number of manipulation of the user is large, which is inconvenient to use.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a menu using a navigation bar that is a combination of a slide bar and a main menu, The present invention provides a method of controlling a terminal using a navigation bar that can automatically move a navigation bar based on a screen.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a method of controlling a menu using a navigation bar that allows a menu to be conveniently used by automatically moving a navigation bar including menu information to a corresponding activation window even when a function is activated by selecting a menu will be.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for displaying a menu in a navigation bar by keeping a menu set in the navigation bar at all times or by hiding it through a variable function or hidden function according to a function being executed in the activation window, The present invention provides a method of controlling a terminal using a navigation bar.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a menu using a navigation bar, the method comprising: (a) entering a menu setting mode when a menu setting is requested; (b) setting a menu according to a menu selection of a user in the menu setting mode, and creating a navigation bar including set menu information; (c) displaying the generated navigation bar on the screen.

In the step (b), the navigation bar is created including the inactivated area in order to distinguish the touch of the navigation bar from the menu selection.

In the step (b), when the menu movement is detected in the menu setting mode, the position of the menu included in the navigation bar is changed, the menu position or the menu type is changed in the navigation setting menu, And the menu is set by using any one of the methods.

In the above step (c), the navigation bar is displayed on the screen by using at least one of displaying the navigation bar on the screen, hiding the navigation bar displayed on the screen, or replacing the navigation bar with another form and displaying the navigation bar on the screen do.

(D) When a menu of a navigation bar exposed on a screen is selected, a method of controlling a menu using a navigation bar according to the present invention executes a function corresponding to a selected menu, And moving the bar.

Further, the method of controlling a menu using a navigation bar according to the present invention may further include the step of: (e) changing a display position of the navigation bar when the position of the navigation bar is requested after the step (c) do.

The step (e) recognizes the drag motion to determine the position of the navigation bar, and moves the navigation bar to the drag position.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling a menu using a navigation bar, the method comprising the steps of: (f) automatically moving a navigation bar to a changed screen when the position of the terminal is changed during use of the terminal, .

According to the present invention, there is an advantage that a menu is provided using a navigation bar that is a combination of a slide bar and a main menu, and a navigation bar is automatically moved based on a screen used by a user, thereby facilitating the use of the menu .

According to the present invention, even if a menu is selected and the function is activated, the navigation bar is automatically moved to the corresponding activation window, thereby facilitating the use of the menu.

In addition, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that the user can easily use the navigation bar by keeping the menu set in the navigation bar always the same or by hiding the menu by changing the function of the active window or by hiding .

1 is a block diagram of a terminal to which the present invention is applied;
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a menu of a terminal using a navigation bar according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating a screen state in which a navigation bar created on a screen of a terminal is displayed,
Figs. 4A to 4E are exemplary display positions of a navigation bar,
5 is an illustration of a navigation bar including an inactive area,
6A to 6D are diagrams showing the function activation and the information change state of the navigation bar,
Figs. 7A to 7C and Fig. 8 illustrate examples of use of the navigation bar,
FIG. 9 is a view showing various forms of navigation applied in the present invention,
10 is an exemplary view for moving the position of the navigation bar;

Hereinafter, a method of controlling a menu using a navigation bar according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a terminal to which the present invention is applied, and includes a menu setting unit 10 for setting a menu, changing a menu, and setting a display position of a navigation bar; When a menu setting or a menu change is requested by the menu setting unit 10, a menu control program stored in the storage unit 20 is fetched and executed, a navigation bar including a menu setting is created, and a display of the generated navigation bar A control unit 30 for controlling the display position of the navigation bar; And a display unit (40) for displaying a navigation bar on the screen under the control of the controller (30).

The navigation bar is a bar-shaped menu plate that combines a slide bar and a main menu implemented in an existing terminal.

The thus configured terminal may be a portable terminal such as a general smart phone, a terminal with a large screen, a terminal with a flexible display, or a multi-display terminal using one or more displays.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a method of controlling a menu of a terminal using a navigation bar according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. In step S, the controller 30 of FIG. 1 performs a menu setting, a menu change, Bar creation, and position change.

