| 摘要 |
Disclosed are a portable device to be unlocked using a tactile user interface and a control method thereof. The portable device includes a touch sensitive display unit to sense a touch input, a tactile feedback unit to generate tactile feedback, and a control unit to control the other units. The control unit is configured to detect a first touch gesture with respect to a first region corresponding to an application on the display unit, the first touch gesture entering the first region from the outside of the first region, to generate tactile feedback indicating that the first touch gesture enters the first region, to unlock a user interface in response to the first touch gesture, to detect a second touch gesture of activating the application, the second touch gesture being input consecutively to the first touch gesture, and to execute the application in response to the second touch gesture. |
