Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10338772-B2
Application number	US-201514871336-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2015
Priority date	Mar 8, 2015
Publication date	Jul 2, 2019
Grant date	Jul 2, 2019

Abstract

An electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts: displays an application launching user interface; detects a first touch input that includes detecting a first contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a first application icon for launching a first application that is associated with one or more corresponding quick actions; in response to detecting the first touch input, in accordance with a determination that the first touch input meets one or more application-launch criteria, launches the first application; and, in accordance with a determination that the first touch input meets one or more quick-action-display criteria, which include a criterion that is met when the characteristic intensity of the first contact increases above a respective intensity threshold, concurrently displays one or more quick action objects associated with the first application along with the first application icon.

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 for detecting intensities of contacts on the touch-sensitive surface:
displaying, on the display, an application launching user interface that includes a plurality of application icons for launching corresponding applications;
while displaying the application launching user interface, detecting a first single-finger touch input that includes detecting a first contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a first application icon of the plurality of application icons, wherein the first application icon is an icon for launching a first application that is associated with one or more corresponding quick actions; and
in response to detecting the first single-finger touch input, determining a response to the first single-finger touch input based on evaluating the first single-finger touch input against a plurality of criteria, including evaluating a duration of the first single-finger touch input, a characteristic intensity of the first contact, and an amount of movement of the first single-finger touch input against one or more application-launch criteria that include a time threshold, one or more quick-action-display criteria that include a respective intensity threshold, and one or more interface-navigation criteria that include a threshold amount of movement, including:
in accordance with a determination that the first single-finger touch input meets the one or more application-launch criteria that include the time threshold, launching the first application;
in accordance with a determination that the first single-finger touch input meets the one or more quick-action-display criteria which include a criterion that is met when a characteristic intensity of the first contact increases above the respective intensity threshold, concurrently displaying one or more quick action objects associated with the first application along with the first application icon without launching the first application;
in accordance with a determination that the first single-finger touch input meets the one or more interface-navigation criteria that include a criterion that is met when more than the threshold amount of movement of the first contact is detected before the characteristic intensity of the first contact increases above the respective intensity threshold, ceasing to display at least a portion of the application launching user interface and displaying at least a portion of a different user interface on a portion of the display that was previously occupied by the plurality of application icons in the application launching user interface immediately prior to detecting the first touch input; and
in accordance with a determination that more than the threshold amount of movement of the first contact in the single-finger touch input is detected after the characteristic intensity of the first contact increases above the respective intensity threshold, performing an operation associated with one of the quick action objects upon detecting lift-off of the single-finger touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to said one of the quick action objects.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application-launch criteria are criteria that are configured to be met when the characteristic intensity of the first contact does not increase above the respective intensity threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , including, in response to detecting the first single-finger touch input, in accordance with the determination that the first single-finger touch input meets the quick-action-display criteria, deemphasizing a plurality of the application icons relative to the first application icon in conjunction with displaying the one or more quick action objects.

4. The method of claim 3 , including:
during the first single-finger touch input, detecting changes in the characteristic intensity of the first contact before the quick-action-display criteria are met, and
dynamically adjusting an appearance of a plurality of application icons other than the first application icon based on the characteristic intensity of the first contact to progressively deemphasize the plurality of application icons other than the first application icon as the characteristic intensity of the first contact increases.

5. The method of claim 1 , including, in response to detecting movement of the first contact before the characteristic intensity of the first contact increases above the respective intensity threshold, moving a plurality of application icons in accordance with the movement of the first contact.

6. The method of claim 1 , including, in response to detecting the first single-finger touch input, in accordance with a determination that the first single-finger touch input meets icon-reconfiguration criteria that include a criterion that is met when the first contact is detected on the touch-sensitive surface for more than a reconfiguration time threshold before the characteristic intensity of the first contact increases above the respective intensity threshold, entering an icon reconfiguration mode in which one or more application icons can be reorganized within the application launching interface.

7. The method of claim 1 , including:
while displaying the one or more quick action objects concurrently with the application icon, detecting a second single-finger touch input that includes detecting a second contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the first application icon and meets the application launch criteria; and,
in response to detecting the second single-finger touch input, launching the first application.

8. The method of claim 1 , including:
while displaying the one or more quick action objects concurrently with the application icon, detecting a third single-finger touch input that includes detecting a third contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the first application icon, wherein the third single-finger touch input meets icon-reconfiguration criteria that include a criterion that is met when the third contact is detected on the touch-sensitive surface for more than a reconfiguration time threshold before the characteristic intensity of the third contact increases above the respective intensity threshold; and,
in response to detecting the third single-finger touch input, entering an icon reconfiguration mode in which application icons can be reorganized within the application launching interface.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein entering the icon reconfiguration mode in response to detecting the third single-finger touch input includes ceasing to display the one or more quick action objects.

10. The method of claim 1 , including:
while displaying the quick action objects concurrently with the first application icon, detecting a fourth single-finger touch input that includes detecting a fourth contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that is away from the quick action objects and the first application icon; and,
in response to detecting the fourth single-finger touch input, ceasing to display the one or more quick action objects.

11. The method of claim 1 , including, in response to determining that the quick-action-display criteria have been met, generating a first tactile output that is indicative of the satisfaction of the quick-action-display criteria.

12. The method of claim 1 , including:
while displaying on the application launching user interface, detecting a fifth single-finger touch input that includes detecting a fifth contact at a location

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Anzures Freddy A
• Bauer Sebastian J
• Dascola Jonathan R
• Federighi Craig M
• Foss Christopher P
• Karunamuni Chanaka G
• King Nicholas V
• Kocienda Kenneth L
• Leonard Adam J
• Moussette Camille
• Trottier Lauren K
• Wan Wan Si
• Yang Lawrence Y
• Yerkes Giancarlo

Classifications

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  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 title

• G06T11/10

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• G06F3/04883

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

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title