TW201602822A - Electronic device and screen uncocking method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A screen unlocking method includes the following steps. Display an unlocking interface including an unlocking region on a touch screen. When an unlocking icon on the unlocking region is touched, highlight the outline border of a to-be-dragged unlocking icon on the unlocking region and the outline borders of the unlocking icons on the to-be-dragged region, wherein the outline borders of the to-be-dragged unlocking icon and the unlocking icons on the to-be-dragged region are displayed in different types of lines. Highlight the to-be-dragged unlocking icon when it is dragged on the to-be-dragged region. Clear the unlocking icons aligned in a line when the order of the symbols displayed on the unlocking icons aligned in a line is the same as the predefined symbol order. Unlock the touch screen when no unlocking icon is displayed on the touch screen. An electronic device using the screen unlocking method is also provided.

Description

Electronic device and its screen unlocking method

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a screen unlocking method thereof, and more particularly to an electronic device for unlocking by dragging an unlock icon displayed on a screen and a screen unlocking method thereof.

With the development of touch technology, electronic devices with touch screens have become indispensable tools for consumers, such as portable electronic devices such as mobile phones and tablet computers with touch screens. Today's electronic devices generally use sliding gestures, multi-touch or digital/graphic passwords to control the unlocking of electronic devices. However, the above methods are more commonly used, have no good interaction with users, and have lost interest and cannot meet the needs of users.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide an electronic device that solves the above problem by dragging the unlock icon displayed on the screen to a preset position to eliminate the unlock icon until all the unlock icons are eliminated to unlock the screen.

In view of this, it is also necessary to provide a screen unlocking method applied to the above electronic device to solve the above problem.

An electronic device includes a touch screen and a processing unit for generating a response touch operation signal in response to a touch operation. The processing unit includes an identification determination module, an unlock control module, and a display control module. The display control module is configured to respond to an unlock trigger signal, and control to display an unlocking operation interface including an unlocking operation area on the touch screen. The unlocking operation area displays a plurality of unlock icons, and one character is displayed on each unlock icon. The display control module is further configured to respond to a touch operation of touching an unlock icon of the unlocking operation area, and differently use an outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged and an outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged into the area respectively. The line is highlighted. The identification determining module is configured to determine whether the unlocking icon to be dragged has been dragged to the area to be dragged, and determine the character sequence displayed by each unlocking icon on the same straight line in the unlocking operation area. Whether it is consistent with the preset character order, and determining whether an unlock icon is also displayed on the unlocking operation area. When the unlock icon to be dragged has been dragged to the area to be dragged, the display control module further controls the unlock icon to be dragged to be dragged to the area to be dragged to be highlighted. At the same time, the control frames the outer frame of the next unlocked icon to be dragged and the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged into the area, respectively, with different lines. The unlocking control module is configured to erase each unlocking icon on the same line when the character sequence displayed by each unlocking icon on the same straight line in the unlocking operation area is consistent with the preset character order And when the unlock icon is no longer displayed on the unlocking operation area, the touch screen is unlocked.

A screen unlocking method for unlocking an electronic device including a touch screen. The method includes the following steps: responding to the unlock trigger signal, displaying an unlocking operation interface including an unlocking operation area on the touch screen, wherein the unlocking operation area displays a plurality of unlocking icons, each of the unlocking icons Displaying a character; in response to a touch operation of touching an unlock icon of the unlocking operation area, the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged and the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged into the area are respectively highlighted with different lines; Whether the unlock icon to be dragged has been dragged to the area to be dragged, and if so, the unlock icon to be dragged to be dragged into the area to be dragged is highlighted, and at the same time, the next The outer frame of the unlocking icon to be dragged and the outer frame of the unlocking icon where the next towed area is located are respectively highlighted by different lines; and the characters displayed by the unlocking icons on the same straight line in the unlocking operation area are judged. Whether the order is consistent with the preset character order, and if so, erasing each unlock icon on the same line; and determining whether the unlock operation area is still displayed Unlock icon, if not, the touch screen is unlocked.

