Device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying additional information in response to a user contact

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10908808-B2
Application number	US-201514856520-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 16, 2015
Priority date	May 9, 2012
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

An electronic device, with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface. The device detects a contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector corresponding to the contact is at a respective location on the display associated with additional information not initially displayed on the display. While the focus selector is at the respective location, upon determining that the contact has an intensity above a respective intensity threshold before a predefined delay time has elapsed with the focus selector at the respective location, the device displays the additional information associated with the respective location without waiting until the predefined delay time has elapsed; and upon determining that the contact has an intensity below the respective intensity threshold, the device waits until the predefined delay time has elapsed to display the additional information associated with the respective location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, wherein the device includes one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface:
displaying a first user interface on the display, wherein:
the first user interface includes a first representation of an object, and
the first representation provides a preview of content in the object;

while a focus selector is over the first representation of the object in the first user interface, detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a first contact with an intensity that increases during the first gesture from below a respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold;
in response to detecting the first gesture satisfying navigation criteria, wherein satisfaction of the navigation criteria includes the increase in intensity of the first contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replacing the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object with a second user interface that includes a second representation of the object;
while the focus selector is over the second representation of the object in the second user interface, detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a second contact with an intensity that increases during the second gesture from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold; and
in response to detecting the second gesture satisfying the navigation criteria, including the increase in intensity of the second contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replacing the second user interface that includes the second representation of the object with the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the respective intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity measurement that is greater than a nominal intensity measurement that indicates that a contact is touching the touch-sensitive surface.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second gesture is a repetition of the first gesture.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the object is an electronic message;
the first representation is a message list entry in a list of electronic messages; and
the second representation is a view of the electronic message that corresponds to the message list entry.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the object is an electronic document;
the first representation is an icon that corresponds to the electronic document; and
the second representation is a view of the electronic document.

6. The method of claim 1 , including:
prior to replacing the first user interface with the second user interface:
detecting an increase in intensity of the first contact above the respective intensity threshold; and
in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the first contact, displaying a first animation of the first representation distorting in accordance with the increase in intensity of the first contact;

prior to replacing the second user interface with the first user interface:
detecting an increase in intensity of the second contact above the respective intensity threshold; and
in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the second contact, displaying a second animation of the second representation distorting in accordance with the increase in intensity of the second contact.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein:
the first animation includes adjusting display of the first representation by displaying a plurality of visual cues in accordance with the intensity of the first contact; and
the second animation includes adjusting display of the second representation by displaying the plurality of visual cues in accordance with the intensity of the second contact.

8. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a touch-sensitive surface;
one or more sensors to detect intensities 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 on the display, wherein:
the first user interface includes a first representation of an object, and
the first representation provides a preview of content in the object;

while a focus selector is over the first representation of the object in the first user interface, detecting a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a first contact with an intensity that increases during the first gesture from below a respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold;
in response to detecting the first gesture satisfying navigation criteria, wherein satisfaction of the navigation criteria includes the increase in intensity of the first contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replacing the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object with a second user interface that includes a second representation of the object;
while the focus selector is over the second representation of the object in the second user interface, detecting a second gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a second contact with an intensity that increases during the second gesture from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold; and
in response to detecting the second gesture satisfying the navigation criteria, including the increase in intensity of the second contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replacing the second user interface that includes the second representation of the object with the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object.

9. 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, a touch-sensitive surface and one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, cause the electronic device to:
display a first user interface on the display, wherein:
the first user interface includes a first representation of an object, and
the first representation provides a preview of content in the object;

while a focus selector is over the first representation of the object in the first user interface, detect a first gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a first contact with an intensity that increases during the first gesture from below a respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold;
in response to detecting the first gesture satisfying navigation criteria, wherein satisfaction of the navigation criteria includes the increase in intensity of the first contact from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective intensity threshold, replace the first user interface that includes the first representation of the object with a second user interface that includes a second representation of the object;
while the focus selector is over the second representation of the object in the second user interface, detect a second gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes a second contact with an intensity that increases during the second gesture from below the respective intensity threshold to above the respective int

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Cieplinski Avi E
• Brown Matthew I
• Bernstein Jeffrey Traer
• Missig Julian
• Khoe May-Li
• Zambetti Nicholas
• Costanzo Bianca C
• Haggerty Myra
• Hart David J
• Victor B Michael

Classifications

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/04812

  Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

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

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title