Dynamic Mobile Terminal Desktop Icon Color Adaptation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current mobile terminal desktop icon displays offer limited personalization as the color and shape of desktop icons remain static, failing to meet user demands for diversification and dynamic visual effects.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for a mobile terminal that dynamically changes the color of desktop icons by using a second color set when the terminal's moving angle exceeds a preset angle, achieved through combination calculations of color values based on the moving angle and spatial coordinates, creating a dynamic colorful lattice window effect.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If desktop icon color is kept fixed, then display simplicity is maintained, but user personalization and visual engagement deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovepersonalizationVSAvoiddisplay complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the desktop icon color changeable based on terminal movement. The icon color transitions from a fixed first color to a dynamically calculated second color when the terminal moves beyond a preset angle, creating a dynamic visual effect that enhances personalization without requiring complex additional hardware or interfaces.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the color parameter of the desktop icon based on terminal movement. By calculating a second color set from the first color set using the moving angle as a parameter, the system transforms a static display parameter into a dynamic one that responds to user interaction, thereby improving adaptability while maintaining manageable complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Adaptability or versatility

If desktop icon color changes dynamically, then visual engagement and personalization are improved, but calculation complexity and processing time increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual effect diversityVSAvoidcolor calculation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent uses parameter changes by deriving a second color set from the first color set through mathematical transformation based on the terminal's moving angle. This approach allows dynamic visual effects while keeping the calculation process systematic and manageable, avoiding excessive complexity in the color calculation mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a second color set that is derived from but distinct from the first color set. By copying and transforming the original color values rather than requiring entirely new color definitions, the system achieves visual diversity while reducing the complexity of color management and processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

3Adaptability or versatility

If static display is used, then energy consumption is low, but user engagement and personalization deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovepersonalizationVSAvoiddisplay energy consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements periodic action by triggering color changes only when the terminal moves beyond a preset angle, rather than continuously updating the display. This event-driven approach maintains personalization and visual engagement while significantly reducing energy consumption compared to continuous dynamic updates, as the display refreshes only when necessary.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

4Adaptability or versatility

If simple display method is used, then implementation is easy, but visual效果和personalization are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevisual effectVSAvoiddisplay method complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transforms a static display method into a dynamic one by introducing movement-based color changes. The icon color changes from a fixed first color to a calculated second color when the terminal moves, providing enhanced visual effects and personalization while maintaining a relatively simple implementation that builds upon existing display capabilities.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent enhances the display method by changing the color parameter based on terminal movement. This approach provides richer visual effects and personalization options while keeping the display method complexity manageable, as it extends rather than fundamentally redesigns the existing display system.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentEP3258359B1Method for displaying desktop icons and mobile terminal
Publication Date: 2020.08.05 HUAWEI TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present invention discloses a desktop icon display method and a mobile terminal, relates to the field of mobile communications, and enhances a visual effect, of a user desktop icon, produced when the mobile terminal is shaken. The display method provided by the present invention is applied to a mobile terminal. A desktop icon is displayed on a display screen of the mobile terminal by using a first color set; a moving angle of the mobile terminal is obtained; and if the moving angle of the mobile terminal exceeds a preset angle, the desktop icon is displayed by using a second color set.