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Granted Patent B2
US 11,036,954 · App. 16/285,445 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Electronic device and fingerprint authentication interface method thereof

Inventors: Jongmoo Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Sunhee Moon (Suwon-si, KR); Saerom Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Hyesoon Jeong (Suwon-si, KR); Eunyeung Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jiwoo Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06K9/0002G06F3/017G06F3/0488G06F21/32G06K9/00087
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Patent No.
US 11,036,954
App. No.
16/285,445
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosed electronic device may include a front plate and a rear plate, a touch screen display exposed through a part of the front plate, a fingerprint sensor disposed to overlap a region of the display when viewed from above the front plate, a processor operatively connected to the display and the fingerprint sensor, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. the memory may store instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the electronic device to display a user interface including a first object at a first location of the display, to obtain a gesture input to drag the first object from the first location to the region, to move the first object to the region depending on the gesture input, and to perform authentication using the fingerprint sensor based on the finger being located on the region.

Claims (39)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing including a front plate facing a first direction and a rear plate facing a direction opposite the first direction;

a touch screen display viewable through a part of the front plate;

a fingerprint sensor interposed between the display and the rear plate and overlapping a fingerprint sensing region of the display when viewed from above the front plate;

a processor operatively connected to the display and the fingerprint sensor; and

a memory operatively connected to the processor,

wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, control the electronic device to:

display a notification window including a first object at a first location of the display, wherein the first object is a first notification object located in the notification window which is displayed on a lock screen of the electronic device;

obtain a gesture input to drag the first notification object from the first location to the fingerprint sensing region;

identify a distance between a finger and the fingerprint sensing region based on the gesture input;

display a second object for inducing fingerprint authentication for the first object in the fingerprint sensing region based on the identified distance being within a specified distance;

perform fingerprint authentication based on a finger being positioned in the fingerprint sensing region, and display a third object indicating that the fingerprint authentication is in progress, wherein the third object is displayed in an area wider than the second object; and

display preview content of the first notification object on the lock screen when authentication performed on the fingerprint sensing region is successful.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further control the electronic device to:

display the second object and activate the fingerprint sensor based on the identified distance being within the specified distance.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further control the electronic device to:

display a brightness value of the third object to be a specified brightness value or more.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further control the electronic device to:

expand the first object based on the authentication being successful; and

display the preview content in the expanded first object.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further control the electronic device to:

analyze contextual content of the first object; and

generate the preview content corresponding to the analyzed contextual content through an application corresponding to the first object.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a speech recognition circuit interposed between the display and the rear plate; and

a pressure sensor interposed between the display and the rear plate and overlapping the fingerprint sensing region when viewed from above the front plate,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further control the electronic device to:

based on the preview content being displayed, activate the speech recognition circuit based on detecting a pressure of specified intensity or more through the pressure sensor;

recognize a speech recognition instruction through the speech recognition circuit based on a speech recognition technology;

execute the speech recognition instruction through an application corresponding to the first object; and

display an execution result of the speech recognition instruction in the first object.

7. A fingerprint authentication interface method, the method comprising:

displaying a notification window on a lock screen of the electronic device, wherein the notification window includes a first object at a first location of a display;

receiving a gesture input to drag the first object from the first location to a fingerprint sensing region;

identifying a distance between a finger and the fingerprint sensing region depending on the gesture input;

displaying a second object for inducing fingerprint authentication for the first object in the fingerprint sensing region based on the identified distance being within a specified distance;

performing fingerprint authentication based on a finger being positioned in the fingerprint sensing region, and displaying a third object indicating that the fingerprint authentication is in progress, wherein the third object is displayed in an area wider than the second object; and

displaying preview content of the first notification object on the lock screen when an authentication performed on the fingerprint sensing region is successful.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising: displaying the second object and activating the fingerprint sensor based on the identified distance being within the specified distance.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2019
From: LEE, JONGMOO; MOON, SUNHEE; LEE, SAEROM; JEONG, HYESOON; LEE, EUNYEUNG; LEE, JIWOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0023507 · Feb 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190266374A1 · Aug 29, 2019
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