Portable electronic device configured to present contact images

• US 10,133,475 B2
• Filed: 09/23/2016
• Issued: 11/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran
• Primary Examiner(s): Lam, Vinh T
• Application Number:
  US15/274,963
• Publication Number:
  US 20170010782A1
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/444 Spatial browsing, e.g. 2D maps, 3D or virtual spaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/904 Browsing; Visualisation therefor for navigating the web G06F16/954; browsing optimisation for the web G06F16/957
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed for navigating or browsing through images, such as contact images, on electronic devices, such as portable electronic device having a touch screen display. In one embodiment, users of electronic devices are able to browse through contact images to locate a particular contact within a plurality of contacts available (e.g., stored) on the electronic devices.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more processors;

memory; and

one or more programs, wherein the 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 a plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images comprises a first selected image that is displayed in a selected-image location on the display and multiple representations of images displayed on both sides of the first selected image;

detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the first gesture includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to detecting the first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, moving the plurality of images in accordance with the movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface and displaying a second image at the selected-image location, wherein the second image is selected in accordance with a magnitude and direction of the movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting a second stationary gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a representation of a third image in the plurality of images; and

in response to detecting the second stationary gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, moving the plurality of images and displaying the third image at the selected-image location.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the representation of the third image is not adjacent to the first selected image.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first gesture is at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to at least a portion of the displayed plurality of images.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the displayed plurality of images are arranged in a linear sequence.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein moving the plurality of images and displaying the third image at the selected-image location further comprises displaying a fourth image at the selected-image location prior to displaying the third image at the selected-image location.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein moving the plurality of images comprises moving at least one representation of an image off the display and moving at least one new representation of an image on to the display.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first gesture is a swipe gesture.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second stationary gesture is a tap gesture.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the selected-image location is at a central position on the display.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of images correspond to album art, documents with one or more user modifiable fields, or contacts in an address book.

11. A method of operating an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, the method comprising:

displaying a plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images comprises a first selected image that is displayed in a selected-image location on the display and multiple representations of images displayed on both sides of the first selected image;

detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the first gesture includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to detecting the first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, moving the plurality of images in accordance with the movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface and displaying a second image at the selected-image location, wherein the second image is selected in accordance with a magnitude and direction of the movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting a second stationary gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a representation of a third image in the plurality of images; and

in response to detecting the second stationary gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, moving the plurality of images and displaying the third image at the selected-image location.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the representation of the third image is not adjacent to the first selected image.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the first gesture is at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to at least a portion of the displayed plurality of images.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the displayed plurality of images are arranged in a linear sequence.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein moving the plurality of images and displaying the third image at the selected-image location further comprises displaying a fourth image at the selected-image location prior to displaying the third image at the selected-image location.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein moving the plurality of images comprises moving at least one representation of an image off the display and moving at least one new representation of an image on to the display.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the first gesture is a swipe gesture.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the second stationary gesture is a tap gesture.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the selected-image location is at a central position on the display.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of images correspond to album art, documents with one or more user modifiable fields, or contacts in an address book.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying a plurality of images, wherein the plurality of images comprises a first selected image that is displayed in a selected-image location on the display and multiple representations of images displayed on both sides of the first selected image;

detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the first gesture includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to detecting the first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, moving the plurality of images in accordance with the movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface and displaying a second image at the selected-image location, wherein the second image is selected in accordance with a magnitude and direction of the movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting a second stationary gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a representation of a third image in the plurality of images; and

in response to detecting the second stationary gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, moving the plurality of images and displaying the third image at the selected-image location.

22. The el non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the representation of the third image is not adjacent to the first selected image.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the first gesture is at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to at least a portion of the displayed plurality of images.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the displayed plurality of images are arranged in a linear sequence.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein moving the plurality of images and displaying the third image at the selected-image location further comprises displaying a fourth image at the selected-image location prior to displaying the third image at the selected-image location.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein moving the plurality of images comprises moving at least one representation of an image off the display and moving at least one new representation of an image on to the display.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the first gesture is a swipe gesture.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the second stationary gesture is a tap gesture.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the selected-image location is at a central position on the display.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the plurality of images correspond to album art, documents with one or more user modifiable fields, or contacts in an address book.