ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY AREA OF APPLICATION ICONS AT A DEVICE SCREEN

• US 20160188189A1
• Filed: 12/14/2015
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Advanced New Technologies Company Limited (Ant Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Inventors: Chu, Tianying
• Granted Patent: US 10,503,399 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1637 Sensing arrangement for detection of housing movement or orientation, e.g. for controlling scrolling or cursor movement on the display of an handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

Adjusting the display area of application icons at a device screen is disclosed, including: obtaining a set of tilt angle parameters from a gravity sensor; determining a tilt angle and a tilt direction based at least in part on the set of tilt angle parameters; and adjusting a display area of a plurality of application icons at a screen based at least in part on the tilt angle, the tilt direction, or both.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

obtain a set of tilt angle parameters from a gravity sensor;

determine a tilt angle and a tilt direction based at least in part on the set of tilt angle parameters; and

adjust a display area of a plurality of application icons at a screen based at least in part on the tilt angle, the tilt direction, or both; and

one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine that a preset condition associated with triggering a display of a settings prompt panel has been met; and

present the settings prompt panel.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the preset condition comprises a determination that a device is tilted to the left or right for a first time.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the preset condition comprises a determination that a cumulative number of invalid operations is equal to or greater than a preset number.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a user selection of a preconfigured option to adjust the display area of the plurality of application icons; and

in response to the receipt of the user selection of the preconfigured option, present a settings prompt panel.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein to adjust the display area of the plurality of application icons comprises to:

determine a movement distance associated with at least one of the plurality of application icons based at least in part on the tilt angle and a predetermined conversion ratio; and

apply at least a portion of the movement distance to the at least one of the plurality of application icons based at least in part on the tilt direction.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein to adjust the display area of the plurality of application icons comprises to:

determine a movement distance associated with at least one of the plurality of application icons based at least in part on the tilt angle and a predetermined movement distance corresponding to the title angle; and

apply at least a portion of the movement distance to the at least one of the plurality of application icons based at least in part on the tilt direction.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein to adjust the display area of the plurality of application icons comprises to:

determine a movement distance associated with at least one of the plurality of application icons based at least in part on a predetermined distance; and

apply at least a portion of the movement distance to the at least one of the plurality of application icons based at least in part on the tilt direction.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a user input confirmation command associated with storing the adjusted display area of the plurality of application icons; and

in response to the user input confirmation command, store the adjusted display area of the plurality of application icons.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the user input confirmation command comprises one or more of the following:

a predetermined confirmation hand gesture, a user selection of a presented button, or a user input motion.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a user input restore command associated with restoring the adjusted display area of the plurality of application icons to an original display area of the plurality of application icons; and

in response to the user input restore command, restore the adjusted display area of the plurality of application icons.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the user input restore command comprises one or more of the following:

a predetermined confirmation hand gesture, a user selection of a presented button, or a user input motion.

13. A method, comprising:

obtaining, using one or more processors, a set of tilt angle parameters from a gravity sensor;

determining a tilt angle and a tilt direction based at least in part on the set of tilt angle parameters; and

adjusting a display area of a plurality of application icons at a screen based at least in part on the tilt angle, the tilt direction, or both.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

determining that a preset condition associated with triggering a display of a settings prompt panel has been met; and

presenting the settings prompt panel.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the preset condition comprises a determination that a device is tilted to the left or right for a first time.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the preset condition comprises a determination that a cumulative number of invalid operations is equal to or greater than a preset number.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a user selection of a preconfigured option to adjust the display area of the plurality of application icons; and

in response to the receipt of the user selection of the preconfigured option, presenting a settings prompt panel.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein adjusting the display area of the plurality of application icons comprises:

determining a movement distance associated with at least one of the plurality of application icons based at least in part on the tilt angle and a predetermined conversion ratio; and

applying at least a portion of the movement distance to the at least one of the plurality of application icons based at least in part on the tilt direction.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein adjusting the display area of the plurality of application icons comprises:

determining a movement distance associated with at least one of the plurality of application icons based at least in part on the tilt angle and a predetermined movement distance corresponding to the title angle; and

applying at least a portion of the movement distance to the at least one of the plurality of application icons based at least in part on the tilt direction.

20. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

obtaining a set of tilt angle parameters from a gravity sensor;

determining a tilt angle and a tilt direction based at least in part on the set of tilt angle parameters; and

adjusting a display area of a plurality of application icons at a screen based at least in part on the tilt angle, the tilt direction, or both.