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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Inventors:
Chung-Jen Kuo, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Chih-Hsiang Hsiao, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
MEDIATEK INC., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 21/82 (2013.01); G06F 1/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01); H04M 1/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/82 (2013.01); G06F 1/3262 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/74 (2013.01); H04M 1/67 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2111 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device including a touch sensor and a processing unit is provided. The touch sensor is disposed on or under a display, and generates touch data for a touch detected thereon or therenear when the electronic device is locked with the display in a sleep state. The processing unit determines whether the touch data matches a predetermined signature according to the touch data, and wakes the display from the sleep state and unlocks the electronic device when the touch data matches the predetermined gesture.