US 9,805,242 B2 · Electronic device with touch sensor and driving method therefor

Abstract

An electronic device having a fingerprint verification function is provided. The electronic device includes a display; a touch recognition sensor pattern for recognizing a touch input on the display; a fingerprint recognition sensor pattern for recognizing a fingerprint input on the display; and a processor functionally connected to the display, the touch recognition sensor pattern and the fingerprint recognition sensor pattern. The processor determines whether a fingerprint recognition mode is executed, and selectively activates the touch recognition sensor pattern and the fingerprint recognition sensor pattern according to whether the determined fingerprint recognition mode is executed.

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Dependent claims

An electronic device comprising:

a display;
a touch recognition sensor pattern for recognizing a touch input on the display;
a fingerprint recognition sensor pattern for recognizing a fingerprint input on the display;
and
a processor coupled to the display, the touch recognition sensor pattern, and the fingerprint recognition sensor pattern,
wherein the processor is configured to:
activate the touch recognition sensor pattern,
display at least one user interface for receiving the fingerprint input on a fingerprint recognition area of the display,
activate at least a portion of the fingerprint recognition sensor pattern, and
selectively deactivate a portion of the touch recognition sensor pattern corresponding to the activated portion of the fingerprint recognition sensor pattern.

7 more elements

A method of driving an electronic device including a display, a touch recognition sensor pattern, and a fingerprint recognition sensor pattern, the method comprising:

activating the touch recognition sensor pattern,
displaying at least one user interface for receiving a fingerprint input on a fingerprint recognition area of the display,
activating at least a portion of the fingerprint recognition sensor pattern,
selectively deactivating a portion of the touch recognition sensor pattern corresponding to the activated portion of the fingerprint recognition sensor pattern.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/016,652Filed 5 Feb 2016

Priority

KR 10-2015-00179635 Feb 2015

Published

US 2017/0024597 A126 Jan 2017

Granted

31 Oct 2017

Term ends

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Classification14 codes

G06V 40/1306
Sensors therefor: non-optical, e.g. ultrasonic or capacitive sensing
G06F 3/041
Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form: digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads,…
G06F 3/04883
Using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
G06F 21/32
User authentication: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints

Electronic device with touch sensor and driving method therefor

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Electronic device with touch sensor and driving method therefor

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Abstract

Claims20