TW201430613A - Electronic device having touch screen and screen uncocking method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

An electronic device includes a touch screen, a mechanical key, a storage unit, and a processor is provided. The storage unit stores a predetermined distance value and a predetermined distance value range. The mechanical key is used for generating a signal when being depressed. The touch screen generates screen unlocking signals in response to a user's screen unlocking operation. The processor includes a display control module, a determination module, and an unlocking module. The display control module displays an unlocking interface including unlocking icons on the touch screen. The determination module determines whether the absolute value of the changed distance value between two of the unlocking icons reaches the predetermined distance value or falls within the predetermined distance value range. If yes, the unlocking module unlocks the touch screen. A screen unlocking method is also provided.

Description

Electronic device with touch screen and screen unlocking method thereof

The present invention relates to an electronic device and a screen unlocking method thereof, and more particularly to an electronic device having a touch 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. The unlocking of the screens of the electronic devices is generally performed by touching a specified area on the touch screen, touching the slide to a preset area, or sliding a preset to a preset area according to a preset path. However, the above operation is relatively simple. It is cumbersome and widely used, and cannot meet the needs of users.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a screen unlocking method for an electronic device having a touch screen, and the user can unlock the screen more conveniently by a touch operation to solve the above problem.

In view of this, it is also necessary to provide an electronic device using the above-described screen unlocking method to solve the above problem.

An electronic device includes a touch screen, physical buttons, a storage unit, and a processor. The physical button is used to generate a trigger signal when pressed. The touch screen is configured to generate a screen unlock signal in response to a user unlocking a screen operation. The storage unit stores a preset distance value and a preset distance range preset for the user to perform screen unlocking. The processor includes a display control module, a determination module and an unlock module. The display control module is configured to respond to the trigger signal, and display an unlocking operation interface on the touch screen, and the unlocking operation interface displays at least one unlocking icon. The determining module is configured to determine, after the one or two unlocking icons on the sliding unlocking interface of the user, the difference between the sliding distance value of the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value of the two unlocking icons, according to the screen unlocking signal Whether the absolute value reaches the preset distance value or whether it falls within the preset distance range. The unlocking module is configured to: when the user slides one or two unlocking icons on the unlocking interface, the absolute value of the difference between the sliding distance value of the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value of the two unlocking icons reaches the pre-predetermined value When the distance value is set or falls within the preset distance range, the touch screen is unlocked.

A screen unlocking method for an electronic device including a touch screen and physical buttons. The physical button is used to generate a trigger signal when pressed. The method includes the following steps: displaying an unlocking operation interface on the touch screen, and displaying, by the unlocking operation interface, at least one unlocking icon; the touch screen generating a screen unlocking signal in response to the unlocking operation of the user; according to the screen After the unlocking signal determines one or two unlocking icons on the sliding unlocking interface of the user, whether the absolute value of the difference between the sliding distance value of the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value of the two unlocking icons reaches the preset distance Whether the value falls within the preset distance range; and the difference between the sliding distance value of the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value of the two unlocking icons after the user slides one or two unlocking icons on the unlocking interface The touch screen is unlocked when the absolute value of the value reaches the preset distance value or falls within the preset distance range.

Compared with the prior art, the electronic device and the screen unlocking method thereof, when the unlocking operation interface is displayed on the touch screen, the user only needs to slide one or two unlocking icons displayed on the touch screen, so that the distance between the two unlocking icons changes. When the absolute value reaches a preset distance value or falls within a preset distance range, that is, the absolute value between the sliding distance value between the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value before sliding reaches the preset distance When the value falls within the preset distance range, the touch screen can be unlocked.

100. . . Electronic equipment

10. . . Storage unit

20. . . touch screen

twenty one. . . Unlock the operation interface

30. . . processor

31. . . Judging module

32. . . Unlock module

33. . . Display control module

34. . . Setting module

40. . . Physical button

210, A, B, C, K, A', B', C'. . . Unlock icon

211. . . Unlock prompt

D0. . . Initial distance value

D1. . . Sliding distance value

Step S61. . . Displaying an unlocking operation interface on the touch screen according to the unlocking trigger signal generated by the physical button in response to the user operation

Step S62. . . Respond to the user's unlock screen operation to generate a screen unlock signal

Step S63. . . After determining whether the unlocking icon on the sliding operation surface of the user is unlocked, does the absolute value of the difference between the sliding distance value of the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value reach the preset distance value?

Step S64. . . Unlock the touch screen

Step S65. . . Controlling a user interface of a touch screen display electronic device

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 operation interface in an embodiment of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an unlocking operation interface of the electronic device in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2. FIG.

4 is a schematic diagram of an unlocking operation interface of another embodiment of the electronic device shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an unlocking operation interface of the electronic device in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4. FIG.

6 is a flow chart showing the steps of a method for unlocking a screen of an electronic device according to the present invention.

