GUI Transitions on Wearable Electronic Device

• US 20140143678A1
• Filed: 08/30/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Mistry, Pranav, Sadi, Sajid, Yao, Lining, Snavely, John, Offenberg, Eva-Maria, Huang, Link Chun, Kim, Cathy
• Granted Patent: US 10,551,928 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/746
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1694 the I/O peripheral being a single or a set of motion sensors for pointer control or gesture input obtained by sensing movements of the portable computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0304 Detection arrangements using opto-electronic means constructional details of pointing devices not related to the detection arrangement using opto-electronic means G06F3/033; optical digitisers G06F3/042
• 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 3/0481 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures

Abstract

In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more processors and a memory coupled to the processors that includes instructions executable by the processors. When executing the instructions, the processors present on a display of the apparatus a first screen of a graphical user interface. The first screen includes one or more first elements. The processors receive user input indicating a transition in the graphical user interface and, in response to the user input, transition from the first screen to a second screen of the graphical user interface and apply one or more visual transition effects to the transition. The second screen includes one or more second elements.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to;

present on a display of the apparatus a first screen of a graphical user interface, the first screen comprising one or more first elements;

receive user input indicating a transition in the graphical user interface;

in response to the user input, transition from the first screen to a second screen of the graphical user interface and apply one or more visual transition effects to the transition, the second screen comprising one or more second elements.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a device body comprising;

one or more of the processors;

the memory;

the display;

a rotatable element about the display; and

a detector configured to detect rotation of the rotatable element;

a band coupled to the device body; and

an optical sensor in or on the band.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises touch.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user input comprises rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the apparatus.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein:

the user input comprises a low-acceleration rotation of the rotatable element, the low-acceleration rotation comprising a rotational increment, and

the visual transition effects comprise displaying at least a portion of the first screen and at least a portion of the second screen in response to the rotational increment.

6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein:

the user input comprises a high-acceleration rotation of the rotatable element, the high-acceleration rotation comprising a rotational increment, and

the visual transition effects comprise;

displaying a scaled version of at least a portion of the first screen,

displaying a scaled version of at least a portion of a third screen, and

displaying a scaled version of at least a portion of the second screen.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the second screen and the first screen are the same,

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the apparatus, and

the visual transition effects comprise zooming on one or more of the first elements of the first screen.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the second screen and the first screen are the same,

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the apparatus,

one or more of the first elements comprise text, and

the visual transition effects comprise navigating the text.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the second screen and the first screen are the same,

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the apparatus,

one or more of the first elements comprise a chart, and

the visual transition effects comprise navigating the chart.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the apparatus, and

the visual transition effects comprise an animation of the folding of the first screen to display the second screen.

11. A method comprising:

presenting on a display of a computing device a first screen of a graphical user interface, the first screen comprising one or more first elements;

receiving user input indicating a transition in the graphical user interface; and

by the computing device, in response to the user input, transitioning from the first screen to a second screen of the graphical user interface and applying one or more visual transition effects to the transition, the second screen comprising one or more second elements.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the computing device comprises:

a device body comprising;

one or more processors;

a memory;

the display;

a rotatable element about the display; and

a detector configured to detect rotation of the rotatable element;

a band coupled to the device body; and

an optical sensor in or on the band.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the user input comprises touch.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the user input comprises rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the computing device.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein:

the user input comprises a low-acceleration rotation of the rotatable element, the low-acceleration rotation comprising a rotational increment, and

the visual transition effects comprise displaying at least a portion of the first screen and at least a portion of the second screen in response to the rotational increment.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein:

the user input comprises a high-acceleration rotation of the rotatable element, the high-acceleration rotation comprising a rotational increment, and

the visual transition effects comprise;

displaying a scaled version of at least a portion of the first screen,

displaying a scaled version of at least a portion of a third screen, and

displaying a scaled version of at least a portion of the second screen.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the second screen and the first screen are the same,

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the computing device, and

the visual transition effects comprise zooming on one or more of the first elements of the first screen.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the second screen and the first screen are the same,

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the computing device,

one or more of the first elements comprise text, and

the visual transition effects comprise navigating the text.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the second screen and the first screen are the same,

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the computing device,

one or more of the first elements comprise a chart, and

the visual transition effects comprise navigating the chart.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the computing device, and

the visual transition effects comprise an animation of the folding of the first screen to display the second screen.

21. One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

present on a display of a computing device a first screen of a graphical user interface, the first screen comprising one or more first elements;

receive user input indicating a transition in the graphical user interface;

in response to the user input, transition from the first screen to a second screen of the graphical user interface and apply one or more visual transition effects to the transition, the second screen comprising one or more second elements.

22. The media of claim 21, wherein the computing device comprises:

a device body comprising;

one or more processors;

a memory;

the display;

a rotatable element about the display; and

a detector configured to detect rotation of the rotatable element;

a band coupled to the device body; and

an optical sensor in or on the band.

23. The media of claim 21, wherein the user input comprises touch.

24. The media of claim 21, wherein the user input comprises rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the computing device.

25. The media of claim 24, wherein:

the user input comprises a low-acceleration rotation of the rotatable element, the low-acceleration rotation comprising a rotational increment, and

the visual transition effects comprise displaying at least a portion of the first screen and at least a portion of the second screen in response to the rotational increment.

26. The media of claim 24, wherein:

the user input comprises a high-acceleration rotation of the rotatable element, the high-acceleration rotation comprising a rotational increment, and

the visual transition effects comprise;

displaying a scaled version of at least a portion of the first screen,

displaying a scaled version of at least a portion of a third screen, and

displaying a scaled version of at least a portion of the second screen.

27. The media of claim 21, wherein:

the second screen and the first screen are the same,

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the computing device, and

the visual transition effects comprise zooming on one or more of the first elements of the first screen.

28. The media of claim 21, wherein:

the second screen and the first screen are the same,

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the computing device,

one or more of the first elements comprise text, and

the visual transition effects comprise navigating the text.

29. The media of claim 21, wherein:

the second screen and the first screen are the same,

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the computing device,

one or more of the first elements comprise a chart, and

the visual transition effects comprise navigating the chart.

30. The media of claim 21, wherein:

the user input comprises a rotation of a rotatable element about the display of the computing device, and

the visual transition effects comprise an animation of the folding of the first screen to display the second screen.