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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2018
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Makoto Ochi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device shifts between a locked state in which use of a function is restricted and an unlocked state in which the function is usable. The electronic device includes a touch panel and a controller. The touch panel displays a pattern entry screen including first grid points and a second grid point having the same shape and color as the first grid points. The controller acquires a movement path of a detection target on the pattern entry screen and sequentially specifies first grid points passed by the movement path among the first grid points. The controller acquires entry pattern information based on the specified first grid points. The controller determines whether or not the entry pattern information matches registered pattern information. When the controller determines that the entry pattern information matches the registered pattern information, the electronic device shifts from the locked state to the unlocked state.