KR20160005388A - System and Method of Protecting Privacy While Using Portable Terminal - Google Patents

System and Method of Protecting Privacy While Using Portable Terminal Download PDF

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KR20160005388A
KR20160005388A KR1020140084163A KR20140084163A KR20160005388A KR 20160005388 A KR20160005388 A KR 20160005388A KR 1020140084163 A KR1020140084163 A KR 1020140084163A KR 20140084163 A KR20140084163 A KR 20140084163A KR 20160005388 A KR20160005388 A KR 20160005388A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for prevent privacy information from being leaked due to another person who peeps at a mobile phone screen beside or behind a user when the user uses a mobile terminal at a space having a lot of people such as bus or subway. Provided are the mobile terminal and a method for protecting privacy thereby which hide a picture or character string information of a mobile terminal screen by a block and show information to an area around a touch part that the user touches so as to enable the user, who carefully sees, to understand content and enable another person, who can only see fragmentary information, not to understand the content, thereby preventing privacy information from being leaked to another person.

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[0001] The present invention relates to a method of protecting a screen of a portable terminal,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal having a function of preventing a privacy from being infringed by peeping a screen of a portable terminal of a user while another user is using the portable terminal, and a privacy protection method thereof.

Many people search for information they are interested in or send messages to their acquaintances with a handheld device such as a smart phone. Especially, as the number of SNS (Social Network Service) and users increases, the frequency of exchanging information with smart phones is increasing.

In a public public space, or in crowded public transportation, when people use smartphones to exchange information or view information, it can be seen from the side or back of the user, which is likely to lead to privacy, It is a part I feel worried about. In particular, women are generally taller than adult men, so it is difficult to avoid an adult man standing behind and stealing a woman's smartphone. Therefore, women are always worried about using a smartphone and somebody can get a glimpse of the screen, and there is a need for a way to cope with this situation.

Among the protective films attached to the screen of the smartphone, there are products that allow the viewing angle to be narrowed and viewed only from the front. However, conversely, when the user tries to share the contents of the smartphone with other people, the user is disturbed and there is not a large difference in the viewing angle between the user and the viewer. Thus, the contents of the screen are exposed, the image quality is degraded, have.

There are also apps that protect the content of smartphones, but most of them are about how to access the contents and how to give passwords, and there is no app that protects what is displayed on the screen.

An object of the present invention is to provide an application having a function of preventing invasion of privacy by information exposed on a screen of a portable terminal such as a smart phone to solve such a problem or to provide a portable terminal The present invention provides a portable terminal and a method for protecting privacy of the portable terminal, which have a function of preventing privacy information and important data exposed to a portable terminal from being leaked to or unknown to others.

The present invention is characterized in that when inputting information or browsing information in a portable terminal, a screen provided with information is displayed as a block or a content irrelevant to browsing information, The portable terminal has a function of allowing a user of the portable terminal to browse information while viewing the portable terminal.

In this way, when a privacy protection function is provided to a portable terminal such as a smart phone, a user viewing the portable information terminal through which the information is displayed on the portable terminal screen can be informed of the front and back contents. However, Since the contents of the information can not be grasped because only the information partially browsed on the screen can not be known, the privacy information and important data provided on the screen can be prevented from being leaked or known to others.

1 is a view of a screen in which a message is normally exchanged with a portable terminal.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a screen showing a part of information on a screen of the portable terminal only in one line. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a part of information on a portable terminal screen in a predetermined number of characters. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a view showing a part of information on a screen of a portable terminal in a predetermined area. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a screen in which all the information screens of the portable terminal are covered with blocks and the portions where the information is present are separately displayed.
FIG. 6 is a view of a screen in which only the information portion is covered with a block without covering the information screen of the portable terminal.
7 is a diagram of a screen for inputting information to a portable terminal.
FIG. 8 is a diagram of a screen for inputting information in a state in which all the information screens of the screen are obscured. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram of a screen for inputting information in a state in which only a portion of the information screen of the screen is covered. FIG.
10 is a view showing a screen for touching information previously input during information input.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, It is provided to let you know. Wherein like reference numerals refer to like elements throughout.

1 to 4, a description will be given of a first embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a view showing a part of information in one line only, FIG. 3 is a view showing a part of information in a certain number of characters, and FIG. And FIG. 4 is a view showing a part of the information in a predetermined area.

