KR101742780B1

KR101742780B1 - Method for managing password of electronic device and electronic device and computer-readable recording media using the same

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Publication number: KR101742780B1
Application number: KR1020160024630A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 강예성; 김주성
Original assignee: 강예성; 김주성
Priority date: 2016-02-29
Filing date: 2016-02-29
Publication date: 2017-06-01

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of managing a password, an electronic apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing a password of an electronic device, the method comprising: (a) displaying a plurality of display objects in a display section divided so as to be distinguishable from each other on a display Display objects or changing an existing display of the plurality of display objects according to an input signal, and (b) the electronic device is configured to display previously stored cryptographic information, wherein the pre-stored cryptographic information includes at least one Determining whether a display object displayed in the specific display compartment is correct with reference to a specific display section and information on at least one display object to be mapped to the specific display section; do.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a method of managing a password of an electronic device, an electronic device, and a computer readable recording medium.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for managing a password of an electronic apparatus, an electronic apparatus and a computer-readable recording medium. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method of managing passwords by using password information including information on at least one specific display compartment out of divided display compartments and at least one display object to be mapped to a specific display compartment, A method of managing a password of an electronic device, an electronic apparatus, and a computer-readable recording medium.

Recently, with the development of electronic technology, electronic devices such as cellular phones are being upgraded. A touch screen that supports an input method such as a drag input and a touch input has been introduced to replace the inconvenience of a user input using a keypad of an existing mobile phone, thereby facilitating user input. In addition, existing mobile phone users are limited to using basic functions such as phone conversation or text message transmission function through the mobile communication function of the mobile phone, but as the performance and functions of the mobile phone gradually improve, users can perform various tasks It was. For example, it takes advantage of various functions such as photo shooting, personal calendar management, web surfing, and document work. As cell phone users are able to store generated information while utilizing various functions, they have become interested in how to manage passwords that secure the information stored in their cell phones. Accordingly, various technologies for setting a mobile phone in a locked state have been developed. For example, in smartphones and tablet computers using the Android operating system, a grid pattern is displayed on the screen of a mobile phone, a pattern shape for connecting points is set in advance, and a pattern lock pattern lock (pattern lock) And the password is managed using the method. However, the conventional numeric input method or pattern lock method has a problem that the password of the user may be exposed to another person when another person watches the inputting process of the user's password.

Such a problem has not been solved by the method and apparatus for setting the password of Patent Publication No. 2014-0109130, and the lock releasing method and apparatus.

Accordingly, the present inventor proposes a method for supporting a password management method in which another person can not infer a password of a user even if the user watches the password inputting process.

It is an object of the present invention to solve all the problems described above.

Another object of the present invention is to support the process of inputting a password so that the password of the user is not exposed to another person, even if the process is watched by another person.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a highly secure password management method without any additional configuration in an electronic apparatus having a display unit.

In order to accomplish the above object, a representative structure of the present invention is as follows.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of managing a password of an electronic device, the method comprising: (a) displaying a plurality of display objects in a display section divided so as to be distinguishable from each other on a display Display objects or changing an existing representation of the plurality of display objects according to an input signal, and (b) the electronic device is adapted to display previously stored cryptographic information, the pre-stored cryptographic information comprising at least one And determining whether the display object displayed in the specific display compartment is correct with reference to a specific display section of the specific display section and information on at least one display object to be mapped to the specific display section / RTI >

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic device for managing a cipher, comprising: a display; and (i) a plurality of display objects in a display section divided so as to be distinguishable from each other on the display, (Ii) prerecorded cryptographic information, wherein the pre-stored cryptographic information is associated with at least one of a specific presentation segment and a specific presentation segment of the presentation segment, And a processor for determining whether or not the display object displayed in the specific display section is correct, with reference to at least one display object to be mapped to the segment.

According to the present invention, by using password information including information on at least one specific display compartment and at least one display object to be mapped to a specific display compartment, Thus, the security of the password can be enhanced.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the user can not know what password is input even if another person watches the process of inputting the password, the user can escape the anxiety that his / her password may be leaked.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a diagram showing in detail an internal configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention; Fig.
FIG. 2 is a view illustrating inputting a password according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The following detailed description of the invention refers to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different, but need not be mutually exclusive. For example, certain features, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in other embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in connection with an embodiment. It is also to be understood that the position or arrangement of the individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be varied without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The following detailed description is, therefore, not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is to be limited only by the appended claims, along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled, if properly explained. In the drawings, like reference numerals refer to the same or similar functions throughout the several views.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, so that those skilled in the art can easily carry out the present invention.

