KR20170042218A - ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING a plurality of items - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed electronic device includes a display unit; And at least one of a circular first menu and a second menu is displayed on the display unit, and a first point, which is a position corresponding to a first parameter, which is one of a plurality of parameters included in the first menu, A first input for selecting a first parameter based on the touch gesture; and a second input for selecting a second parameter based on the touch gesture, wherein the touch gesture connects a second point that is a position corresponding to a second parameter, And a second input for selecting a second parameter.

Description

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The disclosed embodiments relate to an electronic device. And more particularly to a method for displaying a plurality of items on a screen of an electronic device and an electronic device.

The user can receive the contents through the user interface (UI) while processing the information using the electronic device, and can also provide the user's response through the user interface. Recently, the functions of electronic devices are becoming more diverse, and the amount of information processed and stored in electronic devices is increasing. Accordingly, a need has arisen for a user interface that enables a user to effectively manage an application while allowing the user to efficiently interact with the electronic device.

In this regard, a conventional portable electronic device has provided a user interface including a large number of push buttons or a large number of menus in order to provide various functions to a user using a limited display screen. A user using a conventional electronic device has inconveniences to access complex menus included in a user interface several times in order to use various functions. Further, as the number of menus of the user interface included in the electronic device increases, and the hierarchies of menus become complicated, users are inconvenient to memorize and use them.

For example, the number of applications that can be arranged on one screen of an electronic device is limited. Therefore, when the user desires to execute a specific application or function, there is an inconvenience that a desired application can be accessed only by swiping between several pages of the screen of the electronic device.

The disclosed embodiments enable a user to more intuitively use the functions of the electronic device and provide a user interface that allows the user to easily manage the applications of the electronic device.

The disclosed embodiments allow applications with relatively high access frequency to be accessed by a simple operation of a user, thereby reducing the labor of a user's manual operation.

The disclosed embodiments provide an electronic device that displays a plurality of items. The electronic device includes a display unit; And a display unit displaying at least one of a first menu and a second menu on a display unit and displaying a first position corresponding to a first parameter which is one of a plurality of parameters included in the first menu, A first input for receiving a touch gesture connecting a second point that is a position corresponding to a second parameter, which is one of a plurality of parameters included in a second menu, based on the touch gesture, And a controller for controlling the second input to select the second parameter to be performed.

According to one embodiment, the first menu and the second menu are circular, and a plurality of parameters included in the first menu and the second menu may be arranged along the circular shape.

According to one embodiment, the controller may move the position of the plurality of parameters disposed in the first menu clockwise or counterclockwise along the circle based on the touch gesture.

 According to one embodiment, the touch gesture may include a drag gesture that curves the first point and the second point included in the first menu.

According to one embodiment, the control unit may display at least one of the plurality of items on the display unit based on the first input, the second input, and the access frequency for the plurality of items. According to an example, the control unit may display the first menu to cover the second menu or the second menu to cover the first menu.

According to one embodiment, the control unit receives a tap gesture or a swipe gesture for the first menu when the first menu is displayed to cover the second menu, and when the first menu is displayed based on the tap gesture or the swipe gesture, And display the second menu so as to cover the first menu.

According to an embodiment, when the first menu includes a plurality of alphabets, and the second menu includes a plurality of numbers, the control unit displays, based on the touch gesture, The first input for selecting one of the plurality of alphabets and the second input for selecting one of the plurality of numbers corresponding to the second point.

According to one embodiment, the control unit may display an icon for at least one application having a name starting with the selected alphabet, based on the first input.

According to an embodiment, the control unit may display an icon for a number of applications corresponding to the selected number based on the second input.

According to one embodiment, the control unit may display at least one group icon indicating a plurality of applications.

According to one embodiment, the control unit displays a first menu including icons corresponding to a plurality of applications associated with a running application, and displays a second menu including a plurality of items associated with the running application .

According to one embodiment, the control unit is configured to select, based on the first input for selecting one of the plurality of applications and the second input for selecting one of the plurality of items, It is possible to link the image corresponding to the item with the selected application.

The disclosed embodiments provide a method of displaying a plurality of items in an electronic device. The method includes displaying at least one of a first menu and a second menu; Connecting a first point that is a position corresponding to one of the plurality of parameters included in the first menu and a second point that is a position corresponding to one of a plurality of parameters included in the second menu related to the first menu Receiving a touch gesture; And controlling the first input for selecting the first parameter and the second input for selecting the second parameter to be performed based on the touch gesture.

The disclosed embodiments provide a method of managing a plurality of items based on an input detected in an electronic device. The method includes displaying a first menu including a plurality of first parameters and a second menu including a plurality of second parameters. The method also includes detecting a first input provided in a first menu that displays first parameters. The first input may be to select a first candidate parameter from a plurality of first parameters included in the first menu. The method also includes detecting a second input provided to the first menu or the second menu. And the second input may be to select a second candidate parameter from a plurality of second parameters included in the second menu. The method may also include displaying a set of candidate items based on the first input and the second input.

According to one embodiment, the second input provided to the first menu may be to select a second candidate parameter selected from a plurality of second parameters included in the second menu.

According to one embodiment, a plurality of candidate items selected from the set of candidate items may be arranged in at least one group.

According to one embodiment, the plurality of items may be displayed on at least one of the first menu and the second menu.

According to one embodiment, the first parameter may be an alphabet, a letter, a symbol, an icon or an image.

According to one embodiment, a plurality of first parameters may be dynamically displayed in the first menu. The plurality of first parameters may be a plurality of items of the electronic device.

According to one embodiment, the first menu or the second menu may be displayed in response to detecting a gesture of the display portion of the electronic device.

According to one embodiment, the first menu or the second menu may be rotated by rotating the bezel.

According to one embodiment, the second parameter may be an alphabet, letter, symbol, icon or image.

According to one embodiment, the plurality of second parameters may be dynamically displayed on the second menu, and the plurality of second parameters may be a plurality of items of the electronic device.

According to one embodiment, the first menu and the second menu may be arranged to have the same center.

According to one embodiment, the first menu may be stacked on the second menu.

According to one embodiment, the second menu may be displayed semi-transparently when the first input is provided to the first menu.

According to one embodiment, a second menu may be displayed based on the gesture input provided in the first menu.

The disclosed embodiments provide a method of managing a plurality of items in an electronic device. The method includes displaying a first menu including first parameters. The method includes detecting a first input provided to a first menu associated with a display portion of the electronic device. The first input may be to select a first candidate parameter from a plurality of first parameters included in the first menu. The method includes displaying a set of candidate items based on a first input.

The disclosed embodiments can provide a computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the methods.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention. The present invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. In order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts not related to the description are omitted.

