# US 11,308,311 B2 · Electronic device for obtaining fingerprints and control method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,308,311 B2 - Document ID: US11308311B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/477,736 - Filed: 2018-01-18 - Published: 2019-11-28 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-19 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Tushar Balasaheb Sandhan; Hyeong-Wook Yang; Hee-Kuk Lee; Pil-Joo Yoon; Hae-Dong Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11308311B2 ## CPC - G06V 40/1335: {Combining adjacent partial images (e.g. slices) to create a composite input or reference pattern; Tracking a sweeping finger movement} - G02F 1/1333: Constructional arrangements; {Manufacturing methods}(G02F1/135, G02F1/136 take precedence) - G06F 3/041: Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06V 40/1318: {using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing} - G06V 40/1365: {Matching; Classification} - H04M 1/725: Cordless telephones (user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An electronic device according to various embodiments of the present invention comprises: a touch sensor; a fingerprint sensor that is formed in at least a partial area of the touch sensor and is capable of obtaining fingerprint information about an external object; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to: sense the movement of the external object by using the touch sensor while sensing the fingerprint information; when the movement satisfies a first designated condition, perform authentication on the external object by using the fingerprint information; and when the movement satisfies a second designated condition, stop the operation of sensing the fingerprint information and provide information related to the movement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electronic device comprising: a display including a touch sensor; a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a partial region of the touch sensor; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: control the fingerprint sensor to acquire fingerprint information of an external object; detect, through the touch sensor, a first region on the display in which a first touch input corresponding to the external object is received at a first time while the fingerprint information is being acquired; detect, through the touch sensor, a second region on the display in which a second touch input corresponding to the external object is received at a second time later than the first time while the fingerprint information is being acquired; detect a variance of the second region with respect to the first region; in response to identifying that the detected variance is equal to or less than a threshold, perform authentication of the external object by using the fingerprint information; and in response to identifying that the detected variance is greater than the threshold, perform authentication of the external object by using multiple first images, according to a similarity between the multiple first images and multiple reference images generated at first time intervals so as to correspond to a pre-stored reference fingerprint. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: detect the multiple reference images through the fingerprint sensor; and store the multiple reference images detected through the fingerprint sensor. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to acquire the multiple first images of the external object when the variance is greater than the threshold. ### Claim 4 A control method of an electronic device, the control method comprising: detecting a first fingerprint through a first sensor; detecting, through a second sensor, a first region on a display in which a first touch input corresponding to an external object is received at a first time while the first fingerprint is being detected; detecting, through the second sensor, a second region on the display in which a second touch input corresponding to the external object is received at a second time later than the first time while the first fingerprint is being acquired; detecting a variance of the second region with respect to the first region; and in response to identifying that the detected variance is equal to or less than a threshold, performing fingerprint authentication by using the first fingerprint; and in response to identifying that the detected variance is greater than the threshold, performing fingerprint authentication by using multiple first images, according to a similarity between the multiple first images and multiple reference images generated at first time intervals so as to correspond to a pre-stored reference fingerprint. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The control method of claim 4, further comprising: when the variance is greater than the threshold, stopping an operation associated with the first fingerprint and displaying information related to a movement. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The control method of claim 4, further comprising performing the fingerprint authentication by using the first fingerprint when the similarity is greater than or equal to a set first similarity value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The control method of claim 4, further comprising performing the fingerprint authentication by using the multiple first images when the similarity has a value between a set second similarity value and a first similarity value. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The control method of claim 7, further comprising performing the fingerprint authentication by using a result of comparison between at least one reference change image representing a difference between the multiple reference images and at least one first change image representing a difference between the multiple first images. ### Claim 9 An electronic device comprising: a display including a touch sensor; a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a partial region of the touch sensor; and a processor electrically connected to the touch sensor and the fingerprint sensor, wherein the processor is configured to: control the fingerprint sensor to acquire fingerprint information of an external object; detect a first region on the display in which a first touch input corresponding to the external object is received at a first time while the fingerprint information of the external object is being acquired; detect a second region on the display in which a second input corresponding to the external object is received at a second time later than the first time while the fingerprint information of the external object is being acquired; detect a variance of the second region with respect to the first region; in response to identifying that the detected variance is equal to or less than a threshold, store the fingerprint information of the external object in a memory of the electronic device and perform authentication of the external object by using the fingerprint information; and in response to identifying that the detected variance is greater than the threshold, perform authentication of the external object by using multiple first images, according to a similarity between the multiple first images and multiple reference images generated at first time intervals so as to correspond to a pre-stored reference fingerprint. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The electronic device of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured to: when the detected variance is greater than the threshold, stop an operation of acquiring the fingerprint information of the external object and provide information related to the detected variance. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the fingerprint sensor further comprises a main fingerprint sensor and an auxiliary fingerprint sensor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the main fingerprint sensor is an ultrasonic sensor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the auxiliary fingerprint sensor is a capacitive sensor or an optical sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein, to control the fingerprint sensor to acquire the fingerprint information of the external object, the processor is configured to control the auxiliary fingerprint sensor to initially acquire the fingerprint information without using the main fingerprint sensor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the processor is configured to control the main fingerprint sensor to acquire the fingerprint information when state-of-charge of a battery of the electronic device is greater than or equal to a threshold voltage value. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electronic device of claim 15, wherein, when the state-of-charge of the battery is less than the threshold voltage value, the processor is configured to control the main fingerprint sensor to acquire the fingerprint information when another similarity between the fingerprint information acquired by the auxiliary fingerprint sensor and the pre-stored reference fingerprint is greater than a similarity value and a security level of an application for which the authentication of the external object is requested is greater than a threshold level.