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 slides the two unlock icons on the touch screen of the electronic device 100 to make the distance change value between the two reach a preset distance value or fall within a preset distance range, or slide on the touch screen of the electronic device 100. The screen of the electronic device 100 can be unlocked when the unlocking icon reaches a predetermined distance value or falls within a predetermined distance range from the preset unlocking icon. In the embodiment, the electronic device 100 is a mobile communication terminal having a touch screen 20, such as a mobile phone. In other embodiments, the electronic device 100 may also be a touch screen electronic device such as a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant, or an electronic reader.

The electronic device 100 includes a storage unit 10, a touch screen 20, a processor 30, and a physical button 40. The storage unit 10 stores a preset distance value preset by the user for performing screen unlocking, for example, the preset distance value is M. The processor 30 includes a determination module 31, an unlocking module 32, a display control module 33, and a setting module 34. In this embodiment, when the physical button 40 is pressed, a trigger signal is generated and transmitted to the processor 30, and the processor 30 can wake up or lock the electronic device 100 according to the trigger signal, and the display control module 33 responds. The trigger signal controls the touch screen 20 to display an unlocking operation interface 21. As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 4, the unlocking operation interface 21 includes at least one unlocking icon 210 and an unlocking prompting frame 211. The unlocking prompt box 211 is used to prompt the user to slide one or more unlocking icons on the unlocking operation interface to unlock. The at least one unlock icon 210 includes at least one unlock icon for the user to slide to unlock. The shape and the number of the at least one unlocking icon 210 may be set as needed, and the unlocking prompt box 211 may not be provided.

The touch screen 20 is used to generate an unlock screen operation signal in response to the user's unlocking screen operation while in the locked state.

Referring to FIGS. 1-3, in an embodiment, the unlocking operation interface 21 displayed on the touch screen 20 includes two unlocking icons 210, which are an unlocking icon A and an unlocking icon B, respectively. As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, before the touch screen 20 is unlocked, the distance between the two unlock icons 210 is an initial distance value d0, and the user slides the two unlock icons 210 to the distance between the two. The value is the distance value d1 after the sliding, that is, the distance between the unlocking icon A′ and the unlocking icon B′ after sliding in FIG. 3 . At this time, if the determining module 31 determines the initial distance value according to the operation signal generated by the touch screen 20 . The unlock module 32 unlocks the touch screen 20 when the absolute value of the difference between the d0 and the post-sliding distance value d1 reaches the preset distance value M stored in the storage unit 10.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 , in another embodiment, the unlocking operation interface 21 displayed on the touch screen 20 includes two unlocking icons 210 , which are an unlocking icon C and an unlocking icon K respectively in the illustration. As shown in FIG. 5 , in the embodiment, the unlock icon K is a fixed point unlock icon, that is, the user does not need to slide the unlock icon to unlock. Before the touch screen 20 is unlocked, the distance between the two unlocking icons 210 is an initial distance value d0, and the distance between the unlocking icon C and the unlocking icon K by the user is one of the distance values after sliding. D1, that is, the distance value between the unlocking icon C' and the unlocking icon K after sliding in FIG. 5, at this time, if the determining module 31 determines the initial distance value d0 and the sliding distance value d1 according to the operation signal generated by the touch screen 20 The unlock module 32 unlocks the touch screen 20 when the absolute value of the difference between the two reaches the preset distance value M stored in the storage unit 10. In another embodiment, the fixed point unlock icon K may also be omitted and not displayed on the unlocking operation interface.

In other embodiments, the storage unit 10 also stores a preset distance range set by the user for screen unlocking, such as within the M±N range. When the judging module 31 judges the operation of the unlocking operation interface 21 of the touch screen 20 by the operation signal generated by the touch screen 20 such that the difference between the initial distance value d0 and the post-sliding distance value d1 shown in FIG. 3 or FIG. When the absolute value falls within the predetermined distance range, the unlocking module 32 can unlock the touch screen 20.

The setting module 34 is configured to generate a corresponding setting signal in response to the user's touch operation, such as setting a preset distance value or a preset distance range for screen unlocking.

The display control module 33 is configured to control the touch screen 20 to display the user usage interface after the electronic device 100 is unlocked when the unlocking module 32 controls the unlocking of the touch screen 20. In another embodiment, the display control module 33 is further configured to control the touch screen 20 to display a prompt box for unlocking failure when the unlocking module 32 controls not to unlock the touch screen 20.

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which is a flowchart of a method for unlocking a screen of an electronic device 100 according to the present invention, for an electronic device including a touch screen, a physical button, and a storage unit, the touch screen is configured to generate a corresponding touch in response to a touch operation of the user. An operation signal, the physical button is configured to generate a trigger signal when being pressed, and the storage unit stores a preset distance value and/or a preset distance range preset by the user for performing screen unlocking. The method includes:

In step S61, the display control module 33 controls an unlock operation interface to be displayed on the touch screen 20 according to the unlock trigger signal generated by the physical button 40 in response to the user operation. One or more unlock icons and an unlocking prompt box are displayed on the unlocking operation interface. In this embodiment, two unlock icons are displayed on the unlocking operation interface, and the initial distance values of the two unlock icons are d0. In an embodiment, the unlocking prompt box is not displayed on the unlocking operation interface.

In step S62, the touch screen 20 generates a screen unlocking signal in response to the unlocking operation of the user.

