Electronic apparatus and method of selectively applying security mode in mobile device
OwnerSeungman Kiminventor
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Abstract
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.
Claims30
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;
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- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.