Apparatus and method for unlocking a locking mode of portable terminal
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1. A method of unlocking a locking mode of a portable terminal having a touchscreen, the method comprising:
- displaying a lock screen while the locking mode is active, and detecting, on any surface of a predetermined area of the touchscreen, a gesture in a form of a shape or pattern and displaying a trace of the gesture on the lock screen as the gesture is executed;
determining by a controller whether the detected gesture matches any of a plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns comprising alphanumeric characters; and
when the detected gesture matches one of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns, unlocking the locking mode by the controller and executing at least two of a plurality of predetermined executable specific functions mapped to the one of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns, wherein each of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns is mapped to a set of the plurality of predetermined executable functions;
wherein, the priority of execution of each function of the set of functions is determined according to a user'"'"'s setting and a predefined setting of the portable terminal.
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Abstract
A method of unlocking a locking mode of a portable terminal, which includes sensing a user'"'"'s gesture input which is set in a locking mode of the portable terminal. The locking mode is unlocked in response to the user'"'"'s gesture input, and a function mapped to the user'"'"'s gesture can be executed when unlocking the locking mode. A portable terminal compares gestures among predefined sets of gesture information in order to check whether there is a gesture that coincides with the analyzed gesture.
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1. A method of unlocking a locking mode of a portable terminal having a touchscreen, the method comprising:
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displaying a lock screen while the locking mode is active, and detecting, on any surface of a predetermined area of the touchscreen, a gesture in a form of a shape or pattern and displaying a trace of the gesture on the lock screen as the gesture is executed; determining by a controller whether the detected gesture matches any of a plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns comprising alphanumeric characters; and when the detected gesture matches one of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns, unlocking the locking mode by the controller and executing at least two of a plurality of predetermined executable specific functions mapped to the one of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns, wherein each of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns is mapped to a set of the plurality of predetermined executable functions; wherein, the priority of execution of each function of the set of functions is determined according to a user'"'"'s setting and a predefined setting of the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of unlocking a locking mode of a portable terminal having a touchscreen, the method comprising:
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displaying a lock screen while the locking mode is active, and detecting, on any surface of a predetermined area of the touchscreen, gesture in a form of a shape or pattern and displaying a trace of the gesture on the lock screen as the gesture is executed; determining by a controller whether the detected gesture matches any of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns comprising alphanumeric characters; when the detected gesture matches one of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns, unlocking the locking mode; and executing at least two of a plurality of predetermined executable specific functions mapped to the one of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns, wherein each of the plurality of predetermined shapes or patterns is mapped to a set of the plurality of predetermined executable specific functions; wherein, the priority of execution of each function of the set of functions is determined according to a user'"'"'s setting and a predefined setting of the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A portable terminal comprising:
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a display unit having a touchscreen; a storage unit for storing a plurality of shapes or patterns comprising alphanumeric characters, each of the plurality of shapes or patterns being mapped to a set of a plurality of executable specific functions; and a controller for; displaying a lock screen while a locking mode of the portable terminal is active, and sensing, on any surface of a predetermined area of the touchscreen, a gesture in a form of a shape or pattern and displaying a trace of the gesture on the lock screen as the gesture is executed; determining whether the sensed gesture matches any of the plurality of shapes or patterns; and when the sensed gesture matches one of the plurality of shapes or patterns, unlocking the locking mode by the controller and executing at least two of the plurality of executable specific functions mapped to the one of the plurality of shapes or patterns, wherein, the priority of execution of each function of the set of functions is determined according to a user'"'"'s setting and a predefined setting of the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A portable terminal comprising:
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a display unit having a touchscreen; and a processor configured to; control the display unit to display a lock screen while a locking mode is active and receive, via the touchscreen, a touch handwriting gesture on a user interface screen of the locking mode, obtain moving path information associated with the touch handwriting gesture, display a trace of the touch handwriting gesture on the lock screen via the user interface screen of the locking mode as the touch handwriting gesture is received, the displayed trace representing the obtained moving path information associated with the touch gesture, determine whether the received touch handwriting gesture matches one of a plurality of alphanumeric characters, each of the plurality of alphanumeric characters being mapped to a set of a plurality of executable functions, and when the received touch handwriting gesture matches one of the plurality of alphanumeric characters, changing from the user interface screen with the displayed touch gesture trace to a screen executing at least two of the plurality of executable functions mapped to the one of the plurality of alphanumeric characters, wherein, the priority of execution of each function of the set of functions is determined according to a user'"'"'s setting and a predefined setting of the portable terminal.
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