COLUMN FIT DOCUMENT TRAVERSAL FOR READER APPLICATION

• US 20160299655A1
• Filed: 09/30/2015
• Published: 10/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Migos, Charles J., Murrett, Martin J., Elseth, Ian J., Styer, Allison M., Refstrup, Jacob, Fettes, Alastair K., Langmead, Gregory C.
• Granted Patent: US 10,691,323 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 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• 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 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality

Abstract

An electronic device displays a view of a lower portion of a first column from a document. The document includes at least a first column and a second column. A first user input gesture is received by the electronic device. In response to detecting the first user input gesture, the electronic device displays an animated transition from the view of the lower portion of the first column to a view of an upper portion of the second column.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at an electronic device with one or more processors, a display, and memory;

selecting an electronic document;

inputting a gesture on the electronic document to view the electronic document in a guided-pan mode;

in response to the inputting the gesture to view the electronic document in the guided-pan mode, displaying, by the display, content of the electronic document in a column fit format.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content of the electronic document displayed in the column fit format corresponds to an area of the electronic document on which the gesture was input.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein in the column fit format the content of the electronic document corresponding to a column is formatted to fit an entirety of the column.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein if a lower portion of a first column is being displayed, a top portion of a second column, which is subsequent to the first column, is displayed in response to a subsequent column gesture.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein if a top portion of a first column is being displayed, a bottom portion of a third column, which is previous to the first column, is displayed in response to a previous column gesture.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein an animated transition of the content is displayed during a transition of displaying the lower portion of the first column to the top portion of the second column.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a speed of the animated transition corresponds to an input speed of the subsequent column gesture.

8. A method comprising:

at an electronic device with one or more processors, a display, and memory;

displaying, by the display, a view of a lower portion of a first column from a document, wherein the document includes at least a first column and a second column;

detecting a first user input gesture received by the electronic device; and

in response to detecting the first user input gesture, displaying, by the display, an animated transition from the view of the lower portion of the first column to a view of an upper portion of the second column.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein:

when the view of the lower portion of the first column is displayed, the document is displayed at a first zoom level;

for at least part of the duration of the animated transition, the document is displayed at a second zoom level that is lower than the first zoom level; and

when the view of the upper position of the second column is displayed, the document is displayed at the first zoom level.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein when the document is displayed at the second zoom level, at least part of the first column of the document and at least part of the second column of the document are displayed.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the electronic device further comprises a touch-sensitive surface, wherein the first user input gesture is received by the electronic device via the touch-sensitive surface.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first user input gesture received by the electronic device via the touch-sensitive surface includes a continuous contact with the touch-sensitive surface between a first contact location on the touch-sensitive surface and a second contact location on the touch-sensitive surface.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

in response to receiving the first user input gesture, determining, by the electronic device, whether a currently displayed portion of the first column is an end of the first column;

in response to determining that the currently displayed portion of the first column is the end of the first column, displaying, by the display, an animated transition from the view of the end of the first column to a view of an upper portion of the second column; and

in response to determining that the currently displayed portion of the first column is not the end of the first column, displaying a portion of the first column that follows a currently displayed portion of the first column.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving a second user input gesture, and, in response to receiving the second input:

displaying a first view of the first column and the second column wherein the first column is predominantly displayed by the first view;

displaying a second view of the first column and the second column at a fourth zoom level, wherein the first column and the second column are equally displayed by the second view;

displaying a third view of the first column and the second column at the third zoom level, wherein the second column is predominantly displayed by the third view.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving a third user input gesture, and, in response to receiving the third user input gesture, displaying, at the first zoom level, a column that is predominantly displayed when the third user input gesture is received.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the second user input gesture is a drag gesture and the third user input gesture is at least one of a hold gesture.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising receiving a fourth user input gesture, and, in response to receiving the fourth user input gesture, displaying a page of the document that is displayed when the fourth user input gesture is received.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the fourth user input gesture is a release gesture.

19. An electronic device, comprising:

one or more processors;

a display communicatively coupled to the 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, by the display, a view of a lower portion of a first column from a document, wherein the document includes at least a first column and a second column;

detecting a user input gesture received by the electronic device; and

in response to detecting the user input gesture, displaying, by the display, an animated transition from the view of the lower portion of the first column to a view of an upper portion of the second column.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, that, when executed by an electronic device having one or more processors, a display, one or more input devices, and memory, cause the electronic device to:

display, by the display, a view of a lower portion of a first column from a document, wherein the document includes at least a first column and a second column;

detect a user input gesture received by the electronic device; and

in response to detecting the user input gesture, display, by the display, an animated transition from the view of the lower portion of the first column to a view of an upper portion of the second column.