Device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying additional information in response to a user contact

• US 10,908,808 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2015
• Issued: 02/02/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Cieplinski, Avi E., Brown, Matthew I., Bernstein, Jeffrey Traer, Missig, Julian, Khoe, May-Li, Zambetti, Nicholas, Costanzo, Bianca C., Haggerty, Myra, Hart, David J., Victor, B. Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Repsher, III, John T
• Application Number:
  US14/856,520
• Publication Number:
  US 20160011771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,966 Days
• Field of Search: 715808
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04805 Virtual magnifying lens, i.e. window or frame movable on top of displayed information to enlarge it for better reading or selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0412 Digitisers structurally integrated in a display
• 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 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• 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, with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface. The device detects a contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector corresponding to the contact is at a respective location on the display associated with additional information not initially displayed on the display. While the focus selector is at the respective location, upon determining that the contact has an intensity above a respective intensity threshold before a predefined delay time has elapsed with the focus selector at the respective location, the device displays the additional information associated with the respective location without waiting until the predefined delay time has elapsed; and upon determining that the contact has an intensity below the respective intensity threshold, the device waits until the predefined delay time has elapsed to display the additional information associated with the respective location.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, wherein the device includes one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

displaying a first user interface on the display, wherein;

the first user interface includes a first representation of an object, and

the first representation provides a preview of content in the object;

while a focus selector is over the first representation of the object in the first user interface, detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a first contact with an intensity that increases during the first gesture from below a respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold;

in response to detecting the first gesture satisfying navigation criteria, wherein satisfaction of the navigation criteria includes the increase in intensity of the first contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replacing the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object with a second user interface that includes a second representation of the object;

while the focus selector is over the second representation of the object in the second user interface, detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a second contact with an intensity that increases during the second gesture from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the second gesture satisfying the navigation criteria, including the increase in intensity of the second contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replacing the second user interface that includes the second representation of the object with the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the respective intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity measurement that is greater than a nominal intensity measurement that indicates that a contact is touching the touch-sensitive surface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second gesture is a repetition of the first gesture.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the object is an electronic message;

the first representation is a message list entry in a list of electronic messages; and

the second representation is a view of the electronic message that corresponds to the message list entry.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the object is an electronic document;

the first representation is an icon that corresponds to the electronic document; and

the second representation is a view of the electronic document.

6. The method of claim 1, including:

prior to replacing the first user interface with the second user interface;

detecting an increase in intensity of the first contact above the respective intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the first contact, displaying a first animation of the first representation distorting in accordance with the increase in intensity of the first contact;

prior to replacing the second user interface with the first user interface;

detecting an increase in intensity of the second contact above the respective intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the second contact, displaying a second animation of the second representation distorting in accordance with the increase in intensity of the second contact.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the first animation includes adjusting display of the first representation by displaying a plurality of visual cues in accordance with the intensity of the first contact; and

the second animation includes adjusting display of the second representation by displaying the plurality of visual cues in accordance with the intensity of the second contact.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second gesture is detected while the focus selector is over a portion of the second representation of the object that does not include a navigation button.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the first animation shows the first representation stretching backwards into the display.

28. The method of claim 5, including, while displaying the second user interface that includes the second representation of the electronic document:

concurrently displaying, on the display, document content of the electronic document and a back button to navigate to prior content;

while concurrently displaying the document content and the back button, detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector corresponding to the contact is at a location of the back button on the display, wherein the back button is associated with prior document content that is not initially displayed in the second user interface on the display; and

while the focus selector is at the location of the back button;

in accordance with a determination that the contact has an intensity above a second intensity threshold before a predefined delay time has elapsed with the focus selector at the location of the back button, displaying, concurrently with the document content, multiple representations of the prior document content without waiting until the predefined delay time has elapsed; and

in accordance with a determination that the contact has an intensity below the second intensity threshold, waiting until the predefined delay time has elapsed while the focus selector is at the location of the back button with an intensity between a first intensity threshold and the second intensity threshold to display, concurrently with the document content, the multiple representations of the prior document content.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the 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 first user interface on the display, wherein;

the first user interface includes a first representation of an object, and

the first representation provides a preview of content in the object;

while a focus selector is over the first representation of the object in the first user interface, detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a first contact with an intensity that increases during the first gesture from below a respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold;

in response to detecting the first gesture satisfying navigation criteria, wherein satisfaction of the navigation criteria includes the increase in intensity of the first contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replacing the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object with a second user interface that includes a second representation of the object;

while the focus selector is over the second representation of the object in the second user interface, detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a second contact with an intensity that increases during the second gesture from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the second gesture satisfying the navigation criteria, including the increase in intensity of the second contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replacing the second user interface that includes the second representation of the object with the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object.

12. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the respective intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity measurement that is greater than a nominal intensity measurement that indicates that a contact is touching the touch-sensitive surface.

13. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the second gesture is a repetition of the first gesture.

14. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein:

the object is an electronic message;

the first representation is a message list entry in a list of electronic messages; and

the second representation is a view of the electronic message that corresponds to the message list entry.

15. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein:

the object is an electronic document;

the first representation is an icon that corresponds to the electronic document; and

the second representation is a view of the electronic document.

16. The electronic device of claim 8, including instructions for:

prior to replacing the first user interface with the second user interface;

detecting an increase in intensity of the first contact above the respective intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the first contact, displaying a first animation of the first representation distorting in accordance with the increase in intensity of the first contact;

prior to replacing the second user interface with the first user interface;

detecting an increase in intensity of the second contact above the respective intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the second contact, displaying a second animation of the second representation distorting in accordance with the increase in intensity of the second contact.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein:

the first animation includes adjusting display of the first representation by displaying a plurality of visual cues in accordance with the intensity of the first contact; and

the second animation includes adjusting display of the second representation by displaying the plurality of visual cues in accordance with the intensity of the second contact.

18. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the second gesture is detected while the focus selector is over a portion of the second representation of the object that does not include a navigation button.

19. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the first animation shows the first representation stretching backwards into the display.

29. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the one or more programs including instructions for:

while displaying the second user interface that includes the second representation of the electronic document;

concurrently displaying, on the display, document content of the electronic document and a back button to navigate to prior content;

while concurrently displaying the document content and the back button, detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector corresponding to the contact is at a location of the back button on the display, wherein the back button is associated with prior document content that is not initially displayed in the second user interface on the display; and

while the focus selector is at the location of the back button;

in accordance with a determination that the contact has an intensity above a second intensity threshold before a predefined delay time has elapsed with the focus selector at the location of the back button, displaying, concurrently with the document content, multiple representations of the prior document content without waiting until the predefined delay time has elapsed; and

in accordance with a determination that the contact has an intensity below the second intensity threshold, waiting until the predefined delay time has elapsed while the focus selector is at the location of the back button with an intensity between a first intensity threshold and the second intensity threshold to display, concurrently with the document content, the multiple representations of the prior document content.

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, a touch-sensitive surface and one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:

display a first user interface on the display, wherein;

the first user interface includes a first representation of an object, and

the first representation provides a preview of content in the object;

while a focus selector is over the first representation of the object in the first user interface, detect a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a first contact with an intensity that increases during the first gesture from below a respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold;

in response to detecting the first gesture satisfying navigation criteria, wherein satisfaction of the navigation criteria includes the increase in intensity of the first contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replace the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object with a second user interface that includes a second representation of the object;

while the focus selector is over the second representation of the object in the second user interface, detect a second gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a second contact with an intensity that increases during the second gesture from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the second gesture satisfying the navigation criteria, including the increase in intensity of the second contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replace the second user interface that includes the second representation of the object with the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the respective intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity measurement that is greater than a nominal intensity measurement that indicates that a contact is touching the touch-sensitive surface.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the second gesture is a repetition of the first gesture.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein:

the object is an electronic message;

the first representation is a message list entry in a list of electronic messages; and

the second representation is a view of the electronic message that corresponds to the message list entry.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein:

the object is an electronic document;

the first representation is an icon that corresponds to the electronic document; and

the second representation is a view of the electronic document.

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

prior to replacing the first user interface with the second user interface;

detect an increase in intensity of the first contact above the respective intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the first contact, display a first animation of the first representation distorting in accordance with the increase in intensity of the first contact;

prior to replacing the second user interface with the first user interface;

detect an increase in intensity of the second contact above the respective intensity threshold; and

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the second contact, display a second animation of the second representation distorting in accordance with the increase in intensity of the second contact.

25. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein:

the first animation includes adjusting display of the first representation by displaying a plurality of visual cues in accordance with the intensity of the first contact; and

the second animation includes adjusting display of the second representation by displaying the plurality of visual cues in accordance with the intensity of the second contact.

26. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the second gesture is detected while the focus selector is over a portion of the second representation of the object that does not include a navigation button.

27. The computer readable storage medium of claim 24, wherein the first animation shows the first representation stretching backwards into the display.

30. The computer readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the one or more programs including instructions which, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

while displaying the second user interface that includes the second representation of the electronic document;

concurrently display, on the display, document content of the electronic document and a back button to navigate to prior content;

while concurrently displaying the document content and the back button, detect a contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector corresponding to the contact is at a location of the back button on the display, wherein the back button is associated with prior document content that is not initially displayed in the second user interface on the display; and

while the focus selector is at the location of the back button;

in accordance with a determination that the contact has an intensity above a second intensity threshold before a predefined delay time has elapsed with the focus selector at the location of the back button, display, concurrently with the document content, multiple representations of the prior document content without waiting until the predefined delay time has elapsed; and

in accordance with a determination that the contact has an intensity below the second intensity threshold, wait until the predefined delay time has elapsed while the focus selector is at the location of the back button with an intensity between a first intensity threshold and the second intensity threshold to display, concurrently with the document content, the multiple representations of the prior document content.