MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME

• US 20170053109A1
• Filed: 11/23/2015
• Published: 02/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Ilyong, HAN, Jongwoo
• Application Number:
  US14/949,409
• Publication Number:
  US 20170053109A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/65 Environment-dependent, e.g. using captured environmental data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. A mobile terminal capable of performing a face recognition function includes a display unit, a camera for photographing a face image, and a controller for changing a locking state in which the execution of a function of the mobile terminal is limited to an unlocking state in which the execution of the function of the mobile is possible, based on that a face movement extracted from the face image photographed through the camera satisfies a predetermined condition. The controller displays, on the display unit, a graphic object related to a previously stored face movement. When the face movement extracted from the face image photographed through the camera corresponds to the previously stored face movement, the controller changes the locking state to the unlocking state.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal capable of performing a face recognition function, the mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit;

a camera configured to photograph a face image; and

a controller configured to change a locking state in which the execution of a function of the mobile terminal is limited to an unlocking state in which the execution of the function of the mobile is possible, based on that a face movement extracted from the face image photographed through the camera satisfies a predetermined condition,

wherein the controller displays, on the display unit, a graphic object related to a previously stored face movement, and

wherein, when the face movement extracted from the face image photographed through the camera corresponds to the previously stored face movement, the controller changes the locking state to the unlocking state.

2. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the face movement extracted from the photographed face image is at least one of a movement of a sight and a movement of a mouth.

3. The mobile terminal of claim 2, wherein the movement of the sight is a movement based on at least one of a moving speed of the sight and a sight direction.

4. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, when the extracted face movement does not correspond to the previously stored face movement, the controller decides that the face image corresponds to a fake face.

5. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the graphic object related to the previously stored face movement is a specific word, and

wherein the controller detects a movement of the mouth in the photographed face image, and changes the locking state to the unlocking state, when the extracted movement of the mouth is a movement of the mouth corresponding to the specific word.

6. The mobile terminal of claim 5, wherein the specific word is displayed at a specific position on the display unit, and

wherein the controller detects a sight direction in the photographed face image, and changes the locking state to the unlocking state, when the sight faces a specific area in which the specific word is displayed, based on the sight direction.

7. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein, when the at least one of the movement of the sight and the movement of the mouth does not correspond to a predetermined movement, the controller maintains the locking state.

8. The mobile terminal of claim 6, wherein the controller arbitrarily sets the specific position at which the specific word is displayed.

9. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, when the sight extracted from the photographed face image moves to face the graphic object within a predetermined time from a point of time when the graphic object is displayed, the controller changes the locking state to the unlocking state.

10. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein the graphic object related to the previously stored face movement is a graphic object moving while forming a predetermined pattern, and

wherein the controller detects a movement of the sight in the photographed face image, and changes the locking state to the unlocking state, when a pattern formed based on the movement of the sight corresponds to the predetermined pattern.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein, when the pattern formed by the movement of the sight does not correspond to the predetermined pattern, the controller maintains the locking state.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, when the movement of the photographed face image does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the controller maintains the locking state, and displays, on the display unit, notification information for notifying that the locking state is not released.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, when the mobile terminal is in the locking state, the controller displays, on the display unit, a lock screen indicating the locking state, and

wherein the graphic object related to the previously stored face movement is displayed on the lock screen.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 13, wherein, when the lock screen is displayed, the controller arbitrarily sets the position at which the graphic object related to the previously stored face movement is displayed on the lock screen.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 1, wherein, when the photographed face image does not correspond to a previously stored face image, the controller maintains the locking state even though a face movement extracted from the previously stored face image corresponds to the previously stored face movement.

16. A method for controlling a mobile terminal capable of performing a face recognition function, the method comprising:

displaying, on a display unit, a graphic object related to a previously stored face movement;

photographing a face image through a camera;

deciding whether a face movement extracted from the photographed face image corresponds to the previously stored face movement; and

when it is decided that the photographed face image corresponds to the previously stored face movement, changing a locking state in which the execution of a function of the mobile terminal is limited to an unlocking state in which the execution of the function of the mobile is possible.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the previously stored face movement is at least one of a movement of a sight included in the face image and a movement of a mouth included in the face image.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the graphic object related to the previously stored face movement is displayed at an arbitrary position on a lock screen indicating the locking state.