Electronic apparatus and method of selectively applying security mode in mobile device
A method of a mobile device to photograph an object includes controlling a panel to display an image and to receive a user input, and controlling a network interface to wirelessly communicate with an external network comprising an access point, 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.
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing codes as a program to perform a method of a mobile device including a display unit having a panel and a photographing unit to photograph an object, the method comprising:
controlling the panel to display one or more menus and to receive a user input, and controlling a network interface to detect an external device,
determining whether the mobile device is in a time condition;
sensing a motion of the mobile device by using a sensor;
applying a first security mode of receiving a password through the panel to unlock the mobile device in response to the sensed motion, according to the determination that the mobile device is not in the time condition; and
applying a second security mode without receiving the password to unlock the mobile device in response to the sensed motion, according to the determination that the mobile device is in the time condition.
2. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises applying the first security mode when the second security mode fails.
3. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the time condition comprises a period of time.
4. 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 displaying the one or more menus in the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the one or more menus.
5. 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 displaying a user menu to set the second security mode in the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the user menu.
6. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the panel comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and
the unlocking the mobile device further comprises unlocking the mobile device from a power saving mode to a normal mode, the normal mode comprising displaying a user menu to set the second security mode in the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the user menu.
7. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a switch; and
the method further comprises applying the first security mode of receiving the password through the panel to unlock the mobile device, in response to a selection of the switch according to the determination that the mobile device is not in the time condition.
8. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a switch; and
the method further comprises applying the second security mode without receiving the password to unlock the mobile device, in response to a selection of the switch according to the determination that the mobile device is in the time condition.
9. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the mobile device further comprises a switch; and
the method further comprises applying the first security mode of receiving the password to unlock the mobile device, when the second security mode fails in response to a selection of the switch according to the determination that the mobile device is in the time condition.
10. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the panel comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area;
the mobile device further comprises a switch; and
the unlocking the mobile device further comprises unlocking the mobile device from a power saving mode to a normal mode in response to a selection of the switch, the normal mode comprising displaying a user menu to set the second security mode in the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the user menu.
11. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the panel comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area;
the mobile device further comprises a switch; and
the unlocking the mobile device further comprises unlocking the mobile device from a power saving mode to a normal mode in response to a selection of the switch, the normal mode comprising displaying the one or more menus in the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the one or more menus.
12. The medium of claim 1 , wherein
the method further comprises:
sensing a second motion of a user of the mobile device by using a second sensor;
applying the first security mode of receiving a password through the panel to unlock the mobile device in response to the sensed second motion, according to the determination that the mobile device is not in the time condition; and
applying the second security mode without receiving the password to unlock the mobile device in response to the sensed second motion, according to the determination that the mobile device is in the time condition.
13. The medium of claim 12 , wherein
the method further comprises:
applying the first security mode of receiving the password through the panel to unlock the mobile device when the second security mode fails.
14. The medium of claim 1 , wherein
the first security mode further comprises determining whether the password matches a set password stored in the mobile device, and unlocking the mobile device according to the determination that the password matches the set password; and
the second security mode further comprises determining whether a condition matches a set condition stored in the mobile device, and unlocking the mobile device according to the determination that the condition matches the set condition.
15. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the panel comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and
the unlocking the mobile device further comprises unlocking the mobile device from a power saving mode to a normal mode in response to the sensed motion, the normal mode comprising displaying a user menu to set at least one of the first security mode and the second security mode in the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the user menu.
16. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the panel comprises a screen with a line between a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and
the unlocking the mobile device further comprises unlocking the mobile device from a power saving mode to a normal mode in response to the sensed motion, the normal mode comprising displaying the one or more menus in the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the one or more menus.
17. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the second security mode further comprises:
determining that a current condition of the mobile device is a set condition as an authorized user stored in the mobile device, the set condition being stored in the mobile device, and
unlocking the mobile device, according to the determination that the current condition of the mobile device is the set condition as the authorized user of the mobile device.
18. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the second security mode further comprises;
determining whether the mobile device is in a safe zone user as an authorized user of the mobile device; and
unlocking the mobile device according to the determination that the mobile device is on the safe zone.
19. The medium of claim 1 , wherein the second security mode further comprises;
determining whether the mobile device communicated with the external device as an authorized user of the mobile device; and
unlocking the mobile device according to the determination that the mobile device communicates with the external device.
20. The medium of claim 19 , wherein the method further comprises unlocking the mobile device according to the first security mode when the second security mode fails to detect the external device.
21. The medium of claim 19 , wherein the external device comprises a Bluetooth device or a WiFi device, and the authorized used is stored in the mobile device.
22. The medium of claim 19 , wherein the external device comprises a WiFi device for data transmission through an internet.
23. The medium of claim 19 , wherein the external device comprises at least one of a medical device, a home appliance, and a second mobile device as the authorized user of the mobile device.
24. The medium of claim 19 , wherein the panel comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area, and the method further comprises displaying a user menu to select the external device in the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the user menu to select the external device.
25. The medium of claim 19 , wherein:
the panel comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and
the unlocking the mobile device further comprises changing the mobile device from a power saving mode to a normal mode, the normal mode comprising displaying a user menu to select the external device in the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the user menu to select the external device.
26. The medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the external device comprises an access point as an authorized user of the mobile device; and
the second security mode further comprises determining whether the mobile device is in a wireless communication condition of communicating with the access point and an area condition.
27. The medium of claim 26 , wherein the area condition comprises at least one of an area defined by a line on a diagram, an area in which the mobile device is disposed, a house in which a user of the mobile device stays, and a house in which the access point is located.
28. The medium of claim 26 , wherein the access point comprises a wireless access point connecting to a wired network for data transmission through an Internet.
29. The medium of claim 26 , wherein the method further comprises setting the area condition after the wireless communication has been set.
30. The medium of claim 26 , wherein:
the panel further comprises a user finger reachable area and a user finger unreachable area; and
the method further comprises displaying a user menu to set the area condition at the user finger reachable area such that the user finger of a user hand holding the mobile device reaches the user menu to set the area condition.