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

• US 8,689,128 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2009
• Issued: 04/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran, Newman, Lucas C., van Os, Marcel, Matas, Michael, Furches, Elizabeth Caroline
• Primary Examiner(s): Chow, Doon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fibbi, Christopher J
• Application Number:
  US12/566,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20100231535A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,649 Days
• Field of Search: 715/772, 715/833, 345/173
• US Class Current: 715/772
• 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: displaying a progress icon; detecting a contact at a location that corresponds to the progress icon; detecting contact movement that comprises a first component in a direction corresponding to movement on the display parallel to a first predefined direction and a second component in a direction corresponding to movement on the display perpendicular to the first predefined direction; and, while detecting movement of the contact: determining a current offset distance; and, in response to detecting a current first component of movement of the contact, moving the current position within the content at a scrubbing rate, wherein: the scrubbing rate decreases as the current offset distance increases, and the direction of movement of the current position within the content is in accordance with the direction of the current first component of movement.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

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

displaying a progress icon within a predefined area on the display, wherein;

the progress icon is configured to move along a predefined linear path in the predefined area on the display; and

the progress icon indicates a current position within content;

detecting a contact with the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the progress icon;

detecting movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement to a respective location on the display; and

in response to detecting the movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to a movement within the predefined area, and at a location corresponding to a current location of the progress icon, moving the current position within the content at a fixed scrubbing rate;

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to a movement within the predefined area, to a location other than a location corresponding to a current location of the progress icon, moving the current position within the content at the fixed scrubbing rate; and

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to movement outside of the predefined area, moving the current position within the content at a variable scrubbing rate based at least in part on an offset distance between the predefined area and the respective location, wherein;

the variable scrubbing rate has a first scrubbing rate value that corresponds to a first fraction, less than one, of the fixed scrubbing rate when the offset distance has a first offset value; and

the variable scrubbing rate has a second scrubbing rate value that corresponds to a second fraction of the fixed scrubbing rate, less than the first fraction of the fixed scrubbing rate, when the offset distance has a second offset value greater than the first offset value.

2. The method of claim 1, including:

displaying a scroll bar in the predefined area on the display; and

,

after detecting the contact with the touch-sensitive surface at the location that corresponds to the progress icon on the display, displaying an expanded portion of the scroll bar.

3. The method of claim 2, including displaying a signal intensity within the expanded portion of the scroll bar.

4. The method of claim 2, including displaying representative images from the content within the expanded portion of the scroll bar.

5. The method of claim 2, including displaying representative text from the content within the expanded portion of the scroll bar.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the scrubbing rate decreases to a predetermined minimum rate as the offset distance increases.

7. A graphical user interface on an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, comprising:

a progress icon configured to move along a predefined linear path in a predefined area on the display,

wherein;

a current position is indicated within content with the progress icon; and

,

a contact is detected with the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the progress icon;

movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement to a respective location on the display is detected; and

in response to detecting the movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to a movement within the predefined area, and at a location corresponding to a current location of the progress icon, the current position within the content is moved at a fixed scrubbing rate;

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to a movement within the predefined area, to a location other than a location corresponding to a current location of the progress icon, the current position within the content is moved at the fixed scrubbing rate; and

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to movement outside of the predefined area, the current position within the content is moved at a variable scrubbing rate based at least in part on an offset distance between the predefined area and the respective location, wherein;

the variable scrubbing rate has a first scrubbing rate value that corresponds to a first fraction, less than one, of the fixed scrubbing rate when the offset distance has a first offset value; and

the variable scrubbing rate has a second scrubbing rate value that corresponds to a second fraction of the fixed scrubbing rate, less than the first fraction of the fixed scrubbing rate, when the offset distance has a second offset value greater than the first offset value.

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;

displaying a progress icon within a predefined area on the display, wherein;

the progress icon is configured to move along a predefined linear path in the predefined area on the display; and

the progress icon indicates a current position within content;

detecting a contact with the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the progress icon;

detecting movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface to that corresponds to movement to a respective location on the display; and

in response to detecting the movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to a movement within the predefined area, and at a location corresponding to a current location of the progress icon, moving the current position within the content at a fixed scrubbing rate;

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to a movement within the predefined area, to a location other than a location corresponding to a current location of the progress icon, moving the current position within the content at the fixed scrubbing rate; and

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to movement outside of the predefined area, moving the current position within the content at a variable scrubbing rate based at least in part on an offset distance between the predefined area and the respective location, wherein;

the variable scrubbing rate has a first scrubbing rate value that corresponds to a first fraction, less than one, of the fixed scrubbing rate when the offset distance has a first offset value; and

the variable scrubbing rate has a second scrubbing rate value that corresponds to a second fraction of the fixed scrubbing rate, less than the first fraction of the fixed scrubbing rate, when the offset distance has a second offset value greater than the first offset value.

9. The device of claim 8, including instructions for:

displaying a scroll bar in the predefined area on the display; and

,

after detecting the contact with the touch-sensitive surface at the location that corresponds to the progress icon on the display, displaying an expanded portion of the scroll bar.

10. The device of claim 9, including instructions for displaying a signal intensity within the expanded portion of the scroll bar.

11. The device of claim 9, including instructions for displaying representative images from the content within the expanded portion of the scroll bar.

12. The device of claim 9, including instructions for displaying representative text from the content within the expanded portion of the scroll bar.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein the scrubbing rate decreases to a predetermined minimum rate as the offset distance increases.

14. 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:

display a progress icon within a predefined area on the display, wherein;

the progress icon is configured to move along a predefined linear path in the predefined area on the display; and

the progress icon indicates a current position within content;

detect a contact with the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the progress icon;

detect movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to movement to a respective location on the display; and

in response to detecting the movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to a movement within the predefined area, and at a location corresponding to a current location of the progress icon, move the current position within the content at a fixed scrubbing rate;

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to a movement within the predefined area, to a location other than a location corresponding to a current location of the progress icon, move the current position within the content at the fixed scrubbing rate; and

in accordance with a determination that the movement of the contact corresponds to movement outside of the predefined area, move the current position within the content at a variable scrubbing rate based at least in part on an offset distance between the predefined area and the respective location, wherein;

the variable scrubbing rate has a first scrubbing rate value that corresponds to a first fraction, less than one, of the fixed scrubbing rate when the offset distance has a first offset value; and

the variable scrubbing rate has a second scrubbing rate value that corresponds to a second fraction of the fixed scrubbing rate, less than the first fraction of the fixed scrubbing rate, when the offset distance has a second offset value greater than the first offset value.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, including instructions which cause the device to:

display a scroll bar in the predefined area on the display; and

after detecting the contact with the touch-sensitive surface at the location that corresponds to the progress icon on the display, display an expanded portion of the scroll bar.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, including instructions which cause the device to display a signal intensity within the expanded portion of the scroll bar.

17. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, including instructions which cause the device to display representative images from the content within the expanded portion of the scroll bar.

18. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, including instructions which cause the device to display representative text from the content within the expanded portion of the scroll bar.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the scrubbing rate decreases to a predetermined minimum rate as the offset distance increases.