Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing feedback during interaction with an intensity-sensitive button

• US 10,303,252 B2
• Filed: 09/21/2016
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran A., Bauer, Sebastian J., Kocienda, Kenneth L., Alonso Ruiz, Marcos, Butcher, Gary I., Moussette, Camille, Mouilleseaux, Jean-Pierre M., Cordier, Madeleine S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Justin S
• Application Number:
  US15/272,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20180067555A1
• Time in Patent Office: 979 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1671 Special purpose buttons or auxiliary keyboards, e.g. retractable mini keypads, keypads or buttons that remain accessible at closed laptop G06F1/1666 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04105 Pressure sensors for measuring the pressure or force exerted on the touch surface without providing the touch position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/02 Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0227 Cooperation and interconnection of the input arrangement with other functional units of a computer G06F3/023 - G06F3/037 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• 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: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites

Abstract

An electronic device has a home button that is available in a plurality of different contexts to dismiss user interfaces in response a first type of input. The device detects a first input of the first type directed to a displayed first user interface. In response, the device determines whether user interface tactile outputs are enabled. If so, the device performs a first operation and provides a corresponding first tactile output. If not, the device performs the first operation and forgoes providing at least a portion of the corresponding first tactile output. After performing the first operation, the device detects a second input of the first type on the home button. In response, the device performs a second operation that is associated with the home button and provides tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, regardless of whether user interface tactile outputs are enabled.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions that, when executed by an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more tactile output generators for generating tactile outputs, cause the electronic device to:

display, on the display, a first user interface, wherein a home button is available on the device in a plurality of different contexts to dismiss a currently displayed user interface in response to detecting an input of a first type on the home button;

while displaying the first user interface, detect a first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device, perform a first operation and provide, via the one or more tactile output generators, a first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation; and

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device, perform the first operation, and forgo providing at least a portion of the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation;

after performing the first operation, detect a second input of the first type on the home button; and

in response to detecting the second input of the first type on the home button;

perform a second operation that is associated with the home button; and

provide, via the one or more tactile output generators, a second tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first user interface is a user interface of a first application, the first operation is an operation of the first application, and the second operation includes dismissing the first application.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the programs further comprising instructions that cause the electronic device to:

after performing the first operation, detect a first input of a second type, distinct from the first type, on the home button; and

in response to detecting the first input of the second type on the home button;

perform a third operation, distinct from the second operation, that is associated with the home button; and

provide, via the one or more tactile output generators, a third tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the programs further comprising instructions that cause the electronic device to:

after performing the first operation, detect a first input of a third type, distinct from the first type, on the home button; and

in response to detecting the first input of the third type on the home button;

perform a fourth operation, distinct from the second operation, that is associated with the home button; and

provide, via the one or more tactile output generators, a fourth tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the first tactile output and the second tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button are provided by the same one or more actuators of the one or more tactile output generators.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein a tactile output pattern of a corresponding tactile output that is provided in response to a respective input of the first type on the home button is user-adjustable.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the programs further comprising instructions that cause the device to:

in response to detecting the second input of the first type on the home button, provide an audio output with the tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled, and without regard to whether or not audio outputs are muted at the electronic device.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the programs further comprising instructions that cause the electronic device to:

in response to detecting the second input of the first type on the home button, provide an audio output with the second tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled, wherein a volume of the audio output is independent of a current volume setting at the electronic device.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the programs further comprising instructions that cause the electronic device to:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that audio outputs are not muted at the electronic device, provide an audio output with the first tactile output; and

in accordance with a determination that audio outputs are muted at the electronic device, forgo providing the audio output with the first tactile output.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the programs further comprising instructions that cause the electronic device to:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that audio volumes are set to a first level at the electronic device, provide an audio output with the first tactile output at a first volume that is determined based on the first level of the audio volumes at the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that audio volumes are set to a second level at the electronic device, provide the audio output with the first tactile output at a second volume that is different from the first volume and is determined based on the second level of the audio volumes at the electronic device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, the programs further comprising instructions that cause the electronic device to:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device, forgo providing the audio output with the first tactile output, without regard to whether or not audio outputs are muted at the electronic device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the programs further comprising instructions that cause the electronic device to:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device and in accordance with a determination that the first operation is a predefined exempted operation, provide the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, the programs further comprising instructions that cause the electronic device to:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that the first operation is a first type of predefined operation, provide the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators; and

in accordance with a determination that the first operation is a second type of predefined operation, perform the first operation without providing the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators; and

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device, perform the first operation and provide the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators, without regard to whether the first operation is of the first type of predefined operation or the second type of predefined operation.

14. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more tactile output generators;

displaying, on the display, a first user interface, wherein a home button is available on the device in a plurality of different contexts to dismiss a currently displayed user interface in response to detecting an input of a first type on the home button;

while displaying the first user interface, detecting a first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device, performing a first operation and providing, via the one or more tactile output generators, a first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation; and

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device, performing the first operation, and forgoing providing at least a portion of the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation;

after performing the first operation, detecting a second input of the first type on the home button; and

in response to detecting the second input of the first type on the home button;

performing a second operation that is associated with the home button; and

providing, via the one or more tactile output generators, a second tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the first user interface is a user interface of a first application, the first operation is an operation of the first application, and the second operation includes dismissing the first application.

17. The method of claim 14, including:

after performing the first operation, detecting a first input of a second type, distinct from the first type, on the home button; and

in response to detecting the first input of the second type on the home button;

performing a third operation, distinct from the second operation, that is associated with the home button; and

providing, via the one or more tactile output generators, a third tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device.

