Mobile Terminal Background Screen Resizing and Transition
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Solution Overview
Problem
As the number of applications in mobile terminals increases, users face difficulty in identifying and accessing specific icons across multiple background screens, leading to inconvenience in executing desired applications due to the limited display size and numerous icon options.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus for resizing and displaying background screens to a predefined size within a display area when a predefined key is input, allowing users to easily identify icons by displaying resized screens in predefined regions and emphasizing frequently or recently used icons for quick access.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple background screens are used to display all icons, then the quantity of icons that can be displayed increases, but the difficulty of identifying and locating specific icons increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a temporal dimension to the spatial arrangement of icons by implementing background screen transitions. Instead of only spatial organization, the system uses time-based sequencing where background screens change in a predetermined order, allowing users to locate icons through temporal progression rather than searching across multiple static spatial layouts.
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-arranges background screens in a predetermined sequence before the user needs to access them. This preliminary organization of background screens in a specific order allows users to efficiently locate icons by following the predetermined sequence rather than searching randomly across multiple backgrounds, thus resolving the identification difficulty while maintaining high icon capacity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the number of applications increases, then the functionality and versatility of the mobile terminal improve, but the complexity of navigating through icons increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic background screen transitions that automatically progress through multiple backgrounds in a predetermined order. This dynamic approach replaces static, complex navigation requirements with an automated, time-based sequence, reducing navigation complexity while supporting an increasing number of applications across multiple backgrounds.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs self-service navigation by automatically transitioning through background screens in a predetermined sequence without requiring complex user intervention. The mobile terminal autonomously manages the display of multiple background screens, reducing the cognitive and operational burden on users despite the increasing number of applications available.
3Ease of operation
If all icons are displayed on a single background screen, then the ease of accessing icons improves, but the display area required increases beyond the terminal's limited size
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the icon display into multiple segmented background screens, each containing a subset of icons. This segmentation allows the limited display area to show only relevant icons at any given time, while the predetermined transition sequence maintains ease of access by systematically revealing all icons across the segmented backgrounds without requiring the entire set to be visible simultaneously.
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AI summary
A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input, displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen, detecting a second input, and transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input, wherein the background screens respectively include an icon.