KR100650680B1 - Mobile communication terminal having a data detail locking function and controlling method therefore - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal system having a data detailed locking function and a control method therefor are provided to perform mosaic of a partial region of graphic data or text data when a user designates the partial region and perform a detailed locking function. A display(2), installed in a partial body of a mobile communication terminal(1), displays partial contents no-open request data for a detailed locking function, and mosaics and displays a partial region designated by a user in a partial region of the displayed data. A main control unit(3) controls a detailed locking or unlocking function for mosaicking the partial region designated by the user among the partial contents non-open request data displayed on the display(2). A memory unit(4) stores the partial contents no-open request data set up by the detailed locking or unlocking function of the main control unit(3) and an unlocking password.

Description

Mobile communication terminal having a data detail locking function and controlling method thereof

1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a mobile communication terminal with a conventional data lock function.

2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a mobile communication terminal equipped with a detailed data locking function of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart of the present invention.

4A to 4F are explanatory diagrams illustrating an example in which the method of the present invention is applied to photographic data.

5A to 5F are explanatory views for explaining an example where the method of the present invention is applied to text data.

6A to 6E are explanatory views for explaining an example of releasing the detailed lock function of data in the method of the present invention.

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1: Mobile communication terminal 2: Display

3: main controller 4: memory section

5: wireless module unit 6: handset phone

7 codec section 8 key panel section

9: base station system unit 10: terminal

11: cursor icon 12: schedule area

13: mosaic

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal system having a detailed data lock function and a control method thereof. In particular, when a user designates a certain area of graphic data or text data, the detailed data lock function executes a detailed lock function by performing a mosaic processing. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal system and a control method thereof.

In general, wireless data communication refers to a communication function of wirelessly transmitting and receiving various data such as letters, numbers, and images through a base station system using a portable terminal capable of wireless transmission and reception, for example, a cellular phone, a portable computer, a facsimile. It is a mobile communication system that exchanges or retrieves data in both directions while moving by using various terminals such as credit card checker and the like. In recent years, complex digital technologies have been incorporated into such mobile communication terminal systems, and their functions are rapidly increasing in capacity, and various functions corresponding to user preferences are rapidly spreading.

Then, referring to the conventional mobile communication system as described above with reference to FIG. 1, a base station 71 for wirelessly processing function signals transmitted from a plurality of terminals 70, for example, a call signal or an SMS message, and the base station And an MSC 72 for processing the call signal input via 71.

Here, the LCD panel 73 which displays a function that is operated in the terminal 70 to the outside or a specific function set by the user while waiting, such as a digital clock screen or a set lock function, on a part of the body of the terminal 70. With

Meanwhile, referring to the operation of the conventional mobile communication terminal as described above, when the user of the terminal 70 wants to send an SMS message, for example, the user of the terminal 70 corresponds to the keypad 74 of the terminal 70. Select the menu and enter the required character. When the character input is completed through the above process, the user of the terminal 70 presses the keypad 74 to select a destination phone number to be transmitted from the phonebook list stored therein, and then presses the transmit button. Then, the terminal 70 transmits the text data input by the user in the SMS message to the base station 71. Accordingly, the SMS message signal of the terminal 70 is input to and stored in the SMS message center 75 via the base station 71 and the MSC 72. Then, the SMS message center 75 checks the destination phone number of the input SMS message and transmits it to the MSC 72. Then, the MSC 72 transmits the SMS message signal transmitted from the SMS message center 75 to the counterpart terminal 76. The counterpart terminal 76 analyzes the received SMS message signal and displays the signal on the display.

Here, when the lock function is set in the terminal 70 during the above process, the terminal 70 displays the locked function menu on the LCD panel 73. At this time, when the user of the terminal 70 sets the file or SMS data that the user wants to execute the lock function on the menu screen displayed on the LCD panel 73, the terminal 70 selects the entire file or SMS data selected by the user. Lock it. Therefore, the terminal 70 subsequently denies all access to the locked file or SMS data until the user sets the release function.

However, since the mobile terminal having the conventional lock function as described above is a method in which the lock function is executed only for the entire file or SMS data, the terminal user wants to execute the lock function only for a part of the file or SMS data. Since it cannot be executed at all, the usability of the terminal is considerably degraded. Also, if it is necessary to mosaic only a part of the data while releasing the contents of specific data, the terminal does not respond appropriately. There was also a problem that is considerably lowered.

