CN106873857A - A kind of application icon autoplacement method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is applicable to the technical field of mobile terminals, and provides an automatic layout method and device for application icons. The automatic layout method for application icons includes: obtaining the average value of pixels of application icons; In the outline area of the icon, select the icon placement area; if there are multiple icon placement areas, obtain the difference between the pixel average value of the icon placement area and the pixel average value of the application icon, and place the icon according to the difference. App icon. The invention solves the problem that the existing desktop background color and the application icon color are easily confused together, so that the user cannot quickly find the target application icon. The beneficial effect lies in two aspects. On the one hand, the icon is placed in the icon placement area with a large difference from the average pixel value, preventing the background color from being too close to interfere with the user's identification of the icon. On the other hand, the application icon can be automatically laid out according to the user's preference. Improve user experience.

Description

A method and device for automatic layout of application icons

technical field

The invention belongs to the technical field of mobile terminals, and in particular relates to a method and device for automatic layout of application icons.

Background technique

The widespread popularity of smart electronic devices is accompanied by the generation of a large number of applications. On the desktop of an electronic device, a large number of application program icons, referred to as application icons for short, will be arranged in sequence. In order to beautify the desktop background, the general user of the application icons will set different pictures as the desktop background to bring a good visual experience.

However, the colors of the application icons are not the same, and sometimes the desktop background color and the application icon color are easily confused together, so that the user cannot quickly find the target application icon. Sometimes users do not want certain areas of interest to be obscured in the desktop background image.

Contents of the invention

The purpose of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a method for automatic layout of application icons, which aims to solve the problem that the existing desktop background color and application icon color are easily confused together, so that users cannot quickly find the target application icon.

The embodiment of the present invention is implemented in this way, a method for automatic layout of application icons, including:

Get the pixel average value of the application icon;

Read the desktop background image and extract the outline area;

In the extracted outline area, select the icon placement area;

If there are multiple icon placement areas, the difference between the pixel average value of the icon placement area and the pixel average value of the application icon is obtained, and the application icon is placed according to the difference.

Another object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide an automatic layout device for application icons, including:

An acquisition module, configured to acquire the pixel average value of the application icon;

The extraction module is used to read the desktop background image and extract the contour area;

a selection module, configured to select an icon placement area in the extracted contour area;

The placement module is configured to obtain the difference between the average value of pixels of the icon placement area and the average value of pixels of the application icon if there are multiple icon placement areas, and place the application icon according to the difference.

In the embodiment of the present invention, if there are multiple icon placement areas, the difference between the pixel average value of the icon placement area and the pixel average value of the application icon is obtained, and the application icon is placed according to the difference, Solve the problem that the existing desktop background color and application icon color are easily confused together, making it difficult for users to quickly find the target application icon. The beneficial effect lies in two aspects. On the one hand, the icon is placed in the icon placement area that has a large difference from the average pixel value, preventing the background color from being too close to interfere with the user's identification of the icon. On the other hand, the application icon can be automatically laid out according to the user's preference. Improve user experience.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of the implementation of the method for automatic layout of application icons provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the realization of step S103 of the method for automatic layout of application icons provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of the realization of step S104 of the method for automatic layout of application icons provided by the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a structural block diagram of an application icon automatic layout device provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

detailed description

In order to make the object, technical solution and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the present invention, not to limit the present invention.

It should be understood that when used in this specification and the appended claims, the terms "comprising" and "comprises" indicate the presence of described features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not exclude one or Presence or addition of multiple other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or collections thereof.

It should also be understood that the terminology used in the description of the present invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention. As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

It should also be further understood that the term "and/or" used in the description of the present invention and the appended claims refers to any combination and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items, and includes these combinations .

As used in this specification and the appended claims, the term "if" may be construed as "when" or "once" or "in response to determining" or "in response to detecting" depending on the context . Similarly, the phrases "provided it is determined" or "provided that [the described condition or event is read]" may be construed, depending on the context, to mean "once determined" or "in response to the determination" or "once detected [the described condition or event]" event]" or "in response to detection of [described condition or event]".

Embodiment one

Figure 1 is a flow chart of the implementation of the method for automatic layout of application icons provided by an embodiment of the present invention, which is described in detail as follows:

In step S101, obtain the pixel average value of the application icon;

Obtain the average value of pixels in the center of each application icon in the mobile terminal;

Sort app icons in ascending order of pixel average:

In step S102, the desktop background image is read, and the contour area is extracted;

Among them, the contour regions whose area is smaller than the preset threshold are merged into adjacent contour regions to avoid fragmentation and useless contour regions.

