Apparatus and method for providing user interface

摘要

A method of providing a user interface, including receiving a motion signal from a pointing device including a pointing function for moving a pointer, while the pointer is not generated on a display screen; generating the pointer when it is determined, based on the received motion signal, that the pointing device is moved in a predetermined form; displaying the generated pointer on the display screen; and providing a menu on at least one corner of the display screen.

主权项

1. A method of providing a user interface, the method comprising:
receiving a motion signal from a pointing device, while a pointer is not generated on a display screen; determining a movement pattern based on the motion signal; comparing the determined movement pattern with a prestored movement pattern; generating the pointer in a center of the display screen when the determined movement pattern is identified with the prestored movement pattern; providing a first circularly rotating menu in a quarter-circle shape in a first corner of the display screen, the first circularly rotating menu comprising a first plurality of items; rotating the first plurality of items of the first circularly rotating menu based on a motion of the pointing device; and displaying a second circularly rotating menu in a quarter-circle shape in a second corner of the display screen upon selection of one of the first plurality of items, the second circularly rotating menu comprising a second plurality of items, each of the second plurality of items controlling a respective attribute of the one of the first plurality of items; displaying a first hot key corresponding to another of the first plurality of items in a third corner of the display screen; displaying a second hot key corresponding to one of the second plurality of items in a fourth corner of the display screen.