Stylus Icon Display Method for Real-Time State Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face challenges in learning the real-time state of styluses, particularly regarding remaining power, font color, and font size, which affects their usage experience with touch panels on mobile devices.
Innovation Solution
An icon displaying method and electronic device that obtain and display a stylus's working state, including remaining power, font color, or font size, allowing users to monitor the stylus's state in real time by using an icon on the device's screen, which can be adjusted based on user inputs for personalized preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the functions of the stylus are continuously enriched, then the stylus capabilities are improved, but the user's ability to learn and monitor the stylus state in real time deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism by displaying an icon on the electronic device screen that reflects the current working state of the stylus. The icon dynamically updates to show parameters such as remaining power level, font color, and font size, providing continuous visual feedback to the user about the stylus state without requiring the user to check physical indicators or manually query the stylus status.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary visual representation (the icon) that mediates between the stylus's internal state and the user's perception. This icon acts as a mediator, translating complex stylus parameters into an intuitive visual format that users can easily understand and monitor, bridging the gap between enriched stylus functionality and user awareness.
2Loss of information
If multiple stylus parameters are monitored, then the information completeness is improved, but the display complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display of stylus information by using different visual elements within the icon to represent different parameters. The icon is divided into distinct components: a power indicator section showing remaining power level, a color indicator section showing font color, and a size indicator section showing font size. This segmentation allows multiple parameters to be displayed simultaneously without creating a cluttered or complex overall display.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies local quality by giving each segment of the icon specific visual characteristics tailored to its function. The power indicator uses brightness or bar length to represent power level, the color indicator uses actual color representation, and the size indicator uses scaled dimensions. Each local region of the icon has optimized visual properties that make its specific parameter easily distinguishable and understandable.
Data Source
AI summary
An icon displaying method and an electronic device are provided. The method is performed by the electronic device. The electronic device includes a device body and a stylus detachably connected to the device body. The method includes: obtaining a first working state of the stylus, where the first working state includes at least one of remaining power, a font color, or a font size of the stylus; and displaying an icon corresponding to the stylus based on the first working state.