Compared with the prior art, in the above electronic device and the screen unlocking method, when the unlocking icons of the unlocking operation area are sequentially dragged to the preset position, the order of characters displayed on the unlocking icons on the same line in the unlocking operation area is preset. When the character order is selected, the unlock icons of the same line can be erased until all the unlock icons on the unlock operation area are erased, so that the touch screen can be unlocked. Thereby achieving good human-computer interaction in the unlocking process and increasing the interest of unlocking.

1 is a functional block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a schematic diagram of an unlocking interface of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a schematic diagram of an interface of an unlocking operation process of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1.

4 is a flow chart of a method for unlocking a screen of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a functional block diagram of an electronic device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The user unlocks the unlock icon by sequentially dragging the unlock icon on the unlocking interface to the preset position until all the unlock icons are eliminated, thereby unlocking the screen of the electronic device 100. In the embodiment, the electronic device 100 is a mobile communication terminal having a touch screen 10, such as a mobile phone. In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may also be an electronic device with a touch screen such as a tablet computer or an e-reader.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the electronic device 100 includes a touch screen 10 , a lock screen trigger button 20 , and a processing unit 30 . The touch screen 10 is configured to receive a touch operation of a user to generate a corresponding touch operation signal.

The processing unit 30 includes an identification determining module 31, an unlocking control module 32, and a display control module 33. The recognition determining module 31 is configured to recognize a touch operation of the user according to the touch operation signal generated by the touch screen 10 . The unlocking control module 32 is configured to determine whether the electronic device 100 is currently in a locked state when receiving a trigger signal generated by the lock screen trigger button 20. The display control module 33 is configured to receive the trigger signal generated by the lock screen trigger button 20 and the unlock control module 32 determines that the electronic device 100 is currently in the locked state, and controls to display an unlocking operation interface on the touch screen 10 . In this embodiment, the lock screen trigger button 20 wakes up or locks the electronic device 100 according to the trigger signal and the operation of the unlocking operation interface by the user, wherein the lock screen trigger button 20 can be a physical key, a main function key, or the like. button. When the electronic device 100 is in the locked state, the unlocking control module 32 determines whether the unlocking operation of the user is consistent with the preset unlocking operation. If yes, the electronic device 100 is unlocked, and the electronic device 100 is determined to be unlocked. In the state, the electronic device 100 is locked.

In this embodiment, when the display control module 33 receives the trigger signal and determines that the electronic device 100 is currently in the locked state, the touch screen 10 is controlled to display an unlocking operation interface 11 . The unlocking operation interface 11 includes an unlocking prompt frame 111 and an unlocking operation area 112 in which a plurality of unlocking icons 1120 are displayed. The unlocking prompt box 111 is for prompting the user to drag the unlocking icon 1120 of the unlocking operation area 112 to unlock the screen. One character is displayed on each unlock icon 1120 of the unlock operation area 112. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the unlocking operation area 112 on the unlocking operation interface 11 displays an unlocking icon 1120 including nine adjacent squares, and randomly displays 1 to 9 digits in each square. One digit, the nine adjacent squares form a nine-square grid. The number of randomly displayed digits is the same as the number of squares. In other embodiments, the unlocking operation area 112 may also display other unlocking icons than the square, such as a circular unlocking icon, an oval unlocking icon, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 3 together, when the recognition determining module 31 recognizes that an unlock icon 1120 on the unlocking operation area 112 is touched, the display control module 33 controls each unlocking icon 1120 in the unlocking operation area 112. Separate the display, and at the same time, the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged and the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged into the area are respectively highlighted with different lines. Thereby, the user is prompted to drag the unlock icon to be dragged to the position where the unlock icon of the area to be dragged is located. In another embodiment, when the recognition determining module 31 recognizes that an unlock icon 1120 on the unlocking operation area 112 is touched, the display control module 33 does not control each unlocking icon 1120 in the unlocking operation area 112. The display is separated, and only the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged and the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged into the area are respectively highlighted with different lines.

