Processing method and processing device for displaying icon and electronic device

• US 9,830,043 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2013
• Issued: 11/28/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.), Lenovo Company Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chen, Hao, Yuan, Wenhua, Zhao, Qian
• Primary Examiner(s): Yi, Rinna
• Application Number:
  US13/971,229
• Publication Number:
  US 20140059459A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,561 Days
• Field of Search: 715810, 715835, 715764, 715788, 715800, 715765
• 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 method for displaying an icon, the method being applied to an electronic device having a plurality of variable operation forms, wherein a plurality of applications are applied to the electronic device, the electronic device comprises a first case and a second case being movable relative to the first case, and a form variation of the plurality of variable operation forms is associated with a movement of the second case relative to the first case, and the plurality of variable operation forms comprises at least a tablet computer form, a notebook computer form, and a tent form, and the plurality of variable operation forms corresponds to the respective applications, the method comprising:

in response to the detecting of the form variation of the electronic device among the plurality of variable operation forms comprising at least the tablet computer form, the notebook computer form, and the tent form, determining a current operation form of the electronic device using sensors for measuring changes of a location and an angle of the electronic device;

in response to the determination of the current operation form of the electronic device, determining a first application applicable to the electronic device in the determined current operation form from the plurality of applications not applicable to the determined current operation form;

adjusting a display policy for an icon of the determined first application applicable to the determined current operation form;

wherein the adjusting the display policy for the icon of the first application comprises;

ranking the icon of the first application according to a size of the icon, a number of clicks on the icon, or a selected random order of the first application; and

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

when the preset area is independently displayed on the display screen of the electronic device, separately displaying the ranked icon of the first application on a left, a right, an upside or a downside of the display screen of the electronic device.

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. An electronic device having a plurality of variable operation forms, comprising:

a first case and a second case being movable relative to the first case, wherein a plurality of applications are applied to the electronic device, a form variation of the plurality of variable operation forms of the electronic device is associated with a movement of the second case relative to the first case, and the plurality of variable operation forms comprises at least a tablet computer form, a notebook computer form, and a tent form and the plurality of variable operation forms corresponds to the respective applications;

a display screen adapted to display icons corresponding to the plurality of applications;

an adjusting component adapted to rotate and adjust the plurality of variable operation forms of the electronic device for the form variation; and

a processor and memory storing instructions, wherein the processor executes the instructions to;

detect the form variation of the electronic device among the plurality of variable operation forms comprising at least the tablet computer form, the notebook computer form, and the tent form, and determine, in response to the form variation of the electronic device, a current operation form of the electronic device using sensors for measuring changes of a location and an angle of the electronic device;

determine, in response to the determination of the current operation form of the electronic device, a first application applicable to the current operation form from the plurality of applications not applicable to the determined current operation form;

adjust a display policy for an icon corresponding to the determined first application applicable to the determined current operation form;

for adjusting the display policy for the icon of the first application comprises, wherein the processor further executes the instructions to;

rank the icon of the first application according to a size of the icon, a number of clicks on the icon, or a selected random order of the first application; and

display the ranked icon of the first application in a preset area of a display screen of the electronic device; and

when the preset area is independently displayed on the display screen of the electronic device, separately display the ranked icon of the first application on a left, a right, an upside or a downside of the display screen of the electronic device.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the processor executes the instructions to adjust a display size of the icon of the first application.

7. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the processor executes the instructions to control the icon corresponding to the first application to flash at a preset frequency.

8. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the processor executes the instructions to control the icon corresponding to the first application to be highlighted.