Method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to the electrocardiogram and system thereof

• US 9,699,596 B2
• Filed: 05/30/2014
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Columbia Peak Ventures, LLC (Dominion Harbor Enterprises, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Company Limited (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Hu, Binghui, Zhang, Jie
• Primary Examiner(s): Trandai, Cindy
• Application Number:
  US14/786,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20160044445A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/20 Master-slave selection or change arrangements

Abstract

A method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to the electrocardiogram and a system thereof are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps of: A. when a paired controlled device is found by a wearable device, determining by the wearable device whether the controlled device and the wearable device are in a short-distance state or a long-distance state therebetween; B. if the controlled device and the wearable device are in the short-distance state therebetween, then activating the short-distance communication by the wearable device to obtain the user'"'"'s electrocardiogram and to wirelessly transmit the electrocardiogram to the paired controlled device; and C. determining by the paired controlled device whether the received electrocardiogram matches a template electrocardiogram stored in the paired controlled device, wherein if the received electrocardiogram matches the template electrocardiogram, then the controlled device is unlocked automatically.

Claims

1. A method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram, comprising the following steps of:

A. when a paired controlled device is found by a wearable device, determining by the wearable device whether the controlled device and the wearable device are in a short-distance state or a long-distance state therebetween;

B. if the controlled device and the wearable device are in the short-distance state therebetween, then activating a short-distance communication by the wearable device to obtain an electrocardiogram of the user of the wearable device and to wirelessly transmit the electrocardiogram to the paired controlled device; and

C. determining by the paired controlled device whether the received electrocardiogram matches a template electrocardiogram stored in the paired controlled device, wherein if the received electrocardiogram matches the template electrocardiogram, then the controlled device is unlocked automatically;

wherein the step A specifically comprises;

A1. transmitting a low-frequency signal by the wearable device to, within a first preset time period, search for whether the controlled device is within a first preset range, wherein if yes, then it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable are in the short-distance state, and otherwise, it proceeds to a following step A2; and

A2. transmitting a high-frequency signal by the wearable device to, within a second preset time period, search for whether the controlled device is within a second preset range, wherein if yes, then it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device is in the long-distance state and it returns back to the step A1 immediately; and

otherwise, it returns back to the step A1 after expiration of the second preset time period;

wherein the first preset range is smaller than the second preset range, and the first preset time period is smaller than the second preset time period.

2. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 1, further comprising the following step before the step A:

A0. initially pairing the wearable device and the controlled device with each other, identifying identity (ID) information of each other, and encrypting and saving the identity information of each other; and

saving an initial electrocardiogram of the user transmitted by the wearable device and labeling the initial electrocardiogram as the template electrocardiogram by the controlled device.

3. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 2, wherein during later searching processes after initially pairing the wearable device and the controlled device with each other, the wearable device automatically screens out the controlled device that has been successfully paired and shields other devices.

4. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 1, wherein in the step A, the Bluetooth is adopted to search for whether the paired controlled device is within a first preset range, which specifically comprises:

searching for whether a Bluetooth sensor of the paired controlled device is within the first preset range by a Bluetooth module of the wearable device;

wherein if yes, then it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device are in the short-distance state, and otherwise, it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device are in the long-distance state.

5. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 1, wherein in the step A, the Near Field Communication (NFC) is adopted to search for whether the paired controlled device is within a preset range, which specifically comprises:

if an NFC sensor of the paired controlled device is detected by an NFC module of the wearable device, then it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device are in the short-distance state, and otherwise, it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device are in the long-distance state.

6. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 1, wherein the step C further comprises:

if the received electrocardiogram does not match the preset template electrocardiogram, then a manual unlocking mode of the controlled device is activated.

7. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 1, wherein the first preset time period is 2 seconds, the first preset range is 0.2 meter to 1 meter, or within 1 meter;

the second present time period is 5 seconds, and the second preset range is less than 10 meters and greater than 1 meter.

8. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 1, wherein the Bluetooth module of the wearable device uses the low-frequency signal and the high-frequency signal alternately to search.

9. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 1, wherein the wearable device is a heart-rate wristband.