During the unlocking process of the electronic device 100, the recognition determining module 31 is further configured to determine whether the unlocking icon to be dragged has been dragged to the area to be dragged, and if so, the display control module 33 controls the unlocking operation area 112. The unlock icon that will be dragged to the area to be dragged is highlighted. At the same time, the display control module 33 controls the outer frame of the next unlock icon to be dragged and the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged into the area to be highlighted with different lines. In an embodiment, when the unlock icon to be dragged is not dragged to the area to be dragged, the display control module 33 further controls to display a prompt box for unlocking failure on the touch screen 10. The recognition determining module 31 is further configured to determine whether the character sequence displayed by each unlocking icon on the same line in the unlocking operation area 112 is a preset character order, and if so, the unlocking control module 32 controls the same straight Each unlock icon on the line is erased. The identification determining module 31 is further configured to determine whether an unlocking icon is further displayed on the unlocking operation area 112, and when the unlocking icon is no longer displayed on the unlocking operation area 112, the unlocking control module 32 controls the electronic device 100. The touch screen 10 is unlocked.

Specifically, in the embodiment, when the user presses and displays any one of the displayed squares in the interface shown in FIG. 2 and drags, the recognition determination module 31 recognizes that the user's touch operation is unlocked. In operation, the display control module 33 controls the display of the squares in the unlocking operation area 112. At the same time, the outer frame of the square to be dragged is displayed by a dotted line, and the outer frame of the square to be dragged into the area is used. Thick lines are displayed. As shown in Fig. 3(a), the square with the digit 1 is displayed as the square to be dragged, the outer frame of the square is shown by the dotted line, and the square with the digit 2 is displayed as the square where the area to be dragged is located. The frame is displayed with thick lines.

As shown in FIG. 3(b), when the user drags the square displaying the digit 1 according to the prompt to the area where the square with the digit 2 is displayed, the positions of the two squares are interchanged, and the operation area 112 is unlocked. The square having the digit 1 displayed is highlighted to distinguish it from other squares. In the present embodiment, the square having the digit 1 is filled with colors and/or graphics different from other squares. At the same time, the square with the digit 2 is displayed as the square to be dragged, the outer frame of the square has been displayed with a dotted line, and the square with the digit 4 is displayed as the square to be dragged into the area, outside The box is shown with a thick line. At this time, when the user clicks and drags the square with the digit 2 to the area where the square with the digit 4 is displayed, the unlock operation area 112 is displayed as shown in FIG. 3(c). And so on, until the unlocking operation area 112 displays three digits consecutively displayed on the squares of the same row as shown in FIG. 3(d), as shown in FIG. 3(e), the display control The module 33 then controls the erasing of the parties in the same row and controls the display of the remaining squares on the unlocking operating area 112 in the manner previously described.

And so on, referring to FIG. 3(f) - FIG. 3(i), when the user operates the square on the unlocking operation area 112 so that the digits displayed on the squares of the same row are respectively sequentially arranged digits, the row The square is erased until all the squares in the unlocking operation area 112 are erased, and the unlocking is completed. The identification determining module 31 determines that the square is no longer displayed on the unlocking operation area 112, and the unlocking control module 32 is not displayed. Then, the touch screen 10 of the electronic device 100 is controlled to be unlocked. The display control module 33 controls the display of the unlocked interface on the touch screen 10.

