Electronic device for collecting finger data and displaying a finger movement trace and related methods
AssigneeAuthentec, Inc.
InventorsEric Paul Kraemer, Peter E. Sherlock, James Warren Neil
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Abstract
An electronic device may include a finger sensor, a display, and a controller coupled to the finger sensor and the display. The controller may be configured to collect finger data from multiple portions of a user's finger as the user's finger is moved around on the finger sensor along a finger travel path. The controller may also be configured to generate on the display a finger movement trace corresponding to the finger movement travel path.
Claims26
An electronic device comprising:
- a finger sensor;
- a display;
- and
- a controller coupled to said finger sensor and said display, and configured to
- collect finger data from multiple portions of a user's finger as the user's finger is moved around on the sensing area of said finger sensor along a finger movement travel path, and
- generate on said display a finger movement trace corresponding to the finger movement travel path.
An electronic device comprising:
- a finger sensor having a finger sensing area smaller than a user's finger;
- a display;
- and
- a controller coupled to said finger sensor and said display, and configured to
- collect finger data from multiple portions of the user's finger as the user's finger is moved around on the sensing area of said finger sensor along a finger movement travel path,
- generate on said display a finger movement trace corresponding to the finger movement travel path, and
- clear the finger movement trace from said display based upon a threshold amount of collected finger data.
A method of collecting finger data in an electronic device comprising a finger sensor, and a display coupled thereto, the method comprising:
- collecting finger data from multiple portions of a user's finger as the user's finger is moved around on the finger sensor along a finger movement travel path;
- and
- generating on the display a finger movement trace corresponding to the finger movement travel path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.