In step S103, in the extracted outline area, select an icon placement area;

In step S104, if there are multiple icon placement areas, the difference between the pixel average value of the icon placement area and the pixel average value of the application icon is obtained, and the application icon is placed according to the difference.

Acquiring the pixel difference between the pixel average value of the icon placement area and the pixel average value of the application icon, and according to the pixel difference value, placing the application icon in the icon placement area with a large difference from the pixel average value.

When an application icon is newly installed, the icon placement area with a large difference from the average pixel value of the newly installed application icon is determined according to the pixel average value of the newly installed application icon, and then in order of the pixel average value from small to large, according to the pixels in the newly installed application icon The average value is to insert the application icon into a corresponding position in the icon placement area, and correspondingly adjust the display positions of other application icons arranged behind the newly installed application icon, and adjust their display positions backward.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the beneficial effect lies in two aspects. On the one hand, the application icon is placed in the icon placement area with a large difference from its pixel average value, preventing the background color from being too close to interfere with the user's recognition of the application icon. On the other hand, it can Automatically layout application icons according to user preferences to improve user experience.

Embodiment two

The embodiment of the present invention describes the implementation process of step S102 of the automatic layout method for application icons, which is described in detail as follows:

Through the image processing method of boundary detection, the contour area is extracted;

By receiving manual drawing, the contour area is extracted.

Embodiment Three

Fig. 2 is a flow chart of the realization of step S103 of the method for automatic layout of application icons provided by an embodiment of the present invention, which is described in detail as follows:

In step S201, it is judged whether the extracted outline area is an outline area manually drawn by the user;

In step S202, if the extracted outline area is an outline area manually drawn by the user, then use the extracted outline area as the selected icon placement area;

In step S203, if the extracted outline area is not manually drawn by the user, select an outline area other than the center of the desktop background image as the icon placement area, or use the user's manually selected outline area as the selected icon placement area area.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the user can draw an icon placement area, for example, draw a special graph as the icon placement area, so that the icon layout is arranged according to the curve, increasing user experience. If the user does not have a hand-drawn icon placement area, the system will select some special areas as the icon placement position according to the background image, which can avoid blocking some key areas in the background image. For example, arrange the application icon around the background image.

Embodiment Four

The embodiment of the present invention describes the implementation process of arranging application icons, which is described in detail as follows:

If there are multiple icon placement areas, obtain the difference between the pixel average value of the icon placement area and the pixel average value of the application icon, and place the application icon in the icon with a large difference from its pixel average value Placement area.

Embodiment five

Fig. 3 is a flow chart of the implementation of step S104 of the method for automatic layout of application icons provided by an embodiment of the present invention, which is described in detail as follows:

In step S301, according to the first order, the pixel average values of the multiple icon placement areas are sorted;

In step S302, the pixel average values of the application icons are sorted according to the second order;

In step S303, the application icons are read sequentially, and an icon placement area whose capacity is not empty among the plurality of icon placement areas is searched;

In step S304, calculate the difference between the application icon and the pixel average value of the icon placement area with a non-empty capacity, take the absolute value of the difference, and search for the icon placement corresponding to the preferred absolute value in descending order area;

In step S305, placing the application icon in the icon placement area corresponding to the preferred absolute value;

Wherein, the first order and the second order are opposite orders.

Wherein, if there is only one icon placement area, all icons are placed in the icon placement area. The order of icon arrangement is as follows: according to the order of last arrangement, from left to right, and from top to bottom, that is, to maintain the original order to the greatest extent.

If there are multiple icon placement areas, the difference between the average pixel value of the placement area and the average pixel value of the icon is obtained, and the layout is rearranged according to the size of the difference. The specific method is as follows:

a) There are n icon placement areas, which are sorted from large to small according to the pixel average value of the icon placement areas: ie Q1, Q2, Q3, ... Qn.

b) There are m application icons to be placed, and they are sorted according to the pixel average value of the application icons from small to large, that is, T1, T2, T3...Tm.

c) Icon placement process: Read an application icon Ti in sequence, and find an icon placement area with a non-empty capacity, that is, Calculate the difference between the pixel average value of Ti and Qx, and take the absolute value, that is Find the x corresponding to the largest value, ie Qx is the icon placement area where the application icon Ti will be placed.

d) After the application icon Ti is placed in the placement area Qx, the capacity corresponding to Qx is reduced by 1.

