Screen unlocking method, apparatus, and device

• US 9,520,009 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Issued: 12/13/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Dedong
• Primary Examiner(s): Yacob, Sisay
• Application Number:
  US14/081,004
• Publication Number:
  US 20140145821A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,124 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/33 by means of a password

Abstract

The present invention discloses a screen unlocking method, apparatus, and device, and relates to the field of touch control technologies, which can shorten the unlocking time and improve user experience. The method includes: displaying a screen unlocking interface which includes a password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking area on a screen; receiving an unlocking pattern which includes a password unlocking pattern input through the password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking pattern input through the shortcut unlocking area; determining whether the password unlocking pattern input by the user is consistent with a preset password unlocking pattern; and if the password unlocking pattern input by the user is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern, unlocking the screen to enter a function interface corresponding to the shortcut unlocking pattern. The present invention is applicable to unlocking technologies of touch devices.

Claims

1. A screen unlocking method, comprising:

displaying a screen unlocking interface on a screen, wherein the screen unlocking interface comprises a password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking area;

receiving an unlocking pattern input by a user through the screen unlocking interface, wherein the unlocking pattern comprises a password unlocking pattern input through the password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking pattern input through the shortcut unlocking area, and wherein receiving the unlocking pattern comprises;

receiving the password unlocking pattern input by the user in the password unlocking area; and

receiving the shortcut unlocking pattern input by the user in the shortcut unlocking area;

determining whether the password unlocking pattern is consistent with a preset password unlocking pattern; and

unlocking the screen to enter a function interface when the password unlocking pattern is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern, wherein the function interface that is entered is determined by the shortcut unlocking pattern, and wherein the shortcut unlocking pattern is input in the shortcut unlocking area after the password unlocking pattern is input in the password unlocking area.

2. A screen unlocking method, comprising:

displaying a screen unlocking interface on a screen, wherein the screen unlocking interface comprises a password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking area;

receiving an unlocking pattern input by a user through the screen unlocking interface, wherein the unlocking pattern comprises a password unlocking pattern input through the password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking pattern input through the shortcut unlocking area, and wherein receiving the unlocking pattern comprises;

receiving the shortcut unlocking pattern input by the user in the shortcut unlocking area; and

receiving the password unlocking pattern input by the user in the password unlocking area;

determining whether the password unlocking pattern is consistent with a preset password unlocking pattern; and

unlocking the screen to enter a function interface when the password unlocking pattern is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern, wherein the function interface that is entered is determined by the shortcut unlocking pattern, and wherein the password unlocking pattern is input in the password unlocking area after the shortcut unlocking pattern is input in the shortcut unlocking area.

3. A screen unlocking method, comprising:

displaying a screen unlocking interface on a screen, wherein the screen unlocking interface comprises a password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking area;

receiving an unlocking pattern input by a user through the screen unlocking interface, wherein the unlocking pattern comprises a password unlocking pattern input through the password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking pattern input through the shortcut unlocking area, and wherein receiving the unlocking pattern comprises;

receiving the unlocking pattern input by the user by sliding in the password unlocking area;

detecting, according to the unlocking pattern input, the password unlocking pattern;

receiving the unlocking pattern in the shortcut unlocking area after the user slides away from the password unlocking area; and

detecting, according to the unlocking pattern, the shortcut unlocking pattern input by the user;

determining whether the password unlocking pattern is consistent with a preset password unlocking pattern, wherein determining whether the password unlocking pattern input by the user is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern comprises determining whether the detected password unlocking pattern is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern; and

unlocking the screen to enter a function interface when the password unlocking pattern is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern, wherein the function interface that is entered is determined by the shortcut unlocking pattern, and wherein unlocking the screen to enter the function interface corresponding to the shortcut unlocking pattern comprises unlocking the screen to enter the function interface corresponding to the detected shortcut unlocking pattern.

4. A screen unlocking apparatus, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen unlocking interface on a screen, wherein the screen unlocking interface comprises a password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking area;

a processor coupled to the display and configured to;

receive an unlocking pattern input from a user through the screen unlocking interface displayed by the display, wherein the unlocking pattern comprises a password unlocking pattern input through the password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking pattern input through the shortcut unlocking area, and wherein in being configured to receive the unlocking pattern input from the user, the processor is configured to;

receive the password unlocking pattern input by the user in the password unlocking area; and

receive the shortcut unlocking pattern input by the user in the shortcut unlocking area;

determine whether the password unlocking pattern which is input by the user and received by the receiver is consistent with a preset password unlocking pattern; and

unlock the screen to enter a function interface when the password unlocking pattern input by the user is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern, wherein the function interface that is entered is determined by the shortcut unlocking pattern, arid wherein the shortcut unlocking pattern is input in the shortcut unlocking area after the password unlocking pattern is input in the password unlocking area.

5. A screen unlocking apparatus, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen unlocking interface on a screen, wherein the screen unlocking interface comprises a password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking area;

a processor coupled to the display and configured to;

receive an unlocking pattern input from a user through the screen unlocking interface displayed by the display, wherein the unlocking pattern comprises a password unlocking pattern input through the password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking pattern input through the shortcut unlocking area, and wherein in being configured to receive the unlocking pattern input from the user, the processor is configured to receive the shortcut unlocking pattern input by the user in the shortcut unlocking area; and

receive the password unlocking pattern input by the user in the password unlocking area, wherein the password unlocking pattern is input in the password unlocking area after the shortcut unlocking pattern is input in the shortcut unlocking area;

determine whether the password unlocking pattern which is input by the user and received by the receiver is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern; and

unlock the screen to enter a function interface when the password unlocking pattern input by the user is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern, wherein the function interface that is entered is determined by the shortcut unlocking pattern.

6. A screen unlocking apparatus, comprising:

a display configured to display a screen unlocking interface on a screen, wherein the screen unlocking interface comprises a password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking area;

a processor coupled to the display and configured to;

receive an unlocking pattern input from a user through the screen unlocking interface displayed by the display, wherein the unlocking pattern comprises a password unlocking pattern input through the password unlocking area and a shortcut unlocking pattern input through the shortcut unlocking area, and wherein in being configured to receive the unlocking pattern input from the user, the processor is configured to;

receive the unlocking pattern input by the user by sliding in the password unlocking area;

detect, according to the unlocking pattern, the password unlocking pattern;

receive the unlocking pattern in the shortcut unlocking area after the user slides away from the password unlocking area; and

detect, according to the unlocking pattern input, the shortcut unlocking pattern input by the user;

determine whether the password unlocking pattern which is input by the user and received by the receiver is consistent with a preset password unlocking pattern, wherein in being configured to determine whether the password unlocking pattern which is input by the user and received by the receiver is consistent with a preset password unlocking pattern, the processor is configured to determine whether the password unlocking pattern is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern; and

unlock the screen to enter a function interface when the password unlocking pattern input by the user is consistent with the preset password unlocking pattern, wherein the function interface that is entered is determined by the shortcut unlocking pattern, and wherein, in being configured to unlock the screen, the processor is configured to unlock the screen to enter the function interface corresponding to the shortcut unlocking pattern.