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

• US 20160004430A1
• Filed: 09/17/2015
• Published: 01/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Missig, Julian, Brown, Matthew I.
• Granted Patent: US 10,175,879 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 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 a user interface at a first zoom level on the display;

while the user interface is displayed at the first zoom level, detecting a first input that includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to detecting the first input, initiating a respective operation associated with the user interface;

after initiating the respective operation;

detecting a second input, wherein detecting the second input includes detecting an increase in intensity of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the second input, zooming the user interface to a second zoom level different from the first zoom level in accordance with the increase in intensity of the contact; and

while the user interface is displayed at the second zoom level;

detecting a third input that includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the third input, completing the respective operation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input, the second input and the third input are part of a single gesture that includes a continuously detected contact on the touch-sensitive surface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input, the second input and the third input are performed sequentially by a same continuously detected contact on the touch-sensitive surface.

4. The method of claim 3, including, after zooming the user interface to the second zoom level:

detecting a fourth input, wherein detecting the fourth input includes detecting a decrease in intensity of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the fourth input, zooming the user interface to a third zoom level different from the second zoom level and the first zoom level in accordance with the decrease in intensity of the contact.

5. The method of claim 1, including:

after detecting the first input and before detecting the second input, detecting a liftoff of the contact corresponding to the first input.

6. The method of claim 1, including:

after detecting the second input and before detecting the third input, detecting a liftoff of the contact corresponding to the second input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact corresponding to the second input is different from a contact corresponding to the first input and the third input

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the respective operation is a document editing operation for editing an electronic document displayed in the user interface.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the respective operation is a document navigation operation for navigating through an electronic document displayed in the user interface.

10. The method of claim 1, including, after completing the respective operation:

detecting liftoff of the contact corresponding to the third input; and

in response to detecting liftoff of the contact corresponding to the third input, displaying the user interface at the first zoom level.

11. The method of claim 1, including, after completing the respective operation:

detecting liftoff of the contact corresponding to the third input; and

in response to detecting liftoff of the contact corresponding to the third input, maintaining display of the user interface at the second zoom level.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the second zoom level is dynamically selected in accordance with a maximum intensity of the contact corresponding to the second input.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the second zoom level is dynamically selected in accordance with a current intensity of the contact corresponding to the second input.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the second zoom level is a predefined zoom level.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the second input includes one or more cycles of increasing the intensity of a respective contact above a first intensity threshold starting at a lower intensity threshold that is below the first intensity threshold; and

the second zoom level is selected in accordance with a number of cycles that the respective contact has increased above the first intensity threshold and a predefined zoom-level increment.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch-sensitive surface is a fingerprint sensor.

17. 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 a user interface at a first zoom level on the display;

while the user interface is displayed at the first zoom level, detecting a first input that includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to detecting the first input, initiating a respective operation associated with the user interface;

after initiating the respective operation;

detecting a second input, wherein detecting the second input includes detecting an increase in intensity of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the second input, zooming the user interface to a second zoom level different from the first zoom level in accordance with the increase in intensity of the contact; and

while the user interface is displayed at the second zoom level;

detecting a third input that includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the third input, completing the respective operation.

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

display a user interface at a first zoom level on the display;

while the user interface is displayed at the first zoom level, detect a first input that includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to detecting the first input, initiate a respective operation associated with the user interface;

after initiating the respective operation;

detect a second input, wherein detecting the second input includes detecting an increase in intensity of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the second input, zoom the user interface to a second zoom level different from the first zoom level in accordance with the increase in intensity of the contact; and

while the user interface is displayed at the second zoom level;

detect a third input that includes movement of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the third input, complete the respective operation.