KR20100081721A - Electronic device with touch screen and operating method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an electronic device having a touch screen and a method of operating the same.

An electronic device having a touch screen according to the present invention includes a touch screen, a menu providing unit for providing a secret touch registration screen to a touch screen according to a secret touch registration request for setting a lock, and a plurality of touches on a secret touch registration screen. When input, the touch recognition module detects one or more first touch points corresponding to each touch, and a controller configured to register each first touch point as a secret touch.

Description

ELECTRICAL DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND OPERATION METHOD {ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to an electronic device having a touch screen and a method of operating the same, and more particularly, to an electronic device having a touch screen capable of setting and releasing a lock using a touch and a method of operating the same.

As communication technology has developed, most people have provided electronic devices such as mobile communication terminals or computers.

Meanwhile, in recent years, electronic devices have been provided with a touch module, so that a user can operate an electronic device by touching a menu displayed on a touch screen using an object such as a hand or a pen.

As more and more users use such electronic devices, they set locks on the electronic devices so that their personal information or important information cannot be seen by others.

In general, a lock is set and released by registering a password, which usually consists of four numbers.

However, such a combination of numbers is required these days, a technique that can utilize the characteristics of individual users in a more uniform and static way that individual personality is important.

Thus, an object of the present invention for solving the above problems, a plurality of touch input simultaneously or consecutively with a password for setting the lock having a touch screen that can set or unlock the lock An electronic device and its method of operation are provided.

Accordingly, the electronic device having a touch screen according to the present invention includes a touch screen; A menu providing unit providing a secret touch registration screen to the touch screen in response to a secret touch registration request for setting a lock; A touch recognition module configured to detect one or more first touch points corresponding to each touch when a plurality of touches are input to the secret touch registration screen; And a controller that registers each of the first touch points as a secret touch.

The secret touch registration screen may include a valid area for determining the touch as a valid input and an invalid area for determining the touch as an invalid input.

The effective area may include N small areas divided into one or more areas.

The touch recognition module may recognize two or more touches input to any one of the N small areas.

The controller may store a small area to which the first touch point belongs and the number of touch points included in the small area among the N small areas, and register each first touch point as the secret touch. It is done.

The menu providing unit may provide a unlock screen for unlocking the touch screen to the touch screen according to the unlock request, and the touch recognition module corresponds to each touch when a plurality of touches are input to the unlock screen. Detects one or more second touch points, and the controller determines whether each of the second touch points corresponds to the first touch points registered as the secret touch, and if so, releases the lock.

The unlock screen may include a valid area for determining the touch as a valid input and an invalid area for determining the touch as an invalid input.

The effective area may include N small areas divided into one or more areas.

The touch recognition module may recognize two or more touches input to any one of the N small areas.

The controller determines whether each of the second touch points is a touch point belonging to a small area registered as the secret touch among the N small areas, and includes the touch points included in the small area to which each second touch point belongs. The number of times is equal to the number of touch points included in the small area registered as the secret touch, and when the two conditions are satisfied, the lock is released.

The touch recognition module may determine a multi-touch when the plurality of touches are input at the same time, and detect a multi-touch point corresponding to each touch.

When the plurality of touches are touches that are continuously input within a preset time, the touch recognition module determines that the touch is a continuous touch and detects one continuous touch point.

The controller may register each touch point as a full lock secret touch corresponding to the full lock or a partial lock secret touch corresponding to the partial lock when the lock setting is a full lock or a partial lock. .

The partial lock may correspond to one of a text message, a phone call and a photo album view.

On the other hand, the operation method of the electronic device with a touch screen according to the present invention, when a secret touch registration request for the lock setting is input, the first step of displaying a secret touch registration screen on the touch screen; Detecting a plurality of first touch points corresponding to each touch when a plurality of touches are input to the secret touch registration screen; And a third step of registering each detected first touch point as a secret touch.

In addition, when the unlock request is input, a fourth step of displaying the unlock screen on the touch screen; when a plurality of touches are input to the unlock screen, detecting at least one second touch point corresponding to each touch And a fifth step of determining whether the detected second touch points correspond to the first touch points registered as the secret touch, and releasing the locks if the corresponding second touch points correspond to the first touch points registered as the secret touch.

