TW201629818A - Electronic device and screen uncocking method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A screen unlocking method provided by the present disclosure includes the following steps. Detecting whether an unlocking trigger signal is received, if yes, then displaying an unlocking interface on a touch screen. The unlocking interface shows a number of unlocking icons in random movements. Determining whether one or more touched unlocking icon matches an unlocking password stored in a memory, according to touch signals generated by the touch screen in response to touch operations on the one or more unlocking icon. If yes, controlling to unlock 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 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 designated area on the touch screen, sliding the icon to the preset area, or sliding a graphic to a preset area according to a preset path. The above methods are more commonly used and cannot meet the needs of users.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide an electronic device with a touch screen and a screen unlocking method thereof, and the user unlocks the touch screen by sequentially touching the unlocking icon displayed in the irregular motion displayed on the touch screen. To solve the above problem.

The invention provides an electronic device comprising a physical button, a touch screen, a memory and a processor. An unlock password for unlocking the touch screen is stored in the memory. The memory is further configured with a module executed by the processor: a detecting module, configured to detect whether the physical button is received to respond to an unlock trigger signal generated by a user operation; and the display control module is configured to: When the unlocking trigger signal is received, the unlocking operation interface is controlled to be displayed on the touch screen according to the unlocking trigger signal; wherein the unlocking operation interface displays more in the irregular motion And a determining module, configured to determine, according to the touch signal generated by the operation of the touch screen in response to the unlocking icon on the unlocking operation interface, determining whether the touched unlocking icon is related to the memory And the unlocking module is configured to control the unlocking of the touch screen when the unlocking icon touched on the unlocking operation interface matches the unlocking password stored in the memory.

The present invention also provides a screen unlocking method for use in an electronic device including a physical button, a touch screen, a memory, and a processor. An unlock password for unlocking the touch screen is stored in the memory. The method includes the following steps of: controlling, by the processor, a module stored in the memory to detect whether an unlock trigger signal generated by the physical button in response to a user operation is received; and the unlock trigger is received When the signal is received, an unlocking operation interface is displayed on the touch screen according to the unlocking trigger signal; wherein the unlocking operation interface displays a plurality of unlocking icons in the irregular motion; The control screen responds to the touch signal generated by the operation of the unlocking icon on the unlocking operation interface, and determines whether the touched unlocking icon matches the unlocking password stored in the memory; and the unlocking operation interface When the touched unlock icon matches the unlock password stored in the memory, the control unlocks the touch screen.

According to the electronic device and the screen unlocking method thereof, the unlocking operation interface displays a plurality of unlocking icons in the irregular motion, when the user sequentially touches the unlocking icons on the unlocking operation interface. To unlock the touch screen.

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

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

3 and FIG. 4 are schematic diagrams showing an operation interface on a touch 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 with a touch screen 20 according to an embodiment of the invention. The user can unlock the screen of the electronic device 100 by touching the unlock icon in the irregular motion displayed on the touch screen 20 of the electronic device 100 in a preset order. In the present embodiment, the unlocking icon displayed on the touch screen 20 is a circular bubble, and the color of each bubble is different. When the order touched by the user conforms to the preset order, the user each Touching a bubble that breaks until a predetermined number of bubbles break, the touch screen 20 will unlock. 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 can also be an electronic device with a touch screen such as a tablet computer or an electronic reader.

In an embodiment, the electronic device 100 unlocks the touch screen 20 after all the bubbles displayed on the touch screen 20 are touched and broken.

The electronic device 100 also includes a memory 10, physical buttons 30, and a processor 40. The memory 10, the touch screen 20 and the physical button 30 are respectively connected to the processor 40 through signal lines and data lines.

In this embodiment, the memory 10 stores an unlock password for unlocking the touch screen 20 preset by the user, and the unlock password is a preset number of preset unlocking operations on an unlocking operation interface. Unlock the icon. The memory 10 also stores a plurality of functional modules that are configured to be executed by one or more processors (one processor 40 in the present embodiment) to complete the present invention. For example, referring to FIG. 1 , the memory 10 stores a detection module 11 , a determination module 12 , an unlock module 13 , and a display control module 14 . The module referred to in the present invention is a program segment that performs a specific function, and is more suitable than the program to describe the execution process of the software in the processor 40.

