IP Library Granted Patent US 9,165,176
Granted Patent B2
US 9,165,176 · App. 14/065,437 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Method, apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium for recognizing fingerprint

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Patent No.
US 9,165,176
App. No.
14/065,437
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method, apparatus, and computer-readable recording medium for conveniently recognizing a fingerprint. A fingerprint recognition method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: checking a position-state of a fingerprint sensing unit to set a flag value; collecting a plurality of fingerprint image segments sequentially acquired by the fingerprint sensing unit; and changing a matching order of the fingerprint image segments according to the flag value to perform the fingerprint recognition.

Claims (23)

1. A fingerprint recognition method comprising:

checking a position-state of a fingerprint sensing unit to set a flag value, wherein the position-state including a normal state and a reversed state;

collecting a plurality of fingerprint image segments sequentially acquired by the fingerprint sensing unit; and

changing a matching order of the fingerprint image segments according to the flag value to perform the fingerprint recognition;

wherein the position-state is checked by a gyroscope, and the flag value is set to “ON” when the position state is normal, and the flag value is set to “OFF” when the position state is reversed.

2. The fingerprint recognition method of claim 1 , wherein, when the flag value is set to “ON,” the fingerprint image segments are matched upward in the collection order to be used in the fingerprint recognition.

3. The fingerprint recognition method of claim 1 , wherein, when the flag value is set to “OFF,” the fingerprint image segments are matched downward in the collection order and reversed vertically and horizontally to be used in the fingerprint recognition.

4. The fingerprint recognition method of claim 1 , wherein, when the flag value is set to “OFF,” the fingerprint image segments are reversed vertically within the collection order, matched upward, and then reversed horizontally to be used in the fingerprint recognition.

5. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a computer program for executing a fingerprint recognition method, the method comprising:

checking a position-state of a fingerprint sensing unit to set a flag value, wherein the position-state including a normal state and a reversed state;

collecting a plurality of fingerprint image segments sequentially acquired by the fingerprint sensing unit; and

changing a matching order of the fingerprint image segments according to the flag value to perform the fingerprint recognition;

wherein the position-state is checked by a gyroscope, and the flag value is set to “ON” when the position state is normal, and the flag value is set to “OFF” when the position state is reversed.

6. A fingerprint recognition apparatus, comprising:

a position-state checking unit configured to check a position-state of a fingerprint sensing unit, wherein the position-state including a normal state and a reversed state;

a flag value setting unit configured to set a flag value according to the position-state checked by the position-state checking unit;

a fingerprint sensing unit configured to collect a plurality of sequentially acquired fingerprint image segments; and

a fingerprint recognition unit configured to change a matching order of the fingerprint image segments according to the flag value to perform the fingerprint recognition;

wherein the position-state checking unit is connected to a gyroscope and configured to check the position-state.

7. The fingerprint recognition apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the flag value setting unit is configured to set the flag value to “ON” when the position state is normal and to set the flag value to “OFF” when the position state is reversed.

8. The fingerprint recognition apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the fingerprint recognition unit is configured to match the fingerprint image segments upward in the collection order to perform the fingerprint recognition when the flag value is set to “ON.”

9. The fingerprint recognition apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the fingerprint recognition unit is configured to match the fingerprint image segments downward in the collection order and reverse the matched fingerprint image segments vertically and horizontally to perform the fingerprint recognition when the flag value is set to “OFF.”

10. The fingerprint recognition apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the fingerprint recognition unit is configured to reverse the fingerprint image segments vertically within the collection order, match the vertically reversed fingerprint image segments upward, and then reverse the fingerprint image segments horizontally to perform the fingerprint recognition.

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