Referring to FIG. 1, when information is browsed by a normal portable terminal as shown in FIG. 1, both the picture information 101 and the character information 102 are displayed on the information screen 100, Even if you peek at it, you can grasp the whole contents, and there is a possibility of invasion of privacy.

Referring to FIG. 2, when the privacy protection function according to the present invention is activated, the entire information screen 100 on which information is provided is covered with a browse block 200, which is a color block. The information is exposed to the row type browsing unit 211, which is a portion corresponding to one line from the left end to the right end of the screen of the touch unit 201 to be touched. The portable terminal user can move up and down the row type browsing unit 211 in which information is displayed by moving the touch unit 201 up and down the information screen 100. Even if the touch unit 201 of the finger moves, Is fixed and does not move. At this time, in order to move the information on the screen, a page up button 202 and a page down button 203 are provided, or a button for moving the information of the screen left and right is provided to the browsing unit block 200, Function.

The portable terminal user can move the touch unit 201 and move the row type browsing unit 211 to view the information on the screen partially but continuously so that the entire information on the screen can be grasped. However, since the peepers can only grasp partial information, the contents of the entire information can not be grasped, so that the privacy information can be prevented from leaking to the peepers of the portable terminals.

3, when the user touches the information screen 100 with a hand or a pen, the entire information screen 100 is covered with the color of the browse block 200. When a user touches the information screen 100 with a hand or a pen, Type string browsing unit 212, which is a part corresponding to the character string matching unit 212 in FIG. The user of the portable terminal can move the touch unit 201 to the left or right of the information screen 100 or move it upward or downward to read the string type browser 212 in which the information is displayed, ), The information on the screen is fixed and does not move. At this time, in order to move the information on the screen, a page up button 202 and a page down button 203 are provided, or a button for moving the information of the screen left and right is provided to the browsing unit block 200, Function.

4, when the user touches the information screen 100 with a hand or a pen, the entire information screen 100 is covered with the browse block 200, which is a colored block. When the user touches the touch screen 201 with a hand or a pen, The area type browsing unit 213, which is a part corresponding to the area of the area-type browsing unit 213, is exposed. The user of the portable terminal can freely move the area type browsing unit 213 where information is displayed by freely moving the touch unit 201 to any position of the information screen 100. The user can freely move the touch unit 201 to any position, The information on the screen is fixed and does not move. At this time, in order to move the information on the screen, a page up button 202 and a page down button 203 are provided, or a button for moving the information of the screen left and right is provided to the browsing unit block 200, Function.

A description will be given of a second embodiment of the present invention with reference to Fig. FIG. 5 is a diagram separately showing a portion where information is present in the browsing unit block 200 covering the entire information screen 100 of the portable terminal.

The user of the portable terminal should feel that he / she feels frustrated when the entire information screen 100 is covered with the browse block 200 as in the first embodiment and touches the entire browse block 200 to search for information. At this time, if the portion having the picture information is displayed in the picture subblock 221 and the portion having the character information is displayed in the character subblock 222, the desired portion can be directly touched to read the desired information. At this time, it is possible to browse the information more conveniently by changing the shape of the viewing section automatically by line type, string type, or area type by distinguishing whether the information is a picture or a character.

A description will be given of a third embodiment of the present invention with reference to Fig. FIG. 6 is a diagram in which the entire information screen 100 of the portable terminal is covered by the picture subblock 221 or the character subblock 222, without the information block 100 being covered by the reading block 200. FIG.

The user of the portable terminal can easily browse the desired information by directly touching the portion having the picture information or the character information within the configuration of the screen of the portable terminal. At this time, it is also possible to browse the information more conveniently by automatically changing the shape of the viewing section to a row type, a string type, or an area type by distinguishing whether the information is a picture or a character.

A description will be given of a fourth embodiment of the present invention with reference to Figs. 7 to 10. Fig. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a screen for inputting information in a state where all the information screens 100 are hidden by the browsing block 200, FIG. 9 is a screen for inputting information, FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a screen for inputting information while the information portion of the information processing apparatus 100 is hidden. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 7, when information is input to the ordinary portable terminal as shown in FIG. 7, all the strings to be input to the information input unit 300 are displayed, so that the peeping person can grasp all the contents in a short time, There is a possibility.

