Terminal Icon Exchange via Control Box Segmentation
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Solution Overview
Problem
The process of exchanging icons on a terminal is complicated and time-consuming, as it often requires moving an icon to a blank area before moving it to another position, which can result in incorrect placement and changes to the positions of other icons.
Innovation Solution
The terminal displays an icon display area and an icon control box corresponding to that area, allowing icons to be moved directly from one icon display area to another icon control box, eliminating the need for moving icons to a blank area and maintaining the positions and order of unmoved icons.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the terminal moves an icon to a blank area before moving it to another position, then the icon can be exchanged with another icon, but the operation becomes complicated and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the blank area as an intermediate step from the icon exchange process. By introducing a blank area as a temporary holding position, the system enables direct icon exchange without requiring the icon to be moved through multiple intermediate positions, thereby simplifying the operation and reducing time consumption
Solution Approach 2:
The blank area serves as an intermediary element in the icon exchange process. When exchanging icon A and icon B, the blank area acts as a temporary storage position that facilitates the exchange operation, allowing the terminal to control the icon movement more efficiently without complicating the user's operation
2Adaptability or versatility
If the terminal moves an icon to a blank area for exchange, then the icon position can be changed, but the position of unmoved icons may change incorrectly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the desktop into distinct icon display areas, each with its own control box. This segmentation allows the terminal to independently control icon movement within each area, ensuring that when an icon is moved to exchange positions, the positions of unmoved icons remain unchanged and accurate
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the terminal controls the icon movement based on the user's input and the current display state. The terminal receives feedback about the icon positions and controls the movement to ensure that only the intended icon is moved to the blank area, while other icons maintain their correct positions
Data Source
AI summary
An icon display control method and a terminal are disclosed and applied to the field of communications technologies, so as to resolve a problem that an operation in a process of controlling an icon by the terminal to move and display is complicated and time-consuming. The method includes: displaying, by the terminal, a first icon and a second icon in a first icon display area and a second icon display area, respectively (201); receiving, by the terminal, a first input by a user (202); in response to the first input, displaying, by the terminal, the first icon in an icon control box corresponding to the second icon display area (203); and updating, by the terminal, display content of the second icon display area to the first icon (204).