Patent ID: 9697805
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,G09G

Claim:
1. An electronic device comprising: a sensor module configured to detect a tilt of the electronic device; a touchscreen display; at least one processor configured to: control the display to display at least a part of a 3-dimensional (3D) object having a plurality of faces, each face comprising a respective plurality of elements; detect an unlocking pattern that is input using the object and a tilt value that identifies at least one value in an orientation of the electronic device that occurs while the unlocking pattern is being input; and at least partially unlock the electronic device based on the tilt value and the unlock pattern, wherein the electronic device is at least partially unlocked when the detected unlocking pattern matches a registered unlocking pattern and the detected tilt pattern matches a registered tilt pattern, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to disable an unlocking function of the electronic device for a time period in response to a threshold number of unsuccessful unlocking attempts being exceeded, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to change the threshold number of unsuccessful unlocking attempts based on a usage frequency of the detected tilt pattern; and change the length of the time period based on the usage frequency of the detected tilt pattern.