Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Facilitating User Interaction with Controls in a User Interface

• US 20150067513A1
• Filed: 11/09/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Bernstein, Jeffrey Traer, Cieplinski, Avi E., Khoe, May-Li, Zambetti, Nicholas
• Granted Patent: US 10,496,260 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04802 3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04806 Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03547 Touch pads, in which fingers can move on a surface
• 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 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• 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
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00411 the display also being used for user input, e.g. touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/0044 for image preview or review, e.g. to help the user position a sheet

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 displays, on the display, a first control for controlling a first operation. The device detects, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first input that corresponds to the first control; and in response to detecting the first input: in accordance with a determination that the first input meets first control-activation criteria but does not include a contact with a maximum intensity above a respective intensity threshold, the device performs the first operation; and in accordance with a determination that the first input includes a contact with an intensity above the respective intensity threshold, the device displays a second control for performing a second operation associated with the first operation.

Claims

1. 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 intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

display, on the display, a first control for controlling a first operation;

detect, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first input that corresponds to the first control; and

in response to detecting the first input;

in accordance with a determination that the first input meets first control-activation criteria but does not include a contact with a maximum intensity above a respective intensity threshold, perform the first operation; and

in accordance with a determination that the first input includes a contact with an intensity above the respective intensity threshold, displaying a second control for perform a second operation associated with the first operation.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein displaying the second control includes replacing at least a portion of the first control with the second control.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the second control is a control for adjusting a parameter of the first operation.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the first control includes a button; and

the second control includes a slider.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the second control is a control for performing an operation that includes one or more steps in common with the first operation.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, including instructions which cause the device to:

detect a second input on the touch-sensitive surface; and

in response to detecting the second input, perform the second operation corresponding to the second control.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6, wherein the first input and the second input are part of a multi-part gesture that includes at least one continuously detected contact.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, including instructions which cause the device to, after displaying the second control:

detect a decrease in intensity of the contact below an intensity threshold that meets second control display criteria; and

in response to detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact, cease to display the second control on the display.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the first operation includes turning a visual effect on or off; and

the second operation includes adjusting a magnitude of the visual effect.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the first operation includes controlling media playback at a default playback speed; and

the second operation includes navigating through the media at a respective speed that is different from the default playback speed.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the first operation includes turning a timer on or off; and

the second operation includes setting a time of the timer.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein:

the first operation includes turning an alarm on or off; and

the second operation includes setting a time for the alarm.

13. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more sensors to detect intensity 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, on the display, a first control for controlling a first operation;

detecting, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first input that corresponds to the first control; and

in response to detecting the first input;

in accordance with a determination that the first input meets first control-activation criteria but does not include a contact with a maximum intensity above a respective intensity threshold, performing the first operation; and

in accordance with a determination that the first input includes a contact with an intensity above the respective intensity threshold, displaying a second control for performing a second operation associated with the first operation.

14. 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 intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

displaying, on the display, a first control for controlling a first operation;

detecting, on the touch-sensitive surface, a first input that corresponds to the first control; and

in response to detecting the first input;

in accordance with a determination that the first input meets first control-activation criteria but does not include a contact with a maximum intensity above a respective intensity threshold, performing the first operation; and

in accordance with a determination that the first input includes a contact with an intensity above the respective intensity threshold, displaying a second control for performing a second operation associated with the first operation.