COMPUTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20130111379A1
• Filed: 10/15/2012
• Published: 05/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: PARK, Kyung-do, EOM, Mi-ra, LEE, Jong-hwa, IM, Ji-won, HONG, Sang-jin, KIM, Su-yong
• Application Number:
  US13/651,523
• Publication Number:
  US 20130111379A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/764
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A computing device includes a display unit to display a screen, a touch input unit to receive a user'"'"'s touch input on the display unit, and a controller to display a locking image on the screen with a predetermined degree of definition while the computing device is locked, to decrease the degree of definition of the locking image if the user'"'"'s touch input is determined to be an unlocking input, and to unlock the computing device if the unlocking input meets an unlocking condition.

Claims

1. A computing device comprising:

a display unit to display a screen;

a touch input unit to receive a user'"'"'s touch input on the display unit; and

a controller to display a locking image on the screen with a predetermined degree of definition when the computing device is locked, to decrease the degree of definition of the locking image if the user'"'"'s touch input is determined to be an unlocking input, and to unlock the computing device if the unlocking input meets an unlocking condition.

2. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller decreases the degree of definition of the locking image according to at least one of a movement distance, a movement speed and a touch time of the unlocking input.

3. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays a background image with a lower degree of definition than the degree of definition of the locking image in the screen with the locking image when the computing device is locked, and increases the degree of definition of the background image if the user'"'"'s touch input is determined to be the unlocking input.

4. The computing device according to claim 3, wherein the controller increases the degree of definition of the background image according to at least one of a movement distance, a movement speed and touch time of the unlocking input.

5. The computing device according to claim 1, wherein the controller displays an unlocking image on the screen corresponding to the unlocking input.

6. A control method of a computing device, the control method comprising:

displaying a locking image with a predetermined degree of definition on a screen of a display unit when the computing device is locked;

receiving a user'"'"'s touch input on the display unit;

decreasing the degree of definition of the locking image when the user'"'"'s touch input is determined to be the unlocking input; and

unlocking the computing device when the unlocking input meets an unlocking condition.

7. The control method according to claim 6, wherein the decreasing the degree of definition comprises decreasing the degree of definition of the locking image according to at least one of a movement distance, a movement speed and touch time of the unlocking input.

8. The control method according to claim 6, further comprising:

displaying a background image with a lower degree of definition than the degree of definition of the locking image in the screen with the locking image when the computing device is locked; and

increasing the degree of definition of the background image when the user'"'"'s touch input is determined to be the unlocking input.

9. The control method according to claim 8, wherein the increasing the degree of definition comprises increasing the degree of definition of the background image according to at least one of a movement distance, a movement speed and touch time of the unlocking input.

10. The control method according to claim 6, further comprising:

displaying an unlocking image on the screen corresponding to the unlocking input.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium to contain computer-readable codes as a program to execute a control method of a computing device, the control method comprising:

displaying a locking image with a predetermined degree of definition on a screen of a display unit when the computing device is locked;

receiving a user'"'"'s touch input on the display unit;

decreasing the degree of definition of the locking image when the user'"'"'s touch input is determined to be the unlocking input; and

unlocking the computing device when the unlocking input meets an unlocking condition.

12. A computing device comprising:

a display unit having a screen with a locking image in a locking state;

an input unit to receive a user input through the display unit; and

a controller to control a characteristic of the locking image according to the user input to correspond to an unlocking condition until the locking state is changed to an unlocking state.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the characteristic of the locking image comprises a definition of the locking image.

14. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the user input comprises a plurality of points disposed in the screen.

15. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the user input comprises a line connecting a first point to a second point within the screen.

16. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the user input comprises a line disposed within the screen.

17. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the user input comprises at least one disconnected portion.

18. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the controller controls the characteristic of the locking image before the computer device is changed from the locking state to the unlocking state.

19. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the controller controls the characteristic of the locking image according to an identical ratio between the user input and the unlocking condition.

20. The computing device of claim 12, wherein:

the characteristic of the locking image comprises a definition of the locking image; and

the controller controls the definition of the locking image according to a ratio of the user input with the unlocking condition.

21. The computing device of claim 12, wherein:

the characteristic of the locking image comprises a definition of the locking image;

the definition of the locking image comprises a plurality of sub-definitions; and

the controller controls the display unit to change the definition of the locking image between the sub-definitions.

22. The computing device of claim 12, wherein:

the locking image comprises a plurality of images displayed in the screen in a locking state; and

the controller controls characteristics of the images according to the user input.

23. The computing device of claim 12, wherein:

the controller compares at least a portion of the user input to the unlocking condition; and

the controller changes the characteristic of the locking image according to the comparison result until an entire portion of the user input corresponds to the unlocking condition.

24. The computing device of claim 12, wherein:

the controller starts a comparison operation when at least a portion of the user input is input through the display unit; and

the controller controls the characteristic of the locking image until the portion of the user input is increased to an entire portion of the user input corresponding to the unlocking condition.

25. The computing device of claim 12, wherein:

the controller controls the display unit to display a change of the characteristic of the locking image when a portion of the user input correspond to a portion of the unlocking condition; and

the controller stops a change of the characteristic of the locking image when at least a portion of the user input does not correspond to the unlocking condition.

26. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the controller performs a user change from a first user to a second user according to the user input corresponding to the unlocking condition.

27. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the display unit displays the locking image within a limited portion of the screen, and receives the user input within an unlimited portion of the screen in the locking state.

28. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the display unit receives the user input without an additional image displayed on the screen to correspond to the user input.