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User interface for manipulating user interface objects

US10545657B2 · kind B2 · utility

9Cited by

12References

66Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

Nicholas Zambetti · San Francisco, US
Imran Chaudhri · San Francisco, US
Jonathan R. Dascola · San Francisco, US
Alan C. Dye · San Francisco, US
Christopher P. Foss · San Francisco, US
Aurelio Guzmán · San Jose, US
Chanaka G. Karunamuni · San Jose, US
Duncan Robert Kerr · San Francisco, US
Stephen O. Lemay · San Francisco, US
Natalia MARIC · San Francisco, US
Christopher Wilson · San Francisco, US
Eric Lance Wilson · San Jose, US
Lawrence Y. Yang · Bellevue, US
Gary Butcher · Los Gatos, US
Anton Davydov · Gilroy, US
Dylan Ross Edwards · San Jose, US
Jonathan P. Ive · San Francisco, US
Zachery Kennedy · Santa Monica, US
Nicholas V. King · San Jose, US
Daniel T. Preston · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 20, 2016
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 20, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2203/04802
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

User interface navigation on a personal electronics device based on movements of a crown is disclosed. The device can select an appropriate level of information arranged along a z-axis for display based on crown movement. The navigation can be based on an angular velocity of the crown.

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