Clock faces for an electronic device

• US 10,788,797 B1
• Filed: 09/27/2019
• Issued: 09/29/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Guzman, Aurelio, Chen, Kevin Will, Wilson, Christopher, Wilson, Eric Lance, Weiss, Jacob Z., Morales, Jesus A., Trottier, Lauren Kim
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Ting Z
• Application Number:
  US16/585,399
• Time in Patent Office: 368 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 21/08 Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/0064 in which functions not related to time can be displayed digital output to display devices of digital computers G06F3/14
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/007 combined with a calculator or computing means
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/027 provided with means for displaying at will a time indication or a date or a part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/04 by controlling light sources, e.g. electroluminescent diodes G04G9/0058 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/06 using light valves, e.g. liquid crystals
• CPC Class Codes: G04G 9/062 using multiplexing techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0362 with detection of 1D translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 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 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• 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

Abstract

A device displays a clock face in response to receiving a request to display a clock face. In accordance with a determination that a respective graphical element is to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes a plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to respective units of time, where the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements includes a first analog-dial graphical element that occupies a first position and has a first size. In accordance with a determination that the respective graphical element is not to be displayed at a respective location on the clock face, the clock face includes the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements corresponding to the respective units of time, and the first analog-dial graphical element of the plurality of analog-dial graphical elements occupies a second position and/or has a second size. In some embodiments, clock faces are reordered.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a display device;

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying, via the display device, a selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, including displaying a first clock face of the plurality of clock faces at a first size;

while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among the plurality of clock faces, detecting a user input at a location corresponding to the first clock face;

in response to detecting the user input;

in accordance with a determination that the user input meets first input criteria;

displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at a second size that is greater than the first size; and

in accordance with a determination that the user input meets second input criteria that is different from the first input criteria;

displaying, via the display device, a reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of three or more clock faces, including the first clock face, a second clock face, and a third clock face, wherein the second clock face and the third clock face are displayed at a third size that is smaller than the first size and the second size;

while displaying the reordering user interface, detecting movement corresponding to the first clock face; and

in response to detecting the movement corresponding to the first clock face, moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes concurrently displaying the first clock face, a second clock face of the plurality of clock faces, and a third clock face of the plurality of clock faces, wherein:

the first clock face is displayed at a fourth size that is smaller than the first size,

the second clock face is displayed at a size that is smaller than the fourth size, and

the third clock face is displayed at a size that is smaller than the fourth size, wherein the second clock face is different from the third clock face.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein displaying the reordering user interface includes displaying the first clock face at a fourth size that is smaller than the first size.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while displaying the reordering user interface that includes the first clock face at the fourth size, detecting second movement, wherein the second movement corresponds to the first clock face; and

in response to detecting the second movement corresponding to the first clock face;

in accordance with a determination that the second movement causes the first clock face to be moved a threshold distance in a first direction;

further reducing a size of the second clock face and the third clock face; and

in accordance with a determination that the second movement does not cause the first clock face to be moved the threshold distance in the first direction;

continuing to display the second clock face and the third clock face without reducing a size of the second clock face and the third clock face.

5. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface including displaying the first clock face, detecting a scrolling user input corresponding to a first scroll direction; and

in response to detecting the scrolling input, causing;

the first clock face to slide off of the display in a direction that corresponds to the first scroll direction, and

a second clock face to slide onto the display in the direction that corresponds to the first scroll direction.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein moving, in accordance with the detected movement, the first clock face relative to the one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface includes:

altering an order of the first clock face relative to the one or more of the other clock faces; and

generating a tactile output that corresponds to altering the order of the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement, determining that an end of the plurality of clock faces has been reached; and

in response to determining that the end of the plurality of clock faces has been reached, generating a second tactile output that corresponds to reaching the end of the plurality of clock faces.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least two clock faces of the plurality of clock faces are in an ordered set, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while displaying the reordering user interface, displaying, via the display device, a location indicator, wherein the location indicator provides an indication of a current ordering location for the first clock face among the at least two clock faces of the plurality of clock faces.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of the two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces in a first order, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

subsequent to moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement, receiving a request to display the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces; and

in response to receiving the request to display the selection user interface, displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface, wherein displaying the selection user interface includes displaying at least a portion of the two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces in a second order that is different from the first order.

10. The electronic device of claim 1,

wherein displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of the two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces based on a first order of the plurality of clock faces, and

wherein moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement changes an order of the plurality of clock faces to a second order that is different from the first order,

the one or more programs further including instructions for:

subsequent to moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement;

receiving a request to display the first clock face at the second size;

in response to receiving the request to display the first clock face at the second size, displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at the second size;

while displaying the first clock face at the second size, detecting a user input to change a clock face, wherein the user input to change a clock face includes a directional component; and

in response to detecting the user input to change a clock face, replacing display of the first clock face at the second size with a next clock face in the second order, selected based on the directional component.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

prior to displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces that includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, displaying the first clock face at the second size;

while displaying the first clock face at the second size, detecting a third user input that meets respective criteria; and

wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces is in response to receiving the third user input.

12. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

in response to detecting the user input;

in accordance with a determination that the user input meets fourth input criteria;

initiating a process for removing the first clock face from the plurality of clock faces.

13. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein while the device detects the movement corresponding to the first clock face while displaying the reordering user interface:

the first clock face in the reordering user interface is at least partially transparent such that at least a portion of the one or more other clock faces in the reordering user interface are visible behind the first clock face.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display device, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying, via the display device, a selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, including displaying a first clock face of the plurality of clock faces at a first size;

while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among the plurality of clock faces, detecting a user input at a location corresponding to the first clock face;

in response to detecting the user input;

in accordance with a determination that the user input meets first input criteria;

displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at a second size that is greater than the first size; and

in accordance with a determination that the user input meets second input criteria that is different from the first input criteria;

displaying, via the display device, a reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of three or more clock faces, including the first clock face, a second clock face, and a third clock face, wherein the second clock face and the third clock face are displayed at a third size that is smaller than the first size and the second size;

while displaying the reordering user interface, detecting movement corresponding to the first clock face; and

in response to detecting the movement corresponding to the first clock face, moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes concurrently displaying the first clock face, a second clock face of the plurality of clock faces, and a third clock face of the plurality of clock faces, wherein:

the first clock face is displayed at a fourth size that is smaller than the first size,

the second clock face is displayed at a size that is smaller than the fourth size, and

the third clock face is displayed at a size that is smaller than the fourth size, wherein the second clock face is different from the third clock face.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein displaying the reordering user interface includes displaying the first clock face at a fourth size that is smaller than the first size.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions for:

while displaying the reordering user interface that includes the first clock face at the fourth size, detecting second movement, wherein the second movement corresponds to the first clock face; and

in response to detecting the second movement corresponding to the first clock face;

in accordance with a determination that the second movement causes the first clock face to be moved a threshold distance in a first direction;

further reducing a size of the second clock face and the third clock face; and

in accordance with a determination that the second movement does not cause the first clock face to be moved the threshold distance in the first direction;

continuing to display the second clock face and the third clock face without reducing a size of the second clock face and the third clock face.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions for:

while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface including displaying the first clock face, detecting a scrolling user input corresponding to a first scroll direction); and

in response to detecting the scrolling input, causing;

the first clock face to slide off of the display in a direction that corresponds to the first scroll direction, and

a second clock face to slide onto the display in the direction that corresponds to the first scroll direction.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein moving, in accordance with the detected movement, the first clock face relative to the one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface includes:

altering an order of the first clock face relative to the one or more of the other clock faces; and

generating a tactile output that corresponds to altering the order of the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions for:

while moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement, determining that an end of the plurality of clock faces has been reached; and

in response to determining that the end of the plurality of clock faces has been reached, generating a second tactile output that corresponds to reaching the end of the plurality of clock faces.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein at least two clock faces of the plurality of clock faces are in an ordered set, wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions for:

while displaying the reordering user interface, displaying, via the display device, a location indicator, wherein the location indicator provides an indication of a current ordering location for the first clock face among the at least two clock faces of the plurality of clock faces.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of the two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces in a first order, wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions for:

subsequent to moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement, receiving a request to display the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces; and

in response to receiving the request to display the selection user interface, displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface, wherein displaying the selection user interface includes displaying at least a portion of the two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces in a second order that is different from the first order.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14,

wherein displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of the two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces based on a first order of the plurality of clock faces, and

wherein moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement changes an order of the plurality of clock faces to a second order that is different from the first order,

wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions for:

subsequent to moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement;

receiving a request to display the first clock face at the second size;

in response to receiving the request to display the first clock face at the second size, displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at the second size;

while displaying the first clock face at the second size, detecting a user input to change a clock face, wherein the user input to change a clock face includes a directional component; and

in response to detecting the user input to change a clock face, replacing display of the first clock face at the second size with a next clock face in the second order, selected based on the directional component.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions for:

prior to displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces that includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, displaying the first clock face at the second size;

while displaying the first clock face at the second size, detecting a third user input that meets respective criteria; and

wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces is in response to receiving the third user input.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the one or more programs further comprises instructions for:

in response to detecting the user input;

in accordance with a determination that the user input meets fourth input criteria;

initiating a process for removing the first clock face from the plurality of clock faces.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein while the device detects the movement corresponding to the first clock face while displaying the reordering user interface:

the first clock face in the reordering user interface is at least partially transparent such that at least a portion of the one or more other clock faces in the reordering user interface are visible behind the first clock face.

27. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a display device;

displaying, via the display device, a selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, including displaying a first clock face of the plurality of clock faces at a first size;

while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among the plurality of clock faces, detecting a user input at a location corresponding to the first clock face;

in response to detecting the user input;

in accordance with a determination that the user input meets first input criteria;

displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at a second size that is greater than the first size; and

in accordance with a determination that the user input meets second input criteria that is different from the first input criteria;

displaying, via the display device, a reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of three or more clock faces, including the first clock face, a second clock face, and a third clock face, wherein the second clock face and the third clock face are displayed at a third size that is smaller than the first size and the second size;

while displaying the reordering user interface, detecting movement corresponding to the first clock face; and

in response to detecting the movement corresponding to the first clock face, moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein displaying the reordering user interface for reordering the plurality of clock faces includes concurrently displaying the first clock face, a second clock face of the plurality of clock faces, and a third clock face of the plurality of clock faces, wherein:

the first clock face is displayed at a fourth size that is smaller than the first size,

the second clock face is displayed at a size that is smaller than the fourth size, and

the third clock face is displayed at a size that is smaller than the fourth size, wherein the second clock face is different from the third clock face.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein displaying the reordering user interface includes displaying the first clock face at a fourth size that is smaller than the first size.

30. The method of claim 29, further comprising:

while displaying the reordering user interface that includes the first clock face at the fourth size, detecting second movement, wherein the second movement corresponds to the first clock face; and

in response to detecting the second movement corresponding to the first clock face;

in accordance with a determination that the second movement causes the first clock face to be moved a threshold distance in a first direction;

further reducing a size of the second clock face and the third clock face; and

in accordance with a determination that the second movement does not cause the first clock face to be moved the threshold distance in the first direction;

continuing to display the second clock face and the third clock face without reducing a size of the second clock face and the third clock face.

31. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

while displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface including displaying the first clock face, detecting a scrolling user input corresponding to a first scroll direction); and

in response to detecting the scrolling input, causing;

the first clock face to slide off of the display in a direction that corresponds to the first scroll direction, and

a second clock face to slide onto the display in the direction that corresponds to the first scroll direction.

32. The method of claim 27, wherein moving, in accordance with the detected movement, the first clock face relative to the one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface includes:

altering an order of the first clock face relative to the one or more of the other clock faces; and

generating a tactile output that corresponds to altering the order of the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces.

33. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

while moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement, determining that an end of the plurality of clock faces has been reached; and

in response to determining that the end of the plurality of clock faces has been reached, generating a second tactile output that corresponds to reaching the end of the plurality of clock faces.

34. The method of claim 27, wherein at least two clock faces of the plurality of clock faces are in an ordered set, method further comprising:

while displaying the reordering user interface, displaying, via the display device, a location indicator, wherein the location indicator provides an indication of a current ordering location for the first clock face among the at least two clock faces of the plurality of clock faces.

35. The method of claim 27, wherein displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of the two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces in a first order, further comprising:

subsequent to moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement, receiving a request to display the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces; and

in response to receiving the request to display the selection user interface, displaying, via the display device, the selection user interface, wherein displaying the selection user interface includes displaying at least a portion of the two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces in a second order that is different from the first order.

36. The method of claim 27,

wherein displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces includes displaying at least a portion of the two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces based on a first order of the plurality of clock faces, and

wherein moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement changes an order of the plurality of clock faces to a second order that is different from the first order,

further comprising:

subsequent to moving the first clock face relative to one or more of the other clock faces in the reordering user interface in accordance with the detected movement;

receiving a request to display the first clock face at the second size;

in response to receiving the request to display the first clock face at the second size, displaying, via the display device, the first clock face at the second size;

while displaying the first clock face at the second size, detecting a user input to change a clock face, wherein the user input to change a clock face includes a directional component; and

in response to detecting the user input to change a clock face, replacing display of the first clock face at the second size with a next clock face in the second order, selected based on the directional component.

37. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

prior to displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces that includes displaying at least a portion of two or more different clock faces from the plurality of clock faces, displaying the first clock face at the second size;

while displaying the first clock face at the second size, detecting a third user input that meets respective criteria; and

wherein displaying the selection user interface for selecting a clock face among a plurality of clock faces is in response to receiving the third user input.

38. The method of claim 27, further comprising:

in response to detecting the user input;

in accordance with a determination that the user input meets fourth input criteria;

initiating a process for removing the first clock face from the plurality of clock faces.

39. The method of claim 27, wherein while the device detects the movement corresponding to the first clock face while displaying the reordering user interface:

the first clock face in the reordering user interface is at least partially transparent such that at least a portion of the one or more other clock faces in the reordering user interface are visible behind the first clock face.