In other embodiments, the digits displayed on the nine squares may also be other nine consecutive digits. In addition, it may also be set to be a square on the column or the line when the user operates the square on the unlocking operation area 112 such that the digits displayed on the same column or the squares on the same line are respectively sequentially arranged digits. That is, it is erased until all the squares on the unlocking operation area 112 are erased, and the unlocking is completed. Moreover, on the unlocking operation interface 11, the squares on the unlocking operation area 112 are displayed as English letters or Chinese characters having a sequence, that is, any 9 consecutive English letters or words including 9 English letters. Each of the English letters is randomly displayed on one of the squares, and the consecutive nine Chinese characters of any one sentence are randomly displayed on one square. Moreover, the number of squares can also be set to other numbers as needed, and correspondingly, the number of letters or Chinese characters displayed on the square is also set to be the same as the number of squares.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a flowchart of a screen unlocking method of the electronic device 100 of the present invention, for an electronic device 100 including a touch screen 10 , a lock screen trigger button 20 and a processing unit 30. The processing unit 30 includes The identification determination module 31, the unlock control module 32, and the display control module 33 are provided. The method includes the following steps.

In step S41, when the trigger signal transmitted by the lock screen trigger button 20 is received, and the unlock control module 32 determines that the electronic device 100 is currently in the locked state, the display control module 33 controls to display an unlock operation interface on the touch screen 10. In the embodiment, the unlocking operation interface 11 includes an unlocking prompt frame 111 and an unlocking operation area 112 in which a plurality of unlocking icons 1120 are displayed. The unlocking prompt box 111 is for prompting the user to drag the unlocking icon 1120 of the unlocking operation area 112 to unlock the screen. One character is displayed on each unlock icon 1120 of the unlock operation area 112. The unlocking operation area 112 on the unlocking operation interface 11 displays an unlocking icon 1120 including nine adjacent squares, and each of the squares randomly displays one of the 1 to 9 digits, the nine adjacent parties. The grid forms a nine-square grid.

In step S42, in response to the touch operation of an unlock icon 1120 of the touch unlock operation area 112, the display control module 33 controls the display of each unlock icon 1120 in the unlock operation area 112, and simultaneously frames and blocks the unlock icon to be dragged. The outer frame of the unlock icon where the dragged area is located is highlighted with different lines. In an embodiment, the display control module 33 does not control the display of each unlock icon 1120 in the unlock operation area 112, but only controls the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged and the unlock icon of the area to be dragged into the area. The outer frames are highlighted with different lines.

In step S43, the recognition determination module 31 determines whether the unlock icon to be dragged has been dragged to the area to be dragged, and if so, proceeds to step S44, otherwise, the flow ends. In an embodiment, when the unlock icon to be dragged is not dragged to the area to be dragged, the display control module 33 further controls to display a prompt box for unlocking failure on the touch screen 10.

In step S44, the display control module 33 controls the unlocking icon to be dragged to be dragged to the area to be dragged in the unlocking operation area 112 to be highlighted, and at the same time, the outer frame of the next unlocking icon to be dragged And the outer frame of the unlock icon where the next area to be dragged is highlighted with different lines.

In step S45, the recognition determining module 31 determines whether the character sequence displayed by each unlocking icon on the same line in the unlocking operation area 112 is consistent with the preset character order. If yes, the process proceeds to step S46, otherwise, the flow ends.

In step S46, the unlock control module 32 controls to erase the unlock icons on the same line.

In step S47, the recognition determination module 31 determines whether an unlock icon is further displayed on the unlock operation area 112. If not, the process proceeds to step S48, otherwise, the process returns to step S42.

In step S48, the unlock control module 32 controls to unlock the touch screen 10.

Using the electronic device 100 and the screen unlocking method thereof, when the unlock icon 1120 of the unlocking operation area 112 is sequentially dragged to the preset position, the order of characters displayed on each unlocking icon 1120 of the same line on the unlocking operation area 112 is pre- When the character sequence is set, each unlock icon 1120 of the same line can be erased until all the unlock icons 1120 on the unlock operation area 112 are erased, so that the touch screen 10 can be unlocked. Thereby achieving good human-computer interaction in the unlocking process and increasing the interest of unlocking.

It is to be understood by those skilled in the art that the above embodiments are only intended to illustrate the invention, and are not intended to limit the invention, as long as it is within the spirit of the invention Changes and modifications are intended to fall within the scope of the invention.

