Icon Menu Layout with Aspect Ratio Scaling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing menu systems for information processing devices struggle to dynamically adjust the display size and layout of icons of varying sizes, limiting user customization and flexibility in arranging applications.
Innovation Solution
A program executed by a computer that adjusts the display size and layout of icons by maintaining a consistent length-to-width ratio, allowing icons to be resized and rearranged based on user input, enabling flexible arrangement and sorting of icons within a menu region.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If icon images of different sizes are used in a menu image, then the representation flexibility and user customization capability are improved, but the layout complexity and difficulty of achieving consistent alignment increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent changes the size parameter of icon images dynamically while maintaining their aspect ratios. By adjusting only the size parameter rather than redesigning the entire layout structure, the system achieves flexible representation of icons in various sizes without proportionally increasing layout complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal layout mechanism that can handle icon images of any size. The menu image generation unit applies a consistent set of rules (maintaining aspect ratios, aligning by upper-left corners, adjusting row heights) that works universally for all icon sizes, thereby achieving adaptability without requiring size-specific layout logic
2Manufacturing precision
If the display size of each icon is adjusted individually while maintaining aspect ratios, then the visual consistency and user experience are improved, but the processing complexity and data capacity requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adjusts only the size parameters (width and height) of icon images while constraining the aspect ratio to remain constant. This parameter-based adjustment approach achieves visual consistency without requiring complex image processing or redesign of icon content
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses the concept of copying the aspect ratio from the original icon image and applying it to the resized version. By copying and maintaining the proportional relationship rather than recalculating it, the system achieves visual consistency with simplified processing
3Ease of operation
If users can arbitrarily arrange and resize icons in the menu region, then the user customization capability is improved, but the system complexity and data management burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables users to perform arrangement and resizing operations directly on the menu image through simple interactions. The system provides self-service functionality where users can drag, drop, and resize icons without requiring complex configuration files or external tools, thereby improving ease of operation while keeping data management simple
Solution Approach 2:
The patent makes the menu image dynamic and adjustable in real-time. Icons can be rearranged and resized during operation rather than being fixed in a static layout, allowing users to customize the interface dynamically without creating permanent data management complexity
Data Source
AI summary
A program causes a computer to perform determining a display size for each icon image by scaling each icon image with a length-to-width ratio thereof being maintained such that icon images associated with each row are equal in display height in each row in a menu region and by scaling the icon images as a whole associated with each row at an identical ratio such that a width of the row as a whole obtained by scaling each icon image associated with each row is set to a prescribed length, and showing the menu image in which icons of which icon images are shown with corresponding sizes are arranged for each row.