Through the above method, the application icon is placed in the icon placement area with the largest difference from its average pixel.

Embodiment six

Fig. 4 is a structural block diagram of an apparatus for automatic layout of application icons provided by an embodiment of the present invention, and the apparatus can run in a user equipment. User equipment includes, but is not limited to, mobile phones, pocket computers (Pocket Personal Computer, PPC), palmtop computers, computers, notebook computers, personal digital assistants (Personal Digital Assistant, PDA), MP4, and MP3. For ease of description, only the parts related to this embodiment are shown. For ease of description, only the parts related to this embodiment are shown.

Referring to Figure 4, the device for automatic layout of application icons includes:

An acquisition module 41, configured to acquire the pixel average value of the application icon;

The extraction module 42 is used to read the desktop background image and extract the contour area;

A selection module 43, configured to select an icon placement area in the extracted outline area;

The placement module 44 is configured to obtain the difference between the pixel average value of the icon placement area and the pixel average value of the application icon if there are multiple icon placement areas, and arrange the application icon according to the difference.

As an implementation of this embodiment, in the device for automatic layout of application icons, the extraction module is specifically configured to extract the outline area through an image processing manner of boundary detection; or, is configured to receive manual drawing, Extract contour regions.

As an implementation of this embodiment, in the device for automatic layout of application icons, the selection module specifically includes:

A judging unit, configured to judge whether the extracted contour area is a contour area manually drawn by a user;

The first selection unit is configured to use the extracted outline area as the selected icon placement area if the extracted outline area is an outline area manually drawn by the user;

The second selection unit is used to select an outline area other than the center position of the desktop background image as the icon placement area if the extracted outline area is not manually drawn by the user, or use the manually selected outline area of the user as the selected outline area. Icon placement area.

As an implementation of this embodiment, in the device for automatic layout of application icons, the placement module is specifically configured to obtain the average value of the pixels of the icon placement areas and the The difference between the average pixel values of the application icons is determined, and the application icon is placed in the icon placement area with a large difference between the average pixel values of the application icons.

As an implementation of this embodiment, in the device for automatic layout of application icons, the placement module specifically includes:

The first sorting unit is configured to sort the pixel average values of the plurality of icon placement areas in a first order;

The second sorting unit is configured to sort the average pixel values of the application icons in a second order;

A search unit, configured to read the application icons sequentially, and search for an icon placement area with a non-empty capacity among the plurality of icon placement areas;

The search unit is used to calculate the difference between the application icon and the pixel average value of the icon placement area with a non-empty capacity, take the absolute value of the difference, and search for the icon placement corresponding to the preferred absolute value in descending order area;

a placement unit, configured to place the application icon in the icon placement area corresponding to the preferred absolute value;

Wherein, the first order and the second order are opposite orders.

The steps in the methods of the embodiments of the present invention can be adjusted, combined and deleted according to actual needs.

The device in the embodiment of the present invention and the units in the device can be combined, divided and deleted according to actual needs.

The apparatus provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be applied in the foregoing corresponding method embodiments. For details, refer to the description of the foregoing embodiments, and details are not repeated here.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should be understood that the disclosed systems, devices and methods may be implemented in other ways. For example, the device embodiments described above are only illustrative. For example, the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units or components can be combined or May be integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored, or not implemented. In another point, the mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection shown or discussed may be through some communication interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.

The units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Part or all of the units can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment.

In addition, each functional unit in each embodiment of the present invention may be integrated into one processing unit, each unit may exist separately physically, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.

If the functions described above are realized in the form of software function units and sold or used as independent products, they can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on this understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art or the part of the technical solution can be embodied in the form of a software product, and the computer software product is stored in a storage medium, including Several instructions are used to make a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) execute all or part of the steps of the method described in each embodiment of the present invention. The aforementioned storage medium includes: U disk, mobile hard disk, read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), magnetic disk or optical disk and other media that can store program codes. .

The above is only a specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto. Anyone skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope disclosed in the present invention. All should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be based on the protection scope of the claims.