Accordingly, the present invention has been invented to solve the above-mentioned problems, and since a specific area that is not desired to be disclosed among a large amount of data stored in the terminal is mosaiced, its contents are not disclosed, thereby maximizing data confidentiality. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication terminal system having a detailed locking function and a control method thereof.

It is another object of the present invention to protect the contents by mosaicing only a partial area of graphic data or text data without adding a specific circuit, so that the mobile communication terminal is provided with a detailed data locking function, which significantly improves the functionality of the terminal. It is to provide a system and a control method thereof.

The present invention for achieving the above object is a mobile communication terminal equipped with a full lock function, is installed on a part of the body of the mobile communication terminal to display some content private request data for the detailed lock function and a part of the displayed data A display for mosaicing and displaying a partial region designated by a user among the regions, a main control unit for controlling a detailed lock or release function for mosaicing a partial region designated by the user among the partial content private request data displayed on the display; Provided is a mobile communication terminal system having a detailed data lock function including a memory unit for storing a partial content private request data and a release password set by the detailed lock or release function of the main control unit.

Another feature of the present invention is a lock area setting step of designating a partial area which is not desired to be disclosed using a cursor icon in the data desired to be locked on the display when the detailed lock function is set in the mobile communication terminal; After the area setting step, the detail lock function execution step of executing a detailed lock function by mosaicing a partial area that the user does not want to disclose on the data screen, and the encryption signal to release the detail lock function after the detailed lock function execution step If entered, the mobile terminal equipped with the detailed data lock function, which performs the release operation for restoring the currently entered unlock password to the original public state after performing the authentication operation. Provides a control method for the system.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention is installed on a part of the body of the mobile communication terminal 1 as shown in FIG. 2 to display the graphic, photo or text data for the detailed lock function and a partial area designated by the user among the partial area of the displayed data And a display 2 for displaying various display signals therein, and a detailed lock or release function for mosaicing a partial region designated by a user among graphic, photo or text data displayed on the display 2; The main control unit 3 which controls the overall function of the mobile communication terminal 1, and the graphic or photo or text data set by the detailed lock or release function of the main control unit 1, and the release password. And a memory unit 4 for storing various kinds of information processed by the mobile communication terminal 1.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal 1 includes a radio module unit 5 for processing a radio call signal transmitted and received in the mobile communication terminal 1 and a handset phone according to a call connection control signal of the main control unit 3. (6) a codec unit 7 for converting an analog voice signal input through the digital signal or a digital voice signal into an analog signal and outputting the same; and a key for inputting a function setting signal of the user to the main control unit 3; The panel unit 8 is included.

Next, a control method applied to the above apparatus will be described.

As shown in FIG. 3, the method of the present invention proceeds to the detailed lock function setting checking step S2 in the initial state S1 to check whether the detailed lock function is set in the current terminal. If the detailed lock function is not set in the current terminal as a result of checking during the detailed lock function setting checking step (S2), the general call processing function execution step (S3) is executed to execute the general call processing function.

That is, when power is applied to the mobile communication terminal 1 of the present invention, the main control unit 3 of the mobile communication terminal 1 proceeds to an initialization state and forms necessary information from the internal memory unit 4 to perform the initialization process. Run it and proceed to standby.

At this time, the main control unit 3 of the terminal 1 recognizes when the user inputs a telephone number through the key panel unit 8 and presses a call button, and the user inputs the telephone number into the memory unit 4. In addition to the storage, the system accesses the base station system unit 9 using the access channel through the wireless module unit 5, and then transmits an outgoing signal to the corresponding telephone number. Then, the base station system unit 9 processes the outgoing signal sent from the terminal 1 and transmits an incoming call to the counterpart terminal 10 to form a call. Then, when the user of the terminal 1 inputs the voice signal through the handset 6, the codec unit 7 of the terminal 1 signals the voice signal input through the handset 6 Process and input to the wireless module unit (5). In addition, the wireless module unit 5 which is subjected to the function control of the main control unit 3 of the terminal 1 wirelessly processes the voice signal input through the codec unit 7 and communicates with the other party via the base station system unit 9. Since the transmission to the terminal 10 makes a normal call.

