Touch input cursor manipulation

• US 10,599,331 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2019
• Issued: 03/24/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Alonso Ruiz, Marcos, Lemay, Stephen O., Jon, Tiffany S., King, Nicholas V., Chaudhri, Imran A., Coffman, Patrick L., Winer, Morgan H., Jong, Nicholas K., Federighi, Craig M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sherman, Stephen G
• Application Number:
  US16/258,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20190155503A1
• Time in Patent Office: 424 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04104 Multi-touch detection in digitiser, i.e. details about the simultaneous detection of a plurality of touching locations, e.g. multiple fingers or pen and finger
• 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 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• 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 3/04883 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

Abstract

The method for manipulating a cursor is performed at a portable multifunction device with one or more processors, memory, and a touch screen display. Initially, content of an electronic document is displayed on the display, where a cursor is displayed within the electronic document. Two substantially simultaneous touch inputs are then detected on the touch screen display, and preferably anywhere on the touch screen display. In response to detecting the two substantially simultaneous touch inputs, a portion of the content in the document closest to the cursor is selected, and the portion of the content is displayed as selected content.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device having one or more processors, memory, and a touch-sensitive display;

concurrently displaying an onscreen keyboard and a content presentation region on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the content presentation region is configured to display content including text input received from the onscreen keyboard, wherein the onscreen keyboard includes a plurality of character keys with corresponding character symbols, and wherein a respective character symbol will be input in response to activation of a corresponding character key of the onscreen keyboard;

detecting a touch input on the onscreen keyboard displayed on the touch-sensitive display, wherein detecting the touch input includes detecting movement of one or more contacts and liftoff of the one or more contacts;

in response to detecting the touch input on the onscreen keyboard displayed on the touch-sensitive display;

in accordance with a determination that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard satisfies first criteria;

changing an appearance of the onscreen keyboard in a respective manner that obscures a plurality of the character symbols on the onscreen keyboard in response to determining that the touch input satisfies the first criteria;

performing a first operation based on the movement of the one or more contacts while maintaining the change in appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner; and

,

reversing the change in appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner in response to detecting liftoff of the one or more contacts; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard does not meet the first criteria, forgoing changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes applying a blurring effect to the onscreen keyboard.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes removing the plurality of character symbols from the onscreen keyboard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes removing a simulated three-dimensional characteristic of the plurality of character keys on the onscreen keyboard.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes changing one or more of:

color, hue, saturation, brightness, or contrast of the onscreen keyboard.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more contacts include a single contact.

7. The method of claim 1, including:

in response to detecting the touch input on the onscreen keyboard displayed on the touch-sensitive display;

in accordance with a determination that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard does not meet the first criteria and that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard meets second criteria distinct from the first criteria, entering a character symbol that corresponds to an activated character key of the onscreen keyboard.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the first operation based on the movement of the one or more contacts while maintaining the change in the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner includes selecting text within the content presentation region.

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 touch-sensitive display, cause the electronic device to:

concurrently display an onscreen keyboard and a content presentation region on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the content presentation region is configured to display content including text input received from the onscreen keyboard, wherein the onscreen keyboard includes a plurality of character keys with corresponding character symbols, and wherein a respective character symbol will be input in response to activation of a corresponding character key of the onscreen keyboard;

detect a touch input on the onscreen keyboard displayed on the touch-sensitive display, wherein detecting the touch input includes detecting movement of one or more contacts and liftoff of the one or more contacts;

in response to detecting the touch input on the onscreen keyboard displayed on the touch-sensitive display;

in accordance with a determination that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard satisfies first criteria;

change an appearance of the onscreen keyboard in a respective manner that obscures a plurality of the character symbols on the onscreen keyboard in response to determining that the touch input satisfies the first criteria;

perform a first operation based on the movement of the one or more contacts while maintaining the change in appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner; and

,

reverse the change in appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner in response to detecting liftoff of the one or more contacts; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard does not meet the first criteria, forgo changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes applying a blurring effect to the onscreen keyboard.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes removing the plurality of character symbols from the onscreen keyboard.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes removing a simulated three-dimensional characteristic of the plurality of character keys on the onscreen keyboard.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes changing one or more of:

color, hue, saturation, brightness, or contrast of the onscreen keyboard.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more contacts include a single contact.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, including instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

in response to detecting the touch input on the onscreen keyboard displayed on the touch-sensitive display;

in accordance with a determination that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard does not meet the first criteria and that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard meets second criteria distinct from the first criteria, enter a character symbol that corresponds to an activated character key of the onscreen keyboard.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein performing the first operation based on the movement of the one or more contacts while maintaining the change in the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner includes selecting text within the content presentation region.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

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;

concurrently displaying an onscreen keyboard and a content presentation region on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the content presentation region is configured to display content including text input received from the onscreen keyboard, wherein the onscreen keyboard includes a plurality of character keys with corresponding character symbols, and wherein a respective character symbol will be input in response to activation of a corresponding character key of the onscreen keyboard;

detecting a touch input on the onscreen keyboard displayed on the touch-sensitive display, wherein detecting the touch input includes detecting movement of one or more contacts and liftoff of the one or more contacts;

in response to detecting the touch input on the onscreen keyboard displayed on the touch-sensitive display;

in accordance with a determination that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard satisfies first criteria;

changing an appearance of the onscreen keyboard in a respective manner that obscures a plurality of the character symbols on the onscreen keyboard in response to determining that the touch input satisfies the first criteria;

performing a first operation based on the movement of the one or more contacts while maintaining the change in appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner; and

,

reversing the change in appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner in response to detecting liftoff of the one or more contacts; and

,

in accordance with a determination that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard does not meet the first criteria, forgoing changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes applying a blurring effect to the onscreen keyboard.

19. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes removing the plurality of character symbols from the onscreen keyboard.

20. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes removing a simulated three-dimensional characteristic of the plurality of character keys on the onscreen keyboard.

21. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein changing the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner that obscures the plurality of character symbols on the onscreen keyboard includes changing one or more of:

color, hue, saturation, brightness, or contrast of the onscreen keyboard.

22. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the one or more contacts include a single contact.

23. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

in response to detecting the touch input on the onscreen keyboard displayed on the touch-sensitive display;

in accordance with a determination that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard does not meet the first criteria and that the touch input on the onscreen keyboard meets second criteria distinct from the first criteria, entering a character symbol that corresponds to an activated character key of the onscreen keyboard.

24. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein performing the first operation based on the movement of the one or more contacts while maintaining the change in the appearance of the onscreen keyboard in the respective manner includes selecting text within the content presentation region.