Device, method, and graphical user interface for displaying additional information in response to a user contact

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9612741-B2
Application number	US-201514845217-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 3, 2015
Priority date	May 9, 2012
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device, with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface. The device detects a contact on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector corresponding to the contact is at a respective location on the display associated with additional information not initially displayed on the display. While the focus selector is at the respective location, upon determining that the contact has an intensity above a respective intensity threshold before a predefined delay time has elapsed with the focus selector at the respective location, the device displays the additional information associated with the respective location without waiting until the predefined delay time has elapsed; and upon determining that the contact has an intensity below the respective intensity threshold, the device waits until the predefined delay time has elapsed to display the additional information associated with the respective location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which when executed by an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, and one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive display, cause the device to:
display, on the touch-sensitive display, first content;
while a contact is detected at a first location on the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to a bounded area of the first content with a first size, detect a first portion of an input by the contact that includes an increase in intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive display above a first intensity threshold;
in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive display above the first intensity threshold:
display a portion of the first content in the bounded area with the first size at a reduced opacity, wherein the portion of the first content with the reduced opacity is overlaid on
corresponding content in the bounded area with the first size that corresponds to the first location of the contact;

while displaying the first content with the reduced opacity overlaid on the corresponding content within the bounded area with the first size, detect a second portion of the input that includes an increase in intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive display to a second intensity threshold that is greater than the first intensity threshold;
in response to detecting the second portion of the input:
further reduce the opacity of the portion of the first content within the bounded area with the first size as the intensity of the contact increases to the second intensity threshold;
cease to display the portion of the first content within the bounded area with the first size when the intensity of the contact reaches the second intensity threshold; and
maintain display of the corresponding content in the bounded area with the first size;

while displaying the corresponding content in the bounded area with the first size, detect a third portion of the input by the contact that includes an increase in intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive display from the second intensity threshold to an intensity greater than the second intensity threshold; and
in response to detecting the third portion of the input, increase the size of the bounded area displaying the corresponding content from the first size to a second size.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the bounded area is a circular area in the first content.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , the one or more programs comprise instructions, which when executed by the electronic device cause the electronic device to, while displaying the corresponding content that corresponds to the first location of the contact:
after detecting the second portion of the input and prior to detecting the third portion of the input, detect a decrease in intensity of the contact below a hysteresis intensity threshold that is lower than the second intensity threshold, without detecting liftoff of the contact from the touch-sensitive display; and,
in response to detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold, redisplay the portion of the first content that ceased to be displayed in the bounded area.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the bounded area is displayed as a virtual loupe.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein display of portions of the first content outside of the respective region are maintained while the corresponding content that corresponds to the first location is displayed in the bounded area.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein boundaries of the bounded area are displayed while the portion of the first content is displayed within the bounded area before the intensity of the contact reaches the second intensity threshold at which the portion of the first content within the bounded area ceases to be displayed.

7. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, wherein the device includes one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts with the touch-sensitive display:
displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, first content;
while a contact is detected at a first location on the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to a bounded area of the first content with a first size, detecting a first portion of an input by the contact that includes an increase in intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive display above a first intensity threshold;
in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive display above the first intensity threshold:
displaying a portion of the first content in the bounded area with the first size at a reduced opacity, wherein the portion of the first content with the reduced opacity is overlaid on
corresponding content in the bounded area with the first size that corresponds to the first location of the contact;

while displaying the first content with the reduced opacity overlaid on the corresponding content within the bounded area with the first size, detecting a second portion of the input that includes an increase in intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive display to a second intensity threshold that is greater than the first intensity threshold;
in response to detecting the second portion of the input:
further reducing the opacity of the portion of the first content within the bounded area with the first size as the intensity of the contact increases to the second intensity threshold;
ceasing to display the portion of the first content within the bounded area with the first size when the intensity of the contact reaches the second intensity threshold; and
maintaining display of the corresponding content in the bounded area with the first size;

while displaying the corresponding content in the bounded area with the first size, detecting a third portion of the input by the contact that includes an increase in intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive display from the second intensity threshold to an intensity greater than the second intensity threshold; and
in response to detecting the third portion of the input, increasing the size of the bounded area displaying the corresponding content from the first size to a second size.

8. The method of claim 7 , including, while displaying the corresponding content that corresponds to the first location of the contact:
after detecting the second portion of the input and prior to detecting the third portion of the input, detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact below a hysteresis intensity threshold that is lower than the second intensity threshold, without detecting liftoff of the contact from the touch-sensitive display; and,
in response to detecting the decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold, redisplaying the portion of the first content that ceased to be displayed in the bounded area.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the bounded area is displayed as a virtual loupe.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein boundaries of the bounded area are displayed while the portion of the first content is displayed within the bounded area before the intensity of the contact reaches the second intensity threshold at which the portion of the first content within the bounded area ceases to be displayed.

11. An electronic device, comprising:
a touch-sensitive display;
one

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Brown Matthew I
• Bernstein Jeffrey Traer
• Missig Julian
• Cieplinski Avi E
• Khoe May-Li
• Zambetti Nicholas
• Costanzo Bianca C
• Haggerty Myra
• Hart David J
• Victor B Michael

Classifications

• G06F2203/04808

  Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

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

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title

• G06F3/04883 Primary

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06F3/0481

  based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance · CPC title