Touchscreen Icon Management via Dynamic Screen Creation

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Solution Overview

Problem

As the number of available applications increases, touchscreen devices face difficulties in managing icons, leading to user inconvenience due to the complexity of icon organization and management.

Innovation Solution

An electronic device with a touchscreen display allows users to create a new screen by selecting desired icons from an existing screen, simplifying the process of icon management by enabling users to add new screens with desired applications, thereby improving usability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the number of applications is increased, then the functionality and versatility of the device is improved, but the complexity of icon management increases and user convenience deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovefunctionalityVSAvoidicon management convenience

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the screen into multiple pages, with each page containing a subset of icons. Users can navigate between pages to access different groups of applications. This segmentation allows the device to support many applications while keeping each individual screen manageable and easy to navigate, directly resolving the contradiction between functionality and icon management convenience.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If all application icons are displayed on a single screen, then accessibility to all applications is improved, but the screen becomes cluttered and ease of operation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveapplication accessibilityVSAvoidscreen organization complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent transitions from a two-dimensional single-screen layout to a multi-dimensional navigation system where screens are arranged in a sequence that can be navigated horizontally or vertically. This dimensional expansion allows all icons to be accessible while maintaining a clean, uncluttered appearance on each individual screen, as icons are distributed across multiple pages rather than crowded onto one.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

3Ease of operation

If multiple screens are created to organize icons, then icon management becomes easier, but the number of operations required to access applications increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveicon organizationVSAvoidtime to access applications

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically organizes icons into themed groups (such as communication, entertainment, productivity) and pre-arranges them on different pages. This preliminary organization eliminates the need for users to manually create and navigate through numerous custom screens, reducing both the complexity of icon management and the time required to locate applications, as everything is pre-categorized and accessible through intuitive navigation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10146401B2Electronic device, control method, and control program

Publication Date: 2018.12.04 KYOCERA CORP

AI summary

According to one of aspects, an electronic device includes a display and a controller. The display displays a first screen including a plurality of icons each corresponding to an application. When detecting a screen-adding operation for adding a new screen while an icon of the plurality of icons is selected in response to a selecting operation performed on the first screen, the controller creates a second screen including the selected icon.