Electronic device and display method for selecting an area of an icon

A display method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

• storing an icon image associated with an application in a memory;
• selecting a minimum square area of the icon image including all effective pixels included in the icon image, wherein each opacity value of the effective pixels is more than a first specified value;
• generating a number of straight lines that pass through a center of the selected minimum square area,
• determining whether a type of the selected minimum square area is a first image type or a second image type, based on a number of straight lines, in each of which a ratio of effective pixels in a straight line to all pixels in the straight line is not less than a second specified value, from among at least one virtual straight line that passes through the center of the selected minimum square area, or a mean value of a ratio of effective pixels to all pixels in the at least one virtual straight line;
• if the type is the first image type, displaying an image included in the selected minimum square area in the display at a first magnification;
• and
• if the type is the second image type, displaying the image included in the selected minimum square area in the display at a second magnification,
• wherein the determining of whether the type of the selected minimum square area is the first image type or the second image type further comprises:
• if the number of straight lines is not less than the second specific value or the mean value is not less than a third specified value, determine that the type of the selected minimum square area is the first image type, and
• if the number of straight lines is less than the second specific value or the mean value is less than the third specified value, determine that the type of the selected minimum square area is the second image type.

At least one non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recorded with a program, the program, when executed, performing a method, the method comprising:

• storing an icon image associated with an application in a memory;
• selecting a minimum square area of the icon image including all effective pixels included in the icon image, wherein each opacity value of the effective pixels is more than a first specified value;
• generating a number of straight lines that pass through a center of the selected minimum square area,
• determining whether a type of the selected minimum square area is a first image type or a second image type based on a number of straight lines, in each of which a ratio of effective pixels in a straight line to all pixels in the straight line is not less than a second specified value, from among at least one virtual straight line that passes through the center of the selected minimum square area, or a mean value of a ratio of effective pixels to all pixels in the at least one virtual straight line;
• if the type is the first image type, displaying an image included in the selected minimum square area in the display at a first magnification;
• and
• if the type is the second image type, displaying the image included in the selected minimum square area in the display at a second magnification,
• wherein the determining of whether the type of the selected minimum square area is the first image type or the second image type further comprises:
• if the number of straight lines is not less than the second specific value or the mean value is not less than a third specified value, determine that the type of the selected minimum square area is the first image type, and
• if the number of straight lines is less than the second specific value or the mean value is less than the third specified value, determine that the type of the selected minimum square area is the second image type.