Therefore, in the related art, each of the preset passwords is sequentially pressed to unlock the electronic device. However, according to the present invention, at least one multi-touch is used to immediately unlock the lock or unlock the lock using a combination of several combinations. You can do it. That is, since the secret touch for locking setting can be registered by a combination of multi-touch and continuous touch or touch, the number of cases where the secret touch can be registered by secret touch is more diverse than in the related art.

It can also be unlocked with a single multi-touch, making it easier to remember than a password consisting of individual numbers.

In addition, there is an effect that it is easy to partially lock and unlock by changing a touch on a message or a telephone function.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

However, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic device having a touch screen according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the electronic device 100 includes a menu providing unit 110, a touch screen 120, a touch recognition module 130, and a controller 140. The electronic device 100 according to the present invention may correspond to a portable terminal including a portable multimedia player (PMP), a personal digital assistant (PDA), a play station portable (PSP), and a mobile communication terminal and a computer or a notebook computer.

The menu providing unit 110 provides a menu or a message related to various functions provided by the electronic device 100. In the present invention, the secret touch registration screen 200a when a secret touch registration request for lock setting is input. It provides and, when requesting the unlock in the locked state provides a unlock screen (200b). The secret touch registration screen 200a or the unlock screen 200b is, for example, as shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, and determines the effective area 10 that determines the touch as a valid input and the touch as an invalid input. The effective area 10 includes nine small areas 11 to 19 in the form of a 3 * 3 matrix. In this case, the effective area 10 is not limited to the example shown in the figure (a square of 3 * 3 matrix form), and may be modified in various shapes.

The touch screen 120 displays a menu or a message provided by the menu providing unit 110 and displays a secret touch registration screen 200a or a unlock screen 200b.

The touch recognition module 130 recognizes a touch input to the touch screen 120 and recognizes a touch input to the effective area 10 of the secret touch registration screen 200a or the unlock screen 200b. In this case, a plurality of touches simultaneously input by a plurality of fingers or a plurality of objects are recognized as multi-touch, and a touch continuously input within a preset time is recognized as a continuous touch. In the multi-touch, simultaneous input means a predetermined time error range is set, and continuous touch means that one small area of the small areas 11 to 19 of the effective area 10 is touched twice continuously within a predetermined time. Is most preferred.

Accordingly, when a plurality of touches are simultaneously input to the effective area 100 of the secret touch registration screen 200a or the unlocking screen 200b, the touch recognition module 130 determines that they are multi-touch, Detect a plurality of corresponding multi-touch points.

In addition, the touch recognition module 130 determines that a continuous touch is input to the effective area 10 of the secret touch registration screen 200a or the unlock screen 200b within a preset time, and is determined as a continuous touch. Detects a continuous touch point corresponding to the input touch, and transmits only one continuous touch point to the controller 140. This is because, in the case of continuous touch, since the touch is generated in the same small area (one of 11 to 19), the controller 140 may determine the small area to which the continuous touch point belongs even with only one continuous touch point.

The controller 140 registers each of the multi-touch points or the continuous touch points detected through the secret touch registration screen 200a as a secret touch. If the secret touch is for a total lock setting, the control unit 140 registers as a full lock secret touch. In case of secret touch for lock setting, register as partial lock secret touch. The secret touch corresponds to a password and a password input for the conventional lock setting.

Meanwhile, the controller 140 determines whether each touch point detected through the unlock screen 200b corresponds to a touch point preset for lock setting, that is, a touch point registered in advance as a secret touch. Release it.

For example, when divided into a multi-touch and a continuous touch, for example, to register a multi-touch one touch full lock secret touch or partial lock secret touch, when the entire lock or partial lock, the control unit 140 touch If each of the multi-touch points detected by the recognition module 130 is a multi-touch point belonging to the small area (one of 11 to 19) registered in advance as a secret touch, and if applicable, the entire lock is released or partially locked. Deactivate the function.

