ICON PASSWORD SETTING APPARATUS AND ICON PASSWORD SETTING METHOD USING KEYWORD OF ICON

摘要

Disclosed is an icon password setting apparatus and an icon password setting method, which provide a keyword of an icon to enable an icon password to be set. The icon password setting apparatus according to the present invention enables password setting to be performed by an icon using an image of the icon and an associated keyword, the apparatus comprising: a password management unit for combining a plurality of icons to generate an icon password or inquiring pre-stored icon passwords; a keyword phrase management unit for combining keywords of individual icons constituting the icon password to generate a keyword phrase or inquiring the pre-stored keyword phrase in correspondence to the icon password; a password list generating unit for generating a list having each icon password and corresponding keyword phrases; and a user password setting unit for receiving a request for setting the password for the icon password selected from the list and setting a user password. According to the present invention, a user may easily remember an icon password using the keyword phrase provided when setting the icon password.