Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Configuring Restricted Interaction with a User Interface

• US 20130174100A1
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Published: 07/04/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Seymour, Eric T., Fleizach, Christopher B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,812,994 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/863
• 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 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• 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 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• 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 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724631 by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations

Abstract

An electronic device, while in an interaction configuration mode: displays a first user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects; and, while displaying the first user interface, detects one or more gesture inputs on a touch-sensitive surface. For a respective gesture input, the device determines whether one or more user interface objects of the plurality of user interface objects correspond to the respective gesture input. The device visually distinguishes a first set of user interface objects in the plurality of user interface objects that correspond to the detected one or more gesture inputs from a second set of user interface objects in the plurality of user interface objects that do not correspond to the detected one or more gesture inputs. The device detects an input; and, in response to detecting the input, exits the interaction configuration mode and enters a restricted interaction mode.

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;

while in an unrestricted interaction mode, detecting a first input;

in response to detecting the first input, entering an interaction configuration mode that is distinct from the unrestricted interaction mode; and

,

while in the interaction configuration mode;

displaying on the display a first user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects;

while displaying the first user interface, detecting one or more gesture inputs on the touch-sensitive surface;

for a respective gesture input detected on the touch-sensitive surface, determining whether one or more user interface objects of the plurality of user interface objects correspond to the respective gesture input;

visually distinguishing a first set of user interface objects in the plurality of user interface objects that correspond to the detected one or more gesture inputs from a second set of user interface objects in the plurality of user interface objects that do not correspond to the detected one or more gesture inputs;

detecting a second input; and

,

in response to detecting the second input, exiting the interaction configuration mode and entering a restricted interaction mode that is distinct from the unrestricted interaction mode.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the first user interface in the interaction configuration mode includes a user interface displayed in the unrestricted interaction mode just prior to detecting the first input, and

the user interface displayed in the unrestricted interaction mode just prior to detecting the first input includes the plurality of user interface objects.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the user interface displayed in the unrestricted interaction mode just prior to detecting the first input is displayed at a first scale in the unrestricted interaction mode and at a second scale, less than the first scale, in the first user interface in the interaction configuration mode.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first user interface is displayed in response to detecting the first input.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first user interface displayed in the interaction configuration mode includes at least one of:

a touch interaction control user interface object, which, when selected, causes the electronic device to ignore touch inputs on the touch-sensitive surface while in the restricted interaction mode;

a rotate interaction control user interface object, which, when selected, causes the electronic device to ignore rotation of the electronic device while in the restricted interaction mode;

a shake interaction control user interface object, which, when selected, causes the electronic device to ignore shaking of the electronic device while in the restricted interaction mode; and

a motion interaction control user interface object, which, when selected, causes the electronic device to ignore a movement of the electronic device while in the restricted interaction mode.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the instructions for determining whether one or more user interface objects of the plurality of user interface objects correspond to the respective gesture input include instructions for:

determining a predefined shape from a plurality of predefined shapes, a size of the predefined shape, and a location of the predefined shape that correspond to the respective gesture input; and

determining whether the one or more user interface objects of the plurality of user interface objects correspond to the determined predefined shape with the determined size at the determined location.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

replacing the first user interface with a second user interface that includes at least the second set of user interface objects in the restricted interaction mode; and

,

while in the restricted interaction mode;

detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to a user interface object in the first set of user interface objects; and

ignoring the first gesture.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the instructions for replacing the first user interface with the second user interface include instructions for replacing the first user interface with the second user interface in response to detecting the second input.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while in the restricted interaction mode;

detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to a user interface object in the second set of user interface objects; and

,

in response to detecting the second gesture, performing a predefined operation that corresponds to the user interface object in the second set of user interface objects.

10. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

exiting the restricted interaction mode;

entering the unrestricted interaction mode; and

,

while in the unrestricted interaction mode;

detecting a third gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to a first user interface object in the first set of user interface objects;

in response to detecting the third gesture, performing a first predefined operation that corresponds to the first user interface object in the first set of user interface objects;

detecting a fourth gesture on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to a second user interface object in the second set of user interface objects; and

,

in response to detecting the fourth gesture, performing a second predefined operation that corresponds to the second user interface object in the second set of user interface objects.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

while in the restricted interaction mode;

detecting a predefined user input;

in response to detecting the predefined user input, displaying a restricted interaction mode exit screen on the display;

while displaying the restricted interaction mode exit screen, detecting one or more inputs;

determining whether the detected one or more inputs match a predefined input for exiting the restricted interaction mode; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the detected one or more inputs do not match the predefined input for exiting the restricted interaction mode, ceasing to display the restricted interaction mode exit screen on the display.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein information identifying the first set of user interface objects and the second set of user interface objects is stored in an individual profile, the individual profile configured for a respective user.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the respective gesture input is an open path gesture.

14. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface;

while in an unrestricted interaction mode, detecting a first input;

in response to detecting the first input, entering an interaction configuration mode that is distinct from the unrestricted interaction mode; and

,

while in the interaction configuration mode;

displaying on the display a first user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects;

while displaying the first user interface, detecting one or more gesture inputs on the touch-sensitive surface;

for a respective gesture input detected on the touch-sensitive surface, determining whether one or more user interface objects of the plurality of user interface objects correspond to the respective gesture input;

visually distinguishing a first set of user interface objects in the plurality of user interface objects that correspond to the detected one or more gesture inputs from a second set of user interface objects in the plurality of user interface objects that do not correspond to the detected one or more gesture inputs;

detecting a second input; and

,

in response to detecting the second input, exiting the interaction configuration mode and entering a restricted interaction mode that is distinct from the unrestricted interaction mode.

15. A 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 display and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

while in an unrestricted interaction mode, detect a first input;

in response to detecting the first input, enter an interaction configuration mode that is distinct from the unrestricted interaction mode; and

,

while in the interaction configuration mode;

display on the display a first user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects;

while displaying the first user interface, detect one or more gesture inputs on the touch-sensitive surface;

for a respective gesture input detected on the touch-sensitive surface, determine whether one or more user interface objects of the plurality of user interface objects correspond to the respective gesture input;

visually distinguish a first set of user interface objects in the plurality of user interface objects that correspond to the detected one or more gesture inputs from a second set of user interface objects in the plurality of user interface objects that do not correspond to the detected one or more gesture inputs;

detect a second input; and

,

in response to detecting the second input, exit the interaction configuration mode and enter a restricted interaction mode that is distinct from the unrestricted interaction mode.

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

in an interaction configuration mode, a first user interface that includes a plurality of user interface objects;

wherein;

while displaying the first user interface, one or more gesture inputs on the touch-sensitive surface are detected;

for a respective gesture input detected on the touch-sensitive surface, whether one or more user interface objects of the plurality of user interface objects correspond to the respective gesture input is determined;

a first set of user interface objects in the plurality of user interface objects that correspond to the detected one or more gesture inputs is visually distinguished from a second set of user interface objects in the plurality of user interface objects that do not correspond to the detected one or more gesture inputs; and

,

in response to detecting a second input, the interaction configuration mode is exited and a restricted interaction mode that is distinct from the unrestricted interaction mode is entered.