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US 2017/0323135 A1Published application
Method and electronic device for driving fingerprint sensor
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsDo Hee KANG, Jung Sik PARK
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Abstract
An electronic device includes: a wireless communication module configured to perform wireless communication in a first state; a fingerprint sensor configured to sense a fingerprint in a second state; and at least one processor electrically connected to the wireless communication module and the fingerprint sensor, wherein the processor changes the first state or the second state based on at least part of an operating state of the wireless communication module or the fingerprint sensor.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a wireless communication module configured to perform wireless communication in a first state;
- a fingerprint sensor configured to sense a fingerprint in a second state;
- and
- at least one processor electrically connected to the wireless communication module and the fingerprint sensor,
- wherein the processor changes the first state or the second state based on at least part of an operating state of the wireless communication module or the fingerprint sensor.
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A method for driving a fingerprint sensor in an electronic device, the method comprising:
- performing wireless communication, by a wireless communication module functionally connected to the electronic device in a first state;
- sensing a fingerprint, by a fingerprint sensor functionally connected to the electronic device in a second state;
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- changing the first state or the second state, by a processor functionally connected to the electronic device, based on at least part of an operating state of the wireless communication module or the fingerprint sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.