US 10,885,295 B2Granted

Fingerprint information processing method and electronic device supporting the same

AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsDae Kyu Shin, Hyung Suk Kim, Hee Kuk Lee, Yu Min Jung, Hyeong Wook Yang

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Abstract

Methods and electronic devices are provided in which first fingerprint information of a first portion of the user's fingerprint is obtained upon the user's fingerprint contacting the fingerprint sensor. A display object is output within a target area for the fingerprint registration, in response to obtaining the first fingerprint information. A guiding object is output to guide contact of a next portion of the user's fingerprint that is adjacent to the first portion. Next fingerprint information of the next portion of the user's fingerprint is obtained upon the user's fingerprint contacting the fingerprint sensor guided by the guiding object. Upon modifying the display object based on the obtained next fingerprint information, the steps of outputting a guiding object and obtaining a next fingerprint information are repeated until fingerprint information at least partially surrounding the first portion is obtained.

Claims16

Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a display;
a fingerprint sensor configured to sense a user's fingerprint;
and
a processor coupled to the fingerprint sensor and configured to perform fingerprint registration by:
obtaining, via the fingerprint sensor, first fingerprint information of a first portion of the user's fingerprint upon the user's fingerprint contacting the fingerprint sensor;
outputting, to the display, a first display object in a center region of a target area for fingerprint registration, in response to obtaining the first fingerprint information of the first portion of the user's fingerprint;
outputting, to the display, a first guiding object, indicating a first adjacent region with respect to the center region of the target area, to guide contact of a second portion of the user's fingerprint that is adjacent to the first portion;
obtaining, via the fingerprint sensor, second fingerprint information upon the user's fingerprint contacting the fingerprint sensor guided by the first guiding object;
in response to obtaining the second fingerprint information, outputting, to the display, a second display object in the first adjacent region with the first display object in the center region of the target area;
outputting, to the display, a second guiding object, indicating a second adjacent region with respect to the center region of the target area, to guide contact of a third portion of the user's fingerprint that is adjacent to the first portion;
obtaining, via the fingerprint sensor, third fingerprint information upon the user's fingerprint contacting the fingerprint sensor guided by the second guiding object;
in response to obtaining the third fingerprint information, outputting, to the display, a third display object in the second adjacent region with the second display object in the first adjacent region and the first display object in the center region of the target area;
and
outputting, to the display, a third guiding object, indicating a third adjacent region with respect to the center region of the target area, to guide contact of a fourth portion of the user's fingerprint that is adjacent to the first portion;
obtaining, via the fingerprint sensor, fourth fingerprint information upon the user's fingerprint contacting the fingerprint sensor guided by the third guiding object;
and
in response to obtaining the fourth fingerprint information, outputting, to the display, a fourth display object in the third adjacent region with the third display object in the second adjacent region, the second display object in the first adjacent region, and the first display object in the center region of the target area,
wherein the contact of the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion of the user's fingerprint is guided in a predetermined order.

15 more elements

A fingerprint information processing method of an electronic device, the method comprising:

obtaining, via a fingerprint sensor of the electronic device, first fingerprint information of a first portion of the user's fingerprint upon the user's fingerprint contacting the fingerprint sensor;
outputting, to a display of the electronic device, a first display object in a center region of a target area for fingerprint registration, in response to obtaining the fingerprint information of the first portion of the user's fingerprint;
outputting, to the display, a first guiding object, indicating a first adjacent region with respect to the center region of the target area, to guide contact of a second portion of the user's fingerprint that is adjacent to the first portion;
obtaining, via the fingerprint sensor, second fingerprint information upon the user's fingerprint contacting the fingerprint sensor guided by the first guiding object;
in response to obtaining the second fingerprint information, outputting, to the display, a second display object in the first adjacent region with the first display object in the center region of the target area;
outputting, to the display, a second guiding object, indicating a second adjacent region with respect to the center region of the target area, to guide contact of a third portion of the user's fingerprint that is adjacent to the first portion;
obtaining, via the fingerprint sensor, third fingerprint information upon the user's fingerprint contacting the fingerprint sensor guided by the second guiding object;
in response to obtaining the third fingerprint information, outputting, to the display, a third display object in the second adjacent region with the second display object in the first adjacent region and the first display object in the center region of the target area;
and
outputting, to the display, a third guiding object, indicating a third adjacent region with respect to the center region of the target area, to guide contact of a fourth portion of the user's fingerprint that is adjacent to the first portion;
obtaining, via the fingerprint sensor, fourth fingerprint information upon the user's fingerprint contacting the fingerprint sensor guided by the third guiding object;
and
in response to obtaining the fourth fingerprint information, outputting, to the display, a fourth display object in the third adjacent region with the third display object in the second adjacent region, the second display object in the first adjacent region, and the first display object in the center region of the target area,
wherein the contact of the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion of the user's fingerprint is guided in a predetermined order at least partially around the first portion of the user's fingerprint.

11 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/970,197Filed 3 May 2018 · continuation
Priority: KR 10-2015-006095029 Apr 2015
Published: US 2018/0253586 A16 Sep 2018
Granted: 5 Jan 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

G06K 9/00013
G06F 21/32
User authentication: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
G06K 9/00067
G06K 9/00087

Family

Application15/077,219Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Mar 2016
US 2018/0253586 A1Pre-grant publication · published 6 Sep 2018
US 10,929,632 B2Related patent
US 2016/0321494 A1Published application
US 10,885,295 B2This patent

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