Method and apparatus for unlocking electronic appliance
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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at least one processor configured to;
control the touch screen to display a user interface screen including a plurality of menu items, each of the plurality of menu items corresponding to an application mapped to respective one of a plurality of different gesture patterns having predetermined shapes, the user interface screen configured to receive a user input to change the application mapped to the gesture pattern,control the touch screen to display a screen associated with a lock mode,detect an input gesture on the touch screen of the electronic device while a screen associated with the lock mode is displayed,control the touch screen to display a visual path of a shape being drawn for following a movement of the input gesture on the screen associated with the lock mode,identify one of the plurality of gesture patterns corresponding to the input gesture based on the shape drawn by the input gesture, andunlock the lock mode and invoke the application mapped to the identified gesture pattern.
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Abstract
An unlocking method and apparatus for an electronic appliance are disclosed. The method and apparatus may enable a user to unlock the electronic appliance by identifying a gesture and to invoke a function mapped to the gesture. The unlocking method includes detecting a preset gesture input when an input means is locked. The method includes unlocking the input means in response to the input gesture. The method also includes invoking an application mapped to the input gesture in response to unlocking.
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25 Claims
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1. An electronic device comprising:
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a touch screen; and at least one processor configured to; control the touch screen to display a user interface screen including a plurality of menu items, each of the plurality of menu items corresponding to an application mapped to respective one of a plurality of different gesture patterns having predetermined shapes, the user interface screen configured to receive a user input to change the application mapped to the gesture pattern, control the touch screen to display a screen associated with a lock mode, detect an input gesture on the touch screen of the electronic device while a screen associated with the lock mode is displayed, control the touch screen to display a visual path of a shape being drawn for following a movement of the input gesture on the screen associated with the lock mode, identify one of the plurality of gesture patterns corresponding to the input gesture based on the shape drawn by the input gesture, and unlock the lock mode and invoke the application mapped to the identified gesture pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronic device comprising:
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a touch screen; and at least one processor configured to; control the touch screen to display a user interface screen comprising a list of menu items, each of the menu items corresponding to an application mapped to respective one of a plurality of different gesture patterns having predetermined shapes, change the application mapped to the gesture pattern on the user interface based on a user input, control the touch screen to display a screen associated with a lock mode, detect an input gesture on the touch screen of the electronic device while a screen associated with the lock mode is displayed, control the touch screen to display a visual path of a shape being drawn for following a movement of the input gesture on the screen associated with the lock mode, identify, among the plurality of different gesture patterns, a gesture pattern corresponding to the input gesture based on the shape drawn by the input gesture, and unlock the lock mode and invoke the application mapped to the identified gesture pattern. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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displaying, at a touch screen of an electronic device, a user interface screen including a plurality of menu items, each of the plurality of menu items corresponding to an application mapped to respective one of a plurality of different gesture patterns having predetermined shapes, the user interface screen configured to receive a user input to change the application mapped to the gesture pattern; displaying a screen associated with a lock mode; detecting an input gesture on the touch screen of the electronic device while a screen associated with the lock mode is displayed; displaying a visual path of a shape being drawn for following a movement of the input gesture on the screen associated with the lock mode; identifying one of the plurality of gesture patterns corresponding to the input gesture based on the shape drawn by the input gesture; and unlocking the lock mode and invoking the application mapped to the identified gesture pattern. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An electronic device comprising:
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a touch screen; and at least one processor configured to; control the touch screen to display a user interface screen including a plurality of menu items, each of the plurality of menu items corresponding to an application mapped to respective one of a plurality of different gesture patterns having predetermined shapes, the user interface screen configured to receive a user input to change the application mapped to the gesture pattern, control the touch screen to display a screen associated with a lock mode, and detect whether an input touch event on the touch screen of the electronic device corresponds to an input gesture while a screen associated with the lock mode is displayed, wherein, if the input touch event corresponds to the input gesture, the at least one processor is further configured to; control the touch screen to display a visual path of a shape being drawn for following a movement of the input gesture on the screen associated with the lock mode, identify one of the plurality of gesture patterns corresponding to the input gesture based on the shape drawn by the input gesture, and unlock the lock mode and invoke the application mapped to the identified gesture pattern. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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