Content-based tactile outputs

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12277275-B2
Application number	US-202418437104-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2024
Priority date	Sep 11, 2018
Publication date	Apr 15, 2025
Grant date	Apr 15, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to content-based tactile outputs. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with content-based tactile outputs are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with end-of-content tactile outputs are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with moving a user interface in response to different types of input are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with adjustable item-based tactile outputs are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with input velocity-based tactile outputs are described.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a rotatable input element;
one or more tactile output generators;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while displaying, on the display, a user interface, detecting, via the rotatable input element, a rotational input; and
while detecting the rotational input, generating, via the one or more tactile output generators, a plurality of tactile outputs, wherein a type of the tactile outputs is associated with a modification of the user interface, and wherein:
in accordance with a determination that a speed of the rotational input is a first speed, generating a first number of tactile outputs for a respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element; and
in accordance with a determination that the speed of the rotational input is a second speed that is different from the first speed, generating a second number of tactile outputs for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second speed is greater than the first speed, and wherein the second number of tactile outputs is smaller than the first number of tactile outputs for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second speed is greater than the first speed, and wherein amplitudes of the second number of tactile outputs is smaller than amplitudes of the first number of tactile outputs.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, while detecting the rotational input:
in accordance with a determination that a speed of the rotational input is a third speed that is faster than the first speed and slower than the second speed, generating the first number of tactile outputs for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, while detecting the rotational input:
in accordance with the determination that the speed of the rotational input is the first speed, the plurality of tactile outputs have a first amplitude;
in accordance with a determination that a speed of the rotational input is a third speed that is faster than the first speed and slower than the second speed, the plurality of tactile outputs have the first amplitude; and
in accordance with the determination that the speed of the rotational input is the second speed that is different from the first speed and from the third speed, the plurality of tactile outputs have a second amplitude different from the first amplitude.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, while detecting the rotational input:
in accordance with the determination that the speed of the rotational input is the second speed, a number of the tactile outputs for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element is a third number, wherein the third number corresponds to a minimum number; and
in accordance with a determination that a speed of the rotational input is a fourth speed that is faster than the second speed, the number of tactile outputs corresponds to the third number.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein, while detecting the rotational input:
in accordance with the determination that the speed of the rotational input is the second speed, the plurality of tactile outputs have a third amplitude, wherein the third amplitude corresponds to a minimum amplitude; and
in accordance with a determination that a speed of the rotational input is a fourth speed that is faster than the second speed, the plurality of tactile outputs have the third amplitude.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the number of tactile outputs of the plurality of tactile outputs is at least in part based on a size characteristic of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein amplitudes of the plurality of tactile outputs are at least in part based on a size characteristic of the electronic device.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , including, while detecting the rotational input, in accordance with a determination that the second speed corresponds to a maximum threshold speed, the second number of tactile outputs corresponds to a maximum number of tactile outputs that can be generated for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
in accordance with the modification of the user interface being a first type of modification, the generated plurality of tactile outputs are of a first type; and
in accordance with the modification of the user interface being a second type of modification, the generated plurality of tactile outputs are of a second type different from the first type.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while detecting the rotational input, generating a plurality of audio outputs associated with the plurality of tactile outputs, wherein:
in accordance with the determination that the speed of the rotational input is the first speed, generating a first number of audio outputs for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element; and
in accordance with the determination that the speed of the rotational input is the second speed, generating a second number of audio outputs for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the second speed is greater than the first speed, and wherein the second number of audio outputs is smaller than the first number of audio outputs for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the difference between the second number of audio outputs and the first number of audio outputs is different from the difference between the second number of tactile outputs and the first number of tactile outputs.

15. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein, while detecting the rotational input:
in accordance with a determination that the speed of the rotational input is of an initial speed, generating an initial number of tactile outputs and an initial number of audio outputs for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element; and
in accordance with a determination that the speed of the rotational input is of a threshold speed, generating a threshold number of tactile outputs and the initial number of audio outputs for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element, the threshold number of tactile outputs different from the initial number of tactile outputs.

16. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein, while detecting the rotational input:
in accordance with a determination that the speed of the rotational input is of an initial speed, generating the plurality of tactile outputs having an initial amplitude and the plurality of audio outputs having an initial magnitude for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element; and
in accordance with a determination that the speed of the rotational input is of a threshold speed, generating the plurality of tactile outputs having a threshold amplitude and the plurality of audio outputs having the initial magnitude for the respective amount of rotation of the rotatable input element, the threshold amplitude different from the initial amplitude.

17. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein:
in accordance with the

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Moussette Camille
• Bloom David H
• Butcher Gary Ian
• Dye Alan C
• Edwards Dylan Ross
• Fennis Jules K
• Gleeson Brian T
• He Miao
• Sundstrom Matthew J

Classifications

• G06F3/04845

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

• G06F3/0487

  using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · 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

• G06F3/04847

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