Granted Patent B2

US 12,627,501 · App. 18/677,203 · Granted May 12, 2026

Inventors: Andriy Oliynyk (Kyiv, UA); Dmytro Progonov (Kyiv, UA); Pavlo Kolesnichenko (Kyiv, UA); Valentyna Cherniakova (Kyiv, UA); Yevhenii Yakishyn (Kyiv, UA); Yaroslav Lavrenyuk (Kyiv, UA)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

H04L9/3231G06V40/166

Abstract

Claims (85)

1 . A method performed by a device of protecting content by using biometric information, the method comprising:

displaying, by the device, identification information of encrypted content;

receiving, by the device, a user input of selecting the encrypted content;

controlling, by the device, according to the reception of the user input of selecting the encrypted content, a sensor to obtain image information of a user's body part;

calculating, by the device, feature information of the user's body part from the obtained image information;

reproducing, by the device, a crypto key based on the calculated feature information of the user's body part and hint information stored in correspondence to the encrypted content;

decrypting, by the device, the encrypted content based on the reproduced crypto key; and

displaying, by the device, the encrypted content according to the decryption of the encrypted content,

wherein the hint information is included, as meta information of a file including the encrypted content, in the file.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the obtaining of the image information of the user's body part according to the reception of the user input of selecting the encrypted content comprises:

obtaining, according to the reception of the user input of selecting the encrypted content, information about the sensor from the file including the encrypted content; and

controlling the sensor to obtain an image of the user's body part.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying of the identification information of the encrypted content comprises:

displaying, as the identification information of the encrypted content, identification information of the user's body part used for encryption of the encrypted content.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a user input of selecting a folder including at least one piece of encrypted content;

controlling, according to the reception of the user input of selecting the folder, the sensor to obtain the image information of the user's body part; and

encrypting the at least one piece of encrypted content based on the obtained image information.

5 . The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving a user input for encrypting content;

obtaining the image information of the user's body part according to the reception of the user input for encrypting content;

calculating the feature information from the obtained image information;

calculating the crypto key and the hint information related to the crypto key based on the feature information;

encrypting the content based on the crypto key; and

storing the hint information in correspondence to the encrypted content.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the obtaining of the image information of the user's body part according to the reception of the user input for encrypting the content comprises:

displaying identification information of a plurality of body parts capable of being used for encryption, according to the reception of the user input for encrypting the content;

receiving a user input of selecting a body part from among the plurality of body parts; and

controlling the sensor corresponding to the selected body part to obtain image information of the selected body part.

7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

identifying whether a user is an owner of the device, based on the feature information; and

displaying, according to identification that the user is not the owner of the device, a message indicating that the content cannot be encrypted.

8 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the receiving of the user input for encrypting the content comprises:

selecting an area in an image displayed on a display of the device; and

receiving a user input for encrypting the content in the selected area.

9 . The method of claim 5 ,

wherein the encrypted content is content encrypted based on image information of a first user's body part and image information of a second user's body part, and

wherein the controlling of the sensor to obtain the image information of the user's body part comprises:

controlling the sensor to obtain the image information of the first user's body part and the image information of the second user's body part.

10 . The method of claim 1 , further compromising:

storing a hash value of feature information corresponding to the user's body part.

11 . A device for protecting content by using biometric information, the device comprising:

a sensor;

memory storing one or more computer programs; and

one or more processors communicatively coupled to the sensor and the memory,

wherein the one or more computer programs include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:

display identification information of encrypted content,

receive a user input of selecting the encrypted content,

control the sensor to obtain image information of a user's body part according to the reception of the user input of selecting the encrypted content,

calculate feature information of the user's body part from the obtained image information,

reproduce a crypto key based on the calculated feature information of the user's body part and hint information stored in correspondence to the encrypted content,

decrypt the encrypted content based on the reproduced crypto key, and

display the encrypted content according to the decryption of the encrypted content, and

wherein the hint information is included, as meta information of a file including the encrypted content, in the file.

12 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:

obtain, according to a user input of selecting the encrypted content, information about the sensor from the file including the encrypted content, and

control the sensor to obtain an image of the user's body part.

13 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to display, as identification information of the encrypted content, identification information of the user's body part used for encryption of the encrypted content.

14 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:

receive a user input of selecting a folder including at least one piece of encrypted content, control, according to the reception of the user input of selecting the folder, the sensor to obtain image information of the user's body part, and

decrypt the at least one piece of encrypted content based on the obtained image information.

15 . The device of claim 11 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:

receive a user input for encrypting content,

obtain the image information of the user's body part according to the reception of the user input for encrypting content,

calculate the feature information from the obtained image information,

calculate the crypto key and the hint information related to the crypto key based on the feature information,

encrypt the content based on the crypto key, and

store the hint information in correspondence to the encrypted content.

16 . The device of claim 15 , wherein, when obtaining the image information of the user's body part according to the reception of the user input for encrypting the content, the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:

displaying identification information of a plurality of body parts capable of being used for encryption, according to the reception of the user input for encrypting the content,

receiving a user input of selecting a body part from among the plurality of body parts, and

controlling the sensor corresponding to the selected body part to obtain image information of the selected body part.

17 . The device of claim 15 , wherein the one or more computer programs further include computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:

identify whether a user is an owner of the device, based on the feature information, and

display, according to identification that the user is not the owner of the device, a message indicating that the content cannot be encrypted.

18 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing one or more computer programs including computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to perform operations, the operations comprising:

displaying, by the device, identification information of encrypted content;

receiving, by the device, a user input of selecting the encrypted content;

controlling, by the device, according to the reception of the user input of selecting the encrypted content, a sensor to obtain image information of a user's body part;

calculating, by the device, feature information of the user's body part from the obtained image information;

reproducing, by the device, a crypto key based on the calculated feature information of the user's body part and hint information stored in correspondence to the encrypted content;

decrypting, by the device, the encrypted content based on the reproduced crypto key; and

displaying, by the device, the encrypted content according to the decryption of the encrypted content,

wherein the hint information is included, as meta information of a file including the encrypted content, in the file.

19 . The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 18 , wherein the hint information is included, as meta information of a file including the encrypted content, in the file.

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