Apparatus and method for providing search screen

摘要

The present embodiment provides an apparatus for providing a search screen comprising: a data communication unit that performs a data communication with a storage medium in which at least one data is stored; a control unit that analyzes types of data for the at least one data provided through the data communication unit and sorts the provided at least one data based on the analyzed types of data; and a search screen generation unit that generates a search screen for the at least one data sorted based on the types of data, wherein the search screen generation unit generates virtual folders corresponding to the types of data and disposes the data corresponding thereto in the virtual folders for generated each type of data.

主权项

1. An apparatus for providing a search screen, the apparatus comprising:
a storage medium; an operation to obtain an instruction for executing a file search or setting a file search condition; a data communication unit to perform a data communication with the storage medium in which one or more files are stored; a control unit to sort the one or more files based on a type of the file; a search screen generation unit to generate a search screen for the one or more files sorted based on the type of file; and a display unit to display the search screen and a search condition setting screen, wherein the search screen includes: a first region displaying a first icon representing an internal storage media of the apparatus and displaying a second icon representing an external storage media connected to the apparatus, a second region including virtual folder icons and actual folder icons, wherein each virtual folder icon corresponds to each type of file stored in the internal storage media or external storage media corresponding to a selected first or second icon in the first display region, and wherein each actual folder icon corresponds to each folder stored in the internal storage media or external storage media corresponding to the selected first or second icon in the first display region, and a third region displaying thumbnail information on a selected virtual folder in the second display region, wherein the search screen generation unit groups the one or more files included on the selected internal or external storage media into the virtual folder icons such that each corresponding virtual folder icon points only to the same type of file, wherein when one icon is selected among the first icon and the second icon, the control unit generates the virtual folder icons corresponding to the number of types of the one or more files stored in the storage media corresponding to the selected one icon, wherein the number of virtual folders is changed according to the number of the types of the one or more files stored in the storage media corresponding to the selected one icon, wherein the search condition setting screen includes: a file type condition to set a specific file type to be searched, and a folder type condition to set a specific folder to be searched, wherein a detailed search condition setting screen to select a specific type of file among all the types of files is provided when the file type condition is set on the search condition setting screen, wherein, when the specific type of file is selected, the control unit creates a single virtual folder including only the specific type of files, wherein all actual folders stored in the selected internal or external storage media is provided when the folder type condition is set on the search condition setting screen, and wherein, when one folder among all actual folders is selected, the control unit creates the virtual folder icons corresponding to data included on the internal storage media or external storage media.