Step S63, the determining module 31 determines, according to the screen unlocking signal transmitted by the touch screen 20, the difference between the sliding distance value d1 of the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value d0 of the two unlocking icons after the unlocking icon on the sliding unlocking operation interface of the user Whether the absolute value reaches the preset distance value stored in the storage unit 10. If yes, go to step S64. Otherwise, the unlocking module 32 controls to keep the touch screen 20 in the unlocked state without unlocking the touch screen 20, and the flow returns to step S62. In another embodiment, after the determining module 31 determines the unlocking icon on the sliding unlocking operation interface of the user according to the screen unlocking signal transmitted by the touch screen 20, the sliding distance value d1 of the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value of the two unlocking icons Whether the absolute value of the difference of d0 falls within the preset distance range stored in the storage unit 10. If yes, go to step S64. Otherwise, the unlocking module 32 controls to keep the touch screen 20 in the unlocked state without unlocking the touch screen 20, and the flow returns to step S62.

In step S64, the unlocking module 32 controls to unlock the touch screen 20.

In step S65, the display control module 33 controls the touch screen 20 to display a user usage interface of the electronic device 100.

Using the electronic device 100 and the screen unlocking method thereof, when the unlocking operation interface is displayed on the touch screen 20, the user only needs to slide one or two unlocking icons displayed on the touch screen 20 with a finger, so that the distance between the two unlocking icons changes. When the absolute value of the value reaches a preset distance value or falls within a preset distance range, that is, the absolute value between the sliding distance value between the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value before sliding reaches the preset When the distance value falls within the preset distance range, the touch screen 20 can be unlocked.

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.

Step S61. . . Displaying an unlocking operation interface on the touch screen according to the unlocking trigger signal generated by the physical button in response to the user operation

Step S62. . . Respond to the user's unlock screen operation to generate a screen unlock signal

Step S63. . . After determining whether the unlocking icon on the sliding operation surface of the user is unlocked, does the absolute value of the difference between the sliding distance value of the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value reach the preset distance value?

Step S64. . . Unlock the touch screen

Step S65. . . Controlling a user interface of a touch screen display electronic device

Claims (10)

An electronic device includes a touch screen, a physical button, a storage unit, and a processor, wherein the physical button is configured to generate a trigger signal when pressed, and the touch screen is configured to generate a screen unlock signal in response to a user unlocking a screen operation, and the improved The storage unit stores a preset distance value and a preset distance range that are preset by the user for performing screen unlocking, and the processor includes:
a display control module for responding to the trigger signal, displaying an unlocking operation interface on the touch screen, and displaying at least one unlocking icon on the unlocking operation interface;
a judging module, configured to determine, after the one or two unlocking icons on the sliding unlocking interface of the user, the difference between the sliding distance value of the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value of the two unlocking icons according to the screen unlocking signal Whether the absolute value of the value reaches the preset distance value or falls within the preset distance range; and an unlocking module, configured to: when the user slides one or two unlocking icons on the unlocking interface, the two unlocking The touch screen is unlocked when the absolute value of the difference between the sliding distance value of the icon and the initial distance value of the two unlocking icons reaches the preset distance value or falls within the preset distance range. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: a setting module, configured to generate a corresponding setting signal in response to a preset distance value or a preset distance range touch operation of the user setting screen unlocking. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one unlocking icon displayed on the unlocking operation interface comprises at least one unlocking icon for the user to slide to unlock. The electronic device of claim 3, wherein the at least one unlocking icon displayed on the unlocking operation interface further comprises a certain point unlocking icon, wherein the fixed point unlocking icon does not need to slide when the user performs the unlocking operation. Unlock the icon. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein: the unlocking operation interface further displays an unlocking prompt box. A screen unlocking method for an electronic device including a touch screen and a physical button for generating a trigger signal when pressed, the method comprising the steps of:
Displaying an unlocking operation interface on the touch screen, and displaying at least one unlocking icon on the unlocking operation interface;
The touch screen generates a screen unlocking signal in response to the unlocking operation of the user;
After determining, by the screen unlocking signal, one or two unlocking icons on the sliding unlocking interface of the user, whether the absolute value of the difference between the sliding distance value of the two unlocking icons and the initial distance value of the two unlocking icons reaches The preset distance value or whether it falls within the preset distance range; and the sliding distance value of the two unlocking icons and the initial of the two unlocking icons after the user slides one or two unlocking icons on the unlocking interface The touch screen is unlocked when the absolute value of the difference value of the distance values reaches the preset distance value or falls within the preset distance range. The method of claim 6, further comprising: generating a corresponding setting signal in response to a user setting a preset distance value for the screen unlocking or a preset distance range touch operation. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one unlocking icon displayed on the unlocking operation interface comprises at least one unlocking icon for the user to slide to unlock. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one unlocking icon displayed on the unlocking operation interface further comprises a certain point unlocking icon, wherein the fixed point unlocking icon is an unlocking operation when the user performs the unlocking operation without sliding icon. The method of claim 6, wherein: the unlocking operation interface further displays an unlocking prompt box.