US 12,284,511 B2
Electronic apparatus and controlling method thereof
Sungjun Hwang, Suwon-si (KR); Daewung Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Euijun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jiyeon Ma, Suwon-si (KR); Donghun Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Dahye Shim, Suwon-si (KR); and Youngah Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,333.
Application 17/987,333 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/010521, filed on Jul. 19, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0124993 (KR), filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094993 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 12/02 (2009.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 12/02 (2013.01) [G06F 21/606 (2013.01); G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); G06F 21/6263 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a memory to store security information in association with a plurality of privacy levels which are different from each other, respectively;
a camera; and
a processor connected to the memory and the camera and configured to control the electronic apparatus, wherein the processor is further configured to:
based on an application which involves using the camera being executed, identify a privacy level, among the plurality of privacy levels, which corresponds to context information in which the application; continues to be used with the camera;
perform image processing in association with an image obtained through the camera whereby the image processing processes a respective piece of information from a plurality of pieces of information included in the image in a secure manner based on the identified privacy level which changes with the context information as the application continues to be used with the camera subsequent to initial use of the application; and
provide a processed image based on the image processing to the application.