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US 10,708,405 · App. 15/683,681 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Electronic apparatus, control device, and recording medium

Inventor: Akira Mizumoto (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,708,405
App. No.
15/683,681
Granted
Jul 7, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The electronic apparatus includes a display, a hardware button, a fingerprint sensor, and at least one processor. The fingerprint sensor detects a fingerprint of a finger touching the hardware button. The processor performs fingerprint authentication based on a fingerprint detection result obtained by the fingerprint sensor, and causes, when determining that a predetermined operation has been performed with the finger on the hardware button, the display to display information in accordance with the predetermined operation. The processor has a first state of performing, when the predetermined operation is performed, the fingerprint authentication, and causing, if the fingerprint authentication fails, the display to start displaying notification information indicating that the fingerprint authentication has failed, and then causing the display to start displaying the information in accordance with the predetermined operation.

Claims (17)

1. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display;

a hardware button;

a fingerprint sensor configured to detect a fingerprint of a finger touching the hardware button; and

at least one processor configured to perform fingerprint authentication based on a fingerprint detection result obtained by the fingerprint sensor, wherein

the at least one processor has an authentication performance state of performing the fingerprint authentication when the hardware button is touched with the finger, and

the at least one processor does not perform the fingerprint authentication if the hardware button is being touched with the finger during a time when the at least one processor is changing from a non-authentication performance state to the authentication performance state, and performs fingerprint authentication only after changing to the authentication performance state is completed if the hardware button is once again touched with the finger, wherein in the non-authentication performance state no fingerprint authentication is performed and a first screen is displayed on the display and in the authentication performance state an authentication screen is displayed on the display, the authentication screen being different from the first screen and instructing a user to touch the hardware button, and

wherein when the at least one processor has changed to the authentication performance state, the at least one processor causes the display to display notification information indicating that, after the finger is released from the hardware button, the hardware button is required to be touched again with the finger to perform the fingerprint authentication.

2. A control device included in an electronic apparatus to control operation of the electronic apparatus, the electronic apparatus including a hardware button and a fingerprint sensor configured to detect a fingerprint of a finger touching the hardware button, the control device comprising:

a display;

at least one processor configured to perform fingerprint authentication based on a fingerprint detection result obtained by the fingerprint sensor, wherein

the at least one processor has an authentication performance state of performing the fingerprint authentication when the hardware button is touched with the finger, and

the at least one processor does not perform the fingerprint authentication if the hardware button is being touched with the finger during a time when the at least one processor is changing from a non-authentication performance state to the authentication performance state, and performs fingerprint authentication only after changing to the authentication performance state is completed if the hardware button is once again touched with the finger, wherein in the non-authentication performance state no fingerprint authentication is performed, and a first screen is displayed on the display and in the authentication performance state an authentication screen is displayed on the display, the authentication screen being different from the first screen and instructing a user to touch the hardware button, and

wherein when the at least one processor has changed to the authentication performance state, the at least one processor causes the display to display notification information indicating that, after the finger is released from the hardware button, the hardware button is required to be touched again with the finger to perform the fingerprint authentication.

3. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium that stores a control program for controlling an electronic apparatus including a hardware button and a fingerprint sensor configured to detect a fingerprint of a finger touching the hardware button, wherein

the control program causes the electronic apparatus not to perform fingerprint authentication if the hardware button is being touched with the finger during a time when the at least one processor is changing from a non-authentication performance state to the authentication performance state, and performs fingerprint authentication only after changing to the authentication performance state is completed if the hardware button is once again touched with the finger, wherein in the non-authentication performance state no fingerprint authentication is performed and a first screen is displayed on the display, and in the authentication performance state an authentication screen is displayed on the display, the authentication screen being different from the first screen and instructing a user to touch the hardware button, and

wherein when the at least one processor has changed to the authentication performance state, the at least one processor causes the display to display notification information indicating that, after the finger is released from the hardware button, the hardware button is required to be touched again with the finger to perform the fingerprint authentication.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2017
From: MIZUMOTO, AKIRA
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043360/0569 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-166604 · Aug 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180063309A1 · Mar 1, 2018