US 12,657,961 B2 · Fingerprint enrollment using collocation of a user's touch and a fingerprint sensor

Abstract

This disclosure describes apparatuses, methods, and techniques for enabling a user to safeguard a computing device with a fingerprint identification system by using biometric data. The fingerprint identification system includes a fingerprint sensor used during an enrollment process of the user's biometric data. The biometric data may include fingerprint data from the user's thumb, finger, a plurality of fingers, palm, and so forth. The computing device uses a collocation of a user's touch, for example, a thumb-tap, and a fingerprint sensor's location to guide the user to complete the enrollment process of a full fingerprint with ease and with fewer thumb-taps. Consequently, the techniques enable biometric security with an enrollment process having a good user experience.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

creating a user-touch map of a user input at a display screen of a computing device, the user input sufficient to enable sensing of biometric data associated with a user;
determining an approximate centroid of the user input;
determining a distinguishing feature of at least one pattern associated with the user input;
correlating the centroid of the user input and the distinguishing feature of the at least one pattern associated with the user input to a location of at least one fingerprint sensor of the computing device;
responsive to the correlating, collocating the user input to the location of the at least one fingerprint sensor;
and
responsive to the collocating, guiding a user during an enrollment process of the biometric data.

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A computing device comprising:

at least one fingerprint sensor;
at least one display screen;
at least one processor;
and
at least one computer-readable medium having instructions thereon that, responsive to execution by the at least one processor, are configured to:
create a user-touch map of a user input at the at least one display screen, the user input sufficient to enable sensing of biometric data associated with the user;
determine an approximate centroid of the user input;
determine a distinguishing feature of at least one pattern associated with the user input;
correlate the centroid of the user input and the distinguishing feature of the at least one pattern associated with the user input to a location of at least one fingerprint sensor of the computing device;
responsive to the correlation, collocate the user input to the location of the at least one fingerprint sensor;
and
responsive to the collocation, direct a user during an enrollment process of the biometric data.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Fingerprint enrollment using collocation of a user's touch and a fingerprint sensor

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Fingerprint enrollment using collocation of a user's touch and a fingerprint sensor

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Abstract

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