METHODS OF RHYTHM TOUCH UNLOCK AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE

• US 20130314336A1
• Filed: 11/05/2012
• Published: 11/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Wistron Corporation
• Inventors: Ting, Tung-Sheng
• Application Number:
  US13/668,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20130314336A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus

Abstract

An operating method of rhythm touch unlock is disclosed in the present invention. The operating method includes starting a rhythm touch unlock function, reading a touch signal stream, analyzing each signal event of the touch signal stream, reading a predetermined parameter from a database, comparing the touch signal stream to the predetermined parameter, and executing a corresponding operation according to a comparison.

Claims

1. An operating method of utilizing rhythm click to unlock a touch panel, the operating method comprising:

starting a rhythm touch unlock function;

reading a touch signal stream;

analyzing a touching area and a touching period of each signal event of the touch signal stream on the touch panel;

reading a predetermined parameter from a database;

comparing the touching area and the touching period of the signal event of the touch signal stream to the predetermined parameter; and

executing a corresponding operation according to a comparison.

2. The operating method of claim 1, wherein executing the corresponding operation according to the comparison comprises:

executing an unlock program when the touch signal stream corresponds to the predetermined parameter.

3. The operating method of claim 1, wherein executing the corresponding operation according to the comparison comprises:

displaying a prompting message on the touch panel when the touch signal stream does not correspond to the predetermined parameter.

4. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

waiting a predetermined period after the touch signal stream is read; and

analyzing each signal event of the touch signal stream after the predetermined period.

5. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

counting a detecting period; and

reading the touch signal stream during the detecting period.

6. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the touch panel comprises a plurality of touching areas, an initial position and a final position of each signal event are respectively located at the same touching area or at different touching areas of the touch panel.

7. The operating method of claim 1, further comprising:

analyzing generating time of the signal events of the touch signal stream; and

determining the signal events are simultaneously generated on the corresponding touching areas when difference of the generating time between the adjacent signal events is substantially smaller than a threshold value.

8. The operating method of claim 1, wherein the signal event is generated by a single touch method or a multiple touch method, and the touch signal stream is composed of the signal events.

9. A setting method of utilizing rhythm click to unlock a touch panel, the setting method comprising:

starting a setting program of a rhythm touch unlock function;

reading and recording a touch signal stream;

reading and recording another touch signal stream;

comparing touching areas and touching periods of each signal event of the two touch signal streams; and

executing a corresponding operation according to a comparison.

10. The setting method of claim 9, wherein executing the corresponding operation according to the comparison:

setting the touch signal stream as an unlock code when the two touch signal streams corresponds to each other.

11. The setting method of claim 9, wherein executing the corresponding operation according to the comparison:

displaying a prompting message to ask an input of the touch signal stream when the two touch signal streams do not correspond to each other.

12. The setting method of claim 9, further comprising:

waiting a predetermined period after the touch signal stream is read; and

recording the touch signal stream after the predetermined period.

13. The setting method of claim 9, wherein the touch panel comprises a plurality of touching areas, an initial position and a final position of each signal event are respectively located at the same touching area or at different touching areas of the touch panel.

14. The setting method of claim 9, further comprising:

analyzing generating time of the signal events of the touch signal stream; and

determining the signal events are simultaneously generated on the corresponding touching areas when difference of the generating time between the adjacent signal events is substantially smaller than a threshold value.

15. The setting method of claim 9, wherein the signal event is generated by a single touch method or a multiple touch method, and the touch signal stream is composed of the signal events.

16. An electronic device comprising:

a touch panel, the touch panel comprising a plurality of touching areas;

a memory, the memory comprising a database, a predetermined parameter being stored inside the database; and

a controller electrically connected to the touch panel and the memory, the controller reading a touch signal stream from the touch panel, analyzing a touching area and a touching period of each signal event of the touch signal stream on the touch panel, comparing the signal event to the predetermined parameter, and executing an unlock program of the touch panel or displaying a prompting message on the touch panel according to a comparison.

17. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the controller further reads two separate touch signal streams via the touch panel during setting, compares touching areas and touching periods of each signal event of the two touch signal streams, and sets an unlock code to be stored into the database or displaying a prompting message on the touch panel according to the comparison.

18. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the controller comprises a timer, the controller utilizes the timer to wait a predetermined period, so as to analyze or to record each signal event of the touch signal stream after the touch signal stream is read, the controller further utilizes the timer to count a detecting period, and the controller reads the touch signal stream during the detecting period.

19. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein an initial position and a final position of each signal event are respectively located at the same touching area or at different touching areas of the touch panel.

20. The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the signal event is generated by a single touch method or a multiple touch method, the touch signal stream is composed of the signal events, and the controller further determines the signal events are simultaneously generated on the corresponding touching areas when difference of the generating time between the adjacent signal events is substantially smaller than a threshold value.