Gap Region Icon Distribution for Screen Space Utilization
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Solution Overview
Problem
As screen sizes of terminals increase, the gaps between frequently used icons become larger, leading to inefficient use of space and requiring users to flip pages to find application icons, while existing methods fail to fully utilize these gaps and protect privacy information effectively.
Innovation Solution
Distribute preset application icons in the gap regions of the frequently used icon bar, determining the placement based on icon use frequency to facilitate single-hand operation and reserve some gaps for private applications, which are hidden until triggered by the user, using status changes to notify message notifications without direct prompts.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the screen size of the terminal increases, then the display area is improved, but the gap regions among frequently used icons become larger and are not fully utilized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a third dimension by allowing icons to be displayed not only on the traditional menu pages but also in the gap regions below the frequently used icon bar. This dimensional expansion enables the system to utilize previously wasted screen space, transforming the gap regions from empty areas into functional display zones for additional application icons.
2Quantity of substance
If more application icons are displayed on menu pages, then the quantity of accessible applications is improved, but the number of steps required to find and operate icons increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the icon display into three distinct regions: the frequently used icon bar at the top, the menu pages in the middle, and the gap region areas below. By organizing icons across these segmented regions with different access characteristics, the system allows frequently used icons to remain easily accessible while providing additional icons in the gap regions that can be accessed through a simple triggering operation, thus balancing quantity and ease of operation.
3Ease of operation
If application icons are made visible by default, then the ease of operation is improved, but the privacy protection is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies dynamics by making the visibility of application icons in the gap regions changeable based on user interaction. The icons remain hidden by default to protect privacy, but become visible when the user performs a triggering operation (such as a long press or drawing operation). This dynamic visibility state allows the system to balance privacy protection with ease of operation, as icons are only displayed when the user actively requests to access them.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides an application icon display control method and a terminal. The application icon display control method includes distributing a number of preset application icons in gap regions of a region in which a frequently used icon bar of a terminal is located. The gap regions are the remaining regions obtained by removing regions occupied by frequently used application icons from the region in which the frequently used icon bar is located.