On the other hand, if the detailed lock function is checked during the detailed lock setting setting step (S2), and if the detailed lock function is currently set in the terminal, proceed to the lock area setting step (S4) and use the cursor icon in the desired data for the detailed lock called on the display. To specify some areas you don't want to see. After the locking area setting step S4, the detailed locking function execution step S5 is performed to perform a detailed locking function by mosaicing a partial area that the user does not want to disclose on the data screen. In addition, after the detailed lock function execution step (S5), the process proceeds to the release function setting check step (S6) to confirm whether the encryption signal for releasing the current detailed lock function is input. At this time, if it is confirmed during the release function setting check step (S6) that the password signal for releasing the current detailed lock function is not input, the current step ends and proceeds to the standby state. However, if a password signal for releasing the current detailed lock function is input as a result of checking during the release function setting checking step (S6), proceed to the release execution step (S7) to perform an authentication operation after the currently input release password is authenticated. The detailed lock function restores a part of the set data to the original public state.

In other words, when the user of the terminal 1 does not disclose some areas in the data, for example, photographs, graphics, or text data stored by the user, so as not to be read by others, the detailed lock function of the present invention may be set. do. Then, the user of the terminal 1 retrieves the data desired for the detailed lock function, for example, the picture, the graphic, or the text data from the memory unit 4 and displays it on the display 2. At this time, the terminal user retrieves the data screen desired to execute the lock function from the memory unit 4 and displays it on the display 2 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5A. Then, in the state where the data screen is displayed on the display 2 as described above, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 (be), the predetermined area 12 which is not desired to be disclosed is set using the cursor icon 11. Then, when the lock completion key is pressed, the main control unit 3 performs the detailed lock function to prevent the other person from seeing this part by mosaicing the corresponding part as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 (f). .

Meanwhile, when the user of the terminal wants to unlock the detailed locked data after the detailed locking process, as shown in FIG. 6A, first, the corresponding data is retrieved from the memory unit 4 to display the display 2. Mark). At this time, when the terminal user sets the unlock function as shown in (b) of FIG. 6, the main controller 3 may insert a release password on the display 2 as shown in (c) of FIG. 6. Requires. When the terminal user inputs the release password through the key panel unit 8, the main control unit 3 authenticates the input release password and then authenticates the details, as shown in FIG. 6 (de). Immediately releases the partial area of the set data.

As described above, according to the present invention, when a user designates a partial area of graphic data or text data, a specific area which is not desired to be disclosed among a large amount of data stored in the terminal is mosaiced by executing a detailed lock function by mosaicing it. Since the contents are not disclosed, the confidentiality of the data is maximized accordingly.

In addition, according to the present invention, since only a partial area of graphic data or text data can be mosaiced to protect its contents without adding a specific circuit, the functionality of the terminal can be considerably improved.

Claims (5)

In the mobile communication terminal equipped with a full lock function, A display installed on a part of the body of the mobile communication terminal to display partial content private request data for a detailed lock function, and to display a partial area designated by a user among mosaics of the displayed data; Stores the main control unit for controlling the detailed lock or unlock function of mosaicing the partial area designated by the user among the partial content private request data, and the partial content private request data and the unlock password set by the detail lock or unlock function of the main control unit. Mobile communication terminal system having a detailed data lock function, characterized in that it comprises a memory unit. The mobile communication terminal system according to claim 1, wherein the partial content non-request data is graphic data. The mobile communication terminal system of claim 1, wherein the partial content non-request data is photo data. The mobile communication terminal system of claim 1, wherein the partial content non-request data is text data. When the detailed lock function is set in the mobile communication terminal, a lock area setting step of designating a partial area which is not desired to be revealed by using the cursor icon on the data desired to be locked on the display, and the data screen after the lock area setting step. The detailed lock function execution step of executing a detailed lock function by mosaicing a partial area that the user does not want to disclose in the case, and if the password signal for releasing the detailed lock function after the detailed lock function execution step is inputted, If the authentication is performed after the release password is authenticated in the mobile communication terminal system equipped with a detailed data lock function, characterized in that it comprises a release execution step of restoring a partial area of the data set in the detailed lock function to the original public state. Control method.

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