In this embodiment, when the physical button 30 is pressed, a trigger signal is generated and transmitted to the processor 40, and the processor 40 can wake up or lock the electronic device 100 according to the trigger signal, and the display control module 14 controls the touch. The screen 20 displays an unlocking interface 21 as shown in FIG. The unlocking operation interface 21 displays a plurality of unlocking icons 210 and an unlocking prompting frame 211 each in an irregular motion, wherein each unlocking icon 210 has a different color for the user to distinguish.

The function of each module will be specifically described in the flowchart of FIG. 2.

2 is a flow chart of a screen unlocking method 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention. The screen unlocking method 200 operates on the electronic device 100.

In step S20, the detecting module 11 detects whether the unlocking trigger signal generated by the physical button 30 in response to the user operation is received. If yes, step S21 is performed; otherwise, the step S20 is continued.

In step S21, the display control module 14 controls an unlock operation interface 21 to be displayed on the touch screen 20 according to the unlock trigger signal detected by the detection module 11.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the unlocking operation interface 21 displays a plurality of unlocking icons 210 and an unlocking prompting frame 211 in an irregular motion, and the plurality of unlocking icons 210 are all circular. Bubbles, and the color of each bubble is different to facilitate user differentiation. The irregular motion is specifically that each unlocking icon 210 has its own irregular movement. Specifically, the unlocking operation interface 21 includes seven bubbles of different colors, wherein each of the bubbles displays a color and is respectively in an irregular motion. The irregular motion is specifically that each unlocking icon 210 has its own irregular movement.

In other embodiments, the shape, type, and number of the unlocking icons 210 may also be set as needed, for example, 5 circular balls, 6 square bubbles, and the like, and the unlocking prompt frame 211 may not be provided. In addition, the unlocking icon 210 can also be set to different shapes, or both can be no color, or have no color. For example, a plurality of different shapes of the unlocking icon 210 without color can be displayed on the unlocking operation interface 21, Shaped, square, rectangular, elliptical, and so on. There may also be multiple unlocking representations 210 of different shapes, with the partial unlocking representation 210 having a color and the partial unlocking representation 210 having no color.

In step S22, the touch screen 20 generates a corresponding touch signal in response to the user touching the operation of an unlock icon 210. In this embodiment, in the step S22, the touch screen 20 may generate a corresponding touch signal in response to the user touching the unlocking icon 210 on the unlocking operation interface 21, or may be the touch screen 20 response. The user touches an operation of unlocking the icon 210 on the dynamic interface 22 introduced in the following step S24 to generate a corresponding touch signal.

In step S23, the determining module 12 determines, according to the touch signal transmitted by the touch screen 20, whether the touched unlock icon 210 matches the unlock password stored in the memory 10. If yes, step S24 is performed; otherwise, the process returns to step S22. . The unlocking password is stored in the memory 10 for unlocking the password of the touch screen 20, specifically: sequentially touching a preset number of unlocking icons 210 in the irregular motion on the unlocking operation interface.

In the embodiment, when the determining module 12 determines the matching set in the touch sequence unlocking password of the touched unlocking icon 210 according to the touch signal transmitted by the touch screen 20, the touched unlocking icon 210 and the memory are determined. The unlock password stored in the body 10 matches. Otherwise, when the touch sequence of the touched unlock icon 210 does not match the one set in the unlock password, the determination module 12 determines that the touched unlock icon 210 does not match the unlock password stored in the memory 10.

In another embodiment, when the determining module 12 determines that the touched unlock icon 210 does not match the unlock password stored in the memory 10, it is further determined whether the unlocking operation of the user is completed, and if so, that is, the user has completed In the unlocking operation, the display control module 14 also controls to display a prompt box for prompting the unlocking failure on the touch screen 20. If no, proceed to step S23.

In step S24, the display control module 14 controls the display on the touch screen 20 to display the dynamic interface 22 including the touched unlock icon 210. As shown in FIG. 4, a broken unlocking icon 210A is displayed on the dynamic interface 22, and the broken unlocking icon 210A is an unlocking icon touched by the user in the previous step S23.

