Electronic apparatus and method of selectively applying security mode in mobile device
A method of a mobile device configured to photograph an object includes controlling a display panel to display an image, a touch panel to receive a user input, and a network interface to wirelessly communicate with an external network, unlocking the mobile device when the mobile device is in an area condition, a wireless communication condition, and a time condition, and unlocking the mobile device according to a password when the mobile device is not in the time condition.
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing codes as a program to perform a method of a mobile device to photograph an object, the method comprising:
controlling a panel to display an image and to receive a user input, and a network interface to wirelessly communicate with an external network;
unlocking the mobile device according to an area condition and a wireless communication condition comprising a wireless communication with the external network, when the mobile device is in a time condition; and
unlocking the mobile device according to a password 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 method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to the password when the mobile device is not in at least one of the area condition and the wireless communication condition and when the mobile device is in the time condition.
4. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the wireless communication condition comprises wirelessly communicating with the external network.
5. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises setting the area condition and the wireless communication condition according to a second user input.
6. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises displaying a screen to set the area condition and the wireless communication condition according to a second user input.
7. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device further comprises a user menu area displaying one or more menus selectable by a user finger to set at least one of the area condition and the wireless communication condition, the user menu area comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area, and the method further comprises displaying the one or more menus at the user finger reachable area of the user menu area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the one or more menus to set the at least one of the area condition or the wireless communication condition.
8. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises setting the area condition after setting the wireless communication condition.
9. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the area condition comprises a a user house.
10. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the area condition comprises an area defined by a line on a diagram.
11. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises displaying a password-input menu image to receive the password before setting the area condition.
12. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises displaying a password-input menu image to receive the password before editing the area condition.
13. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a switch; and
the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to the area condition, the wireless communication condition, and the time condition, in response to an operation of the switch.
14. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a switch; and
the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to the password when the mobile device is not in the time condition, in response to an operation of the switch.
15. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a switch; and
the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to the password when the mobile device is not in at least one of the area condition and the wireless communication condition and when the mobile is in the time condition, in response to an operation of the switch.
16. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a switch; and
the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to the area condition and the wireless communication condition, in response to an operation of the switch when the mobile device is in the condition.
17. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a switch; and
the method further comprises receiving an operation of the switch, splaying a state menu image in response to the operation of the switch, displaying a password-input menu image in response to the user input to the state menu image, and unlocking the mobile device according to the password.
18. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a sensor to detect a motion of the mobile device; and
the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to the area condition, the wireless communication condition, and the time condition, in response to the detected motion of the mobile device.
19. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a sensor to detect a motion of the mobile device; and
the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to a user image when the mobile is in the time condition, in response to the detected motion of the mobile device.
20. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a sensor to detect a motion of the mobile device; and
the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to a photographed user image when the mobile device is in the time condition, in response to the detected motion of the mobile device.
21. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a sensor to detect a motion of the mobile device; and
the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to a user image when the mobile device is not in at least one of the area condition and the wireless communication condition, in response to the detected motion of the mobile device.
22. The medium of claim 1 , further comprising a transmission medium to perform the wireless communication with the external network for data transmission through Internet.
23. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the external network comprises an access point.
24. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the external network comprises a wireless access point device.
25. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the external network comprises an access point connecting to a wired network.
26. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the external network comprises an access point connecting to a wired network using a WIFI standard.
27. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the external network comprises a carrier service station for wireless communication.
28. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the external network comprises a home appliance being an apparatus to communicate with the mobile device to transmit and receive data.
29. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the area condition comprises an area in which the mobile device is disposed.
30. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the area condition comprises a user house in which a user of the mobile device stays.
31. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the external network comprises an access point; and
the area condition comprises a user house in which the access point is located.
32. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the external network comprises an access point; and
the area condition comprises a user house in which the access point is located and in which a user of the mobile device stays.
33. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the external network comprises an access point connecting a wired network; and
the area condition comprises a user house in which the access point connecting the wired network is located and in which a user of the mobile device stays.
34. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the external network comprises a wireless access point device connecting a wired network; and
the area condition comprises a user house in which the wireless access point device connecting to the wired network is located and in which a user of the mobile device stays.
35. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the unlocking the mobile device further comprises changing the mobile device to a normal mode.
36. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the unlocking the mobile device further comprises changing the mobile device from a power saving mode to a normal mode.
37. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device comprises a user menu area displaying one or more menus selectable by a user finger for a second user input to set at least one of the area condition and the wireless communication condition;
the user menu area comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and
the method further comprises displaying the one or more menus at the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the one or more menus to set the at least one of the area condition or the wireless communication condition without assistance of other user fingers.
38. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device comprises a user menu area displaying one or more menus selectable by a user finger for a second user input to set at least one of the area condition and the wireless communication condition;
the user menu area comprises a line defining a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and
the method further comprises displaying the one or more menus at the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the one or more menus to set the at least one of the area condition or the wireless communication condition.