Patent Application
20220326819
This relates generally to electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces, including but not limited to electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces that navigate, display, and/or edit media items with multiple user-selectable display modes.
The use of electronic devices for capturing, viewing, editing, and sharing digital content has increased significantly in recent years. Users frequently create media items (e.g., images and/or videos, such as Live Photos from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.) with their portable electronic devices (e.g., smart phones, tablets, and dedicated digital cameras); view and edit their media items in image management applications (e.g., Photos from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.) and/or digital content management applications (e.g., iTunes from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.); and share their digital content with others through instant messages, email, social media applications, and other communication applications.
Some media items may be displayed in a plurality of different display modes. It may be difficult for a user to navigate, display, and edit such media items because multiple display modes create multiple options for displaying and editing a given media item.
Accordingly, there is a need for electronic devices with faster, more efficient methods and interfaces for navigating, displaying, and editing media items with multiple display modes. Such methods and interfaces optionally complement or replace conventional methods for navigating, displaying, and editing media items with multiple display modes. Such methods and interfaces reduce the number, extent, and/or nature of the inputs from a user and produce a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated devices, such methods and interfaces conserve power and increase the time between battery charges.
The above deficiencies and other problems associated with user interfaces for electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces are reduced or eliminated by the disclosed devices. In some embodiments, the device is a desktop computer. In some embodiments, the device is portable (e.g., a notebook computer, tablet computer, or handheld device). In some embodiments, the device is a personal electronic device (e.g., a wearable electronic device, such as a watch). In some embodiments, the device has a touchpad. In some embodiments, the device has a touch-sensitive display (also known as a “touch screen” or “touch-screen display”). In some embodiments, the device has a graphical user interface (GUI), one or more processors, memory and one or more modules, programs or sets of instructions stored in the memory for performing multiple functions. In some embodiments, the user interacts with the GUI primarily through stylus and/or finger contacts and gestures on the touch-sensitive surface. In some embodiments, the functions optionally include image editing, drawing, presenting, word processing, spreadsheet making, game playing, telephoning, video conferencing, e-mailing, instant messaging, workout support, digital photographing, digital videoing, web browsing, digital music playing, note taking, and/or digital video playing. Executable instructions for performing these functions are, optionally, included in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium or other computer program product configured for execution by one or more processors.
In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying, in a first user interface on the display, one or more images from a media item that corresponds to a sequence of images in a respective display mode, wherein the respective display mode is one of a plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item that corresponds to the sequence of images; while displaying the one or more images from the media item in the respective display mode, detecting a first input; in response to detecting the first input, displaying an editing user interface for the respective display mode on the display, wherein: the editing user interface for the respective display mode is configured to change which images are included in the media item when the media item is displayed in the respective display mode; and the editing user interface for the respective display mode concurrently displays: a first area that is configured to display images in the sequence of images; a second area, distinct from the first area, that includes representations of images in the sequence of images, a user-adjustable begin-trim affordance that indicates a first boundary for playback through the sequence of images, and a user-adjustable end-trim affordance that indicates a second boundary for playback through the sequence of images; while displaying the editing user interface for the respective display mode: adjusting the media item in accordance with one or more editing inputs; and detecting an input to exit the editing user interface for the respective display mode; exiting the editing user interface for the respective display mode; and displaying the edited media item in the respective display mode in the first user interface.
In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying, in a first user interface on the display, one or more images from a media item that corresponds to a sequence of images in a first display mode, wherein, the first display mode is one of a plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item that corresponds to the sequence of images; while displaying the one or more images from the media item in the first display mode, detecting a first input; in response to detecting the first input, displaying a display-mode selection user interface on the display, wherein: the display-mode selection user interface concurrently displays a plurality of representations of the media item, including a second representation of the media item that corresponds to a second display mode that is different from the first display mode; while displaying the display-mode selection user interface on the display, detecting an input on the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item; and, in response to detecting the input on the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item, selecting a second display mode in the plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item that corresponds to the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item.
In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying, in a first user interface on the display, a representation of a media item that corresponds to a sequence of images, the media item including a representative image from the sequence of images in a first display mode; while displaying the representation of the media item that corresponds to the sequence of images in the first display mode, detecting a first input; in response to detecting the first input, displaying an editing user interface for the media item in the first display mode on the display, wherein the editing user interface concurrently displays: a first area that is configured to sequentially display images in the sequence of images at a first magnification; and a second area, distinct from the first area, that includes representations of images in the sequence of images at a second magnification that is less than the first magnification, a user-adjustable representative-image-selection affordance that is configured to select a new representative image in the sequence of images via a position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area, a plurality of range-trim affordances including: a user-adjustable begin-trim affordance that indicates a first boundary for playback through the sequence of images, and a user-adjustable end-trim affordance that indicates a second boundary for playback through the sequence of images; while displaying the editing user interface, detecting a second input directed to the representative-image-selection affordance; and, while detecting the second input directed to the representative-image-selection affordance: moving the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area in accordance with the second input; displaying a visually emphasized representation of an image in the second area that corresponds to a current position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area; and displaying, in the first area, an image from the sequence of images that corresponds to the current position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area.
In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying, in a first user interface on the display, a representation of a first media item that corresponds to a sequence of images in a first display mode of a plurality of user-selectable display modes, wherein: the first media item is part of a collection of media items; the collection of media items is arranged in an order based on predetermined criteria; one or more prior media items precede the first media item in the order; and one or more subsequent media items follow the first media item in the order; while displaying the representation of the first media item, detecting a touch input that includes movement in a respective direction on the touch-sensitive surface; in response to detecting the touch input: in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in a first direction and that a subsequent media item that corresponds to a second sequence of images is designated as being displayed in the first display mode, displaying the subsequent media item in the first display mode, including displaying content from a plurality of images in the second sequence of images in a manner determined based on the first display mode; and in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in the first direction and that the subsequent media item is designated as being displayed in a second display mode that is different from the first display mode, displaying the subsequent media item in the second display mode, including displaying content from a plurality of images in the second sequence of images in a manner determined based on the second display mode.
In accordance with some embodiments, a method is performed at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying, in a first user interface on the display, a first representation of a first media item that corresponds to a sequence of images in a respective display mode of a plurality of user-selectable display modes; while displaying, on the display, the first representation of the first media item in the respective display mode, detecting a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the representation of the first media item; and in response to detecting the touch input, and while the touch input continues to be detected on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the representation of the first media item: in accordance with a determination that the touch input meets representation-change criteria that are based on a magnitude of a respective property of the touch and that the respective display mode of the first media item is in a display mode in which the first representation of the first media item is a dynamic representation of the first media item changes over time, replacing display of the first representation of the media item with a static representation of the first media item that does not change over time; and in accordance with a determination that the touch input does not meet representation-change criteria, maintaining display of the first representation of the first media item as a dynamic representation.
In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes a display, a touch-sensitive surface, optionally one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, optionally one or more tactile output generators, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs; the one or more programs are configured to be executed by the one or more processors and the one or more programs include instructions for performing or causing performance of the operations of any of the methods described herein. In accordance with some embodiments, a computer readable storage medium has stored therein instructions, which, when executed by an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, optionally one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, and optionally one or more tactile output generators, cause the device to perform or cause performance of the operations of any of the methods described herein. In accordance with some embodiments, a graphical user interface on an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, optionally one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, optionally one or more tactile output generators, a memory, and one or more processors to execute one or more programs stored in the memory includes one or more of the elements displayed in any of the methods described herein, which are updated in response to inputs, as described in any of the methods described herein. In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device includes: a display, a touch-sensitive surface, optionally one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, and optionally one or more tactile output generators; and means for performing or causing performance of the operations of any of the methods described herein. In accordance with some embodiments, an information processing apparatus, for use in an electronic device with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, optionally one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, and optionally one or more tactile output generators, includes means for performing or causing performance of the operations of any of the methods described herein.
Thus, electronic devices with displays, touch-sensitive surfaces, optionally one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface, and optionally one or more tactile output generators, are provided with improved methods and interfaces for navigating, displaying, and editing media items with multiple display modes, thereby increasing the effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction with such devices. Such methods and interfaces may complement or replace conventional methods for navigating, displaying, and editing media items with multiple display modes.
For a better understanding of the various described embodiments, reference should be made to the Description of Embodiments below, in conjunction with the following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the figures.
A number of different approaches for navigating, displaying, and/or editing media items with multiple user-selectable display modes are described herein. Using one or more of these approaches (optionally in conjunction with each other) reduces the number, extent, and/or nature of the inputs from a user and provides a more efficient human-machine interface. This enables users to interact with media items with multiple display modes faster and more efficiently. For battery-operated devices, these improvements conserve power and increase the time between battery charges. Some of the approaches are described herein include:
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the various described embodiments. However, it will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that the various described embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, circuits, and networks have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the embodiments.
It will also be understood that, although the terms first, second, etc. are, in some instances, used herein to describe various elements, these elements should not be limited by these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish one element from another. For example, a first contact could be termed a second contact, and, similarly, a second contact could be termed a first contact, without departing from the scope of the various described embodiments. The first contact and the second contact are both contacts, but they are not the same contact, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
The terminology used in the description of the various described embodiments herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used in the description of the various described embodiments and the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will be further understood that the terms “includes,” “including,” “comprises,” and/or “comprising,” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.
As used herein, the term “if” is, optionally, construed to mean “when” or “upon” or “in response to determining” or “in response to detecting,” depending on the context. Similarly, the phrase “if it is determined” or “if [a stated condition or event] is detected” is, optionally, construed to mean “upon determining” or “in response to determining” or “upon detecting [the stated condition or event]” or “in response to detecting [the stated condition or event],” depending on the context.
Embodiments of electronic devices, user interfaces for such devices, and associated processes for using such devices are described. In some embodiments, the device is a portable communications device, such as a mobile telephone, that also contains other functions, such as PDA and/or music player functions. Example embodiments of portable multifunction devices include, without limitation, the iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad® devices from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. Other portable electronic devices, such as laptops or tablet computers with touch-sensitive surfaces (e.g., touch-screen displays and/or touchpads), are, optionally, used. It should also be understood that, in some embodiments, the device is not a portable communications device, but is a desktop computer with a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch-screen display and/or a touchpad).
In the discussion that follows, an electronic device that includes a display and a touch-sensitive surface is described. It should be understood, however, that the electronic device optionally includes one or more other physical user-interface devices, such as a physical keyboard, a mouse and/or a joystick.
The device typically supports a variety of applications, such as one or more of the following: a note taking application, a drawing application, a presentation application, a word processing application, a website creation application, a disk authoring application, a spreadsheet application, a gaming application, a telephone application, a video conferencing application, an e-mail application, an instant messaging application, a workout support application, a photo management application, a digital camera application, a digital video camera application, a web browsing application, a digital music player application, and/or a digital video player application.
The various applications that are executed on the device optionally use at least one common physical user-interface device, such as the touch-sensitive surface. One or more functions of the touch-sensitive surface as well as corresponding information displayed on the device are, optionally, adjusted and/or varied from one application to the next and/or within a respective application. In this way, a common physical architecture (such as the touch-sensitive surface) of the device optionally supports the variety of applications with user interfaces that are intuitive and transparent to the user.
Attention is now directed toward embodiments of portable devices with touch-sensitive displays.
As used in the specification and claims, the term “tactile output” is physical displacement of a device relative to a previous position of the device, physical displacement of a component (e.g., a touch-sensitive surface) of a device relative to another component (e.g., housing) of the device, or displacement of the component relative to a center of mass of the device that will be detected by a user with the user's sense of touch. For example, in situations where the device or the component of the device is in contact with a surface of a user that is sensitive to touch (e.g., a finger, palm, or other part of a user's hand), the tactile output generated by the physical displacement will be interpreted by the user as a tactile sensation corresponding to a perceived change in physical characteristics of the device or the component of the device. For example, movement of a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a touch-sensitive display or trackpad) is, optionally, interpreted by the user as a “down click” or “up click” of a physical actuator button. In some cases, a user will feel a tactile sensation such as an “down click” or “up click” even when there is no movement of a physical actuator button associated with the touch-sensitive surface that is physically pressed (e.g., displaced) by the user's movements. As another example, movement of the touch-sensitive surface is, optionally, interpreted or sensed by the user as “roughness” of the touch-sensitive surface, even when there is no change in smoothness of the touch-sensitive surface. While such interpretations of touch by a user will be subject to the individualized sensory perceptions of the user, there are many sensory perceptions of touch that are common to a large majority of users. Thus, when a tactile output is described as corresponding to a particular sensory perception of a user (e.g., an “up click,” a “down click,” “roughness”), unless otherwise stated, the generated tactile output corresponds to physical displacement of the device or a component thereof that will generate the described sensory perception for a typical (or average) user. Using tactile outputs to provide haptic feedback to a user enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by helping the user to provide proper inputs and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device) which, additionally, reduces power usage and improves battery life of the device by enabling the user to use the device more quickly and efficiently.
In some embodiments, a tactile output pattern specifies characteristics of a tactile output, such as the amplitude of the tactile output, the shape of a movement waveform of the tactile output, the frequency of the tactile output, and/or the duration of the tactile output.
When tactile outputs with different tactile output patterns are generated by a device (e.g., via one or more tactile output generators that move a moveable mass to generate tactile outputs), the tactile outputs may invoke different haptic sensations in a user holding or touching the device. While the sensation of the user is based on the user's perception of the tactile output, most users will be able to identify changes in waveform, frequency, and amplitude of tactile outputs generated by the device. Thus, the waveform, frequency and amplitude can be adjusted to indicate to the user that different operations have been performed. As such, tactile outputs with tactile output patterns that are designed, selected, and/or engineered to simulate characteristics (e.g., size, material, weight, stiffness, smoothness, etc.); behaviors (e.g., oscillation, displacement, acceleration, rotation, expansion, etc.); and/or interactions (e.g., collision, adhesion, repulsion, attraction, friction, etc.) of objects in a given environment (e.g., a user interface that includes graphical features and objects, a simulated physical environment with virtual boundaries and virtual objects, a real physical environment with physical boundaries and physical objects, and/or a combination of any of the above) will, in some circumstances, provide helpful feedback to users that reduces input errors and increases the efficiency of the user's operation of the device. Additionally, tactile outputs are, optionally, generated to correspond to feedback that is unrelated to a simulated physical characteristic, such as an input threshold or a selection of an object. Such tactile outputs will, in some circumstances, provide helpful feedback to users that reduces input errors and increases the efficiency of the user's operation of the device.
