Electronic apparatus and method of selectively applying security mode in mobile device
A mobile device includes a photographing unit to photograph an object to generate an object image, a display unit having a panel to display a screen, a sensor configured to sense a motion of the mobile device, and a control unit configured to unlock the mobile device to access the normal mode according to either one of a first unlocking process using a password and a second unlocking process using the sensed motion and the object image in response to the sensed motion.
1. A mobile device configured to generate an object image from an object disposed to face the mobile device, the mobile device comprising:
a display unit having a panel to display a screen;
a sensor to sense a motion of the mobile device in a motion detection process; and
a control unit configured:
to unlock the mobile device to access a normal mode of the mobile device according to a password input in a security check process of a security mode;
to activate a user identification process of photographing the object to generate the object image and determining that the object image represents an authorized user, in response to the sensed motion of the mobile device; and
to unlock the mobile device to access the normal mode of the mobile device according to the determination of the user identification process.
2. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein:
the user identification process comprises determining the authorized user according to a state of a portion of the object image; and
the control unit is configured to unlock the mobile device according to the password of the security check process when the user identification process fails.
3. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein:
the control unit is configured to require the password during the normal mode to set the user identification process during the normal mode to unlock the mobile device; and
the control unit controls the sensor to sense the motion of the device intended to activate the user identification process during a power saving mode, after the user identification process to unlock the mobile device has been set.
4. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device comprises a first unit to photograph the object to generate the object image according to the sensed motion in the user identification process activated by the sensed motion, and a second unit to photograph the object to generate a second object image in a non-user identification process activated by a user selection;
when the object is photographed by the first unit in the user identification process, the object image of the user identification process is compared with a reference and determined as the authorized user, to unlock the mobile device to the normal mode; and
when the object is photographed by the second unit in the non-user identification process, the second object image of the non-user identification process is displayed on the panel of the display unit.
5. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein:
the normal mode of the mobile device is maintained for a time period after the mobile device is unlocked;
the sensor senses the motion of the mobile device during the normal mode; and
the control unit extends the time period of the normal mode according to at least one of the sensed motion and the object image during the normal mode.
6. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein:
the sensor is configured to sense a predetermined state of the mobile device among states of the mobile device, as the sensed motion intended to activate the user identification process; and
the control unit is configured to activate a photographing unit to photograph the object to generate the object image in response to the sensed motion.
7. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein information on the user identification process to unlock the mobile device is displayed as a symbol on the panel of the display unit.
8. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to control a photographing unit to photograph the object to generate the object image according to at least one of environment and brightness provided at the mobile device, in response to the sensed motion.
9. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit determines whether the object image is the authorized user, according to at least one of a state of the object image and a state of a portion of the object image.
10. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the control unit is configured to display a user menu to set at least a portion of the user identification process to unlock the mobile device, at a user-finger reachable area of the panel of the display unit such that a finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the user menu.
11. A mobile device configured to generate an object image from an object disposed to face the mobile device, the mobile device comprising:
a display unit having a panel to display a screen;
a sensor to sense a motion of the mobile device;
a network interface to communicate with an external device to transmit or receive a signal; and
a control unit configured:
to unlock the mobile device for a user to access a normal mode of the mobile device according to a password input in a security check process of a security mode;
to activate a user identification process of detecting a condition and determining that the condition represents an authorized user, in response to the sensed motion; and
to unlock the mobile device for the user to access the normal mode of the mobile device according to the determination of the detected condition as the authorized user in the user identification process,
wherein the condition comprises at least one of the object image, a safe zone location of the mobile device, communication with the external device, a signal from the user of the mobile device, and a time to change a mode of the mobile device.
12. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the control unit is configured to unlock the mobile device according to the determination that the condition represents the authorized user in the user identification process, and to unlock the mobile device according to the password of the security check process when the user identification process fails.
13. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein:
the control unit is configured to require the password during the normal mode before setting the user identification process during normal mode; and
the control unit controls the sensor to sense the motion of the device intended to activate the user identification process during a power saving mode, after the user identification process to unlock the mobile device has been set.
14. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein:
the mobile device comprises a first unit to photograph the object according to the sensed motion to generate the object image as the condition in the user identification process activated by the sensed motion, and a second unit to photograph the object to generate a second object image in a non-user identification process activated by a user selection;
when the first unit photographs the object to generate the object image in the user identification process, the object image is determined as the authorized user to unlock the mobile device to the normal mode; and
when the second unit photographs the object to generate the second object image in the non-user identification process, the second object image is displayed on the panel of the display unit.
15. The mobile device of claim 1 , wherein:
the normal mode of the mobile device is maintained for a time period after the mobile device is unlocked;
the sensor senses the motion of the mobile device during the normal mode; and
the control unit extends the time period of the normal mode according to at least one of the sensed motion and the detected condition during the normal mode.
16. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein:
the sensor is configured to sense a predetermined state of the mobile device among states of the mobile device, as the sensed motion intended to activate the user identification process to unlock the mobile device; and
the control unit is configured to activate the user identification process in response to the sensed motion.
17. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein, when the condition is the object image, the control unit is configured to control a photographing unit to photograph the object to generate the object image according to at least one of an environmental state and a brightness level provided at the mobile device.
18. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein, when the condition is a home location as the safe zone location, the control unit is configured to recognize the home location as detected condition according to wireless communication with the external device located in the safe zone location or outside the safe zone location.
19. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein, when the condition is at least one of the communication, the signal, and the time, the control unit is configured to monitor the at least one of the communication, the signal, and the time during a power saving mode.
20. The mobile device of claim 11 , wherein the control unit is configured to display a user menu to set at least a portion of the user identification process to unlock the mobile device, at a user-finger reachable area of the panel of the display unit such that a finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the user menu.