Patent ID: 11921959
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device that is in communication with a display generation component and an input object:
displaying, via the display generation component, an object having a plurality of control points displayed on portions of the object;
detecting a first portion of an input by the input object;
in response to detecting the first portion of the input by the input object:
in accordance with a determination that a location of the first portion of the input by the input object corresponds to a first control point of the plurality of control points, displaying a first tangent line corresponding to the first control point, wherein the first tangent line is displayed at a respective angle;

while displaying the first tangent line, detecting a second portion of the input by the input object, including detecting a rotational movement in a first direction along a longitudinal axis of the input object;
in response to detecting the second portion of the input by the input object:
displaying the first tangent line at a first updated angle, wherein the first updated angle is selected in accordance with the rotational movement in the first direction along the longitudinal axis of the input object and the first updated angle is different from the respective angle; and
changing a visual appearance of the object based on the first updated angle.