Display-integrated user-classification, security and fingerprint system

An apparatus comprising:

• an electronic display, having a display cover glass with a front surface that includes a viewing area, and an optical imaging area within the viewing area;
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• at least one photosensing element configured to detect received scattered light, the received scattered light resulting from interaction of light with an object in optical contact with the front surface within the optical imaging area and to output, to a processor, image data.

An apparatus comprising:

• an electronic display, having a display cover glass with a front surface that includes a viewing area, and a fingerprint reading area within the viewing area;
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• means for detecting received scattered light, the received scattered light resulting from interaction of light with an object in at least partial optical contact with the fingerprint reading area of the front surface, and to output, to a processor, fingerprint image data.

A method comprising:

• detecting, with a photosensing element, received scattered light, the received scattered light resulting from interaction of light with an object being in at least partial optical contact with a fingerprint reading area of a front surface of a display cover glass of an electronic display, the front surface having a viewing area, the fingerprint reading areas being within the viewing area;
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• outputting, from the photosensing element to a processor, fingerprint image data.