Device actions based on authenticated multi-touch gestures
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsRanjeet Gupta, Thomas Yates Merrell, Rakshit Khosla
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Abstract
In aspects of device actions based on authenticated multi-touch gestures, a multi-touch gesture is received via a fingerprint sensor of a mobile device. The multi-touch gesture includes at least a first touch event and a second touch event. First authentication data is collected during the first touch event, and second authentication data is collected during the second touch event. Based on a successful authentication of at least one of the first authentication data or the second authentication data, a device action corresponding to the multi-touch gesture is initiated.
Claims20
A mobile device comprising:
- a fingerprint sensor;
- and
- a multi-touch authentication module, implemented at least partially in hardware of the mobile device, to:
- receive, via the fingerprint sensor, a multi-touch gesture that includes at least a first touch event and a second touch event;
- collect first authentication data during the first touch event and second authentication data during the second touch event;
- and
- cause a device action corresponding to the multi-touch gesture to be performed based on a successful authentication of at least one of the first authentication data or the second authentication data.
A method comprising:
- receiving, via a fingerprint sensor of a mobile device, a multi-touch gesture that includes at least a first touch event and a second touch event;
- collecting first authentication data during the first touch event and second authentication data during the second touch event;
- identifying, based on the first authentication data and the second authentication data, a particular finger with which the multi-touch gesture is input;
- and
- causing a device action corresponding to the multi-touch gesture and the particular finger to be performed based on a successful authentication of at least one of the first authentication data or the second authentication data.
A method comprising:
- receiving, via a fingerprint sensor of a mobile device, sequential touch events including at least a first touch event and a second touch event;
- collecting, during the first touch event, first authentication data and first touch data indicating a first type of gesture for the first touch event;
- collecting, during the second touch event, second authentication data and second touch data indicating a second type of gesture for the second touch event;
- identifying, based on the first type of gesture and the second type of gesture, a particular multi-touch gesture of a plurality of multi-touch gestures;
- and
- causing a device action corresponding to the particular multi-touch gesture to be performed based on a successful authentication of at least one of the first authentication data or the second authentication data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.