Apparatus and method for unlocking a locking mode of portable terminal
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSu Mi SHIM, Su Jung YOUN
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Abstract
A method of unlocking a locking mode of a portable terminal, which includes sensing a user's gesture input which is set in a locking mode of the portable terminal. The locking mode is unlocked in response to the user's gesture input, and a function mapped to the user's gesture can be executed when unlocking the locking mode. A portable terminal compares gestures among predefined sets of gesture information in order to check whether there is a gesture that coincides with the analyzed gesture.
Claims29
A method of unlocking a locking mode of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- sensing a user's gesture input has been previously set when in a locking mode of the portable terminal;
- unlocking the locking mode in response to sensing the user's gesture input;
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- executing a function mapped to the user's gesture input when unlocking the locking mode.
A method of unlocking a locking mode of a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- sensing an external input in a locking mode of an input device;
- activating a gesture input mode corresponding to the external input;
- sensing a gesture input in the gesture input mode;
- unlocking the locking mode when the gesture corresponds to preset gesture information;
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- executing a function information mapped to the gesture information when unlocking the locking mode.
A method of setting an unlocking object for unlocking a locking mode in a portable terminal, the method comprising:
- providing a plurality of categories which are divided by functions for setting gesture information in response to a user's request;
- displaying characters for setting gesture information when a category of a specific function is selected from among the divided categories;
- setting a corresponding character according to a user's selection from among the characters as the gesture information;
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- mapping the set gesture information to the function information of the category, and storing the mapping.
A portable terminal comprising:
- a display unit for displaying at least one set of information that is set when on-controlled in a locking mode;
- an input device for entering a gesture input mode according to a specific input when the specific input is sensed in the locking mode, and for receiving a user's gesture;
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- a controller which determines whether the locking mode should be unlocked according to a gesture input transmitted by the input device in the locking mode, and controls execution of a function corresponding to the gesture when the locking mode is unlocked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.