Unlocking a device through user performed gesture

• US 9,357,056 B2
• Filed: 07/25/2012
• Issued: 05/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Fuchigami, Takayoshi, Hashimoto, Sunao
• Primary Examiner(s): To, Jennifer
• Assistant Examiner(s): Repsher, III, John
• Application Number:
  US13/558,199
• Publication Number:
  US 20130029731A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,406 Days
• Field of Search: 715/864, 715/863, 455/411
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724631 by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons

Abstract

There are provided a portable device, and a control program and a control method of the portable device. The portable device includes a display unit, an input unit configured to detect an input to the display unit, and a control unit configured to set and cancel a limit function of limiting an input by the input unit. The control unit is configured to display two or more objects on the display unit and to cancel the limit function when two of the displayed objects are matched with each other.

Claims

1. A portable device comprising:

a display unit;

an input unit configured to detect an input to the display unit; and

a control unit configured to set and cancel a limit function of limiting an input by the input unit, wherein the control unit is configured to;

display three or more objects on the display unit including a first object and a plurality of second objects;

change an outline of the first object based on an output from the input unit to create a changed first object, wherein both the first and at least one of the second objects are displayed before an output from the input unit to create the changed first object is received;

move and rotate at least the first object of the three or more objects based on an output from the input unit; and

cancel the limit function when an outline of the changed first object and one of the second objects are overlaid and matched with each other by size and when sides of only two of the three or more objects, the sides of which configure a pair or have a same shape, are matched with each other as a result of moving and rotating at least the first object;

wherein the first object and a second object are initially displayed to overlap one another but are not matched.

2. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to display three or more objects on the display unit, to cancel the limit function when two of the displayed objects are matched with each other, and to execute a different application software in accordance with the matched objects.

3. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to display three or more objects on the display unit, to cancel the limit function when two of the displayed objects are matched with each other, and to display a different screen in accordance with the matched objects.

4. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to change sizes of the displayed objects based on an output from the input unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to cancel the limit function when the sizes of two of the objects are matched with each other.

5. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to move a displayed object based on an output from the input unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to cancel the limit function when sides of two of the objects, the sides of which configure a pair, are matched with each other.

6. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the control wherein the control unit is configured to move a displayed object based on an output from the input unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to cancel the limit function when sides of two of the objects, the sides of which have a same shape, are matched with each other.

7. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to rotate a displayed object based on an output from the input unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to cancel the limit function when sides of two of the objects, the sides of which configure a pair, are matched with each other.

8. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to rotate a displayed object based on an output from the input unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to cancel the limit function when sides of two of the objects, the sides of which have a same shape, are matched with each other.

15. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to

change the size of the first object based on an output from the input unit to create a resized first object;

and

cancel the limit function when the resized first object and the second object are overlaid and matched with each other by size.

16. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to cancel the limit function when the outline of the changed first object, which is caused by an output based on a single (continuous) touch input, and the second object are overlaid and matched with each other by size.

18. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein the limit function is canceled when two objects among more than three objects being displayed are matched.

19. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein objects having different outlines are displayed for each application, and when an outline of a particular object is matched with one of other objects, the application corresponding to the matched object is activated.

9. A portable device comprising:

a display unit;

an input unit configured to detect an input to the display unit; and

a control unit configured to set and cancel a limit function of limiting an input by the input unit, wherein the control unit is configured to display three or more objects on the display unit including a first object and a plurality of second objects, and to cause any of a plurality of applications to be selectable when two of the three or more displayed objects are matched with each other, and wherein when one of the applications is selected, the control unit is configured to;

change an outline of the first object based on an output from the input unit to create a changed first object, wherein both the first and at least one of the second objects are displayed before an output from the input unit to create the changed first object is received;

move and rotate at least the first object of the three or more objects based on an output from the input unit; and

cancel the limit function when an outline of the changed first object and the second object are overlaid and matched with each other by size and when sides of only two of the three or more objects, the sides of which configure a pair or have a same shape, are matched with each other as a result of moving and rotating at least the first object;

wherein the first object and a second object are initially displayed to overlap one another but are not matched.

10. The portable device according to claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to change sizes of the displayed objects based on an output from the input unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to cancel the limit function when the sizes of two of the objects are matched with each other.

11. The portable device according to claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to move a displayed object based on an output from the input unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to cancel the limit function when sides of two of the objects, the sides of which configure a pair, are matched with each other.

12. The portable device according to claim 9, wherein the control unit is configured to rotate a displayed object based on an output from the input unit, and wherein the control unit is configured to cancel the limit function when sides of two of the objects, the sides of which configure a pair, are matched with each other.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a control program stored thereon and readable by a controller of a portable device which includes a display unit and an input unit configured to detect an input to the display unit, the program, when executed by the controller, causing the controller to perform operations comprising:

setting a limit function of limiting an input by the input unit;

displaying three or more objects on the display unit including a first object and a plurality of second objects;

changing an outline of the first object based on an output from the input unit to create a changed first object, wherein both the first and at least one of the second objects are displayed before an output from the input unit to create the changed first object is received;

moving and rotating at least the first object of the three or more objects based on an output from the input unit; and

canceling the limit function when an outline of the changed first object and one of the second objects are overlaid and matched with each other by size and when sides of only two of the three or more objects, the sides of which configure a pair or have a same shape, are matched with each other as a result of moving and rotating at least the first object;

wherein the first object and a second object are initially displayed to overlap one another but are not matched.

14. A control method of a portable device which includes a display unit and an input unit configured to detect an input to the display unit, the method comprising:

setting a limit function of limiting an input by the input unit;

displaying three or more objects on the display unit including a first object and a plurality of second objects;

changing an outline of the first object based on an output from the input unit to create a changed first object, wherein both the first and at least one of the second objects are displayed before an output from the input unit to create the changed first object is received;

move and rotate at least the first object of the three or more objects based on an output from the input unit; and

canceling the limit function when an outline of the changed first object and the second object are overlaid and matched with each other by size and when sides of only two of the three or more objects, the sides of which configure a pair or have a same shape, are matched with each other as a result of moving and rotating at least the first object;

wherein the first object and a second object are initially displayed to overlap one another but are not matched.

17. A portable device comprising:

a display unit;

an input unit configured to detect an input to the display unit; and

a control unit configured to set and cancel a limit function of limiting an input by the input unit, wherein the control unit is configured to;

display three or more objects on the display unit including a first object and a plurality of second objects, each of the second objects having a predetermined shape and corresponding to an application, respectively;

change a shape of the first object based on an output from the input unit to create a changed first object, wherein both the first and at least one of the second objects are displayed before an output from the input unit to create the changed first object is received;

move and rotate at least the first object of the three or more objects based on an output from the input unit; and

when the shape of the changed first object and a predetermined shape of one of the second objects are overlaid and matched with each other, cancel the limit function and execute an application corresponding to the one of the second objects

and when sides of only two of the three or more objects, the sides of which configure a pair or have a same shape, are matched with each other as a result of moving and/or rotating at least the first object;

wherein the first object and a second object are initially displayed to overlap one another but are not matched.