In some embodiments, a tactile output with a suitable tactile output pattern serves as a cue for the occurrence of an event of interest in a user interface or behind the scenes in a device. Examples of the events of interest include activation of an affordance (e.g., a real or virtual button, or toggle switch) provided on the device or in a user interface, success or failure of a requested operation, reaching or crossing a boundary in a user interface, entry into a new state, switching of input focus between objects, activation of a new mode, reaching or crossing an input threshold, detection or recognition of a type of input or gesture, etc. In some embodiments, tactile outputs are provided to serve as a warning or an alert for an impending event or outcome that would occur unless a redirection or interruption input is timely detected. Tactile outputs are also used in other contexts to enrich the user experience, improve the accessibility of the device to users with visual or motor difficulties or other accessibility needs, and/or improve efficiency and functionality of the user interface and/or the device. Tactile outputs are optionally accompanied with audio outputs and/or visible user interface changes, which further enhance a user's experience when the user interacts with a user interface and/or the device, and facilitate better conveyance of information regarding the state of the user interface and/or the device, and which reduce input errors and increase the efficiency of the user's operation of the device.
It should be appreciated that device 100 is only one example of a portable multifunction device, and that device 100 optionally has more or fewer components than shown, optionally combines two or more components, or optionally has a different configuration or arrangement of the components. The various components shown in
Memory 102 optionally includes high-speed random access memory and optionally also includes non-volatile memory, such as one or more magnetic disk storage devices, flash memory devices, or other non-volatile solid-state memory devices. Access to memory 102 by other components of device 100, such as CPU(s) 120 and the peripherals interface 118, is, optionally, controlled by memory controller 122.
Peripherals interface 118 can be used to couple input and output peripherals of the device to CPU(s) 120 and memory 102. The one or more processors 120 run or execute various software programs and/or sets of instructions stored in memory 102 to perform various functions for device 100 and to process data.
In some embodiments, peripherals interface 118, CPU(s) 120, and memory controller 122 are, optionally, implemented on a single chip, such as chip 104. In some other embodiments, they are, optionally, implemented on separate chips.
RF (radio frequency) circuitry 108 receives and sends RF signals, also called electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry 108 converts electrical signals to/from electromagnetic signals and communicates with communications networks and other communications devices via the electromagnetic signals. RF circuitry 108 optionally includes well-known circuitry for performing these functions, including but not limited to an antenna system, an RF transceiver, one or more amplifiers, a tuner, one or more oscillators, a digital signal processor, a CODEC chipset, a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, memory, and so forth. RF circuitry 108 optionally communicates with networks, such as the Internet, also referred to as the World Wide Web (WWW), an intranet and/or a wireless network, such as a cellular telephone network, a wireless local area network (LAN) and/or a metropolitan area network (MAN), and other devices by wireless communication. The wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols and technologies, including but not limited to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), high-speed uplink packet access (HSUPA), Evolution, Data-Only (EV-DO), HSPA, HSPA+, Dual-Cell HSPA (DC-HSPA), long term evolution (LTE), near field communication (NFC), wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA), code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), Bluetooth, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) (e.g., IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11ac, IEEE 802.11ax, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and/or IEEE 802.11n), voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), Wi-MAX, a protocol for e-mail (e.g., Internet message access protocol (IMAP) and/or post office protocol (POP)), instant messaging (e.g., extensible messaging and presence protocol (XMPP), Session Initiation Protocol for Instant Messaging and Presence Leveraging Extensions (SIMPLE), Instant Messaging and Presence Service (IMPS)), and/or Short Message Service (SMS), or any other suitable communication protocol, including communication protocols not yet developed as of the filing date of this document.
Audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, and microphone 113 provide an audio interface between a user and device 100. Audio circuitry 110 receives audio data from peripherals interface 118, converts the audio data to an electrical signal, and transmits the electrical signal to speaker 111. Speaker 111 converts the electrical signal to human-audible sound waves. Audio circuitry 110 also receives electrical signals converted by microphone 113 from sound waves. Audio circuitry 110 converts the electrical signal to audio data and transmits the audio data to peripherals interface 118 for processing. Audio data is, optionally, retrieved from and/or transmitted to memory 102 and/or RF circuitry 108 by peripherals interface 118. In some embodiments, audio circuitry 110 also includes a headset jack (e.g., 212,
I/O subsystem 106 couples input/output peripherals on device 100, such as touch-sensitive display system 112 and other input or control devices 116, with peripherals interface 118. I/O subsystem 106 optionally includes display controller 156, optical sensor controller 158, intensity sensor controller 159, haptic feedback controller 161, and one or more input controllers 160 for other input or control devices. The one or more input controllers 160 receive/send electrical signals from/to other input or control devices 116. The other input or control devices 116 optionally include physical buttons (e.g., push buttons, rocker buttons, etc.), dials, slider switches, joysticks, click wheels, and so forth. In some alternate embodiments, input controller(s) 160 are, optionally, coupled with any (or none) of the following: a keyboard, infrared port, USB port, stylus, and/or a pointer device such as a mouse. The one or more buttons (e.g., 208,
Touch-sensitive display system 112 provides an input interface and an output interface between the device and a user. Display controller 156 receives and/or sends electrical signals from/to touch-sensitive display system 112. Touch-sensitive display system 112 displays visual output to the user. The visual output optionally includes graphics, text, icons, video, and any combination thereof (collectively termed “graphics”). In some embodiments, some or all of the visual output corresponds to user interface objects. As used herein, the term “affordance” is a user-interactive graphical user interface object (e.g., a graphical user interface object that is configured to respond to inputs directed toward the graphical user interface object). Examples of user-interactive graphical user interface objects include, without limitation, a button, slider, icon, selectable menu item, switch, hyperlink, or other user interface control.
Touch-sensitive display system 112 has a touch-sensitive surface, sensor or set of sensors that accepts input from the user based on haptic and/or tactile contact. Touch-sensitive display system 112 and display controller 156 (along with any associated modules and/or sets of instructions in memory 102) detect contact (and any movement or breaking of the contact) on touch-sensitive display system 112 and converts the detected contact into interaction with user-interface objects (e.g., one or more soft keys, icons, web pages or images) that are displayed on touch-sensitive display system 112. In some embodiments, a point of contact between touch-sensitive display system 112 and the user corresponds to a finger of the user or a stylus.
Touch-sensitive display system 112 optionally uses LCD (liquid crystal display) technology, LPD (light emitting polymer display) technology, or LED (light emitting diode) technology, although other display technologies are used in other embodiments. Touch-sensitive display system 112 and display controller 156 optionally detect contact and any movement or breaking thereof using any of a plurality of touch sensing technologies now known or later developed, including but not limited to capacitive, resistive, infrared, and surface acoustic wave technologies, as well as other proximity sensor arrays or other elements for determining one or more points of contact with touch-sensitive display system 112. In some embodiments, projected mutual capacitance sensing technology is used, such as that found in the iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad® from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.
Touch-sensitive display system 112 optionally has a video resolution in excess of 100 dpi. In some embodiments, the touch screen video resolution is in excess of 400 dpi (e.g., 500 dpi, 800 dpi, or greater). The user optionally makes contact with touch-sensitive display system 112 using any suitable object or appendage, such as a stylus, a finger, and so forth. In some embodiments, the user interface is designed to work with finger-based contacts and gestures, which can be less precise than stylus-based input due to the larger area of contact of a finger on the touch screen. In some embodiments, the device translates the rough finger-based input into a precise pointer/cursor position or command for performing the actions desired by the user.
In some embodiments, in addition to the touch screen, device 100 optionally includes a touchpad (not shown) for activating or deactivating particular functions. In some embodiments, the touchpad is a touch-sensitive area of the device that, unlike the touch screen, does not display visual output. The touchpad is, optionally, a touch-sensitive surface that is separate from touch-sensitive display system 112 or an extension of the touch-sensitive surface formed by the touch screen.
Device 100 also includes power system 162 for powering the various components. Power system 162 optionally includes a power management system, one or more power sources (e.g., battery, alternating current (AC)), a recharging system, a power failure detection circuit, a power converter or inverter, a power status indicator (e.g., a light-emitting diode (LED)) and any other components associated with the generation, management and distribution of power in portable devices.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more optical sensors 164.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more contact intensity sensors 165.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more proximity sensors 166.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more tactile output generators 167.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more accelerometers 168.
In some embodiments, the software components stored in memory 102 include operating system 126, communication module (or set of instructions) 128, contact/motion module (or set of instructions) 130, graphics module (or set of instructions) 132, haptic feedback module (or set of instructions) 133, text input module (or set of instructions) 134, Global Positioning System (GPS) module (or set of instructions) 135, and applications (or sets of instructions) 136. Furthermore, in some embodiments, memory 102 stores device/global internal state 157, as shown in
Operating system 126 (e.g., iOS, Darwin, RTXC, LINUX, UNIX, OS X, WINDOWS, or an embedded operating system such as VxWorks) includes various software components and/or drivers for controlling and managing general system tasks (e.g., memory management, storage device control, power management, etc.) and facilitates communication between various hardware and software components.
Communication module 128 facilitates communication with other devices over one or more external ports 124 and also includes various software components for handling data received by RF circuitry 108 and/or external port 124. External port 124 (e.g., Universal Serial Bus (USB), FIREWIRE, etc.) is adapted for coupling directly to other devices or indirectly over a network (e.g., the Internet, wireless LAN, etc.). In some embodiments, the external port is a multi-pin (e.g., 30-pin) connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatible with the 30-pin connector used in some iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad® devices from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. In some embodiments, the external port is a Lightning connector that is the same as, or similar to and/or compatible with the Lightning connector used in some iPhone®, iPod Touch®, and iPad® devices from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif.
Contact/motion module 130 optionally detects contact with touch-sensitive display system 112 (in conjunction with display controller 156) and other touch-sensitive devices (e.g., a touchpad or physical click wheel). Contact/motion module 130 includes various software components for performing various operations related to detection of contact (e.g., by a finger or by a stylus), such as determining if contact has occurred (e.g., detecting a finger-down event), determining an intensity of the contact (e.g., the force or pressure of the contact or a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact), determining if there is movement of the contact and tracking the movement across the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., detecting one or more finger-dragging events), and determining if the contact has ceased (e.g., detecting a finger-up event or a break in contact). Contact/motion module 130 receives contact data from the touch-sensitive surface. Determining movement of the point of contact, which is represented by a series of contact data, optionally includes determining speed (magnitude), velocity (magnitude and direction), and/or an acceleration (a change in magnitude and/or direction) of the point of contact. These operations are, optionally, applied to single contacts (e.g., one finger contacts or stylus contacts) or to multiple simultaneous contacts (e.g., “multitouch”/multiple finger contacts). In some embodiments, contact/motion module 130 and display controller 156 detect contact on a touchpad.
Contact/motion module 130 optionally detects a gesture input by a user. Different gestures on the touch-sensitive surface have different contact patterns (e.g., different motions, timings, and/or intensities of detected contacts). Thus, a gesture is, optionally, detected by detecting a particular contact pattern. For example, detecting a finger tap gesture includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting a finger-up (lift off) event at the same position (or substantially the same position) as the finger-down event (e.g., at the position of an icon). As another example, detecting a finger swipe gesture on the touch-sensitive surface includes detecting a finger-down event followed by detecting one or more finger-dragging events, and subsequently followed by detecting a finger-up (lift off) event. Similarly, tap, swipe, drag, and other gestures are optionally detected for a stylus by detecting a particular contact pattern for the stylus.
In some embodiments, detecting a finger tap gesture depends on the length of time between detecting the finger-down event and the finger-up event, but is independent of the intensity of the finger contact between detecting the finger-down event and the finger-up event. In some embodiments, a tap gesture is detected in accordance with a determination that the length of time between the finger-down event and the finger-up event is less than a predetermined value (e.g., less than 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 or 0.5 seconds), independent of whether the intensity of the finger contact during the tap meets a given intensity threshold (greater than a nominal contact-detection intensity threshold), such as a light press or deep press intensity threshold. Thus, a finger tap gesture can satisfy particular input criteria that do not require that the characteristic intensity of a contact satisfy a given intensity threshold in order for the particular input criteria to be met. For clarity, the finger contact in a tap gesture typically needs to satisfy a nominal contact-detection intensity threshold, below which the contact is not detected, in order for the finger-down event to be detected. A similar analysis applies to detecting a tap gesture by a stylus or other contact. In cases where the device is capable of detecting a finger or stylus contact hovering over a touch sensitive surface, the nominal contact-detection intensity threshold optionally does not correspond to physical contact between the finger or stylus and the touch sensitive surface.
The same concepts apply in an analogous manner to other types of gestures. For example, a swipe gesture, a pinch gesture, a depinch gesture, and/or a long press gesture are optionally detected based on the satisfaction of criteria that are either independent of intensities of contacts included in the gesture, or do not require that contact(s) that perform the gesture reach intensity thresholds in order to be recognized. For example, a swipe gesture is detected based on an amount of movement of one or more contacts; a pinch gesture is detected based on movement of two or more contacts towards each other; a depinch gesture is detected based on movement of two or more contacts away from each other; and a long press gesture is detected based on a duration of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface with less than a threshold amount of movement. As such, the statement that particular gesture recognition criteria do not require that the intensity of the contact(s) meet a respective intensity threshold in order for the particular gesture recognition criteria to be met means that the particular gesture recognition criteria are capable of being satisfied if the contact(s) in the gesture do not reach the respective intensity threshold, and are also capable of being satisfied in circumstances where one or more of the contacts in the gesture do reach or exceed the respective intensity threshold. In some embodiments, a tap gesture is detected based on a determination that the finger-down and finger-up event are detected within a predefined time period, without regard to whether the contact is above or below the respective intensity threshold during the predefined time period, and a swipe gesture is detected based on a determination that the contact movement is greater than a predefined magnitude, even if the contact is above the respective intensity threshold at the end of the contact movement. Even in implementations where detection of a gesture is influenced by the intensity of contacts performing the gesture (e.g., the device detects a long press more quickly when the intensity of the contact is above an intensity threshold or delays detection of a tap input when the intensity of the contact is higher), the detection of those gestures does not require that the contacts reach a particular intensity threshold so long as the criteria for recognizing the gesture can be met in circumstances where the contact does not reach the particular intensity threshold (e.g., even if the amount of time that it takes to recognize the gesture changes).