1A, 1B, and 1C illustrate an example of an electronic device 100 according to one embodiment.
2 shows a block diagram of an electronic device 100 that displays a plurality of items in accordance with one embodiment.
3A, 3B, and 3C are diagrams for explaining that the first menu 104 of the electronic device 100 according to one embodiment is layered on the second menu 106. FIG.
4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D illustrate that the electronic device 100 displays the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 according to one embodiment.
5 illustrates a user interface 102 of an electronic device 100 having a bezel ring 112 for controlling a first menu 104 and a second menu 106 in accordance with one embodiment.
6 shows a block diagram of an electronic device 100 that displays a plurality of items in accordance with one embodiment.
7 shows a flowchart of a method of displaying a plurality of items in accordance with an embodiment.
8 shows a flowchart of a method of displaying a plurality of items in accordance with an embodiment.
Figures 9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d illustrate displaying an icon for an application that begins with the alphabet " C " based on a first input and a second input in a clockwise direction, according to one embodiment.
10A, 10B, 10C, and 10D illustrate displaying an icon for an application that begins with the alphabet "C" based on the first input and the second input in the counterclockwise direction, according to one embodiment.
11 shows a flowchart of a method for displaying a plurality of items when a first input is provided to a first menu and a second input is provided to a second menu according to one embodiment.
12A, 12B and 12C illustrate the display of an icon for an application beginning with the alphabet " C " based on the first input being provided in the first menu and the second input being provided in the second menu in accordance with an embodiment .
13 shows a flow chart of a method for displaying a plurality of items of electronic device 100 when a first input is provided to a first menu in accordance with one embodiment.
14A, 14B, 14C, and 14D illustrate displaying an icon for an application that begins with the letter " W " based on the first input being provided in the first menu, in accordance with one embodiment.
15A and 15B illustrate displaying grouping application icons included in the first menu and the second menu according to an embodiment.
16A, 16B, 16C, and 16D illustrate another example for executing a preferred application that begins with the letter " F " based on the user's tap gesture in accordance with one embodiment.
17A, 17B, and 17C illustrate an embodiment for controlling a first menu based on a user's swipe gesture according to one embodiment.
18A, 18B, 18C, and 18D illustrate an embodiment of uploading an image included in the second menu to an SNS application included in the first menu according to an embodiment.
19A, 19B, 19C and 19D illustrate another embodiment of uploading an image included in the second menu to an SNS application included in the first menu according to an embodiment.
Figures 20a, 20b, and 20c illustrate an embodiment of accessing the August 2012 calendar in accordance with one embodiment.
Figures 21a, 21b, and 21c illustrate displaying an icon for an application that begins with the alphabet " C " based on the first and second inputs being provided in the first menu, according to one embodiment.
Figures 22A and 22B illustrate the execution of a messaging application in accordance with one embodiment.
23 illustrates an example of an electronic device that implements a method for managing a plurality of items in accordance with one embodiment.
24 is a block diagram of an electronic device 100 in accordance with one embodiment.

The terms used in this specification will be briefly described and the present invention will be described in detail. While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments. Also, in certain cases, there may be a term selected arbitrarily by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term, not on the name of a simple term, but on the entire contents of the present invention.

When an element is referred to as "including" an element throughout the specification, it is to be understood that the element may include other elements as well, without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. Also, the terms "part," " module, "and the like described in the specification mean units for processing at least one function or operation, which may be implemented in hardware or software or a combination of hardware and software .

In the following, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Like numbers refer to like parts throughout the specification.

1A, 1B, and 1C illustrate an example of an electronic device 100 according to one embodiment.

The electronic device 100 shown in FIG. 1A may be an electronic device 100 that displays a user interface (UI) that includes at least one item. According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may be a laptop, desktop computer, cell phone, smart phone, tablet, wearable device, and other types of electronic devices.

The user interface 102 may be displayed on the display portion of the electronic device 100. [ Here, the display portion may refer to a display screen on which information processed by the electronic device is displayed. When the display panel and the touch pad have a layer structure and are configured as a touch screen, the touch screen can perform a function of receiving input.

The user interface 102 may include at least one menu. At least one menu included in the user interface 102 may be a menu having different functions. The at least one menu may include at least one parameter. The parameter may correspond to an item available in the electronic device 100. Here, the items include alphabets, letters, symbols, icons, images, numbers, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 1A, the user interface 102 may include a first menu 104 and a second menu 106. As shown in FIG. 1A, the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 may be arranged to have the same center. According to one embodiment, at least one of the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 may be rotatable. For example, the first menu 104 may be rotatable and the second menu 106 may not be rotatable.

The electronic device 100 may display a first menu 104 including a plurality of first parameters (FPs). The plurality of first parameters include a first parameter (FP1081) to a first parameter (FP108N), and are hereinafter referred to as first parameters (108). The first parameters 108 may be dynamically displayed in the first menu 104. [ The fact that the parameters are dynamically displayed in the first menu 104 may mean that the position at which the parameters are displayed in the first menu 104 can be changed. For example, the position at which the parameters are displayed may be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise within the first menu 104. [ As another example, the types of parameters may be changed or the number may be changed.

The plurality of first parameters 108 may correspond to a plurality of items available in the electronic device 100. For example, the first parameters 108 may include application icons. The application may include, for example, a short message (SMS) application, a call history application, a document viewer application, a browser application, a contact application, a calendar application, a camera application and an SNS source. According to one embodiment, the SNS source may include an image application, a chat application, a messenger application, a camera application, and the like. According to another embodiment, the first parameters 108 may include a number representing the current time.

In addition, the electronic device 100 may display a second menu 106 including a plurality of second parameters (SP). The plurality of second parameters include a second parameter (SP1101) to a second parameter (SP110N), and are hereinafter referred to as second parameters (110). A plurality of second parameters 110 may be dynamically displayed in the second menu 106. The second parameters 110 may correspond to a plurality of items available in the electronic device 100. In one embodiment, the second parameters 110 may correspond to a calendar application, a camera application, a contact application, or any other application. Also, the second parameters 110 may include characters. The characters contained in the second parameters 110 may be alphabetic indicative of a calendar application, a camera application, a contact application or other application. In another embodiment, the second parameters 110 may include a number (e.g., 1 to 12) representing the current time.

According to one embodiment, the plurality of first parameters 108 included in the first menu 104 are alphabetic, and the plurality of second parameters 110 included in the second menu 106 may be numeric have. Such an embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. 4A.

Also, according to one embodiment, the plurality of first parameters 108 included in the first menu 104 is the name of the application, the plurality of second parameters 110 included in the second menu 106, This can be a picture. Such an embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. 4B.

1A shows a case where the user interface 102 simultaneously displays the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 according to an embodiment. According to another embodiment, the user interface 102 may include only one of the first menu 104 and the second menu 106. [ In the case where the user interface 102 includes only one menu, when the first menu 104 is stacked and displayed on the second menu 106 and when the second menu 106 is stacked on the first menu 104 And displayed. According to another embodiment, the user interface 102 may include three or more menus.

Referring to FIG. 1A, the user interface 102 may be a circular UI. The prototype UI allows a large number of applications to be displayed on the display, allowing the user to easily access the application. When the electronic device 100 uses a circular UI, it is possible to search for an application in one page without inputting a swipe gesture to move to another page of the screen.

According to one embodiment, the user interface 102 may be displayed on the display portion of the electronic device 100 using a shortcut key. For example, the user interface 102 may be displayed on the display portion of the electronic device 100 by long-pressing the display portion of the electronic device 100. As another example, the user interface 102 may be displayed by tapping or double-tapping the display portion of the electronic device 100. [

According to one embodiment, the gesture by which a user taps a portion of the display portion, the electronic device 100 may display a first menu 104 containing alphabets on the user interface 102. [ Specifically, the first menu 104 can be displayed by a gesture that taps the top of the display portion. Also, the electronic device 100 may not display the first menu 104 by the gesture that taps the top of the display portion, with the first menu 104 being displayed.

In another embodiment, based on a gesture in which the user pinches and zooms a portion of the display portion up and down, the electronic device 100 includes a first menu 104 containing alphabets on the user interface 102 and a number The second menu 106 is displayed. Specifically, based on the pinch-zoomed area in the display portion of the electronic device 100, the electronic device 100 can determine the number of alphabets and numbers displayed on the user interface 102.

The electronic device 100 may allow a user to access a plurality of applications using the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 included in the user interface 102. [ The electronic device 100 may display a plurality of applications on the basis of a single gesture input of the user so that the user can easily access the high priority application.

An application having a high priority may be an application having a high access frequency to a user. Also, an application having a high priority may be an application having a high access frequency to a user at a specific stage. For example, at a stage after the user executes the camera application, the user may frequently access the gallery application and the SNS source application.

