Abstract: An apparatus and method for adjusting a display of a portable electronic device having a display unit are provided. The method includes detecting a user's touch of the portable electronic device, determining touch information including at least one of a location and an area of the user's touch on the display unit, determining whether the user's touch is a touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or a user's gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information, and adjusting the displaying of a User Interface (UI) according to the user's gripping of the portable electronic device, wherein an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display unit is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for adjusting a display of a portable electronic device having a display unit are provided. The method includes detecting a user's touch of the portable electronic device, determining touch information including at least one of a location and an area of the user's touch on the display unit, determining whether the user's touch is a touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or a user's gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information, and adjusting the displaying of a User Interface (UI) according to the user's gripping of the portable electronic device, wherein an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display unit is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for assisting object recognition are provided. The method includes detecting at least one object in an image, determining which of the at least one object is selected by a user, providing feedback to the user so as to enable the user to center the selected object within the image, and capturing an image of the selected object in which the selected object is centered within the image.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and method for securely storing private information are provided. The mobile terminal includes a cellular band transceiver for transmitting and receiving radio signals in a cellular band, a controller for controlling operations of the mobile terminal, and a memory for storing programs used by controller for the controlling of the operations of the mobile terminal and data including the private information, the memory including a secure storage area for storing the private information, and a non-secure storage area for storing the non-private information.