# US 11,443,053 B2 · Displaying sensitive content based on authentication using an under-display sensor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,443,053 B2 - Document ID: US11443053B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/548,640 - Filed: 2019-08-22 - Published: 2021-01-21 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-17 - Assignees: Motorola Mobility LLC - Applicants: Motorola Mobility LLC - Inventors: Alexandre Neves Creto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11443053B2 ## CPC - G06F 21/6218: {to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database} - G09G 5/36: characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory - G06F 1/1684: {Constructional details or arrangements related to integrated I/O peripherals not covered by groups G06F1/1635 - G06F1/1675} - G06F 3/04817: using icons (graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34) - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 21/32: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints - G06F 21/36: by graphic or iconic representation - G06V 40/1365: {Matching; Classification} - G06V 40/16: Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions - H04L 63/0861: {using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231)} - H04W 12/06: Authentication - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - G09G 2358/00: Arrangements for display data security - H04W 4/12: Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements - Y02D 10/00: Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A sensitive content display control system determines whether to display sensitive content on a computing device display, such as on a lock screen. The system attempts to authenticate a user of the computing device using an under-display sensor (e.g., a fingerprint sensor). One or more selectable items (e.g., icons or buttons) that correspond to sensitive content are displayed, and the under-display sensor is situated to sense authentication information of the user in response to user selection of one of the selectable items. If the user is not authenticated then the system does not display sensitive content corresponding to the one or more selectable items. If the user is authenticated, then the system displays the sensitive content corresponding to the selected item. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A sensitive content display control system comprising: sensitive content settings logic, implemented at least in part in hardware, configured to receive a user indication whether the sensitive content display control system is to hide sensitive content; user recognition logic, implemented at least in part in hardware, configured, while a computing device implementing the sensitive content display control system is implementing a power conserving technique to activate pixels located in only a portion of a display of the computing device, to: receive user input selecting a selectable icon associated with an application that is selectable to initiate display of sensitive content associated with the application; capture, using an under-display fingerprint sensor of the computing device, fingerprint data while the user input is being received; and detect, using the captured fingerprint data and in response to the user indication to hide sensitive content, whether a person present at the computing device is an authorized user of the computing device; and content display control logic, implemented at least in part in hardware, configured to hide, while the computing device is implementing the power conserving technique and in response to both the user indication to hide sensitive content and the person not being an authorized user of the computing device, sensitive content at the computing device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising: additional people presence detection logic, implemented at least in part in hardware, configured to determine, in response to the person being an authorized user of the computing device, whether one or more additional people are looking at the display of the computing device; and wherein the content display control logic is configured to, in response to both the person being an authorized user of the computing device and one or more additional people looking at the display of the computing device, hide sensitive content at the computing device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the content display control logic is further configured to display, while the computing device is implementing the power conserving technique and in response to the person being an authorized user of the computing device, sensitive content at the computing device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein the computing device is configured to continue to implement the power conserving technique while the user recognition logic receives the user input selecting the selectable icon, captures the fingerprint data, and detects whether the person is an authorized user of the computing device, and while the content display logic hides the sensitive content at the computing device and displays the sensitive content at the computing device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the selectable icon is displayed in a location of the display situated above the under-display fingerprint sensor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the user recognition logic is configured to detect whether the person is an authorized user of the computing device by comparing the captured fingerprint data to stored fingerprint data for the user. ### Claim 7 A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a user indication whether to hide sensitive content; and while the computing device is implementing a power conserving technique to activate pixels located in only a portion of a display of the computing device: receiving, by the computing device, user input selecting a selectable icon associated with an application that is selectable to initiate display of sensitive content associated with the application; capturing, using an under-display fingerprint sensor of the computing device, fingerprint data while the user input is being received; detecting, using the captured fingerprint data and in response to the user indication to hide sensitive content, whether a person present at the computing device is an authorized user of the computing device; and hiding, in response to both the user indication to hide sensitive content and the person not being an authorized user of the computing device, sensitive content at the computing device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: determining, in response to the person being an authorized user of the computing device, whether one or more additional people are looking at the display of the computing device; and hiding, in response to both the person being an authorized user of the computing device and one or more additional people looking at the display of the computing device, sensitive content at the computing device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising displaying, while the computing device is implementing the power conserving technique and in response to the person being an authorized user of the computing device, sensitive content at the computing device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the receiving the user input selecting the selectable icon, the capturing the fingerprint data, the detecting whether the person is an authorized user of the computing device, the hiding the sensitive content at the computing device, and the displaying the sensitive content at the computing device are performed while the computing device is implementing the power conserving technique. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, and wherein the receiving the user input selecting the selectable icon, the capturing the fingerprint data, the detecting whether the person is an authorized user of the computing device, the hiding the sensitive content at the computing device, and the displaying the sensitive content at the computing device are performed while a lock screen is displayed on the computing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the under-display fingerprint sensor is situated under a portion of the display, and the selectable icon is displayed at the portion of the display. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the detecting whether the person is an authorized user of the computing device is performed by comparing the captured fingerprint data to stored fingerprint data for the user. ### Claim 14 A computing device comprising: a display; an under-display fingerprint sensor; a processor; and a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon multiple instructions that, responsive to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts including: receiving a user indication whether to hide sensitive content; and while implementing a power conserving technique to activate pixels located in only a portion of the display: receiving user input selecting a selectable icon associated with an application that is selectable to initiate display of sensitive content associated with the application; capturing, using the under-display fingerprint sensor, fingerprint data while the user input is being received; detecting, using the captured fingerprint data and in response to the user indication to hide sensitive content, whether a person present at the computing device is an authorized user of the computing device; and hiding, in response to both the user indication to hide sensitive content and the person not being an authorized user of the computing device, sensitive content at the computing device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computing device of claim 14, the acts further including: determining, in response to the person being an authorized user of the computing device, whether one or more additional people are looking at the display of the computing device; and hiding, in response to both the person being an authorized user of the computing device and one or more additional people looking at the display of the computing device, sensitive content at the computing device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The computing device of claim 14, the acts further including displaying, while the computing device is implementing the power conserving technique and in response to the person being an authorized user of the computing device, sensitive content at the computing device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The computing device of claim 16, wherein the receiving the user input selecting the selectable icon, the capturing the fingerprint data, the detecting whether the person is an authorized user of the computing device, the hiding the sensitive content at the computing device, and the displaying the sensitive content at the computing device are performed while a lock screen is displayed on the display. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The computing device of claim 14, wherein the receiving the user input selecting the selectable icon, the capturing the fingerprint data, the detecting whether the person is an authorized user of the computing device, the hiding the sensitive content at the computing device, and the displaying the sensitive content at the computing device are performed while the computing device is implementing the power conserving technique. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The computing device of claim 14, wherein the under-display fingerprint sensor is situated under a portion of the display, and the selectable icon is displayed at the portion of the display. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The computing device of claim 14, wherein the detecting whether the person is an authorized user of the computing device is performed by comparing the captured fingerprint data to stored fingerprint data for the user.