When the user executes the camera application in the electronic device 100, the electronic device 100 can display a plurality of applications to facilitate access to the gallery application and the SNS source application.

On the other hand, a user can execute an application by touching an application icon, for example, in the electronic device 100 displaying a plurality of applications and providing a swipe gesture toward the center of the display portion.

Although the user interface 102 has been described as being circular in reference to FIG. 1A, the form of the user interface 102 may be other forms such as a rectangle, a rectangle, and the like. In addition, the user interface 102 may include other menus other than the first menu 104 and the second menu 106. [

1B, the electronic device 100 may include a wearable device. The wearable device may include a watch, a bracelet, a ring, a pair of glasses, and a hair band having a communication function and a data processing function. However, it is not limited thereto. 1C, the electronic device 100 may include a smart phone.

On the other hand, the electronic device 100 is not limited to a wearable device or a smart phone, and may include other devices capable of storing and displaying a plurality of applications.

For example, the electronic device 100 may be a tablet, a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a media player, a portable multimedia player (PMP), an electronic book terminal, a digital broadcasting terminal, a personal computer (PC) Micro servers, global positioning system (GPS) devices, navigation, kiosks, MP3 players, smart TVs, digital cameras and other mobile or non-mobile computing devices.

Unlike the method for a conventional electronic device, according to the electronic device 100 according to the embodiment, it is possible to manage a plurality of pages by simple operation without swiping to find a desired application. For example, high priority applications can be executed with a single click. Also, the executed applications are easily accessible to the related applications. For example, camera applications can access galleries and SNS directly. Also, the most preferred items can be accessed by one tap. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the labor of the user's manual operation for accessing the application.

2 shows a block diagram of an electronic device 100 that displays a plurality of items in accordance with one embodiment.

The electronic device 100 may include a display unit 10 and a control unit 20. Further, the electronic device 100 includes the electronic device 100 described in Fig.

The display unit 10 can display a user interface on the display portion of the electronic device 100. [

The display unit 10 may include a display panel and a touch pad in a layer structure to constitute a touch screen. In this case, the touch screen can perform the function of an input unit (not shown).

The control unit 20 may display at least one of the first menu and the second menu on the display unit 10. The first menu and the second menu may be circular menus having the same center.

The control unit 20 determines whether or not the first parameter is a first parameter which is a position corresponding to the first parameter which is one of the plurality of parameters included in the first menu and the second parameter which is one of the plurality of parameters included in the second menu related to the first menu And a touch gesture connecting the second point, which is the corresponding position, can be received.

Here, the first point may correspond to the point where the touch gesture starts, and the second point may correspond to the point where the touch gesture ends.

The control unit 20 can control the input to select at least one of the first parameter and the second parameter to be performed based on the touch gesture.

The control unit 20 may control the first input to select the first parameter based on touching the first point of the touch gesture.

In addition, the control unit 20 can control the second input to select the second parameter based on touching the second point of the touch gesture. For example, the second input may include an input that rotates the first menu by a drag gesture that connects the first point and the second point in a curve. The second input may also include an input for selecting a second parameter of the position corresponding to the second point by touching the second point. The second point may be included on the first menu or on the second menu.

According to one embodiment, the first menu and the second menu are circular, and the plurality of parameters included in the first menu and the second menu may be arranged along a circle. The control unit 20 can move the positions of the plurality of parameters disposed in the first menu in the clockwise or counterclockwise direction along the circle based on the touch gesture

In addition, the control unit 20 may receive a first input for the first menu and a second input for the first menu or the second menu. The first input and the second input may be received via the display unit 10. [ In one embodiment, the second input may include an input for selecting at least one of the parameters included in the second menu by rotating the first menu clockwise or counterclockwise. The second input may also include an input for selecting at least one of the parameters included in the second menu as a touch input to the second menu.

The control unit 20 may display at least one of the plurality of items on the display unit 10 based on the first input, the second input, and the access frequency for the plurality of items. For example, the control unit 20 can display a plurality of items so that the user can easily access the items having higher priority.

Items with high priority may be items with high access frequency to the user. Also, an application having a high priority may be an item having a high access frequency to a user at a specific stage.

The control unit 20 can display four items in order of, for example, a high access frequency.

The control unit 20 can determine whether to display at least one of the first menu and the second menu on the display unit based on the touch gesture.

The control unit 20 may display the first menu to cover the second menu or the second menu to cover the first menu.

When the first menu is displayed to cover the second menu, the control unit 20 receives a tap gesture or a swipe gesture for the first menu, and based on the tap gesture or the swipe gesture, It can be displayed to cover the menu.

According to one embodiment, the first menu may comprise a plurality of alphabets, and the second menu may comprise a plurality of numbers. At this time, the control unit 20 may receive a first input for selecting one of the plurality of alphabets and a second input for selecting one of the plurality of numbers.

The control unit 20 may display an icon for at least one application having a name starting with the selected alphabet, based on the first input. Further, the control unit 20 can display an icon for the number of applications corresponding to the selected number based on the second input. .

In addition, the control unit 20 can display application icons starting with a specific alphabet on the basis of the first input and the second input, in the order of the highest priority.

On the other hand, when the number of applications selected based on the second input exceeds a predetermined number, the control unit 20 can display at least one group icon indicating applications corresponding to a plurality of items.

According to another embodiment, the first menu and the second menu may be menus related to the application being executed.

The control unit 20 may display a first menu including icons corresponding to a plurality of applications related to the application being executed. In addition, the control unit 20 may display a second menu including a plurality of items related to the application being executed. For example, if the running application is a camera application, the plurality of items may include an image.

The control unit 20 generates an image corresponding to the selected item and a selected application based on a first input for selecting one of the plurality of applications and a second input for selecting one of the plurality of items Can be interlocked.

Interacting the image with the selected application may be to perform image related functions in the selected application. For example, if the selected application is an SNS application, it may be to upload the image to the SNS. In addition, if the selected application is an image correction application, it may be to correct the image using the selected application.

In addition, the control unit 20 may display a third menu including at least one of icons, new notifications, and unacknowledged notifications for all running applications.

3A, 3B, and 3C are diagrams for explaining how the first menu 104 of the electronic device 100 according to one embodiment is stacked on the second menu 106. FIG.

3A, the first menu 104 in the electronic device 100 is stacked on the second menu 106 so that the entire first menu 104 in the device 100 is displayed on the second menu 106 It may be displayed in a confused state, meaning that only the first menu 104 is made accessible to the user. If the first menu 104 is stacked on the second menu 106, the second menu 106 may not be displayed. Also in this case, the second menu 106 may be displayed only to the extent that at least a portion thereof is displayed and the second menu 106 is visible to the user.

When the first menu 104 in the electronic device 100 is stacked on the second menu 106, the user can change the second menu 106 to be stacked on the first menu 104 by the touch gesture have. For example, the electronic device 100 may cause the second menu 106 to be displayed on the electronic device 100 instead of the first menu 104 by the user's touch gesture. In addition, the user may select to display either the first menu 104 or the second menu 106 in the device 100 by a touch gesture.

When only one of the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 is displayed, the electronic device 100 displays the first menu 104 or the second menu 106 based on the swipe gesture for the first menu 104 or the second menu 106, Can be changed. Wherein only one of the plurality of menus is displayed includes the case where at least a part of the remaining menu is displayed while the entire portion of one menu is displayed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, when the first menu 104 is stacked on the second menu 106, the electronic device 100 displays the first menu 104 on the user interface 102 The swipe gesture can be detected. The swipe gesture pointing out of the user interface 102 may be a swipe gesture pointing in a direction away from the center of the user interface 102. [

When the electronic device 100 detects a swipe gesture directed to the user interface 102 with respect to the first menu 104 while the first menu 104 is stacked on the second menu 106, 2 menu 106 may be stacked on the first menu 104. [ The second menu 106 is stacked on the first menu 104, only the second menu 106 is displayed, and the first menu 104 is not displayed.

