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US 10,852,905 B1Granted
Techniques for managing display usage
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsAurelio Guzman, Giovanni M. Agnoli, Kevin Will Chen, Yiqiang Nie, Pani Page, Christopher Wilson, Alan C. Dye
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Abstract
The present disclosure generally relates managing display usage. In some embodiments, a device modifies various aspects of a displayed user interface as the device transitions from operating in a first device mode to operating in a second device mode. In some embodiments, the modifications involve altering the content included in a user interface and varying how the content is displayed.
Claims42
An electronic device, comprising:
- a display;
- a motion sensor;
- a rotatable input mechanism;
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- while the electronic device is operating in a first mode, displaying, on the display, a first user interface of an application, wherein displaying the first user interface of the application while in the first mode includes displaying at least a portion of the first user interface at a first size;
- detecting that the electronic device has met criteria for transitioning from the first mode to a second mode;
- in response to detecting that the electronic device has met the criteria for transitioning from the first mode to the second mode:
- transitioning from the first mode to the second mode;
- replacing, on the display, the first user interface with a second user interface displaying an obscured representation of at least a portion of the first user interface of the application, wherein the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application is a second size that is smaller than the first size;
- and
- displaying a time indicator at a position on the display overlapping at least a portion of the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application;
- while the electronic device is in the second mode and the time indicator is displayed at the position on the display overlapping at least the portion of the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application, detecting a first user input, wherein the first user input corresponds to a wrist raise gesture, detected via the motion sensor, or a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism;
- and
- in response to detecting the first user input, replacing, on the display, the second user interface displaying the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application with a display of the first user interface.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display, a motion sensor, and a rotatable input mechanism, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- while the electronic device is operating in a first mode, displaying, on the display, a first user interface of an application, wherein displaying the first user interface of the application while in the first mode includes displaying at least a portion of the first user interface at a first size;
- detecting that the electronic device has met criteria for transitioning from the first mode to a second mode;
- in response to detecting that the electronic device has met the criteria for transitioning from the first mode to the second mode:
- transitioning from the first mode to the second mode;
- replacing, on the display, the first user interface with a second user interface displaying an obscured representation of at least a portion of the first user interface of the application, wherein the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application is a second size that is smaller than the first size;
- and
- displaying a time indicator at a position on the display overlapping at least a portion of the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application;
- while the electronic device is in the second mode and the time indicator is displayed at the position on the display overlapping at least the portion of the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application, detecting a first user input, wherein the first user input corresponds to a wrist raise gesture, detected via the motion sensor, or a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism;
- and
- in response to detecting the first user input, replacing, on the display, the second user interface displaying the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application with a display of the first user interface.
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A method, comprising:
- at an electronic device having a display, a motion sensor, and a rotatable input mechanism:
- while the electronic device is operating in a first mode, displaying, on the display, a first user interface of an application, wherein displaying the first user interface of the application while in the first mode includes displaying at least a portion of the first user interface at a first size;
- detecting that the electronic device has met criteria for transitioning from the first mode to a second mode;
- in response to detecting that the electronic device has met the criteria for transitioning from the first mode to the second mode:
- transitioning from the first mode to the second mode;
- replacing, on the display, the first user interface with a second user interface displaying an obscured representation of at least a portion of the first user interface of the application, wherein the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application is a second size that is smaller than the first size;
- and
- displaying a time indicator at a position on the display overlapping at least a portion of the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application;
- and
- while the electronic device is in the second mode and the time indicator is displayed at the position on the display overlapping at least the portion of the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application, detecting a first user input, wherein the first user input corresponds to a wrist raise gesture, detected via the motion sensor, or a rotation of the rotatable input mechanism;
- and
- in response to detecting the first user input, replacing, on the display, the second user interface displaying the obscured representation of at least the portion of the first user interface of the application with a display of the first user interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.