TW201333805A - Unlocking method for electronic device - Google Patents

Abstract

An unlocking method for an electronic device which has a plurality of light-sensors thereon and stores an application program therein first executes the application program when the electronic device is executed in a locking model. When the application program is executed, the method continually computes order of user's covering action performed on the plurality of light-sensors via the application program. Therefore, the method controls the electronic device to switch from a locking model to an unlocking model when the order of the covering action is matched with an unlocking condition.

Description

Electronic device unlocking method

The present invention relates to electronic devices, and more particularly to an unlocking method for switching an electronic device from a locked mode to an unlocked mode.

With the prosperity of the semiconductor industry, the functions of various electronic devices are becoming more and more powerful, and because of its powerful functions and user-friendly interface, the electronic device is given the title of a smart electronic device.

As shown in the first figure, it is a schematic diagram of a prior art electronic device. Nowadays, the smart electronic device 1 (hereinafter referred to as the electronic device 1 for short) has the largest feature of having a large-sized touch display screen 11 and a small number of control buttons 12, which can be touched by the user. The screen 11 performs most of the manipulation, so that the electronic device 1 retains only a very small amount of the control button 12.

As described above, due to the convenience of the touch display screen 11, the manner of unlocking the electronic device 1 has also been changed from being conventionally unlocked by the control button 12 to being unlocked by the display screen 11. . As shown in the first figure, the electronic device 1 mainly displays an unlocking bar 111 on the display screen 11, and the unlocking bar 111 gives the user a certain unlocking prompt. The user only needs to touch the unlocking bar 111 and slide in the specified direction according to the instruction of the unlocking bar 111 to successfully unlock the electronic device 1.

The electronic device 1 has a large number of hardware units. In addition to the display screen 11 and the control button 12, other hardware units can be planned to unlock the electronic device 1. However, most users today are accustomed to using the display screen 11 to unlock the smart electronic device (e.g., the use of the unlock bar 111). Therefore, under the premise of not changing the operating habits that the user has established, it is difficult for the market to provide a novel unlocking mode for the user through the hardware unit of the electronic device 1.

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide an unlocking method for an electronic device, which allows a user to perform an unlocking operation through an electronic device, that is, a hardware structure, to switch the electronic device from the locked mode to the unlocked mode.

To achieve the above objective, the present invention is characterized in that a plurality of light sensors are disposed on the surface of the electronic device, and an application is stored therein. When the electronic device is in a locked mode and the application is started, the application calculates the complex light sensing. The order in which the devices are obscured, and when the masking order conforms to an unlocking condition, the control electronic device switches to an unlocking mode.

In most of today's smart electronic devices, in addition to buttons and touch screens, light sensors are provided to enhance user convenience (such as sensing the intensity of external light to adjust the display of the screen). Brightness, etc.). Therefore, the present invention provides a novel unlocking method, which uses a light sensor other than a common hard structure such as a button or a touch screen to perform an unlocking operation to increase the user's freshness, and the user does not The original usage habits need to be changed, and the user does not need to re-learn the way of unlocking, so the user's acceptance can be improved.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Please refer to the second figure and the third figure at the same time, which are respectively a schematic diagram of the locked state and an unlocking action according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the electronic device 2 of the present invention mainly has a display screen 21 and at least one control button 22, and a plurality of light sensors 23 are disposed on the surface of the electronic device 2. In this embodiment, the plurality of light sensors 23 are preferably disposed in parallel below the display screen 21, and the number is three, but this is only one embodiment of the present invention, and the plurality of light sensors 23 are The number of the screens can be any number, and can also be arranged in parallel above the display screen 21, and should not be limited thereto.

As shown in the second figure, when the electronic device 2 is executed in a lock mode 251 (such as the lock mode 251 shown in the fourth figure), the electronic device 2 cannot be manipulated by the user, and therefore, when When the electronic device 2 can be unlocked, an unlocked prompt message 211 is displayed on the display screen 21 (as shown in the figure, the user is prompted to shield the complex light sensor 23 from left to right). Therefore, as shown in the third figure, the user can use any obstruction, such as the finger 3 shown in the figure, to perform an unlocking action according to the direction indicated by the prompt message 211. In this embodiment, the unlocking is performed. The action means that the complex light sensor 23 is sequentially shielded. In this way, the electronic device 2 can be successfully unlocked to switch the electronic device 2 from the locked mode 251 to an unlock mode 252 (such as the unlock mode 252 shown in the fourth figure). When the electronic device 2 is executed in the unlock mode 252, the user can perform arbitrary manipulation on the electronic device 2 through the control button 22 or the touch display screen 21.

