Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for displaying and using menus

• US 10,387,029 B2
• Filed: 09/30/2015
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Butcher, Gary I., Foss, Christopher P., Sepulveda, Raymond S., Perry, Alexander J., Coffman, Patrick L., Kudurshian, Aram David, Bray, Cedric J., Hajj, Usama M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Leggett, Andrea C
• Application Number:
  US14/869,997
• Publication Number:
  US 20160259517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,420 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• 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 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04845 for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• 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

Abstract

An electronic device displays, on a display, a map that is associated with a first orientation. The electronic device receives a touch input on a touch-sensitive surface, and, in response to receiving the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, rotates the map on the display in accordance with the touch input. While rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input, in response to determining that a displayed orientation of the rotated map corresponds to the first orientation of the map, the electronic device generates a first tactile output.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, wherein the electronic device includes one or more tactile output generators to provide tactile outputs;

displaying, on the display, a map;

receiving a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to receiving the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input; and

,

while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input;

in response to determining that a displayed orientation of the rotated map corresponds to a first orientation of the map that is defined according to a first geographic direction, generating a first tactile output.

2. The method of claim 1, including:

while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input;

in response to determining that the displayed orientation of the rotated map does not correspond to the first orientation of the map, forgoing generation of the first tactile output.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the map is also associated with a second orientation that is distinct from the first orientation; and

the method includes, while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input;

in response to determining that the displayed orientation of the rotated map corresponds to the second orientation of the map, generating a second tactile output.

4. The method of claim 3, including:

in accordance with a determination that the displayed map corresponds to a first city, selecting an orientation associated with the first city as the second orientation; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the displayed map corresponds to a second city that is distinct from the first city, selecting an orientation associated with the second city as the second orientation.

5. The method of claim 3, including:

while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input;

in response to determining that the displayed orientation of the rotated map does not correspond to either of the first orientation or the second orientation, forgoing generation of a tactile output.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the second orientation is transit north.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first orientation is true north.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the touch input is a multi-finger rotate gesture.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the tactile output corresponds to a physical displacement of the electronic device relative to a previous position of the electronic device, a physical displacement of a component of the electronic device relative to another component of the electronic device, or a displacement of a component of the electronic device relative to a center of mass of the electronic device.

10. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more tactile output generators to provide tactile outputs;

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, on the display, a map;

receiving a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to receiving the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input; and

,

while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input;

in response to determining that a displayed orientation of the rotated map corresponds to a first orientation of the map that is defined according to a first geographic direction, generating a first tactile output.

11. The electronic device of claim 10, including instructions for:

while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input;

in response to determining that the displayed orientation of the rotated map does not correspond to the first orientation of the map, forgoing generation of the first tactile output.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein:

the map is also associated with a second orientation that is distinct from the first orientation; and

the device includes instructions for, while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input;

in response to determining that the displayed orientation of the rotated map corresponds to the second orientation of the map, generating a second tactile output.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, including instructions for:

in accordance with a determination that the displayed map corresponds to a first city, selecting an orientation associated with the first city as the second orientation; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the displayed map corresponds to a second city that is distinct from the first city, selecting an orientation associated with the second city as the second orientation.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, including instructions for:

while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input;

in response to determining that the displayed orientation of the rotated map does not correspond to either of the first orientation or the second orientation, forgoing generation of a tactile output.

15. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the second orientation is transit north.

16. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the first orientation is true north.

17. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the touch input is a multi-finger rotate gesture.

18. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the tactile output corresponds to a physical displacement of the electronic device relative to a previous position of the electronic device, a physical displacement of a component of the electronic device relative to another component of the electronic device, or a displacement of a component of the electronic device relative to a center of mass of the electronic device.

19. 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, a touch-sensitive surface and one or more tactile output generators to provide tactile outputs, cause the electronic device to:

display, on the display, a map;

receive a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface;

in response to receiving the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, rotate the map on the display in accordance with the touch input; and

,

while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input;

in response to determining that a displayed orientation of the rotated map corresponds to a first orientation of the map that is defined according to a first geographic direction, generate a first tactile output.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, including instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to, while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input:

in response to determining that the displayed orientation of the rotated map does not correspond to the first orientation of the map, forgo generation of the first tactile output.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the map is also associated with a second orientation that is distinct from the first orientation;

and

the non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to, while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input;

in response to determining that the displayed orientation of the rotated map corresponds to the second orientation of the map, generate a second tactile output.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, including instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

in accordance with a determination that the displayed map corresponds to a first city, select an orientation associated with the first city as the second orientation; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the displayed map corresponds to a second city that is distinct from the first city, select an orientation associated with the second city as the second orientation.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, including instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to, while rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input:

in response to determining that the displayed orientation of the rotated map does not correspond to either of the first orientation or the second orientation, forgo generation of a tactile output.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the second orientation is transit north.

25. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the first orientation is true north.

26. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the touch input is a multi-finger rotate gesture.

27. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the tactile output corresponds to a physical displacement of the electronic device relative to a previous position of the electronic device, a physical displacement of a component of the electronic device relative to another component of the electronic device, or a displacement of a component of the electronic device relative to a center of mass of the electronic device.