Dynamically adjusting touch hysteresis based on contextual data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10860199-B2
Application number	US-201715713551-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2017
Priority date	Sep 23, 2016
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to whether a user input at an electronic device should be processed as a scroll input or a tap input based on contextual data associated with the user input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a touch-sensitive surface;
one or more processors;
a 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:
detecting a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface; and
in response to detecting the touch input:
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has moved by at least a predetermined threshold level of motion and that the touch input satisfies a first scroll threshold, processing the touch input as a first scroll gesture by scrolling a user interface on the display;
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has moved by at least the predetermined threshold level of motion and that the touch input does not satisfy the first scroll threshold, processing the touch input as a first tap input;
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has not moved by at least the predetermined threshold level of motion and that the touch input satisfies a second scroll threshold, wherein the touch input satisfies the second scroll threshold without satisfying the first scroll threshold, processing the touch input as the first scroll gesture by scrolling the user interface on the display; and
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has not moved by at least the predetermined threshold level of motion and that the touch input does not satisfy the second scroll threshold, processing the touch input as the first tap input.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the determination the electronic device has moved by the at least the predetermined threshold is determined at least based on contextual data.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:
the contextual data is indicative of a user activity for a user associated with the electronic device.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:
the contextual data is based on a level of motion detected by an accelerometer.

5. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:
the contextual data is based on a calendar event coinciding with an instance of time when the touch input is detected.

6. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein:
the contextual data is based on motion-related data obtained from one or more software applications on the electronic device.

7. The electronic device of claim 2 , further wherein:
the contextual data is indicative of whether a preceding user input was received at the electronic device during a window of time prior to the touch input being detected.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
determining that the contextual data indicates that the preceding user input was received during the window of time;
in accordance with the determination that the contextual data indicates that the preceding user input was received during the window of time, determining whether the preceding user input was a third scroll gesture; and
in accordance with the determination that the preceding user input was the third scroll gesture, processing the touch input as a tap gesture or scroll gesture based on the first scroll threshold.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein:
the preceding user input comprises a scroll input received at a rotatable input mechanism on the electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
processing the touch input as a tap gesture or scroll gesture based on the first scroll threshold includes a determination of whether a predetermined user input received during a predetermined window of time prior to detecting the touch input.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
at least one of the first scroll threshold and the second scroll threshold includes a predefined rate of pixels moved per unit time detected for a touch gesture on the touch-sensitive surface.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in accordance with the determination that the electronic device has moved by at least the predetermined threshold level of motion, temporarily increasing the first scroll threshold to the second scroll threshold for a predetermined period of time.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
after passage of the predetermined period of time, decreasing the second scroll threshold to a third scroll threshold.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in accordance with the determination that the electronic device has moved by at least the predetermined threshold level of motion, temporarily increasing a tap target area of an affordance on the display.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein:
the affordance comprises an incoming call icon that is configured to answer the incoming call in response to a user activation.

16. The electronic device of claim 14 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
detecting the touch input on the affordance; and
in accordance with the determination that the electronic device has moved by at least the predetermined threshold level of motion, processing the touch input as a tap gesture based on the first scroll threshold.

17. 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 and a touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:
detect a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface; and
in response to detecting the touch input:
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has moved by at least a predetermined threshold level of motion and that the touch input satisfies a first scroll threshold, process the touch input as a first scroll gesture by scrolling a user interface on the display;
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has moved by at least the predetermined threshold level of motion and that the touch input does not satisfy the first scroll threshold, process the touch input as a first tap input;
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has not moved by at least the predetermined threshold level of motion and that the touch input satisfies a second scroll threshold, wherein the touch input satisfies the second scroll threshold without satisfying the first scroll threshold, process the touch input as the first scroll gesture by scrolling the user interface on the display; and
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has not moved by at least the predetermined threshold level of motion and that the touch input does not satisfy the second scroll threshold, process the touch input as the first tap input.

18. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display:
detecting a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface; and
in response to detecting the touch input:
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has moved by at least a predetermined threshold level of motion and that the touch input satisfies a first scroll threshold, processing the touch input as a first scroll gesture by scrolling a user interface on the display;
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device has moved by at least the predetermined threshold level

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Schobel Andreas E
• Anzures Freddy Allen
• CHATHOTH ABRAHAM Thomas
• Saari Christopher Paul

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

• 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

• G06F1/163

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

• G06F3/04883

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

• G06F3/0485 Primary

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title