As described above, the present invention mainly detects the unlocking action of the user through the plurality of light sensors 23 on the electronic device 2, and therefore, even if the display screen 21 on the electronic device 2 is not a touch display screen Moreover, the unlocking action of the user is not affected at all, and the hardware selection of the electronic device 2 can be made more flexible.

Continuing to refer to the fourth figure, a block diagram of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The electronic device 2 shown in the present invention mainly has the display screen 21, the at least one control button 22, the plurality of light sensors 23, a microprocessor 24, and a memory 25, wherein the locking mode is 251 and the unlock mode 252 are recorded in the memory 25.

The microprocessor 24 is electrically connected to the display screen 21, the control button 22, the plurality of light sensors 23, and the memory 25, and the electronic device 2 executes the lock mode 251 through the microprocessor 24. And when the unlocking action is available, the prompt message 211 is displayed on the display screen 21; and when the electronic device 2 enters the unlock mode 252, a plurality of display screens 21 are displayed on the display screen 21 for use by the user. The icon corresponding to the application software (icon, unlabeled). Moreover, the microprocessor 24 further receives the data returned by the control button 22 and the plurality of light sensors 23, thereby determining what operation the user performs on the electronic device 2, such as an unlocking action or a general manipulation action. and many more.

In addition to recording the lock mode 251 and the unlock mode 252, the memory 25 further records an application 253 and an unlock condition 254 for calculating after the complex light sensor 23 is activated. The data detected by the plurality of light sensors 23 due to the unlocking action of the user, and the returned materials are compared with the unlocking condition 254. After the comparison is passed, the electronic device 2 is controlled by the The lock mode 251 is switched to the unlock mode 252 (detailed in detail).

Continuing to refer to the fifth figure, a flowchart of an unlocking action according to an embodiment of the present invention. First, when the electronic device 2 is executed in the lock mode 251, and the user wants to perform the unlocking operation on the electronic device 2, the application 253 in the electronic device 2 needs to be activated (step S10), and the device is started. The complex optical sensor 23 (step S12). Therefore, the unlocking action of the user can be detected by the plurality of light sensors 23, and the application 253 is used to calculate whether the unlocking action conforms to the unlocking condition 254. It is worth mentioning that when the control button 22 on the electronic device 2 is pressed, the application 253 and the complex light sensor 23 are simultaneously activated, and the step S10 and the step S12 are not performed. Order relationship. However, this is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and should not be limited thereto.

Then, in order to facilitate the user to perform the unlocking operation, after the step S10 or S12, the backlight is displayed on the display screen 21 on the electronic device 2 (step S14), and the prompt message 211 is displayed (step S16) to User operation. However, the present invention mainly performs the steps S10 to S16 simultaneously when the control button 22 is pressed, and the four steps may have no sequential relationship in execution, and should not be limited.

It is worth mentioning that the present invention mainly determines whether the unlocking operation is performed by whether the complex optical sensor 23 is shielded or not. The light sensor is mainly under normal startup and is considered to be obscured when the light source cannot be detected. Therefore, when the user wants to perform an unlocking action and the plurality of light sensors 23 are activated, the backlight is displayed by the display screen 21, so that the user does not have any action, the complex light sensor 23 A light source that detects the backlight of the screen.

Then, when the unlocking operation is performed, the user can perform the shielding operation as shown in the third figure, mainly shielding the plurality of light sensors 23 disposed on the surface of the electronic device 2, so that the plurality of light sensors 23 can detect After the light source is turned on, and the complex light sensor 23 is shielded, the time and sequence of being masked are respectively transmitted back to the microprocessor 24. Thereby, the microprocessor 24 can execute the application 253 to calculate the time at which the complex light sensor 23 is shielded (step S18), and calculate the order in which the complex light sensor 23 is masked (step S20). Finally, the application 253 determines whether the data meets the unlock condition 254 (step S22). If not, returns to the step S18 and/or the step S20, and the complex light sensor 23 re-detects the use. If the data meets the unlock condition 254, the microprocessor 24 controls the electronic device 2 to switch from the lock mode 251 to the unlock mode 252 (step S24).

It is worth mentioning that the application 253 mainly compares the time and sequence in which the complex light sensor 23 is shielded with the unlock condition 254 to determine whether the unlocking action of the user conforms to the unlocking condition 254. However, the unlocking condition 254 can be set by the user, so that the time and the order in which the plurality of light sensors 23 are shielded can be set at the same time, and only one of the time and the sequence of the masking can be set, so that The step S18 and the step S20 will not necessarily exist at the same time.

