Touch Screen Surface Pattern Recognition for Streamlined Authentication
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic devices require multiple stages of user authentication and input procedures, making it cumbersome for users to execute desired functions.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that utilize surface pattern recognition across multiple areas on a touch screen to associate user inputs, allowing for the execution of functions based on fingerprint or pattern recognition, thereby simplifying the authentication and function execution process into a single procedure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple stages of user authentication and input procedures are required, then user authentication reliability is improved, but operation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines user authentication and function selection into a single integrated procedure. The touch screen displays both authentication information and function objects, allowing the user to complete authentication and select functions in one continuous interaction, eliminating the need for separate authentication and input stages.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch screen serves multiple functions simultaneously: it displays authentication information, presents function objects for selection, and processes both authentication inputs and function selection inputs. This multi-functional approach reduces the number of separate operations required from the user perspective.
2Reliability
If multiple stages of user authentication and input procedures are required, then authentication security is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication and function selection process continues without interruption on a single touch screen. The user provides authentication input and function selection input in a continuous sequence without returning to previous screens or completing separate procedures, significantly reducing the total time required compared to multiple discrete stages.
3Measurement precision
If surface pattern recognition is performed in a third area, then authentication accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a spatial dimension by dividing the touch screen into multiple areas (first area for function objects, second area for authentication information, third area for surface pattern recognition). This spatial arrangement allows different functions to be performed in different zones, improving authentication accuracy without requiring a completely separate authentication device.
Solution Approach 2:
The touch screen is designed to perform multiple functions across different areas: displaying function objects, presenting authentication information, and processing surface pattern recognition. This multi-functional design achieves high authentication accuracy while avoiding the need for separate dedicated authentication hardware.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables users to readily execute desired functions and authenticate through a streamlined single procedure, enhancing user convenience and efficiency.
Implementation Method 1
recognizing a surface pattern of an input unit used for providing a user input in a third area when the user input is sensed in the third area
Data Source
AI summary
Provided is a method and apparatus for executing a function based on a user input. The method of executing a function in an electronic device includes: sensing a user input for selecting an object in a first area; recognizing a surface pattern of an input unit used for providing a user input in a third area when the user input is sensed in the third area; and executing a related function, based on a surface pattern recognition result in the third area when the user input of the first area and the user input of the third area are associated with each other. Accordingly, a function desired by a user may be readily executed.