Method and computer program product of switching locked state of electronic device

Abstract

In a verification method for use in an electronic device, a user input is received and a biologic feature data is captured while the user input is received. Then, the electronic device is prohibited from performing an operation corresponding to the user input based on a determination that the biologic feature data does not conform to a reference biologic feature data.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A verification method for use in an electronic device, the method comprising:
 (a) receiving a user input;   (b) capturing a biologic feature data while receiving the user input; and   (c) prohibiting the electronic device from performing an operation corresponding to the user input based on a determination that the biologic feature data does not conform to a reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         2 . The verification method of  claim 1 , further comprising executing an alternative user-verifying procedure based on the determination that the biologic feature data does not conform to the reference biologic feature data. 
     
     
         3 . The verification method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 (d) receiving another user input;   (e) capturing another biologic feature data while receiving the another user input; and   (f) performing the operation corresponding to the another user input based on another determination that the another biologic feature data conforms to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         4 . The verification method of  claim 3 , wherein:
 the step (d) includes receiving the another user input when the electronic device is in a locked state; and   the verification method further comprises switching the electronic device from the locked state to a non-locked state based on the another determination that the another biologic feature data conforms to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         5 . The verification method of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the step (a) includes receiving the user input when the electronic device is in a non-locked state; and   the verification method further comprises switching the electronic device from the non-locked state to a locked state based on the determination that the biologic feature data does not conform to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         6 . The verification method of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 (d) receiving another user input;   (e) capturing another biologic feature data while receiving the another user input;   (f) performing the operation corresponding to the another user input based on another determination that the another biologic feature data conforms to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         7 . The verification method of  claim 6 , wherein:
 the step (d) includes receiving the another user input when the electronic device is in a locked state; and   the verification method further comprises switching the electronic device from the locked state to a non-locked state based on the another determination that the another biologic feature data conforms to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         8 . The verification method of  claim 1 , wherein the reference biologic feature data is stored in the electronic device or a remote device accessible by the electronic device. 
     
     
         9 . An electronic device, comprising:
 an input module, configured to receive a user input and capture a biologic feature data while receiving the user input;   a determining module, coupled to the input module, configured to determine whether the biologic feature data conforms to a reference biologic feature data; and   a control module, coupled to the determining module, configured to prohibit the electronic device from performing an operation corresponding to the user input when the determining module determines the biologic feature data does not conform to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         10 . The electronic device of  claim 9 , wherein the control module is further configured to execute an alternative user-verifying procedure when the determining module determines the biologic feature data does not conform to the reference biologic feature data. 
     
     
         11 . The electronic device of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the input module is further configured to receive another user input and capture another biologic feature data while receiving the another user input;   the determining module is further configured to determine whether the another biologic feature data conforms to the reference biologic feature data; and   the control module is further configured to perform the operation corresponding to the another user input when the determining module determines the another biologic feature data conforms to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         12 . The electronic device of  claim 11 , wherein:
 the input module is configured to receive another user input when the electronic device is in a locked state; and   the control module is further configured to switch the electronic device from the locked state to a non-locked state when the determining module determines the another biologic feature data conforms to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         13 . The electronic device of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the input module is configured to receive the user input when the electronic device is in a non-locked state; and   the control module is further configured to switch the electronic device from the non-locked state to a locked state when the determining module determines the biologic feature data does not conform to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         14 . The electronic device of  claim 13 , wherein:
 the input module is further configured to receive another user input and capture another biologic feature data while receiving the another user input;   the determining module is further configured to determine whether the another biologic feature data conforms to a reference biologic feature data; and   the control module is further configured to perform the operation corresponding to the another user input when the determining module determines the another biologic feature data conforms to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         15 . The electronic device of  claim 14 , wherein:
 the input module is configured to receive another user input when the electronic device is in a locked state;   the control module is further configured to switch the electronic device from the locked state to a non-locked state when the determining module determines the another biologic feature data conforms to the reference biologic feature data.   
     
     
         16 . The electronic device of  claim 9 , wherein the input module comprises at least one of an optical sensor, a touch screen, and a microphone. 
     
     
         17 . The electronic device of  claim 9 , wherein the biologic feature data comprises at least one of fingerprint data, voiceprint data, speech contents data, palm print data, iris image data, and face configuration data. 
     
     
         18 . A computer-readable non-transitory medium having stored thereon instructions, which, when executed by a processor in an electronic device, cause the processor to perform operations of:
 receiving a user input;   capturing a biologic feature data while receiving the user input; and   prohibiting the electronic device from performing an operation corresponding to the user input based on a determination that the biologic feature data does not conform to a reference biologic feature data.