Patent ID: 9369657
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for displaying menu items in a display device, the method comprising: storing priorities on main menu items into a memory; receiving a request signal for displaying the main menu items; and displaying, via a display unit, the main menu items in a cross display form when a number of the main menu items is less than a predetermined number and in a radial display form when the number of the main menu items is more than the predetermined number, wherein the displaying the main menu items in the radial display form comprises displaying a first main menu item at a center portion of the radial display form, a second main menu item at a portion of an inner loop pattern surrounding the center portion, and a third main menu item at a portion of an outer loop pattern surrounding the inner loop pattern, when a priority of the first main menu item is higher than a priority of the second main menu item, and the priority of the second main menu item is higher than a priority of the third main menu item, wherein a first distance between the center portion and the second main menu item located at the portion of the inner loop pattern surrounding the center portion is different from a second distance between the center portion and the third main menu item located at the portion of the outer loop pattern surrounding the inner loop pattern, wherein the displaying the main menu items in the cross display form comprises displaying a main menu item with the highest priority at a center portion of the cross display form and other main menu items with lower priorities at portions around the center portion of the cross display form, and wherein the menu items are dynamically reshaped into the cross display form or the radial display form based on the number of the main menu items being less than the predetermined number, or greater than or equal to the predetermined number, respectively.