Devices and methods for processing touch inputs based on their intensities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10162452-B2
Application number	US-201514867823-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2015
Priority date	Aug 10, 2015
Publication date	Dec 25, 2018
Grant date	Dec 25, 2018

Abstract

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 displays a first user interface of a first software application, detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface while displaying the first user interface, and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, performs a first operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies a first intensity threshold, and performs a second operation in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies pan criteria including that the input has moved across the touch-sensitive surface by at least a predefined distance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
at 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:
displaying a first user interface;
while displaying the first user interface, detecting an input on the touch-sensitive surface that includes movement across the touch-sensitive surface by at least a predefined distance; and,
in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface:
monitoring the input using a first gesture recognizer having a first state and a second gesture recognizer having a second state;
in accordance with a determination that the input includes an increase in intensity that satisfies intensity input criteria, the intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies a first intensity threshold before moving across the touch-sensitive surface by the predefined distance:
transitioning the first state of the first gesture recognizer to a predefined gesture recognition state and performing a corresponding first operation; and,
transitioning the second state of the second gesture recognizer to a state other than the predefined gesture recognition state or maintaining the second state of the second gesture recognizer in a state other than the predefined gesture recognition state; and,

in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies pan criteria including that the input has moved across the touch-sensitive surface by at least the predefined distance before satisfying the intensity input criteria:
transitioning the second state of the second gesture recognizer to an updated state and performing a corresponding second operation that is distinct from the first operation; and,
transitioning the first state of the first gesture recognizer to a state other than the updated state;

wherein the state other than the predefined gesture recognition state is a failed state; and
the method further includes:
in accordance with a determination that the input includes an increase in intensity that satisfies the intensity input criteria, transitioning the second gesture recognizer from the second state to the failed state;
in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies pan criteria, transitioning the first gesture recognizer from the first state to the failed state; and
subsequent to transitioning a respective gesture recognizer to the failed state, maintaining the respective gesture recognizer in the failed state until ceasing to detect the input.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
detecting the input on the touch-sensitive surface includes detecting a first portion of the input and a second portion of the input that is subsequent to the first portion of the input; and
the method includes:
in response to detecting the first portion of the input on the touch-sensitive surface, identifying a first set of gesture recognizers that correspond to at least the first portion of the input as candidate gesture recognizers, the first set of gesture recognizers including the first gesture recognizer and the second gesture recognizer; and,
in response to detecting the second portion of the input on the touch-sensitive surface:
in accordance with the determination that the input satisfies the intensity input criteria, performing the first operation; and,
in accordance with the determination that the input satisfies the pan criteria, performing the second operation.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first gesture recognizer is an intensity-based gesture recognizer and the second gesture recognizer is a pan gesture recognizer.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the input includes a third portion of the input that is subsequent to the second portion of the input, and the method includes processing the third portion of the input with the first gesture recognizer.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first set of gesture recognizers includes a third gesture recognizer.

6. The method of claim 1 , including:
in response to determining that the input satisfies a second intensity threshold, processing the input with the first gesture recognizer, including replacing display of the first user interface with a second user interface.

7. The method of claim 2 , wherein:
the first set of gesture recognizers includes a fourth gesture recognizer; and
the method includes, in response to determining that the input satisfies a second intensity threshold, processing the input with the fourth gesture recognizer.

8. The method of claim 2 , including:
in response to detecting the first portion of the input, performing a third operation.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein performing the third operation includes visually distinguishing at least a portion of the first user interface from other portions of the first user interface.

10. The method of claim 8 , including, subsequent to performing the third operation:
in accordance with the determination that the input satisfies the intensity input criteria, performing the first operation; and,
in accordance with the determination that the input satisfies the pan criteria, performing the second operation.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein performing the second operation subsequent to performing the third operation includes reversing the third operation.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
performing the first operation includes displaying a preview area.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
performing the second operation includes scrolling at least a portion of the first user interface.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first intensity threshold is adjustable.

15. The method of claim 14 , including updating a first gesture recognizer to be activated in response to input satisfying a third intensity threshold that is distinct from the first intensity threshold.

16. The method of claim 1 , including
subsequent to initiating performance of the first operation, forgoing performance of the second operation.

17. The method of claim 1 , including:
subsequent to initiating performance of the second operation, forgoing performance of the first operation.

18. 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 first user interface;
while displaying the first user interface, detecting an input on the touch-sensitive surface that includes movement across the touch-sensitive surface by at least a predefined distance; and,
in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface:
monitoring the input using a first gesture recognizer having a first state and a second gesture recognizer having a second state;
in accordance with a determination that the input includes an increase in intensity that satisfies intensity input criteria, the intensity input criteria including that the input satisfies a first intensity threshold before moving across the touch-sensitive surface by the predefined distance:
transitioning the first state of the first gesture recognizer to a predefined gesture recognition state and performing a corresponding first operation; and,
transitioning the second state of the second gesture recognizer to a state other than the predefined gesture recogni

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Westerman Wayne C
• Alonso Ruiz Marcos
• Dascola Jonathan R
• Gutknecht Olivier D R
• Hajas Peter L
• Karunamuni Chanaka G
• Kocienda Kenneth L
• Ridsdale Kevin E
• Teutschler Sophia
• Wells Nicole M

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/325

  Power saving in peripheral device · CPC title

• G06F3/0416 Primary

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title