Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for manipulating user interface objects with visual and/or haptic feedback

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9632664-B2
Application number	US-201514869899-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2015
Priority date	Mar 8, 2015
Publication date	Apr 25, 2017
Grant date	Apr 25, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and one or more sensors to detect intensity of contacts: displays a plurality of user interface objects in a first user interface; detects a contact while a focus selector is at a location of a first user interface object; and, while the focus selector is at the location of the first user interface object: detects an increase in a characteristic intensity of the contact to a first intensity threshold; in response, visually obscures the plurality of user interface objects, other than the first user interface object, while maintaining display of the first user interface object; detects that the characteristic intensity of the contact continues to increase above the first intensity threshold; and, in response, dynamically increases the amount of visual obscuring of the plurality of user interface objects, other than the first user interface object.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display, wherein the device includes one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface:
displaying a plurality of selectable user interface objects in a first user interface on the display;
detecting a contact at a location on the touch-sensitive surface while a focus selector is at a location of a first selectable user interface object, in the plurality of selectable user interface objects, on the display; and,
while the focus selector is at the location of the first selectable user interface object on the display:
while the contact has been continuously detected on the touch-sensitive surface for a first duration, detecting an increase in a characteristic intensity of the contact to a first intensity threshold;
in response to detecting the increase in the characteristic intensity of the contact to the first intensity threshold, blurring a subset of the plurality of selectable user interface objects with a first magnitude of blurring, while maintaining display of the first selectable user interface object without blurring the first selectable user interface object, wherein the subset of the plurality of selectable user interface object includes two or more of the plurality of selectable user interface objects in the first user interface other than the first selectable user interface object;
after blurring the subset of the plurality of selectable user interface objects and while the contact has been continuously detected on the touch-sensitive surface for a second duration that is longer than the first duration, detecting that the characteristic intensity of the contact continues to increase above the first intensity threshold; and,
in response to detecting that the characteristic intensity of the contact continues to increase above the first intensity threshold, dynamically increasing the magnitude of blurring of the subset of the plurality of selectable user interface objects with a second magnitude of blurring that is greater than the first magnitude of blurring, while maintaining display of the first selectable user interface object without blurring the first selectable user interface object;
after increasing the magnitude of blurring of the subset of the plurality of selectable user interface objects without blurring the first selectable user interface object, detecting a decrease in the characteristic intensity of the contact and while the contact has been continuously detected on the touch-sensitive surface for a third duration that is longer than the second duration; and,
in response to detecting the decrease in the characteristic intensity of the contact, dynamically decreasing the magnitude of blurring of the subset of the plurality of selectable user interface objects to a third magnitude of blurring that is less than the second magnitude of blurring, while maintaining display of the first selectable user interface object without blurring the first selectable user interface object, wherein:
the first magnitude of blurring has a first blur radius;
the second magnitude of blurring has a second blur radius that is larger than the first blur radius; and
the third magnitude of blurring has a third blur radius that is smaller than the second blur radius.

2. The method of claim 1 , including:
in response to detecting the increase in the characteristic intensity of the contact to the first intensity threshold, decreasing a size of the plurality of selectable user interface objects, other than the first selectable user interface object, in the first user interface.

3. The method of claim 1 , including:
in response to detecting that the characteristic intensity of the contact continues to increase above the first intensity threshold, dynamically decreasing the size of the plurality of selectable user interface objects, other than the first selectable user interface object, in the first user interface.

4. The method of claim 1 , including:
increasing the size of the first selectable user interface object in the first user interface when the characteristic intensity of the contact meets and/or exceeds the first intensity threshold.

5. The method of claim 1 , including:
in response to detecting an increase in the characteristic intensity of the contact to a second intensity threshold, greater than the first intensity threshold, displaying a preview area overlaid on at least some of the plurality of selectable user interface objects in the first user interface.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the preview area displays a preview of a user interface that is displayed in response to detecting a tap gesture on the first selectable user interface object.

7. The method of claim 5 , including:
while displaying the preview area overlaid on at least some of the plurality of selectable user interface objects in the first user interface, detecting a decrease in the characteristic intensity of the contact;
in response to detecting the decrease in the characteristic intensity of the contact, maintaining display of the preview area overlaid on at least some of the plurality of selectable user interface objects in the first user interface until liftoff of the contact is detected;
detecting liftoff of the contact; and,
in response to detecting liftoff of the contact, ceasing to display the preview area and ceasing to visually obscure the plurality of selectable user interface objects.

8. The method of claim 5 , including:
in response to detecting an increase in the characteristic intensity of the contact to a third intensity threshold, greater than the second intensity threshold, replacing display of the first user interface and the overlaid preview area with display of a second user interface that is distinct from the first user interface.

9. The method of claim 1 , including:
in response to detecting an increase in the characteristic intensity of the contact to a second intensity threshold, greater than the first intensity threshold, displaying a menu overlaid on at least some of the plurality of user interface objects in the first user interface, wherein the menu contains activateable menu items associated with the first selectable user interface object.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein dynamically increasing the magnitude of blurring of the subset of the plurality of selectable user interface objects includes increasing the blur radius of the blurring effect in accordance with the change in the characteristic intensity of the contact.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the increase in the characteristic intensity of the contact above the first intensity threshold includes an increase in the characteristic intensity of the contact to a first intensity value that is higher than the first intensity threshold; and
the decrease in the characteristic intensity value of the contact includes a decrease in the characteristic intensity of the contact to a second intensity value that is between the first intensity value and the first intensity threshold; and
the third magnitude of blurring is greater than the first magnitude of blurring and less than the second magnitude of blurring.

12. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a touch-sensitive surface;
one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface;
one or more processors;
memory; 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:
displaying a plurality of selectable user

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Foss Christopher P
• Alonso Ruiz Marcos
• Apodaca Gregory M
• Bauer Sebastian J
• Chaudhri Imran A
• Dascola Jonathan R
• Dye Alan C
• Ive Jonathan
• Karunamuni Chanaka G
• Teutschler Sophia
• Wan Wan Si
• Kocienda Kenneth L

Classifications

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

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

• G06T11/10

  Texturing; Colouring; Generation of textures or colours (retouching, inpainting or scratch removal G06T5/77) · CPC title

• G06F3/0482 Primary

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F3/04817

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