Portable electronic device for photo management

• US 8,106,856 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2007
• Issued: 01/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Matas, Michael, Christie, Greg, Marcos, Paul D., Forstall, Scott, Van Os, Marcel, Ording, Bas, Chaudhri, Imran
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, JENNIFER T
• Application Number:
  US11/848,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20080052945A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,615 Days
• Field of Search: 345/156, 345173-179, 715600-766, 455/550, 455/566
• US Class Current: 345/73
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• 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 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72439 for image or video messaging
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00347 with another still picture apparatus, e.g. hybrid still picture apparatus circuits or arrangements for control or supervision between image input and image output device H04N1/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00442 Simultaneous viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. using a mosaic display arrangement of thumbnails
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00453 arranged in a two dimensional array
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00458 Sequential viewing of a plurality of images, e.g. browsing or scrolling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00461 marking or otherwise tagging one or more displayed image, e.g. for selective reproduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2101/00 Still video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0087 Image storage device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3226 : of identification information or the like, e.g. ID code, index, title, part of an image, reduced-size image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/325 : Modified version of the image, e.g. part of the image, image reduced in size or resolution, thumbnail or screennail
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3273 : Display
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 : Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 : Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 : Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters

Abstract

A portable electronic device with a touch screen display for photo management is disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer-implemented method in which the portable electronic device displays an array of thumbnail images corresponding to a set of photographic images. The device replaces the displayed array of thumbnail images with a user-selected photographic image upon detecting a user contact with a corresponding thumbnail image in the array. The user-selected photographic image is displayed at a larger scale than the corresponding thumbnail image. The portable device displays a different photographic image in replacement of the user-selected photographic image in accordance with a scrolling gesture. The scrolling gesture comprises a substantially horizontal movement of user contact with the touch screen display.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

at a device with a touch screen display,

detecting a first movement of a physical object on or near the touch screen display;

while detecting the first movement, translating a first digital object displayed on the touch screen display in a first direction, wherein the first digital object is associated with a set of digital objects;

in response to display of a previously hidden edge of the first digital object and continued detection of the first movement, displaying an area beyond the edge of the first digital object;

after the first movement is no longer detected, translating the first digital object in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the first digital object is no longer displayed;

detecting a second movement of the physical object on or near the touch screen display; and

in response to detecting the second movement while the previously hidden edge of the first digital object is displayed, translating the first digital object in the first direction and displaying a second digital object in the set of digital objects.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein, prior to the translating while detecting the first movement, at least one edge of the first digital object extends beyond the touch screen display in the first direction.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the physical object is a finger or a stylus.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first movement is a horizontal swipe gesture.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the set of digital objects is a set of digital images, a set of web pages, or a set of electronic documents.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the device is a portable electronic device.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first movement is in the first direction and the second movement is in the first direction.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second digital object replaces display of the first digital object.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

one or more processors;

memory; and

a program, wherein the program is stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the program including;

instructions for detecting a first movement of a physical object on or near the touch screen display;

instructions for, while detecting the first movement, translating a first digital object displayed on the touch screen display in a first direction, wherein the first digital object is associated with a set of digital objects;

instructions for, in response to display of a previously hidden edge of the first digital object and continued detection of the first movement, displaying an area beyond the edge of the first digital object;

instructions for, after the first movement is no longer detected, translating the first digital object in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the first digital object is no longer displayed;

instructions for detecting a second movement of the physical object on or near the touch screen display; and

instructions for, in response to detecting the second movement while the previously hidden edge of the first digital object is displayed, translating the first digital object in the first direction and displaying a second digital object in the set of digital objects.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein, prior to the translating while detecting the first movement, at least one edge of the first digital object extends beyond the touch screen display in the first direction.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein the physical object is a finger or a stylus.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein the first movement is a horizontal swipe gesture.

14. The device of claim 10, wherein the set of digital objects is a set of digital images, a set of web pages, or a set of electronic documents.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein the device is a portable electronic device.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein the first movement is in the first direction and the second movement is in the first direction.

17. The device of claim 10, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction.

18. The device of claim 10, wherein the second digital object replaces display of the first digital object.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a touch screen display, cause the device to:

detect a first movement of a physical object on or near the touch screen display;

while detecting the first movement, translate a first digital object displayed on the touch screen display in a first direction, wherein the first digital object is associated with a set of digital objects;

in response to display of a previously hidden edge of the first digital object and continued detection of the first movement, display an area beyond the edge of the first digital object;

after the first movement is no longer detected, translate the first digital object in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the first digital object is no longer displayed;

detect a second movement of the physical object on or near the touch screen display; and

in response to detecting the second movement while the previously hidden edge of the first digital object is displayed, translate the first digital object in the first direction and display a second digital object in the set of digital objects.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein, prior to the translating while detecting the first movement, at least one edge of the first digital object extends beyond the touch screen display in the first direction.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the physical object is a finger or a stylus.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the first movement is a horizontal swipe gesture.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the set of digital objects is a set of digital images, a set of web pages, or a set of electronic documents.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the device is a portable electronic device.

25. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the first gesture is in the first direction and the second gesture is in the first direction.

26. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction.

27. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the second digital object replaces display of the first digital object.