Contact intensity thresholds, duration thresholds, and movement thresholds are, in some circumstances, combined in a variety of different combinations in order to create heuristics for distinguishing two or more different gestures directed to the same input element or region so that multiple different interactions with the same input element are enabled to provide a richer set of user interactions and responses. The statement that a particular set of gesture recognition criteria do not require that the intensity of the contact(s) meet a respective intensity threshold in order for the particular gesture recognition criteria to be met does not preclude the concurrent evaluation of other intensity-dependent gesture recognition criteria to identify other gestures that do have a criteria that is met when a gesture includes a contact with an intensity above the respective intensity threshold. For example, in some circumstances, first gesture recognition criteria for a first gesture—which do not require that the intensity of the contact(s) meet a respective intensity threshold in order for the first gesture recognition criteria to be met—are in competition with second gesture recognition criteria for a second gesture—which are dependent on the contact(s) reaching the respective intensity threshold. In such competitions, the gesture is, optionally, not recognized as meeting the first gesture recognition criteria for the first gesture if the second gesture recognition criteria for the second gesture are met first. For example, if a contact reaches the respective intensity threshold before the contact moves by a predefined amount of movement, a deep press gesture is detected rather than a swipe gesture. Conversely, if the contact moves by the predefined amount of movement before the contact reaches the respective intensity threshold, a swipe gesture is detected rather than a deep press gesture. Even in such circumstances, the first gesture recognition criteria for the first gesture still do not require that the intensity of the contact(s) meet a respective intensity threshold in order for the first gesture recognition criteria to be met because if the contact stayed below the respective intensity threshold until an end of the gesture (e.g., a swipe gesture with a contact that does not increase to an intensity above the respective intensity threshold), the gesture would have been recognized by the first gesture recognition criteria as a swipe gesture. As such, particular gesture recognition criteria that do not require that the intensity of the contact(s) meet a respective intensity threshold in order for the particular gesture recognition criteria to be met will (A) in some circumstances ignore the intensity of the contact with respect to the intensity threshold (e.g. for a tap gesture) and/or (B) in some circumstances still be dependent on the intensity of the contact with respect to the intensity threshold in the sense that the particular gesture recognition criteria (e.g., for a long press gesture) will fail if a competing set of intensity-dependent gesture recognition criteria (e.g., for a deep press gesture) recognize an input as corresponding to an intensity-dependent gesture before the particular gesture recognition criteria recognize a gesture corresponding to the input (e.g., for a long press gesture that is competing with a deep press gesture for recognition).
Graphics module 132 includes various known software components for rendering and displaying graphics on touch-sensitive display system 112 or other display, including components for changing the visual impact (e.g., brightness, transparency, saturation, contrast or other visual property) of graphics that are displayed. As used herein, the term “graphics” includes any object that can be displayed to a user, including without limitation text, web pages, icons (such as user-interface objects including soft keys), digital images, videos, animations and the like.
In some embodiments, graphics module 132 stores data representing graphics to be used. Each graphic is, optionally, assigned a corresponding code. Graphics module 132 receives, from applications etc., one or more codes specifying graphics to be displayed along with, if necessary, coordinate data and other graphic property data, and then generates screen image data to output to display controller 156.
Haptic feedback module 133 includes various software components for generating instructions (e.g., instructions used by haptic feedback controller 161) to produce tactile outputs using tactile output generator(s) 167 at one or more locations on device 100 in response to user interactions with device 100.
Text input module 134, which is, optionally, a component of graphics module 132, provides soft keyboards for entering text in various applications (e.g., contacts 137, e-mail 140, IM 141, browser 147, and any other application that needs text input).
GPS module 135 determines the location of the device and provides this information for use in various applications (e.g., to telephone 138 for use in location-based dialing, to camera 143 as picture/video metadata, and to applications that provide location-based services such as weather widgets, local yellow page widgets, and map/navigation widgets).
Applications 136 optionally include the following modules (or sets of instructions), or a subset or superset thereof:
Examples of other applications 136 that are, optionally, stored in memory 102 include other word processing applications, other image editing applications, drawing applications, presentation applications, JAVA-enabled applications, encryption, digital rights management, voice recognition, and voice replication.
In conjunction with touch-sensitive display system 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, contacts module 137 includes executable instructions to manage an address book or contact list (e.g., stored in application internal state 192 of contacts module 137 in memory 102 or memory 370), including: adding name(s) to the address book; deleting name(s) from the address book; associating telephone number(s), e-mail address(es), physical address(es) or other information with a name; associating an image with a name; categorizing and sorting names; providing telephone numbers and/or e-mail addresses to initiate and/or facilitate communications by telephone 138, video conference 139, e-mail 140, or IM 141; and so forth.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, microphone 113, touch-sensitive display system 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, telephone module 138 includes executable instructions to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to a telephone number, access one or more telephone numbers in address book 137, modify a telephone number that has been entered, dial a respective telephone number, conduct a conversation and disconnect or hang up when the conversation is completed. As noted above, the wireless communication optionally uses any of a plurality of communications standards, protocols and technologies.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, microphone 113, touch-sensitive display system 112, display controller 156, optical sensor(s) 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, contact list 137, and telephone module 138, videoconferencing module 139 includes executable instructions to initiate, conduct, and terminate a video conference between a user and one or more other participants in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch-sensitive display system 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, e-mail client module 140 includes executable instructions to create, send, receive, and manage e-mail in response to user instructions. In conjunction with image management module 144, e-mail client module 140 makes it very easy to create and send e-mails with still or video images taken with camera module 143.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch-sensitive display system 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, the instant messaging module 141 includes executable instructions to enter a sequence of characters corresponding to an instant message, to modify previously entered characters, to transmit a respective instant message (for example, using a Short Message Service (SMS) or Multimedia Message Service (MMS) protocol for telephony-based instant messages or using XMPP, SIMPLE, Apple Push Notification Service (APNs) or IMPS for Internet-based instant messages), to receive instant messages, and to view received instant messages. In some embodiments, transmitted and/or received instant messages optionally include graphics, photos, audio files, video files and/or other attachments as are supported in a MMS and/or an Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS). As used herein, “instant messaging” is both telephony-based messages (e.g., messages sent using SMS or MMS) and Internet-based messages (e.g., messages sent using XMPP, SIMPLE, APNs, or IMPS).
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch-sensitive display system 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, GPS module 135, map module 154, and video and music player module 152, workout support module 142 includes executable instructions to create workouts (e.g., with time, distance, and/or calorie burning goals); communicate with workout sensors (in sports devices and smart watches); receive workout sensor data; calibrate sensors used to monitor a workout; select and play music for a workout; and display, store and transmit workout data.
In conjunction with touch-sensitive display system 112, display controller 156, optical sensor(s) 164, optical sensor controller 158, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and image management module 144, camera module 143 includes executable instructions to capture still images or video (including a video stream) and store them into memory 102, modify characteristics of a still image or video, and/or delete a still image or video from memory 102.
In conjunction with touch-sensitive display system 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and camera module 143, image management module 144 includes executable instructions to arrange, modify (e.g., edit), or otherwise manipulate, label, delete, present (e.g., in a digital slide show or album), and store still and/or video images.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch-sensitive display system 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, browser module 147 includes executable instructions to browse the Internet in accordance with user instructions, including searching, linking to, receiving, and displaying web pages or portions thereof, as well as attachments and other files linked to web pages.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch-sensitive display system 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, e-mail client module 140, and browser module 147, calendar module 148 includes executable instructions to create, display, modify, and store calendars and data associated with calendars (e.g., calendar entries, to do lists, etc.) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch-sensitive display system 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and browser module 147, widget modules 149 are mini-applications that are, optionally, downloaded and used by a user (e.g., weather widget 149-1, stocks widget 149-2, calculator widget 149-3, alarm clock widget 149-4, and dictionary widget 149-5) or created by the user (e.g., user-created widget 149-6). In some embodiments, a widget includes an HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) file, a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) file, and a JavaScript file. In some embodiments, a widget includes an XML (Extensible Markup Language) file and a JavaScript file (e.g., Yahoo! Widgets).
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch-sensitive display system 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, and browser module 147, the widget creator module 150 includes executable instructions to create widgets (e.g., turning a user-specified portion of a web page into a widget).
In conjunction with touch-sensitive display system 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, search module 151 includes executable instructions to search for text, music, sound, image, video, and/or other files in memory 102 that match one or more search criteria (e.g., one or more user-specified search terms) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with touch-sensitive display system 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, RF circuitry 108, and browser module 147, video and music player module 152 includes executable instructions that allow the user to download and play back recorded music and other sound files stored in one or more file formats, such as MP3 or AAC files, and executable instructions to display, present or otherwise play back videos (e.g., on touch-sensitive display system 112, or on an external display connected wirelessly or via external port 124). In some embodiments, device 100 optionally includes the functionality of an MP3 player, such as an iPod (trademark of Apple Inc.).
In conjunction with touch-sensitive display system 112, display controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, and text input module 134, notes module 153 includes executable instructions to create and manage notes, to do lists, and the like in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with RF circuitry 108, touch-sensitive display system 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, text input module 134, GPS module 135, and browser module 147, map module 154 includes executable instructions to receive, display, modify, and store maps and data associated with maps (e.g., driving directions; data on stores and other points of interest at or near a particular location; and other location-based data) in accordance with user instructions.
In conjunction with touch-sensitive display system 112, display system controller 156, contact module 130, graphics module 132, audio circuitry 110, speaker 111, RF circuitry 108, text input module 134, e-mail client module 140, and browser module 147, online video module 155 includes executable instructions that allow the user to access, browse, receive (e.g., by streaming and/or download), play back (e.g., on the touch screen 112, or on an external display connected wirelessly or via external port 124), send an e-mail with a link to a particular online video, and otherwise manage online videos in one or more file formats, such as H.264. In some embodiments, instant messaging module 141, rather than e-mail client module 140, is used to send a link to a particular online video.
Each of the above identified modules and applications correspond to a set of executable instructions for performing one or more functions described above and the methods described in this application (e.g., the computer-implemented methods and other information processing methods described herein). These modules (i.e., sets of instructions) need not be implemented as separate software programs, procedures or modules, and thus various subsets of these modules are, optionally, combined or otherwise re-arranged in various embodiments. In some embodiments, memory 102 optionally stores a subset of the modules and data structures identified above. Furthermore, memory 102 optionally stores additional modules and data structures not described above.
In some embodiments, device 100 is a device where operation of a predefined set of functions on the device is performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad. By using a touch screen and/or a touchpad as the primary input control device for operation of device 100, the number of physical input control devices (such as push buttons, dials, and the like) on device 100 is, optionally, reduced.
The predefined set of functions that are performed exclusively through a touch screen and/or a touchpad optionally include navigation between user interfaces. In some embodiments, the touchpad, when touched by the user, navigates device 100 to a main, home, or root menu from any user interface that is displayed on device 100. In such embodiments, a “menu button” is implemented using a touchpad. In some other embodiments, the menu button is a physical push button or other physical input control device instead of a touchpad.
Event sorter 170 receives event information and determines the application 136-1 and application view 191 of application 136-1 to which to deliver the event information. Event sorter 170 includes event monitor 171 and event dispatcher module 174. In some embodiments, application 136-1 includes application internal state 192, which indicates the current application view(s) displayed on touch-sensitive display system 112 when the application is active or executing. In some embodiments, device/global internal state 157 is used by event sorter 170 to determine which application(s) is (are) currently active, and application internal state 192 is used by event sorter 170 to determine application views 191 to which to deliver event information.
In some embodiments, application internal state 192 includes additional information, such as one or more of: resume information to be used when application 136-1 resumes execution, user interface state information that indicates information being displayed or that is ready for display by application 136-1, a state queue for enabling the user to go back to a prior state or view of application 136-1, and a redo/undo queue of previous actions taken by the user.
Event monitor 171 receives event information from peripherals interface 118. Event information includes information about a sub-event (e.g., a user touch on touch-sensitive display system 112, as part of a multi-touch gesture). Peripherals interface 118 transmits information it receives from I/O subsystem 106 or a sensor, such as proximity sensor 166, accelerometer(s) 168, and/or microphone 113 (through audio circuitry 110). Information that peripherals interface 118 receives from I/O subsystem 106 includes information from touch-sensitive display system 112 or a touch-sensitive surface.
In some embodiments, event monitor 171 sends requests to the peripherals interface 118 at predetermined intervals. In response, peripherals interface 118 transmits event information. In other embodiments, peripheral interface 118 transmits event information only when there is a significant event (e.g., receiving an input above a predetermined noise threshold and/or for more than a predetermined duration).
In some embodiments, event sorter 170 also includes a hit view determination module 172 and/or an active event recognizer determination module 173.
Hit view determination module 172 provides software procedures for determining where a sub-event has taken place within one or more views, when touch-sensitive display system 112 displays more than one view. Views are made up of controls and other elements that a user can see on the display.
Another aspect of the user interface associated with an application is a set of views, sometimes herein called application views or user interface windows, in which information is displayed and touch-based gestures occur. The application views (of a respective application) in which a touch is detected optionally correspond to programmatic levels within a programmatic or view hierarchy of the application. For example, the lowest level view in which a touch is detected is, optionally, called the hit view, and the set of events that are recognized as proper inputs are, optionally, determined based, at least in part, on the hit view of the initial touch that begins a touch-based gesture.
Hit view determination module 172 receives information related to sub-events of a touch-based gesture. When an application has multiple views organized in a hierarchy, hit view determination module 172 identifies a hit view as the lowest view in the hierarchy which should handle the sub-event. In most circumstances, the hit view is the lowest level view in which an initiating sub-event occurs (i.e., the first sub-event in the sequence of sub-events that form an event or potential event). Once the hit view is identified by the hit view determination module, the hit view typically receives all sub-events related to the same touch or input source for which it was identified as the hit view.
