REARRANGING ICONS ON A DISPLAY BY SHAKING

• US 20150169180A1
• Filed: 06/23/2014
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Acer, Inc.
• Inventors: LIN, Hsuan-Wei, WU, Chien-Hsun, CHI, Yung-Shih
• Application Number:
  US14/311,796
• Publication Number:
  US 20150169180A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34

Abstract

Presented herein are techniques to enable a user of an electronic device to re-arrange icons displayed on a display of the electronic device. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a first movement of the electronic device, detecting a second movement of the electronic device, and in response to the first movement and the second movement, re-arranging groups of icons displayed on the display of the electronic device.

Claims

1. A method for arranging icons on a display of an electronic device, the method comprising:

detecting a first movement of the electronic device;

detecting a second movement of the electronic device; and

in response to the first movement and the second movement, re-arranging groups of icons displayed on the display of the electronic device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein re-arranging comprises rotating the groups of icons in one of a clockwise or counter clockwise direction around a predetermined center point of the display.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the groups of icons are grouped according to a quadrant in which the icons are displayed on the display.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the groups of icons are grouped according to user input.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the second movement occurs within a predetermined time after the first movement.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting is performed using at least a two-axis accelerometer.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein a combination of the first movement and the second movement indicates whether the electronic device is being held by a right hand of a user or a left hand of a user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first movement is characterized by an increase in acceleration in the x-axis, and a decrease in acceleration in the y-axis.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second movement is characterized by a decrease in acceleration in the x-axis, and an increase in acceleration in the y-axis.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first movement is characterized by a decrease in acceleration in the x-axis, and a decrease in acceleration in the y-axis.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the second movement is characterized by an increase in acceleration in the x-axis, and an increase in acceleration in the y-axis.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a memory configured to store logic instructions; and

a processor in communication with the display and the memory,

the processor, when executing the logic instructions, configured to;

detect a first movement of the electronic device;

detect a second movement of the electronic device; and

in response to the first movement and the second movement, cause groups of icons on the display to be re-arranged.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to cause the groups of icons to re-arranged by rotating the groups of icons in one of a clockwise or counter clockwise direction around a predetermined center point.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to group icons according to a quadrant in which the icons are displayed on the display.

15. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to determine that the second movement occurs within a predetermined time after the first movement.

16. The electronic device claim 12, further comprising an accelerometer configured to supply at least two axis of information to the processor.