Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image

• US 10,754,538 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2018
• Issued: 08/25/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Chaudhri, Imran, Ording, Bas, Anzures, Freddy Allen, Van Os, Marcel, Forstall, Scott, Christie, Greg
• Primary Examiner(s): Xiao, Di
• Application Number:
  US16/132,213
• Publication Number:
  US 20190026003A1
• Time in Patent Office: 711 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/36 by graphic or iconic representation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• 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: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041

Abstract

A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture.

Claims

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a touch-sensitive display;

one or more processors; and

memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for;

displaying one or more visual cues on the touch-sensitive display while the electronic device is in a first state, the one or more visual cues indicating a predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive display that transitions the electronic device from the first state to a second state when performed;

detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive display while the electronic device is in the first state;

detecting movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting the movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display, continuously modifying an unlock image on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with the movement of the contact;

determining if the detected movement of the contact corresponds to the predefined gesture;

in accordance with a determination that the detected movement of the contact corresponds to the predefined gesture, transitioning the electronic device to the second state; and

in accordance with a determination that the detected movement of the contact does not correspond to the predefined gesture, maintaining the electronic device in the first state.

2. The electronic device of claim 1, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while the electronic device is in the first state, preventing the electronic device from performing a predefined set of actions in response to detecting any contact with the touch-sensitive display that does not correspond to the predefined gesture.

3. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the one or more visual cues include an animation related to the predefined gesture.

4. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein determining if the detected movement of the contact corresponds to the predefined gesture is performed in response to detecting an end of the contact on the touch-sensitive display.

5. The electronic device of claim 4, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

prior to detecting movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display, displaying the unlock image in an unmodified state on the touch-sensitive display; and

in accordance with the determination that the detected movement of the contact does not correspond to the predefined gesture, modifying the unlock image back to the unmodified state.

6. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein:

the predefined gesture comprises movement of a point of contact from a first location on the touch-sensitive display to a second location on the touch-sensitive display; and

continuously modifying the unlock image on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with movement of the contact visually indicates progress of the movement towards the second location.

7. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the first state is a user-interface lock state.

8. The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second state is a user-interface unlock state.

9. A method, comprising:

at an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display;

displaying one or more visual cues on the touch-sensitive display while the electronic device is in a first state, the one or more visual cues indicating a predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive display that transitions the electronic device from the first state to a second state when performed;

detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive display while the electronic device is in the first state;

detecting movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting the movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display, continuously modifying an unlock image on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with the movement of the contact;

determining if the detected movement of the contact corresponds to the predefined gesture;

in accordance with a determination that the detected movement of the contact corresponds to the predefined gesture, transitioning the electronic device to the second state; and

in accordance with a determination that the detected movement of the contact does not correspond to the predefined gesture, maintaining the electronic device in the first state.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

while the electronic device is in the first state, preventing the electronic device from performing a predefined set of actions in response to detecting any contact with the touch-sensitive display that does not correspond to the predefined gesture.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the one or more visual cues include an animation related to the predefined gesture.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein determining if the detected movement of the contact corresponds to the predefined gesture is performed in response to detecting an end of the contact on the touch-sensitive display.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

prior to detecting movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display, displaying the unlock image in an unmodified state on the touch-sensitive display; and

in accordance with the determination that the detected movement of the contact does not correspond to the predefined gesture, modifying the unlock image back to the unmodified state.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the predefined gesture comprises movement of a point of contact from a first location on the touch-sensitive display to a second location on the touch-sensitive display; and

continuously modifying the unlock image on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with movement of the contact visually indicates progress of the movement towards the second location.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the first state is a user-interface lock state.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein the second state is a user-interface unlock state.

17. An non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including instructions for:

displaying one or more visual cues on the touch-sensitive display while the electronic device is in a first state, the one or more visual cues indicating a predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive display that transitions the electronic device from the first state to a second state when performed;

detecting a contact on the touch-sensitive display while the electronic device is in the first state;

detecting movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display;

in response to detecting the movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display, continuously modifying an unlock image on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with the movement of the contact;

determining if the detected movement of the contact corresponds to the predefined gesture;

in accordance with a determination that the detected movement of the contact corresponds to the predefined gesture, transitioning the electronic device to the second state; and

in accordance with a determination that the detected movement of the contact does not correspond to the predefined gesture, maintaining the electronic device in the first state.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

while the electronic device is in the first state, preventing the electronic device from performing a predefined set of actions in response to detecting any contact with the touch-sensitive display that does not correspond to the predefined gesture.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the one or more visual cues include an animation related to the predefined gesture.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein determining if the detected movement of the contact corresponds to the predefined gesture is performed in response to detecting an end of the contact on the touch-sensitive display.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, the one or more programs further including instructions for:

prior to detecting movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display, displaying the unlock image in an unmodified state on the touch-sensitive display; and

in accordance with the determination that the detected movement of the contact does not correspond to the predefined gesture, modifying the unlock image back to the unmodified state.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein:

the predefined gesture comprises movement of a point of contact from a first location on the touch-sensitive display to a second location on the touch-sensitive display; and

continuously modifying the unlock image on the touch-sensitive display in accordance with movement of the contact visually indicates progress of the movement towards the second location.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the first state is a user-interface lock state.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the second state is a user-interface unlock state.