Active event recognizer determination module 173 determines which view or views within a view hierarchy should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In some embodiments, active event recognizer determination module 173 determines that only the hit view should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, active event recognizer determination module 173 determines that all views that include the physical location of a sub-event are actively involved views, and therefore determines that all actively involved views should receive a particular sequence of sub-events. In other embodiments, even if touch sub-events were entirely confined to the area associated with one particular view, views higher in the hierarchy would still remain as actively involved views.
Event dispatcher module 174 dispatches the event information to an event recognizer (e.g., event recognizer 180). In embodiments including active event recognizer determination module 173, event dispatcher module 174 delivers the event information to an event recognizer determined by active event recognizer determination module 173. In some embodiments, event dispatcher module 174 stores in an event queue the event information, which is retrieved by a respective event receiver module 182.
In some embodiments, operating system 126 includes event sorter 170. Alternatively, application 136-1 includes event sorter 170. In yet other embodiments, event sorter 170 is a stand-alone module, or a part of another module stored in memory 102, such as contact/motion module 130.
In some embodiments, application 136-1 includes a plurality of event handlers 190 and one or more application views 191, each of which includes instructions for handling touch events that occur within a respective view of the application's user interface. Each application view 191 of the application 136-1 includes one or more event recognizers 180. Typically, a respective application view 191 includes a plurality of event recognizers 180. In other embodiments, one or more of event recognizers 180 are part of a separate module, such as a user interface kit (not shown) or a higher level object from which application 136-1 inherits methods and other properties. In some embodiments, a respective event handler 190 includes one or more of: data updater 176, object updater 177, GUI updater 178, and/or event data 179 received from event sorter 170. Event handler 190 optionally utilizes or calls data updater 176, object updater 177 or GUI updater 178 to update the application internal state 192. Alternatively, one or more of the application views 191 includes one or more respective event handlers 190. Also, in some embodiments, one or more of data updater 176, object updater 177, and GUI updater 178 are included in a respective application view 191.
A respective event recognizer 180 receives event information (e.g., event data 179) from event sorter 170, and identifies an event from the event information. Event recognizer 180 includes event receiver 182 and event comparator 184. In some embodiments, event recognizer 180 also includes at least a subset of: metadata 183, and event delivery instructions 188 (which optionally include sub-event delivery instructions).
Event receiver 182 receives event information from event sorter 170. The event information includes information about a sub-event, for example, a touch or a touch movement. Depending on the sub-event, the event information also includes additional information, such as location of the sub-event. When the sub-event concerns motion of a touch, the event information optionally also includes speed and direction of the sub-event. In some embodiments, events include rotation of the device from one orientation to another (e.g., from a portrait orientation to a landscape orientation, or vice versa), and the event information includes corresponding information about the current orientation (also called device attitude) of the device.
Event comparator 184 compares the event information to predefined event or sub-event definitions and, based on the comparison, determines an event or sub-event, or determines or updates the state of an event or sub-event. In some embodiments, event comparator 184 includes event definitions 186. Event definitions 186 contain definitions of events (e.g., predefined sequences of sub-events), for example, event 1 (187-1), event 2 (187-2), and others. In some embodiments, sub-events in an event 187 include, for example, touch begin, touch end, touch movement, touch cancellation, and multiple touching. In one example, the definition for event 1 (187-1) is a double tap on a displayed object. The double tap, for example, comprises a first touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a first lift-off (touch end) for a predetermined phase, a second touch (touch begin) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, and a second lift-off (touch end) for a predetermined phase. In another example, the definition for event 2 (187-2) is a dragging on a displayed object. The dragging, for example, comprises a touch (or contact) on the displayed object for a predetermined phase, a movement of the touch across touch-sensitive display system 112, and lift-off of the touch (touch end). In some embodiments, the event also includes information for one or more associated event handlers 190.
In some embodiments, event definition 187 includes a definition of an event for a respective user-interface object. In some embodiments, event comparator 184 performs a hit test to determine which user-interface object is associated with a sub-event. For example, in an application view in which three user-interface objects are displayed on touch-sensitive display system 112, when a touch is detected on touch-sensitive display system 112, event comparator 184 performs a hit test to determine which of the three user-interface objects is associated with the touch (sub-event). If each displayed object is associated with a respective event handler 190, the event comparator uses the result of the hit test to determine which event handler 190 should be activated. For example, event comparator 184 selects an event handler associated with the sub-event and the object triggering the hit test.
In some embodiments, the definition for a respective event 187 also includes delayed actions that delay delivery of the event information until after it has been determined whether the sequence of sub-events does or does not correspond to the event recognizer's event type.
When a respective event recognizer 180 determines that the series of sub-events do not match any of the events in event definitions 186, the respective event recognizer 180 enters an event impossible, event failed, or event ended state, after which it disregards subsequent sub-events of the touch-based gesture. In this situation, other event recognizers, if any, that remain active for the hit view continue to track and process sub-events of an ongoing touch-based gesture.
In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 includes metadata 183 with configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how the event delivery system should perform sub-event delivery to actively involved event recognizers. In some embodiments, metadata 183 includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate how event recognizers interact, or are enabled to interact, with one another. In some embodiments, metadata 183 includes configurable properties, flags, and/or lists that indicate whether sub-events are delivered to varying levels in the view or programmatic hierarchy.
In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 activates event handler 190 associated with an event when one or more particular sub-events of an event are recognized. In some embodiments, a respective event recognizer 180 delivers event information associated with the event to event handler 190. Activating an event handler 190 is distinct from sending (and deferred sending) sub-events to a respective hit view. In some embodiments, event recognizer 180 throws a flag associated with the recognized event, and event handler 190 associated with the flag catches the flag and performs a predefined process.
In some embodiments, event delivery instructions 188 include sub-event delivery instructions that deliver event information about a sub-event without activating an event handler. Instead, the sub-event delivery instructions deliver event information to event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or to actively involved views. Event handlers associated with the series of sub-events or with actively involved views receive the event information and perform a predetermined process.
In some embodiments, data updater 176 creates and updates data used in application 136-1. For example, data updater 176 updates the telephone number used in contacts module 137, or stores a video file used in video and music player module 152. In some embodiments, object updater 177 creates and updates objects used in application 136-1. For example, object updater 177 creates a new user-interface object or updates the position of a user-interface object. GUI updater 178 updates the GUI. For example, GUI updater 178 prepares display information and sends it to graphics module 132 for display on a touch-sensitive display.
In some embodiments, event handler(s) 190 includes or has access to data updater 176, object updater 177, and GUI updater 178. In some embodiments, data updater 176, object updater 177, and GUI updater 178 are included in a single module of a respective application 136-1 or application view 191. In other embodiments, they are included in two or more software modules.
It shall be understood that the foregoing discussion regarding event handling of user touches on touch-sensitive displays also applies to other forms of user inputs to operate multifunction devices 100 with input-devices, not all of which are initiated on touch screens. For example, mouse movement and mouse button presses, optionally coordinated with single or multiple keyboard presses or holds; contact movements such as taps, drags, scrolls, etc., on touch-pads; pen stylus inputs; movement of the device; oral instructions; detected eye movements; biometric inputs; and/or any combination thereof are optionally utilized as inputs corresponding to sub-events which define an event to be recognized.
Device 100 optionally also includes one or more physical buttons, such as “home” or menu button 204. As described previously, menu button 204 is, optionally, used to navigate to any application 136 in a set of applications that are, optionally executed on device 100. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the menu button is implemented as a soft key in a GUI displayed on the touch-screen display.
In some embodiments, device 100 includes the touch-screen display, menu button 204 (sometimes called home button 204), push button 206 for powering the device on/off and locking the device, volume adjustment button(s) 208, Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card slot 210, head set jack 212, and docking/charging external port 124. Push button 206 is, optionally, used to turn the power on/off on the device by depressing the button and holding the button in the depressed state for a predefined time interval; to lock the device by depressing the button and releasing the button before the predefined time interval has elapsed; and/or to unlock the device or initiate an unlock process. In some embodiments, device 100 also accepts verbal input for activation or deactivation of some functions through microphone 113. Device 100 also, optionally, includes one or more contact intensity sensors 165 for detecting intensities of contacts on touch-sensitive display system 112 and/or one or more tactile output generators 167 for generating tactile outputs for a user of device 100.
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Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces (“UI”) that are, optionally, implemented on portable multifunction device 100.
It should be noted that the icon labels illustrated in
Additionally, while the following examples are given primarily with reference to finger inputs (e.g., finger contacts, finger tap gestures, finger swipe gestures, etc.), it should be understood that, in some embodiments, one or more of the finger inputs are replaced with input from another input device (e.g., a mouse based input or a stylus input). For example, a swipe gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click (e.g., instead of a contact) followed by movement of the cursor along the path of the swipe (e.g., instead of movement of the contact). As another example, a tap gesture is, optionally, replaced with a mouse click while the cursor is located over the location of the tap gesture (e.g., instead of detection of the contact followed by ceasing to detect the contact). Similarly, when multiple user inputs are simultaneously detected, it should be understood that multiple computer mice are, optionally, used simultaneously, or a mouse and finger contacts are, optionally, used simultaneously.
As used herein, the term “focus selector” is an input element that indicates a current part of a user interface with which a user is interacting. In some implementations that include a cursor or other location marker, the cursor acts as a “focus selector,” so that when an input (e.g., a press input) is detected on a touch-sensitive surface (e.g., touchpad 355 in
As used in the specification and claims, the term “intensity” of a contact on a touch-sensitive surface is the force or pressure (force per unit area) of a contact (e.g., a finger contact or a stylus contact) on the touch-sensitive surface, or a substitute (proxy) for the force or pressure of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface. The intensity of a contact has a range of values that includes at least four distinct values and more typically includes hundreds of distinct values (e.g., at least 256). Intensity of a contact is, optionally, determined (or measured) using various approaches and various sensors or combinations of sensors. For example, one or more force sensors underneath or adjacent to the touch-sensitive surface are, optionally, used to measure force at various points on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, force measurements from multiple force sensors are combined (e.g., a weighted average or a sum) to determine an estimated force of a contact. Similarly, a pressure-sensitive tip of a stylus is, optionally, used to determine a pressure of the stylus on the touch-sensitive surface. Alternatively, the size of the contact area detected on the touch-sensitive surface and/or changes thereto, the capacitance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto, and/or the resistance of the touch-sensitive surface proximate to the contact and/or changes thereto are, optionally, used as a substitute for the force or pressure of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are used directly to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is described in units corresponding to the substitute measurements). In some implementations, the substitute measurements for contact force or pressure are converted to an estimated force or pressure and the estimated force or pressure is used to determine whether an intensity threshold has been exceeded (e.g., the intensity threshold is a pressure threshold measured in units of pressure). Using the intensity of a contact as an attribute of a user input allows for user access to additional device functionality that may otherwise not be readily accessible by the user on a reduced-size device with limited real estate for displaying affordances (e.g., on a touch-sensitive display) and/or receiving user input (e.g., via a touch-sensitive display, a touch-sensitive surface, or a physical/mechanical control such as a knob or a button).
In some embodiments, contact/motion module 130 uses a set of one or more intensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by a user (e.g., to determine whether a user has “clicked” on an icon). In some embodiments, at least a subset of the intensity thresholds are determined in accordance with software parameters (e.g., the intensity thresholds are not determined by the activation thresholds of particular physical actuators and can be adjusted without changing the physical hardware of device 100). For example, a mouse “click” threshold of a trackpad or touch-screen display can be set to any of a large range of predefined thresholds values without changing the trackpad or touch-screen display hardware. Additionally, in some implementations a user of the device is provided with software settings for adjusting one or more of the set of intensity thresholds (e.g., by adjusting individual intensity thresholds and/or by adjusting a plurality of intensity thresholds at once with a system-level click “intensity” parameter).
As used in the specification and claims, the term “characteristic intensity” of a contact is a characteristic of the contact based on one or more intensities of the contact. In some embodiments, the characteristic intensity is based on multiple intensity samples. The characteristic intensity is, optionally, based on a predefined number of intensity samples, or a set of intensity samples collected during a predetermined time period (e.g., 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10 seconds) relative to a predefined event (e.g., after detecting the contact, prior to detecting liftoff of the contact, before or after detecting a start of movement of the contact, prior to detecting an end of the contact, before or after detecting an increase in intensity of the contact, and/or before or after detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact). A characteristic intensity of a contact is, optionally based on one or more of: a maximum value of the intensities of the contact, a mean value of the intensities of the contact, an average value of the intensities of the contact, a top 10 percentile value of the intensities of the contact, a value at the half maximum of the intensities of the contact, a value at the 90 percent maximum of the intensities of the contact, a value produced by low-pass filtering the intensity of the contact over a predefined period or starting at a predefined time, or the like. In some embodiments, the duration of the contact is used in determining the characteristic intensity (e.g., when the characteristic intensity is an average of the intensity of the contact over time). In some embodiments, the characteristic intensity is compared to a set of one or more intensity thresholds to determine whether an operation has been performed by a user. For example, the set of one or more intensity thresholds may include a first intensity threshold and a second intensity threshold. In this example, a contact with a characteristic intensity that does not exceed the first intensity threshold results in a first operation, a contact with a characteristic intensity that exceeds the first intensity threshold and does not exceed the second intensity threshold results in a second operation, and a contact with a characteristic intensity that exceeds the second intensity threshold results in a third operation. In some embodiments, a comparison between the characteristic intensity and one or more intensity thresholds is used to determine whether or not to perform one or more operations (e.g., whether to perform a respective option or forgo performing the respective operation) rather than being used to determine whether to perform a first operation or a second operation.
