THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL ICON APPEARANCE IN DISPLAYS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES

A strong three-dimensional icon is created for low-resolution displays such as used in portable communication devices by alternating light and dark stripes, with some stripes changing from light to dark and back to light to indicate a shadow, and other stripes from dark to light and back to dark to indicate a highlight. Altogether, the light and dark stripes with shadows and highlights provide the icon with a strong three-dimensional appearance.