Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Moving and Dropping a User Interface Object

• US 20150067563A1
• Filed: 11/07/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Bernstein, Jeffrey Traer, Khoe, May-Li
• Granted Patent: US 10,042,542 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/769
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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

Abstract

An electronic device detects a contact associated with a focus selector that controls movement of a respective user interface object; and while continuously detecting the contact, the device detects first movement of the contact. In response to detecting the first movement of the contact, the device moves the focus selector and the respective user interface object, and determines an intensity of the contact. The device detects second movement of the contact and in response to detecting the second movement of the contact: when the contact meets respective intensity criteria, the device moves the focus selector and the user interface object; and when the contact does not meet the respective intensity criteria, the device moves the focus selector without moving the user interface object.

Claims

1. 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 display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

detect a contact with the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the contact is associated with a focus selector that controls movement of a respective user interface object that is currently selected; and

while continuously detecting the contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

detect first movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to movement of the focus selector toward a respective location;

in response to detecting the first movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

move the focus selector on the display in accordance with the first movement of the contact and move the respective user interface object in accordance with the movement of the focus selector; and

determine an intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface while the focus selector is at the respective location on the display;

detect second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement of the focus selector away from the respective location; and

in response to detecting the second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

in accordance with a determination that the contact meets respective intensity criteria, move the focus selector and the user interface object in accordance with the second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface; and

in accordance with a determination that the contact does not meet the respective intensity criteria, move the focus selector in accordance with the second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface without moving the user interface object.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

movement of the respective user interface object is constrained to a predefined path in the user interface; and

moving the respective user interface object in accordance with movement of the focus selector includes moving the respective user interface object along the predefined path in accordance with a component of motion of the focus selector that corresponds to an allowed direction of motion along the predefined path.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the respective user interface object has a two dimensional range of motion; and

moving the respective user interface object in accordance with movement of the focus selector includes moving the respective user interface object to a location at or adjacent to the focus selector on the display.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the respective intensity criteria include a respective intensity threshold; and

the contact meets the respective intensity criteria when the intensity of the contact is above the respective intensity threshold.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the respective intensity criteria include a respective intensity threshold; and

the contact does not meet the respective intensity criteria when the intensity of the contact is below the respective intensity threshold.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the respective intensity criteria include a respective intensity threshold; and

the contact does not meet the respective intensity criteria when the intensity of the contact is below the respective intensity threshold for more than a predefined period of time.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the respective intensity threshold is a predefined intensity threshold.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the respective intensity threshold is based on a percentage of a maximum intensity of the contact detected during the gesture.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 4, wherein the respective intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity measurement that is greater than a nominal intensity measurement that indicates that the contact is in contact with the touch-sensitive surface.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, including instructions which cause the device to:

while moving the respective user interface object in accordance with the second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface, detect a liftoff of the contact from the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the liftoff, cease to move the respective user interface object on the display in accordance with the second movement of the contact.

11. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the 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;

detecting a contact with the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the contact is associated with a focus selector that controls movement of a respective user interface object that is currently selected; and

while continuously detecting the contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting first movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to movement of the focus selector toward a respective location;

in response to detecting the first movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

moving the focus selector on the display in accordance with the first movement of the contact and moving the respective user interface object in accordance with the movement of the focus selector; and

determining an intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface while the focus selector is at the respective location on the display;

detecting second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement of the focus selector away from the respective location; and

in response to detecting the second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

in accordance with a determination that the contact meets respective intensity criteria, moving the focus selector and the user interface object in accordance with the second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface; and

in accordance with a determination that the contact does not meet the respective intensity criteria, moving the focus selector in accordance with the second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface without moving the user interface object.

12. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, wherein the device includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting a contact with the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the contact is associated with a focus selector that controls movement of a respective user interface object that is currently selected; and

while continuously detecting the contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting first movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to movement of the focus selector toward a respective location;

in response to detecting the first movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

moving the focus selector on the display in accordance with the first movement of the contact and moving the respective user interface object in accordance with the movement of the focus selector; and

determining an intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface while the focus selector is at the respective location on the display;

detecting second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement of the focus selector away from the respective location; and

in response to detecting the second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

in accordance with a determination that the contact meets respective intensity criteria, moving the focus selector and the user interface object in accordance with the second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface; and

in accordance with a determination that the contact does not meet the respective intensity criteria, moving the focus selector in accordance with the second movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface without moving the user interface object.