In some embodiments, a portion of a gesture is identified for purposes of determining a characteristic intensity. For example, a touch-sensitive surface may receive a continuous swipe contact transitioning from a start location and reaching an end location (e.g., a drag gesture), at which point the intensity of the contact increases. In this example, the characteristic intensity of the contact at the end location may be based on only a portion of the continuous swipe contact, and not the entire swipe contact (e.g., only the portion of the swipe contact at the end location). In some embodiments, a smoothing algorithm may be applied to the intensities of the swipe contact prior to determining the characteristic intensity of the contact. For example, the smoothing algorithm optionally includes one or more of: an unweighted sliding-average smoothing algorithm, a triangular smoothing algorithm, a median filter smoothing algorithm, and/or an exponential smoothing algorithm. In some circumstances, these smoothing algorithms eliminate narrow spikes or dips in the intensities of the swipe contact for purposes of determining a characteristic intensity.
The user interface figures described herein optionally include various intensity diagrams (e.g., 5148) that show the current intensity of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface relative to one or more intensity thresholds (e.g., a contact detection intensity threshold IT0, a light press intensity threshold ITL, a deep press intensity threshold ITD (e.g., that is at least initially higher than ITL), and/or one or more other intensity thresholds (e.g., an intensity threshold ITH that is lower than ITL)). This intensity diagram is typically not part of the displayed user interface, but is provided to aid in the interpretation of the figures. In some embodiments, the light press intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity at which the device will perform operations typically associated with clicking a button of a physical mouse or a trackpad. In some embodiments, the deep press intensity threshold corresponds to an intensity at which the device will perform operations that are different from operations typically associated with clicking a button of a physical mouse or a trackpad. In some embodiments, when a contact is detected with a characteristic intensity below the light press intensity threshold (e.g., and above a nominal contact-detection intensity threshold IT0 below which the contact is no longer detected), the device will move a focus selector in accordance with movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive surface without performing an operation associated with the light press intensity threshold or the deep press intensity threshold. Generally, unless otherwise stated, these intensity thresholds are consistent between different sets of user interface figures.
In some embodiments, the response of the device to inputs detected by the device depends on criteria based on the contact intensity during the input. For example, for some “light press” inputs, the intensity of a contact exceeding a first intensity threshold during the input triggers a first response. In some embodiments, the response of the device to inputs detected by the device depends on criteria that include both the contact intensity during the input and time-based criteria. For example, for some “deep press” inputs, the intensity of a contact exceeding a second intensity threshold during the input, greater than the first intensity threshold for a light press, triggers a second response only if a delay time has elapsed between meeting the first intensity threshold and meeting the second intensity threshold. This delay time is typically less than 200 ms (milliseconds) in duration (e.g., 40, 100, or 120 ms, depending on the magnitude of the second intensity threshold, with the delay time increasing as the second intensity threshold increases). This delay time helps to avoid accidental recognition of deep press inputs. As another example, for some “deep press” inputs, there is a reduced-sensitivity time period that occurs after the time at which the first intensity threshold is met. During the reduced-sensitivity time period, the second intensity threshold is increased. This temporary increase in the second intensity threshold also helps to avoid accidental deep press inputs. For other deep press inputs, the response to detection of a deep press input does not depend on time-based criteria.
In some embodiments, one or more of the input intensity thresholds and/or the corresponding outputs vary based on one or more factors, such as user settings, contact motion, input timing, application running, rate at which the intensity is applied, number of concurrent inputs, user history, environmental factors (e.g., ambient noise), focus selector position, and the like. Example factors are described in U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 14/399,606 and 14/624,296, which are incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.
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An increase of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below the light press intensity threshold ITL to an intensity between the light press intensity threshold ITL and the deep press intensity threshold ITD is sometimes referred to as a “light press” input. An increase of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below the deep press intensity threshold ITD to an intensity above the deep press intensity threshold ITD is sometimes referred to as a “deep press” input. An increase of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity below the contact-detection intensity threshold IT0 to an intensity between the contact-detection intensity threshold IT0 and the light press intensity threshold ITL is sometimes referred to as detecting the contact on the touch-surface. A decrease of characteristic intensity of the contact from an intensity above the contact-detection intensity threshold IT0 to an intensity below the contact-detection intensity threshold IT0 is sometimes referred to as detecting liftoff of the contact from the touch-surface. In some embodiments IT0 is zero. In some embodiments, IT0 is greater than zero. In some illustrations a shaded circle or oval is used to represent intensity of a contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In some illustrations, a circle or oval without shading is used represent a respective contact on the touch-sensitive surface without specifying the intensity of the respective contact.
In some embodiments, described herein, one or more operations are performed in response to detecting a gesture that includes a respective press input or in response to detecting the respective press input performed with a respective contact (or a plurality of contacts), where the respective press input is detected based at least in part on detecting an increase in intensity of the contact (or plurality of contacts) above a press-input intensity threshold. In some embodiments, the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold (e.g., the respective operation is performed on a “down stroke” of the respective press input). In some embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contact below the press-input threshold (e.g., the respective operation is performed on an “up stroke” of the respective press input).
In some embodiments, the device employs intensity hysteresis to avoid accidental inputs sometimes termed “jitter,” where the device defines or selects a hysteresis intensity threshold with a predefined relationship to the press-input intensity threshold (e.g., the hysteresis intensity threshold is X intensity units lower than the press-input intensity threshold or the hysteresis intensity threshold is 75%, 90%, or some reasonable proportion of the press-input intensity threshold). Thus, in some embodiments, the press input includes an increase in intensity of the respective contact above the press-input intensity threshold and a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold that corresponds to the press-input intensity threshold, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the subsequent decrease in intensity of the respective contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold (e.g., the respective operation is performed on an “up stroke” of the respective press input). Similarly, in some embodiments, the press input is detected only when the device detects an increase in intensity of the contact from an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity at or above the press-input intensity threshold and, optionally, a subsequent decrease in intensity of the contact to an intensity at or below the hysteresis intensity, and the respective operation is performed in response to detecting the press input (e.g., the increase in intensity of the contact or the decrease in intensity of the contact, depending on the circumstances).
For ease of explanation, the description of operations performed in response to a press input associated with a press-input intensity threshold or in response to a gesture including the press input are, optionally, triggered in response to detecting: an increase in intensity of a contact above the press-input intensity threshold, an increase in intensity of a contact from an intensity below the hysteresis intensity threshold to an intensity above the press-input intensity threshold, a decrease in intensity of the contact below the press-input intensity threshold, or a decrease in intensity of the contact below the hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to the press-input intensity threshold. Additionally, in examples where an operation is described as being performed in response to detecting a decrease in intensity of a contact below the press-input intensity threshold, the operation is, optionally, performed in response to detecting a decrease in intensity of the contact below a hysteresis intensity threshold corresponding to, and lower than, the press-input intensity threshold. As described above, in some embodiments, the triggering of these responses also depends on time-based criteria being met (e.g., a delay time has elapsed between a first intensity threshold being met and a second intensity threshold being met).
Attention is now directed towards embodiments of user interfaces (“UI”) and associated processes that may be implemented on an electronic device, such as portable multifunction device 100 or device 300, with a display, a touch-sensitive surface, (optionally) one or more tactile output generators for generating tactile outputs, and (optionally) one or more sensors to detect intensities of contacts with the touch-sensitive surface.
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As described below, method 600 provides an intuitive way to edit a media item that has multiple display modes. Providing an editing user interface that is tailored to a currently selected display mode of the media item makes it easy to see how the edits will affect the media item in the current display mode. The method reduces the number, extent, and/or nature of the inputs from a user when editing a media item that has multiple display modes, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated electronic devices, enabling a user to edit a media item that has multiple display modes faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The device displays (602), in a first user interface on the display, one or more images from a media item that corresponds to a sequence of images in a respective display mode, wherein the respective display mode is one of a plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item that corresponds to the sequence of images; (e.g., a lively-photo display mode, a loop display mode, a long-exposure display mode, a back-and-forth display mode, a movie display mode, a strobe-effect display mode, or other display mode for displaying the media item that is selectable by a user). For example,
While displaying the one or more images from the media item in the respective display mode, the device detects (604) a first input (e.g., a tap gesture by a contact on an edit affordance, such as tap 502-9 at edit control 504-d as shown in
In response to detecting the first input, the device displays (606) an editing user interface for the respective display mode on the display. For example,
In some embodiments, a given editing user interface in the plurality of editing user interfaces includes affordances that are tailored to a corresponding display mode for the media item. For example, the editing user interface for the lively-photo display mode for the media item includes a representative-image-selection affordance 520 (
In some embodiments, a given editing user interface is displayed in response to detecting an input that corresponds to a request to edit the media item while the corresponding display mode for the media item is active. For example, the editing user interface for the lively-photo display mode is displayed in response to detecting a tap gesture on “edit” icon 504-d (
In some embodiments, the first area displays (608) a preview of the media item that shows how the media item will be displayed in the respective display mode (e.g., by automatically playing the sequence of images repeatedly in the first area in the editing user interface for some display modes or by merging multiple images into a single image in the first area in the editing user interface for other display modes), wherein the preview includes content from multiple images in the sequence of images. For example,
In some embodiments, the editing user interface for the respective display mode concurrently displays (610) a plurality of image adjustment affordances (e.g., 505-a-505-h,
In some embodiments, the editing user interface includes (612) a volume affordance that, when activated, toggles sound for the media item on and off (e.g., Mute toggle 505-f,
While displaying the editing user interface for the respective display mode: the device adjusts (edits) (614) the media item in accordance with one or more editing inputs (e.g., detected inputs that are directed to a range-trim affordance, such as the begin-trim affordance 516 or the end-trim affordance 518; representative-image-selection affordance 520; and/or other affordances in the editing user interface for the respective display mode); and detects an input to exit the editing user interface for the respective display mode (e.g., tap by contact 502-11,
The device exits (616) the editing user interface for the respective display mode. For example, after a tap by contact 502-11 in
The device displays (618) the edited media item in the respective display mode in the first user interface (e.g., in response to detecting the input to exit the editing user interface for the respective display mode). In some embodiments, in response to detecting activation of a “Done” button (e.g., with a tap gesture), the device saves the changes made in the editing user interface for the respective display mode and displays the edited media item in the respective display mode (e.g., in the first user interface). For example, after a tap by contact 502-14 in
In some embodiments, in response to detecting activation of a “Done” button (e.g., with a tap gesture), the device displays activateable options (e.g., “Trim Original,” “Save as New Clip,” and “Cancel,” as shown in
In some embodiments, while displaying the editing user interface for the respective display mode, the device detects (620) an input that corresponds to adjustment of the begin-trim affordance (e.g., detecting a drag gesture on the begin-trim affordance in the second area); and, while detecting the input that corresponds to adjustment of the begin-trim affordance, ceasing to display a preview of the media item in the respective display mode in the first area and displaying, in the first area, a representation of an image that corresponds to a location of the begin-trim affordance in the representations of the sequence of images. Similarly, while detecting an input that corresponds to adjustment of the end-trim affordance, the device ceases to display a preview of the media item in the respective display mode in the first area and displays, in the first area, a representation of an image that corresponds to a location of the end-trim affordance in the representations of the sequence of images. More generally, while detecting an input that corresponds to adjustment of a range-trim affordance, the device ceases to display a preview of the media item in the respective display mode in the first area and displays, in the first area, a representation of an image that corresponds to a location of the range-trim affordance in the representations of the sequence of images. For example, as shown in
In some embodiments, the device detects (622) an end of the input that corresponds to adjustment of the begin-trim affordance (e.g., detecting lift-off of a contact from the begin-trim affordance); and, in response to detecting the end of the input that corresponds to adjustment of the begin-trim affordance, displays a second preview of the media item in the respective display mode in the first area, wherein the second preview includes a subset, less than all, of the images in the sequence of images, wherein the subset does not include images in the sequence of images that occur before an image that corresponds to a current position of the begin-trim affordance (e.g., see
In some embodiments, trimming the sequence of images in the media item also trims (624) corresponding audio in the media item. Trimming both the images and the corresponding audio in response to the same input enhances the operability of the device and makes the editing user interface more efficient (e.g., by reducing the number of inputs when operating/interacting with the editing user interface).
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the respective display mode is a loop display mode, the editing user interface for the respective display mode that is displayed in response to detecting the first input is an editing user interface for the loop display mode, and the device displays (626) the sequence of images looping in the first area in the editing user interface for the loop display mode (e.g., see 503-2 in
In some embodiments, the device detects (628) an end of the input on the begin-trim affordance (e.g., detecting lift-off of a contact from the begin-trim affordance); and, in response to detecting the end of the input on the begin-trim affordance, displays a subset, less than all, of the images in the sequence of images looping in the first area, wherein the subset does not include images in the sequence of images that occur before an image that corresponds to the current position of the begin-trim affordance. Similarly, in response to detecting an end of an input on the end-trim affordance, the device displays a subset, less than all, of the images in the sequence of images looping in the first area, wherein the subset does not include images in the sequence of images that occur after an image that corresponds to the current position of the end-trim affordance. In some embodiments, the editing user interface for the loop display mode does not include a representative-image-selection affordance that is configured to select a representative image in the sequence of images via a position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area. Providing an updated preview of the media item looping, in response to detecting the end of the input (e.g., detecting lift-off), makes it easy to see how the range-trim edit will affect the media item in the loop mode. This enhances the operability of the device and makes the editing user interface more efficient (e.g., by providing feedback that helps the user to determine which inputs will produce the result intended by the user and reducing the number of inputs when operating/interacting with the editing user interface).
