ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ENTERING PASSWORD

• US 20100097320A1
• Filed: 04/22/2009
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fulian Precision Electronics Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: WU, DAN-FENG, WU, YI-FANG
• Granted Patent: US 8,502,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/168
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication

Abstract

An electronic device includes an access control module, a plurality of input areas, and a comparing module. The access control module has a predetermined password. The input areas are configured to be tapped to input characters in the electronic device. The number of the input areas is determined by the number of unique characters of the predetermined password. The comparing module is configured to compare a sequence of the characters entered with the predetermined password.

Claims

1. An electronic device comprising:

an access control module having a predetermined a password;

a plurality of input areas configured to be tapped to input characters in the electronic device, the number of the input areas being determined by the number of unique characters of the predetermined password; and

a comparing module configured to compare a sequence of the characters entered with the predetermined password.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein each of the input areas displays one of the unique characters of the predetermined password.

3. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein a plurality of sensors is corresponding to the input areas and configured to enter the corresponding characters.

4. The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the comparing module is capable of comparing the sequence of tapping each of the input areas with the order of the characters presented in the predetermined password.

5. An electronic device comprising:

an access control module having a predetermined password;

a plurality of password input areas, each of the input areas configured to display one of unique characters of the predetermined password and be tapped to enter the displayed character in the electronic device; and

a comparing module capable of comparing the sequence of tapping each of the input areas with the order of the characters in the predetermined password.

6. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the number of the input areas is determined by the number of the unique characters of the predetermined password.

7. The electronic device of claim 5, wherein a plurality of sensors is corresponding to the input areas and configured to enter the corresponding characters when the corresponding input area is tapped.

8. An electronic device comprising:

a plurality of input areas displaying unique characters, a password comprising the characters displayed in the input areas predetermined in the electronic device;

a plurality of sensors corresponding to the input areas and configured to enter the corresponding characters when the corresponding input area is tapped; and

a comparing module configured to compare a sequence of the characters input from the sensors with the predetermined password.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the number of the input areas is equal to the number of the unique characters of the predetermined password.

10. The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the comparing module is capable of comparing the sequence of tapping each of the input areas with the order of the characters presented in the predetermined password.