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US 2019/0156007 A1Published application
Key with integral biometric input device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsTimothy Ryan SALTER, Mark David MESAROS
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Abstract
A key integrates with a biometric input device. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a fingerprint scanner may be integral with a spacebar.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- receiving input from a multi-functional input device of a computing device;
- determining whether to process the input as biometric data, based on the computing device being locked, or to process the input as actuation of the multi-functional input device, based on the computing device being unlocked;
- and
- as a result of determining to process the input as actuation of the multi-functional input device, processing the input as a movement event.
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A computing device comprising:
- a multi-functional input device;
- a processor configured to:
- receive input from the multi-functional input device;
- determine whether to process the input as biometric data, based on the computing device being locked, or to process the input as actuation of the multi-functional input device, based on the computing device being unlocked;
- and
- process the input according to the determining, wherein, upon determining to process the input as actuation of the multi-functional input device, the processor is configured to process the input as a movement event.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when performed by a processor in a computing device having a multi-functional input device, cause the processor to:
- receive input from the multi-functional input device;
- determine whether to process the input as biometric data, based on the computing device being locked, or to process the input as actuation of the multi-functional input device, based on the computing device being unlocked;
- and
- process the input according to the determining, wherein, upon determining to process the input as actuation of the multi-functional input device, the instructions cause the processor to process the input as a movement event.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.