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the respective display mode is a back-and-forth display mode, the respective editing user interface that is displayed in response to detecting the first input is an editing user interface for the back-and-forth display mode, and the device displays (630) the sequence of images repeatedly playing forward and then backward in the first area in the editing user interface for the back-and-forth display mode (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the device detects (632) an end of the input on the begin-trim affordance (e.g., detecting lift-off of a contact from the begin-trim affordance); and, in response to detecting the end of the input on the begin-trim affordance, displays a subset, less than all, of the images in the sequence of images playing forward and then backward in the first area, wherein the subset does not include images in the sequence of images that occur before an image that corresponds to the current position of the begin-trim affordance. Similarly, in response to detecting an end of an input on the end-trim affordance, the device displays a subset, less than all, of the images in the sequence of images playing forward and then backward in the first area, wherein the subset does not include images in the sequence of images that occur after an image that corresponds to the current position of the end-trim affordance. In some embodiments, the editing user interface for the back-and-forth display mode does not include a representative-image-selection affordance that is configured to select a representative image in the sequence of images via a position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area. Providing an updated preview of the media item going back-and-forth, in response to detecting the end of the input (e.g., detecting lift-off), makes it easy to see how the range-trim edit will affect the media item in the back-and-forth display mode. This enhances the operability of the device and makes the editing user interface more efficient (e.g., by providing feedback that helps the user to determine which inputs will produce the result intended by the user and reducing the number of inputs when operating/interacting with the editing user interface)
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the respective display mode is a merged display mode, the respective editing user interface that is displayed in response to detecting the first input is an editing user interface for the merged display mode (e.g., a long-exposure mode, a strobe mode, or other mode that displays a merged image using multiple images in the sequence of images in the media item), and the device displays (634) a (single) merged image in the first area in the editing user interface for the merged display mode, wherein the merged image includes concurrently displayed content from multiple images in the sequence of images (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the device detects (636) an end of the input on the begin-trim affordance (e.g., detecting lift-off of a contact from the begin-trim affordance); and, in response to detecting the end of the input on the begin-trim affordance, displays a (single) merged image made from a subset, less than all, of the images in the sequence of images in the first area, wherein the subset does not include images in the sequence of images that occur before an image that corresponds to the current position of the begin-trim affordance (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the sequence of images in the media item was taken by a camera; the sequence of images includes a representative image; the sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image; and the sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image; and in accordance with a determination that the respective display mode is a lively-photo display mode, the device displays (638) in the second area a representative-image-selection affordance that is configured to select a representative image in the sequence of images via a position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area (e.g., representative image selection affordance 520 in area 521 in
In some embodiments, in accordance with a determination that the respective display mode is the lively-photo display mode, the respective editing user interface that is displayed in response to detecting the first input is an editing user interface for the lively-photo display mode, and the device displays (640) the representative image of the sequence of images in the first area in the editing user interface for the lively-photo display mode; while displaying the representative image in the first area in the editing user interface for the lively-photo display mode, detects an input on the begin-trim affordance; and, while detecting the input on the begin-trim affordance: ceases to display the representative image in the first area; adjusts the position of the begin-trim affordance in the second area in accordance with the input on the begin-trim affordance; and displays, in the first area, an image in the sequence of images that corresponds to the position of the begin-trim affordance in the second area (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the device detects (642) an end of the input on the begin-trim affordance (e.g., detecting lift-off of a contact from the begin-trim affordance); and, in response to detecting the end of the input on the begin-trim affordance, displays the representative image in the first area (e.g.,
In some embodiments, while displaying the editing user interface for the lively-photo display mode, the device detects (644) an input directed to a respective range-trim affordance (e.g., the begin-trim affordance or the end-trim affordance), wherein: the input that starts while the respective range-trim affordance is at a start location; and the input has a respective magnitude (e.g., detecting a drag gesture by a contact (or a cursor) that starts on the begin-trim affordance and that includes a component of motion along a slider that includes reduced scale representations of a plurality of images in the sequence of images); and, in response to detecting the input directed to the respective range-trim affordance: in accordance with a determination that the respective magnitude of the input corresponds to movement of the respective range-trim affordance by a first amount that is less than the distance between the start location of the respective range-trim affordance and the representative-image-selection affordance, the device moves the respective range-trim affordance by the first amount (without moving the representative-image-selection affordance); and, in accordance with a determination that the respective magnitude of the input corresponds to movement of the respective range-trim affordance by a second amount greater than the distance between the start location of the respective range-trim affordance and the representative-image-selection affordance, the device moves the respective range-trim affordance by the second amount and also moving the representative-image-selection affordance (e.g., see
In some embodiments, while detecting an input directed to the representative-image-selection affordance, the device displays (646), in the second area, an indicator for the current representative image of the media item (e.g., dot 542 in
In some embodiments, while detecting an input directed to the representative-image-selection affordance, in accordance with a determination that the representative-image-selection affordance is within a predetermined distance (greater than zero) to a position that corresponds to the representation of the current representative image of the media item, the device snaps (648) the representative-image-selection affordance to the position that corresponds to the representation of the current representative image of the media item (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the electronic device has one or more tactile output generators, and the device generates (650) a tactile output when the representative-image-selection affordance snaps to the position that corresponds to the representation of the current representative image of the media item (e.g., see haptic response 527 in
In some embodiments, while displaying the editing user interface for the respective display mode, the device detects (652) an input to display editing user interface options; in response to detecting the input to display editing user interface options, displays a plurality of editing-display-mode affordances, including a first editing-display-mode affordance; detects an input on the first editing-display-mode affordance; and, in response to detecting the input on the first editing-display-mode affordance, changes the editing user interface from the editing user interface for the respective display mode to an editing user interface for a display mode that corresponds to the first editing-display-mode affordance. For example, activating (e.g., with a tap gesture) display mode indicator icon 512 (
In some embodiments, an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays, in a first user interface on the display, one or more images from a media item that corresponds to a sequence of images in a respective display mode, the respective display mode being one of a plurality of user-selectable display modes for the sequence of images (e.g., a lively-photo display mode, a loop display mode, a long-exposure display mode, a back-and-forth display mode, a movie display mode, a strobe-effect display mode, or other display mode for displaying the sequence of images that is selected by a user) (e.g., see
It should be understood that the particular order in which the operations in
As described below, method 700 provides an intuitive way to navigate to and select a display mode for a media item that has multiple display modes. The method reduces the number, extent, and/or nature of the inputs from a user when navigating among multiple display modes for a media item, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated electronic devices, enabling a user to navigate among multiple display modes for a media item faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The device displays (702), in a first user interface on the display, one or more images from a media item that corresponds to a sequence of images in a first display mode, wherein, the first display mode is one of a plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item that corresponds to the sequence of images (e.g., a lively-photo display mode, a loop display mode, a long-exposure display mode, a back-and-forth display mode, a movie display mode, a strobe-effect display mode, or other display mode for displaying the media item that is selected by a user) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the one or more images from the media item are displayed (704) at a first magnification in the first user interface; and a respective representation of the media item is displayed in the display-mode selection user interface at a second magnification that is less than the first magnification (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the media item that corresponds (706) to the sequence of images is a first media item in a collection of media items (e.g., a media library, folder, album, or camera roll); the collection of media items is arranged in an order based on predetermined criteria (e.g., date/time of creation, date/time of last edit, name, size, etc. of media items in the collection); one or more prior media items precede the first media item in the order; one or more subsequent media items follow the first media item in the order; the electronic device replaces display of the first media item with display of a subsequent media item in the collection in response to detecting a swipe in a second direction (e.g., leftward); and the electronic device replaces display of the first media item with display of a prior media item in the collection in response to detecting a swipe in a third direction that is different from the second direction (e.g., rightward). Using swipe gestures (e.g., leftward and rightward) provides an efficient input to navigate between media items in a collection of media items, as described further herein with reference to method 800. This enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by providing feedback that helps the user to determine which inputs will produce the result intended by the user and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device).
While displaying the one or more images from the media item in the first display mode, the device detects (708) a first input (e.g., detecting a swipe gesture by a contact on a currently displayed image in the sequence of images) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the first input is (710) a swipe in a first direction (e.g., an upward swipe gesture by a contact) (e.g., upward swipe 560-2 in
In response to detecting the first input, the device displays (712) a display-mode selection user interface on the display (e.g., a user interface configured to select a display mode for the media item that corresponds to the sequence of images), wherein: the display-mode selection user interface concurrently displays a plurality of representations of the media item, including a second representation of the media item that corresponds to a second display mode that is different from the first display mode (e.g., see display-mode selection user interface 511 in
In some embodiments, the plurality of representations of the media item includes (714) a first representation of the media item that corresponds to the first display mode (e.g., “Lively” indicator 540-1 for “Lively” display mode in
In some embodiments, the plurality of representations of the media item displayed in response to detecting the first input are selected (716) based on an analysis of the images in the sequences of images and predetermined requirements of a plurality of different candidate display modes (e.g., the device only displays/suggests a loop representation if the device determines that the sequence of images in the media item meet loop representation criteria). Automatically selecting the representations of the media item for display in the display-mode selection user interface, where a given representation corresponds to a particular display mode for the media item, helps a user to navigate to better display modes for the media item. This enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by automatically showing just the representations of display mode options for the media item that are likely to be of interest to a user).
In some embodiments, the plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item includes (718) a lively-photo display mode that is configured to play back the sequence of images in the media item in response to detecting an input on a representative image in the sequence of images (e.g., a next image input or a press input that includes an increase in intensity of a contact over an intensity threshold) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item includes (720) a loop display mode that is configured to (repeatedly) display the sequence of images in the media item in a loop (e.g., sequentially displaying the images from a start to an end of the sequence and then starting at the beginning of the sequence again) (e.g., “Loop” indicator 540-2 for “Loop” display mode in
In some embodiments, the plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item includes (722) a back-and-forth display mode that is configured to display the sequence of images in the media item repeatedly playing forward and then backward (e.g., sequentially displaying the images forward from a start to an end of the sequence and then starting from the end and playing backward to the start of the sequence) (e.g., “Back & Forth” indicator 540-3 for “Back & Forth” display mode in
In some embodiments, the plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item includes (724) a merged image display mode that is configured to display a single merged image that includes content from a plurality of images in the sequence of images (e.g., “Merged” indicator 540-4 for “Merged” display mode in
In some embodiments, the single merged image includes content of a same object that appears at a same location in a plurality of images in the sequence of images that are merged together to obscure features that are in motion in between different images and simulate the effect of a long exposure time during image capture.
In some embodiments, the single merged image includes content of a same object that appears at different locations in a plurality of images in the sequence of images and the different locations of the object in the plurality of images are emphasized to simulate the effect of multiple exposures with a strobe light so that the moving object appears multiple times in the merged image).
In some embodiments, while in a merged display mode (e.g., the long-exposure display mode), detecting the same input that initiates playback in lively-photo display mode (e.g., a swipe, a press input that includes an increase in intensity of a contact over an intensity threshold, or a long press on the displayed merged image) will crossfade from the merged image to playback of the sequence of images in the media item and then cross fade back to the merged image.
In some embodiments, the plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item includes (726) a movie display mode that is configured to play back the sequence of images in the media item, with playback starting at the earliest image in the sequence of images, in response to a detecting tap input on a representation of the sequence of images (e.g., instead of detecting a swipe, a long press or a press input). In some embodiments, an editing user interface for the movie display mode includes controls that let media items be saved as just video files (e.g., a GIF, MOV, MP4, WMV, or AVI file), rather than as media items that contain both still images (e.g., JPEG) and video (e.g., MOV) (e.g., “Movie” indicator 540-6 for “Movie” display mode in
In some embodiments, a respective representation of the media item in the display-mode selection user interface displays (728) a preview of the media item in the corresponding display mode, wherein the respective representation is displayed at a second magnification in the display-mode selection user interface that is less than a first magnification of the media item in the corresponding display mode (e.g., see
In some embodiments, in the display-mode selection user interface, the plurality of representations of the media item are (730) scrollable (e.g., see
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the first input, the display-mode selection user interface concurrently displays (732) a portion, less than all, of the one or more images from the media item in the first display mode at a first magnification, and the plurality of representations of the sequence of images at a second magnification that is less than the first magnification (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the display-mode selection user interface displays (734) geographic location information for the media item (e.g., see
While displaying the display-mode selection user interface on the display, the device detects (736) an input on the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item (e.g., tap 560-4 at “Loop” indicator 540-2 as shown in
In response to detecting the input on the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item, the device selects (738) a second display mode in the plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item that corresponds to the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item. In some embodiments, the second representation of the media is visually distinguished from the other representations (e.g., by highlighting, putting a box around, etc.) to indicate that the display mode that corresponds to the second representation is selected (e.g., display mode selection indicator 541 in
In some embodiments, the device displays (740), in the first user interface on the display, an indicator of the first display mode (e.g., displaying “Lively” indicator 540-1 in
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the input on the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item: the device ceases (742) to display the display-mode selection user interface; and displays (e.g., in the first user interface on the display) one or more images from the media item in the (selected) second display mode that corresponds to the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item (e.g., see
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the input on the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item: the device displays (744) (e.g., in the first user interface on the display) an indicator of the (selected) second display mode that corresponds to the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item (e.g., displaying “Loop” indicator 540-2 in
In some embodiments, after selecting the second display mode in the plurality of user-selectable display modes for the media item that corresponds to the second representation in the plurality of representations of the media item, while the second display mode that corresponds to the second representation is selected, the device detects (746) a second input (e.g., a tap gesture on a “Done” icon, a downward swipe, a double tap gesture on the second representation, 540-2 or a tap 560-14 as shown in
In some embodiments, while displaying, in the first user interface on the display, the one or more images from the media item in the first display mode, in accordance with a (automatic) determination that a second display mode for the media item meets recommendation criteria, the device displays (748) a suggestion to switch from the first display mode to the second display mode (e.g., including instructions for accessing the display-mode selection user interface). Automatically suggesting an alternative display mode for the media item helps a user to navigate to better display modes for the media item. This enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient.
It should be understood that the particular order in which the operations in
As described below, method 800 provides an intuitive way to change a representative image for a media item that corresponds to a sequence of images. The method reduces the number, extent, and/or nature of the inputs from a user when changing a representative image for a media item, thereby creating a more efficient human-machine interface. For battery-operated electronic devices, enabling a user to change a representative image for a media item faster and more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The device displays (802), in a first user interface on the display, a representation of a media item that corresponds to a sequence of images, the media item including a representative image from the sequence of images (e.g., displaying the representative image from the sequence of images) (e.g., see
While displaying the representation of the media item that corresponds to the sequence of images in the first display mode, the device detects (804) a first input (e.g., a tap gesture by a contact on an edit affordance) (e.g., see
In response to detecting the first input, the device displays (806) an editing user interface for the media item in the first display mode on the display (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the sequence of images in the media item was taken (808) by a camera (e.g., a camera that is part of the electronic device or a camera that is separate from the electronic device); the sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera after acquiring the representative image; and the sequence of images includes one or more images acquired by the camera before acquiring the representative image.
