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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2015
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Colin I. Holyoake, Winchester, GB;
James S. Taylor, Hedge End, GB;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/14 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G11C 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/31 (2013.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and related electronic apparatus for providing a user access to a computer system, the method comprising: determining at least one object in contact with a surface; generating at least one pulse sequence; actuating the surface based on the at least one pulse sequence; determining an absence of the at least one object from the surface; determining at least one character of a password input based on the at least one pulse sequence.