Method and Apparatus for Unlocking Terminal

• US 20150046831A1
• Filed: 10/23/2014
• Published: 02/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liang, Desheng, He, Yuanhong
• Application Number:
  US14/522,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20150046831A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/80 2D [Two Dimensional] animation, e.g. using sprites

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for unlocking a terminal, which includes: detecting, by a terminal, that a user touches an unlocking icon of the terminal, and playing a spreading animation of an application icon, where the unlocking icon is a graphical and interactive user interface object and is used to interact with the user to unlock the terminal; displaying the application icon at a preset location after the spreading animation is played; when it is detected that the user drags the unlocking icon, moving the unlocking icon according to a dragging track of the user; and when the location of the unlocking icon intersects the location of the application icon, performing an unlocking operation and entering an interface of an application. Correspondingly, the embodiments of the present invention further provide an apparatus for unlocking a terminal, so as to improve the user experience.

Claims

1. A method for unlocking a terminal, the method comprising:

detecting, by a terminal, that a user touches an unlocking icon of the terminal, and playing a spreading animation of an application icon, wherein the unlocking icon is a graphical and interactive user interface object and is used to interact with the user to unlock the terminal;

displaying the application icon at a preset location after the spreading animation is played;

detecting whether the user drags the unlocking icon, wherein when it is detected that the user drags the unlocking icon, moving the unlocking icon according to a dragging track of the user; and

detecting whether a location of the unlocking icon intersects the location of the application icon, wherein when the location of the unlocking icon intersects the location of the application icon, performing an unlocking operation and entering an interface of the application.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the application icon comprises one or more preset application icons and one or more recently used application icons.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the location of the unlocking icon intersects the location of the application icon, the method further comprises playing, by the terminal, a recovery animation of the application icon when the user releases the unlocking icon.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the detecting that the user touches the unlocking icon of the terminal, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal, its own location coordinates in a physical space, and calculating variation values of the coordinates; and

when a variation value of a coordinate is larger than a preset gravity sensing sensitivity, playing, by the terminal, an animation that droplets quiver.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein when the variation value of the coordinate is larger than the preset gravity sensing sensitivity, the playing, by the terminal, the animation that the droplets quiver comprises:

when a variation value of a horizontal coordinate is larger than the preset gravity sensing sensitivity, playing, by the terminal, an animation that the droplets quiver from side to side.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein when the variation value of the coordinate is larger than the preset gravity sensing sensitivity, the playing, by the terminal, the animation that the droplets quiver comprises:

when a variation value of a vertical coordinate is larger than the preset gravity sensing sensitivity, playing, by the terminal, an animation that the droplets quiver up and down.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the detecting that the user touches the unlocking icon of the terminal, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the terminal, volume of an input audio, and when the volume of the input audio is larger than a preset blowing sensitivity, playing, by the terminal, the animation that the droplets quiver.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein before the playing the spreading animation of the application icon, the method further comprises:

separating the application icon from the unlocking icon.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein when the location of the unlocking icon intersects the location of the application icon, the unlocking icon is combined with the application icon, the unlocking operation is performed, and the interface of the application is entered.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the location of the unlocking icon intersecting the location of the application icon comprises:

a contour of the unlocking icon intersecting a contour of the application icon, or the unlocking icon partially overlapping a preset location area of the application icon.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the moving the unlocking icon comprises:

recording in real time a location to which the user drags the unlocking icon, and re-drawing the unlocking icon at location coordinates dragged to by the user.

12. A terminal comprising:

a playing unit configured to play a spreading animation of an application icon;

a display unit configured to display the application icon at a preset location after the spreading animation is played, wherein

a detection unit configured to

detect that a user touches an unlocking icon of the terminal, wherein the unlocking icon is a graphical and interactive user interface object and is used to interact with the user to unlock the terminal;

move the unlocking icon according to a dragging track of the user when it is detected that the user drags the unlocking icon; and

an unlocking unit configured to perform an unlocking operation and enter an interface of an application when a location of the unlocking icon intersects the location of the application icon.

13. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the application icon comprises one or more preset application icons and one or more recently used application icons.

14. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein the playing unit is further configured to:

when the user releases the unlocking icon, play a recovery animation of the application icon.

15. The terminal according to claim 12, further comprising:

a calculation unit configured to obtain its own location coordinates in a physical space and calculate variation values of the coordinates, wherein the playing unit is further configured to play an animation that droplets quiver when a variation value of a coordinate is larger than a preset gravity sensing sensitivity.

16. The terminal according to claim 12, further comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to obtain volume of an input audio, wherein the playing unit is further configured to play the animation that the droplets quiver when the volume of the input audio is larger than a preset blowing sensitivity.

17. The terminal according to claim 12, further comprising:

a separation unit configured to separate the application icon from the unlocking icon.

18. The terminal according to claim 12, wherein when the location of the unlocking icon intersects the location of the application icon, the unlocking unit combines the unlocking icon with the application icon, performs the unlocking operation, and enters the interface of the application.