While displaying the editing user interface, the device detects (810) a second input directed to the representative-image-selection affordance (e.g., detecting a drag gesture by a contact (or a cursor) that starts on the representative-image-selection affordance and that includes a component of motion along a slider that includes reduced scale representations of a plurality of images in the sequence of images) (e.g., drag by contact 570-4 shown in
While detecting the second input directed to the representative-image-selection affordance: the device moves (812) the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area in accordance with the second input (e.g., moving the representative-image-selection affordance along the slider in accordance with a component of movement of a contact (in a drag gesture) along the slider); displays a visually emphasized representation of an image in the second area that corresponds to a current position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area (e.g., surrounding the representation of the image with the representative-image-selection affordance, enlarging the representation of the image relative to other representations in the slider in the second area, and/or changing the image that is displayed within the representative-image-selection affordance as the representative-image-selection affordance moves along the representations of images in the sequence of images in the slider); and displays, in the first area, an image from the sequence of images that corresponds to the current position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area. (e.g., at the same time that the representation of an image in the second area that corresponds to the current position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area is highlighted, the corresponding image is displayed at a higher magnification in the first area) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the representation of an image in the second area that corresponds to the current position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area and the image, in the first area, that corresponds to the current position of the representative-image-selection affordance update (814) as the position of the representative-image-selection affordance moves in the second area (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the device detects (816) an end of the second input; and, (e.g., detecting lift off of a contact that was providing the second input) in response to detecting the end of the second input, the device displays a representative-image-confirmation affordance (e.g., displaying “Make key photo (representative image)” in
In some embodiments, while displaying the representative-image-confirmation affordance, the device detects (818) an input directed to the representative-image-confirmation affordance (e.g., detecting a tap gesture on the representative-image-confirmation affordance or a hidden hit region for the representative-image-confirmation affordance); and, in response to detecting the input directed to the representative-image-confirmation affordance, updating the representative image in the media item to the image that corresponds to the current position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area. For example, a tap gesture 570-6 on “Make key photo” in
In some embodiments, while displaying the representative-image-confirmation affordance, the device detects (820) an input that is not directed to the representative-image-confirmation affordance (e.g., detecting a tap gesture in the editing user interface at a location that is away from the representative-image-confirmation affordance or a hidden hit region for the representative-image-confirmation affordance); and, in response to detecting the input that is not directed to the representative-image-confirmation affordance, foregoing updating the representative image in the media item to the image that corresponds to the current position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area. For example, a tap gesture 570-8 away from “Make key photo” in
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the input that is not directed to the representative-image-confirmation affordance: the device ceases (822) to display the representative-image-confirmation affordance, and moves the position of the representative-image-selection affordance in the second area to (or adjacent to) a representation of the representative image (e.g., the image in the media item that was the representative image prior to detecting the second input) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, while displaying the editing user interface, the device detects (824) a third input directed to a respective range-trim affordance (e.g., the begin-trim affordance or the end-trim affordance), wherein: the third input that starts while the respective range-trim affordance is at a start location; and the third input has a respective magnitude (e.g., detecting a drag gesture by a contact (or a cursor) that starts on the begin-trim affordance and that includes a component of motion along a slider that includes reduced scale representations of a plurality of images in the sequence of images); and, in response to detecting the third input directed to the respective range-trim affordance: in accordance with a determination that the respective magnitude of the third input corresponds to movement of the respective range-trim affordance by a first amount that is less than the distance between the start location of the respective range-trim affordance and the representative-image-selection affordance, moves the respective range-trim affordance by the first amount; and, in accordance with a determination that the respective magnitude of the third input corresponds to movement of the respective range-trim affordance by an second amount greater than the distance between the start location of the respective range-trim affordance and the representative-image-selection affordance, moves the respective range-trim affordance adjacent to the representative-image-selection affordance (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the device moves the begin-trim affordance along the slider in accordance with a component of movement of a contact (in a drag gesture) along the slider. In some embodiments, once the begin-trim affordance is at, over, or next to the representation of the current representative image, continued movement of the contact along the slider will continue to move the begin-trim affordance and will also change the current representative image in the media item to an image that corresponds to the current position of the begin-trim affordance (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the begin-trim affordance cannot move past the representation in the second area that corresponds to the current representative image in the sequence of images. In some embodiments, once the begin-trim affordance is at, over, or next to the representation of the current representative image, continued movement of the contact along the slider will not continue to move the begin-trim affordance and will not change the current representative image in the media item. Moving a range-trim affordance in this manner enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by preventing the user from accidentally changing the representative image with the range-trim affordance).
Similarly, in some embodiments, the device moves the end-trim affordance along the slider in accordance with a component of movement of a contact (in a drag gesture) along the slider. In some embodiments, once the end-trim affordance is at, over, or next to the representation of the current representative image, continued movement of the contact along the slider will continue to move the end-trim affordance and will also change the current representative image in the media item to an image that corresponds to the current position of the end-trim affordance.
In some embodiments, the end-trim affordance cannot move past the representation in the second area that corresponds to the current representative image in the media item. In some embodiments, once the end-trim affordance is at, over, or next to the representation of the current representative image, continued movement of the contact along the slider will not continue to move the end-trim affordance and will not change the current representative image in the media item.
In some embodiments, while detecting the second input directed to the representative-image-selection affordance, the device displays (826), in the second area, an indicator for the current representative image of the media item (e.g., dot 542 in
In some embodiments, while detecting the second input directed to the representative-image-selection affordance, the device foregoes displaying (828), in the second area, the indicator for the current representative image of the media item when the representative-image-selection affordance is at a location that corresponds to a representation of the representative image of the media item (e.g., see
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the input directed to the representative-image-confirmation affordance, the device displays (830), in the second area, an indicator for the original representative image of the sequence of images (e.g., dot 542 in
In some embodiments, the electronic device has one or more tactile output generators, and while detecting the second input directed to the representative-image-selection affordance, the device generates (832) a tactile output when the representative-image-selection affordance moves over a location that corresponds to a representation of the representative image of the media item (e.g., see haptic response 527 shown in
In some embodiments, the electronic device has one or more tactile output generators, and after updating the representative image in the sequence of images, while in the editing user interface and detecting an input directed to the representative-image-selection affordance, the device generates (834) a tactile output when the representative-image-selection affordance moves over a location that corresponds to a representation of the updated representative image of the media item (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the electronic device has one or more tactile output generators, and while in the editing user interface and detecting an input directed to a respective range-trim affordance, the device generates (836) a tactile output when the respective range-trim affordance is moved to a location that corresponds to a representation of the representative image of the media item (e.g.,
In some embodiments, the device detects (838) an input corresponding to a request to move the representative-image-selection affordance to a location beyond a range-trim affordance; and in response to detecting the input corresponding to the request to move the representative image selection affordance, moves the range-trim affordance (e.g., to a same location as the representative-image-selection affordance or adjacent to the representative-image-selection affordance) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the device detects (840) an input corresponding to a request to move the representative-image-selection affordance to a location beyond a range-trim affordance; and in response to detecting the input corresponding to the request to move the representative image selection affordance: in accordance with a determination that the range-trim affordance is not at an end of the sequence of images, moves the range-trim affordance (e.g., to a same location as the representative-image-selection affordance); and in accordance with a determination that the range-trim affordance is at an end of the sequence of images, forgoes moving the range-trim affordance (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the device detects (842) an input that corresponds to a request to move the representative-image-selection affordance relative to a range-trim affordance; and, in response to detecting the input that corresponds to the request to move the representative-image-selection affordance relative to the range-trim affordance: in accordance with a determination that the input that corresponds to the request to move the representative-image-selection affordance relative to the range-trim affordance is a request to move the range-trim affordance to a location that is beyond the representative-image-selection affordance (e.g., a drag input that starts on the range-trim affordance and moves over the representative-image-selection affordance), the device moves the range-trim affordance adjacent to the representative-image-selection affordance and generates a tactile output (e.g.,
In some embodiments, the device detects (844) an input that corresponds to a request to edit the sequence of images (e.g., changing a start point, an end point, or a representative image of the sequence of images in the media item); and, in response to detecting the input that corresponds to the request to edit the sequence of images: in accordance with a determination that the input that corresponds to the request to edit the sequence of images is a request to move the representative-image-selection affordance adjacent to or beyond a representation of the current representative image (e.g., a drag input that starts on the representative-image-selection affordance and moves adjacent to or past a reduce scale representation of the current representative image of the media item in the slider), moves the representative-image-selection affordance (e.g., adjacent to the range-trim affordance) and conditionally generates a tactile output based on whether or not a speed of movement of the input is above a respective speed threshold (e.g., if the drag input has a speed that is above the respective speed threshold when moving past or adjacent to the reduced scale representation of the current representative image, the device generates a corresponding tactile output, and if the drag input has a speed that is below the respective speed threshold when moving past or adjacent to the reduced scale representation of the current representative image, the device forgoes generating a corresponding tactile output, or vice versa) (e.g.,
It should be understood that the particular order in which the operations in
As described below, method 900 provides an intuitive way to navigate through a collection of media items, where the media items have multiple user-selectable display modes. The method creates a more efficient human-machine interface for such navigation. For battery-operated electronic devices, enabling a user to navigate through such a collection of media items more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The device displays (902), in a first user interface on the display, a representation of a first media item that corresponds to a sequence of images (e.g., images that were captured in response to a single activation of a shutter button, such as a tap on a virtual shutter button, a click of a physical shutter button or a long press input on a virtual or physical shutter button) in a first display mode (e.g., a lively-photo display mode) of a plurality of user-selectable display modes, wherein: the first media item is part of a collection of media items (e.g., in a media library, folder, album, or camera roll); the collection of media items is arranged in an order based on predetermined criteria (e.g., date/time of creation, date/time of last edit, name, size, etc. of media items in the collection); one or more prior media items precede the first media item in the order; and one or more subsequent media items follow the first media item in the order (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the plurality of user-selectable display modes for a respective media item includes a lively-photo display mode. If the respective media item is in the lively-photo display mode, the electronic device displays a representative image of a sequence of images in the respective media item while a touch input is detected that causes the respective media item to be displayed on the display. In response to detecting an end of the touch input that causes the respective media item to be displayed on the display (e.g., detecting liftoff of a contact in the touch input), the device plays back images in the sequence of images in the respective media item, starting at the representative image, then crossfades to a beginning image in the sequence of images and plays through the sequence of images from the beginning image, and then redisplays the representative image. In some embodiments, the second sequence of images continue to play back from the respective image while the subsequent media item slides onto the display (after the end of the touch input is detected). Playing back a subsequent (or prior) media item in lively-photo display mode in this manner brings the subsequent (or prior) media item “to life” during navigation, which indicates to the user that the subsequent (or prior) media item is in lively-photo display mode. This helps a user to navigate and view media items in the collection in their selected display modes more efficiently.
In some embodiments, the plurality of user-selectable display modes for a respective media item includes (904) a back-and-forth display mode that is configured to display a sequence of images in the respective media item repeatedly playing forward and then backward (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the plurality of user-selectable display modes for a respective media item includes (906) a merged image display mode that is configured to display a single merged image that includes concurrently displayed content from a plurality of images in a sequence of images in a respective media item (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the collection of media items includes media items that contain just a single still image. For such a media item, just the single still image is displayed in response to detecting a touch input that causes the media item to be displayed on the display (e.g., a swipe gesture on a prior media item or a tap gesture on a reduced scale representation of the still image in the collection-navigation control).
In some embodiments, the plurality of user-selectable display modes for a respective media item includes a movie display mode. If the respective media item is in the movie display mode, the electronic device displays a representative image of a sequence of images in the respective media item while a touch input is detected that causes the respective media item to be displayed on the display. The media item does not play back in response to detecting an end of the touch input that causes the respective media item to be displayed on the display (e.g., detecting liftoff of a contact in the touch input). A tap gesture on the media item while in the movie display mode causes the media to be played back in the movie mode, with playback starting at the earliest image in the sequence of images in the media item. In some embodiments, a play affordance is displayed on or near the representation of the media item to indicate that at tap input will trigger playback of the media item
In some embodiments, when navigating to one or more media items using inputs directed to the collection-navigation control, the one or more media item are not played back during the navigation.
