Granted Patent B2

US 12,341,922 · App. 18/377,814 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Inventor: Seungman Kim (McLean, VA)

H04M1/72412H04M1/67H04M1/673H04M1/72448H04M1/72463H04M1/724631H04M1/72469H04W12/06H04W12/08H04W52/0251H04W52/0274H04M1/66H04M1/72451H04M1/72457Y02D30/70

Abstract

Claims (60)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing codes as a program to perform a method of a mobile device having a memory, a sensor, a camera, a panel to display a menu image and to receive a user input, and a network interface to communicate with an external device, the method comprising;

detecting a motion of the mobile device by using the sensor in a power saving mode;

unlocking the mobile device according to a user identification process of photographing an object to identify an authorized user in response to the detected motion when the mobile device is in a time condition; and

unlocking the mobile device according to a password in response to the detected motion when the mobile device is not in the time condition.

2. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the time condition comprises a period of time.

3. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the user identification process further comprises activating the camera in response to the detected motion to photograph the object to identify the authorized user in the power saving mode when the mobile device is in the time condition.

4. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises activating the camera to photograph a second object in a normal mode.

5. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:

the user identification process further comprises activating the camera in response to the detected motion to photograph the object to identify the authorized user in the power saving mode when the mobile device is in the time condition; and

the method further comprises activating the camera in a normal mode.

6. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

not displaying the menu image corresponding to the photographed object of the user identification process on the panel; and

activating the camera in a normal mode to photograph a second object, and displaying the menu image corresponding to the photographed second object on the panel.

7. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the unlocking the mobile device further comprises changing the mobile device from the power saving mode to a normal mode according to the user identification process.

8. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device from the power saving mode to a normal mode according to the password when the photographed object is not the authorized user.

9. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises controlling the panel to display a password input menu to receive the password in response to the detected motion when the mobile device is not in the time condition.

10. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device from the power saving mode to a normal mode according to the password when the mobile device is not in the time condition.

11. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the motion comprises a moving state and a stationary state at an end of the moving state, and the method further comprises detecting the stationary state as the detected motion of the mobile device.

12. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the motion comprises a plurality of moving directions, and the method further a predetermined one of the plurality of moving directions as the detected motion.

13. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:

the panel comprises a user finger unreachable area and a user finger reachable area; and

the method further comprises controlling the panel to display the menu image at the user finger reachable area such that a user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the menu image.

14. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:

the panel displays a line defining a user finger unreachable area and a user finger reachable area; and

the method further comprises controlling the panel to display the menu image at the user finger reachable area such that a user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the menu image.

15. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:

the panel comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and

the method further comprises controlling the panel to display a password input user menu to receive the password at the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device inputs the password.

16. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:

the panel displays a line defining a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and

the method further comprises controlling the panel to display a password input user menu to receive the password at the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device inputs the password.

17. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:

the panel comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and

the method further comprises photographing the object by using the camera in a normal mode, and controlling the panel to display the menu image corresponding to the photographed object at the user finger reachable area.

18. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:

the panel displays a line defining a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and

the method further comprises photographing the object by using the camera in a normal mode, and controlling the panel to display the photographed object at the user finger reachable area.

19. The medium of claim 1 , wherein

the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to a second user identification of photographing a second object to identify the authorized user when the photographed object of the user identification process is not the authorized user.

20. The medium of claim 1 , wherein

the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to the password when the user identification process and a second user identification process fail to identify the authorized user.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing codes as a program to perform a method of a mobile device having a memory, a sensor, a camera, a panel to display a menu image and to receive a user input, and a network interface to communicate with an external device, the method comprising;

detecting a motion of the mobile device by using the sensor in a power saving mode;

unlocking the mobile device according to a user identification process of activating the camera in response to the detected motion to photograph an object when the mobile device is in a time condition;

unblocking the mobile device according to a password in response to the detected motion when the mobile device is not in the time condition; and

unlocking the mobile device according to the password when the user identification process fails.

22. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the time condition comprises a period of time.

23. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to a second user identification process when the user identification process fails.

24. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the unlocking the mobile device further comprises changing the mobile device from the power saving mode to a normal mode.

25. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises controlling the panel to display the menu image to receive the password.

26. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises controlling the panel to display a symbol representing the user identification process.

27. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises controlling the panel not to display the photographed object.

28. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the motion comprises a moving state and a stationary state at an end of the moving state, and the method further comprises detecting the stationary state as the detected motion of the mobile device.

29. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the motion comprises a plurality of moving directions, and the method further a predetermined one of the plurality of moving directions as the detected motion.

30. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the panel further comprises a user finger unreachable area and a user finger reachable area, and the method further comprises controlling the panel to display the menu image at the user finger reachable area such that a user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the menu image.

31. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises:

controlling the panel not to display the photographed object; and

photographing a second object and controlling the panel to display the photographed second object in a normal mode.

32. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises controlling the panel to display a symbol corresponding to the photographed object, and photographing a second object and controlling the panel to display the photographed second object in a normal mode.

33. The medium of claim 21 , wherein the method further comprises detecting a brightness by using a second sensor in response to the detected motion n the power saving mode, and unlocking the mobile device according to the detected brightness and the user identification process of photographing the object to identify the authorized user in response to the detected motion, when the mobile device is in the time condition.

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