An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a digital device including a display unit and includes memory means such as a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a workstation, a PDA, a web pad, a mobile phone and the like, Any number of digital devices equipped with the present invention can be adopted as the electronic device 100 according to the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram showing in detail an internal configuration of an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG.

1, an electronic device 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a display unit 110, a storage unit 120, and a processor unit 130. As shown in FIG.

First, a display unit 110 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention displays a plurality of display objects (Display Objects) on a display unit divided into distinguishable units on a display unit 110 under the control of a processor unit 130, ) Can be displayed. In addition, the display unit 110 may display a user interface for displaying a new display object in a specific display segment of the display segment. Here, the display segment may be implemented in an area excluding the user interface area of the entire area of the display unit 110. [ The display object may include at least one of letters, numbers, figures and images.

Next, the storage unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention may store the encryption information in advance. Wherein the cryptographic information may include information on at least one of the display compartment and at least one display object to be mapped to the specific display compartment. Here, the specific display segment may include the first to n-th specific display segments, and the relative order of the corresponding first to n-th specific display segments may be determined.

Next, the processor unit 130 according to an embodiment of the present invention can support displaying a plurality of display objects on the display unit 110, which are divided so as to be distinguishable from each other.

When receiving an input signal instructing to change the existing display of a plurality of display objects through the provided input unit (not shown), the processor unit 130 displays a plurality of existing displayed symbols You can support changing the display object.

The processor unit 130 may determine whether at least one display object displayed in at least one specific display area of the display area is correct by referring to the encryption information stored in the storage unit 120 in advance.

When the setting information about the data source corresponding to each of the plurality of data objects is acquired, the processor unit 130 acquires the setting information about the data source obtained through the communication unit 110 To set or set a number of data objects as local or distributed transactions. More specifically, When the display object displayed in the k-specific display compartment is determined to be correct in the area when k is an integer equal to or larger than 1 (n-1), the processor unit 130 determines that the object displayed in the (k + It can help to make a judgment about whether it is correct or not. For example, the processor unit 130 provides a user interface for allowing an object displayed in the (k + 1) -th specific display compartment to be newly displayed (changed) when it is determined that the display object displayed in the k-specific display compartment is correct in the area can do. Here, the user interface may be the same interface as the user interface described in the detailed description of the display unit 110, or may be another interface.

In addition, the processor unit 130 can release the encryption of the electronic device 100 if it is determined that the display objects displayed in the first to n-th specific display compartments are correct, respectively.

FIG. 2 is a view illustrating inputting a password according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 (a), the processor unit 130 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of display objects in a lattice-format display section having rows and columns on a screen 200 of the display unit 110, Each of which can be displayed. One presentation compartment has a preset row number and column number, so it can be distinguished from other presentation compartments. Of course, the presentation compartment may not necessarily be displayed in a grid format. The processor unit 130 may determine whether the display object displayed in the specific display compartment is correct by referring to the password information stored in advance. For example, when the specific display area corresponding to the cryptographic information stored in advance in the storage unit 120 includes the first to n-th specific display compartments, and k is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or less than (n-1) (K + 1) -th display section is judged to be correct if it is judged that the display object displayed in the k-th specific display section is correct by referring to the previously stored password information.

More specifically, in the cryptographic information, a specific display section is set in the order of (1,1), (1,2), (2,2), and the display object to be mapped to each specific display section is 9, 3 , And 4, the processor unit 130 can determine that the display object is correctly displayed because the display object currently displayed in the specific display segment (1,1) of the display segment is 9.

Thereafter, the processor unit 130 may obtain an input signal through a display object change indicator 230 for causing a display object to be newly displayed in the next specific display section (1, 2).

Then, the processor unit 130 may support the existing display of the plurality of display objects shown in FIG. 2 (a) according to the obtained input signal to change as shown in FIG. 2 (b).

Thereafter, the processor unit 130 judges that the display object is correctly displayed because the display object displayed in the state of FIG. 2 (b) is 3 in the specific display compartment 1 or 2 set in the order of (1, 1) .

