Icon Size Management for Flexible Window Resizing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing information processing apparatus with multi-window graphical user interfaces face challenges in providing high flexibility for window size adjustment without compromising icon operability, especially when using touch panels, as icons become harder to handle when resized.
Innovation Solution
The system maintains the original size of icons until they overlap, only reducing icon size when the window's display area is further minimized, allowing for flexible window resizing without immediate icon size changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display size of icons is reduced when the window size is reduced, then the icons can be displayed in the window regardless of the window size, but the icons become less easy to handle especially on touch panels
Solution Approach 1:
The icon display size is made dynamically adjustable based on the window size. When the window size is reduced, the icon size is reduced proportionally to maintain proper display. When the window size is enlarged, the icon size is enlarged to improve operability. This dynamic adjustment allows the system to adapt to different display conditions while maintaining both flexibility and ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The display size parameter of icons is changed according to the window size parameter. The control unit modifies the icon size parameter in response to window size changes, ensuring that icons remain appropriately sized for both small and large windows. This parameter change strategy resolves the contradiction by allowing the system to optimize for different operational contexts.
2Reliability
If the display size of icons is constantly reduced to maintain occupancy ratio below predetermined level, then the icons fit in the window, but the degree of freedom for changing window size is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts icon size based on the actual window size rather than using a fixed reduction ratio. When the window size changes, the icon size changes accordingly to maintain proper display and occupancy ratio. This dynamic approach provides greater freedom for window size adjustment while ensuring reliable icon display.
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit preliminarily determines the appropriate icon size before displaying icons in the window. By calculating the optimal icon size based on the window size in advance, the system ensures that icons will be displayed reliably without requiring continuous adjustment during operation, thus maintaining both reliability and adaptability.
Data Source
AI summary
An information processing apparatus includes: a display control section for displaying a window showing a first icon and a second icon of a predetermined display size on a display screen. The display control section reduces the display size of at least either the first icon or the second icon so as not to overlap with each other if it determines that the icons overlap with each other when it alters a display area of the window being displayed on the display screen.