TW201528043A - Method for unlocking touch screen and system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A method for unlocking touch screen provided by the present disclosure is used for an electronic device having a touch screen. The method includes the following steps. Display an unlocking interface in response to a user's operation on the electronic device when the electronic device is locked. Recognize the user's operation to be a predefined touch operation during a predefined time period. Determine the recognized operation is the operation to unlock the touch screen. Retrieve the password for unlocking the touch screen. Create unlocking icons corresponding to the retrieved password. Each icon is labeled with a letter. Recognize touch operations on the icons to input the letters corresponding to the icons. Determine whether the order of inputting the letters is consistent with the order of characters consisted of the password. If yes, unlock the touch screen.

Description

Screen unlocking method and system

The present invention relates to the field of screen unlocking technologies, and in particular, to a screen unlocking method and system.

After the portable electronic product is idle for a period of time, its screen will be automatically locked, and the screen needs to be unlocked before it can be used. At present, the more commonly used screen unlocking method is to unlock the screen after sliding the unlocking icon. However, the unlocking mode is as long as any user performs an operation of sliding the unlocking icon on the screen, and the screen is unlocked, and the user can know the information in the electronic product. Therefore, this unlocking method does not ensure the security of information in electronic products.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a screen unlocking method and system that can ensure information security in electronic products to solve the above problems.

To achieve the above objective, the screen unlocking method provided by the present invention is applicable to an electronic device having a touch screen, and the method includes the following steps:

When the touch display screen is in a locked state, an operation unlocking interface is displayed on the touch screen in response to an operation control of the user waking up the electronic device;

The operation of identifying the user is to complete a preset touch operation in the unlocking interface within a preset time, and determine that the touch operation of the user is a screen unlocking operation;

Obtaining an unlocking password for unlocking the touch screen, generating an unlocking icon corresponding to the unlocking password, and controlling displaying the generated unlocking icon on the touch screen;

Recognizing that the user completes a preset sliding touch operation in the unlocking interface within a preset time, determining that the user's touch operation is a screen unlocking operation, and identifying whether the character sequence corresponding to the unlocking icon sequentially touched by the user is The order of the characters in the unlock password is the same;

The touch screen is unlocked when the order of characters corresponding to the unlock icon touched by the user is the same as the order of the characters in the unlock password.

In addition, the present invention also provides a screen unlocking system for an electronic device having a touch screen, the screen unlocking system comprising: an unlocking control unit, configured to acquire an unlocking password for unlocking the touch screen, and according to the acquired unlocking The password generates an unlocking icon corresponding to the password; the display control unit is configured to display an unlocking interface on the touch screen and control the touch screen on the touch screen in response to the user's operation to wake up the electronic device when the touch screen is in the locked state The unlocking icon is displayed on the display unit, and the identifying unit is configured to identify that the user completes a predetermined sliding touch operation in the first unlocking interface within a preset time, determining that the user's touch operation is a screen unlocking operation, and identifying the Whether the order of the characters corresponding to the unlocking icons touched by the user is the same as the order of the characters in the unlocking password; wherein the unlocking control unit is further configured to use the order in which the user touches each unlocking icon and the unlocking password. The touch screen is unlocked when the order of the characters is the same.

Compared with the prior art, the screen unlocking method and system provided by the present invention display an unlocking interface including a plurality of grids on the touch screen when the screen is in a locked state, and when the user touches the plurality of grids on the unlocking interface, The system displays an unlock icon corresponding to the unlock password value used to unlock the screen on the display screen. The user only needs to touch the unlock icon in a specific order to unlock the screen. Therefore, the unlocking method can effectively solve the problem of preventing other users from easily turning on the electronic device.

1 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of an electronic device for unlocking a screen and an application thereof in an embodiment.

2 is a schematic diagram of a touch screen in a locked state in an embodiment.

3 is a schematic view of the touch screen of FIG. 2 in another locked state.

4 is a flow chart showing the steps of a screen unlocking method in an embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the screen unlocking system 100 is applicable to an electronic device 200 . The electronic device 200 includes a touch screen 21. The screen unlocking system 100 includes a state recognition unit 11 - a display control unit 12, an identification unit 13, an unlock control unit 14, and a storage unit 15. The storage unit 15 stores an unlock password previously set by the user for unlocking the touch screen 21.

