CONTENT CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING INFORMATION ON DISPLAY SCREEN OF MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20130091447A1
• Filed: 12/29/2011
• Published: 04/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Motors Corporation (Kia Corp.)
• Inventors: Kang, Ki Dong
• Application Number:
  US13/339,982
• Publication Number:
  US 20130091447A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Content control method and system for optimizing information on a display screen of a mobile device which preferentially arranges a primarily optimized layout among content to be displayed on a screen and outputs detailed content in a corresponding area on the screen in phases when there is a touch input (for expanding a specific area of the screen by a user. In particular, when a touch input of a first pattern input through a touch screen is recognized, content related to the touched area is expanded by a predetermined ratio and the expanded content is displayed on a screen. Simultaneously, detailed information of the content selected by the touch input of the first pattern is read from the memory and the read detailed information is output on the touch screen.

Claims

1. A content control system for optimizing information on a display screen of a mobile device including a touch screen, the mobile device comprising:

a memory configured to store contents to be displayed on a touch screen as data;

a control unit configured to control an overall operation of the device according to a user'"'"'s touch input through the touch screen; and

a touch interaction module configured to analyze the user'"'"'s touch input through the touch screen and to recognize a control command corresponding to the user'"'"'s touch input,

wherein when a touch input of a first pattern is recognized through the touch interaction module, content related to an area on the display to which the touch input is applied is expanded and outputted at a preset rate and detailed information associated with the content in that area is read and displayed simultaneously to display the expanded content on a screen.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory is a content division storage unit in which sub information including detailed information on each of one or more contents output through the touch screen is divided into multiple steps as a hierarchical structure and managed accordingly.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the touch interaction module is embodied in the control unit.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein, when the touch input of the first pattern is consecutively sensed through the touch interaction module, the control unit outputs the sub information of the hierarchical structure in step by step at each time of point that the touch input is sensed.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein, when a touch input of a second pattern is sensed through the touch interaction module, the control unit downscales and displays the content of a corresponding area at a predetermined ratio step by step and simultaneously erases sub information of a hierarchical structure on a screen at each time that the touch input of the second pattern is sensed.

6. A content control method for optimizing information on a display screen of a mobile device including a memory configured to store contents to be output through a touch screen as data and a control unit configured to control the device, the method comprising:

recognizing, by a control unit, a touch input of a first pattern input through the touch screen; and

expanding, by the control unit, content related to an area in which the touch input of the first pattern is input at a predetermined ratio and displaying the expanded content on a screen, and simultaneously reading detailed information of the content selected by the touch input of the first pattern from the memory and outputting the read detailed information.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein information of the content stored in the memory is implemented with a plurality of hierarchical structures having detailed contents step by step, and

wherein, when the touch input of the first pattern is consecutively sensed in the recognizing the touch input, the control unit reads sub information from the memory step by step and sequentially executes the expanding the content and outputting detailed information based on the read sub information at each time of point that the touch input of the first pattern is sensed.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the recognizing the touch input further includes recognizing a touch input of a second pattern input through the touch screen, and

wherein, when the touch input of the second pattern is sensed while recognizing the touch input, the control unit downscales a content of a corresponding area by a predetermined ratio and outputs the downscaled content on the screen and simultaneously the control unit erases sub information of the content selected by the touch input of the second pattern step by step at each time of point that the touch input of the second pattern is sensed.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the touch input of the first pattern is defined as an input type, in which when a first point and a second point on a content displayed on the touch screen are multi-touched, a distance between the first and second points is increased to exceed a predetermined distance.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the touch input of the second pattern is defined as an input type, in which when a first point and a second point on a content displayed on the touch screen are multi-touched, a distance between the first and second points decreased to a predetermined distance.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the touch input of the second pattern is implemented with any one selected from the group consisting of a long touch, a proximity touch, a long proximity touch, and a double touch.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions executed by a processor or controller, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that recognize a touch input of a first pattern input through a touch screen; and

program instructions that expand content related to an area in which the touch input of the first pattern is input at a predetermined ratio and displaying the expanded content on a screen, and simultaneously reading detailed information of the content selected by the touch input of the first pattern from a memory and outputting the read detailed information.

13. The non-transitory computer readable of claim 12, wherein information of the content stored in the memory is implemented with a plurality of hierarchical structures having detailed contents step by step, and

wherein, when the touch input of the first pattern is consecutively sensed in the recognizing the touch input, the control unit reads sub information from the memory step by step and sequentially executes the expanding the content and outputting detailed information based on the read sub information at each time of point that the touch input of the first pattern is sensed.

14. The non-transitory computer readable of claim 13, wherein the program instructions that recognize the touch input further includes program instructions that recognize a touch input of a second pattern input through the touch screen, and

wherein, when the touch input of the second pattern is sensed while recognizing the touch input, the control unit downscales a content of a corresponding area by a predetermined ratio and outputs the downscaled content on the screen and simultaneously the control unit erases sub information of the content selected by the touch input of the second pattern step by step at each time of point that the touch input of the second pattern is sensed.

15. The non-transitory computer readable of claim 12, wherein the touch input of the first pattern is defined as an input type, in which when a first point and a second point on a content displayed on the touch screen are multi-touched, a distance between the first and second points is increased to exceed a predetermined distance.

16. The non-transitory computer readable of claim 14, wherein the touch input of the second pattern is defined as an input type, in which when a first point and a second point on a content displayed on the touch screen are multi-touched, a distance between the first and second points decreased to a predetermined distance.

17. The non-transitory computer readable of claim 14, wherein the touch input of the second pattern is implemented with any one selected from the group consisting of a long touch, a proximity touch, a long proximity touch, and a double touch.