Icon display method and terminal device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11086478-B2
Application number	US-201716493403-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2017
Priority date	Mar 13, 2017
Publication date	Aug 10, 2021
Grant date	Aug 10, 2021

Abstract

Embodiments relate to the communications field, and provide an icon display method and a terminal device. A solution includes a terminal device that determines a grasp point location, where a grasp point location is one of a preset graspable part of the terminal device; the terminal device determines a relative location of each of at least one icon displayed on the terminal device; the terminal device determines a current operation region based on the grasp point location; the terminal device determines a sensing region of each icon based on the current operation region, the grasp point location, and the relative location of each of the at least one icon, so that the sensing region of each icon partially or completely falls within the current operation region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An icon display method, comprising:
determining, by a terminal device, a grasp point location, wherein the grasp point location matches one of a plurality of preset graspable parts of the terminal so that the terminal device enters a dynamic display mode, wherein each of the at least one icon has a same or different sensing region in the dynamic display mode;
determining, by the terminal device, a relative location of each of a plurality of icons displayed on a display interface of the terminal device, wherein the relative location of each of the plurality of icons is a location of each of the plurality of icons relative to the grasp point location;
determining, by the terminal device, a current operation region based on the grasp point location, wherein the current operation region is a region that is less than an area of the display interface and at least one of the plurality of icons and a sensing region of the at least one of the plurality of icons, are completely outside of the current operation region;
determining, by the terminal device, a sensing region of each of the plurality of icons based on the current operation region, the grasp point location, and the relative location of each of the plurality of icons;
visibly scaling, by the terminal device, the sensing region of each of the plurality of icons in a direction of the grasp point location, so that the sensing region of each of the plurality of icons displayed on the display interface is adjusted so as to be partially or completely displayed and existing within the current operation region, wherein the sensing region of each icon is a region in which each the icon is operated enabling a user to operate, with one hand, each of the one or more icons within the current operation region
wherein visibly scaling, by the terminal device, of the sensing region of each of the plurality of icons in a direction of the grasp point location comprises:
scaling down, by the terminal device, a sensing region of one or more of the plurality of icons in a first row with a relatively small relative location compared to other ones of the plurality of icons and displaying the one or more of the plurality of icons with the relatively small relative location at a smaller size than previously displayed prior to the determination of the grasp location matching one of the plurality of preset graspable parts; and
scaling up, by the terminal device, a sensing region of one or more of the other ones of the plurality of icons in another row further from the grasp point location with a relatively large relative location compared to the one or more of the plurality of icons with the relatively small relative location in the first row and displaying the one or more of the other ones the plurality of icons with the relatively large relative location at a larger size than previously displayed such that as a result of the scaling up at least a portion of each of the larger sized icons is at a relatively smaller distance to the grasp point location than previously displayed prior to the determination of the grasp point location matching one of the plurality of preset graspable parts.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the determining, by a terminal device, of the grasp point location, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the terminal device, a second operation instruction, wherein the second operation instruction is used to indicate the grasp point location; and
the determining, by a terminal device, of the grasp point location comprises:
matching, by the terminal device, the second operation instruction with a second preset instruction, to determine the grasp point location.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the receiving, by the terminal device, of the first operation instruction, the method further comprises:
determining, by the terminal device, an interface status; and
the determining, by the terminal device, of the relative location of each of the plurality of icons displayed on the terminal device comprises:
determining, by the terminal device based on the interface status, the relative location of each of the plurality of icons displayed on the terminal device.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein before the determining, by a terminal device, of the grasp point location, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the terminal device, a third operation instruction; and
setting, by the terminal device, the current operation region based on according to the third operation instruction.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein after the displaying, by the terminal device, of each of the one or more one icons, the method further comprises:
receiving, by the terminal device, a fourth operation instruction, wherein the fourth operation instruction is used to instruct to adjust the sensing region of each of the at least one icon;
obtaining, by the terminal device, a ratio based on according to the fourth operation instruction;
adjusting, by the terminal device, the sensing region of each of the plurality of icons based on the ratio, to obtain an adjusted sensing region of each of the plurality of icons; and
displaying, by the terminal device, each of the plurality of icons based on the adjusted sensing region of each icon.

6. A terminal device, comprising:
a determining module, the determining module configured to: determine if a grasp point location matches location one of a plurality of preset graspable parts of the terminal for one-hand operation of the terminal device; determine a relative location of each of a plurality of icons displayed on a display interface of the terminal device, wherein the relative location of each of the plurality of icons is a location of each of the plurality of icons relative to the grasp point location; determine a current operation region based on the grasp point location, wherein the current operation region is a region that is less than an area of the display interface and at least one of the plurality of icons and a sensing region of the at least one of the plurality of icons, are completely outside of the current operation region; and determine a sensing region of each of the plurality of icons based on the current operation region, the grasp point location, and the relative location of each of the plurality of icons;
an adjustment module, the adjustment module configured to: visibly scale the sensing region of the plurality of icons in a direction of the grasp point location so that the sensing region of each of the plurality of icons displayed on the display interface is adjusted so as to be partially or completely displayed and existing within the current operation region, wherein a region indicated by the sensing region of each icon is a region in which each of the plurality of icons is operated enabling a user to operate, with one hand, each of the plurality of icons within the current operation region wherein the adjustment module is further configured to:
scale down, by the terminal device, a sensing region of one or more of the plurality of icons in a first row with a relatively small relative location compared to other ones of the plurality of icons and displaying the one or more of the plurality of icons with the relatively small relative location at a smaller size than previously displayed prior to the determination of the grasp point location matching one of the plurality of preset graspable parts; and
scale up, by the terminal device, a sensing region of one or more of the other ones of the plurality of icons in another row further from the grasp point location and with a relatively large relative location compared to the one or more of the plurality of icons with the relatively small relative location in the first row and displa

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Peng Jun

Classifications

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