Thereafter, the processor unit 130 may repeat the above-described process to determine whether the display object displayed at the last (2, 2) is 4 or not.

The processor unit 130 can decrypt the electronic device if it is determined that the display objects displayed in the first to third specific display compartments are correct, respectively.

Meanwhile, the processor unit 130 may change a display object indicating a function of commanding to change an existing display of a plurality of display objects in another area except for a plurality of display objects and a display area of the display area 110, Indicator 230 may be displayed. For example, the display object change indicator 230 may be displayed on the display unit 110 in various shapes such as a bar shape that can be dragged up and down and left and right, and a dial shape that is rotatable by a touch input. When the display object change indicator 240 is selected in accordance with an input signal such as a touch input, a drag input, or the like, the processor unit 130 acquires an input signal, and according to the obtained input signal, So that the existing display of the plurality of display objects can be changed as shown in Fig. 2 (b).

In addition, the processor unit 130 can support the display of the password input display window 210. If the display object displayed in the k-th specific display compartment is determined to be correct, the processor unit 130 may display it in the password input display window 210 using a specific symbol such as asterisk so as to have security.

In addition, the processor unit 130 may support the display of the encryption clear indicator 220. [ The processor unit 130 may delete a specific symbol displayed on the password input display window 210 when an input signal for selecting the password clear indicator 220 is obtained.

In addition, the embodiments of the present invention described above can be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed through various computer components and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium. The computer-readable recording medium may include program commands, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the present invention or may be those known and used by those skilled in the computer software arts. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floptical disks, media, and hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute program instructions such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules for performing the processing according to the present invention, and vice versa.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments, but, on the contrary, Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.

Therefore, the spirit of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the above-described embodiments, and all of the equivalents or equivalents of the claims, as well as the following claims, I will say.

100: Electronic device
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130:
200: Display screen
210: Password entry window
220: Password clearing indicator
230: Display object change indicator

Claims

A method for managing a password of an electronic device,
(a) the electronic device displays a plurality of display objects in a display section divided so as to be distinguishable from each other on a display, or displays an existing display of the plurality of display objects in accordance with an input signal, ; And
(b) the electronic device has previously stored cryptographic information, the pre-stored cryptographic information including information on at least one of the display sections and at least one display object to be mapped to the specific display section, Determining whether the display object displayed in the specific display compartment is correct, with reference to the display object;
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The specific display section includes first to n-th specific display sections, and the first to n-th specific display sections correspond to information on the order. When k is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or smaller than (n-1) , And a determination is made as to whether or not the display object displayed in the (k + 1) -th specific display compartment is correct, if it is determined that the display object displayed in the k-th specific display compartment is correct. How to manage.

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The method according to claim 1,
And provides a user interface for displaying a new display object in the (k + 1) -th specific display section if it is determined that the display object displayed in the k-th specific display section is correct. How to.

The method according to claim 1,
(c) if the display object (n is the number of digits of the cipher) displayed in the first to the n-th specific display compartment is judged to be correct, the electronic device releases the password;
Further comprising the steps of:

The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the display object comprises at least one of a letter, a number, a figure and an image.

1. An electronic device for managing a password,
A display; And
(i) displaying each of a plurality of display objects in a display section divided so as to be distinguishable from each other on the display unit, or changing an existing display of the plurality of display objects according to an input signal; ii) prerecorded cryptographic information - the prerecorded cryptographic information includes information on at least one specific display segment of the display segment and at least one display object to be mapped to the specific display segment, A processor for determining whether a display object displayed in a specific display section is correct;
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The specific display section includes first to n-th specific display sections, and the first to n-th specific display sections correspond to information on the order. When k is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or smaller than (n-1) , The processor supports to make a determination as to whether or not the display object displayed in the (k + 1) -th specific display compartment is correct, if it is determined that the display object displayed in the k-specific display compartment is correct. Device.

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The method according to claim 6,
The processor is provided to provide a user interface for displaying a new display object in the (k + 1) -th specific display section if it is determined that the display object displayed in the k-th specific display section is correct Electronic device.

The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the processor disassociates the ciphertext if it is determined that the display objects (n is the number of digits of the cipher) displayed in the first to the n-th specific display compartments are correct, respectively.

The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the display object includes at least one of a character, a number, a figure, and an image.