Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Interpreting a Finger Swipe Gesture

• US 20080165145A1
• Filed: 12/20/2007
• Published: 07/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Forstall, Scott, Matas, Michael, Herz, Scott
• Application Number:
  US11/961,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20080165145A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A portable device with a touch screen display detects a finger-in-contact or finger-in-range event at a first position on the touch screen display and a finger-out-of-range event at a second position on the touch screen display and then determines a distance between the first position and the second position. Next, the portable device identifies a user interface object associated with the first position, which includes a slide bar and a slide object, and moves the slide object along the slide bar in accordance with the distance between the first position and the second position.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display with a plurality of user interface objects,

detecting a finger-in-contact event at a first position on the touch screen display;

identifying a user interface object associated with the first position, the user interface object including a slide bar and a slide object;

detecting a finger-out-of-range event at a second position on the touch screen display;

determining a distance between the first position and the second position; and

moving the slide object along the slide bar in accordance with the distance between the first position and the second position.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second position is on the slide bar and the slide object is moved to the second position.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second position is off the slide bar and the slide object is moved to a position on the slide bar, which is a projection of the second position onto the slide bar.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the slide object is moved along the slide bar by a distance determined by a projection of the distance between the first position and the second position onto the slide bar.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after detecting the finger-in-contact event,

detecting a finger-dragging event on or near the touch screen display, the finger-dragging event having an associated position on the touch screen display;

moving the slide object along the slide bar of the slider control user interface object from its current position to a different position determined at least in part by the finger-dragging event'"'"'s associated position on the touch screen display; and

repeating said detecting the finger-dragging event and moving the slide object until the finger-out-of-range event is detected.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the associated position is on the slide bar and the slide object is moved along the slide bar to the associated position by a distance between the associated position and the first position.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the associated position is off the slide bar and the slide object is moved along the slide bar to the different position by a projection of a distance between the associated position and the first position onto the slide bar.

8. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display with a plurality of user interface objects,

detecting a finger-in-range event at a first position on the touch screen display;

identifying a user interface object associated with the first position, the user interface object including a slide bar and a slide object;

detecting a finger-out-of-range event at a second position on the touch screen display;

determining a distance between the first position and the second position; and

moving the slide object along the slide bar in accordance with the distance between the first position and the second position.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the second position is on the slide bar and the slide object is moved to the second position.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the second position is off the slide bar and the slide object is moved to a position on the slide bar, which is a projection of the second position onto the slide bar.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the slide object is moved along the slide bar by a distance determined by a projection of the distance between the first position and the second position onto the slide bar.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

after detecting the finger-in-range event,

detecting one or more pairs of finger-in-contact event and finger-out-of-contact event on the touch screen display until the finger-out-of-range event is detected.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

after detecting the finger-in-range event,

detecting a finger-dragging event on or near the touch screen display, the finger-dragging event having an associated position on the touch screen display;

moving the slide object along the slide bar of the slider control user interface object from its current position to a different position determined at least in part by the finger-dragging event'"'"'s associated position on the touch screen display; and

repeating said detecting the finger-dragging event and moving the slide object until the finger-out-of-range event is detected.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the associated position is on the slide bar and the slide object is moved along the slide bar to the associated position by a distance between the associated position and the first position.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the associated position is off the slide bar and the slide object is moved along the slide bar to the different position by a projection of a distance between the associated position and the first position onto the slide bar.

16. A graphical user interface on a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, comprising:

a plurality of user interface objects;

wherein;

a finger-in-contact or finger-in-range event is detected at a first position on the touch screen display;

a user interface object associated with the first position is identified, the user interface object including a slide bar and a slide object;

a finger-out-of-range event is detected at a second position on the touch screen display;

a distance is determined between the first position and the second position; and

the slide object is moved along the slide bar in accordance with the distance between the first position and the second position.

17. A portable electronic device, comprising:

a touch screen display with a plurality of user interface objects;

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 detecting a finger-in-contact or finger-in-range event at a first position on the touch screen display;

instructions for identifying a user interface object associated with the first position, the user interface object including a slide bar and a slide object displayed on the touch screen display;

instructions for detecting a finger-out-of-range event at a second position on the touch screen display;

instructions for determining a distance between the first position and the second position; and

instructions for moving the slide object along the slide bar in accordance with the distance between the first position and the second position.

18. A computer readable storage medium that stores one or more programs, the one or more programs including instructions that, when executed by a portable electronic device having a touch screen display, cause the device to:

detect a finger-in-contact or finger-in-range event at a first position on the touch screen display;

identify a user interface object associated with the first position, the user interface object including a slide bar and a slide object displayed on the touch screen display;

detect a finger-out-of-range event at a second position on the touch screen display;

determine a distance between the first position and the second position; and

move the slide object along the slide bar in accordance with the distance between the first position and the second position.

19. A portable electronic device with a touch screen display with a plurality of user interface objects, comprising:

means for detecting a finger-in-contact or finger-in-range event at a first position on the touch screen display;

means for identifying a user interface object associated with the first position, the user interface object including a slide bar and a slide object displayed on the touch screen display;

means for detecting a finger-out-of-range event at a second position on the touch screen display;

means for determining a distance between the first position and the second position; and

means for moving the slide object along the slide bar in accordance with the distance between the first position and the second position.