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Patent No.:

US 8963855 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015

Filed:

Jan. 24, 2012
Applicants:

Chien-yuan Chen, Taipei, TW;

Hang-fang Chen, Taipei, TW;

Yu-shu Chen, Taipei, TW;

Inventors:

Chien-Yuan Chen, Taipei, TW;

Hang-Fang Chen, Taipei, TW;

Yu-Shu Chen, Taipei, TW;

Assignee:

Shuttle Inc., Taipei, TW;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 2203/04808 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for unlocking a mobile device is disclosed. When the mobile device is in the lock mode, the touch panel screen on the mobile device detects a multi-touch action simultaneously performed by users. The users perform the multi-touch action on a plurality of the touch points displayed on the touch panel screen. If the multi-touch action satisfies a predetermined unlock condition of the mobile device, the mobile device switches from a lock mode to an unlock mode. The simultaneous multi-touch action is provided to users for unlocking the mobile device. Thus, the simultaneity of the action is utilized to shortening the operating time of the unlock process.


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Chen, Chien-Yuan. (2015). Method for unlocking a mobile device, mobile device and application program for using the same (U.S. Patent No. 8963855). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8963855

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