10. A method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram, comprising the following steps of:

A0. initially pairing a wearable device and a controlled device with each other, identifying identity (ID) information of each other and encrypting and saving the identity information of each other; and

saving an initial electrocardiogram of the user transmitted by the wearable device and labeling the initial electrocardiogram as the template electrocardiogram by the controlled device;

wherein during later searching processes after initially pairing the wearable device and the controlled device with each other, the wearable device automatically screens out the controlled device that has been successfully paired and shields other devices;

A. when the paired controlled device is found by the wearable device, determining by the wearable device whether the controlled device and the wearable device are in a short-distance state or a long-distance state therebetween;

B. if the controlled device and the wearable device are in the short-distance state therebetween, then activating a short-distance communication by the wearable device to obtain an electrocardiogram of the user of the wearable device and to wirelessly transmit the electrocardiogram to the paired controlled device; and

C. determining by the paired controlled device whether the received electrocardiogram matches the template electrocardiogram stored in the paired controlled device, wherein if the received electrocardiogram matches the template electrocardiogram, then the controlled device is unlocked automatically;

wherein the step C further comprises;

if the received electrocardiogram does not match the preset template electrocardiogram, then a manual unlocking mode of the controlled device is activated;

wherein the step A specifically comprises;

A1. transmitting a low-frequency signal by the wearable device to, within a first preset time period, search for whether the controlled device is within a first preset range, wherein if yes, then it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable are in the short-distance state, and otherwise, it proceeds to a following step A2; and

A2. transmitting a high-frequency signal by the wearable device to, within a second preset time period, search for whether the controlled device is within a second preset range, wherein if yes, then it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device is in the long-distance state and it returns back to the step A1 immediately; and

otherwise, it returns back to the step A1 after expiration of the second preset time period;

wherein the first preset range is smaller than the second preset range, and the first preset time period is smaller than the second preset time period.

11. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 10, wherein in the step A, the Bluetooth is adopted to search for whether the paired controlled device is within a first preset range, which specifically comprises:

searching for whether a Bluetooth sensor of the paired controlled device is within the first preset range by a Bluetooth module of the wearable device;

wherein if yes, then it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device are in the short-distance state, and otherwise, it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device are in the long-distance state.

12. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 10, wherein in the step A, the Near Field Communication (NFC) is adopted to search for whether the paired controlled device is within a preset range, which specifically comprises:

if an NFC sensor of the paired controlled device is detected by an NFC module of the wearable device, then it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device are in the short-distance state, and otherwise, it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device are in the long-distance state.

13. The method for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram of claim 10, wherein the first preset time period is 2 seconds;

the first preset range is 0.2 meter to 1 meter, or within 1 meter;

the second preset time period is 5 seconds; and

the second preset range is less than 10 meters and greater than 1 meter.

14. A system for achieving short-distance unlocking according to an electrocardiogram, comprising a wearable device and a controlled device,

wherein the wearable device comprises:

a connection controlling module, being configured to determine, when a paired controlled device is found, whether the controlled device and the wearable device are in a short-distance state or a long-distance state therebetween; and

to activate a short-distance communication and wirelessly transmit an electrocardiogram to the paired controlled device if the controlled device and the wearable device are in the short-distance state, wherein the connection controlling module is further configured to perform following steps which comprises;

A1. transmitting a low-frequency signal by the wearable device to, within a first preset time period, search for whether the controlled device is within a first preset range, wherein if yes, then it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable are in the short-distance state, and otherwise, it proceeds to a following step A2; and

A2. transmitting a high-frequency signal by the wearable device to, within a second preset time period, search for whether the controlled device is within a second preset range, wherein if yes, then it is identified that the controlled device and the wearable device is in the long-distance state and it returns back to the step A1 immediately; and

otherwise, it returns back to the step A1 after expiration of the second preset time period;

wherein the first preset range is smaller than the second preset range, and the first preset time period is smaller than the second preset time period; and

an electrocardiogram module, being configured to obtain an electrocardiogram of the user of the wearable device if the controlled device and the wearable device are in the short-distance state;

and the controlled device comprises;

a communication module, being configured to receive and transmit the electrocardiogram transmitted by the connection controlling module;

a data processing module, being configured to determine whether the electrocardiogram transmitted by the communication module matches a template electrocardiogram; and

an unlocking controlling module, being configured to accomplish automatic unlocking if the received electrocardiogram matches the template electrocardiogram;

 

wherein the connection controlling module is connected with the electrocardiogram module, and is wirelessly connected with the communication module, and the communication module, the data processing module and the unlocking controlling module are connected together in sequence.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein:

the wearable device further comprises;

an identity matching module, being configured to, when the wearable device and the controlled device initially pair with each other, identify the identity information of the controlled device transmitted by the connection controlling module and encrypt and save the identity information; and

the controlled device further comprises;

an identity verification module, being configured to, when the wearable device and the controlled device initially pair with each other, identify the identity information of the wearable device transmitted by the communication module and encrypt and save the identity information;

the data processing module is further configured to save an initial electrocardiogram of the user transmitted by the wearable device and label the initial electrocardiogram as the template electrocardiogram; and

the identity matching module is connected with the connection controlling module, and the identity verification module and a storage are both connected with the communication module.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the connection controlling module of the wearable device is a Bluetooth module, and the communication module of the controlled device is a Bluetooth sensor.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the connection controlling module of the wearable device is an NFC unit, and the communication module of the controlled device is an NFC sensor.