Proxy gesture recognizer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9733716-B2
Application number	US-201414290931-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2014
Priority date	Jun 9, 2013
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

An electronic device displays one or more views. A first view includes a plurality of gesture recognizers. The plurality of gesture recognizers in the first view includes one or more proxy gesture recognizers and one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers. Each gesture recognizer indicates one of a plurality of predefined states. A first proxy gesture recognizer in the first view indicates a state that corresponds to a state of a respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view. The device delivers a respective sub-event to the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view and at least a subset of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view. The device processes the respective sub-event in accordance with states of the first proxy gesture recognizer and at least the subset of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs for execution by one or more processors of an electronic device, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying one or more views of a plurality of views, wherein:
a first view of the one or more displayed views includes a plurality of gesture recognizers;
the plurality of gesture recognizers in the first view includes one or more proxy gesture recognizers and one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers;
each gesture recognizer indicates one of a plurality of predefined states; and
a first proxy gesture recognizer in the first view has a state that corresponds to a state of a respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view, wherein the state of the first proxy gesture recognizer and the corresponding state of the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer are both selected from a same set of predefined states;

detecting a sequence of one or more sub-events;
delivering a respective sub-event to the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view and at least a subset of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view; and
processing the respective sub-event with at least one of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view in accordance with states of the first proxy gesture recognizer and at least the subset of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view.

2. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
updating the state of the first proxy gesture recognizer in the first view to match the state of the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view.

3. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the state of the first proxy gesture recognizer in the first view mirrors the state of the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer.

4. The medium of claim 3 , wherein the proxy gesture recognizer is not configured to process event information.

5. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
at least a first non-proxy gesture recognizer of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view is adapted to wait for the first proxy gesture recognizer, in the first view, to enter a particular predefined state of the one or more predefined states before recognizing a gesture that corresponds to the sequence of one or more sub-events.

6. The medium of claim 5 , wherein the one or more predefined states include one or more of: an event impossible state and an event canceled state.

7. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
delaying at least a first non-proxy gesture recognizer of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view from recognizing a gesture that corresponds to the sequence of one or more sub-events until after the first proxy gesture recognizer enters into a particular predefined state of the one or more predefined states.

8. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
at least a second non-proxy gesture recognizer of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view is adapted to delay delivering one or more sub-events of the sequence of one or more sub-events to the first view until after the second non-proxy gesture recognizer fails to recognize a gesture that corresponds to the sequence of one or more sub-events.

9. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the one or more programs further include instructions for:
delaying delivery of one or more sub-events of the sequence of one or more sub-events to the first view until after a second non-proxy gesture recognizer in the first view fails to recognize a gesture that corresponds to the sequence of one or more sub-events.

10. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of gesture recognizers in the first view includes a second proxy gesture recognizer; and
the second proxy gesture recognizer in the first view has a state that corresponds to the state of the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view.

11. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the plurality of views is in a view hierarchy; and
the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer is in a second view, in the view hierarchy, distinct from the first view.

12. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view and the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view are associated with a same software application.

13. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view are associated with a software application; and
the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view is associated with system software that is distinct from the software application.

14. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device having a touch-sensitive surface:
displaying one or more views of a plurality of views, wherein:
a first view of the one or more displayed views includes a plurality of gesture recognizers;
the plurality of gesture recognizers in the first view includes one or more proxy gesture recognizers and one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers;
each gesture recognizer indicates one of a plurality of predefined states; and
a first proxy gesture recognizer in the first view has a state that corresponds to a state of a respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view; wherein the state of the first proxy gesture recognizer and the corresponding state of the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer are both selected from a same set of predefined states;

detecting a sequence of one or more sub-events;
delivering a respective sub-event to the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view and at least a subset of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view; and
processing the respective sub-event with at least one of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view in accordance with states of the first proxy gesture recognizer and at least the subset of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising at the electronic device having the touch-sensitive surface:
updating the state of the first proxy gesture recognizer in the first view to match the state of the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer that is not in the first view.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the state of the first proxy gesture recognizer in the first view mirrors the state of the respective non-proxy gesture recognizer.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein:
at least a first non-proxy gesture recognizer of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view is adapted to wait for the first proxy gesture recognizer, in the first view, to enter a particular predefined state of the one or more predefined states before recognizing a gesture that corresponds to the sequence of one or more sub-events.

18. The method of claim 14 , further comprising at the electronic device having the touch-sensitive surface:
delaying at least a first non-proxy gesture recognizer of the one or more non-proxy gesture recognizers in the first view from recognizing a gesture that corresponds to the sequence of one or more sub-events until after the first proxy gesture recognizer enters into a particular predefined state of the one or more predefined states.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the one or more predefined states i

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Shaffer Joshua H

Classifications

• G06F2209/545

  Gui · CPC title

• G06F9/54

  Interprogram communication · CPC title

• G06F3/017 Primary

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F9/541

  via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications · CPC title

• G06F9/542 Primary

  Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications · CPC title