While displaying the representation of the first media item (e.g., displaying a representative image from the sequence of images in the first media item), the device detects (908) a touch input that includes movement in a respective direction on the touch-sensitive surface (e.g., a swipe gesture by a contact) (e.g., see
In response to detecting the touch input: in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in a first direction (e.g., leftward) and that a subsequent media item that corresponds to a second sequence of images is designated as being displayed in the first display mode (e.g., a lively photo display mode), the device displays (910) the subsequent media item in the first display mode, including displaying content from a plurality of images in the second sequence of images in a manner determined based on the first display mode (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the first display mode is (912) a lively-photo display mode; and displaying the subsequent media item in the first display mode includes: displaying at least a portion of a respective image from the second sequence of images while detecting the touch input (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the second display mode is (914) a loop display mode; and displaying the subsequent media item in the second display mode includes: displaying the second sequence of images looping while detecting at least a portion of the touch input (e.g., the touch input scrolls a portion or all of the subsequent media item onto the display and the subsequent media item starts looping when it has scrolled one quarter, one third, one half, or some other predefined amount onto the display); and continuing to display the second sequence of images looping after detecting an end of the touch input (e.g., detecting lift off of a contact that was providing the touch input) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the plurality of user-selectable display modes for a respective media item includes (916) a loop display mode that is configured to (repeatedly) display a sequence of images in the respective media item in a loop (e.g., sequentially displaying the images from a start to an end of the sequence and then starting at the beginning of the sequence again); if the respective media item is in the loop display mode, the sequence of images in the respective media starts looping while a touch input is detected that causes the respective media item to be displayed on the display (e.g., a swipe/drag gesture that causes the respective media item to scroll onto the display); and the sequence of images in the respective media continues looping after the touch input that causes the respective media item to be displayed on the display ends (e.g., after detecting lift off of a contact that was providing the swipe/drag gesture) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the touch input: in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction (e.g., rightward) and that a prior media item that corresponds to a third sequence of images is designated as being displayed in the first display mode (e.g., a lively-photo display mode), the device displays (916) the prior media item in the first display mode, including displaying content from a plurality of images in the third sequence of images in a manner determined based on the first display mode; and in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in the second direction (e.g., rightward) and that the prior media item is designated as being displayed in the second display mode (e.g., a loop display mode) that is different from the first display mode, displays the prior media item in the second display mode, including displaying content from a plurality of images in the third sequence of images in a manner determined based on the second display mode (e.g., see
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the touch input: in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in the first direction (e.g., leftward) and that the subsequent media item is designated as being displayed in a third display mode (e.g., a back-and-forth display mode or a merged display mode) that is different from the first display mode and the second display mode, the device displays (918) the subsequent media item in the third display mode, including displaying content from a plurality of images in the second sequence of images in a manner determined based on the third display mode; and in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in the second direction (e.g., rightward) and that the prior media item is designated as being displayed in the third display mode (e.g., a back-and-forth display mode or a merged display mode), displays the prior media item in the third display mode, including displaying content from a plurality of images in the third sequence of images in a manner determined based on the third display mode (e.g., see
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the touch input: in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in the first direction (e.g., leftward) and that the subsequent media item is designated as being displayed in a fourth display mode (e.g., a merged display mode or a back-and-forth display mode) that is different from the first display mode, the second display mode, and the third display mode, the device displays (520) the subsequent media item in the fourth display mode, including displaying content from a plurality of images in the second sequence of images in a manner determined based on the fourth display mode; and in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in the second direction (e.g., rightward) and that the prior media item is designated as being displayed in the fourth display mode (e.g., a merged display mode or a back-and-forth display mode), displays the prior media item in the fourth display mode, including displaying content from a plurality of images in the third sequence of images in a manner determined based on the fourth display mode (e.g., see
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the touch input, in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in a third direction (e.g., upward), different from the first direction, the device displays (922) a user interface (e.g., a display-mode selection user interface) that includes: additional information about the first media item, and one or more display-mode-selection affordances that are configured to select a different display mode for the first media item (e.g., a plurality of activateable reduced-scale representations of the first media item, where a given display-mode-selection affordance illustrates a corresponding user-selectable display mode for the first media item). In some embodiments, the user interface is a display-mode selection user interface that is configured to let a user select one of a plurality of user-selectable display modes for a media item that corresponds to a sequence of images (e.g., a lively-photo display mode, a loop display mode, a long-exposure display mode, a back-and-forth display mode, a movie display mode, a strobe-effect display mode, or another display mode for displaying the sequence of images that is selected by a user) (e.g.,
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the touch input, in accordance with a determination that the movement is movement in a fourth direction (e.g., downward), different from the first direction, the device displays (924) a user interface that concurrently displays representations of a plurality of media items in the collection, including representations of the first media item, one or more of the prior media items, and/or one or more of the subsequent media items (e.g., displaying still thumbnails of representative images for a plurality of media items in the collection) (e.g., a collection of media items are shown in
In some embodiments, the representation of the first media item is displayed at a first magnification in the first user interface, and the device concurrently displays (926) with the representation of the first media item, in the first user interface, a collection-navigation control (e.g., media item collection area 510 in
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the input corresponding to the first media item, the device displays (928) a scrubbing indicator in the expanded representation of the first media item in the collection-navigation control (e.g., a playhead, scrubber bar, playback position indicator, or other scrubbing indicator, such as scrubber 544 in
In some embodiments, while detecting the input directed to the portion of the collection-navigation control (e.g., the scrubbing indicator, or the expanded representation of the first media item): in accordance with a determination that the scrubbing indicator is within a predetermined distance (greater than zero) to a position that corresponds to a representation of a representative image of the sequence of images of the first media item, the device snaps (930) (e.g., the scrubbing indicator or the collection-navigation control) to the position that corresponds to the representation of the representative image of the sequence of images of the first media item (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the electronic device has (932) one or more tactile output generators, and the device, while detecting the input directed to the portion of the collection-navigation control (e.g., the scrubbing indicator, or the expanded representation of the first media item): in accordance with a determination that the scrubbing indicator is within a predetermined distance (greater than zero) to a position that corresponds to a representation of a representative image of the sequence of images of the first media item: snaps (e.g., the scrubbing indicator or the collection-navigation control) to the position that corresponds to the representation of the representative image of the sequence of images of the first media item, and generates a tactile output when the scrubbing indicator snaps to the position (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the electronic device has (934) one or more tactile output generators, the input directed to the portion of the collection-navigation control includes movement that brings the scrubbing indicator within a predefined distance (greater than zero) of the portion of the expanded representation of the first media item that corresponds to a representative image of the sequence of images of the first media item, and the device, while detecting the input directed to the portion of the collection-navigation control (e.g., the scrubbing indicator, or the expanded representation of the first media item): in accordance with a determination that the movement meets snapping criteria, wherein the snapping criteria includes a requirement that relative movement between the expanded representation of the first media item and the scrubbing indicator is less than a predefined speed when the scrubbing indicator is within the predefined distance (greater than zero) of the portion of the expanded representation of the first media item that corresponds to the representative image of the sequence of images of the first media item, in order for the snapping criteria to be met, updates the collection-navigation control so that the scrubbing indicator is at the portion of the expanded representation of the first media item that corresponds to the representation of the representative image of the sequence of images of the first media item (e.g., snapping the scrubbing indicator to the portion of the expanded representation of the first media item that corresponds to a representative image of the sequence of images of the first media item or snapping the expanded representation of the first media item that corresponds to a representative image of the sequence of images of the first media item to the scrubbing indicator to the portion), and generates a corresponding tactile output; and (e.g., if the drag input has a speed that is below the respective speed threshold when moving towards the reduced scale representation of the current representative image of the first media item, the device generates a corresponding tactile output, and if the drag input has a speed that is above the respective speed threshold when moving towards the reduced scale representation of the current representative image of the first media item, the device forgoes generating a corresponding tactile output, or vice versa) in accordance with a determination that the movement does not meet the snapping criteria, updates the collection-navigation control so that the scrubbing indicator is at a position relative to the expanded representation of the first media item selected based on the movement without generating a corresponding tactile output (e.g., moving the expanded representation of the first media item without snapping to the scrubbing indicator, or moving the scrubbing indicator without snapping to the expanded representation of the first media item). Providing haptic feedback in this manner enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient (e.g., by providing haptic feedback in some circumstances where it will assist a user, but not in other circumstances where it may provide too much feedback or it may confuse a user, thereby helping the user to achieve an intended outcome and reducing user mistakes when operating/interacting with the device)
In some embodiments, while displaying the scrubbing indicator in the expanded representation of the first media item in the collection-navigation control, the device detects (936) an input to navigate to another media item in the collection (e.g., detecting a swipe gesture on the representation of the first media item at the first magnification (e.g., see
In some embodiments, while displaying the scrubbing indicator in the expanded representation of the first media item in the collection-navigation control: in accordance with a determination that scrubbing indicator is located away from a position that corresponds to a representation of a representative image of the sequence of images of the first media item, the device displays (938) an indicator (e.g., a dot, such as dot 542 in
In some embodiments, while displaying the representation of the first media item in the first display mode, the first user interface concurrently displays (940): a first (predefined) area that is configured to sequentially display images in the sequence of images in the first media item at a first magnification (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the scrubbing indicator is (942) initially displayed at a location of the representation of the representative image of the first media item in the second area (e.g., see
It should be understood that the particular order in which the operations in
As described below, method 1000 provides an intuitive way to show the correspondence between a dynamic representation of a media item (e.g., dynamic playback of the sequence of images in a media item) and a static representation of the media item (e.g., a representative image or merged image from the sequence of images in the media item), where the media item has a plurality of user-selectable display modes. The method creates a more efficient human-machine interface for navigating and viewing media items in a collection in their selected display modes. For battery-operated electronic devices, enabling a user to navigate and view media items in their selected display modes more efficiently conserves power and increases the time between battery charges.
The device displays (1002), in a first user interface on the display, a first representation of a first media item that corresponds to a sequence of images (e.g., images that were captured in response to a single activation of a shutter button, such as a tap on a virtual shutter button, a click of a physical shutter button or a long press input on a virtual or physical shutter button) in a respective display mode (e.g., a lively-photo display mode) of a plurality of user-selectable display modes (e.g., see
While displaying, on the display, the first representation of the first media item in the respective display mode, the device detects (1004) a touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the representation of the first media item (e.g., see
In response to detecting the touch input, and while the touch input continues to be detected on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the representation of the first media item: in accordance with a determination that the touch input meets representation-change criteria that are based on a magnitude of a respective property of the touch and that the respective display mode of the first media item is in a display mode in which the first representation of the first media item is a dynamic representation of the first media item (e.g., looping or back-and-forth) changes over time (e.g., automatically, without user input), the device replaces (1006) display of the first representation of the media item with a static representation of the first media item that does not change over time (e.g., a representative image of the sequence of images); and in accordance with a determination that the touch input does not meet representation-change criteria, maintains display of the first representation of the first media item as a dynamic representation (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the respective property of the touch is (1008) intensity of the touch, and the representation-change criteria include a requirement that a characteristic intensity of the touch increase above a respective threshold in order for the representation-change criteria to be met (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the respective property of the touch is (1010) a duration of the touch, and the representation-change criteria include a requirement that the touch move no more than a predetermined amount for a predetermined amount of time in order for the representation-change criteria to be met. Using duration of a touch input to switch from display of a dynamic representation of the media item to display of a static representation of the media item provides additional control options for display of the media item without requiring additional displayed controls, which enhances the operability of the device and makes the user-device interface more efficient.
In some embodiments, in response to detecting the touch input, in accordance with a determination that the touch input meets the representation-change criteria and that the respective display mode of the first media item is in a second display mode in which the first representation of the first media item is a static representation of the first media item that does not change over time (e.g., a representative image for a lively photo or a merged image for a long exposure), the device replaces (1012) display of the first representation of the media item with a dynamic representation of the first media item (e.g., play through the sequence of media items starting from a beginning of the sequence of images or starting from a representative image of the sequence of images) that changes over time (e.g., automatically, without user input) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the first representation of the first media item is (1014) a dynamic representation of the first media item; the dynamic representation of the first media item includes playing through the sequence of images from a beginning of the sequence of images to an end of the sequence of images and then starting back at the beginning of the sequence of images; and (e.g., starting with the representative image or starting with a beginning image in the sequence of images) the static representation of the first media item is a representative image from the sequence of images (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the first representation of the first media item is (1016) a dynamic representation of the first media item; the dynamic representation of the first media item includes playing through the sequence of images from a beginning of the sequence of images to an end of the sequence of images and then playing through the sequence of images from the end of the sequence of images to the beginning of the sequence of images; and (e.g., starting with the representative image or starting with a beginning image in the sequence of images) the static representation of the first media item is a representative image from the sequence of images (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the first representation of the first media item is (1018) a static representation of the first media item; the static representation of the first media item is a representative image from the sequence of images; and the dynamic representation of the first media item includes playing through the sequence of images (e.g., starting with the representative image or starting with a beginning image in the sequence of images) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, the first representation of the first media item is (1020) a static representation of the first media item; the static representation of the first media item is an image that includes concurrently displayed content from two or more images in the sequence of images; and the dynamic representation of the first media item includes playing through the sequence of images (e.g., starting with the representative image or starting with a beginning image in the sequence of images) (e.g.,
In some embodiments, the representative image for a sequence of images of a media item can be set via an editing user interface as described above with reference to methods 600 and 800. In some embodiments, the beginning and/or ending image for a sequence of images of a media item can be set via an editing user interface as described above with reference to methods 600 and 800.
In some embodiments, when the touch input met representation-change criteria and display of a static representation of the media item was replaced with display of a dynamic representation of the first media item: while displaying the dynamic representation of the first media item on the display, the device detects (1022) an end of the touch input (e.g., liftoff of the touch from the touch-sensitive surface); and in response to detecting the end of the touch input, replacing display of the dynamic representation of the media item with display of the static representation of the first media item (e.g., the transition from static representation to dynamic representation is maintained as long as the touch input remains on the display) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, when the touch input met representation-change criteria and display of a static representation of the media item was replaced with display of a dynamic representation of the first media item: while displaying the dynamic representation of the first media item on the display, the device detects (1024) a reduction in intensity of the touch input; and in response to detecting the reduction in intensity of the touch input: in accordance with a determination that the reduction in intensity of the input is below a respective intensity threshold, replacing display of the dynamic representation of the media item with display of the static representation of the first media item; and (e.g., the transition from static representation to dynamic representation is maintained as long as the touch input remains on the display) in accordance with a determination that the reduction in intensity of the input is not below the respective intensity threshold, maintains display of the dynamic representation of the media item (e.g., see
In some embodiments, when the touch input met representation-change criteria and display of a dynamic representation of the media item was replaced with display of a static representation of the first media item: while displaying the static representation of the first media item, the device detects (1026) an end of the touch input (e.g., liftoff of the touch from the touch-sensitive surface); and in response to detecting the end of the touch input, replaces display of the static representation of the media item with display of the dynamic representation of the first media item (e.g., the transition from dynamic representation to static representation is maintained as long as the touch input remains on the display) (e.g., see
In some embodiments, when the touch input met representation-change criteria and display of a dynamic representation of the media item was replaced with display of a static representation of the first media item: while displaying the dynamic representation of the first media item, the device detects (1028) a reduction in intensity of the touch input; and in response to detecting the reduction in intensity of the touch input: in accordance with a determination that the reduction in intensity of the input is below a respective intensity threshold, replaces display of the static representation of the media item with display of the dynamic representation of the first media item; and (e.g., the transition from static representation to dynamic representation is maintained as long as the touch input remains on the display) in accordance with a determination that the reduction in intensity of the input is not below the respective intensity threshold, maintains display of the static representation of the media item (e.g., see
It should be understood that the particular order in which the operations in
The operations described above with reference to
The foregoing description, for purpose of explanation, has been described with reference to specific embodiments. However, the illustrative discussions above are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in view of the above teachings. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and its practical applications, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best use the invention and various described embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/953,281, filed Nov. 19, 2020, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/845,589, filed Dec. 18, 2017, now U.S. Pat. No. 10,877,628, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/507,214, filed May 16, 2017, each of which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
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