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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Kyu-Ho Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jae-Woo Seol, Seoul, KR;
Sung-Keun Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Geon-Soo Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jeong-Hyun Pang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of disabling a locking screen of an electronic device is provided. The method includes selecting at least two objects among at least three objects each having a unique color, determining whether at least one of a color order and a rotation direction of the selected at least two objects matches a pre-set color order and a pre-set rotation direction, and disabling a locking screen upon determining the match with at least one of the pre-set color order and the pre-set rotation direction.