PROCESSING METHOD AND PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING ICON AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20140059459A1
• Filed: 08/20/2013
• Published: 02/27/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Lenovo Software Ltd (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chen, Hao, Zhao, Qian, Yuan, Wenhua
• Granted Patent: US 9,830,043 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/162 changing, e.g. reversing, the face orientation of the screen with a two degrees of freedom mechanism, e.g. for folding into tablet PC like position or orienting towards the direction opposite to the user to show to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1614 Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34

Abstract

A processing method and a processing device for displaying an icon and an electronic device are provided. The electronic device has a plurality of variable operation forms. Specifically, a current operation form of the electronic device is detected and determined. A first application applicable to the electronic device in the currently determined operation form is selected according to the determined operation form. Then, a display policy for the icon which corresponds to the selected and determined application and is displayed on the display screen of the electronic device is correspondingly adjusted. Therefore, it is ensured that the user can rapidly, conveniently and accurately select the available application in the case of the operation form of the electronic device, thus improving the user experience when the user uses the electronic device.

Claims

1. A processing method for displaying an icon, the method being applied to an electronic device having a plurality of operation forms, wherein the processing method comprises:

detecting and determining the operation form of a current electronic device;

determining a first application applicable to the operation form according to the operation form; and

adjusting a display policy for an icon of the first application.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of operation forms comprises at least a tablet computer form, a notebook computer form, or a tent form.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting a display policy for an icon of the first application comprises:

ranking the icon of the first application; and

displaying the ranked icon in a preset area of a display screen of the electronic device;

or

separately displaying the ranked icon on a left, a right, an upside or a downside of the display screen of the electronic device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting a display policy for an icon of the first application comprises:

adjusting a display size of the icon of the first application.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting a display policy for an icon of the first application comprises:

controlling the icon corresponding to the determined first application to flash at a preset frequency.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting a display policy for an icon of the first application comprises:

controlling the icon corresponding to the first application to be highlighted.

7. A processing device for displaying an icon, applied to an electronic device having a plurality of operation forms, where the processing device comprises:

a detecting unit adapted to detect and determine the operation form of a current electronic device;

a selecting unit adapted to determine, according to the operation form of the current electronic device detected by the detecting unit, a first application applicable to the operation form; and

an adjusting unit adapted to adjust a display policy for an icon corresponding to the first application determined by the selecting unit.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the adjusting unit comprises:

a ranking module adapted to rank the icon of the first application; and

a first display module adapted to display the ranked icon in a preset area of a display screen of the electronic device;

or

a second display module adapted to separately display the ranked icon on a left, a right, an upside or a downside of the display screen of the electronic device.

9. The device according to claim 7, wherein the adjusting unit comprises:

a first adjusting module adapted to adjust a display size of the icon of the first application.

10. The device according to claim 7, wherein the adjusting unit comprises:

a first control module adapted to control the icon corresponding to the first application to flash at a preset frequency.

11. The device according to claim 7, wherein the adjusting unit comprises:

a second adjusting module, configured to control the icon corresponding to the first application to be highlighted.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a display screen adapted to display an icon corresponding to a first application;

an adjusting component adapted to rotate and adjust the operation form of the electronic device; and

a processing device for displaying an icon applied to an electronic device having a plurality of operation forms, where the processing device comprises;

a detecting unit adapted to detect and determine the operation form of a current electronic device;

a selecting unit adapted to determine, according to the operation form of the current electronic device detected by the detecting unit, a first application applicable to the operation form; and

an adjusting unit adapted to adjust a display policy for an icon corresponding to the first application determined by the selecting unit.