Electronic Device Control in Response to Finger Rotation upon Fingerprint Sensor and Corresponding Methods

An electronic device, comprising:

• a fingerprint sensor;
• one or more motion detectors;
• and
• one or more processors operable with the fingerprint sensor and the one or more motion detectors;
• the one or more processors determining, with the fingerprint sensor, a direction of rotation of an object rotating, and in contact with, the fingerprint sensor, and further determining, with the one or more motion detectors, whether the electronic device is rotating in three-dimensional space, and where the electronic device is rotating, another direction of rotation of the electronic device;
• the one or more processors selecting and performing:
• a first control operation when the object is rotating in a first axial direction and the electronic device is substantially stationary;
• or
• a second control operation when the object is rotating in the first axial direction while the electronic device is rotating in a second axial direction, the second axial direction opposite the first axial direction.

A method in an electronic device, the method comprising:

• detecting, with a fingerprint sensor, rotation of an object contacting the fingerprint sensor and, where the object is rotating, an object rotation direction;
• determining, with one or more motion detectors, whether the electronic device is rotating in three-dimensional space and, where the electronic device is rotating, an electronic device rotation direction;
• selecting, with one or more processors operable with the fingerprint sensor and the one or more motion detectors a first control operation for the electronic device when one of:
• the object rotation direction is clockwise and the electronic device is substantially stationary;
• or
• the object rotation direction is counterclockwise and the electronic device rotation direction is clockwise.