Claims (10)

1. a kind of application icon autoplacement method, it is characterised in that including：

Obtain the pixel average of application icon；

Desktop background figure is read, contour area is extracted；

In the contour area for extracting, icon resettlement area is selected；

If there are multiple icon resettlement areas, then the pixel average and the application drawing of the icon resettlement area are obtained Difference between target pixel average, the application icon is disposed according to difference.

2. application icon autoplacement method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that the reading desktop background figure, carries At least one contour area is taken, specially：

By the image procossing mode of border detection, contour area is extracted；

By way of receiving hand drawn, contour area is extracted.

3. application icon autoplacement method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that described in the contour area for extracting In, icon resettlement area is selected, specially：

Judge extract contour area whether be user's hand drawn contour area；

If the contour area for extracting is the contour area of user's hand drawn, then the contour area that will be extracted figure alternatively Mark resettlement area；

If the contour area for extracting is not the contour area of user's hand drawn, then select beyond desktop background figure center Contour area as icon resettlement area, or, by the contour area for manually selecting of user alternatively icon placement Region.

4. application icon autoplacement method as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that if described have multiple icons Resettlement area, then obtain the difference between the pixel average of the icon resettlement area and the pixel average of the application icon It is different, the application icon is disposed according to difference, specially：

If there are multiple icon resettlement areas, then the pixel average and the application drawing of the icon resettlement area are obtained Difference between target pixel average, the icon settlement big with its pixel average difference is placed in by the application icon Domain.

5. the application icon autoplacement method as described in Claims 1-4 is any, it is characterised in that if described have multiple The icon resettlement area, then obtain the pixel average of the icon resettlement area and the pixel average of the application icon Between difference, the application icon is disposed according to difference, specially：

By the first order, the pixel average to multiple icon resettlement areas is ranked up；

By the second order, the pixel average to the application icon is ranked up；

The application icon is successively read in order, searches the icon settlement of capacity non-NULL in multiple icon resettlement areas Domain；

The difference of the application icon and the pixel average of the icon resettlement area of capacity non-NULL is calculated, difference is taken definitely Value, by order from big to small, searches the corresponding icon resettlement area of preferred absolute value；

The application icon is positioned over the corresponding icon resettlement area of preferred absolute value；

Wherein, first order and second order are opposite orders.

6. a kind of application icon autoplacement device, it is characterised in that including：

Acquisition module, the pixel average for obtaining application icon；

Extraction module, for reading desktop background figure, extracts contour area；

Selecting module, in the contour area for extracting, selecting icon resettlement area；

Placement module, if for there is multiple icon resettlement areas, then the pixel for obtaining the icon resettlement area is average Difference between value and the pixel average of the application icon, the application icon is disposed according to difference.

7. application icon autoplacement device as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that the extraction module is specifically for logical The image procossing mode of border detection is crossed, contour area is extracted；Or, for by way of receiving hand drawn, extracting wheel Wide region.

8. application icon autoplacement device as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that the selecting module, specifically includes：

Judging unit, for judge extract contour area whether be user's hand drawn contour area；

First choice unit, if the contour area for extracting is the contour area of user's hand drawn, the then wheel that will be extracted Wide region icon resettlement area alternatively；

Second select unit, if the contour area for extracting not is the contour area of user's hand drawn, then selects desktop Contour area beyond Background center as icon resettlement area, or, by the contour area for manually selecting of user Icon resettlement area alternatively.

9. application icon autoplacement device as claimed in claim 6, it is characterised in that if the placement module specifically for If there are multiple icon resettlement areas, the pixel average of the icon resettlement area and the picture of the application icon are obtained Difference between plain average value, the icon resettlement area big with its pixel average difference is placed in by the application icon.

10. the application icon autoplacement device as described in claim 6 to 9 is any, it is characterised in that the placement module, Specifically include：

First sequencing unit, for by the first order, the pixel average to multiple icon resettlement areas to be ranked up；

Second sequencing unit, for by the second order, the pixel average to the application icon to be ranked up；

Searching unit, for being successively read the application icon in order, capacity is non-in searching multiple icon resettlement areas Empty icon resettlement area；

Searching unit, the difference for calculating the application icon and the pixel average of the icon resettlement area of capacity non-NULL, Difference is taken absolute value, by order from big to small, the corresponding icon resettlement area of preferred absolute value is searched；

Placement unit, for the application icon to be positioned over into the corresponding icon resettlement area of preferred absolute value；

Wherein, first order and second order are opposite orders.