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US 2018/0008161 A1Published application
Method for recognizing iris based on user intention and electronic device for the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyung-Woo SHIN, Hyemi LEE, Hyung Min LEE
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus include a display, an iris scanning sensor, and a processor functionally coupled with the display, and the iris scanning sensor, wherein the processor activates the iris scanning sensor when receiving a display-on event in a display-off state that is an intended user input.
Claims20
An electronic device comprising:
- a display;
- an iris scanning sensor;
- and
- a processor functionally coupled with the display, and the iris scanning sensor,
- wherein the processor activates the iris scanning sensor when receiving a display-on event in a display-off state that is an intended user input.
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A method for operating an electronic device which comprises an iris scanning sensor, comprising:
- detecting a display-on event in a display-off state;
- and
- when the display-on event is a user intended input, activating the iris scanning sensor.
An electronic device comprising:
- a touchscreen;
- an infrared camera;
- and
- a processor operably coupled to the infrared camera and the touchscreen, the processor configured to:
- when the touchscreen is de-illuminated, detect one of a button selection, a touch on the touchscreen, and receipt of a push notification;
- causing the touchscreen to illuminate responsive to detecting one of a button selection, a touch on the touchscreen, and receipt of the push notification and display a locked screen;
- when detecting the button selection or the touch on the touchscreen, automatically activating the infrared camera;
- and
- when detecting the push notification, displaying a prompt on the touchscreen for a user input requesting iris detection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.