Electronic apparatus and method of selectively applying security in mobile device

摘要

A mobile device includes a display unit to display a screen to set the mobile device in a security mode and a condition as a safe zone in the security mode, a user interface to receive a user input to activate the mobile device, and a control unit to selectively apply the security mode in response to the user input when a current condition is identical to the set condition.

主权项

1. A mobile device comprising:
a photographing unit to photograph an object; a user interface unit to receive a user input; a network interface unit to communicate with external devices; a display unit having a panel to display an image corresponding to the photographed object, to display a first screen on the panel to set the mobile device in a security mode which requires a security process of receiving a password to operate a normal mode of the mobile device in the set security mode, and to display a second screen on the panel to set a condition of a safe zone which does not require the security process in the set security mode to operate the normal mode of the mobile device in the set security mode; a switch to change the mobile device from a power saving mode to the normal mode; and a control unit configured to receive a selection of the switch, and configured to not require the security process in the set security mode to operate the normal mode of the mobile device when the set condition of the safe zone is met and when the selection of the switch is received, and to require the security process in the set security mode to operate the normal mode of the mobile device in the set security; mode when the set condition of the safe zone is not met and when the selection of the switch is received, wherein the set condition of the safe zone comprises a detection of a connection state of one of the external devices and a time condition.