Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.p.

Christopher Charles Kruger

Mohit Gupta

Sudish Mukundan

In some examples, an electronic device includes a touch-based sensor, a proximity sensor, and a processor to in response to determining, based on output from the proximity sensor, that the electronic device is in an enclosed space: determine whether a specified number of multiple touches of the touch-based sensor has been detected by the touch-based sensor, and in response to determining that the specified number of multiple touches of the touch-based sensor has been detected by the touch-based sensor, unlock the electronic device.

Unlocking electronic devices using touch-based sensors

Examples associated with contextual device unlocking are described. One example storing sets of contextual state information associated with unlock events associated with a device. A first contextual state of the device is detected. The first contextual state of the device is compared to sets of contextual state information. The device is unlocked based on the comparison of the first contextual state of device to the sets of contextual state information when the device is in a secure location with a nearby authorized user.

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San Diego, CA, United States of America

Christopher Charles Kruger