Icon Layout Mirroring for Smartphone Window Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current smartphone interfaces do not effectively convey the position relationship between application icons and their corresponding launched windows, making it difficult for users to intuitively understand the layout and arrangement of multiple applications upon launch.
Innovation Solution
A processing method and electronic device that displays a target region with a specific layout of icons, where clicking on these icons launches corresponding application windows in a layout that maintains the same position relationship as the icons, allowing users to visualize the arrangement of windows based on the icons' layout even when the windows are not displayed.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple application icons are arranged in a specific layout on the smartphone interface, then the applications can be launched simultaneously with clear spatial organization, but users cannot intuitively understand the layout relationship between the icons and the launched windows
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a visual copy of the icon layout in the form of window placeholders that mirror the exact spatial arrangement of the application icons. When applications are launched, the system generates placeholder windows positioned according to the icon layout, allowing users to see and understand the arrangement before the actual application windows appear. This copying mechanism preserves and displays the layout relationship information that would otherwise be lost during the launch transition.
2Productivity
If a special icon corresponds to multiple applications for quick launch, then launch efficiency is improved, but the position relationship between icons and windows becomes unclear
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary action by pre-arranging placeholder windows in the exact positions where the actual application windows will appear. Before the applications are fully launched, the system creates these placeholder structures that reflect the intended layout, allowing users to understand the spatial relationship in advance. This preliminary visualization resolves the information loss about position relationships while maintaining the efficient batch launch capability.
3Stability of the object's composition
If application windows are arranged in a specific layout upon launch, then spatial organization is improved, but users cannot visualize the arrangement before windows are displayed
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a visual copy or representation of the intended window arrangement using placeholder elements that mirror the final layout. These placeholders are positioned and sized to reflect where the actual application windows will appear, providing users with advance visualization of the spatial organization. This copying approach maintains the stability and predictability of the layout while eliminating the information gap between icon arrangement and window display.
Data Source
AI summary
A processing method includes displaying a target region, and responding to a target instruction to display a plurality of target windows based on the plurality of target icons. Displaying the target region represents a first layout of a plurality of target icons included in the target region. Each target icon of the plurality of target icons is used to launch an application corresponding to the target icon. A target window includes an interactive interface of the application that is in a running state corresponding to the target icon. Displaying the plurality of target windows represents a second layout of the plurality of target windows. A position relationship of the plurality of target icons represented by the first layout is same as the position relationship of the plurality of target windows represented by the second layout.