Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Determining Whether to Scroll or Select Content

• US 20150143273A1
• Filed: 01/29/2015
• Published: 05/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Bernstein, Jeffrey Traer, Missig, Julian
• Granted Patent: US 10,078,442 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/767
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• 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 3/0485 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

Abstract

An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface and one or more intensity sensors displays content. While a focus selector is over the content, the device detects a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the gesture including a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface and movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement of the focus selector on the display. In response to detecting the gesture, when the contact has an intensity below a selection intensity threshold, the device scrolls the content on the display in accordance with the movement of the focus selector on the display without selecting the content. In response to detecting the gesture, when the contact has an intensity above the selection intensity threshold, the device selects at least a portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the focus selector over the content.

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:

display content on the display;

while a focus selector is over the content, detect a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the gesture including;

a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement of the focus selector on the display; and

in response to detecting the gesture;

in accordance with a determination that the first contact has an intensity below a selection intensity threshold, scroll the content on the display in accordance with movement of the focus selector on the display without selecting the content; and

in accordance with a determination that the first contact has an intensity above the selection intensity threshold, select at least a portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the focus selector over the content.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein selecting the portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the focus selector over the content includes selecting the portion of the content without scrolling the content.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, including instructions which cause the device to scroll the content while selecting the portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the focus selector over the content.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, including instructions which cause the device to, prior to selecting the portion of the content:

detect an increase in intensity of the first contact to a first intensity that is lower than the selection intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the first contact;

in accordance with a determination that the first intensity is above a cursor-preview intensity threshold, display a preview of a cursor in the content at a respective location proximate to the focus selector; and

in accordance with a determination that the first intensity is below the cursor-preview intensity threshold, continue to display the content without displaying the preview of the cursor.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 4, including instructions which cause the device to:

while displaying the preview of the cursor in the content, detect an increase in intensity of the first contact from the first intensity to a second intensity; and

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the first contact from the first intensity to the second intensity;

in accordance with a determination that the second intensity is above a cursor-insertion intensity threshold, insert a cursor in the content; and

in accordance with a determination that the second intensity is below the cursor-insertion intensity threshold, continue to display the preview of the cursor without inserting the cursor in the content.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein inserting the cursor in the content includes displaying an animation of the preview of the cursor being replaced with the cursor.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 5, wherein selecting the portion of the content in accordance with movement of the focus selector over the content includes starting the selecting at a location in the content that corresponds to a location of the cursor.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 4, including instructions which cause the device to, after selecting the portion of the content:

detect a decrease in intensity of the first contact below the selection intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the decrease in intensity of the first contact below the selection intensity threshold;

in accordance with a determination that the intensity of the first contact is above a selection-adjustment intensity threshold, adjust the selection in accordance with movement of the first contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in accordance with a determination that the intensity of the first contact is below the selection-adjustment intensity threshold, forgo adjustment of the selection.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 4, including instructions which cause the device to:

while selecting the portion of the content, detect a second contact on the touch-sensitive surface and detect movement of the second contact across the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the movement of the second contact across the touch-sensitive surface, scroll the content in accordance with the movement of the second contact, while continuing to select the content in accordance with movement of the content relative to the focus selector on the display.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions which cause the device to select the portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the focus selector over the content include instructions which cause the device to:

determine an intensity of the first contact;

select a respective content subunit type of a plurality of content subunit types in accordance with the intensity of the first contact; and

adjust the selection by adding whole content subunits of the respective subunit type to the selection in accordance with movement of the first 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;

displaying content on the display;

while a focus selector is over the content, detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the gesture including;

a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement of the focus selector on the display; and

in response to detecting the gesture;

in accordance with a determination that the first contact has an intensity below a selection intensity threshold, scrolling the content on the display in accordance with movement of the focus selector on the display without selecting the content; and

in accordance with a determination that the first contact has an intensity above the selection intensity threshold, selecting at least a portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the focus selector over the content.

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;

displaying content on the display;

while a focus selector is over the content, detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, the gesture including;

a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement of the focus selector on the display; and

in response to detecting the gesture;

in accordance with a determination that the first contact has an intensity below a selection intensity threshold, scrolling the content on the display in accordance with movement of the focus selector on the display without selecting the content; and

in accordance with a determination that the first contact has an intensity above the selection intensity threshold, selecting at least a portion of the content in accordance with the movement of the focus selector over the content.