# US 2025/0165075 A1 · Content-based tactile outputs

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- Number: US 2025/0165075 A1
- Document ID: US20250165075A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 19/029,816
- Filed: 2025-01-17
- Published: 2025-05-22
- Earliest claimed: 2018-09-11
- Assignees: Apple Inc.
- Applicants: Apple Inc.
- Inventors: Camille MOUSSETTE; David H. BLOOM; Gary Ian BUTCHER; Alan C. DYE; Dylan Ross EDWARDS; Jules K. FENNIS; Brian T. GLEESON; Miao HE; Matthew J. SUNDSTROM
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250165075A1

## CPC

- G06F 3/016: {Input arrangements with force or tactile feedback as computer generated output to the user}
- G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34)
- G06F 3/0362: with detection of one-dimensional [1D] translations or rotations of an operating part of the device, e.g. scroll wheels, sliders, knobs, rollers or belts
- G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}
- G06F 3/04845: for image manipulation, e.g. dragging, rotation, expansion or change of colour
- G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
- G06F 3/0485: Scrolling or panning
- G06F 3/0487: using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

The present disclosure generally relates to content-based tactile outputs. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with content-based tactile outputs are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with end-of-content tactile outputs are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with moving a user interface in response to different types of input are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with adjustable item-based tactile outputs are described. In some embodiments, user interfaces associated with input velocity-based tactile outputs are described.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device configured to communicate with a display, an input element, and one or more tactile output generators, the electronic device comprising:
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 display, a user interface including an indicator that moves along a path that includes a set of one or more discrete objects;
while displaying the user interface, detecting, via the input element, a first input; and
in response to detecting the first input:
moving the indicator to a respective position on the path; and
generating, via the one or more tactile output generators, tactile output that corresponds to moving the indicator to the respective position on the path, wherein:
in accordance with a determination that the respective position on the path corresponds at least one object of the set of one or more discrete objects, the tactile output includes a first type of tactile output sequence; and
in accordance with a determination that the respective position on the path corresponds to a portion of the path that does not include the at least one object of the set of one or more discrete objects, the tactile output includes a second type of tactile output sequence that is different from the first type of tactile output sequence.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the path extends from a first side of the user interface to a second side of the user interface that is different from the first side of the user interface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the path indicates a position of a sun during a day.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
displaying, via the display, the path without the set of one or more discrete objects;
detecting, via the an input element, a second input; and
in response to detecting the second input, displaying, via the display, the path with the set of one or more discrete objects.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
a first discrete object of the set of one or more discrete objects corresponds to a first milestone on a solar path that represents the movement of the sun over the course of a day; and
a second discrete object of the set of one or more discrete objects corresponds to a second milestone on the solar path that is different from the first milestone on the solar path.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting the first input:
in accordance with the determination that the respective position on the path corresponds the at least one object of the set of one or more discrete objects, displaying, via the display, an indication of a milestone on the solar path that corresponds to the at least one object of the set of one or more discrete objects; and
in accordance with the determination that the respective position on the path corresponds to the portion of the path that does not include the at least one object of the set of one or more discrete objects, forgoing display of the indication of the milestone on the solar path that corresponds to the at least one object of the set of one or more discrete objects.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
the first type of tactile output sequence includes a first amplitude; and
the second type of tactile output sequence includes a second amplitude different from the first amplitude.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The electronic device of claim 7, wherein the second amplitude is smaller than the first amplitude.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:
the input element is a rotatable input device; and
the first input is a rotation of the rotatable input device.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
prior to detecting the first input, displaying, via the display, a first indication of time that corresponds to a position of the indicator; and
in response to detecting the first input, displaying, via the display, a second indication of time that corresponds to the respective position of the indicator, wherein the first indication of time is different from the second indication of time.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting the first input, displaying, via the display, a difference between a current time and a time that corresponds to the respective position of the indicator.

### Claim 12

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 that is in communication with a display, an input element, and one or more tactile output generators, the one or more programs including instructions for:
displaying, via the display, a user interface including an indicator that moves along a path that includes a set of one or more discrete objects;
while displaying the user interface, detecting, via the input element, a first input; and
in response to detecting the first input:
moving the indicator to a respective position on the path; and
generating, via the one or more tactile output generators, tactile output that corresponds to moving the indicator to the respective position on the path, wherein:
in accordance with a determination that the respective position on the path corresponds at least one object of the set of one or more discrete objects, the tactile output includes a first type of tactile output sequence; and
in accordance with a determination that the respective position on the path corresponds to a portion of the path that does not include the at least one object of the set of one or more discrete objects, the tactile output includes a second type of tactile output sequence that is different from the first type of tactile output sequence.

### Claim 13

A method, comprising:
at an electronic device that is in communication with a display, an input element, and one or more tactile output generators, the electronic device comprising:
displaying, via the display, a user interface including an indicator that moves along a path that includes a set of one or more discrete objects;
while displaying the user interface, detecting, via the input element, a first input; and
in response to detecting the first input:
moving the indicator to a respective position on the path; and
generating, via the one or more tactile output generators, tactile output that corresponds to moving the indicator to the respective position on the path, wherein:
in accordance with a determination that the respective position on the path corresponds at least one object of the set of one or more discrete objects, the tactile output includes a first type of tactile output sequence; and
in accordance with a determination that the respective position on the path corresponds to a portion of the path that does not include the at least one object of the set of one or more discrete objects, the tactile output includes a second type of tactile output sequence that is different from the first type of tactile output sequence.