Digital assistant edge display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025110757-A1
Application number	US-202418898624-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 26, 2024
Priority date	Sep 29, 2023
Publication date	Apr 3, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. An example process includes at an electronic device that includes a display and one or more input devices: while receiving a natural-language input from a user: providing a visual output at a first location at an edge of the display, wherein a visual characteristic of the visual output is based on an environment of the electronic device; after ceasing to receive the natural-language input: ceasing to provide the visual output; and providing an output responsive to the natural-language input.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An electronic device, comprising:
one or more processors; a memory; an input device; 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:
while receiving a natural-language input from a user:
providing a visual output at a first location at an edge of the display, wherein a visual characteristic of the visual output is based on an environment of the electronic device;

after ceasing to receive the natural-language input:
ceasing to provide the visual output; and
providing an output responsive to the natural-language input.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the visual output includes an animation responsive to the natural-language input.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the properties of the visual output are independent of the settings of the display of the electronic device.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the edge of the display is a first portion of the display, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting the natural-language input from the user, providing the visual output on the first portion of the display without modifying a second portion of the display, different from the first portion of the display.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein providing the visual output includes displaying an interaction between the visual output and one or more user interface objects on the display.

6 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while receiving the natural-language input from the user:
detecting a lighting level of the environment of the electronic device; and
in response to detecting the lighting level of the environment:
in accordance with a determination that the lighting level of the environment is above a predetermined threshold, generating the visual output with a first set of factors; and
in accordance with a determination that the lighting level of the environment is below the predetermined threshold, generating the visual output with a second set of factors.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the first set of factors includes a first opacity, a first intensity, a first brightness, and/or a first scale, and the second set of factors includes a second opacity, a second intensity, a second brightness, and/or a second scale.

8 . The electronic device of claim 7 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
after generating the visual output with the first set of factors:
detecting a change in the lighting level of the environment of the electronic device; and
in response to detecting the change in the lighting level of the environment:
in accordance with a determination that the lighting level of the environment changed from above the predetermined threshold to below the predetermined threshold, modifying the visual output by changing the first brightness to the second brightness, wherein the first brightness is greater than the second brightness; and
in accordance with a determination that the lighting level of the environment remained above the predetermined threshold, forgo modifying the visual output with the first set of factors.

9 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while receiving the natural-language input from the user, detecting a proximity of the user to the electronic device; and in response to detecting the proximity of the user to the electronic device:
in accordance with a determination that the proximity of the user to the electronic device is a first distance, providing the visual output with a first intensity; and
in accordance with a determination that the proximity of the user to the electronic device is a second distance, different from the first distance, providing the visual output with a second intensity, different from the first intensity.

10 . The electronic device of claim 9 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
detecting a change in the proximity of the user to the electronic device from the first distance to the second distance; and in response to detecting the change in the proximity of the user to the electronic device, modifying the visual output from the first intensity to the second intensity.

11 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while receiving the natural-language input from the user, detecting a volume of the natural-language input; and in response to detecting the volume of the natural-language input:
in accordance with a determination that the volume of the natural-language input is a first volume, providing the visual output with a third intensity; and
in accordance with a determination that the volume of the natural-language input is a second volume, different from the first volume, providing the visual output with a fourth intensity.

12 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while providing the visual output at the first location of the edge of the display, detecting movement of the user from a first location relative to the electronic device to a second location relative to the electronic device; and in response to detecting movement of the user:
moving the visual output from the first location of the edge of the display to a second location of the edge of the display, wherein the second location is different from the first location.

13 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while providing the visual output at the first location of the edge of the display, detecting movement of another user; and in response to detecting movement of another user, forgo moving the visual output.

14 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while providing the visual output at the first location of the edge of the display, detecting a change in a gaze of the user; and in response to detecting the change in the gaze of the user, continuing to provide the visual output at the first location.

15 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while receiving a second natural-language input from the user:
providing a second visual output at a third location of the edge of the display, wherein a second visual characteristic of the second visual output is based on the environment of the electronic device.

16 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the display has at least two or more edges; and the first location of the edge of the display is at two adjacent edges of the at least two or more edges.

17 . The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while providing the visual output at the first location of the edge of the display, detecting a first movement of the user from the first location relative to the electronic device to a third location relative to the electronic device; in response to detecting the first movement of the user, displaying an animation of the visual output moving from the first location of the edge of the display to a fourth location of the edge of the display, wherein the first location and the fourth location are on a first edge of the display; detect

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Palkovics Gergo
• Greborio Pierre P
• Guerron Eli A
• Laplaca Jennifer A
• Mari Pedro

Classifications

• G06F9/451 Primary

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title