When one or more consecutive touches are registered as a full lock secret touch or a partial lock secret touch, and in the case of full lock or partial lock, the controller 140 registers each successive touch point detected by the touch recognition module 130 as a secret touch in advance. It is determined whether it is a continuous touch point belonging to the small area (one of 11 to 19), and if so, releases the entire lock or the partially locked function.

The partial lock function corresponds to various functions provided by the electronic device 100, and includes, for example, a text message function, a telephone function, or a photo album viewing function.

On the other hand, if each touch point detected by the touch recognition module 130 does not correspond to a touch point registered in advance as a secret touch, the controller 140 controls the menu providing unit 110 to unlock the screen 200b. To be displayed on the screen.

3A and 3B are flowcharts illustrating an example of a method of operating an electronic device having a touch screen according to the present invention.

When the secret touch registration request for the lock setting is input (S301), the electronic device 100 displays the secret touch registration screen 200a on the touch screen 110 (S303).

When a plurality of touches are simultaneously input to the effective area 10 of the secret touch registration screen 200a (S305), the electronic device 100 determines to be multi-touch (S307), and a plurality of touches correspond to the touched positions. The first multi-touch point is detected (S309), and the detected first multi-touch point is registered as a secret touch for setting the lock (S311). At this time, the small areas 11 to 19 to which the first multi touch points belong and the number of the first multi touch points included in each of the small areas 11 to 19 are stored and registered with the secret touch.

Then, when a lock request is input, the electronic device 100 locks and operates in the lock mode (S313).

When the unlock request is input (S315), the electronic device 100 displays the unlock screen 200b on the touch screen 110 (S317).

When a plurality of touches are simultaneously input (S319), the electronic device 100 determines that the touches are multi-touches (S321), and detects a plurality of second multi-touch points corresponding to the touched positions (S323).

Referring to the example illustrated in FIG. 4A, when a user touches two fingers on the '12' small area of the effective area 10 with three fingers and simultaneously touches one finger on the '14' small area, the electronic device ( 100) determines that the multi-touch, and detects two multi-touch point in the small area '12', and one multi-touch point in the small area '14'.

In addition, referring to the example illustrated in FIG. 4B, when the user simultaneously touches the '14' small area, the '16' small area, and the '17' small area of the effective area 10 with each of three fingers, the electronic device may be used. In operation 100, the multi-touch point is determined, and one multi-touch point is detected in the '14' small region, one multi-touch point in the '16' small region, and one multi-touch point in the '17' small region.

The electronic device 100 determines whether each detected second multi-touch point corresponds to the first multi-touch point registered in advance as a secret touch (S325), and releases the lock (S327). That is, the small areas 11 to 19 to which each second multi-touch point belongs must be the same as the small areas 11 to 19 to which the first multi-touch point registered with a secret touch in advance, and each of the small areas 11 to 19. ) Must be equal to the number of first multi-touch points included in each of the small regions 11 to 19.

5A and 5B are flowcharts illustrating another example of an operating method of an electronic device having a touch screen according to the present invention.

When the electronic device 100 receives a secret touch registration request for lock setting (S501), the secret touch registration screen 200a is displayed on the touch screen 110 (S503), and a plurality of consecutive touches are preset. When inputted within (S505), the electronic device 100 determines that it is a continuous touch and detects one first continuous touch point (S507).

When the touch is input (S509), the electronic device 100 detects the first touch point by the input touch (S511), and registers the first continuous touch point and the first touch point as a secret touch (S509). S513). Here, in the present invention, since the number of touches that can be input for registering the secret touch is not determined, when the user inputs a touch (including multi-touch or continuous touch) and presses the 'OK' key or the 'OK' key, It is preferable that the electronic device 100 deletes the secret touch registration screen 200a from the screen and detects the touch point with the input touch to register the detected touch point as the secret touch.

In addition, when the lock request is input, the electronic device 100 sets the lock to operate in the lock mode (S515).

Thereafter, when the unlock request is input (S517), the electronic device 100 displays the unlock screen 200b on the touch screen 110 (S519).

