Devices, methods, and user interfaces for conveying proximity-based and contact-based input events

A user interface and input event technology, applied in the direction of user interface execution, data processing input/output process, instruments, etc., can solve problems such as interference and inability to work together seamlessly

Pending Publication Date: 2020-12-22
APPLE INC
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However, contact-based and proximity-based input often do not work seamlessly together and can interfere with each other, causing confusion and frustration for users

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[0027] Portable multifunction devices and laptop computers often use completely different input devices. For example, a portable multifunction device (eg, a smartphone) may include a touch screen, while a laptop computer may include or be coupled to a physical keyboard, mouse, and / or touch-sensitive surface separate from the display. The result is that the input events provided by the device's operating system to the device's applications depend to a large extent on the type of input device the device includes. To this end, software applications are typically developed for a specific type of device (eg, a portable multifunction device with a touch screen) and are not easily ported to different operating systems. Instead, app developers must rewrite software for different operating systems that run on different types of devices.

[0028]Some embodiments described herein allow applications developed for a first operating system framework (eg, a touch screen framework) to interp...

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An electronic device, with a display and an input device separate from the display, displays a user interface that includes a representation of a first application and a pointer object. The device receives, at the input device, a user input event directed to a location in the user interface at which the pointer object is displayed. In response to the user input event, when the respective locationin the user interface at which the pointer object is displayed is over the representation of the first application, the device provides, to the first application, information that describes a simulated touch event including information that describes locations of one or more simulated touches in the user interface; and displays, on the display, a change in the representation of the first application that is determined by the first application in response to the information that describes the simulated touch event.

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technical field [0001] The present disclosure generally relates to electronic devices having input devices, including but not limited to electronic devices having touch-sensitive surfaces that facilitate and transmit proximity-based and contact-based input events. Background technique [0002] The use of touch-sensitive surfaces as input devices for computers and other electronic computing devices has grown significantly in recent years. Exemplary touch-sensitive surfaces include touchpads and touchscreen displays. Such surfaces are widely used to manipulate user interface objects on displays. [0003] Some touch-sensitive surfaces also include sensors that detect input provided by an object (eg, a stylus) that is not in direct contact with the touch-sensitive surface, but is in close proximity to the touch-sensitive surface. Proximity-based input provides additional avenues for manipulating user interface objects on the display. However, contact-based input and proximity...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F3/0488G06F9/451G06F3/0487G06F3/0484G06F3/038G06F3/041G06F3/0485
CPCG06F3/038G06F3/0416G06F3/04842G06F3/0485G06F3/0487G06F3/0488G06F3/04883G06F2203/0381G06F2203/04806G06F2203/04808G06F9/451G06F3/0484
Inventor M·T·特尼尔R·J·雷德
Owner APPLE INC
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