Smartwatch Application Icon Grid with Closed-Circle Organization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing method of arranging application icons on smartwatch desktops, which are typically displayed in a single-axis vertical or annular layout, leads to difficulty in memorizing and locating icons, resulting in a poor display effect and user experience, especially when applications are installed or uninstalled.
Innovation Solution
A method for managing application icons on a smartwatch by arranging them in a grid layout with closed circles, allowing for the addition or removal of icons in a way that maintains a compact and aggregated visual form, including techniques for adding icons to free positions in existing circles or creating new circles when necessary, and adjusting icon positions to maintain a grid structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If application icons are arranged in a single-axis vertical or annular layout, then the display structure is simple, but the user finds it difficult to memorize and locate icons
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from single-axis (one-dimensional) or annular layouts to a two-dimensional grid arrangement. Icons are organized in rows and columns forming a matrix structure, which provides better spatial distribution and memorability while maintaining visual compactness on the watch display
Solution Approach 2:
The icon arrangement is segmented into multiple closed circles (groups) centered at different positions within the display area. Each closed circle contains a subset of icons, creating a hierarchical structure that improves locateability while maintaining overall organization
2Ease of operation
If application icons are arranged in a grid layout with closed circles, then the display effect is enhanced and icons are easier to locate, but the complexity of managing icon addition and removal increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system pre-establishes a grid structure with multiple closed circles before icon addition. When a new icon needs to be added, the system checks whether an existing closed circle has available positions and utilizes it, avoiding the need to create new circles or reconfigure the entire grid structure
Solution Approach 2:
Icons are nested within closed circles, which are themselves arranged within the grid structure. This nested organization allows for systematic icon management where icons first organize within circles, and circles organize within the overall grid, simplifying the management of icon addition and removal
3Adaptability or versatility
If a new application is installed or an application is uninstalled, then the application list is updated, but the positional relationships between icons change making it difficult for users to remember positions
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of moving icons to fill gaps when applications are added or removed, the system inverts the approach by allowing icons to remain in their original positions and using the grid/circle structure to accommodate changes. The structured layout maintains positional stability while adapting to application list changes
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AI summary
In the fields of electronic technologies and terminals, a method for managing an application icon, a terminal device, and a storage medium are provided. In a scenario of installing an application on the terminal device, whether a target closed circle exists in closed circles in a direction from inside to outside in an icon grid is determined, where the icon grid is formed by arranging all current application icons of the terminal device in a grid manner, the closed circles are rectangular circles centered on a center of the icon grid, and a free position for an application icon exists on the target closed circle. If the target closed circle exists, a target application icon is added at the free position on the target closed circle to ensure that the application icons remain in an aggregated and compact visual form.