The state recognition unit 11 is for identifying whether the touch screen 21 is in a locked state. In the present embodiment, when the touch screen 21 is in the locked state, the display control unit 12 controls to display an unlocking interface 22 on the touch screen 21 according to the operation signal of the user waking up the electronic device 200. The unlocking interface 22 includes at least two lattices 23 (see FIG. 2 ). In the embodiment, the lattice 23 included in the unlocking interface 22 covers the entire unlocking interface 22 . For example, the user can wake up the electronic device 200 by pressing an button on the electronic device 200 to generate an operation signal for waking up the electronic device 200.

When the recognition unit 13 recognizes that the user completes a predetermined sliding touch operation in the unlocking interface 22 within a preset time interval. The preset sliding operation is a sliding touch operation of the user continuously in at least two grids of the unlocking interface 22 . When the user completes the preset sliding touch operation, the unlocking control unit 14 acquires an unlocking password for unlocking the touch screen 21 from the storage unit 15, and generates a corresponding unlocking icon for unlocking the touch screen 21 according to the acquired unlocking password. . The unlock password can be a letter, a digit, a graphic, a text, or a combination thereof. The unlock icon corresponds to the character that makes up the unlock password. That is, the number of unlock icons corresponds to the total number of characters constituting the unlock password, and each unlock icon corresponds to a character constituting the unlock password.

The display control unit 12 also controls display of the unlock icon generated by the unlock control unit 14 on the touch screen 21. As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, a character constituting the unlock password is also displayed on each unlock icon.

The recognition unit 13 identifies whether the touch operation of the user on the touch screen 21 is a screen unlocking operation. In the present embodiment, when the user touches the unlock icon displayed on the touch screen 21, the recognition unit 13 determines that the touch operation of the user is a screen unlocking operation.

Referring to FIG. 2, when the touch screen 21 is in the locked state, the display control unit 12 displays an unlocking interface 22 on the touch screen 21. The unlocking interface 22 includes at least two lattices 23 . In the present embodiment, the lattice 23 included in the unlocking interface 22 covers the entire unlocking interface 22 . That is, the sum of the areas of the respective lattices 23 included in the unlocking interface 22 is equal to the area of the unlocking interface. The number of grids included in the unlocking interface 22 can be set by the system or user. When the user touches at least two of the grids 23 on the unlocking interface 22, the display control unit 12 controls to display an unlocking icon 24 (see FIG. 3) corresponding to the unlocking password for unlocking the touchscreen 21 on the touchscreen 21. In the present embodiment, the unlock password is composed of two letters and six arrays. Therefore, eight unlock icons 24 are displayed on the touch panel 21. Moreover, each unlock icon corresponds to one character of the unlock password. For example, the first unlock icon 24 in the upper left corner corresponds to the unlocked password.

The identification unit 13 is further configured to identify whether the sequence of characters corresponding to each unlock icon 24 on the unlock interface 22 by the user is the same as the order of the characters in the unlock password. When the user sequentially touches the unlocking icon 24 on the unlocking interface 22 to correspond to the order of the characters in the unlocking password, the unlocking control unit 14 unlocks the touch screen 21, and the electronic device 200 enters the usable state.

In another embodiment, the screen unlocking system 100 further includes a password preset unit 16. The password presetting unit 16 is configured to receive an unlocking password used by the user to input the character sequentially input in the password preset interface as the unlocking screen.

Please refer to FIG. 4, which shows a flowchart of a screen unlocking method in an embodiment of the present invention. The method is applicable to an electronic device 200 having a touch screen 21, the method comprising the steps of:

Step S401: The state identifying unit 11 identifies whether the touch screen 21 is in the locked state; if so, proceeds to step S402.

Step S402: The display control unit 12 controls to display an unlocking interface 22 on the touch screen 21 in response to an operation signal of the user waking up the electronic device 200.

In the present embodiment, the unlocking interface 22 includes an unlocking interface 22 of at least two lattices 23 . further. The grid 23 included in the unlocking interface 22 covers the entire unlocking interface 22.

