Adjusting a display size of text

• US 9,817,796 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Fino, Jorge S.
• Primary Examiner(s): He, Weiming
• Application Number:
  US14/525,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20150046805A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/109 Font handling; Temporal or kinetic typography
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/24 Generation of individual character patterns
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 715/978 Audio interaction as part of an operator interface

Abstract

This is directed to adjusting the size of displayed text in response to receiving user instructions. An electronic device can display text or other content using one or more default sizes. A user can direct the device to increase a display size of text by providing a corresponding input. In response to receiving the instruction, the electronic device can increase the display size of the text and display the beginning of the text (e.g., the beginning of a sentence), even though an input may be detected in a region near the end of the text. In some cases, when the user instructs the device to increase the display size of text beyond a maximum level, the electronic device can provide an audio output corresponding to the text instead of or in addition to increasing the display size of the text.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising a processor operatively coupled to a display interface and an input interface, the electronic device configured to:

display, via the display interface, text using a first display size;

receive, from the input interface, an input requesting an increase in the first display size;

responsive to the input, determine that the increase in the display size requested is beyond a maximum display size; and

responsive to the determination that the requested display size is beyond the maximum display size, provide an audio output corresponding to the text, wherein the audio output includes an audio rendition of the text displayed in a display region.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

display, via the display interface, text using a prior display size, the prior display size being smaller than the first display size;

receive, from the input interface, a prior input requesting an increase in the prior display size;

responsive to the prior input, determine that the prior increase in the display size requested is within the maximum display size; and

wherein

the displaying of the text using the first display size is responsive to the determination that the requested prior increase is within the maximum display size.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

determine, from the prior input, the first display size.

4. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

select the first display size from a predefined sequence of display sizes.

5. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

responsive to the determination that the requested prior increase is within the maximum display size;

identify a type of display region in which the text is displayed;

identify a plurality of display regions of the identified type; and

change a display size of text displayed in each of the identified display regions to the first display size.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the display interface is further operative to:

change a size of each of the identified display regions.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the audio output corresponding to the text comprises an audio rendition of the text.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the audio output corresponding to the text comprises an audio rendition of a displayed option.

9. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is further configured to:

responsive to the determination that the requested display size is beyond the maximum display size, display the text using a default display size.

10. The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the default display size is smaller than the maximum display size.

11. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to provide the audio output corresponding to the text in accordance with a determination that an accessibility mode of the electronic device is enabled.

12. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium including one or more sequences of instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, causes;

displaying, via a display interface, text using a first display size;

receiving, from an input device, an input requesting an increase in the first display size;

responsive to the input, determining that the increase in the display size requested is beyond a maximum display size; and

responsive to the determination that the requested display size is beyond the maximum display size, providing an audio output corresponding to the text, wherein the audio output includes an audio rendition of the text displayed in a display region.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

displaying, via the display interface, text using a prior display size, the prior display size being smaller than the first display size;

receiving, from the input device, a prior input requesting an increase in the prior display size;

responsive to the prior input, determining that the prior increase in the display size requested is within the maximum display size; and

wherein the displaying of the text using the first display size is responsive to the determination that the requested prior increase is within the maximum display size.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the audio output corresponding to the text comprises an audio rendition of the text.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the audio output corresponding to the text comprises an audio rendition of a displayed option.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

responsive to the determination that the requested display size is beyond the maximum display size, displaying the text using a default display size.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the default display size is smaller than the maximum display size.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the providing of the audio output corresponding to the text is in accordance with a determination that an accessibility mode of an electronic device is enabled.

19. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

determining, from the prior instruction, the first display size.

20. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions embodied thereon that, when implemented by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising:

displaying, via a display interface, text using a first display size;

receiving, from an input device, an input requesting an increase in the first display size;

responsive to the input, determining that the increase in the display size requested is beyond a maximum display size; and

responsive to the determination that the requested display size is beyond the maximum display size, providing an audio output corresponding to the text, wherein the audio output includes an audio rendition of the text displayed in a display region.