User interface for manipulating user interface objects

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12287962-B2
Application number	US-202217950823-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2022
Priority date	Sep 3, 2013
Publication date	Apr 29, 2025
Grant date	Apr 29, 2025

Abstract

User interface navigation on a personal electronics device based on movements of a crown is disclosed. The device can select an appropriate level of information arranged along a z-axis for display based on crown movement. The navigation can be based on an angular velocity of the crown.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a physical crown;
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:
displaying, on the display, a first set of application icons of a plurality of application icons, the first set of application icons including a first quantity of icons;
while displaying the first set of application icons, receiving, via the physical crown, a crown input; and
in response to receiving the crown input, performing one or more operations based on the crown input, the one or more operations including:
in accordance with a determination that the crown input received via the physical crown is of a first type of crown input:
replacing display of the first set of application icons, that were displayed when the crown input was detected, with a second set of application icons of the plurality of application icons, the second set of application icons including a second quantity of icons different from the first quantity, and wherein the first set of application icons and the second set of application icons include at least one common application icon; and

in accordance with a determination that the crown input received via the physical crown is of a second type of crown input that is different from the first type of crown input:
ceasing to display the first set of application icons, that were displayed when the crown input was detected; and
displaying a current time.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first type of crown input is a rotational input in a first direction, and wherein the second set of application icons is a subset of the first set of application icons.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the second set of application icons includes icons at different sizes including a first size and second size that is smaller than the first size.

4. The electronic device of claim 2 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to receiving the crown input:
in accordance with a determination that the crown input is of a third type of crown input, wherein the third type of crown input is a rotational input in a second direction opposite the first direction:
replacing display of the first set of application icons with a third set of application icons of the plurality of application icons, the third set of application icons including a third quantity of icons different from the first quantity of icons, wherein the first set of application icons and the third set of application icons include at least one common application icon, and wherein the first set of application icons is a subset of the third set of application icons of the plurality of application icons.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the third set of application icons are displayed at a same size.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second type of crown input is a push input.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in accordance with a determination that the crown input is of the second type of crown input:
displaying a home screen user interface.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in accordance with a determination that the crown input is of the second type of crown input:
displaying a user pre-determined set of application icons.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display and a physical crown, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, on the display, a first set of application icons of a plurality of application icons, the first set of application icons including a first quantity of icons;
while displaying the first set of application icons, receiving, via the physical crown, a crown input; and
in response to receiving the crown input, performing one or more operations based on the crown input, the one or more operations including:
in accordance with a determination that the crown input received via the physical crown is of a first type of crown input:
replacing display of the first set of application icons, that were displayed when the crown input was detected, with a second set of application icons of the plurality of application icons, the second set of application icons including a second quantity of icons different from the first quantity, and wherein the first set of application icons and the second set of application icons include at least one common application icon; and

in accordance with a determination that the crown input received via the physical crown is of a second type of crown input that is different from the first type of crown input:
ceasing to display the first set of application icons, that were displayed when the crown input was detected; and
displaying a current time.

10. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a display and a physical crown:
displaying, on the display, a first set of application icons of a plurality of application icons, the first set of application icons including a first quantity of icons;
while displaying the first set of application icons, receiving, via the physical crown, a crown input; and
in response to receiving the crown input, performing one or more operations based on the crown input, the one or more operations including:
in accordance with a determination that the crown input received via the physical crown is of a first type of crown input:
replacing display of the first set of application icons, that were displayed when the crown input was detected, with a second set of application icons of the plurality of application icons, the second set of application icons including a second quantity of icons different from the first quantity, and wherein the first set of application icons and the second set of application icons include at least one common application icon; and

in accordance with a determination that the crown input received via the physical crown is of a second type of crown input that is different from the first type of crown input:
ceasing to display the first set of application icons, that were displayed when the crown input was detected; and
displaying a current time.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the first type of crown input is a rotational input in a first direction, and wherein the second set of application icons is a subset of the first set of application icons.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the second set of application icons includes icons at different sizes including a first size and second size that is smaller than the first size.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to receiving the crown input:
in accordance with a determination that the crown input is of a third type of crown input, wherein the third type of crown input is a rotational input in a second direction opposite the first direction:
replacing display of the first set of application icons with a third set of application icons of the plurality of application icons, the third set of application icons including a third quantity of icons different from the first quantity of icons, wherein the first set of application icons and the third set of application icons include at least one common a

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Zambetti Nicholas
• Chaudhri Imran
• Dascola Jonathan R
• Dye Alan C
• Foss Christopher Patrick
• Guzman Aurelio
• Karunamuni Chanaka G
• Kerr Duncan Robert
• Lemay Stephen O
• Maric Natalia
• Wilson Christopher
• Wilson Eric Lance
• Yang Lawrence Y
• Butcher Gary Ian
• Davydov Anton M
• Edwards Dylan Ross
• Ive Jonathan P
• Kennedy Zachery
• King Nicholas V
• Preston Daniel Trent

Classifications

• G04G21/08

  Touch switches specially adapted for time-pieces · CPC title

• G06F2203/04802

  3D-info-object: information is displayed on the internal or external surface of a three dimensional manipulable object, e.g. on the faces of a cube that can be rotated by the user · CPC title

• 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

• G06F1/163

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

• G06F3/0236

  using selection techniques to select from displayed items · CPC title