Device, method, and graphical user interface for force-sensitive gestures on the back of a device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10691330-B2
Application number	US-201715691705-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2017
Priority date	Sep 23, 2016
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

An electronic device with a front side including a touch-sensitive display, a back side that does not include a display, and sensor(s) to detect contact intensities on the front and back side displays, on the touch-sensitive display, a user interface including objects. While displaying the user interface, the device detects an input on a side of the electronic device. In response, for a front side input with intensity that meets first criteria, the device performs a first operation corresponding to a first object; for front side input with intensity that meets second criteria, the device performs a second operation corresponding to the first object; for back side input with intensity that meets third criteria, the device performs a third operation that changes the user interface; and for back side input with intensity that does not meet the third criteria, the device maintains display of the user interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

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 front side that includes a touch-sensitive display and a back side that does not include a display, wherein the electronic device includes one or more sensors that are configured to detect intensities of inputs on the front side of the electronic device and the back side of the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
display, on the touch-sensitive display, a user interface that includes a plurality of objects;
while displaying the user interface, detect an input on a side of the electronic device; and,
in response to detecting the input on the side of the electronic device:
in accordance with a determination that the input is detected on the front side of the electronic device and meets first response criteria, perform a first operation that corresponds to a first object, in the plurality of objects, at a location of the input, wherein the first response criteria require that a characteristic intensity of the input meet a first intensity threshold in order for the first response criteria to be met;
in accordance with a determination that the input is detected on the front side of the electronic device and meets second response criteria, perform a second operation, different from the first operation, that corresponds to the first object at the location of the input, wherein the second response criteria do not require that the characteristic intensity of the input meet the first intensity threshold for the second response criteria to be met;
in accordance with a determination that the input is detected on the back side of the electronic device and meets third response criteria, perform a third operation, wherein:
the third operation is different from the first operation and the second operation;
the third operation changes the displayed user interface;
the change in the displayed user interface does not correspond to interaction with just a single object in the plurality of objects; and
the third response criteria include a criterion that is met when the characteristic intensity of the input is above a third intensity threshold; and,

in accordance with a determination that the input is on the back side of the electronic device and does not meet the third response criteria, maintain display of the user interface that includes the plurality of objects.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein performing the third operation includes changing the user interface dynamically as the characteristic intensity of the input increases.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein:
performing the second operation includes activating a media control; and
performing the third operation includes hiding a set of one or more media controls.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 3 , including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
in response to detecting a second input while the set of one or more media controls are hidden:
in accordance with a determination that the second input is on the back side of the electronic device and the second input meets the third response criteria, redisplay the set of one or more media controls.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein:
performing the first operation includes performing a first map application operation;
performing the second operation includes performing a second map application operation that is different from the first map application operation; and
performing the third operation includes performing a third map application operation that is different from the first map application operation and the second map application operation.

6. The computer readable storage medium of claim 5 , wherein:
the first object corresponds to a point of interest in a map;
the first map application operation includes displaying a menu for the map;
the second map application operation includes displaying information about the point of interest; and
the third map application operation includes tilting the map.

7. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein:
performing the first operation includes performing a first keyboard operation; and
performing the third operation includes performing a second keyboard operation.

8. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein:
the first object corresponds to a key in an unsplit keyboard;
the first keyboard operation includes selecting the key in the unsplit keyboard; and
the second keyboard operation includes displaying a split keyboard.

9. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein:
the first object corresponds to a key in a displayed keyboard;
the first keyboard operation includes selecting the key in the displayed keyboard; and
the second keyboard operation includes ceasing to display the keyboard.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein performing the second operation includes changing an appearance of a displayed keyboard to indicate that the electronic device is operating in a text selection mode of operation, wherein changing the appearance of the displayed keyboard includes obscuring an appearance of characters on keys of the displayed keyboard.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the first object corresponds to first content in a view of an application;
the first operation includes displaying a preview of second content;
the second operation includes navigating from the first content to the second content in the view of the application; and
the third operation includes displaying multiple views.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the multiple views include views of multiple applications.

13. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the multiple views include views of representations of webpages in a single application.

14. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , including instructions, which when executed by the electronic device, cause the electronic device to:
in response to detecting a second input while displaying the multiple views:
in accordance with a determination that the second input is on the back side of the electronic device and the second input meets fourth response criteria, navigate through the multiple views.

15. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein a speed of navigating through the multiple views varies in accordance with a characteristic intensity of a contact in the second input.

16. The computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein navigating through the multiple views includes changing from primarily displaying a first view of the multiple views to primarily displaying a second view of the multiple views; and
the one or more programs comprise instructions, which when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to:
determine a location on the back side of the electronic device at which the second input is received;
in accordance with a determination that the location corresponds to a first location on the back side of the electronic device, the second view of the multiple views is a next view relative to the first view; and
in accordance with a determination that the location corresponds to a second location on the back side of the electronic device, the second view of the multiple views is a previous view relative to the first view.

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Abdollahian Golnaz
• Westerman Wayne C

Classifications

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• G06F3/0483

  Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor · CPC title

• G06F3/0482

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

• H04B1/3827

  Portable transceivers · CPC title