Referring to FIG. 8, when the privacy protection function according to the present invention is activated, the information input unit 300 is referred to as an input unit block 310, and a predetermined number of characters Let me see the characters only. By doing so, the user of the portable terminal can not grasp the entire input information because the user who peers from the side can view only a part of the input information even if the long string is inputted. At this time, the information screen 100 can be prevented from leaking information according to one of the first to third embodiments described above with reference to FIG. 8 or FIG.

10, the input block 310 of the information input unit 300 is displayed by a finger or a touch pen, for example, in order to view a character string other than characters that are input immediately before the cursor 301 among the information input to the information input unit 300 The user can view the information around the touch unit 201 by touching. The information around the touch unit 201 can be viewed in the form of a row type, a character string type, or an area type viewing unit as in the first embodiment described above.

In the use examples 1 to 4, an arbitrary character string or a picture is displayed on a colored block in the browse block 200, the picture subblock 221, the character subblock 222, or the input block 310 The user can view the information to be browsed through the row type browsing unit 211, the character string browsing unit 212, or the area type browsing unit 213. In this case, the user of the portable terminal can concentrate on the portion he / she is touching, so that he can grasp all the desired information. However, it is difficult for the peeping person to distinguish the arbitrary character or picture from the information that the portable terminal user sees. It makes it difficult to grasp.

In the use examples 1 to 4, information is displayed on the information screen 100 on blocks of color in the browse block 200, the picture subblock 221, the character subblock 222 or the input block 310 The character type browsing unit 212, or the area type browsing unit 213 on the top of the displayed information so that only the outline of the information can be known, So that the portable terminal user can view the information to be browsed. In this case, the user of the portable terminal can easily view the information by touching the outline of the information. However, since the peeping person can only know the outline and partial information of the screen, it is difficult to grasp the contents of the information to be viewed by the user.

If an advertisement is displayed instead of an arbitrary string or picture in the browsing block 200, the picture subblock 221, the character subblock 222 or the input block 310, It is possible to convey the advertisement message to the portable terminal user or peeping person while making it difficult for the peeping person to grasp.

100: Information Screen 101: Picture Information
102: Character information 200: Reading block
201: touch unit 202: page up button
203: Page Down Button 211: Row Type Reading Unit
212: String type browsing unit 213: Area type browsing unit
221: picture subblock 222: character subblock
300: Information input unit 301: Cursor
310: input block

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A portable terminal having a touch sensor may display a part of information provided to the portable terminal and input information. The portable terminal may change a portion where information is displayed while moving by touching the screen of the user. A portable terminal having a protection function.
The portable terminal of claim 1, wherein the entire screen on which the information is provided is covered with a block, and the portion where the information is displayed can be changed while moving by touching the screen of the user.
The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the entire screen on which the information is provided is displayed in blocks, the portion having the information is displayed separately, and the portion where the information is displayed can be changed while moving by touching the screen of the user. terminal.
The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein only a portion of information on the screen on which information is provided is covered with a block, and a portion where information is displayed can be changed while moving by touching the screen of the user.
The display device according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, characterized in that information of a rectangular portion corresponding to one row from the left end to the right end of the screen in a portion where the user touches the screen is displayed Portable terminal.
The portable terminal as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein information corresponding to a predetermined number of characters is displayed from a portion where the user touches the screen to the left.
The portable terminal according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3, and 4, wherein information corresponding to a predetermined area on an upper portion of a portion where a user touches the screen is displayed.
The method of claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein, even if the user touches the screen and moves the touched portion, the screen on which the information is provided does not move, And a separate function of moving the screen up / down or left / right for screen movement is provided.
The portable terminal according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3, and 4, wherein the type of the area in which the information is displayed is automatically changed according to the type of the information on the part where the user touched the screen. .
The portable terminal according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3, and 4, wherein a character string or a picture not related to the displayed information is displayed in a block that blocks information.
The portable terminal according to any one of claims 1, 2, 3, and 4, wherein information originally provided in a block covering the provided information is modified and displayed in an outline-only form.
The portable terminal according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the advertisement is displayed on a block that blocks information.


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