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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12353631-B2
Application number	US-202418677665-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2024
Priority date	Jun 12, 2016
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device displays a user interface including a slider control that represents a continuous range of values between a first value and a second value, the slider control includes a first end that corresponds to the first value and a second end that corresponds to the second value, and the slider control further includes a movable indicator configured to move along the slider control between the first and the second end. The device detects a contact on the slider control followed by a movement of the contact. In response to the movement detection, the device moves the moveable indicator along the slider control and generates a tactile output upon the moveable indicator reaching the first end of the slider control with a tactile output pattern configured based on a movement speed when the moveable indicator reaches the first end.

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:
displaying a user interface on the display, wherein:
the user interface includes a slider control that represents a continuous range of values between a first value and a second value,
the slider control includes a first end that corresponds to the first value and a second end that corresponds to the second value,
the slider control further includes a movable indicator that is configured to move along the slider control between the first end and the second end of the slider control, to indicate a current value selected from the continuous range of values represented by the slider control;

detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the moveable indicator of the slider control;
detecting movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and
in response to detecting the movement of the contact,
moving the moveable indicator along the slider control in accordance with the movement of the contact; and
generating a first tactile output upon the moveable indicator reaching the first end of the slider control in accordance with the movement of the contact, wherein a tactile output pattern of the first tactile output is configured based on a movement speed of the movable indicator when the moveable indicator reaches the first end of the slider control.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the movable indicator spans a plurality of values in the continuous range of values,
the plurality of values include a beginning value represented by a first end of the moveable indicator and an ending value represented by a second end of the moveable indicator; and
moving the moveable indicator includes moving at least one of the first end and the second end of the moveable indicator.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:
moving the moveable indicator includes simultaneously changing the beginning value and the ending value while maintaining a current size of the moveable indicator; and
the method includes, in response to detecting the movement of the contact:
generating one or more tactile outputs that correspond to movement of the first end of the moveable indicator over one or more predefined values in the slider control; and
generating one or more tactile outputs that correspond to movement of the second end of the moveable indicator over the one or more predefined values in the slider control.

4. The method of claim 3 , including:
in accordance with a determination that the first end of the movable indicator and the second end of the moveable indicator have each reached a respective one of the one or more predefined values at the same time:
forgoing generating a respective tactile output that corresponds to one of the first and the second ends reaching the respective ones of the one or more predefined values, while generating a respective tactile output that corresponds to one of the first and the second ends reaching the respective ones of the one or more predefined values.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the one or more predefined values include one or more major values and one or more minor values, and
forgoing generating the respective tactile output that corresponds to one of the first and the second ends reaching the respective ones of the one or more predefined values includes:
forgoing generating a respective tactile output that corresponds to one of the first and the second ends reaching a minor value of the one or more predefined values.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein:
moving the moveable indicator includes moving the first end of the moveable indicator, without moving the second end of the moveable indicator; and
the method includes, in response to detecting the movement of the contact:
generating one or more tactile outputs that correspond to movement of the first end of the moveable indicator over one or more predefined values in the slider control.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the method includes:
in response to detecting the movement of the contact:
generating one or more tactile outputs that correspond to movement of the moveable indicator over one or more predefined values in the slider control.

8. The method of claim 3 , wherein:
the one or more predefined values include one or more major values and one or more minor values, and
generating one or more tactile outputs that correspond to movement of the moveable indicator over the one or more predefined values in the slider control includes:
generating respective tactile outputs that correspond to movement of the moveable indicator over the one or more major values with a first tactile output pattern; and
generating respective tactile outputs that correspond to movement of the moveable indicator over the one or more minor values with a second tactile output pattern, wherein the second tactile output pattern has a smaller amplitude and/or a shorter duration than the first tactile output pattern.

9. The method of claim 1 , including:
in response to detecting the movement of the contact,
in accordance with a determination that the moveable indicator has reached the second end of the slider control in accordance with the movement of the contact:
in accordance with a determination that a movement speed of the moveable indicator at a time when the moveable indicator reaches the second end of the slider control meets a first speed threshold, generating a second tactile output to indicate that the moveable indicator has reached the second end of the slider control; and
in accordance with a determination that the movement speed of the moveable indicator at the time when the moveable indicator reaches the second end of the slider control does not meet the first speed threshold, forgoing generation of the second tactile output.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein moving the moveable indicator along the slider control in accordance with the movement of the contact includes:
moving the moveable indicator along the slider control, while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive surface; and
continuing to move the moveable indicator along the slider control after lift-off of the contact is detected.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the moveable indicator has an adjustable size, and wherein a tactile output pattern of the first tactile output is configured in accordance with a current size of the moveable indicator.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first tactile output is a discrete tactile output.

13. The method of claim 1 , including:
in accordance with a determination that the moveable indicator has reached a respective predefined value in the continuous range of values:
in accordance with a determination that a threshold amount of time has expired since generation of a last tactile output, generating a respective tactile output to indicate that the moveable indicator has reached the respective predefined value; and
in accordance with a determination that the threshold amount of time has not expired since generation of the last tactile output, forgoing generation of the respective tactile output to indicate that the moveable indicator has reached the respective predefined value.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the slider control is an image picker for selecting a representative image from a plurality of images;
the moveable indicator includes representations of the plurality of images;
the slider control includes an indicator located in between the first en

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
• He Miao

Classifications

• G06F2203/04806

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• G06F2203/04105

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• G06F3/0485

  Scrolling or panning · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

  using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title