US 12,008,229 B2
Varying icons to improve operability
Masaaki Takayasu, Tokyo (JP); Shinya Taniguchi, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroyuki Goto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Masaaki Takayasu, Tokyo (JP); Shinya Taniguchi, Tokyo (JP); and Hiroyuki Goto, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2012, as Appl. No. 13/611,242.
Claims priority of application No. 2011-255504 (JP), filed on Nov. 22, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2013/0132873 A1, May 23, 2013
Int. Cl. G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); A63F 13/67 (2014.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 3/0488 (2013.01) [A63F 13/2145 (2014.09); A63F 13/67 (2014.09); G06F 3/04186 (2019.05); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01)] 2 Claims
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1. A method for varying icons on an information processing device, the method comprising:
displaying, on a display of the information processing device, a plurality of icons in a display image at initial positions,
wherein each icon is assigned a decision region surrounding the icon,
wherein a size of a decision region of a first icon is larger than a size of a decision region of a second icon, and
wherein each decision region is a circle centered at a corresponding icon;
acquiring, by an operation information acquiring circuit, a touch point inputted by a user on the display;
determining a subset of the plurality of icons to vary by determining if the decision region of each icon intersects with the touch point;
moving all icons in the subset of the plurality of icons from their initial positions to selection positions on a selection circle centered at the touch point, wherein the subset of the plurality of icons are positioned at equal intervals around the selection circle;
acquiring, by the operation information acquiring circuit, a subsequent touch point on the display from the user for selecting an icon from the subset of the plurality of icons,
wherein the decision region of each icon of the subset is not used to determine when an icon is selected;
causing an action associated with the selected icon to be performed in response to the subsequent touch point; and
repeatedly increasing a size of the decision region of each of the subset of the plurality of icons based on:
an importance level, and
an increase in a selection frequency of each of the plurality of icons.