Context sensitive actions in response to touch input

• US 9,423,946 B2
• Filed: 08/12/2013
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Moore, Christopher D., Van Os, Marcel, Moore, Bradford A., Piemonte, Patrick S., Wachsman, Eleanor C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bashore, William
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHOWDHURY, RAYEEZ R
• Application Number:
  US13/964,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20150046884A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,107 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 2203/0381 Multimodal input, i.e. interface arrangements enabling the user to issue commands by simultaneous use of input devices of different nature, e.g. voice plus gesture on digitizer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0346 with detection of the device orientation or free movement in a 3D space, e.g. 3D mice, 6-DOF [six degrees of freedom] pointers using gyroscopes, accelerometers or tilt-sensors
• 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 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• 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

Abstract

Techniques for performing context-sensitive actions in response to touch input are provided. A user interface of an application can be displayed. Touch input can be received in a region of the displayed user interface, and a context can be determined. A first action may be performed if the context is a first context and a second action may instead be performed if the context is a second context different from the first context. In some embodiments, an action may be performed if the context is a first context and the touch input is a first touch input, and may also be performed if the context is a second context and the touch input is a second touch input.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at an electronic device with a touchscreen display;

displaying, by the touchscreen display, a user interface of a map application that has a standard map mode and a navigation mode;

receiving, by the touchscreen display, a first touch input in a map shown in the displayed user interface; and

,

in response to receiving the first touch input, modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input, wherein;

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the standard map mode of the map application when the first touch input was received, modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input includes performing, by the electronic device, a first user interface action, wherein in the standard map mode, the user interface of the map application displays a representation of a map; and

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the navigation mode of the map application when the first touch input was received, modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input includes performing, by the electronic device, a second user interface action that is different from the first user interface action, wherein in the navigation mode, the user interface of the map application displays routing information on the representation of the map.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first touch input corresponds to a gesture that includes a single-tap, double-tap, drag, swipe, pinch, flick, rotation, or a multi-touch gesture.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user interface action includes one of a shift, a pan, a scroll, a zoom, and a tilt, and wherein the second user interface action includes a different one of the shift, the pan, the scroll, the zoom, and the tilt.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first touch input is a drag gesture,

the first user interface action translates the representation of the map, and

the second user interface action rotates the representation of the map.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the representation of the map rotates about a current location identifier.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein rotating the representation of the map simulates looking left or right in a virtual sense while maintaining display of a current location identifier and a route on the representation of the map.

7. The method of claim 4, wherein the drag gesture is made with a contact and the method includes:

undoing the rotation of the representation of the map in response to detecting removal of the contact.

8. The method of claim 4, including:

undoing the rotation of the representation of the map in response to expiration of a predetermined period of time.

25. The method of claim 1, including:

after modifying the user interface in accordance with the first input, detecting an end of the first touch input; and

,

in response to detecting the end of the first touch input;

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the standard map mode of the map application when the first touch input ended, maintaining the user interface as modified in accordance with the first input; and

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the navigation mode of the map application when the first touch input ended, reverting the user interface back to the appearance of the user interface prior to being modified in accordance with the first input.

26. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input includes changing the displayed representation of the map.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein changing the displayed representation of the map includes changing the displayed representation of the map based on an amount of movement in the first touch input.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by an electronic device with a touchscreen display, cause the electronic device to:

display, by the touchscreen display, a user interface of a map application that has a standard map mode and a navigation mode;

receive, by the touchscreen display, a first touch input in a map shown in the displayed user interface; and

,

in response to receiving the first touch input, modify the user interface in accordance with the first touch input, wherein;

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the standard map mode of the map application when the first touch input was received, modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input includes performing, by the electronic device, a first user interface action, wherein in the standard map mode, the user interface of the map application displays a representation of a map; and

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the navigation mode of the map application when the first touch input was received, modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input includes performing, by the electronic device, a second user interface action that is different from the first user interface action, wherein in the navigation mode, the user interface of the map application displays routing information on the representation of the map.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the first touch input corresponds to a gesture that includes a single-tap, double-tap, drag, swipe, pinch, flick, rotation, or a multi-touch gesture.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the first user interface action includes one of a shift, a pan, a scroll, a zoom, and a tilt, and wherein the second user interface action includes a different one of the shift, the pan, the scroll, the zoom, and the tilt.

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

the first touch input is a drag gesture,

the first user interface action translates the representation of the map, and

the second user interface action rotates the representation of the map.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the representation of the map rotates about a current location identifier.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein rotating the representation of the map simulates looking left or right in a virtual sense while maintaining display of a current location identifier and a route on the representation of the map.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the drag gesture is made with a contact and,

the instructions include instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to undo the rotation of the representation of the map in response to detecting removal of the contact.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 15, including instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to undo the rotation of the representation of the map in response to expiration of a predetermined period of time.

28. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, including instructions that, when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:

after modifying the user interface in accordance with the first input, detect an end of the first touch input; and

,

in response to detecting the end of the first touch input;

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the standard map mode of the map application when the first touch input ended, maintain the user interface as modified in accordance with the first input; and

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the navigation mode of the map application when the first touch input ended, revert the user interface back to the appearance of the user interface prior to being modified in accordance with the first input.

29. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input includes changing the displayed representation of the map.

30. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 29, wherein changing the displayed representation of the map includes changing the displayed representation of the map based on an amount of movement in the first touch input.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a touchscreen display;

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 touchscreen display, a user interface of a map application that has a standard map mode and a navigation mode;

receiving, by the touchscreen display, a first touch input in a map shown in the displayed user interface; and

,

in response to receiving the first touch input, modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input, wherein;

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the standard map mode of the map application when the first touch input was received, modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input includes performing, by the electronic device, a first user interface action, wherein in the standard map mode, the user interface of the map application displays a representation of a map; and

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the navigation mode of the map application when the first touch input was received, modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input includes performing, by the electronic device, a second user interface action that is different from the first user interface action, wherein in the navigation mode, the user interface of the map application displays routing information on the representation of the map.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the first touch input corresponds to a gesture that includes a single-tap, double-tap, drag, swipe, pinch, flick, rotation, or a multi-touch gesture.

19. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the first user interface action includes one of a shift, a pan, a scroll, a zoom, and a tilt, and wherein the second user interface action includes a different one of the shift, the pan, the scroll, the zoom, and the tilt.

20. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein:

the first touch input is a drag gesture,

the first user interface action translates the representation of the map, and

the second user interface action rotates the representation of the map.

21. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein the representation of the map rotates about a current location identifier.

22. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein rotating the representation of the map simulates looking left or right in a virtual sense while maintaining display of a current location identifier and a route on the representation of the map.

23. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein the drag gesture is made with a contact and the one or more programs include instructions for:

undoing the rotation of the representation of the map in response to detecting removal of the contact.

24. The electronic device of claim 20, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

undoing the rotation of the representation of the map in response to expiration of a predetermined period of time.

31. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the one or more programs include instructions for:

after modifying the user interface in accordance with the first input, detecting an end of the first touch input; and

,

in response to detecting the end of the first touch input;

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the standard map mode of the map application when the first touch input ended, maintaining the user interface as modified in accordance with the first input; and

in accordance with a determination that the device was operating in the navigation mode of the map application when the first touch input ended, reverting the user interface back to the appearance of the user interface prior to being modified in accordance with the first input.

32. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein modifying the user interface in accordance with the first touch input includes changing the displayed representation of the map.

33. The electronic device of claim 32, wherein changing the displayed representation of the map includes changing the displayed representation of the map based on an amount of movement in the first touch input.