IP Library Granted Patent US 8,718,608
Granted Patent B2
US 8,718,608 · App. 13/574,423 · Granted May 6, 2014

Apparatus and method for unlocking mobile phone

Inventor: Luo Ding (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W12/00H04W12/06H04W12/08
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Patent No.
US 8,718,608
App. No.
13/574,423
Granted
May 6, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for unlocking a mobile phone. Both the apparatus and the method support the specific operations of a sensing component module, a judgment module and an unlocking performing module; wherein the sensing component module is configured to recording the time at which a user touches a first sensing component and a second sensing component, and transmitting the time to the judgment module; the judgment module is configured to judging whether an unlocking condition is satisfied according to the time at which the user touches a first sensing component and a second sensing component, and if yes, notifying the unlocking performing module to perform unlocking, if not, continuing being locked. The apparatus and method in the disclosure can reduce the probability of unlocking misoperations, and are convenient and rapid.

Claims (84)

1. A mobile phone comprising a first sensing component, a second sensing component, a sensing component module, a judgement module and an unlocking performing module, wherein

the sensing component module is configured to record the time at which a user touches the first sensing component and the second sensing component, and send recorded time to the judgement module; and

the judgement module is configured to judge whether an unlocking condition is satisfied according to the time at which the user touches the first sensing component and the second sensing component; if yes, notify the unlocking performing module to perform unlocking, if not, maintain locking,

wherein the unlocking condition in the judgement module is as follows: the time at which the user touches the first sensing component and the second sensing component is recorded as t 1 and t 2 ; if T min<|t 1 -t 2 |<T max, the unlocking condition is satisfied;

otherwise, the unlocking condition is unsatisfied;

wherein the judgement module further comprises a correction unit, configured to record time interval t i of each successful unlocking time, and calculate an expected time t e and a standard difference t d of the time differences of former N-time after the N th unlocking is finished, wherein

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and, reassign a value to the T min and T max by adding t.sub.e and t.sub.d with one pre-set error constant t c , wherein T min=t e −t d−t c ; and T max=t e +t d +t c .

2. The mobile phone according to claim 1 , wherein

the mobile phone further comprises a third to a N th sensing components,

the sensing component module, is further configured to record if the third to the N th sensing components are sensed, and send a result to the judgement module, wherein N is an integer greater than 2; and

the judgement module, is further configured to judge that the unlocking condition is satisfied according to the time at which the user touches the first sensing component and the second sensing component, and notify the unlocking module to perform unlocking when the third to the N th sensing components are sensed.

3. The mobile phone according to claim 1 , wherein the first or the second sensing component is arranged on a touch screen of the mobile phone or arranged in a slot or an unlocking slot at the front, back and side of the mobile phone.

4. A method for unlocking a mobile phone, comprising the following steps:

recording the time at which a user touches a first sensing component and a second sensing component; and

judging whether an unlocking condition is satisfied according to the time at which the user touches the first sensing component and the second sensing component, and if yes, performing unlocking; if not, maintaining locking,

wherein the unlocking condition is as follows: the time at which the user touches the first sensing component and the second sensing component is recorded as t 1 and t 2 ; if T min<|t 1 -t 2 |<T max, the unlocking condition is satisfied; otherwise, the unlocking condition is unsatisfied;

wherein the method for unlocking a mobile phone further comprises a correction step:

recording time interval t i of each successful unlocking time; and calculating an expected time t e and a standard difference t d of the time differences of former N-time after the N th unlocking is finished,

t

e

=

N

i

=

0

t

i

;

t

d

=

N

i

=

0

(

t

i

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2

;

and, reassigning a value to the T min and T max by adding t.sub.e and t.sub.d with one pre-set error constant t c , wherein T min=t e −t d −t c ; and T max=t e +t d +t c .

5. The method for unlocking the mobile phone according to claim 4 , before the judgement, the method further comprising the following steps:

recording if a third to a N th sensing component are sensed; and notifying, when judging that the unlocking condition is satisfied according to the time at which the user touches the first sensing component and the second sensing component, and when the third to the N th sensing component are sensed, the unlocking performing module to perform unlocking, wherein N is an integer greater than 2.

6. The method for unlocking the mobile phone according to claim 4 , wherein the first or the second sensing component is arranged on a touch screen of the mobile phone or arranged in a slot or an unlocking slot at the front, back and side of the mobile phone.

7. The mobile phone according to claim 2 , wherein the first to the N th sensing components each is arranged on a touch screen of the mobile phone or arranged in a slot or an unlocking slot at the front, back and side of the mobile phone.

8. The method for unlocking the mobile phone according to claim 5 , wherein the first to the N th sensing components each is arranged on a touch screen of the mobile phone or arranged in a slot or an unlocking slot at the front, back and side of the mobile phone.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2012
From: DING, LUO
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028824/0830 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2010 1 0197917 · Jun 11, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120289201A1 · Nov 15, 2012