3D Application Icon with Nested Sub-Icons
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile application icons are two-dimensional, leading to cluttered desktops and inefficient user operations, as users need multiple icons for sub-functions and collaborations between applications, increasing complexity and reducing operational efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A display method that converts a two-dimensional application icon into a three-dimensional icon with sub-icons, allowing quick access to multiple application interfaces, reducing desktop clutter and enhancing user experience by accommodating multiple entries within a single icon.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple two-dimensional icons are generated for sub-functions and application collaborations, then functional accessibility is improved, but desktop clutter increases and operational efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a three-dimensional icon structure where sub-icons are nested within the main icon body. The main icon serves as a container that holds multiple sub-icons representing different functions or application interfaces. Users can access these nested sub-icons by interacting with the three-dimensional icon, thereby providing multiple functional entries without increasing desktop clutter.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from traditional two-dimensional icons to three-dimensional icons with depth. This dimensional change allows the icon to contain multiple sub-icons within its three-dimensional space, enabling functional differentiation without requiring additional separate icons on the desktop, thus reducing overall visual clutter while maintaining adaptability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate icons are created for different application interfaces, then functional entry options increase, but the number of icons to manage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple functional entries into a single three-dimensional icon structure. Instead of having separate two-dimensional icons for each function or application interface, the system combines them into one integrated three-dimensional icon with multiple sub-icons. This merging reduces the total number of icons users need to manage while preserving multiple entry options through the nested sub-icons.
3Device complexity
If traditional two-dimensional icons are used for application entries, then simplicity is maintained, but display area efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes three-dimensional space for icons instead of traditional two-dimensional平面空间. By adding the depth dimension, the icon can accommodate multiple sub-icons within its volume, effectively increasing the information density per icon without significantly increasing the icon's footprint on the desktop, thereby improving display area efficiency while maintaining visual simplicity.
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AI summary
A display method, a display apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The display, method includes: receiving a first input by a user to an icon of a target application. The icon of the target application is a two-dimensional icon. The method further includes displaying a three-dimensional icon in response to the first input. The three-dimensional icon includes an icon and a sub icon of the target application, and the sub icon is a quick entry to an application interface of the target application or another application.