Homescreen Management Interface for Touch Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional handheld devices are not user-friendly for managing homescreens, requiring manual ordering and complex navigation to add new objects, making the process inconvenient and unintuitive.
Innovation Solution
A handheld device with a touch display panel and processor that executes a homescreen management program, displaying a homescreen management interface with a page navigation area and candidate object area, allowing users to sense long and short pressing actions to easily add objects to desired homescreens by dragging and dropping images.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If new objects are added to the last homescreen or inserted in homescreens with blank blocks, then the homescreen can accommodate new objects, but manual ordering is required and the process is complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-arranges homescreens in a specific order (first homescreen, second homescreen, etc.) and pre-positioning blank blocks in predictable locations. When a user adds a new object, the system automatically determines the target homescreen and position based on predetermined rules, eliminating the need for manual ordering operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The homescreen management system performs automatic ordering and positioning of new objects without requiring user intervention for manual arrangement. The system self-determines the appropriate homescreen and position based on the object type and available blank blocks, making the process autonomous and user-friendly.
2Productivity
If new objects are placed in the seventh homescreen with blank block, then the object can be added to the device, but moving the object to the first homescreen requires navigating through multiple homescreens
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes a predetermined order of homescreens and pre-identifies blank block positions before object addition. This allows the system to automatically place new objects in the correct homescreen and position immediately, eliminating the need for subsequent manual movement operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary mechanism (automatic placement algorithm) that mediates between object addition and the desired final position. This intermediary automatically handles the complex navigation and positioning tasks, acting as a bridge that eliminates manual intervention and time loss.
3Adaptability or versatility
If conventional homescreen management is used, then the device can display multiple homescreens, but the management process is not user-friendly and intuitive
Solution Approach 1:
The homescreen management system operates autonomously by automatically determining target homescreens and positions based on predetermined rules. This self-service capability eliminates complex manual operations, making the system intuitive and user-friendly while maintaining support for multiple homescreens.
Solution Approach 2:
The system extracts the complex ordering and positioning logic from the user's manual operations. By removing these complex tasks from user intervention and handling them automatically through predetermined rules, the system simplifies the user interface while maintaining full functionality for multiple homescreens.
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AI summary
A handheld device and a homescreen management method thereof are provided. The handheld device comprises a touch screen and a processor electrically connected to the touch screen. The touch screen displays a user interface, and senses a long pressing of an object and generates a first touch signal. The processor executes a homescreen management program according to the first touch signal, and enables the touch screen to display a homescreen management interface corresponding to the homescreen management program. The homescreen management interface comprises a page navigation area and a candidate object area. The page navigation area comprises a fist page image and the candidate object area comprises an object image. The touch screen further senses a pressing of the object and generates a second touch signal, and the processor adds the object image into the first page image according to the second touch signal.