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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
May. 03, 2019
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Brian T. Gleeson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brigit E. Lamberson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Camille Moussette, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Madeleine S. Cordier, San Francisco, CA (US);
Megan A. McClain, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael J. Beyhs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thayne M. Miller, San Jose, CA (US);
Jacob L. Matlick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jean-Pierre M. Mouilleseaux, San Francisco, CA (US);
Peter C. Tsoi, San Jose, CA (US);
David H. Bloom, San Francisco, CA (US);
Miao He, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a display and an input region separate from the display. The device detects a first portion of a first input on the input region. In response to detecting the first portion of the first input: if the first portion of the first input meets first criteria that do not require a characteristic intensity of the first input to increase above a first intensity threshold in order to be met, the device displays a precursor object of a user interface object that includes one or more selectable options. While displaying the precursor object, a second portion of the first input is detected on the input region, wherein an intensity of the first input increases above the first intensity threshold. In response to detecting the increase in intensity, the device reveals the user interface object by an amount that varies with a current intensity of the first input.