US 11,379,113 B2Granted

Techniques for selecting text

AssigneeApple Inc.

InventorsMorgan Winer, Patrick L. Coffman, Dylan Ross Edwards, Stephen O. Lemay, Toby Paterson, Marcos Alonso

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Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to selecting text. An example method includes displaying, a focus indicator at a first location; while displaying the focus indicator, detecting a gesture at a first touch location that corresponds to the focus indicator; while detecting the gesture, detecting movement of the gesture to a second touch location; in response to detecting movement of the gesture to the second touch location: in accordance with a determination that the second touch location is in a first direction, moving the focus indicator to a second indicator location; in accordance with a determination that the second touch location is in a second direction, moving the focus indicator to a third location; while the focus indicator is at a fourth location, detecting liftoff of the gesture; and in response to detecting the liftoff, maintaining display of the focus indicator at the fourth location.

Claims24

Dependent claims

An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display device;
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:
displaying, via the touch-sensitive display device, content include a plurality of sets of characters;
while displaying the plurality of sets of characters, detecting a touch gesture at a first location corresponding to a set of characters of the plurality of sets of characters, wherein an initial portion of the touch gesture includes maintaining a stationary contact at the first location for more than a predetermined time;
in response to detecting the initial portion of the touch gesture:
displaying an animation of a selection representation around the set of characters that starts at a first size and finishes at a second size, smaller than the first size, to visually distinguish the set of characters without changing a size of the set of characters;
and
displaying a first indicator at a first end of the set of characters and a second indicator at a second end of the set of characters;
while detecting that the touch gesture is maintained on the touch-sensitive display device, detecting a second portion of the touch gesture that includes movement of the touch gesture;
and
in response to detecting the movement of the touch gesture:
visually distinguishing one or more additional characters of the plurality of sets of characters;
and
moving, based on one or more characteristics of the movement, the second indicator to an end of the one or more additional characters.

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A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display device:
displaying, via the touch-sensitive display device, content include a plurality of sets of characters;
while displaying the plurality of sets of characters, detecting a touch gesture at a first location corresponding to a set of characters of the plurality of sets of characters, wherein an initial portion of the touch gesture includes maintaining a stationary contact at the first location for more than a predetermined time;
in response to detecting the initial portion of the touch gesture:
displaying an animation of a selection representation around the set of characters that starts at a first size and finishes at a second size, smaller than the first size, to visually distinguish the set of characters without changing a size of the set of characters;
and
displaying a first indicator at a first end of the set of characters and a second indicator at a second end of the set of characters;
while detecting that the touch gesture is maintained on the touch-sensitive display device, detecting a second portion of the touch gesture that includes movement of the touch gesture;
and
in response to detecting the movement of the touch gesture:
visually distinguishing one or more additional characters of the plurality of sets of characters;
and
moving, based on one or more characteristics of the movement, the second indicator to an end of the one or more additional characters.

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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 touch-sensitive display device, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying, via the touch-sensitive display device, content include a plurality of sets of characters;
while displaying the plurality of sets of characters, detecting a touch gesture at a first location corresponding to a set of characters of the plurality of sets of characters, wherein an initial portion of the touch gesture includes maintaining a stationary contact at the first location for more than a predetermined time;
in response to detecting the initial portion of the touch gesture:
displaying an animation of a selection representation around the set of characters that starts at a first size and finishes at a second size, smaller than the first size, to visually distinguish the set of characters without changing a size of the set of characters;
and
displaying a first indicator at a first end of the set of characters and a second indicator at a second end of the set of characters;
while detecting that the touch gesture is maintained on the touch-sensitive display device, detecting a second portion of the touch gesture that includes movement of the touch gesture;
and
in response to detecting the movement of the touch gesture:
visually distinguishing one or more additional characters of the plurality of sets of characters;
and
moving, based on one or more characteristics of the movement, the second indicator to an end of the one or more additional characters.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/786,718Filed 10 Feb 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 1 Jun 2019
Published: US 2020/0379637 A13 Dec 2020
Granted: 5 Jul 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
G06F 3/0482
Based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like…:…
G06F 3/04842
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…
G06F 3/0485
For the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a…:…