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US 11,132,431 B2Granted
Password input and identification system, and password input and identification method
AssigneeMk Group Jsc
InventorKhang Trong Nguyen
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Abstract
A password input and identification system includes a one-button password input component and a controller. The one-button password input component generates a series of trigger signals in response to a series of triggers that correspond to a series of user-input digits. The controller determines a value of each of the user-input digits by counting a number of the trigger signal(s) that correspond(s) to the user-input digit to serve as the value of the user-input digit. The controller compares the user-input digits with the predetermined password after the input of the user-input digits is finished, and performs a predetermined action when the user-input digits match the predetermined password.
Claims13
A password input and identification system comprising:
- a non-transitory storage unit storing a predetermined password that has a series of digits each being greater than zero;
- a one-button password input component configured to generate a series of trigger signals in response to a series of triggers that correspond to a series of user-input digits, each of the user-input digits corresponding to at least one of the trigger signals;
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- a controller coupled to said non-transitory storage unit for reading the predetermined password, and to said one-button password input component for receiving the trigger signals;
- wherein said controller is configured to perform a password identification procedure in which:
- said controller determines a value of each of the user-input digits by counting, for each of the user-input digits, a number of the at least one of the trier signals that corresponds to said each of the user-input digits and that is received from said one-button password input component to serve as the value of said each of the user-input digits;
- said controller determines that the user-input digits do not match the predetermined password and ends the password identification procedure when the number counted for said each of the user-input digits is greater than a predetermined upper limit;
- said controller compares the user-input digits with the predetermined password after the input of the user-input digits is finished;
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- said controller performs a predetermined action when the user-input digits match the predetermined password;
- wherein, in the password identification procedure:
- for each of the trigger signals, said controller starts timing upon receipt of said each of the trigger signals until receipt of another one of the trigger signals immediately following said each of the trigger signals;
- said controller determines the values for the user-input digits one by one in order;
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- when determining the value for one of the user-input digits, said controller adds one to the number counted for said one of the user-input digits upon receipt of one of the trigger signals which is spaced apart from receipt of an immediately previous one of the trigger signals by a time interval smaller than a first predetermined time length.
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A password input and identification method, comprising:
- by a one-button password input component, generating a series of trigger signals in response to a series of triggers that correspond to a series of user-input digits, each of the user-input digits corresponding to at least one of the trigger signals;
- by a controller, receiving the trigger signals from the one-button password input component;
- by the controller, performing a password identification procedure that includes:
- determining a value of each of the user-input digits by counting for each of the user-input digits, a number of the at least one of the trigger signals that corresponds to said each of the user-input digits and that is received from the one-button password input component to serve as the value of said each of the user-input digits;
- determining that the user-input digits do not match the predetermined password and ending the password identification procedure when the number counted for said each of the user-input digits is greater than a predetermined upper limit;
- comparing the user-input digits with a predetermined password after the input of the user-input digits is finished;
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- performing a predetermined action when the user-input digits match the predetermined password;
- wherein the password identification procedure further includes:
- for each of the trigger signals, starting timing upon receipt of said each of the trigger signals until receipt of another one of the trigger signals immediately following said each of the trigger signals;
- determining the values for the user-input digits one by one in order;
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- when determining the value for one of the user-input digits, adding one to the number counted for said one of the user-input digits upon receipt of one of the trigger signals which is spaced apart from receipt of an immediately previous one of the trigger signals by a time interval smaller than a first predetermined time length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.