Step S403: The recognition unit 13 recognizes that the user completes a preset sliding touch operation in the unlocking interface 22 within a preset time range, and the unlocking control unit 14 acquires an unlocking password for unlocking the touch screen 21 from the storage unit 15, and The unlock icon 24 corresponding to the unlock password is generated based on the acquired unlock password, and the display control unit 12 controls the display of the unlock image 24 of the production on the touch screen 21. In this embodiment, the preset sliding touch operation is a user's continuous touch operation in at least two grids 23 of the unlocking interface.

Step S404: The recognition unit 13 identifies whether the touch operation of the user on the touch screen 21 is a screen unlocking operation. If yes, the process proceeds to step S405. Otherwise, the process ends.

In the present embodiment, when the touch operation on the touch screen 21 by the user is the touch unlock icon 24 displayed on the touch touch screen 21, the recognition unit 13 determines that the touch operation by the user is a screen unlocking operation.

Step S405: The identification unit 13 identifies whether the order of the characters corresponding to the unlock icons sequentially touched by the user is the same as the order of the characters in the unlock password, and if so, proceeds to step S406. Otherwise, the process ends.

Step S406: The unlock control unit 14 unlocks the touch screen 21.

Before step S401, a step is further included: the password preset unit 16 presets the character input by the user as the password for unlocking the touch screen 21 in response to the user's operation.

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above-described embodiments are only intended to illustrate the invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention. Within the scope of protection.

100‧‧‧Screen unlocking system

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Claims (10)

A screen unlocking system for an electronic device having a touch screen, the improvement being that the screen unlocking system comprises:
An unlocking control unit, configured to acquire an unlocking password for unlocking the touch screen, and generate an unlocking icon corresponding to the password according to the acquired unlocking password;
a display control unit, configured to display an unlocking interface on the touch screen and control display of the unlocking icon on the touch screen in response to an operation control of the user waking up the electronic device when the touch screen is in a locked state;
The identification unit is configured to identify that the user completes a preset sliding touch operation in the first unlocking interface within a preset time, determines that the user's touch operation is a screen unlocking operation, and identifies each unlocking icon that is sequentially touched by the user. Whether the order of the corresponding characters is the same as the order of the characters in the unlock password;
The unlocking control unit is further configured to unlock the touch screen when the order in which the user touches each unlocking icon is the same as the order of the characters in the unlocking password. The screen unlocking system of claim 1, wherein: the unlocking icon includes characters constituting the unlocking password. The screen unlocking system of claim 2, wherein: each unlocking icon corresponds to one character of the unlocking password. The screen unlocking system of claim 3, wherein: the unlocking password is a letter, a digit, a graphic, or a combination thereof. The screen unlocking system of claim 1, wherein: the screen unlocking system further comprises a password presetting unit, configured to receive a password that is sequentially set by the user in the password setting interface to be used as a password for unlocking the screen. . The screen unlocking system of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a storage unit for storing an unlocking password for unlocking the touch screen. The screen unlocking system of claim 1, wherein: the unlocking interface comprises at least two grids, and the grid included in the unlocking interface fills the unlocking interface. A screen unlocking method is applicable to an electronic device having a touch screen, the method comprising:
When the touch display screen is in a locked state, an operation unlocking interface is displayed on the touch screen in response to an operation control of the user waking up the electronic device;
The operation of identifying the user is to complete a preset touch operation in the unlocking interface within a preset time, and determine that the touch operation of the user is a screen unlocking operation;
Obtaining an unlocking password for unlocking the touch screen, generating an unlocking icon corresponding to the unlocking password, and controlling displaying the generated unlocking icon on the touch screen;
Recognizing that the user completes a preset sliding touch operation in the unlocking interface within a preset time, determining that the user's touch operation is a screen unlocking operation, and identifying whether the character sequence corresponding to the unlocking icon sequentially touched by the user is The order of the characters in the unlock password is the same;
The touch screen is unlocked when the order of characters corresponding to the unlock icon touched by the user is the same as the order of the characters in the unlock password. The screen unlocking method of claim 8, wherein the unlocking interface comprises at least two grids, and the preset sliding touch operation is continuous for at least two grids of the user in the touch unlocking interface. Touch the operation. The screen unlocking method of claim 8, wherein the unlocking interface comprises at least two grids, and the preset sliding touch operation is to touch the generated unlocking icon.