In this embodiment, the plurality of light sensors 23 are mainly disposed in parallel under the display screen 21, and the unlocking conditions are mainly met when the complex light sensor 23 is sequentially shielded from left to right. However, this is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and should not be limited thereto.

Finally, please refer to the sixth figure, which is a schematic diagram of an unlocking action according to another embodiment of the present invention. The sixth embodiment discloses another electronic device 4, which is provided with a display screen 41, a control button 42 and a plurality of light sensors 43. In this embodiment, the plurality of light sensors 43 are vertically disposed on the electronic device 4. The right side of the screen 41 is displayed. However, this is only another embodiment of the present invention. The plurality of light sensors 43 can also be vertically disposed on the left side of the display screen 41, and should not be limited thereto.

As shown in the figure, when the electronic device 4 is executed in the unlock mode 251, the user can press the control button 42 to simultaneously activate the application 253 and the complex light sensor 43 in the electronic device 4, and At the same time, a backlight and unlocking prompt message 411 is displayed on the display screen 41. In this way, the user can perform an unlocking operation on the electronic device 4 according to the prompt message 411 by using any mask, such as the user's finger 3. In the embodiment, the unlocking action is performed on the plurality of light sensors. The device 43 performs shielding of the light source.

As described above, if the unlocking action of the user conforms to the unlocking condition 254 recorded in the electronic device 4, the electronic device 4 can accept the unlocking action to switch from the locking mode 251 to the unlocking mode 252. In this way, the user can arbitrarily manipulate the electronic device 4 to use the function of the electronic device 4. In this embodiment, the unlocking condition 254 is met when the plurality of light sensors 43 are sequentially blocked from bottom to top. However, this is only a preferred example of the present invention, and the unlocking condition 254 can also be used for the complex light. The sensor 43 conforms to the order from the top to the bottom, and should not be limited thereto.

The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, equivalent changes to the scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention. Bright.

1, 2, 4. . . Electronic device

11, 21, 41. . . Display screen

111. . . Unlock bar

211, 411. . . Prompt message

12, 22, 42. . . Control button

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252. . . Unlock mode

253. . . application

254. . . Unlock condition

3. . . finger

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The first figure is a schematic diagram of a prior art electronic device.

The second figure is a schematic view of a locked state of an embodiment of the present invention.

The third figure is a schematic diagram of an unlocking action of a specific embodiment of the present invention.

The fourth figure is a block diagram of an electronic device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

The fifth figure is a flow chart of the unlocking action of a specific embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a schematic illustration of an unlocking action of another embodiment of the present invention.

S10~S22. . . step

Claims (10)

A method for unlocking an electronic device is used on an electronic device, the electronic device is provided with a plurality of light sensors, and the method for unlocking the electronic device includes:
a) the plurality of light sensors receive external shielding;
b) determining whether the order in which the plurality of light sensors are shielded conforms to an unlocking condition;
c) If the order in which the plurality of light sensors are shielded conforms to the unlocking condition, the electronic device is switched from a locked mode to an unlocked mode. The method for unlocking an electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device has a memory, the unlocking condition, the locking mode, the unlocking mode, and an application program are stored in the memory, and the step b is performed by The application determines whether the order in which the plurality of light sensors are shaded conforms to the unlock condition. The method for unlocking an electronic device according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of:
d) determining whether the time when the plurality of light sensors are blocked corresponds to the unlocking condition;
e) If the time when the plurality of light sensors are blocked is consistent with the unlocking condition, the electronic device is switched from the locked mode to the unlocked mode. The method for unlocking an electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the step a further comprises the following steps:
A01) triggering the application to launch; and
A02) Trigger the activation of the complex light sensor. The method for unlocking an electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the electronic device is provided with a control button, the step a01 and the step a02 are performed when the electronic device is executed in the locking mode, and when the control button is pressed, Trigger the application and the complex light sensor is activated. The method for unlocking an electronic device according to claim 4, wherein the electronic device is provided with a display screen, and the step a further comprises a step a03: displaying the backlight by the display screen. The method for unlocking an electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the step a further comprises a step a040: displaying an unlocked prompt message by the display screen. The method for unlocking an electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of light sensors are disposed in parallel under the display screen, and in the step c, the unlocking condition is that the plurality of light sensors are sequentially blocked from left to right. Meets when. The method for unlocking an electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the plurality of light sensors are vertically disposed on a left side of the display screen, and in the step c, the unlocking condition is that the plurality of light sensors are sequentially blocked from bottom to top. Meets when. The unlocking method of the electronic device of claim 6, wherein the plurality of light sensors are vertically disposed on the right side of the display screen, and in the step c, the unlocking condition is that the plurality of light sensors are sequentially blocked from bottom to top. Meets when.