MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20140273964A1
• Filed: 02/24/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Jungsu, KIM, Sangwon, NOH, Hyunyong
• Granted Patent: US 9,730,069 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/67 by electronic means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/065 Continuous authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A mobile terminal including a display unit on which objects corresponding to at least one selected application from among multiple applications executable on the mobile terminal are output in a locked mode; a user identification unit that identifies at least one user of the mobile terminal and determines whether the at least one user is authorized to cancel the locked mode; and a controller that only grants access for at least one individually assigned application among the multiple applications to the user authorized to cancel the locked mode of the mobile terminal. The at least one user has access to only at least one assigned function among multiple functions included in the at least one individually assigned application.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit on which objects corresponding to at least one selected application from among multiple applications executable on the mobile terminal are output in a locked mode;

a user identification unit that identifies at least one user of the mobile terminal and determines whether the at least one user is authorized to cancel the locked mode; and

a controller that grants access for at least one individually assigned application among the multiple applications, to the at least one user authorized to cancel the locked mode,

wherein the at least one user has access to only at least one assigned function among multiple functions included in the at least one individually assigned application.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein when at least one of the objects corresponding to the at least one selected application that is output in the locked mode is selected, the controller only allows access to the at least one assigned function corresponding to the selected at least one object.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the user identification unit recognizes and photographs a face of the at least one user facing toward the display unit with a camera integrated into a main body, compares an image of the photographed face of the at least one user against images of the multiple users who are authorized to cancel the locked mode, and determines whether the at least one user is authorized to cancel the locked mode.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller outputs an object indicating whether the at least one user of the mobile terminal is authorized to cancel the locked mode to the display unit.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller outputs an identification object individually assigned to the at least one user who is authorized to cancel the locked mode to the display unit.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller outputs an indicator indicating a location for recognizing the face of the at least one user and an indicator indicating a current location of the face of the at least one user to the display unit.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller outputs a region for recognizing the face of the at least one user to the display unit along with the at least one individually assigned application for which the at least one user is granted access.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller outputs an image effect indicating an extent to which a region where the face of the at least one user is currently recognized matches with a region for recognizing the face of the at least one user to the display unit.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 3, wherein the controller outputs an extent of image processing associated with the image of the face of the at least one user to the display unit.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the at least one user includes a plurality of users authorized to cancel the locked mode, and the display unit outputs different user identification information corresponding to the plurality of users authorized to cancel the lock mode, respectively.

11. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:

outputting, on a display unit of the mobile terminal, objects corresponding to at least one selected application from among multiple applications executable on the mobile terminal, in a locked mode;

identifying at least one user and determining whether the at least one user is authorized to cancel the locked mode; and

granting access for at least one individually assigned application among the multiple applications to the at least one user authorized to cancel the locked mode,

wherein the at least one user has access to only at least one assigned function among multiple functions included in the at least one individually assigned application.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein when at least one of the objects corresponding to the at least one selected application that is output in the locked mode is selected, access is only allowed to the at least one assigned function corresponding to the selected at least one object.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the identifying of the at least one user includes recognizing and photographing a face of the at least one user facing toward the display unit with a camera integrated into a main body of the mobile terminal, comparing an image of the photographed face of the at least one user against images of the multiple users who are authorized to cancel the locked mode, and determining whether the at least one user is authorized to cancel the locked mode.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

outputting an object indicating whether the at least one user is authorized to cancel the locked mode to the display unit.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

outputting an identification object individually assigned to the at least one user who is authorized to cancel the locked mode to the display unit.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

outputting an indicator indicating a location for recognizing the face of the at least one user and an indicator indicating a current location of the face of the at least one user to the display unit.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

outputting a region for recognizing the face of the at least one user to the display unit along with the at least one individually assigned application for which the user is granted access.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

outputting an image effect indicating an extent to which a region where the face of the at least one user is currently recognized matches with a region for recognizing the face of the at least one user to the display unit.

19. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

outputting an extent of image processing associated with the image of the face of the at least one user to the display unit.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one user includes a plurality of users authorized to cancel the locked mode,

the method further comprising:

outputting different user identification information corresponding to the plurality of users authorized to cancel the lock mode, respectively, to the display unit.