METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SIZE OF AN ICON AND RELATED HANDHELD DEVICE

• US 20110258581A1
• Filed: 04/14/2010
• Published: 10/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: MiTAC International Corporation (MiTAC Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Hu, Wei-Han
• Application Number:
  US12/759,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20110258581A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/811
• 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

Abstract

A method for adjusting a size of an icon displayed by a navigation device is disclosed. The method includes the navigation device generating a setup value respectively for each icon by calculating a selected frequency of each icon or by setting an icon menu and the navigation device determining whether to zoom in the corresponding icon according to the setup value.

Claims

1. A method for adjusting a size of an icon on a handheld device, the handheld device having a display unit for displaying a plurality of icons, the method comprising:

the handheld device generating a setup value for each icon respectively by calculating a selected frequency of each icon or by setting an icon menu; and

the handheld device controlling whether the display unit zooms in a corresponding icon according to the setup value.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the handheld device generating the setup value for each icon respectively comprises:

the handheld device generating the setup value for each main icon and each sub icon in the plurality of icons respectively.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the handheld device controlling whether the display unit zooms in the corresponding icon according to the setup value comprises:

the handheld device controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one corresponding main icon in a current visible page according to the setup value of each main icon and display the remaining main icons in a next visible page after switching the current visible page to the next visible page.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the handheld device controlling whether the display unit zooms in the corresponding icon according to the setup value comprises:

the handheld device controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one corresponding main icon and zoom out the remaining main icons in a current visible page according to the setup value of each main icon.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the handheld device controlling whether the display unit zooms in the corresponding icon according to the setup value comprises:

the handheld device controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one corresponding sub icon according to the setup value of each sub icon in a next visible page after selecting one of the main icons and display the remaining sub icons in a further next visible page.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the handheld device controlling whether the display unit zooms in the corresponding icon according to the setup value comprises:

the handheld device controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one corresponding sub icon and zoom out the remaining sub icons in a next visible page according to the setup value of each sub icon after selecting one of the main icons.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the handheld device controlling whether the display unit zooms in the corresponding icon according to the setup value comprises:

the handheld device controlling the display unit to zoom in the corresponding icon when determining its selected frequency is greater than a specific value.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the handheld device controlling whether the display unit zooms in the corresponding icon according to the setup value comprises:

the handheld device providing a viewing-preference menu; and

the handheld device controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one corresponding icon in a specific arrangement according to the selected frequency of each icon and the setting of the viewing-preference menu.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the handheld device controlling whether the display unit zooms in the corresponding icon according to the setup value comprises:

the handheld device controlling the display unit to zoom in the corresponding icon set in the icon menu.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the handheld device controlling whether the display unit zooms in the corresponding icon according to the setup value comprises:

the handheld device providing a viewing-preference menu; and

the handheld device controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one corresponding icon in a specific arrangement according to the setting of the icon menu and the setting of the viewing-preference menu.

11. A handheld device capable of zooming in icons, the handheld device comprising:

a display unit for displaying a plurality of icons;

a setup unit for generating a corresponding setup value for each icon by calculating a selected frequency of each icon or by setting an icon menu; and

a control unit for controlling whether the display unit zooms in a corresponding icon according to the setup value.

12. The handheld device of claim 11, wherein the setup unit is used for generating the corresponding setup value for each main icon and each sub icon in the plurality of icons respectively.

13. The handheld device of claim 12, wherein the control unit is used for controlling whether the display unit zooms in the corresponding main icon according to the setup value of each main icon.

14. The handheld device of claim 13, wherein the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one main icon in a current visible page and display the remaining main icons in a next visible page after switching the current visible page to the next visible page.

15. The handheld device of claim 13, wherein the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one main icon and zoom out the remaining main icons in a current visible page according to the setup of each main icon.

16. The handheld device of claim 12, wherein the control unit is used for controlling whether the display unit zooms in the corresponding sub icon according to the setup value of each sub icon after selecting one of the main icons.

17. The handheld device of claim 16, wherein the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one sub icon in a next visible page after selecting one of the main icons and display the remaining sub icons in a further next visible page after switching the next visible page to the further next visible page.

18. The handheld device of claim 16, wherein the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one sub icon and zoom out the remaining sub icons in a next visible page according to the setup of each sub icon.

19. The handheld device of claim 11, wherein the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in the corresponding icon when determining its selected frequency is greater than a specific value.

20. The handheld device of claim 19, wherein the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one icon in a current visible page when determining its selected frequency is greater than the specific value and display the remaining icons in a next visible page after switching the current visible page to the next visible page.

21. The handheld device of claim 19, wherein the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one icon when determining its selected frequency is greater than the specific value and zoom out the remaining icons in a current visible page.

22. The handheld device of claim 11, wherein the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in the corresponding icon set in the icon menu.

23. The handheld device of claim 22, wherein the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one icon set in the icon menu in a current visible page and display the remaining icons in a next page after switching the current visible page to the next visible page.

24. The handheld device of claim 22, wherein the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one icon set in the icon menu and zoom out the remaining icons in a current visible page.

25. The handheld device of claim 11, wherein the setup unit is used for providing a viewing-preference menu, and the control unit is used for controlling the display unit to zoom in at least one icon in a specific arrangement according to the setup value of each icon and the setting of the viewing-preference menu.