Touch Screen Gesture Unlocking Customization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electronic systems with touch screens lack user customization options for unlocking procedures, limiting flexibility and personalization.
Innovation Solution
A method and controller for unlocking electronic systems with touch screens that allow users to customize gestures beyond default settings, comprising a trigger event receiver, touch screen activator, and a computing module for matching user-defined gestures to unlock the system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If default unlock gesture is used, then system simplicity is maintained, but user customization capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-configuring a default unlock gesture that works immediately upon system setup. This allows the system to maintain simplicity while enabling customization - users can use the default gesture right away without any configuration effort, and only customize if they wish to change from the pre-configured default.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple unlock methods are provided, then user flexibility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies partial action by implementing customization functionality that is available but not mandatory. Users can choose to customize their unlock gestures or simply use the default, meaning the full customization capability is present but only activated partially by those who need it, maintaining ease of operation for all users.
3Ease of operation
If customized gestures are allowed, then user experience is enhanced, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses copying by storing customized gesture patterns as digital representations that can be replicated and compared. When a user creates a custom gesture, the system captures the gesture path, pressure, and timing as data that can be copied and matched against future input gestures, simplifying the processing complexity while enabling enhanced user experience.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure provides an unlock method of an electronic system with a touch screen. The unlock method includes steps below: receiving a triggering event when the system is locked; activating the touch screen in response to the event; receiving an input gesture; comparing the gesture with a customized gesture; unlocking the system in case that the input gesture is matched to the customized gesture, which is customized by user, and is not a default unlock gesture built in the electronic system.