Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating and Annotating an Electronic Document

• US 20120192093A1
• Filed: 03/30/2011
• Published: 07/26/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Migos, Charles J., Capela, Jay Christopher, Hagele, Markus, Bauducco, Diego, Leffert, Akiva D., Miura, Britt S., Beaver, Donald Rozinak
• Granted Patent: US 10,365,819 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/773
• 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 3/04883 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

Abstract

A device, configured to operate in a first operational mode at some times and in a second operational mode at other times, detects a first gesture having a first gesture type; in response to detecting the first gesture: in accordance with a determination that the device is in the first operational mode, performs an operation having a first operation type; and, in accordance with a determination that the device is in the second operational mode, performs an operation having a second operation type; detects a second gesture having a second gesture type; and in response to detecting the second gesture: in accordance with a determination that the device is in the first operational mode, performs an operation having the second operation type; and in accordance with a determination that the device is in the second operational mode, performs an operation having the first operation type.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device having a touch-sensitive display and a touch-sensitive surface that is distinct from the touch-sensitive display;

detecting a predefined gesture; and

in response to detecting the predefined gesture, displaying a character input user interface on the display, wherein;

in accordance with detection of the predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the character input user interface includes a split keyboard; and

in accordance with detection of the predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive display, the character input user interface includes an unsplit keyboard.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined gesture is a finger drumming gesture.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch-sensitive display is located on a first side of the device and the touch-sensitive surface is located on a second side of the device that is distinct from the first side.

4. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

a touch-sensitive surface that is distinct from the touch-sensitive display;

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 predefined gesture; and

in response to detecting the predefined gesture, displaying a character input user interface on the display, wherein;

in accordance with detection of the predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the character input user interface includes a split keyboard; and

in accordance with detection of the predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive display, the character input user interface includes an unsplit keyboard.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the predefined gesture is a finger drumming gesture.

6. The device of claim 4, wherein the touch-sensitive display is located on a first side of the device and the touch-sensitive surface is located on a second side of the device that is distinct from the first side.

7. A graphical user interface on an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, a touch-sensitive surface that is distinct from the touch-sensitive display, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory, the graphical user interface comprising:

a character input user interface,

wherein;

a predefined gesture is detected; and

in response to detecting the predefined gesture, the character input user interface is displayed in the graphical user interface on the display, wherein;

in accordance with detection of the predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the character input user interface includes a split keyboard; and

in accordance with detection of the predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive display, the character input user interface includes an unsplit keyboard.

8. The graphical user interface of claim 7, wherein the predefined gesture is a finger drumming gesture.

9. The graphical user interface of claim 7, wherein the touch-sensitive display is located on a first side of the device and the touch-sensitive surface is located on a second side of the device that is distinct from the first side.

10. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display and a touch-sensitive surface that is distinct from the touch-sensitive display, cause the device to:

detect a predefined gesture; and

in response to detecting the predefined gesture, display a character input user interface on the display, wherein;

in accordance with detection of the predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the character input user interface includes a split keyboard; and

in accordance with detection of the predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive display, the character input user interface includes an unsplit keyboard.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the predefined gesture is a finger drumming gesture.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the touch-sensitive display is located on a first side of the device and the touch-sensitive surface is located on a second side of the device that is distinct from the first side.