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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Ji-Woong Oh, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Gyu-Cheol Choi, Gyeongsangbuk-do, KR;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04M 1/67 (2006.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/012 (2013.01); G06F 3/013 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G07C 9/00087 (2013.01); H04M 1/67 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0381 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01); H04M 2250/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic device and an unlocking method in the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display unit configured to display at least one function icon on a lock screen, at least one camera, and a controller configured to recognize a face based on data received from the at least one camera in response to a request for unlocking, to select a function icon to be executed from among the at least one function icon, to perform unlocking based on the facial recognition, and to execute, simultaneously with the unlocking, a function corresponding to the selected function icon.