When the plurality of continuous touches are input within a preset time (S521), the electronic device 100 determines that the touches are continuous, and detects one second continuous touch point (S523).

Then, if it is determined whether the touch is input (S525), the electronic device 100 detects the second touch point corresponding to the touched position (S527).

Then, the electronic device 100 determines whether each of the detected second consecutive touch points and the second touch points corresponds to the first continuous touch point and the first touch point registered in advance as a secret touch (S529). S531), the lock is released (S533).

In the above description, a method of setting or unlocking a lock by combining a single touch or a combination of a continuous touch and a conventional touch (touch with one finger or an object, such as when entering a password) has been described. .

However, the method for setting or releasing the lock in the electronic device according to the present invention includes a method of using a combination of multi-touch, a method of using a combination of continuous touch, a method of combining a multi-touch and a continuous touch, and a combination of multi-touch and touch. Or a combination of touch and multi-touch and continuous touch. Accordingly, the number of cases in which the password can be set is more diverse than in the prior art.

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, when referring to a touch input to the unlock screen 200b displayed on the touch screen 120 of the electronic device 100, the user continuously presets a small area of '12'. After touching in time, if the '14' small area is touched, and then '15' and '16' small area at the same time, the electronic device 100 recognizes the continuous touch point, touch point and multi-touch point Then, one continuous touch point corresponding to the '12' small region, a touch point corresponding to the '14' small region, and two multi-touch points corresponding to the '15' and '16' small regions are detected. The electronic device 100 releases the lock if it is determined whether the detected continuous touch point, the touch point, and the multi-touch point correspond to a touch point registered with a secret touch in advance.

While the invention has been shown and described with reference to certain preferred embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention with respect to the embodiments described above. And can be varied. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined by the claims below and equivalents thereof.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic device having a touch screen according to the present invention;

Figure 2a is a view showing an example secret touch registration screen according to the present invention, Figure 2b is a view showing an example unlock screen according to the present invention,

3A and 3B are flowcharts illustrating an example of an operating method of an electronic device having a touch screen according to the present invention;

4A and 4B illustrate multi-touch input to the unlock screen of FIG. 2B to explain FIG. 3;

5A and 5B are flowcharts showing another example of a method of operating an electronic device having a touch screen according to the present invention; and

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a combination of touches sequentially input to the unlock screen of FIG. 2B to explain the present invention.

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100: electronic device

110: menu providing unit 120: touch screen

130: touch recognition module 140: control unit

Claims (30)

