Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying User Interface Objects Corresponding to an Application

• US 20160004428A1
• Filed: 09/16/2015
• Published: 01/07/2016
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,073,615 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 3/0481 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 3/04842 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 3/0488 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, that includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, displays a plurality of application icons, where the plurality of application icons include a respective application icon corresponding to a respective application. While a focus selector is over the respective application icon, the device detects a gesture that includes a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to detecting the gesture: when the contact had a maximum intensity during the gesture that was below a respective intensity threshold, the device displays an application window of the respective application; and when the contact reached an intensity during the gesture that was above the respective intensity threshold, the device displays a plurality of user interface objects that correspond to the respective application.

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 intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;

displaying a frame for previewing content, wherein the frame corresponds to a plurality of content items;

detecting movement of a contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

moving a focus selector across the frame in accordance with the movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

sequentially displaying, in the frame, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across the frame, wherein a size of the previews is constrained to a size of the frame;

while a respective preview of a respective content item is displayed in the frame at a first size, detecting an increase in intensity of the contact;

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the contact, increasing the size of the respective preview to a second size larger than the size of the frame;

while displaying the respective preview at the second size, detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact; and

in response to detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact, reducing the size of the respective preview to the first size.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the contact is a single unbroken contact from a point in time when the movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface is detected to a point in time when the decrease in intensity of the contact is detected.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact includes detecting liftoff of the contact.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact includes detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive surface.

5. The method of claim 1, including displaying a plurality of frames for previewing content, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames corresponds to a different plurality of content items.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein increasing the size of the respective preview includes displaying an animation of the respective preview increasing in size in accordance with the intensity of the contact.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein reducing the size of the respective preview includes displaying an animation of the respective preview decreasing in size in accordance with the intensity of the contact.

8. The method of claim 1, including:

detecting additional movement of the contact corresponding to lateral movement of the focus selector on the display; and

,

in response to detecting the additional movement of the contact;

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the first size, ceasing to display the respective preview and sequentially displaying, at the first size, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across the frame; and

,

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the second size, maintaining display of the respective preview on the display.

9. The method of claim 1, including:

detecting additional movement of the contact corresponding to lateral movement of the focus selector on the display; and

,

in response to detecting the additional movement of the contact;

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the first size, ceasing to display the respective preview and sequentially displaying, at the first size, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across the frame; and

,

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the second size, ceasing to display the respective preview and sequentially displaying, at the second size, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across a region of the display corresponding to the frame.

10. 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 a frame for previewing content, wherein the frame corresponds to a plurality of content items;

detecting movement of a contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

moving a focus selector across the frame in accordance with the movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

sequentially displaying, in the frame, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across the frame, wherein a size of the previews is constrained to a size of the frame;

while a respective preview of a respective content item is displayed in the frame at a first size, detecting an increase in intensity of the contact;

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the contact, increasing the size of the respective preview to a second size larger than the size of the frame;

while displaying the respective preview at the second size, detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact; and

in response to detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact, reducing the size of the respective preview to the first size.

11. The device of claim 10, wherein the contact is a single unbroken contact from a point in time when the movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface is detected to a point in time when the decrease in intensity of the contact is detected.

12. The device of claim 10, wherein detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact includes detecting liftoff of the contact.

13. The device of claim 10, wherein detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact includes detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive surface.

14. The device of claim 10, including instructions for displaying a plurality of frames for previewing content, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames corresponds to a different plurality of content items.

15. The device of claim 10, wherein increasing the size of the respective preview includes displaying an animation of the respective preview increasing in size in accordance with the intensity of the contact.

16. The device of claim 10, wherein reducing the size of the respective preview includes displaying an animation of the respective preview decreasing in size in accordance with the intensity of the contact.

17. The device of claim 10, including instructions for:

detecting additional movement of the contact corresponding to lateral movement of the focus selector on the display; and

,

in response to detecting the additional movement of the contact;

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the first size, ceasing to display the respective preview and sequentially displaying, at the first size, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across the frame; and

,

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the second size, maintaining display of the respective preview on the display.

18. The device of claim 10, including instructions for:

detecting additional movement of the contact corresponding to lateral movement of the focus selector on the display; and

,

in response to detecting the additional movement of the contact;

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the first size, ceasing to display the respective preview and sequentially displaying, at the first size, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across the frame; and

,

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the second size, ceasing to display the respective preview and sequentially displaying, at the second size, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across a region of the display corresponding to the frame.

19. A 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 a frame for previewing content, wherein the frame corresponds to a plurality of content items;

detect movement of a contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

move a focus selector across the frame in accordance with the movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface;

sequentially display, in the frame, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across the frame, wherein a size of the previews is constrained to a size of the frame;

while a respective preview of a respective content item is displayed in the frame at a first size, detect an increase in intensity of the contact;

in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the contact, increase the size of the respective preview to a second size larger than the size of the frame;

while displaying the respective preview at the second size, detect a decrease in intensity of the contact; and

,

in response to detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact, reduce the size of the respective preview to the first size.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the contact is a single unbroken contact from a point in time when the movement of the contact across the touch-sensitive surface is detected to a point in time when the decrease in intensity of the contact is detected.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact includes detecting liftoff of the contact.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact includes detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive surface.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device with the display, the touch-sensitive surface, and the one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to display a plurality of frames for previewing content, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames corresponds to a different plurality of content items.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein increasing the size of the respective preview includes displaying an animation of the respective preview increasing in size in accordance with the intensity of the contact.

25. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein reducing the size of the respective preview includes displaying an animation of the respective preview decreasing in size in accordance with the intensity of the contact.

26. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device with the display, the touch-sensitive surface, and the one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

detect additional movement of the contact corresponding to lateral movement of the focus selector on the display; and

,

in response to detecting the additional movement of the contact;

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the first size, cease to display the respective preview and sequentially display, at the first size, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across the frame; and

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the second size, maintain display of the respective preview on the display.

27. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19, including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device with the display, the touch-sensitive surface, and the one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

detect additional movement of the contact corresponding to lateral movement of the focus selector on the display; and

,

in response to detecting the additional movement of the contact;

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the first size, cease to display the respective preview and sequentially display, at the first size, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across the frame; and

,

in accordance with detecting the additional movement while displaying the respective preview at the second size, cease to display the respective preview and sequentially display, at the second size, previews of respective content items in the plurality of content items in accordance with the movement of the focus selector across a region of the display corresponding to the frame.