3B, the electronic device 100 is configured so that the second menu 106 is displayed on the second menu 106 in a state in which the second menu 106 is stacked on the first menu 104, It is possible to detect an inward swipe gesture. The swipe gesture directed toward the inside of the user interface 102 may be a swipe gesture directed toward the center of the user interface 102. [

When the electronic device 100 detects the swipe gesture directed toward the inside of the user interface 102 with respect to the second menu 106 while the second menu 106 is stacked on the first menu 104, 1 menu 104 may be stacked on the second menu 106. [ For example, as shown in FIG. 3C, when the first menu 104 is displayed on the second menu 106 so that only the first menu 104 is displayed and the second menu 106 is not displayed have.

The circular user interface 102 shown in Figures 3a, 3b, and 3c is exemplary only, and can be in various forms.

Figures 4A, 4B, 4C, and 4D illustrate that the electronic device 100 according to one embodiment displays the first menu 104 and the second menu 106. [

Referring to FIG. 4A, the first menu 104 may include first parameters. The first parameters may be, for example, alphabets and may include "W", "C", "D", "F", "G", "M", "P" Specifically, the alphabets included in the first menu 104 may correspond to the first letter of the alphabet of the names of the applications available in the electronic device 100. In addition, the electronic device 100 may include all alphabets A through Z in the first menu 104. [

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may determine the alphabets included in the first menu 104 as the application is installed. In addition, the electronic device 100 may determine that at least one of the alphabets included in the first menu 104 is not visible in accordance with deletion of the application.

Also, referring to FIG. 4A, the second menu 106 may include second parameters. The second parameters may, for example, be integers and may include numbers from 1 to 12. In particular, the numbers in the second menu 106 may represent at least one of time and application priority. The priority of the application can be determined by the usage history of the user of the electronic device 100. [ In addition, the priority of the application may be manually set by the user of the electronic device 100. [ Each alphabet can have a priority from 1 to 12. Also, the 26 alphabets, the total number of alphabets, may correspond to applications having a priority of 1 through 12, respectively. Accordingly, the electronic device 100 can map 26 * 12 = 312 applications to respective priorities.

Referring to FIG. 4B, the first menu 104 may include an application icon. For example, the application icons include icons of SNS-1, SNS-2, Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), SNS-3, SNS-4, and Bluetooth that are executable in the electronic device 100 can do. 4B, the second menu 106 includes images (Image-1, Image-2, Image-3, Image-4, Image-5, Image-6 and Image-7) stored in the electronic device 100 can do.

Referring to FIG. 4C, the first menu 104 may be stacked on the second menu 106 and displayed. Here, the first menu 104 may include application names. Referring to FIG. 4C, application names may include, for example, camera, phone, music, SNS, calendar, settings, contact and SMS. In addition, the second menu 106 may include other application names installed in the electronic device 100.

When the first menu 104 is stacked on the second menu 106, the electronic device 100 displays the second menu 106 so that the user can know that the first menu 104 is stacked on the second menu 106. [ A part of the display unit 106 can be displayed.

Referring to FIG. 4D, the first menu 104 may include application icons. Referring to FIG. 4D, application icons may include, for example, a camera application icon, a contact application icon, a calendar application icon, and a calculator application icon.

5 illustrates a user interface 102 of an electronic device 100 that includes a bezel for controlling a first menu 104 and a second menu 106 in accordance with one embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the bezel ring 112 may be used to rotate the first menu 104. According to another embodiment, the bezel ring 112 may be used to rotate the second menu 106. In addition, the bezel ring 112 may be used to rotate at least one of the first menu 104 and the second menu 106.

In one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may display the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 in different colors from each other. The same color as the color displayed in at least one of the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 may be displayed on the display portion of the electronic device 100. [ The electronic device 100 may select a color based on the tap gesture for the display portion of the user. For example, the electronic device 100 may select in the display portion the same color as that displayed in the first menu 104 based on the user's tap gesture. When the same color as the color displayed in the first menu 104 is selected, the electronic device 100 can rotate the first menu 104 under the control of the bezel ring 112. The electronic device 100 may also select the same color as the color displayed in the second menu 106 based on the user's tap gesture. The electronic device 100 can rotate the second menu 106 under the control of the bezel 112 when the same color as the color displayed in the second menu 106 is selected.

The circular user interface 102 shown in Figure 5 is merely an example and the user interface 102 may be of various forms including the first menu 104, the second menu 106 and the bezel 112 .

6 shows a block diagram of an electronic device 100 that displays a plurality of items in accordance with one embodiment.

6 may include a display unit 602, an input unit 604, a control unit 606, a storage unit 608, and a communication unit 610.

The display portion 602 can display the user interface on the display portion of the electronic device 100. [ For example, the electronic device 100 may invoke a user interface based on a gesture in which a user taps the bottom of the display portion. For example, the user interface may include a first menu 104 and a second menu 106 as shown in FIG. 1A.

The display unit 602 may have a touch panel including a display panel and a touch screen. In this case, the touch screen can perform the function of the input unit 604.

The input unit 604 may detect a first input and a second input to the display portion of the electronic device 100. For example, the first input may be an input for selecting a first one of the first parameters 108 included in the first menu 104 as shown in FIG. 1A. And the second input may be to select a second candidate parameter from among a plurality of second parameters 110 included in the second menu 106.

Specifically, input 604 may detect a first input to a first menu 104 that includes first parameters 108 as shown in FIG. 1A. The first input may be an input that selects a first candidate parameter from the first parameters (108). The first input may include, for example, a touch, swipe, or hover gesture for the first candidate parameter included in the first parameters 108.

The input unit 604 may also detect a second input to either the first menu 104 or the second menu 106. [

The second input to the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 may be to select a second candidate parameter from among a plurality of second parameters 110 included in the second menu 106.

According to one embodiment, the second input may be an input to the first menu 104. Here, the second input to the first menu 104 may be to cause the first menu 104 to rotate, for example. The electronic device 100 may cause the first menu 104 to rotate to select a second candidate parameter among the second parameters 110 displayed in the second menu 106. [

According to another embodiment, the second input may be an input to the second menu 106. Here, the second input to the second menu 106 may include, for example, a touch, swipe, hover gesture for a second candidate parameter included in the second parameters 110.

The control unit 606 may be configured to display a plurality of items. For example, the control unit 606 may control the first input to the first menu 104 and the second input to either the first menu 104 or the second menu 106, And display a set of candidate items based thereon. According to one embodiment, the control unit 606 may arrange some candidate items among the plurality of candidate items in at least one group. According to one embodiment, the first menu 104 may display a plurality of sets of candidate items. According to another embodiment, a second menu 106 may display a plurality of sets of candidate items.

According to one embodiment, a user may provide a touch input to a first menu 104 that includes alphabets corresponding to the application installed in the electronic device 100. The control unit 606 may receive the touch input of the user. A user's touch input to the first menu 104 may be referred to as a first input. The user's touch input to the first menu 104 may correspond to selecting one of the alphabets included in the first menu.

The control unit 606 may receive an input that rotates the first menu 104 after a touch input to the first menu 104 of the user. An input for rotating the first menu 104 may be referred to as a second input. The input for rotating the first menu 104 may correspond to an input for selecting one of the numbers included in the second menu 106. [ The first input to the first menu 104 and the second input to the first menu 104 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 9A, 9B, 9C and 9D.

According to another embodiment, the control unit 606 may receive a second input to the user's second menu 106 after a touch input to the first menu 104 of the user. For example, the electronic device 100 may receive a second touch input for a second menu 106 that includes numbers after a first touch input for one of the alphabets included in the user's first menu 104 can do. The second touch input may be an input for selecting one of the numbers. The first input to the first menu 104 and the second input to the second menu 106 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 12A, 12B and 12C.