100‧‧‧Electronic equipment

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112‧‧‧Unlock operating area

1120‧‧‧Unlock icon

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Claims (10)

A screen unlocking method for unlocking an electronic device including a touch screen, the improvement comprising the following steps:
Responding to the unlocking trigger signal, displaying an unlocking operation interface including an unlocking operation area, wherein the unlocking operation area displays a plurality of unlocking icons, and each of the unlocking icons displays a character;
Responding to the touch operation of touching an unlock icon of the unlocking operation area, respectively, the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged and the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged into the area are respectively highlighted with different lines;
Determining whether the unlock icon to be dragged has been dragged to the area to be dragged, and if so, the unlock icon to be dragged to be dragged into the area to be dragged is highlighted, and at the same time, the next The outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged and the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged into the next area are respectively highlighted by different lines;
Determining whether a character sequence displayed by each unlocking icon on the same straight line in the unlocking operation area is consistent with a preset character order; if yes, erasing each unlocking icon on the same straight line; and determining the The unlocking icon is also displayed on the unlocking operation area, and if not, the touch screen is unlocked. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the following steps: responding to a touch operation of touching an unlock icon of the unlocking operation area, and separating each unlock icon square in the unlocking operation area . The method of claim 1, wherein the step of “protruding the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged and the outer frame of the unlock icon to be dragged into the area with different lines respectively” includes:
The outer frame of the square to be dragged is displayed with a broken line, and the outer frame of the unlock icon where the area to be dragged is displayed is displayed with a thick line. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of “highlighting the unlock icon to be dragged to be dragged into the area to be dragged” includes:
The unlock icon to be dragged to be dragged to the area to be dragged is filled with a different color and/or graphic than the other unlock icons. The method of claim 1, wherein each unlocking icon of the unlocking operation area is a square displaying characters, and the characters are digits or letters. An electronic device includes a touch screen and a processing unit, wherein the touch screen is configured to generate a response touch operation signal in response to a touch operation, wherein the processing unit comprises an identification determination module and an unlock control module. Group and a display control module, wherein:
The display control module is configured to respond to an unlock trigger signal, and display an unlocking operation interface including an unlocking operation area on the touch screen, wherein the unlocking operation area displays a plurality of unlocking icons, each of which displays Displaying a character on the unlocking icon; the display control module further responds to a touch operation of touching an unlocking icon of the unlocking operation area, and the outer frame of the unlocking icon to be dragged and the unlocking icon where the area to be dragged is located The boxes are highlighted with different lines;
The identification determining module is configured to determine whether the unlocking icon to be dragged has been dragged to the area to be dragged, and determine the character sequence displayed by each unlocking icon on the same straight line in the unlocking operation area. Whether it is consistent with the preset character order, and determining whether an unlock icon is also displayed on the unlocking operation area;
When the unlock icon to be dragged has been dragged to the area to be dragged, the display control module further controls the unlock icon to be dragged to be dragged to the area to be dragged to be highlighted. At the same time, the outer frame of the unlocking icon to be dragged and the outer frame of the unlocking icon to be dragged into the area are respectively highlighted with different lines; and the unlocking control module is used for When the order of the characters displayed by the unlocking icons on the same line in the unlocking operation area is consistent with the preset character order, the unlocking icons on the same line are erased; and when the unlocking operation area is no longer When the unlock icon is displayed, the touch screen is unlocked. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the display control module further responds to a touch operation of touching an unlock icon of the unlocking operation area, and separates each unlock icon in the unlocking operation area Displayed on the touch screen. The electronic device of claim 6 or 7, wherein each of the unlocking icons of the unlocking operation area is a square in which characters are displayed. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the outer frame of the square to be dragged is displayed by a dotted line, and the outer frame of the unlocking icon where the area to be dragged is displayed by a thick line; Highlighted to fill with a different color and/or graphic than the other unlock icons. The electronic device of claim 6, wherein the character is a digit or a letter.