touch screen; A menu providing unit providing a secret touch registration screen to the touch screen in response to a secret touch registration request for setting a lock; A touch recognition module configured to detect one or more first touch points corresponding to each touch when a plurality of touches are input to the secret touch registration screen; And And a controller configured to register each of the first touch points as a secret touch. The method of claim 1 The secret touch registration screen And an invalid area for judging the touch as a valid input and an invalid area for judging the touch as an invalid input. 3. The method of claim 2, The effective area is Electronic device with a touch screen, characterized in that it comprises N small areas divided into one or more. The method of claim 3, wherein The touch recognition module And at least two touches input to any one of the N small areas. The method of claim 3, wherein The control unit The touch screen, characterized in that for storing the small area to which each of the first touch point belongs and the number of touch points included in the small area and registers each of the first touch point as the secret touch. Electronic equipment provided. The method of claim 1, The menu providing unit Providing an unlock screen for unlocking to the touch screen according to an unlock request, The touch recognition module When a plurality of touches are input to the unlock screen, one or more second touch points corresponding to each touch are detected. The control unit It is determined whether each of the second touch points corresponds to the first touch points registered as the secret touch, and if so, releases the lock. The method of claim 6 The unlock screen is And an invalid area for judging the touch as a valid input and an invalid area for judging the touch as an invalid input. The method of claim 7, wherein The effective area is An electronic device with a touch screen, characterized in that it comprises N small areas divided into one or more. The method of claim 8, The touch recognition module And at least two touches input to any one of the N small areas. The method of claim 8, The control unit It is determined whether each of the second touch points is a touch point belonging to the small area registered as the secret touch among the N small areas, and the number of touch points included in the small area to which each second touch point belongs is a secret touch. And comparing the number of touch points included in the registered small area to release the lock if two conditions are satisfied. The method according to claim 1 or 6, The touch recognition module When the plurality of touch is a touch input at the same time, it is determined as a multi-touch, the electronic device having a touch screen, characterized in that for detecting the multi-touch point corresponding to each touch. The method according to claim 1 or 6, The touch recognition module When the plurality of touch is a touch input continuously within a predetermined time, the electronic device having a touch screen, characterized in that it is determined as a continuous touch, and detects a continuous touch point. The method of claim 1, The control unit When the lock setting is a full lock or a partial lock, the touch screen may be registered as the first touch point as a full lock secret touch corresponding to the full lock or a partial lock secret touch corresponding to the partial lock. Electronic equipment provided. The method of claim 13, The partial lock An electronic device with a touch screen, characterized in that it corresponds to one of text messaging, telephone and photo album viewing. A first step of displaying a secret touch registration screen on a touch screen when a secret touch registration request for lock setting is input; Detecting a plurality of first touch points corresponding to each touch when a plurality of touches are input to the secret touch registration screen; And  And a third step of registering each detected first touch point as a secret touch. The method of claim 15, In the second step And after the plurality of touches are input, a touch completion command is input. The method of claim 15, The secret touch registration screen And a valid area for determining the touch as a valid input, and an invalid area for determining the touch as an invalid input. The method of claim 17, The effective area is A method of operating an electronic device having a touch screen, characterized in that N small areas divided into one or more are included. The method of claim 18, And when two or more touches are simultaneously input to any one small area among the N small areas, operating method of the electronic device having a touch screen. The method of claim 18, Registration of the secret touch of the third step is Steps 3-1 to determine the small area to which each first touch point detected in the second step belongs, and determine the number of first touch points included in the determined small area; And 3-3-2 storing the small region to which each of the first touch points belongs and the number of first touch points included in the small region. The method of claim 17, A fourth step of displaying the unlock screen on the touch screen when an unlock request is input; A fifth step of detecting at least one second touch point corresponding to each touch when a plurality of touches are input to the unlock screen; and And determining whether the detected second touch points correspond to the first touch points registered as the secret touch, and if the corresponding second touch points are detected, further comprising releasing a lock. Method of operation. The method of claim 21, And if the detected second touch points do not correspond to the first touch points registered as the secret touch, displaying the unlocking screen. Operation method of an electronic device having a. The method of claim 21, The unlock screen is And a valid area for determining the touch as a valid input, and an invalid area for determining the touch as an invalid input. 24. The method of claim 23, The effective area is A method of operating an electronic device having a touch screen, characterized in that N small areas divided into one or more are included. The method of claim 24, And when two or more touches are simultaneously input to any one small area among the N small areas, determining the multi-touch. The method of claim 24, The sixth step Determining whether each of the second touch points is a touch point belonging to the small area registered as the secret touch among the N small areas; Step 6-2 of comparing whether the number of touch points included in the small area to which the second touch points belong is equal to the number of touch points included in the small area registered as the secret touch; and If the step 6-1 and step 6-2 is satisfied, the operation method of the electronic device having a touch screen comprising a step 6-3 of releasing the lock. The method of claim 15 or 21, When the plurality of touch is a touch input at the same time, it is determined as a multi-touch, the operation method of the electronic device having a touch screen, characterized in that for detecting the multi-touch point corresponding to each touch. The method of claim 15 or 21, When the plurality of touch is a touch continuously input within a predetermined time, the operation method of the electronic device having a touch screen characterized in that it is determined as a continuous touch, and detecting a continuous touch point. The method of claim 15, The third step is When the lock setting is a full lock or partial lock, each touch point is registered with a full lock secret touch corresponding to the full lock or a partial lock secret touch corresponding to the partial lock. Method of operation of the electronic device. The method of claim 29, The partial lock Method of operating an electronic device with a touch screen, characterized in that one of the text message, telephone, photo album view.

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