Dynamic Icon Sizing for Touch Screen Interface Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Icons on electronic devices, such as touch screens, are not customizable, making it difficult for users to quickly identify and access frequently used programs.
Innovation Solution
A method that dynamically adjusts the size of icons based on usage frequency, increasing the area of commonly used program icons and reducing the area of less frequently used icons, allowing for customizable layout and improved user interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If icons are displayed in a static layout, then the touch screen interface is simple and stable, but the icons cannot meet the requirement of customization and user efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by transforming the static icon layout into a dynamic one that automatically adjusts icon areas based on usage frequency. The system continuously monitors how often each program is used and recalibrates icon sizes accordingly, making the interface adaptable to user behavior patterns without requiring manual reconfiguration.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback by using usage frequency data as input to automatically adjust icon areas. The system monitors program usage statistics, processes this information, and feeds it back into the layout system to modify icon dimensions, creating a closed-loop adaptive interface that responds to user interaction patterns.
2Loss of time
If the area of commonly used program icons is increased, then the selection time for frequently used programs is reduced, but the touch screen space becomes more constrained
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by differentiating icon areas based on their individual usage frequencies rather than applying a uniform size to all icons. Frequently used programs receive larger icon areas for faster selection, while less frequently used programs have smaller icons, optimizing the display space according to local (individual) usage characteristics.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements parameter changes by dynamically adjusting the area parameter of icons based on usage frequency data. The system modifies icon dimensions as a variable parameter rather than maintaining fixed sizes, allowing the interface to adapt to changing user behavior patterns over time.
3Productivity
If icon areas are dynamically adjusted based on usage frequency, then user operation efficiency is improved, but the system complexity and computational requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies self-service by enabling the interface to automatically monitor its own usage patterns and perform self-adjustment of icon layouts without external intervention. The system autonomously tracks program usage, determines frequency rankings, and recalibrates icon areas based on its own operational data, reducing the need for user configuration or system intervention.
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AI summary
Embodiments of this application provide a method for operating an electronic device, an apparatus for operating an electronic device, and an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch screen and the touch screen displays at least two icons. The at least two icons are adapted to be touched to operate different programs respectively. The method includes: obtaining the numbers of use times of the programs in a preset first cycle; comparing the numbers of use times of the programs to determine a program with the largest number of use times as a commonly used program; and increasing a current area of an icon corresponding to the commonly used program. The area of the icon is selectively adjusted according to the number of use times of a user, reducing selection time of the commonly used program and subprograms thereof, thereby improving operation efficiency.