A method of controlling a menu using a navigation bar according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: (a) entering a menu setting mode (S11 to S12) when a menu setting is requested; (b) setting a menu according to a menu selection of a user in the menu setting mode and creating a navigation bar including set menu information (S13 to S14); (c) displaying the generated navigation bar on the screen (S15); (d) when the menu of the navigation bar displayed on the screen is selected, executing the function corresponding to the selected menu and moving the navigation bar to the activated window created by executing the function (S16-S19); (e) changing the display position of the navigation bar when the position of the navigation bar is requested after step (c) (S17, S21).

The method further includes the steps of (S20) and (S21) moving the navigation bar to the changed screen automatically when the position of the terminal is changed during the use of the terminal and the screen position is changed .

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First, when the user requests the menu setting through the menu setting unit 10 in step S11, the menu setting mode is entered in step S12. Here, the term " menu setting " includes the creation of a navigation bar including initial menu information, the change of menu information included in the navigation bar, and the change of the position of the menu set on the navigation bar.

Next, in step S13, the menu (function) selected by the user is set as the main menu, and in step S14, the navigation bar is created by arranging the menu in the order of the menu selected by the user. In step S15, the generated navigation bar is displayed at a predetermined position on the screen. Here, the display position of the navigation bar is initially set by the user. FIG. 3 shows a screen state in which the navigation bar 1 created on the screen of the terminal is displayed.

Here, the display position of the navigation bar may be located at any part of the screen, but in the active screen in which the actual function is activated, the remaining area excluding the part where the function is displayed, that is, the edge of the active screen is preferable.

For example, as shown in Figs. 4A to 4E, if the screen area in which the function of the display section 40 is activated is a blue area, one or more of 1, 2, 3, 4 It is preferable that the navigation bar is located on the right side.

As described above, the navigation bar displayed on the screen is displayed at a position preset by the user, but the user requests the position change in the same manner as dragging on the display unit 40 composed of the touch screen, Change it. For example, as shown in step S17, when the user drags the navigation bar displayed on the display unit 40 to a specific position, the controller 30 recognizes the navigation bar and moves the position of the navigation bar to the drag position to display the displayed position.

On the other hand, if the user selects a specific menu in the navigation bar displayed on the screen in step S16, the flow advances to step S18 to execute the function for the selected menu. Here, in order to distinguish the touch of the navigation bar from the menu selection, the present invention preferably creates the navigation bar 1 including the inactive area 2 as shown in Fig. 5 as another embodiment. For example, when the user touches the navigation bar 1 to select the navigation bar 1, the menu may be touched and a malfunction may be caused to pass to the corresponding function. In order to prevent this, a navigation bar is created by adding the inactive area 2 to the navigation bar 1. When the user tries to touch the navigation bar 1, the user touches the inactive area 2. As a result, the menu is erroneously selected and malfunctioning in which the corresponding function is executed is prevented.

As another method for preventing the malfunction of the menu selection, when the menu is selected, it is possible to recognize the menu selection only when the touch of the menu is lengthened (for example, 2 seconds or more) Do.

If the screen is activated by executing the function for the menu selected in step S18, the navigation bar 1 is automatically moved to the window in which the selection function is activated in step S19. That is, the navigation bar is also displayed on the screen where the selection function is activated. Since the navigation bar automatically moves to the corresponding activation screen in this manner, it is convenient to use when completing the corresponding function, selecting another menu, canceling the selected menu, and selecting another menu. For example, since the conventional method is a method of selecting a new menu after moving backward or moving the home, it is very inconvenient to use. However, since the navigation bar is always displayed in the corresponding activation window, It will be convenient.

Here, as another feature of the present invention, the menu information of the navigation bar can be maintained or freely changed when the function is activated.

For example, as shown in FIGS. 6A to 6D, the menu information of the navigation bar 1 can be kept the same when the home screen, message, camera, and address book are activated. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6E to FIG. 6G, the menu information of the navigation bar may be changed differently each time the function is activated, and it is also possible to change the position of the navigation bar as shown in FIG. 6H.

