Event recognition

• US 8,566,045 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2011
• Issued: 10/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Shaffer, Joshua L., Kocienda, Kenneth L., Chaudhri, Imran
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, John H
• Application Number:
  US13/077,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20110179387A1
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• Field of Search: 702/57, 702182-185, 345/173, 715/200, 715/700, 715/733, 715/830, 715/863
• US Class Current: 702/57
• 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 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

While displaying one or more views of a first software application, an electronic device detects a sequence of touch inputs. The electronic device, in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the first software application recognizes a first portion of the sequence, delivers the sequence to the first software application without delivering the sequence to a second software application, and in accordance with a determination that a first gesture recognizer in the first software application recognizes the sequence, processes the sequence with the first gesture recognizer. The electronic device, in accordance with a determination that no gesture recognizer in the first software application recognizes the first portion, delivers the sequence to the second software application, and in accordance with a determination that a second gesture recognizer in the second software application recognizes the sequence, processes the sequence with the second gesture recognizer.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, the electronic device configured to execute at least a first software application and a second software application, the first software application including a first set of one or more gesture recognizers, the second software application including one or more views and a second set of one or more gesture recognizers, and respective gesture recognizers having corresponding gesture handlers;

displaying a first set of one or more views, the first set of one or more views including at least a subset of the one or more views of the second software application; and

while displaying the first set of the one or more views;

detecting a sequence of touch inputs on the touch-sensitive display, the sequence of touch inputs including a first portion of one or more touch inputs and a second portion of one or more touch inputs subsequent to the first portion;

determining whether at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the first portion of one or more touch inputs;

in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the first portion of one or more touch inputs;

delivering the sequence of touch inputs to the first software application without delivering the sequence of touch inputs to the second software application;

determining whether at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs; and

in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs, processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers that recognizes the sequence of touch inputs; and

in accordance with a determination that no gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the first portion of one or more touch inputs;

delivering the sequence of touch inputs to the second software application;

determining whether at least one gesture recognizer in the second set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs; and

in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the second set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs, processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the second set of one or more gesture recognizers that recognizes the sequence of touch inputs.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sequence of touch inputs at least partially overlaps at least one of the one or more displayed views of the second software application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the first set of one or more views includes displaying the first set of one or more views without displaying any view of the first software application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the first set of one or more views includes displaying the first set of one or more views without displaying a view of any other software application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein prior to the determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the first portion of one or more touch inputs, concurrently delivering the first portion of one or more touch inputs to the first software application and the second software application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first software application is an application launcher.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first software application is an operating system application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers includes displaying one or more views of the first software application.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers includes replacing the display of the first set of one or more views with display of one or more views of the first software application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device concurrently executes the first software application, the second software application, and a third software application;

and processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers includes replacing the first set of one or more views with one or more views of the third software application.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers includes:

displaying in a first predefined area of the touch-sensitive display a group of open application icons that correspond to at least some of a plurality of concurrently open applications; and

concurrently displaying at least a subset of the first set of one or more views.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including;

at least a first software application and a second software application, the first software application including a first set of one or more gesture recognizers, the second software application including one or more views and a second set of one or more gesture recognizers, and respective gesture recognizers having corresponding gesture handlers,

wherein the one or more programs include instructions for;

displaying a first set of one or more views, the first set of one or more views including at least a subset of the one or more views of the second software application; and

while displaying the first set of the one or more views;

detecting a sequence of touch inputs on the touch-sensitive display, the sequence of touch inputs including a first portion of one or more touch inputs and a second portion of one or more touch inputs subsequent to the first portion;

determining whether at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the first portion of one or more touch inputs;

in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the first portion of one or more touch inputs;

delivering the sequence of touch inputs to the first software application without delivering the sequence of touch inputs to the second software application;

determining whether at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs; and

in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs, processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers that recognizes the sequence of touch inputs; and

in accordance with a determination that no gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the first portion of one or more touch inputs;

delivering the sequence of touch inputs to the second software application;

determining whether at least one gesture recognizer in the second set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs; and

in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the second set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs, processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the second set of one or more gesture recognizers that recognizes the sequence of touch inputs.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the sequence of touch inputs at least partially overlaps at least one of the one or more displayed views of the second software application.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the instructions for displaying the first set of one or more views include instructions for displaying the first set of one or more views without displaying any view of the first software application.

15. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the instructions for processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers include instructions for replacing the display of the first set of one or more views with display of one or more views of the first software application.

16. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the instructions for processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers include instructions for:

displaying in a first predefined area of the touch-sensitive display a group of open application icons that correspond to at least some of a plurality of concurrently open applications; and

concurrently displaying at least a subset of the first set of one or more views.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors in an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including:

at least a first software application and a second software application, the first software application including a first set of one or more gesture recognizers, the second software application including one or more views and a second set of one or more gesture recognizers, and respective gesture recognizers having corresponding gesture handlers, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for;

displaying a first set of one or more views, the first set of one or more views including at least a subset of the one or more views of the second software application; and

while displaying the first set of the one or more views;

detecting a sequence of touch inputs on the touch-sensitive display, the sequence of touch inputs including a first portion of one or more touch inputs and a second portion of one or more touch inputs subsequent to the first portion;

determining whether at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the first portion of one or more touch inputs;

in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the first portion of one or more touch inputs;

delivering the sequence of touch inputs to the first software application without delivering the sequence of touch inputs to the second software application;

determining whether at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs; and

in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs, processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers that recognizes the sequence of touch inputs; and

in accordance with a determination that no gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the first portion of one or more touch inputs;

delivering the sequence of touch inputs to the second software application;

determining whether at least one gesture recognizer in the second set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs; and

in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the second set of one or more gesture recognizers recognizes the sequence of touch inputs, processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the second set of one or more gesture recognizers that recognizes the sequence of touch inputs.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the sequence of touch inputs at least partially overlaps at least one of the one or more displayed views of the second software application.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions for displaying the first set of one or more views include instructions for displaying the first set of one or more views without displaying any view of the first software application.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions for processing the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the first set of one or more gesture recognizers include instructions for replacing the display of the first set of one or more views with display of one or more views of the first software application.