The control unit 606 may be configured to display a set of candidate items based on the first input to the first menu 104. [ For example, the control unit 606 may display all applications starting with the selected alphabetic character based on swiping the selected alphabetic character toward the center of the display portion after the input for selecting the alphabetic character. The first input to the first menu 104 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 14A, 14B, 14C and 14D.

The storage unit 608 may store a plurality of items. The storage 608 may include at least one computer readable storage medium. The storage 608 may comprise a non-volatile storage medium. For example, the storage 608 may comprise the form of a magnetic hard disk, an optical disk, a floppy disk, a flash memory or an electrically programmable memory (EPROM) or an electrically erasable programmable (EEPROM) memory. Further, storage 608, in some embodiments, may be considered a non-transitory storage medium. The term "non-transient" storage medium may indicate that it is not implemented in a carrier wave or propagation signal. However, the "non-temporary" storage 608 should not be interpreted as non-movable. In some embodiments, storage 608 may be configured to store more information than memory. In one embodiment, a non-transitory storage medium (e.g., random access memory (RAM) or cache) may store data that varies over time.

In addition, the communication unit 610 can be configured to communicate with external devices via one or more networks, such as one or more wireless networks, such as between units.

7 shows a flowchart of a method of displaying a plurality of items in accordance with an embodiment.

In step S702, the electronic device 100 may display at least one of the first menu and the second menu (S702). Here, the first menu and the second menu may be circular menus having the same center.

In step S704, the electronic device 100 may receive a touch gesture connecting the first point and the second point (S704). The first point may be a position corresponding to one of the plurality of parameters included in the first menu. Further, the second point may be a position corresponding to one of the plurality of parameters included in the second menu related to the first menu.

In step S706, the electronic device 100 can control to perform a first input for selecting the first parameter and a second input for selecting the second parameter based on the touch gesture (S706).

8 shows a flowchart of a method of displaying a plurality of items in accordance with an embodiment.

In step S802, the electronic device 100 may display a first menu including a plurality of first parameters (S802).

In step S804, the electronic device 100 may display a second menu including a plurality of second parameters (S804).

In step S806, the electronic device 100 may detect the first input to the first menu (S806). Specifically, the electronic device 100 may detect a first input to a first menu comprising first parameters. The first input may be an input for selecting first candidate parameters among the first parameters.

In step S808, the electronic device 100 may detect a second input to the first menu (S808). The second input to the first menu may be an input to select a second candidate parameter from the second parameters included in the second menu. In one embodiment, the second input may be an input that rotates the first menu. The rotation of the first menu may cause the second candidate parameter to be selected from among the second parameters included in the second menu. In one embodiment, the second parameters may correspond to the items available in the electronic device 100, and the second parameters may be dynamically displayed on the second menu.

In step S810, the electronic device 100 may display a set of candidate items based on the first input and the second input (S810). In one embodiment, the set of candidate items may be arranged in one group. In one embodiment, the set of candidate items may be included in at least one of the first menu and the second menu. The first input and the second input of the first menu of the electronic device 100 will be described in detail with reference to Figs. 9A, 9B, 9C, 9D, 10A, 10B, 10C and 10D below.

Figures 9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d illustrate displaying an icon for an application that begins with the alphabet " C " based on a first input and a second input in a clockwise direction, according to one embodiment.

The electronic device 100 shown in Fig. 9A may be a wearable device. Here, the wearable device may be a clock having a communication function, a display function, and a data processing function.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may receive a first input for a first menu and a second input for a clockwise direction. 9A, the electronic device 100 may receive a first input, which is a touch input that selects the alphabet " C " contained in the first menu 104. [

Referring to FIG. 9B, the electronic device 100 may receive a second input, which is a rotational input to the first menu 104. The rotation input for the first menu 104 may be a touch input for rotating the first menu 104 clockwise.

Referring to FIG. 9C, the rotation input for the first menu 104 may be an input for selecting the number " 4 " included in the second menu 106. The electronic device 100 may receive a rotation input to the first menu 104 after detecting the touch input selecting the alphabet " C ".

9D, the electronic device 100 may display icons for applications beginning with the alphabet " C " based on the rotation input to the first menu 104. [ For example, the electronic device 100 may display icons for four of the applications beginning with the letter " C ". Applications beginning with the letter " C " may include at least one of a camera, a contact, a calculator, and a calendar.

Figures 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d illustrate displaying an icon for an application that begins with the alphabet " C " based on a first input and a second input in a counterclockwise direction, according to one embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may receive a first input to a first menu and a second input in a counterclockwise direction. 10A, the electronic device 100 may receive a first input that is a touch input that selects the alphabet " C " contained in the first menu 104. [

Referring to FIG. 10B, the electronic device 100 may receive a second input that is a rotation input to the first menu 104. The rotation input for the first menu 104 may be a touch gesture input for rotating the first menu 104 counterclockwise.

Referring to FIG. 10C, the rotation input for the first menu 104 may be an input for selecting the number " 8 " included in the second menu 106. The electronic device 100 may receive a rotation input to the first menu 104 after detecting the touch input selecting the alphabet " C ".

10D, the electronic device 100 may display icons for applications that start with the alphabet " C " based on the rotation input to the first menu 104. [ For example, the electronic device 100 may display icons for eight of the applications beginning with the letter " C ". Applications beginning with the alphabet "C" may include at least one of SNS-1, SNS-2, SNS-3, Game-1, Game-2, Game-3, contact and calendar . The electronic device 100 may be difficult to display all of the icons for eight applications on one page. Accordingly, the electronic device 100 can display an icon for a category group including applications included in the same category. Referring to FIG. 10D, the electronic device 100 may display icons for the " SNS sources " category including icons for SNS-1, SNS-2 and SNS-3. The electronic device 100 may also display an icon for a group of " Games " categories, including icons for Game-1, Game-2 and Game-3.

11 shows a flowchart of a method for displaying a plurality of items when a first input is provided to a first menu and a second input is provided to a second menu according to one embodiment.

In step S1102, the electronic device 100 may display a first menu including a plurality of first parameters (S1102).

In step S1104, the electronic device 100 may display a second menu including a plurality of second parameters (S1104).

In step S1106, the electronic device 100 may detect a first input to the first menu (S1106). Specifically, the electronic device 100 may detect a first input to a first menu comprising first parameters. The first input may be an input for selecting first candidate parameters among the first parameters.

In step S1108, the electronic device 100 may detect a second input to the second menu (S1108). The second input for the second menu may be an input for selecting a second candidate parameter from the second parameters included in the second menu. In one embodiment, the second input may be an input that rotates the first menu. The rotation of the first menu may cause the second candidate parameter to be selected from among the second parameters included in the second menu.

In step S1110, the electronic device 100 may display a set of candidate items based on the first input for the first menu and the second input for the second menu (S1110). The first input to the first menu and the second input to the second menu of the electronic device 100 will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 12A, 12B and 12C.

12A, 12B and 12C illustrate the display of an icon for an application beginning with the alphabet " C " based on the first input being provided in the first menu and the second input being provided in the second menu in accordance with an embodiment .

12A, the electronic device 100 may display a user interface 102 including a first menu 104 and a second menu 106 on a display portion.

12A, the electronic device 100 may receive a first touch input that is a touch input for selecting parameters included in the first menu 104. [ For example, the electronic device 100 may receive a first touch input that is a touch input that selects the alphabet " C " contained in the first menu 104. [ The electronic device 100 may receive a second touch input that is a touch input for selecting a parameter contained in the second menu 106. [

Referring to FIG. 12B, the device 100 may receive a second touch input that is a touch input for selecting the number " 4 " included in the second menu 106.

