Method for displaying icons and electronic apparatus

• US 10,048,829 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2015
• Issued: 08/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liu, Jiacheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Pan, Yongjia
• Application Number:
  US14/840,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20160378299A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,079 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method for displaying icons and an electronic apparatus are provided. The method includes: determining N icons which have a one-to-one correspondence with N applications of an electronic apparatus, where N≥1, each of the N icons has a first display parameter; acquiring a sensing parameter by a sensor of the electronic apparatus; determining whether the sensing parameter matches with a preset operation; and adjusting the first display parameter of at least one of the N icons if the sensing parameter matches with the preset operation.

Claims

1. A method for displaying icons on a display screen of an electronic apparatus, comprising:

displaying, by the electronic apparatus comprising the display screen and a sensor, N icons on the display screen of the electronic apparatus in a first display state, wherein the N icons have a one-to-one correspondence with N applications of the electronic apparatus, where N≥

1, each of the N icons has a first display parameter, and wherein in the first display state, the N icons are displayed in a first display interface which comprises a plurality of display content pages, and each of the plurality of display content pages comprises at least one of the N icons;

acquiring a sensing parameter by the sensor of the electronic apparatus;

determining, by the electronic apparatus, whether the sensing parameter matches with a preset operation;

adjusting, by the electronic apparatus, the first display parameters of m icons selected from the N icons, where m≤

N;

ordering the m icons based on different colors of the m icons or based on different shapes of the m icons;

switching, by the electronic apparatus, a display state of the N icons from the first display state to a second display state, in response to the sensing parameter matching with the preset operation, wherein in the second display state, the N icons are displayed in a second display interface which comprises single display content page, and the single display content page comprises the N icons;

detecting, by the electronic apparatus, a triggering operation on a target display icon of the N icons in the second display state;

switching, by the electronic apparatus, the display state of the N icons from the second display state back to the first display state in response to the detected triggering operation;

displaying, by the electronic apparatus, a first display content page comprising the target display icon with changed display state in the first display interface for a preset time period in response to switching the display state of the N icons from the second display state back to the first display state; and

invoking, by the electronic apparatus, a target application corresponding to the target display icon after the first display content page is displayed for the preset time period.

2. The method according to claim 1,

further comprising:

displaying the adjusted m icons on the display screen.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first display parameter is a size of an icon, and the adjusting the first display parameters of the m icons comprises:

adjusting each of the m icons from a first size to a second size, wherein the second size is smaller than the first size.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein after adjusting the first display parameters of them icons, the method further comprises:

adjusting a display distance between any two adjacent icons of the m icons from a first display distance to a second display distance, wherein the second display distance is shorter than the first display distance.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein adjusting the first display parameters of the m icons comprises:

determining whether the m icons comprise a folder; and

disabling the folder and displaying icons corresponding to applications in the folder on the display screen, in a case that the m icons comprise the folder.

6. The method according to claim 1,

wherein, a total number of icons in the plurality of display content pages is N, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and an icon displayed in the first display interface has a display parameter different from an icon displayed in the second display interface.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

enlarging the target display icon, wherein an area of a display region occupied by the enlarged target display icon is larger than an area of a display region occupied by a display icon corresponding to any one of other applications in the first display content page comprising the target display icon; and

the plurality of display content pages comprise the first display content page.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

adjusting a display color of the target display icon, wherein a color of the adjusted target display icon is different from a color of an icon corresponding to any one of other applications in the first display content page comprising the target display icon; and

the plurality of display content pages comprise the first display content page.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

switching the target display icon to a blinking display state, wherein the switched target display icon has a display state different from an icon corresponding to any one of other applications in the first display content page comprising the target display icon, and the plurality of display content pages comprise the first display content page.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising:

determining the first display content page comprising the target display icon, and

obscuring display contents except the target display icon in the first display content page.

11. An electronic apparatus, comprising:

a housing;

a display screen disposed at a first position of the housing;

a sensor;

a memory configured to store at least one program module;

at least one processor connected with the display screen and the sensor, wherein the at least one processor executes the at least one program module to configure the apparatus to;

display N icons on the display screen of the electronic apparatus in a first display state, wherein the N icons have a one-to-one correspondence with N applications of the electronic apparatus, where N≥

1, each of the N icons has a first display parameter, and wherein in the first display state, the N icons are displayed in a first display interface which comprises a plurality of display content pages, and each of the plurality of display content pages comprises at least one of the N icons;

determine whether a sensing parameter acquired by the sensor matches with a preset operation;

adjust the first display parameters of m icons selected from the N icons, where m≤

N;

order the m icons based on different colors of the m icons or based on different shapes of the m icons;

switch a display state of the N icons from the first display state to a second display state in response to the sensing parameter matching with the preset operation, wherein in the second display state, the N icons are displayed in a second display interface which comprises single display content page, and the single display content page comprises the N icons;

detect a triggering operation on a target display icon of the N icons in the second display state;

switch the display state of the N icons from the second display state back to the first display state in response to the detected triggering operation;

display a first display content page comprising the target display icon with changed display state in the first display interface for a preset time period in response to switching the display state of the N icons from the second display state back to the first display state; and

invoke a target application corresponding to the target display icon after the first display content page is displayed for the preset time period.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further configured to:

display the adjusted m icons on the display screen.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the first display parameter is a size of an icon, and the apparatus is configured to:

adjust each of the m icons from a first size to a second size, wherein the second size is smaller than the first size.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the apparatus is further configured to:

adjust a display distance between any two adjacent icons of the m icons from a first display distance to a second display distance, wherein the second display distance is shorter than the first display distance.

15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12, wherein apparatus is further configured to:

determine whether the m icons comprise a folder; and

disable the folder, and display icons corresponding to applications in the folder on the display screen, in a case that the m icons comprise the folder.

16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11,

wherein, a total number of icons in the plurality of display content pages is N, where N is an integer greater than or equal to 2 and an icon displayed on the first display interface has a display parameter different from an icon displayed on the second display interface.

17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further configured to:

enlarge the target display icon, wherein an area of a display region occupied by the enlarged target display icon is larger than an area of a display region occupied by an display icon corresponding to any one of other applications, in the first display content page comprising the target display icon; and

the plurality of display content pages comprise the first display content page.

18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further configured to:

adjust a display color of the target display icon, wherein a color of the adjusted target display icon is different from a color of an icon corresponding to any one of other applications in the first display content page comprising the target display icon; and

the plurality of display content pages comprise the first display content page.

19. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further configured to:

switch the target display icon to a blinking display state, wherein the switched target display icon has a display state different from an icon corresponding to any one of other applications in the first display content page comprising the target display icon, and the plurality of display content pages comprise the first display content page.

20. The electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein, the apparatus is further configured to:

determine the first display content page comprising the target display icon, and

obscure display contents except the target display icon in the first display content page.