18. The method of claim 14, including:

after performing the first operation, detecting a first input of a third type, distinct from the first type, on the home button; and

in response to detecting the first input of the third type on the home button;

performing a fourth operation, distinct from the second operation, that is associated with the home button; and

providing, via the one or more tactile output generators, a fourth tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the first tactile output and the second tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button are provided by the same one or more actuators of the one or more tactile output generators.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein a tactile output pattern of a corresponding tactile output that is provided in response to a respective input of the first type on the home button is user-adjustable.

21. The method of claim 14, including:

in response to detecting the second input of the first type on the home button, providing an audio output with the tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled, and without regard to whether or not audio outputs are muted at the electronic device.

22. The method of claim 14, including:

in response to detecting the second input of the first type on the home button, providing an audio output with the second tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled, wherein a volume of the audio output is independent of a current volume setting at the electronic device.

23. The method of claim 14, including:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that audio outputs are not muted at the electronic device, providing an audio output with the first tactile output; and

in accordance with a determination that audio outputs are muted at the electronic device, forgoing providing the audio output with the first tactile output.

24. The method of claim 14, including:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that audio volumes are set to a first level at the electronic device, providing an audio output with the first tactile output at a first volume that is determined based on the first level of the audio volumes at the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that audio volumes are set to a second level at the electronic device, provide the audio output with the first tactile output at a second volume that is different from the first volume and is determined based on the second level of the audio volumes at the electronic device.

25. The method of claim 23, including:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device, forgoing providing the audio output with the first tactile output, without regard to whether or not audio outputs are muted at the electronic device.

26. The method of claim 14, including:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device and in accordance with a determination that the first operation is a predefined exempted operation, providing the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators.

27. The method of claim 14, including:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that the first operation is a first type of predefined operation, providing the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators; and

in accordance with a determination that the first operation is a second type of predefined operation, performing the first operation without providing the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators; and

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device, performing the first operation and providing the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators, without regard to whether the first operation is of the first type of predefined operation or the second type of predefined operation.

15. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more tactile output generators for generating tactile outputs;

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying, on the display, a first user interface, wherein a home button is available on the electronic device in a plurality of different contexts to dismiss a currently displayed user interface in response to detecting an input of a first type on the home button;

while displaying the first user interface, detecting a first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device, performing a first operation and providing, via the one or more tactile output generators, a first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation; and

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device, performing the first operation, and forgoing providing at least a portion of the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation;

after performing the first operation, detecting a second input of the first type on the home button; and

in response to detecting the second input of the first type on the home button;

performing a second operation that is associated with the home button; and

providing, via the one or more tactile output generators, a second tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device.

28. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the first user interface is a user interface of a first application, the first operation is an operation of the first application, and the second operation includes dismissing the first application.

29. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:

after performing the first operation, detecting a first input of a second type, distinct from the first type, on the home button; and

in response to detecting the first input of the second type on the home button;

performing a third operation, distinct from the second operation, that is associated with the home button; and

providing, via the one or more tactile output generators, a third tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device.

30. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:

after performing the first operation, detecting a first input of a third type, distinct from the first type, on the home button; and

in response to detecting the first input of the third type on the home button;

performing a fourth operation, distinct from the second operation, that is associated with the home button; and

providing, via the one or more tactile output generators, a fourth tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device.

31. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the first tactile output and the second tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button are provided by the same one or more actuators of the one or more tactile output generators.

32. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein a tactile output pattern of a corresponding tactile output that is provided in response to a respective input of the first type on the home button is user-adjustable.

33. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:

in response to detecting the second input of the first type on the home button, providing an audio output with the tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled, and without regard to whether or not audio outputs are muted at the electronic device.

34. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:

in response to detecting the second input of the first type on the home button, providing an audio output with the second tactile output that is associated with activation of the home button, without regard to whether or not user interface tactile outputs are enabled, wherein a volume of the audio output is independent of a current volume setting at the electronic device.

35. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that audio outputs are not muted at the electronic device, providing an audio output with the first tactile output; and

in accordance with a determination that audio outputs are muted at the electronic device, forgoing providing the audio output with the first tactile output.

36. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that audio volumes are set to a first level at the electronic device, providing an audio output with the first tactile output at a first volume that is determined based on the first level of the audio volumes at the electronic device; and

in accordance with a determination that audio volumes are set to a second level at the electronic device, provide the audio output with the first tactile output at a second volume that is different from the first volume and is determined based on the second level of the audio volumes at the electronic device.

37. The electronic device of claim 35, the one or more programs including instructions for:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device, forgoing providing the audio output with the first tactile output, without regard to whether or not audio outputs are muted at the electronic device.

38. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device and in accordance with a determination that the first operation is a predefined exempted operation, providing the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators.

39. The electronic device of claim 15, the one or more programs including instructions for:

in response to detecting the first input of the first type directed to the first user interface;

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are disabled at the electronic device;

in accordance with a determination that the first operation is a first type of predefined operation, providing the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators; and

in accordance with a determination that the first operation is a second type of predefined operation, performing the first operation without providing the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators; and

in accordance with a determination that user interface tactile outputs are enabled at the electronic device, performing the first operation and providing the first tactile output that corresponds to the first operation with the one or more tactile output generators, without regard to whether the first operation is of the first type of predefined operation or the second type of predefined operation.