Device, method, and graphical user interface with a dynamic gesture disambiguation threshold

• US 10,042,549 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2016
• Issued: 08/07/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Migos, Charles J., Miura, Britt S., Leffert, Akiva D.
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, CONG LAC T
• Application Number:
  US15/012,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20160147438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/169 Annotation, e.g. comment data or footnotes

Abstract

An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, one or more processors, and memory detects a first portion of a gesture, and determines that the first portion has a first gesture characteristic. The device selects a dynamic disambiguation threshold in accordance with the first gesture characteristic. The dynamic disambiguation threshold is used to determine whether to perform a first type of operation or a second type of operation when a first kind of gesture is detected. The device determines that the gesture is of the first kind of gesture. After selecting the dynamic disambiguation threshold, the device determines whether the gesture meets the dynamic disambiguation threshold. When the gesture meets the dynamic disambiguation threshold, the device performs the first type of operation, and when the gesture does not meet the dynamic disambiguation threshold, the device performs the second type of operation.

Claims

1. A method performed at an electronic device having a display and a touch-sensitive surface, comprising:

displaying at least a portion of an electronic document that includes a first region;

detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the gesture comprises an initial portion comprising touchdown of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface, and a subsequent portion after the touchdown;

determining whether the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the first region of the electronic document;

in response to determining that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the first region of the electronic document, selecting a first dynamic disambiguation threshold used to determine whether to perform navigation or annotation;

in response to detecting movement of the contact;

in accordance with a determination that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at the first region of the electronic document and that the subsequent portion of the gesture satisfies the first dynamic disambiguation threshold, performing a navigation operation on the electronic document; and

in accordance with a determination that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at the first region of the electronic document and that the subsequent portion of the gesture does not satisfy the first dynamic disambiguation threshold, performing an annotation operation on the electronic document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the first region of the electronic document comprises determining whether the initial portion is detected at a location corresponding to text of the electronic document.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the movement of the contact is a third portion of the gesture that occurs following the subsequent portion.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the subsequent portion of the gesture comprises the contact being maintained at a same location as the initial portion of the gesture.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the first dynamic disambiguation threshold is a first speed threshold.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first dynamic disambiguation threshold is satisfied when a speed of the subsequent portion of the gesture is greater than the first speed threshold.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the first dynamic disambiguation threshold is not satisfied when a speed of the subsequent portion of the gesture is greater than the first speed threshold.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to determining that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to a second region of the electronic document, selecting a second dynamic disambiguation threshold used to determine whether to perform navigation or annotation.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second dynamic disambiguation threshold is selected such that a range of values corresponding to an annotation operation is an empty set, the method further comprising:

in response to detecting movement of the contact, performing a navigation operation.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein determining whether the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the second region of the electronic document comprises determining whether the initial portion is detected at a location not corresponding to text of the electronic document.

11. A portable multifunction device, comprising:

a touch screen display;

one or more processors; and

memory,

wherein one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying at least a portion of an electronic document that includes a first region;

detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the gesture comprises an initial portion comprising touchdown of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface, and a subsequent portion after the touchdown;

determining whether the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the first region of the electronic document;

in response to determining that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the first region of the electronic document, selecting a first dynamic disambiguation threshold used to determine whether to perform navigation or annotation;

in response to detecting movement of the contact;

in accordance with a determination that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at the first region of the electronic document and that the subsequent portion of the gesture satisfies the first dynamic disambiguation threshold, performing a navigation operation on the electronic document; and

in accordance with a determination that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at the first region of the electronic document and that the subsequent portion of the gesture does not satisfy the first dynamic disambiguation threshold, performing an annotation operation on the electronic document.

12. The device of claim 11, wherein determining whether the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the first region of the electronic document comprises determining whether the initial portion is detected at a location corresponding to text of the electronic document.

13. The device of claim 11, wherein the movement of the contact is a third portion of the gesture that occurs following the subsequent portion.

14. The device of claim 11, wherein the subsequent portion of the gesture comprises the contact being maintained at a same location as the initial portion of the gesture.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the first dynamic disambiguation threshold is a first speed threshold.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the first dynamic disambiguation threshold is satisfied when a speed of the subsequent portion of the gesture is greater than the first speed threshold.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the first dynamic disambiguation threshold is not satisfied when a speed of the subsequent portion of the gesture is greater than the first speed threshold.

18. The device of claim 11, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in response to determining that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to a second region of the electronic document, selecting a second dynamic disambiguation threshold used to determine whether to perform navigation or annotation.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the second dynamic disambiguation threshold is selected such that a range of values corresponding to an annotation operation is an empty set, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in response to detecting movement of the contact, performing a navigation operation.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein determining whether the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the second region of the electronic document comprises determining whether the initial portion is detected at a location not corresponding to text of the electronic document.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:

display at least a portion of an electronic document that includes a first region;

detect a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the gesture comprises an initial portion comprising touchdown of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface, and a subsequent portion after the touchdown;

determine whether the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the first region of the electronic document;

in response to determining that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the first region of the electronic document, select a first dynamic disambiguation threshold used to determine whether to perform navigation or annotation;

in response to detecting movement of the contact;

in accordance with a determination that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at the first region of the electronic document and that the subsequent portion of the gesture satisfies the first dynamic disambiguation threshold, perform a navigation operation on the electronic document; and

in accordance with a determination that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at the first region of the electronic document and that the subsequent portion of the gesture does not satisfy the first dynamic disambiguation threshold, perform an annotation operation on the electronic document.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein determining whether the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the first region of the electronic document comprises determining whether the initial portion is detected at a location corresponding to text of the electronic document.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the movement of the contact is a third portion of the gesture that occurs following the subsequent portion.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the subsequent portion of the gesture comprises the contact being maintained at a same location as the initial portion of the gesture.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the first dynamic disambiguation threshold is a first speed threshold.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the first dynamic disambiguation threshold is satisfied when a speed of the subsequent portion of the gesture is greater than the first speed threshold.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 25, wherein the first dynamic disambiguation threshold is not satisfied when a speed of the subsequent portion of the gesture is greater than the first speed threshold.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, the one or more programs further comprising instructions, which when executed by the portable multifunction device, cause the device to:

in response to determining that the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to a second region of the electronic document, select a second dynamic disambiguation threshold used to determine whether to perform navigation or annotation.

29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the second dynamic disambiguation threshold is selected such that a range of values corresponding to an annotation operation is an empty set, the one or more programs further comprising instructions, which when executed by the portable multifunction device, cause the device to:

in response to detecting movement of the contact, perform a navigation operation.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein determining whether the initial portion of the gesture is detected at a location corresponding to the second region of the electronic document comprises determining whether the initial portion is detected at a location not corresponding to text of the electronic document.