Computer interface having a virtual single-layer mode for viewing overlapping objects

    公开(公告)号:US10318134B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-11

    申请号:US14886293

    申请日:2015-10-19

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A computer-human interface provides a mechanism to manage the available space of a computer display in a manner that facilitates navigation among multiple windows that are overlaid upon one another. The interface includes a user-selectable mode in which the windows are rearranged, and resized if necessary, so that all open windows can be simultaneously viewed within the area of the display, thereby enabling any one of the windows to be easily selected for access. In effect, the presentation of the windows is “flattened” so that all windows appear at the same virtual depth, rather than overlapping one another. With this approach, there is no need to minimize windows in order to access one that is overlaid by another, thereby enabling the user to keep the content of all windows visible and accessible. Subsets of windows can be repositioned in the same manner, or all windows can be removed from the display area for access to desktop objects.

    Highlighting items for search results

    公开(公告)号:US09659069B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-23

    申请号:US14212853

    申请日:2014-03-14

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: The present invention provides a search capability to allow a user to easily locate a preference control, file, folder, control, or other system resource or data item associated with a search result. In one embodiment, a user enters a search term (or a portion thereof) in a search field associated with one or more resource types that may be searched. The user may be presented with a pop-up menu containing a list of likely matches. The user selects the desired preference control from the pop-up menu, and the corresponding preference pane, or other container, containing the selected data item, control, or other resource is displayed. In one aspect, as the user enters the search term (or portion thereof), certain icons are highlighted. Specifically, those icons that represent containers containing matching data items (such as preference panes having controls that match the search term) are highlighted. Different types of highlighting can be used depending on the degree of certainty as to which container is likely to contain the correct match.

    INDICATING HIERARCHY IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE
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    发明申请
    INDICATING HIERARCHY IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE 审中-公开
    用图形用户界面显示计算机系统中的分层

    公开(公告)号:US20160334947A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-17

    申请号:US14966397

    申请日:2015-12-11

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Bas Ording

    Abstract: Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for indicating hierarchy of objects in a graphical user interface (GUI) of a computer system. The method uses a first color to display a first set of objects at a first level of the hierarchy. The method then uses a second color, different from the first color, to display a second set of objects at a second level of the hierarchy. The first and second colors are two different colors in the visible light spectrum in some embodiments, while they are two different shades of the same color in other embodiments.

    Abstract translation: 本发明的一些实施例提供了一种用于指示计算机系统的图形用户界面(GUI)中的对象的层次结构的方法。 该方法使用第一颜色在层次结构的第一级显示第一组对象。 该方法然后使用与第一颜色不同的第二颜色来在层次结构的第二级显示第二组对象。 在一些实施例中,第一和第二颜色是可见光光谱中的两种不同的颜色,而在其它实施例中它们是相同颜色的两种不同的色调。

    User interface presentation of information in reconfigured or overlapping containers

    公开(公告)号:US09411487B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-09

    申请号:US14701790

    申请日:2015-05-01

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Inventor: Bas Ording

    Abstract: A graphical user interface provides a display of multiple items of information in a manner such that the user can comprehend the relationship of various items to one another over a wide span. To achieve this result, at least some information containers are allocated a reduced amount of area in which to be viewed by the user. At least one container continues to be displayed in full view, however. In one embodiment, the containers are displayed in an overlapping arrangement. In a column view, for instance, the column containing the object that was last clicked upon, and the column showing the contents of the selected object, can be displayed in full view. The other columns may be only partially visible, due to the overlapping arrangement. However, the user is presented with enough information to comprehend the relationship of objects at different levels. When the user moves a cursor over a container with a reduced viewing area, the display changes to show that container in full view.

    Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for inserting a character from an alternate keyboard

    公开(公告)号:US09298368B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-29

    申请号:US14042472

    申请日:2013-09-30

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F3/04886 G06F3/041 G06F3/04897

    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises displaying a first soft keyboard. While displaying the first soft keyboard, a key for selecting a second soft keyboard different from the first soft keyboard is displayed. A first contact is detected on the key for selecting the second soft keyboard. In response to detecting the first contact, the second soft keyboard is displayed. Movement of the first contact is detected to a character-insertion key in the second soft keyboard. Lift off of the first contact is detected at the character-insertion key in the second soft keyboard to which the first contact moved. In response to detecting the lift off, a character is inserted that corresponds to the character-insertion key in the second soft keyboard to which the first contact moved and the display of the second soft keyboard is ceased.

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