Device, method, and graphical user interface for providing feedback for changing activation states of a user interface object

• US 9,886,184 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2014
• Issued: 02/06/2018
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Pillai, Namitha
• Application Number:
  US14/536,141
• Publication Number:
  US 20150067495A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,187 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/014 Force feedback applied to GUI
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/016 Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user
• 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 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• 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, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface object having a plurality of activation states; detects a contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and detects an increase of intensity of the contact from a first intensity to a second intensity. In response to detecting the increase in intensity, the device: changes activation states M times, and generates a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to each change in activation state. The device detects a decrease of intensity of the contact from the second intensity to the first intensity; and in response to detecting the decrease in intensity, the device: changes activation states N times, and generates a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to each change in activation state, where N is different from M.

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 intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the device to:

display a user interface object on the display, wherein the user interface object has a plurality of activation states, wherein the plurality of activation states includes a first activation state that corresponds to advancing through values at a first rate and a second activation state that corresponds to advancing through the values at a second rate;

detect a contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

detect an increase of intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface from a first intensity to a second intensity;

in response to detecting the increase in intensity;

change activation states of the user interface object M times, where M is a positive integer, including advancing through the values at the first rate when the user interface object is in the first activation state and advancing through the values at the second rate when the user interface object is in the second activation state; and

generate a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to each change in activation state of the user interface object, including generating a tactile output when the user interface object transitions from the first activation state to the second activation state;

detect a decrease of intensity of the contact from the second intensity to the first intensity; and

in response to detecting the decrease in intensity;

change activation states of the user interface object N times, where N is a positive integer, including skipping changing to the second activation state of the user interface object and skipping advancing through the values at the second rate in response to detecting the decrease in intensity; and

generate a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to each change in activation state of the user interface object, where N is different from M, including forgoing generating a tactile output that corresponds to transitioning to and/or from the second activation state.

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

the user interface object has a first appearance in a first activation state;

the user interface object has a second appearance, different from the first appearance, in a second activation state; and

the non-transitory computer readable storage medium includes instructions which cause the device to, in response to detecting the increase in intensity, display an animation of the user interface object transitioning from the first appearance to the second appearance.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein M is greater than N.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein M is less than N.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein M is equal to 1 and N is equal to 2.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein M is equal to 2 and N is equal to 1.

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

at least one tactile output generated in response to detecting the increase in intensity corresponds to a tactile sensation that simulates a down-click of a physical actuator mechanism; and

at least one tactile output generated in response to detecting the decrease in intensity corresponds to a tactile sensation that simulates an up-click of a physical actuator mechanism.

8. An electronic device, comprising:

a display;

a touch-sensitive surface;

one or more sensors to detect intensities 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 user interface object on the display, wherein the user interface object has a plurality of activation states, wherein the plurality of activation states includes a first activation state that corresponds to advancing through values at a first rate and a second activation state that corresponds to advancing through the values at a second rate;

detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting an increase of intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface from a first intensity to a second intensity;

in response to detecting the increase in intensity;

changing activation states of the user interface object M times, where M is a positive integer, including advancing through the values at the first rate when the user interface object is in the first activation state and advancing through the values at the second rate when the user interface object is in the second activation state; and

generating a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to each change in activation state of the user interface object, including generating a tactile output when the user interface object transitions from the first activation state to the second activation state;

detecting a decrease of intensity of the contact from the second intensity to the first intensity; and

in response to detecting the decrease in intensity;

changing activation states of the user interface object N times, where N is a positive integer, including skipping changing to the second activation state of the user interface object and skipping advancing through the values at the second rate in response to detecting the decrease in intensity; and

generating a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to each change in activation state of the user interface object, where N is different from M, including forgoing generating a tactile output that corresponds to transitioning to and/or from the second activation state.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein:

the user interface object has a first appearance in a first activation state;

the user interface object has a second appearance, different from the first appearance, in a second activation state; and

the device includes instructions for, in response to detecting the increase in intensity, displaying an animation of the user interface object transitioning from the first appearance to the second appearance.

10. The device of claim 8, wherein M is greater than N.

11. The device of claim 8, wherein M is less than N.

12. The device of claim 8, wherein M is equal to 1 and N is equal to 2.

13. The device of claim 8, wherein M is equal to 2 and N is equal to 1.

14. The device of claim 8, wherein:

at least one tactile output generated in response to detecting the increase in intensity corresponds to a tactile sensation that simulates a down-click of a physical actuator mechanism; and

at least one tactile output generated in response to detecting the decrease in intensity corresponds to a tactile sensation that simulates an up-click of a physical actuator mechanism.

15. 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 user interface object on the display, wherein the user interface object has a plurality of activation states, wherein the plurality of activation states includes a first activation state that corresponds to advancing through values at a first rate and a second activation state that corresponds to advancing through the values at a second rate;

detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface;

detecting an increase of intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface from a first intensity to a second intensity;

in response to detecting the increase in intensity;

changing activation states of the user interface object M times, where M is a positive integer, including advancing through the values at the first rate when the user interface object is in the first activation state and advancing through the values at the second rate when the user interface object is in the second activation state; and

generating a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to each change in activation state of the user interface object, including generating a tactile output when the user interface object transitions from the first activation state to the second activation state;

detecting a decrease of intensity of the contact from the second intensity to the first intensity; and

in response to detecting the decrease in intensity;

changing activation states of the user interface object N times, where N is a positive integer, including skipping changing to the second activation state of the user interface object and skipping advancing through the values at the second rate in response to detecting the decrease in intensity; and

generating a tactile output on the touch-sensitive surface corresponding to each change in activation state of the user interface object, where N is different from M, including forgoing generating a tactile output that corresponds to transitioning to and/or from the second activation state.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein:

the user interface object has a first appearance in a first activation state;

the user interface object has a second appearance, different from the first appearance, in a second activation state; and

the method includes, in response to detecting the increase in intensity, displaying an animation of the user interface object transitioning from the first appearance to the second appearance.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein M is greater than N.

18. The method of claim 15, herein M is less than N.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein M is equal to 1 and N is equal to 2.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein M is equal to 2 and N is equal to 1.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein:

at least one tactile output generated in response to detecting the increase in intensity corresponds to a tactile sensation that simulates a down-click of a physical actuator mechanism; and

at least one tactile output generated in response to detecting the decrease in intensity corresponds to a tactile sensation that simulates an up-click of a physical actuator mechanism.