Method for operating mobile electronic device, mobile electronic device, and computer readable medium using the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9734787-B2
Application number	US-201414586966-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 31, 2014
Priority date	Dec 31, 2014
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

The disclosure provides a method, mobile electronic device, and computer readable medium for operating the mobile electronic device having a motion sensor, touch sensor, microcontroller, and processor. The method includes the following steps. The motion sensor detects a motion and generates motion data in response to the detected motion. The touch sensor detects a fingerprint and generates fingerprint data in response to the detected fingerprint. The microcontroller compares the generated motion data with enrolled motion data, and one of the microcontroller and the processor compares the generated fingerprint data with enrolled fingerprint data, where the enrolled fingerprint data and the enrolled motion data including the first motion data are prestored in the mobile electronic device. When the generated motion data matches the first motion data and the generated fingerprint data matches the enrolled fingerprint data, the processor performs a first action in associated with the first motion data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for operating a mobile electronic device having a motion sensor, a touch sensor, a microcontroller, and a processor, comprising:
detecting a motion by the motion sensor and a fingerprint by the touch sensor;
generating motion data by the motion sensor in response to the detected motion and generating fingerprint data by the touch sensor in response to the detected fingerprint;
comparing the generated motion data with at least one piece of enrolled motion data by the microcontroller and the generated fingerprint data with enrolled fingerprint data by one of the microcontroller and the processor, wherein the enrolled motion data and the enrolled fingerprint data are prestored in the mobile electronic device, and wherein the enrolled motion data comprises first motion data; and
firstly, launching a first application when the generated motion data matches the first motion data and the generated fingerprint data matches the enrolled fingerprint data, secondly, associating the enrolled fingerprint data with login information of the first application to log into the first application, and finally performing a preset function of the first application by the processor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein before the step of detecting the motion by the motion sensor and the fingerprint by the touch sensor, the method further comprises:
enrolling and storing the enrolled fingerprint data in the mobile electronic device; and
enrolling and mapping each piece of the enrolled motion data to a corresponding action and storing the enrolled motion data in the mobile electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the motion is detected prior to the detection of the fingerprint, and wherein after the motion is detected, the method further comprises:
detecting if any object is within a non-zero predetermined distance by a proximity sensor of the mobile electronic device; and
if no, waking up the microcontroller from a microcontroller's sleep mode by the proximity sensor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fingerprint is detected prior to the detection of the motion, and wherein after the fingerprint is detected, the method further comprises:
detecting if any object is within a non-zero predetermined distance by a proximity sensor of the mobile electronic device; and
if no, waking up the microcontroller from a microcontroller's sleep mode by the proximity sensor.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the step of generating the fingerprint data by the touch sensor in response to the detected fingerprint, the method further comprises:
determining if a time period of the fingerprint staying on the touch screen exceeds a non-zero predetermined time by the microcontroller; and
if yes, registering the generated fingerprint data by the microcontroller.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of comparing the generated motion data with the enrolled motion data by the microcontroller and the generated fingerprint data with the enrolled fingerprint data by the microcontroller comprises:
comparing the generated motion data with the enrolled motion data and the generated fingerprint data with the enrolled fingerprint data by the microcontroller; and
waking up the processor from a processor's sleep mode by the microcontroller and unlocking the mobile electronic device by the processor when the generated motion data matches the first motion data of the enrolled motion data and the generated fingerprint data matches the enrolled fingerprint data.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of comparing the generated motion data with the enrolled motion data by the microcontroller and the generated fingerprint data with the enrolled fingerprint data by the processor comprises:
comparing the generated motion data with the enrolled motion data by the microcontroller;
waking up the processor from a processor's sleep mode by the microcontroller when the generated motion data matches the first motion data of the enrolled motion data;
comparing the generated fingerprint data with the enrolled fingerprint data by the processor; and
unlocking the mobile electronic device by the processor when the generated fingerprint data matches the enrolled fingerprint data.

8. A mobile electronic device comprising:
a motion sensor, detecting a motion and generating motion data in response to the detected motion;
a touch sensor, detecting a fingerprint and generating fingerprint data in response to the detected fingerprint;
a microcontroller, electrically coupled to the motion sensor and the touch sensor, and comparing the generated motion data with at least one piece of enrolled motion data; and
a processor, coupled to the microcontroller, wherein one of the microcontroller and the processor compares the generated fingerprint data with enrolled fingerprint data, wherein the enrolled motion data and the enrolled fingerprint data are prestored in the mobile electronic device, wherein the enrolled motion data comprises first motion data, and wherein when the generated motion data matches the first motion data and the generated fingerprint data matches the enrolled fingerprint data, the processor firstly launches a first application, secondly associates the enrolled fingerprint data with login information of the first application to log into the first application, and finally performs a preset function of the first application.

9. The mobile electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor further enrols and stores the enrolled fingerprint data in the mobile electronic device, and enrols and maps each piece of the enrolled motion data to a corresponding action and stores the enrolled motion data in the mobile electronic device.

10. The mobile electronic device of claim 8 further comprising:
a proximity sensor, coupled to the microcontroller, detecting if any object is within a non-zero predetermined distance of the mobile electronic device, wherein if no, the proximity sensor wakes up the microcontroller from a microcontroller's sleep mode.

11. The mobile electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the microcontroller determines if a time period of the fingerprint staying on the touch screen exceeds a non-zero predetermined time, wherein if yes, the microcontroller registers the generated fingerprint data.

12. The mobile electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the microcontroller compares the generated motion data with the enrolled motion data and the generated fingerprint data with the enrolled fingerprint data, and wherein the microcontroller wakes up the processor from a processor's sleep mode and the processor unlocks the mobile electronic device when the generated motion data matches the first motion data of the enrolled motion data and the generated fingerprint data matches the enrolled fingerprint data.

13. The mobile electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the microcontroller compares the generated motion data with the enrolled motion data, and the microcontroller wakes up the processor from a processor's sleep mode when the generated motion data matches first motion data of the enrolled motion data; and wherein the processor compares the generated fingerprint data with the enrolled fingerprint data, and the processor unlocks the mobile electronic device when the generated fingerprint data matches the enrolled fingerprint data.

14. A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing programs to be loaded into a mobile electronic device to perform steps of:
detecting a motion by a motion sensor and a fingerprint by a touch sensor;
generating motion data by the motion sensor in response to the detected motion and generating

Assignees

• Htc Corp

Inventors

• Chang Chia-Lin
• Lin Bo-Han
• Chien Ting-An

Classifications

• G09G5/003 Primary

  Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092) · CPC title

• G06V40/13 Primary

  Sensors therefor · CPC title

• G06F3/017

  Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883) · CPC title

• G06F21/32 Primary

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• G09G2330/022

  in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time · CPC title