Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for providing haptic feedback

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11379041-B2
Application number	US-201816157891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2018
Priority date	Jun 12, 2016
Publication date	Jul 5, 2022
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022

Abstract

An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and tactile output generator(s) displays an item navigation user interface that includes: a representation of a portion of items arranged into groups that are represented by corresponding index values and a first portion of the items includes a first group of the items that corresponds to a first index value in the index values; and an index navigation element that includes representations of three or more of the index values. While displaying the item navigation user interface, the device further detects a drag gesture on the touch-sensitive surface including movement from a first location corresponding to the representation of the first index value to a second location corresponding to a representation of a second index value. In response, the device generates a tactile output and switches from displaying the first portion to the second portion of the items.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more tactile output generators for generating tactile outputs associated with physical displacement of the electronic device or a component of the electronic device:
displaying, on the display, an item navigation user interface that includes:
a representation of a first portion of a plurality of items, wherein the plurality of items are arranged into two or more groups that are represented by corresponding index values in a plurality of index values and the first portion of the plurality of items includes a first group of the items that corresponds to a first index value in the plurality of index values, and displaying the representation of the first portion of the plurality of items includes displaying a representation of the first group of the items; and
an index navigation element that includes representations of three or more of the plurality of index values;

while displaying the item navigation user interface, detecting a first drag gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes movement from a first location corresponding to the representation of the first index value that represents the first group of the items to a second location corresponding to a representation of a second index value that represents a second group of the items; and
in response to detecting the first drag gesture:
switching from displaying the representation of the first group of the items to displaying a representation of the second group of the items; and
in conjunction with switching from displaying the representation of the first group of the items to displaying the representation of the second group of the items, generating, via the one or more tactile output generators, a first tactile output.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein switching from displaying the representation of the first group of the items to displaying the representation of the second group of the items includes replacing display of the representation of the first group of the items with display of the representation of the second group of the items without scrolling the items.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the representation of the first group of the items starts with an item with a predefined characteristic within the first group of the items; and
the representation of the second group of the items starts with an item with the same predefined characteristic within the second group of the items.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein switching from displaying the representation of the first group of the items to displaying the representation of the second group of the items includes displaying the representation of the second group of the items at a predefined location in the item navigation user interface.

5. The method of claim 1 , including:
while displaying the item navigation user interface, detecting a second drag gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes movement from a third location corresponding to a third group of the items toward a fourth location corresponding to a fourth group of the items in the item navigation user interface; and
in response to detecting the second drag gesture:
moving the third group of the items and the fourth group of the items in accordance with the second drag gesture; and
while moving the third group of the items and the fourth group of the items:
detecting that the fourth group of the items has moved across a predetermined position in the item navigation user interface;
in response to detecting that the fourth group of the items has moved across the predetermined position, generating a second tactile output in conjunction with the fourth group of the items moving across the predetermined position in the item navigation user interface;
detecting that the third group of the items has moved across the predetermined position in the item navigation user interface; and
in response to detecting that the third group of the items has moved across the predetermined position, generating a third tactile output in conjunction with the third group of the items moving across the predetermined position in the item navigation user interface.

6. The method of claim 1 , including:
while displaying the item navigation user interface, detecting a second drag gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes movement from a third location corresponding to a third group of the items toward a fourth location corresponding to a fourth group of the items; and
in response to detecting the second drag gesture, moving the third group of the items and the fourth group of the items in accordance with the second drag gesture without generating tactile outputs when the third and fourth groups of the items move across a predetermined position in the item navigation user interface.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first group of the items and the second group of the items are separated by one or more intermediate groups of items that correspond to respective intermediate index values between the first index value and the second index value in the plurality of index values; and
the method includes:
while the first drag gesture is detected:
detecting movement of the first drag gesture to a location that corresponds to a first intermediate index value in the plurality of index values; and
in response to detecting the movement of the first drag gesture to the location that corresponds to the first intermediate index value:
generating, via the one or more tactile output generators, a fourth tactile output that corresponds to the movement to the first intermediate index value; and
displaying a representation of a third portion of the plurality of items, wherein the third portion of the plurality of items include a first intermediate group of the items that corresponds to the first intermediate index value.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the method includes, while the first drag gesture is detected:
detecting movement of the first drag gesture to a location that corresponds to a second intermediate index value in the plurality of index values; and
in response to detecting the movement of the first drag gesture to the location that corresponds to the second intermediate index value:
determining a movement characteristic of the first drag gesture;
in accordance with a determination that the movement characteristic of the first drag gesture does not meet haptic-skipping criteria, generating a fifth tactile output to indicate that the second intermediate index value has been reached; and
in accordance with a determination that the movement characteristic of the first drag gesture meets the haptic-skipping criteria, forgoing generating the fifth tactile output to indicate that the second intermediate index value has been reached.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the haptic-skipping criteria require that a speed of the movement exceeds a threshold speed when the movement of the first drag gesture reaches the second intermediate index value in the item navigation user interface, in order for the haptic-skipping criteria to be met.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the haptic-skipping criteria require that a time at which the movement of the first drag gesture reaches the second intermediate index value in the item navigation user interface is less than a threshold amount of time since a tactile output was generated upon the movement of the first drag gesture reaching another index value in the plurality of index values, in order for the haptic-skipping criteria to be met.

11. The method of claim 8 , including:
in response to detecting the movement of th

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Chaudhri Imran A
• Bauer Sebastian J
• Butcher Gary I
• Moussette Camille
• Mouilleseaux Jean-Pierre M
• Cordier Madeleine S
• Kopin Joshua B
• Verweij Hugo D

Classifications

• G06F2203/04806

  Zoom, i.e. interaction techniques or interactors for controlling the zooming operation · CPC title

• G06F3/04845

  for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

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

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06F3/016 Primary

  Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user · CPC title