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User interface for improved one-handed operation of the device

A user interface and user technology, applied in the direction of branch equipment, data processing input/output process, instruments, etc., can solve problems such as difficult to consume content

Active Publication Date: 2021-06-08
APPLE INC
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However, as the types of content that can be displayed on portable electronic devices increase, the small display screens of the devices make it increasingly difficult for users to easily consume the content on the device

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[0042]Many portable electronic devices have a graphical user interface (GUI) for applications executable on the device. Portable electronic devices with large display screens (eg, greater than 5 inches in diagonal size) make it more difficult for users to interact with an application's GUI during one-handed operation of the device. For example, portable electronic devices typically display applications in full screen mode. In the application's full screen mode (e.g., the first mode), the application's GUI is displayed with a height (e.g., the first height) corresponding to occupying the entirety (e.g., all or substantially all) of the display screen of the portable electronic device Any area of ​​the GUI, except for the device's status bar and / or device's control area. When an application is displayed in full-screen mode, the GUI includes one or more UI objects that are out of reach of the user's fingers during one-handed operation of the device due to the size of the display...

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Embodiments herein describe a mode applied on a portable electronic device that improves one-handed operation of the device. For example, embodiments herein describe an ergonomic mode of an application that displays the application's graphical user interface (GUI) in the bottom area of ​​the electronic device display to allow the user to more easily interact with objects. Embodiments herein also describe ergonomic modes for a keypad displayed on a display screen of a portable electronic device. Offsets the keyboard toward the vertical edges of the display during the keyboard's ergonomic mode to allow the user to more easily reach keys on the keyboard that were previously inaccessible to the user without switching to two-handed operation of the device or without repositioning the electronic device in the user's hands .

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technical field [0001] The present invention generally relates to electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces, including but not limited to electronic devices with touch-sensitive surfaces that detect inputs for displaying user interfaces that improve one-handed operation of electronic devices. Background technique [0002] As technology advances, portable electronic devices have become more compact than their predecessors. The compactness of portable electronic devices enables easy stowage of the device. However, as the types of content that can be displayed on portable electronic devices increase, the small display screens of the devices make it increasingly difficult for users to easily consume the content on the devices. Accordingly, portable electronic devices are becoming larger to allow users to more easily consume content through larger display screens. Contents of the invention [0003] However, the larger display screens of portable electronic devices make...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F3/0489G06F3/0488G06F3/0484H04M1/724
CPCG06F3/04842G06F3/0488G06F3/04897G06F2203/04805G06F2203/04806H04M1/0281G06F3/04886G06F3/0216H04M1/724G06F2203/04803G06F3/0484G06F3/04883
Inventor E·C·F·克兰菲尔I·肖德里D·T·库尔茨J·肖J·C·比弗E·J·卡因B·萨派斯卡K·L·科安达F·A·安祖里斯A·沃迪凯J·H·谢弗
Owner APPLE INC