Method for unlocking a function using a timepiece
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsVincent Meyer, David Benjamin Kraehenbuehl
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Abstract
The present embodiments provide a method for unlocking a function of a device using a timepiece including a display device including display elements and a control device driving the display elements in a predefined animation sequence. The method including that the timepiece is placed in front of a detection device, the control device is actuated to drive the display elements in the predefined animation sequence, the predefined animation sequence is detected by the detection device, the detected animation sequence is compared to a reference animation sequence, and if the detected animation sequence is identical to the reference animation sequence, then the function is unlocked.
Claims10
A method for unlocking a function of a device using a timepiece, the timepiece including a display device including a plurality of display elements and a control means for driving the plurality of display elements in a predefined animation sequence, the method comprising:
- placing the timepiece in front of a detection means;
- actuating the control means to drive the plurality of display elements in the predefined animation sequence;
- detecting the predefined animation sequence by the detection means;
- comparing the detected animation sequence to a reference animation sequence;
- and
- if the detected animation sequence is identical to the reference animation sequence, then unlocking the function.
A timepiece for implementing an unlocking of a function, comprising:
- a display device including a plurality of display elements;
- a control means configured to drive the plurality of display elements in a predefined animation sequence;
- and
- processing circuitry configured to:
- receive an indication that the timepiece has been placed in front of a detection means,
- instruct actuation of the control means to drive the plurality of display elements in the predefined animation sequence,
- instruct comparison of the detected animation sequence to a reference animation sequence, and
- if the detected animation sequence is identical to the reference animation sequence, then instruct unlock of the function.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.