Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for touch input processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11269508-B2
Application number	US-201916522536-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2019
Priority date	May 16, 2017
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device, while displaying a user interface for a first application, receives at the first application information that describes a first touch detected at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a respective user interface object. In accordance with a determination that the first touch meets predefined criteria associated with initiating a respective type of interface operation, the device initiates a user interface operation of the respective type involving the respective user interface object. The first application receives instructions to ignore the first touch with respect to user interface operations other than the respective type of interface operation, and ignores the first touch with respect to user interface operations other than the respective type of interface operation. In some embodiments, the respective type of interface operation is a drag operation, for dragging an object in or from a view of the first application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface:
displaying, on the display, a user interface including a plurality of views, including:
a first view that is associated with a first set of one or more standard gesture recognizers used to process touch inputs that are directed to the first view; and
a second view that is associated with a second set of one or more standard gesture recognizers used to process touch inputs that are directed to the second view;
wherein one or more of the plurality of views are associated with a first interaction identifier that indicates that a first set of one or more supplemental gesture recognizers can be added to a corresponding view;

detecting, via the touch-sensitive surface, a touch input at a location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to a respective view of the plurality of views; and
in response to detecting, via the touch-sensitive surface, the touch input:
in accordance with a determination that the touch input meets supplemental-gesture-recognizer addition criteria, wherein the supplemental-gesture-recognizer addition criteria include a criterion that is met when the respective view has the first interaction identifier:
adding the first set of one or more supplemental gesture recognizers associated with the first interaction identifier to the respective view; and
processing the touch input with the one or more supplemental gesture recognizers and the one or more standard gesture recognizers associated with the respective view; and

in accordance with a determination that the touch input does not meet the supplemental-gesture-recognizer addition criteria, processing the touch input at the respective view without adding the first set of one or more supplemental gesture recognizers associated with the first interaction identifier to the respective view.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the supplemental-gesture-recognizer addition criteria include a criterion that is met when the touch input is a predetermined type of touch input.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the predetermined type of touch input is a detached touch entering the respective view.

4. The method of claim 3 , including:
detecting movement of the touch input outside of the respective view;
in response to detecting the movement of the touch input outside of the respective view:
in accordance with a determination that the touch input is a detached touch exiting the respective view:
removing the first set of one or more supplemental gesture recognizers associated with the first interaction identifier from the respective view.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the touch input corresponds to a drag interaction.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein:
the first interaction identifier is a drag interaction identifier;
the first set of one or more supplemental gesture recognizers includes a drag start gesture recognizer that includes, in order for a drag start gesture to be recognized:
a requirement that a location of the touch input correspond to the respective view for at least a predefined period of time; and
a requirement that, subsequent to the location of the touch input corresponding to the respective view for at least the predefined period of time, a change in location of the touch input satisfy a lateral displacement threshold; and

in response to recognition of a drag start gesture, the electronic device performs a drag start action in the user interface that indicates that a drag operation has started.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein:
the first interaction identifier is a drag interaction identifier;
the first set of one or more supplemental gesture recognizers includes a drag add gesture recognizer that includes a requirement that the touch input include one or more contacts whose locations correspond to the respective view in order for a drag add gesture to be recognized; and
in response to recognition of the drag add gesture, the electronic device performs a drag add start action in the user interface that indicates that the drag add operation has started.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the touch input corresponds to a drop interaction.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein:
the first interaction identifier is a drop interaction identifier;
the first set of one or more supplemental gesture recognizers includes a drop gesture recognizer that includes a requirement that a location of the touch input when the touch input ceases to be detected corresponds to the respective view; and
in response to recognition of a drop gesture, the electronic device performs a drop action in the user interface that indicates that a drop operation has started.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the touch input corresponds to a springloading interaction.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein:
the first interaction identifier is a springloading interaction identifier;
the first set of one or more supplemental gesture recognizers includes a springloading gesture recognizer that includes a requirement that a location of the touch input corresponds to the respective view for at least a predefined time period in order for a springloading gesture to be recognized; and
in response to recognition of the springloading gesture, an application performs a springloading action that includes one or more of: activating a control as though the control had been selected and opening a container in which content can be stored.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the springloading gesture recognizer further includes a requirement that a velocity of the touch input across the touch-sensitive surface is below a predefined velocity threshold.

13. The method of claim 12 , including, in accordance with a determination that a velocity of the touch input across the touch-sensitive surface satisfies the predefined velocity threshold, changing an appearance of the respective view.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of one or more standard gesture recognizers associated with the respective view are associated with the respective view by an application that includes the respective view, and wherein the first set of one or more supplemental gesture recognizers are added to the respective view by a system process.

15. The method of claim 1 , including:
detecting, via the touch-sensitive surface, a second touch input at a second location on the touch-sensitive surface that corresponds to the respective view; and
in response to detecting, via the touch-sensitive surface, the second touch input:
in accordance with a determination that the second touch input meets the supplemental-gesture-recognizer addition criteria, wherein the supplemental-gesture-recognizer addition criteria include a criterion that is met when the respective view has the first interaction identifier:
adding an instance of the first set of one or more supplemental gesture recognizers associated with the first interaction identifier to the respective view; and
processing the second touch input with the instance of the one or more supplemental gesture recognizers and the one or more standard gesture recognizers associated with the respective view.

16. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a 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, on the display, a user interface including a plurality of views,

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Nilo Bruce D
• Thomas Christopher K
• Wagner Dominik
• Turner Michael T

Classifications

• G06F3/0486

  Drag-and-drop · CPC title

• 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

• G06F3/0481 Primary

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title