User interface for manipulating user interface objects

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10545657-B2
Application number	US-201615049052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2016
Priority date	Sep 3, 2013
Publication date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020

Abstract

User interface navigation on a personal electronics device based on movements of a crown is disclosed. The device can select an appropriate level of information arranged along a z-axis for display based on crown movement. The navigation can be based on an angular velocity of the crown.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions for execution by one or more processors of a wearable electronic device, the computer-executable instructions including instructions for:
displaying a first plurality of application icons on a touch-sensitive display of the wearable electronic device, wherein the first plurality of application icons are displayed at a first aspect ratio;
receiving a first input based on a movement of a physical crown of the wearable electronic device;
in response to the received first input, replacing the first plurality of application icons with a second plurality of applications icons on the touch-sensitive display;
wherein the second plurality of application icons is a subset of the first plurality of application icons and each application icon of the second plurality of application icons is displayed at the first aspect ratio;
while displaying the second plurality of application icons, receiving a second input, wherein the second input is a swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive display in a first direction; and
in response to receiving the second input:
moving a third plurality of applications icons on the touch-sensitive display in the first direction away from a center of the touch-sensitive display and decreasing a size of each of the third plurality of application icons while maintaining the first aspect ratio for each of the third plurality of application icons, wherein the third plurality of application icons are a subset of the second plurality of application icons; and
moving a fourth plurality of applications icons on the touch-sensitive display in the first direction toward the center of the touch-sensitive display and increasing a size of at least one of the fourth plurality of application icons while maintaining the first aspect ratio for each of the fourth plurality of application icons, wherein the fourth plurality of application icons are a subset of the second plurality of application icons.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the wearable electronic device is a watch.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the movement is a push, pull on the physical crown.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the movement is a rotation of the physical crown.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein the rotation is in a first rotation direction.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 4 , wherein the rotation exceeds a predetermined angular velocity threshold.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the physical crown comprises a capacitive touch sensor configured to sense a touch input, and wherein the received first input is further based on the touch input on the physical crown.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein a first application icon of the first plurality of application icons is associated with an application, and a second application icon of the second plurality of application icons is associated with the same application, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further comprising computer-executable instructions for:
displaying the second application icon with information regarding the application, when the second plurality of application icons is displayed, and
displaying the first application icon with different information regarding the application, when the first plurality of application icons is display.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein a first density of information is associated with the first plurality of application icons and a second density of information is associated with the second plurality of application icons.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the received first input is a first received input in a first direction, the computer-executable instructions further comprising instructions for:
receiving a third input based on a second movement of the physical crown; and
in response to the received third input, replacing the second plurality of application icons with the first plurality of application icons on the touch-sensitive display.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the second movement is a rotation of the physical crown in a second direction opposite the first direction.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the second movement is a push or pull of the physical crown.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the received first input is a first received input in a first direction, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further comprising computer-executable instructions for:
receiving a third input based on a second movement of the physical crown, wherein the second movement is a rotation in the first direction; and
in response to the received third input, replacing the display of the second plurality of application icons with a third plurality of application icons,
wherein the third plurality of application icons is a subset of the second plurality of application icons.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the received first input is a first received input in a first direction, the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium further comprising computer-executable instructions for:
receiving a third input based on a second movement of the physical crown, wherein the second movement is a rotation in the first direction; and
in response to the received third input, launching an application associated with an application icon of the second plurality of application icons.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , further comprising computer-executable instructions for:
receiving information representing an activity in an application, wherein the application corresponds to a displayed application icon; and
in response to the received information, altering an appearance of the displayed application icon.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the altering is one or more of blinking, changing color, and animating.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of icons includes a top-right application icon and the top-right icon of the first plurality of application icons is not displayed as part of the second plurality of application icons.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of icons includes a top-right application icon and the top-right icon of the first plurality of application icons is displayed as a left-most application icon in a second top-most row in the second plurality of application icons.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the replacing of the display of the first plurality of application icons to the second plurality of application icons comprises:
translating an application icon of the first plurality of application icons, from a first position of the touch-sensitive display, to a second position of the touch-sensitive display,
wherein the application icon is displayed, in whole, on the touch-sensitive display during the translating.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Zambetti Nicholas
• Chaudhri Imran
• Dascola Jonathan R
• Dye Alan C
• Foss Christopher Patrick
• Guzman Aurelio
• Karunamuni Chanaka G
• Kerr Duncan Robert
• Lemay Stephen O
• Maric Natalia
• Wilson Christopher
• Wilson Eric Lance
• Yang Lawrence Y
• Butcher Gary Ian
• Davydov Anton M
• Edwards Dylan Ross
• Ive Jonathan P
• Kennedy Zachery
• King Nicholas V
• Preston Daniel Trent

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

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

• G06F3/0488 Primary

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

• G06F1/163

  Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt · CPC title

• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F3/0362

  with detection of one-dimensional [1D] translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts · CPC title