User interface for manipulating user interface objects

US10921976B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Apple Inc. · US

Inventors

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

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 2020
• Grant date: Feb 16, 2021
• Expiry date: May 12, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2203/04802
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical 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.