Device, method, and graphical user interface for moving a current position in content at a variable scrubbing rate

• US 8,572,513 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2009
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran, Pisula, Charles J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, LE V
• Application Number:
  US12/566,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20100231536A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,495 Days
• Field of Search: 715/863, 715/772
• US Class Current: 715/863
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1692 the I/O peripheral being a secondary touch screen used as control interface, e.g. virtual buttons or sliders
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0416 Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• 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: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/34 Indicating arrangements indicating means incorporated in magazine or cassette G11B23/046 and G11B23/0875; indicating measured values in general G01D

Abstract

A method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes, while providing content with the electronic device: displaying a progress icon; detecting a contact with the touch-sensitive surface, movement of the contact, and a pause in movement; after determining positions of two detailed scrubbing boundaries, detecting movement of the contact, including detecting a scrubbing component of movement, wherein the scrubbing component corresponds to an uncompensated scrubbing distance; and, in response: when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position between the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and between two endpoints of a predefined path, moving the progress icon by a distance less than the uncompensated scrubbing distance; and when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position outside the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and between the two endpoints, moving the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface;

providing content with the electronic device; and

,

while providing the content with the electronic device;

displaying a progress icon in a predefined area on the display, wherein the progress icon indicates a current position within the content and is configured to move within a predefined path on the display, wherein the predefined path includes two endpoints and has a primary axis;

detecting a contact with the touch-sensitive surface, movement of the contact, and a scrubbing component of the movement of the contact that corresponds to movement on the display parallel to the primary axis of the predefined path;

moving a current position of the progress icon in accordance with the scrubbing component of the movement of the contact, and moving the current position in the content in accordance with the current position of the progress icon;

detecting a pause in movement of the contact at a contact pause location that corresponds to an icon pause location of the progress icon;

in response to detecting the pause in movement of the contact, determining positions of two detailed scrubbing boundaries on the display, wherein the detailed scrubbing boundaries are determined at least in part based on a predefined distance from the icon pause location;

after determining the positions of the two detailed scrubbing boundaries, detecting movement of the contact from the contact pause location to a current contact location, including detecting the scrubbing component of movement of the contact from the contact pause location, wherein the scrubbing component corresponds to an uncompensated scrubbing distance on the display; and

in response to detecting the scrubbing component;

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display between the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and between the two endpoints of the predefined path, moving the current position of the progress icon by a distance less than the uncompensated scrubbing distance; and

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display outside the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and between the two endpoints of the predefined path, moving the current position of the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the pause in movement of the contact includes detecting movement of the contact that is below a predefined threshold.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the positions of the detailed scrubbing boundaries are maintained, and

moving the current position of the progress icon includes;

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance is less than the predefined distance, moving the current position of the progress icon less than the uncompensated scrubbing distance; and

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance is greater than the predefined distance, moving the current position of the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, prior to moving the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance, in response to detecting a predefined condition, changing the position of a respective detail scrubbing boundary.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the predefined condition includes that the progress icon is moving below a predefined speed.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein a respective detail scrubbing boundary is located beyond a respective endpoint of the predefined path.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising, in response to detecting the scrubbing component, moving the current position of the progress icon such that:

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display between the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and beyond the respective endpoint of the predefined path, moving the current position of the progress icon less than the distance from the current location of the progress icon to the respective endpoint of the predefined path; and

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display at or beyond the respective detailed scrubbing boundary and beyond the respective endpoint of the predefined path, moving the current position of the progress icon to the respective endpoint of the predefined path.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a 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;

providing content with the electronic device; and

,

while providing the content with the electronic device;

displaying a progress icon in a predefined area on the display, wherein the progress icon indicates a current position within the content and is configured to move within a predefined path on the display, wherein the predefined path includes two endpoints and has a primary axis;

detecting a contact with the touch-sensitive surface, movement of the contact, and a scrubbing component of the movement of the contact that corresponds to movement on the display parallel to the primary axis of the predefined path;

moving a current position of the progress icon in accordance with the scrubbing component of the movement of the contact, and moving the current position in the content in accordance with the current position of the progress icon;

detecting a pause in movement of the contact at a contact pause location that corresponds to an icon pause location of the progress icon;

responding to detection of the pause in movement of the contact, by determining positions of two detailed scrubbing boundaries on the display, wherein the detailed scrubbing boundaries are determined at least in part based on a predefined distance from the icon pause location;

detecting movement of the contact from the contact pause location to a current contact location after determining the positions of the two detailed scrubbing boundaries, including detecting the scrubbing component of movement of the contact from the contact pause location, wherein the scrubbing component corresponds to an uncompensated scrubbing distance on the display; and

responding to detection of the scrubbing component by;