Here, the function of changing or hiding the menu information of the navigation bar may be set in advance through the menu setting unit 10 or may be set arbitrarily by the user.

The menu information of the navigation bar shown in Figs. 6A to 6G is merely an embodiment, and the present invention is not limited to this, and the menu can be freely changed according to the change of the menu of the user, and the number of the menu can be freely set.

Further, as another feature of the present invention, the shape of the navigation bar can be reduced or restored to its original state.

For example, as shown in FIG. 7A, when the function is executed, the original navigation bar form is maintained. When the user does not execute the function, the icon is reduced to an icon or the like notifying the navigation bar as shown in FIG. 7B, When the reduction icon is touched at the time of execution, the original navigation bar shape is restored as shown in FIG. 7C.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a process of executing a function using an actually reduced navigation bar. For example, when the navigation bar is tilted to a specific icon as shown in the first figure, the navigation bar is restored to its original shape as shown in the middle of the drawing. When a specific menu is selected in this state, detailed functions of the selected menu are displayed on the screen as shown in the rightmost drawing.

FIG. 9 shows an example of a navigation bar displayed on the screen, in which a navigation bar can be used in a desired design by freely changing icons, text, size, shape, background color, and the like. The present invention is not limited to the shape of the navigation bar shown in Fig. 9, and the navigation bar can be modified in all display shapes other than the navigation bar shown in Fig.

In another aspect of the present invention, when the position of the terminal is changed, the display position of the navigation bar can be automatically changed.

In the case where the user changes the position of the terminal, that is, in the case where the display other than the previous display is used in the multi-display terminal, the user uses the front face in the double-sided display terminal and reverses the terminal in order to use the back face, If it is difficult to find the menu by changing the shape on the terminal, the navigation display position is automatically changed by recognizing the screen position that the current user views as in step S21. Here, the screen position recognition by the user can use various known methods. For example, the position of the terminal can be recognized by using a gyro sensor or the like, or the user can recognize the screen position by touching the screen to use the function. As described above, since the position of the navigation bar is automatically and automatically moved to the screen position where the user views the navigation bar, the present invention provides very convenient menu selection of the user.

In addition, as another feature of the present invention, in the case of multiple screen, large screen, and flexible screen, there may be a situation where multiple users view or manipulate the screen together. In this case, It is also possible to do.

Although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the above embodiments, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

The present invention is applied to a technique of displaying a menu using a navigation bar in a terminal, changing menu information or using a menu.

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(a) when a menu setting is requested, entering a menu setting mode;
(b) setting a menu according to a menu selection of an operator in the menu setting mode, and creating a navigation bar including the set menu information; And
and (c) displaying the generated navigation bar on the screen.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step (b) comprises generating a navigation bar including an inactive area in order to distinguish the touch of the navigation bar from the menu selection.
The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the step (b), when a menu movement is detected in the menu setting mode, a position of a menu included in the navigation bar is changed, a menu position or a menu type is changed in a navigation setting menu, And changing a menu, wherein the menu is set using one of the methods for changing the menu.
The method of claim 1, wherein the step (c) further comprises the step of displaying the navigation bar on the screen using at least one of displaying the navigation bar on the screen, hiding the navigation bar displayed on the screen, or replacing the navigation bar with another form, Wherein the menu bar is displayed on the display unit.
The method of claim 1, further comprising: (d) when the menu of the navigation bar exposed on the screen is selected, executing the function corresponding to the selected menu and moving the navigation bar to the activated window created by executing the function A method for controlling a menu of a terminal using a navigation bar.
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of: (e) changing a display position of the navigation bar when the position of the navigation bar is requested after the step (c).
7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the step (e) comprises: recognizing the drag motion to determine a position of the navigation bar, and moving the navigation bar to the drag position.
The method of claim 1, further comprising: (f) automatically moving the navigation bar to a changed screen when the position of the terminal is changed and the screen position is changed during use of the terminal.

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