Referring to Figure 12C, based on the first touch input for the first menu 104 and the second touch input for the second menu 106, the electronic device 100 receives four applications starting with " C "Lt; / RTI > can be displayed. Similarly, the electronic device 100 may display icons corresponding to applications starting with other alphabets.

13 shows a flow chart of a method for displaying a plurality of items of electronic device 100 when a first input is provided to a first menu in accordance with one embodiment.

In step S1302, the electronic device 100 may display a first menu including the first parameters (S1302).

In step S1304, the electronic device 100 may detect the first input to the first menu (S1304). The first input may be to select a first candidate parameter from among the first parameters. In one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may dynamically display the first parameters included in the first menu.

In step S1306, the electronic device 100 may display a set of candidate items based on the first input (S1306). The first input to the first menu of the electronic device 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 14A, 14B, 14C and 14D.

14A, 14B, 14C, and 14D illustrate displaying an icon for an application that begins with the letter " W " based on the first input being provided in the first menu, in accordance with one embodiment.

14A, the electronic device 100 may display a first menu 104 including a plurality of alphabets and a second menu 106 including numerals. The electronic device 100 may receive a first input. The first input may be an input for selecting one of the alphabets included in the first menu 104. Also, the first input may be an input that selects one of the alphabets included in the first menu 104 and swipes inwardly of the display portion.

14B, the electronic device 100 can receive an input that touches the alphabetical letter " W " included in the first menu 104 and then sweeps inwardly toward the inside of the display portion.

14C, the electronic device 100 may display applications starting with the letter " W " based on the first input to the first menu 104. [

Referring to FIG. 14D, the electronic device 100 may display an icon for a category group including applications included in the same category. For example, a category group may include " application ", " game ", " setting ", and the like.

The electronic device 100 may be difficult to display all of the icons for a predetermined number of applications on one page. For example, the electronic device 100 may have a display portion of a size suitable for displaying four icons. The electronic device 100 may display icons of applications with a high priority along with icons for the category group. For example, referring to FIG. 14D, icons of the two highest priority applications can be displayed along with icons for the two category groups.

15A and 15B illustrate displaying grouping application icons included in the first menu and the second menu according to an embodiment.

A grouping application icon is an icon for representing applications included in the same category. For example, the grouping application icons may include icons for games, settings, SNS, and so on.

According to one embodiment, applications included in the game category can be grouped. If the number of applications exceeds the number of applications that can be displayed in the display portion, other applications starting with alphabet W may be grouped based on the type of applications. Icons for applications may be displayed on the first menu. If there is insufficient space to display the icons for the applications on the first menu, the icons may also be displayed in the second menu.

15A, the electronic device 100 enlarges and displays the four icons arranged in the clockwise direction from the first icon, based on the clockwise sweeping gesture of the first icon included in the first menu .

15B, the electronic device 100 displays four icons arranged counterclockwise from the first icon on the basis of the counterclockwise sweep gesture of the first icon included in the first menu It is possible to enlarge and display it.

16A, 16B, 16C, and 16D illustrate another example for executing a preferred application that begins with the letter " F " based on the user's tap gesture in accordance with one embodiment.

16A, the electronic device 100 may execute an application that begins with the letter " F " based on a gesture that taps the alphabet " F " contained in the first menu 104. [ Specifically, the electronic device 100 may execute the user's most preferred application that begins with the letter " F " based on the gesture tapping the alphabet " F " included in the first menu.

As shown in Fig. 16B, based on the gesture tapping the alphabet, the electronic device 100 can display an execution screen of the application. In addition, the device 100 may not display the first menu 104 while displaying the execution screen of the application.

16B, the electronic device 100 can display at least a part of the hands displayed before the execution screen is displayed, while displaying the execution screen of the application.

16C and 16D, the electronic device 100 may again display the first menu 104 based on the tap gesture of the display portion, while displaying the execution screen of the application.

17A, 17B, and 17C illustrate an embodiment for controlling a first menu based on a user's swipe gesture according to one embodiment.

17A, the second menu 106 may include an image. The electronic device 100 may detect a swipe gesture directed toward the inside of the user interface 102 with respect to the second menu 106. [

17B, the electronic device 100 displays the first menu 106 including the SNS-1, SNS-2, MMS, Drive, SNS-3 and Bluetooth Bluetooth based on the swipe gesture for the second menu 106 The menu 104 can be displayed.

1, SNS-2, MMS, drive, SNS-1, SNS-2, and SNS-3 based on the swipe gesture directed to the outside of the user interface 102 with respect to the first menu 104. [ -3 and Bluetooth Bluetooth may not be displayed.

When an application is executed in accordance with an embodiment, the electronic device 100 may display at least one of a first menu 104 and a second menu 106 including icons of applications associated with the executed application. For example, when a camera application is executed, the electronic device 100 may include a first menu 104 including icons for applications related to camera applications, including SNS, photo editing applications, messages and Wi-Fi applications, The second menu 106 may be displayed. The electronic device 100 may upload or share a photograph using an application related to the camera application corresponding to icons included in at least one of the first menu 104 and the second menu 106. [

According to one embodiment, the electronic device 100 may cause the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 to appear in order, based on a swipe gesture pointing inward of the user interface 102. For example, the electronic device 100 may display a plurality of menus, including a first menu 104 and a second menu 106, based on a swipe gesture directed towards the center of the user interface 102 . If the swipe gesture sensed by the electronic device 100 corresponds to the area of the first area preset in the display portion, the electronic device 100 determines whether or not the swipe gesture corresponds to the area of the first area, 1 menu 104 can be displayed. If the swipe gesture sensed by the electronic device 100 corresponds to the area of the second area having an area larger than the area of the first area of the user interface 102, All the menus including the first menu 104 and the second menu 106 can be displayed based on the swipe gesture corresponding to the area of the first menu 104 and the second menu 106. [

On the other hand, the electronic device 100 can prevent a plurality of menus from being displayed one by one, or at a time based on a swipe gesture directed to the user interface 102. In addition, the electronic device 100 may prevent a plurality of menus from being displayed one by one, or at a time based on an inwardly directed swipe gesture.

Also, the electronic device 100 can display a plurality of menus as they are, based on a swipe gesture directed to the outside or a swiping gesture directed to the inside of the user interface 102, and can not display a running application screen. The electronic device 100 may also display a plurality of menus as they are, based on a swipe gesture pointing outward or a swiping gesture pointing outwardly of the user interface 102, and may terminate at least one of the running applications.

18A, 18B, 18C, and 18D illustrate an embodiment of uploading an image included in the second menu to an SNS application included in the first menu according to an embodiment.

18A, the electronic device 100 may display a first menu 104 including icons for SNS-1, SNS-2, MMS, Drive, SNS-3, and Bluetooth. In addition, the electronic device 100 may display a second menu 106 containing images.

Referring to Figure 18A, the electronic device 100 may receive an input to select SNS-1. Referring to FIG. 18B, the electronic device 100 may then rotate the first menu 104 clockwise based on the user's gesture. 18B, one of the images included in the second menu 106 may be enlarged and displayed, based on the rotation of the first menu 104 of the electronic device 100. [ For example, the image corresponding to the gesture input for rotating the first menu 104 of the electronic device 100 in the clockwise direction may be magnified and displayed.

Referring to FIG. 18B, the electronic device 100 can enlarge and display Image-2 corresponding to the rotated angle of the SNS-1.

Referring to FIG. 18C, the user can rotate the SNS-1 included in the first menu 104 to a position corresponding to the first menu 104 Image-3. Thereafter, the electronic device 100 can enlarge and display Image-3.

