公开(公告)号：US09760276B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US14321316

申请日：2014-07-01

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Kyu-Ho Shin ,  Jae-Woo Seol ,  Sung-Keun Kim ,  Geon-Soo Kim ,  Jeong-Hyun Pang

IPC: G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F21/36

CPC classification number: G06F3/0488 ,  G06F3/0484 ,  G06F21/36

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.