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Electronic apparatus and method of selectively applying security mode according to exceptional condition in mobile device

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  • US 10,111,098 B2
  • Filed: 05/05/2018
  • Issued: 10/23/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of a mobile device which is configured to photograph an object and includes a display unit having a panel to display a photographing object, the method comprising:

  • receiving a user input, and wirelessly communicating with an external network to transmit or receive a data signal;

    changing the mobile device from a power saving mode to a normal mode by using a switch;

    setting a password as a security mode, and setting an exceptional condition as a safe zone of the security mode, wherein the exceptional condition comprises a wireless communication condition and an area condition; and

    not displaying a screen to receive the password on the display unit and changing the mobile device from the power saving mode to the normal mode without the password as the safe zone of the security mode when the mobile device is in the area condition and when the mobile device wirelessly communicates with the external network according to the wireless communication condition, and displaying the screen on the display unit and changing the mobile device from the power saving mode to the normal mode by receiving the password as a security check process of the security mode when the mobile device is not in the area condition or when the mobile device does not wirelessly communicate with the external network according to the wireless communication condition, by using a control processor.

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