USER INTERFACE FOR MANIPULATING USER INTERFACE OBJECTS

• US 20160202866A1
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Published: 07/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: ZAMBETTI, Nicholas, CHAUDHRI, Imran, DASCOLA, Jonathan R., DYE, Alan C., FOSS, Christopher Patrick, GUZMAN, Aurelio, KARUNAMUNI, Chanaka G., KERR, Duncan Robert, LEMAY, Stephen O., MARIC, Natalia, WILSON, Christopher, WILSON, Eric Lance, YANG, Lawrence Y., BUTCHER, Gary Ian, DAVYDOV, Anton M., EDWARDS, Dylan Ross, IVE, Jonathan P., KENNEDY, Zachery, KING, Nicholas V., Preston, Daniel Trent
• Granted Patent: US 11,513,675 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• 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 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0236 using selection techniques to select from displayed items
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• 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 3/0485 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
• 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

User interface navigation on a personal electronics device based on movements of a crown is disclosed. The device can select an appropriate level of information arranged along a z-axis for display based on crown movement. The navigation can be based on an angular velocity of the crown.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

displaying a first plurality of icons on a touch-sensitive display of a wearable electronic device; and

receiving input based on a movement of a physical crown of the wearable electronic device.

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