Thereafter, as shown in Fig. 18D, the electronic device 100 can upload Image-3 to SNS-1. For example, the user may upload Image-3 to SNS-1 by inputting a long press while rotating the first menu 104. [

On the other hand, according to another embodiment, the device 100 may rotate the second menu 106 clockwise based on the user's gesture. In this case, if the position where the image is enlarged and displayed in the second menu 106 is determined, the user selects the second menu 106 (FIG. 10) until the image desired to be uploaded among the images included in the second menu 106 is enlarged. Can be rotated.

For example, when SNS-1 is selected in the first menu 104, the electronic device 100 can be selected by the long press input with the second menu 106 rotated until the image desired to be uploaded is enlarged The enlarged image can be uploaded to SNS-1.

19A, 19B, 19C and 19D illustrate another embodiment of uploading an image included in the second menu to an SNS application included in the first menu according to an embodiment.

19A, the electronic device 100 includes a first menu 104 (see FIG. 19) that includes icons for SNS-1, SNS-2, MMS, Drive, SNS- Can be displayed. In addition, the electronic device 100 may display a first menu 104 that includes at least one of an icon for running mode applications, a new notification, and an unread notification. For example, if at least a portion of the new notification message is additionally displayed in the first menu 104, the electronic device 100 may arrange the icons contained in the first menu 104 more closely. In addition, the electronic device 100 may display a second menu 106 containing images photographed by the camera application. The electronic device 100 can enlarge and display one of the images photographed by the application at the center of the display portion.

Figures 20a, 20b, and 20c illustrate an embodiment of accessing the August 2012 calendar in accordance with one embodiment.

According to one embodiment, the first menu 104 may not be rotatable and the second menu 106 may be rotatable. Referring to FIG. 20A, the first menu 104 includes January through December, and the second menu 106 includes a year. For example, the second menu 106 may include 1990 through 2015. The year included in the second menu 106 can be set by the user. The electronic device 100 may receive input to select 2012 for the second menu 106 and then rotate the second menu 106. [ 20B, the electronic device 100 rotates the second menu 106 to move the 2012 year included in the second menu 106 to a position corresponding to " August " of the first menu 104 . 20C shows that the electronic device 100 displays the August / August list of August 2012 based on the fact that the year 2012 has been moved to the position corresponding to " August ".

Figures 21a, 21b, and 21c illustrate displaying an icon for an application that begins with the alphabet " C " based on the first and second inputs being provided in the first menu, according to one embodiment.

The electronic device 100 may display the first menu 104. In addition, the electronic device 100 can display the first menu 104 on the second menu 106 in a stacked manner. Referring to FIG. 21A, the first menu 104 may include alphabetic characters, such as "W", "C", "D", "F", "G" And " S ". Specifically, the alphabets of the first menu 104 may correspond to the first letter of the alphabet of the names of the applications available in the electronic device 100. In addition, the second menu 106 hidden in the first menu 104 may include numbers from 1 to 12. [

Referring to FIG. 21A, the electronic device 100 may receive an input for selecting " C " among the alphabets included in the first menu 104. [ Referring to FIG. 21B, the electronic device 100 causes the second menu 106 to be displayed based on an input to rotate the first menu 104 after " C " of the first menu 104 is selected . The electronic device 100 may cause the second menu 106 to be displayed overlaid on the first menu 104 based on the input to rotate the first menu 104, The second menu 106 may be displayed.

Referring to FIG. 21B, the electronic device 100 may select one of the numbers contained in the second menu 106, based on the input to rotate the first menu 104. [ For example, the electronic device 100 may select the number " 4 " in the second menu 106 based on the input to rotate the first menu 104, The display unit 106 can be made invisible. Referring to FIG. 21C, the electronic device 100 generates a first menu 104 based on a first input selected by the "C" of the first menu 104 and a second input selecting a number "4" You can display the icons of Camera, Contacts, Calculator and Calendar starting with C.

Figures 22A and 22B illustrate the execution of a messaging application in accordance with one embodiment.

The electronic device 100 may display a first menu 104 including icons for the message, phone, SNS-1 and SNS-2. Referring to FIG. 22A, the user can select " Daniel " from the contact displayed in the display portion. Also, the user can select " Daniel " and drag it to the message icon included in the first menu 104. [

Referring to FIG. 22B, the electronic device 100 may select " Daniel " to send a message to " Daniel " based on an input to drag to the message icon contained in the first menu 104. [ Also, the electronic device 100 may send a message to " Daniel " based on an input to select " Daniel " in the contact displayed in the display portion and then select a message icon contained in the first menu 104 have.

23 illustrates an example of an electronic device that implements a method for managing a plurality of items in accordance with one embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 23, an electronic device implementing a method for managing a plurality of items may include a computing environment 2302. The computing environment 2302 includes at least one processing unit (PU) 2308, including a control unit 2304 and an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a memory 2310, a storage unit 2312, a plurality of networking devices Output devices 2314 and the like. The processing unit 2308 may process the instructions of the algorithm. The processing unit 2308 may receive an instruction from the control unit 2304 to process the instruction. An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) may perform the necessary logical and arithmetic operations to execute instructions.

The computing environment 2302 may be composed of homogeneous and / or heterogeneous cores, and may be composed of a plurality of different types of CPUs and accelerators. The plurality of processing units 2308 may be located on one chip or a plurality of chips. The instructions and algorithms for executing the code may be stored in at least one of the memory 2310 and the storage 2312. When an instruction is executed, an instruction may be invoked in at least one of the memory 2310 and the storage unit 2312, and the instruction may be performed by the processing unit 2308. [

A plurality of networking devices 2316 and input / output devices 2314 may be coupled to the computing environment 2302 and may support the implementation of instructions in the computing environment 2302.

24 is a block diagram of an electronic device 100 in accordance with one embodiment.

24, the electronic device 100 according to an embodiment may include a sensing unit (not shown) in addition to the user input unit 1100, the output unit 1200, the control unit 1300, and the communication unit 1500. For example, 1400, an A / V input unit 1600, and a storage unit 1700.

The user input unit 1100 means means for the user to input data for controlling the electronic device 100. [ For example, the user input unit 1100 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (contact type capacitance type, pressure type resistive type, infrared ray detection type, surface ultrasonic wave conduction type, A tension measuring method, a piezo effect method, etc.), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like, but is not limited thereto.

The user input unit 1100 can receive a password from a user. The user input unit 1100 may also receive an input regarding the type of password to be input from the user.

The output unit 1200 may output an audio signal or a video signal or a vibration signal and the output unit 1200 may include a display unit 1210, an acoustic output unit 1220, and a vibration motor 1230 have.

The display unit 1210 displays and outputs information processed by the electronic device 100. [ For example, the display unit 1210 can display a password hint. In addition, the display unit 1210 can superimpose and display an image including a password hint and a part of the user's body.

Meanwhile, when the display unit 1210 and the touch pad have a layer structure and are configured as a touch screen, the display unit 1210 can be used as an input device in addition to the output device. The display unit 1210 may be a liquid crystal display, a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display, an organic light-emitting diode, a flexible display, a three-dimensional display A 3D display, and an electrophoretic display. The electronic device 100 may include two or more display units 1210 according to the implementation of the electronic device 100. At this time, the two or more display units 1210 may be arranged to face each other using a hinge.

The display unit 1210 of FIG. 24 may include the display unit 10 described with reference to FIG.

The audio output unit 1220 outputs audio data received from the communication unit 1500 or stored in the storage unit 1700. Also, the sound output unit 1220 outputs sound signals related to functions (e.g., call signal reception sound, message reception sound, alarm sound) performed in the electronic device 100. [ The sound output unit 1220 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The vibration motor 1230 can output a vibration signal. For example, the vibration motor 1230 may output a vibration signal corresponding to an output of audio data or video data (e.g., a call signal reception tone, a message reception tone, etc.). In addition, the vibration motor 1230 may output a vibration signal when a touch is input to the touch screen.