In step S25, the determining module 12 determines whether the unlocking icon 210 to be touched is still displayed on the dynamic interface 22, and if yes, executing step S26; otherwise, executing step S27. In this embodiment, when the dynamic interface 22 displays the unlocking icon 210 to be touched, that is, the unlocking icon 210 is not touched by the user, the user sequentially touches to unlock the touch screen 20 . Figure 210.

In step S26, the display control module 14 controls the touch screen 20 to display the other unlocked icons 210 that are not touched in the irregular motion, and then returns to step S22.

In step S27, the unlocking module 13 controls to unlock the touch screen 20.

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.

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Claims (10)

An electronic device includes a physical button, a touch screen, a memory, and a processor, wherein the memory stores an unlock password for unlocking the touch screen, and the improvement is that the memory further stores The following modules executed by the processor:
a detecting module, configured to detect whether the physical button is received in response to an unlock trigger signal generated by a user operation;
The display control module is configured to display an unlocking operation interface on the touch screen according to the unlock trigger signal when receiving the unlock trigger signal; wherein the unlocking operation interface displays that there is no Multiple unlocking icons in regular motion;
The determining module is configured to determine, according to the touch signal generated by the touch screen in response to the operation of touching the unlocking icon on the unlocking operation interface, whether the touched unlocking icon is associated with the unlocking password stored in the memory And the unlocking module is configured to control the unlocking of the touch screen when the unlocking icon touched on the unlocking operation interface matches the unlocking password stored in the memory. An electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein:
The display control module is further configured to control, when the touched unlock icon matches the unlock password stored in the memory, to display, on the touch screen, the unlocked icon including the touched image Dynamic interface;
The determining module is further configured to determine whether an unlocking icon to be touched is further displayed on the dynamic interface, and the display control module is further configured to display, when the dynamic interface, an unlocking icon to be touched, The touch screen is controlled to display other unlocked icons that are not touched in irregular motion. The electronic device of claim 1 or 2, wherein the plurality of unlocking icons in the random motion are bubbles having a color, and each of the bubbles has the same color. The electronic device of claim 1 or 2, wherein: the determining module determines that the touched unlocking icon has a touch sequence that matches the setting in the unlocking password, and determines the touched unlocking icon. Matches the unlock password. The electronic device of claim 1 or 2, wherein: the irregular motion is specifically that each unlocking icon moves irregularly. A screen unlocking method is applied to an electronic device including a physical button, a touch screen, a memory, and a processor, wherein the memory stores an unlock password for unlocking the touch screen, and the improvement is that the The method includes the following steps performed by the processor to control a module stored in the memory:
Detecting whether the physical button is received in response to an unlock trigger signal generated by a user operation;
When the unlocking trigger signal is received, an unlocking operation interface is displayed on the touch screen according to the unlocking trigger signal; wherein the unlocking operation interface displays multiple unlockings in the irregular motion Graphic
Determining whether the touched unlock icon matches the unlock password stored in the memory according to the touch signal generated by the touch screen in response to the operation of touching the unlock icon on the unlocking operation interface; Controlling to unlock the touch screen when the unlocked icon touched on the unlocking operation interface matches the unlock password stored in the memory. The method for unlocking a screen according to claim 6, wherein the method further includes:
When the touched unlock icon matches the unlock password stored in the memory, controlling to display a dynamic interface including the touched unlock icon broken on the touch screen;
Determining whether the unlocking icon to be touched is further displayed on the dynamic interface; and when the unlocking icon to be touched is further displayed on the dynamic interface, controlling the touch screen display to be untouched in the irregular motion Other unlock icons. The screen unlocking method of claim 6 or 7, wherein the plurality of unlocking patterns in the random motion are bubbles having a color, and each of the bubbles has the same color. The screen unlocking method of claim 6, wherein the touched unlock is determined according to the touch signal generated by the operation of the unlocking icon on the unlocking operation interface according to the touch screen. When the illustrated touch sequence matches the one set in the unlock password, it is determined that the touched unlock icon matches the unlock password. The method for unlocking a screen according to the sixth or seventh aspect of the invention, wherein the irregular motion is specifically that each unlocking diagram has an irregular movement.