US 11,657,135 B2
Method for unlocking display panel and display assembly
Jinfeng Chen, Beijing (CN); Yifeng Su, Beijing (CN); Weiming Yu, Beijing (CN); Xiaoli Kong, Beijing (CN); Xuening Zhao, Beijing (CN); Wenjian Yao, Beijing (CN); and Hongjiang Wu, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to FUZHOU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Fujian (CN); and BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Beijing (CN)
Filed by Fuzhou BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Fujian (CN); and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing (CN)
Filed on Jul. 31, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/945,232.
Claims priority of application No. 201910754546.9 (CN), filed on Aug. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0049257 A1, Feb. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 7/22 (2006.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/36 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06F 7/22 (2013.01); G06F 21/40 (2013.01); G06F 21/84 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2149 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for unlocking a display panel, the method being executed by an unlocking unit that is for controlling a display function of the display panel, to achieve unlocking of the display panel at a display level, the method comprising:
acquiring a plurality of preset pictures, wherein different preset pictures among the plurality of preset pictures correspond to different preset inputs, and the plurality of preset pictures are stored in an aging controller of the unlocking unit in advance;
performing at least one unlocking process, wherein each of the at least one unlocking process comprises:
causing the display panel to display at least one preset picture of the plurality of preset pictures and receive a verification input from a user, when the display panel is in a locked state;
determining whether the verification input is identical with the preset input corresponding to a displayed preset picture; and
switching the display panel to an unlocked state, if the verification input is identical with the preset input corresponding to the displayed preset picture,
wherein in a case of causing the display panel to display two or more preset pictures of the plurality of preset pictures, the determining whether the verification input is identical with the preset input corresponding to a displayed preset picture comprises:
performing, by a system controller, an operation on determination results of displayed preset pictures and respective verification inputs, and
wherein both the system controller and the aging controller are included in the unlocking unit.