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display between the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and between the two endpoints of the predefined path, moving the current position of the progress icon by a distance less than the uncompensated scrubbing distance; and

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display outside the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and between the two endpoints of the predefined path, moving the current position of the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein detecting the pause in movement of the contact includes detecting movement of the contact that is below a predefined threshold.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein:

the positions of the detailed scrubbing boundaries are maintained, and

the instructions for moving the current position of the progress icon further include instructions for;

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance is less than the predefined distance, moving the current position of the progress icon less than the uncompensated scrubbing distance; and

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance is greater than the predefined distance, moving the current position of the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance.

12. The device of claim 8, further including instructions for, prior to moving the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance, in response to detecting a predefined condition, changing the position of a respective detail scrubbing boundary.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein the predefined condition includes that the progress icon is moving below a predefined speed.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein a respective detail scrubbing boundary is located beyond a respective endpoint of the predefined path.

15. The device of claim 14, further including instructions for, in response to detecting the scrubbing component, moving the current position of the progress icon such that:

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display between the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and beyond the respective endpoint of the predefined path, moving the current position of the progress icon less than the distance from the current location of the progress icon to the respective endpoint of the predefined path; and

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display at or beyond the respective detailed scrubbing boundary and beyond the respective endpoint of the predefined path, moving the current position of the progress icon to the respective endpoint of the predefined path.

9. 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 and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

provide content with the electronic device; and

while providing the content with the electronic device;

display a progress icon in a predefined area on the display, wherein the progress icon indicates a current position within the content and is configured to move within a predefined path on the display, wherein the predefined path includes two endpoints and has a primary axis;

detect a contact with the touch-sensitive surface, movement of the contact, and a scrubbing component of the movement of the contact that corresponds to movement on the display parallel to the primary axis of the predefined path;

move a current position of the progress icon in accordance with the scrubbing component of the movement of the contact, and move the current position in the content in accordance with the current position of the progress icon;

detect a pause in movement of the contact at a contact pause location that corresponds to an icon pause location of the progress icon;

respond to detecting the pause in movement of the contact, by determining positions of two detailed scrubbing boundaries on the display, wherein the determination of detailed scrubbing boundaries are based least in part on a predefined distance from the icon pause location;

detect movement of the contact from the contact pause location to a current contact location after determining the positions of the two detailed scrubbing boundaries, including detecting the scrubbing component of movement of the contact from the contact pause location, wherein the scrubbing component corresponds to an uncompensated scrubbing distance on the display; and

respond to detecting the scrubbing component by;

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display between the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and between the two endpoints of the predefined path, moving the current position of the progress icon by a distance less than the uncompensated scrubbing distance; and

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display outside the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and between the two endpoints of the predefined path, moving the current position of the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein detecting the pause in movement of the contact includes detecting movement of the contact that is below a predefined threshold.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein:

the positions of the detailed scrubbing boundaries are maintained, and

the instructions for moving the current position of the progress icon further include instructions that cause the device to;

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance is less than the predefined distance, move the current position of the progress icon less than the uncompensated scrubbing distance; and

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance is greater than the predefined distance, move the current position of the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, further including instructions that cause the device to, prior to moving the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance, in response to detecting a predefined condition, change the position of a respective detail scrubbing boundary.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the predefined condition includes that the progress icon is moving below a predefined speed.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein a respective detail scrubbing boundary is located beyond a respective endpoint of the predefined path.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 20, further including instructions that cause the device to, in response to detecting the scrubbing component, moving the current position of the progress icon such that:

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display between the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and beyond the respective endpoint of the predefined path, move the current position of the progress icon less than the distance from the current location of the progress icon to the respective endpoint of the predefined path; and

when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position on the display at or beyond the respective detailed scrubbing boundary and beyond the respective endpoint of the predefined path, move the current position of the progress icon to the respective endpoint of the predefined path.