The control unit 1300 typically controls the overall operation of the electronic device 100. [ For example, the control unit 1300 may include a user input unit 1100, an output unit 1200, a sensing unit 1400, a communication unit 1500, and an A / V input unit (not shown) by executing programs stored in the storage unit 1700 1600) and the like can be generally controlled.

The control unit 1300 of FIG. 24 may include the control unit 20 described with reference to FIG.

The sensing unit 1400 may sense the state of the electronic device 100 or the state around the electronic device 100 and may transmit the sensed information to the control unit 1300. [

The sensing unit 1400 includes a magnetism sensor 1410, an acceleration sensor 1420, an on / humidity sensor 1430, an infrared sensor 1440, a gyroscope sensor 1450, (GPS) 1460, an air pressure sensor 1470, a proximity sensor 1480, and an RGB sensor (illuminance sensor) 1490, for example. The function of each sensor can be intuitively deduced from the name by those skilled in the art, so a detailed description will be omitted.

The communication unit 1500 may include one or more components that allow communication between the electronic device 100 and an external device (not shown) or between the electronic device 100 and a server (not shown). For example, the communication unit 1500 may include a local communication unit 1510, a mobile communication unit 1520, and a broadcast receiving unit 1530.

The short-range wireless communication unit 151 includes a Bluetooth communication unit, a BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) communication unit, a Near Field Communication unit, a WLAN communication unit, a Zigbee communication unit, IrDA, an infrared data association) communication unit, a WFD (Wi-Fi Direct) communication unit, an UWB (ultra wideband) communication unit, an Ant + communication unit, and the like.

The mobile communication unit 1520 transmits and receives radio signals to and from at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. Here, the wireless signal may include various types of data depending on a voice call signal, a video call signal, or a text / multimedia message transmission / reception.

The broadcast receiving unit 1530 receives broadcast signals and / or broadcast-related information from outside through a broadcast channel. The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The electronic device 100 may not include the broadcast receiver 1530 according to the embodiment.

The A / V (Audio / Video) input unit 1600 is for inputting an audio signal or a video signal, and may include a camera 1610, a microphone 1620, and the like. The camera 1610 can obtain an image frame such as a still image or a moving image through an image pickup device in a video communication mode or an image capture mode. The captured image through the image pickup device can be processed through the control unit 1300 or a separate image processing unit (not shown).

The image frame processed by the camera 1610 may be stored in the storage unit 1700 or may be transmitted to the outside through the communication unit 1500. More than one camera 1610 may be provided according to the configuration of the terminal.

The microphone 1620 receives an external acoustic signal and processes it as electrical voice data. For example, the microphone 1620 may receive acoustic signals from an external device or speaker. The microphone 1620 may use various noise reduction algorithms to remove noise generated in receiving an external sound signal.

The storage unit 1700 may store a program for processing and controlling the control unit 1300 and may store data input to or output from the electronic device 100. [

The storage unit 1700 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (for example, SD or XD memory) (Random Access Memory) SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory) A disk, and / or an optical disk.

Programs stored in the storage unit 1700 can be classified into a plurality of modules according to their functions. For example, the programs can be classified into a UI module 1710, a touch screen module 1720, a notification module 1730, have.

The UI module 1710 can provide a specialized UI, a GUI, and the like that are interlocked with the electronic device 100 for each application. The touch screen module 1720 senses a touch gesture on the user's touch screen and can transmit information on the touch gesture to the control unit 1300. [ The touch screen module 1720 according to one embodiment can recognize and analyze the touch code. The touch screen module 1720 may be configured as separate hardware including a controller.

Various sensors may be provided in or near the touch screen to sense the touch or near touch of the touch screen. An example of a sensor for sensing the touch of the touch screen is a tactile sensor. A tactile sensor is a sensor that detects the contact of a specific object with a degree or more that a person feels. The tactile sensor can detect various information such as the roughness of the contact surface, the rigidity of the contact object, and the temperature of the contact point.

In addition, a proximity sensor is an example of a sensor for sensing the touch of the touch screen. The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or a nearby object without mechanical contact using the force of an electromagnetic field or infrared rays. Examples of proximity sensors include a transmission type photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection type photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection type photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation type proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, and an infrared proximity sensor. The user's touch gestures can include tap, touch & hold, double tap, drag, panning, flick, drag and drop, swipe, and the like.

The notification module 1730 may generate a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the electronic device 100. [ Examples of events generated in the electronic device 100 include call signal reception, message reception, key signal input, schedule notification, and the like. The notification module 1730 may output a notification signal in the form of a video signal through the display unit 1210 or may output a notification signal in the form of an audio signal through the sound output unit 1220, It is possible to output a notification signal in the form of a vibration signal.

Meanwhile, the disclosed embodiments may be embodied in the form of a computer-readable recording medium for storing instructions and data executable by a computer. The command may be stored in the form of program code, and when executed by the processor, may generate a predetermined program module to perform a predetermined operation. In addition, the instructions, when executed by a processor, may perform certain operations of the disclosed embodiments.

The embodiments disclosed with reference to the accompanying drawings have been described above. It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims. The disclosed embodiments are illustrative and should not be construed as limiting.

Claims (15)

In an electronic device,
A display unit; And
Displaying at least one of a first menu and a second menu on the display unit,
And a second parameter corresponding to a second parameter which is one of a plurality of parameters included in the second menu related to the first menu and a second parameter corresponding to a second parameter corresponding to a first parameter that is one of a plurality of parameters included in the first menu Receiving a touch gesture connecting a second point, which is a position,
And a control unit for controlling the first input for selecting the first parameter and the second input for selecting the second parameter based on the touch gesture.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first menu and the second menu are circular,
Wherein a plurality of parameters included in the first menu and the second menu are disposed along the circle.
3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the control unit moves the position of the plurality of parameters disposed in the first menu clockwise or counterclockwise along the circle based on the touch gesture.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the touch gesture includes a drag gesture that curves the first point and the second point included in the first menu.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
And displays at least one of the plurality of items on the display unit based on the first input, the second input, and the access frequency for the plurality of items.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
Wherein the first menu is displayed to cover the second menu or the second menu is displayed to cover the first menu.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
When the first menu is displayed to cover the second menu,
Receiving a tap gesture or a swipe gesture for the first menu,
Based on the tap gesture or the swipe gesture, displays the second menu to cover the first menu.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein when the first menu comprises a plurality of alphabets and the second menu comprises a plurality of numbers,
Wherein,
A first input for selecting one of the plurality of alphabets corresponding to the first point and a second input for selecting one of the plurality of numbers corresponding to the second point based on the touch gesture, 2 < / RTI > input.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8,
And based on the first input, displays an icon for at least one application having a name beginning with the selected alphabet.
10. The apparatus according to claim 9,
And based on the second input, displays icons for a number of applications corresponding to the selected number.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
And displays at least one group icon representing a plurality of applications.
The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control unit
Displaying a first menu including icons corresponding to a plurality of applications associated with a running application,
And displays a second menu containing a plurality of items associated with the running application.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12,
Based on the first input for selecting one of the plurality of applications and the second input for selecting one of the plurality of items, an image corresponding to the selected item and the selected application An electronic device.
A method of displaying a plurality of items,
Displaying at least one of a first menu and a second menu;
Connecting a first point that is a position corresponding to one of the plurality of parameters included in the first menu and a second point that is a position corresponding to one of a plurality of parameters included in the second menu related to the first menu Receiving a touch gesture; And
Controlling a first input to select the first parameter and a second input to select the second parameter based on the touch gesture.
A computer-readable storage medium having recorded thereon a program for executing the method according to claim 14.

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