Mobile Icon Distribution Protecting Background Image Visibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Mobile devices often obscure personalized background images with icons, making it difficult for users to maintain visibility of desired image portions, such as faces or important features, due to the lack of effective protection mechanisms for specific screen areas.

Innovation Solution

A method and system that prioritize the viewability of desired image portions on a mobile device by identifying and protecting these areas through logical division of the screen into grid patterns, using facial recognition software to determine protective circles or areas, and preventing icons from overlapping with these protected regions, allowing users to select buffer sizes and shapes for added protection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If icons are distributed across the screen to maximize information display, then the quantity of icons that can be displayed increases, but the visibility of desired background image portions decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvequantity of iconsVSAvoidvisibility of background image

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The screen is divided into protected areas (where icons cannot be placed) and unprotected areas (where icons can be placed). This segmentation allows icons to be distributed in available spaces while preserving visibility of important background portions such as faces or key features.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different regions of the screen are assigned different properties: some regions are designated as protected with higher priority for background visibility, while other regions are unprotected and available for icon placement. This local differentiation resolves the conflict between icon quantity and background visibility.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Loss of information

If protected areas are defined to ensure background image visibility, then the visibility of desired portions is improved, but the area available for icon placement decreases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvevisibility of background imageVSAvoidarea for icon placement

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

Instead of protecting the entire background image, only specific portions containing desired features (faces, key elements) are protected. This partial protection approach ensures visibility of important areas while leaving sufficient unprotected area for icon placement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Ease of operation

If facial recognition software is used to automatically identify protected areas, then the ease of operation is improved, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomatic protected area identificationVSAvoidsoftware processing requirements

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically analyzing the background image, identifying faces or desired features using facial recognition software, and defining protected areas without requiring manual user input. This automation improves ease of operation despite the increased processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS9223467B1Distributing icons so that they do not overlap certain screen areas of a mobile device

Publication Date: 2015.12.29 T MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC

AI summary

Desired portions of a background image presented on a mobile device are prioritized for viewability. The background image, which includes desired feature components, is presented on a display of the mobile device. The desired feature components are identified from the background image. A user interface that includes an indication of the desired feature components is presented on the mobile device. One or more icon images are presented in accordance with the prioritization of the desired feature components of the background image.