Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image
A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the devi
Patent Number
US 8046721
Status
Active
Filing Date
June 2, 2009
Grant Date
October 25, 2011
Expiration
~June 2029 (estimated)
Claims
19
Assignee
Apple Inc
Inventors
Imran Chaudhri, Freddy Allen Anzures, Marcel van Os, Stephen O. Lemay, Scott Forstall, Greg Christie, Bas Ording
Citations
141 forward · 73 backward
What it covers
A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture.
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