Electronic device and method for unlocking electronic device
AssigneeChiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
InventorCHING-WEN HSUEH
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Abstract
In a method for unlocking an electronic device, a plurality of icons are preset and an icon is designated to be an unlocking icon for unlocking the electronic device. When the electronic device is locked, the icons are moving on the display device, and the moving icons is highlighted one by one according to a moving direction and a time interval. When a highlighted icon is touched and the highlighted icon is the unlocking icon, the electronic device is unlocked.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method for unlocking an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a display device, the method comprising:
- presetting a plurality of icons, and designating an icon in the plurality of icons to be an unlocking icon for unlocking the electronic device;
- moving the plurality of icons on the display device when the electronic device is locked, and highlighting the moving icons one by one according to a moving direction and a time interval;
- in response to detecting a touch signal on a highlighted icon, determining whether the highlighted icon is the unlocking icon;
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- unlocking the electronic device when the highlighted icon is the unlocking icon.
An electronic device, comprising:
- a display device;
- at least one processor;
- and
- a storage device storing a plurality of instructions, which when executed by the processor, causes the at least one processor to:
- preset a plurality of icons, and designate an icon in the plurality of icons to be an unlocking icon for unlocking the electronic device;
- move the plurality of icons on the display device when the electronic device is locked, and highlight the moving icons one by one according to a moving direction and a time interval;
- in response to detecting a touch signal on a highlighted icon, determine whether the highlighted icon is the unlocking icon;
- and
- unlock the electronic device when the highlighted icon is the unlocking icon.
A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the electronic device to perform a method for unlock the electronic device, the electronic device comprising a display device, the method comprising:
- presetting a plurality of icons, and designating an icon in the plurality of icons to be an unlocking icon for unlocking the electronic device;
- moving the plurality of icons on the display device when the electronic device is locked, and highlighting the moving icons one by one according to a moving direction and a time interval;
- in response to detecting a touch signal on a highlighted icon, determining whether the highlighted icon is the unlocking icon;
- unlocking the electronic device when the highlighted icon is the unlocking icon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.