IP Library Granted Patent US 11,048,905
Granted Patent B2
US 11,048,905 · App. 16/706,662 · Granted Jun 29, 2021

Method for collecting fingerprint and terminal device

Inventor: Haiping Zhang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
G06K9/0004G06F21/32
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Patent No.
US 11,048,905
App. No.
16/706,662
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A terminal device and a method for collecting a fingerprint are disclosed. The terminal device includes an optical fingerprint sensor and a touch display screen, wherein the touch display screen comprises a preset region, and the optical fingerprint sensor is disposed below the preset region, wherein brightness of light emitted from a light-emitting unit corresponding to the preset region of the touch display screen is greater than brightness of light emitted from other light-emitting unit corresponding to other region of the touch display screen, in response to an operation of the optical fingerprint sensor collecting a fingerprint.

Claims (37)

1. A terminal device, comprising an optical fingerprint sensor and a touch display screen, wherein the touch display screen comprises a preset region, and the optical fingerprint sensor is disposed below the preset region, wherein brightness of light emitted from a light-emitting unit corresponding to the preset region of the touch display screen is greater than brightness of light emitted from another light-emitting unit corresponding to another region of the touch display screen, in response to an operation of the optical fingerprint sensor collecting a fingerprint,

wherein the light-emitting unit in the preset region of the touch display screen comprises a set of pixels and a set of spare sub-pixels,

wherein pixels in the set of pixels and spare sub-pixels in the set of spare sub-pixels emit light in response to the operation of the optical fingerprint sensor collecting the fingerprint, and

wherein the spare sub-pixels in the set of spare sub-pixels do not emit light in response to the optical fingerprint sensor not collecting the fingerprint.

2. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the set of pixels comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprises a green sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel, such that the light-emitting unit comprises a set of green sub-pixels, a set of red sub-pixels, and a set of blue sub-pixels, and wherein all sub-pixels in the set of green sub-pixels, the set of red sub-pixels, and the set of blue sub-pixels are controlled to emit green light collectively with keeping power consumption of the terminal device constant when the optical fingerprint sensor collects the fingerprint.

3. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein a grid is between any two adjacent sub-pixels of the set of pixels.

4. The terminal device of claim 3 , wherein each of the spare sub-pixels in the set of spare sub-pixels is disposed in one grid; and

each of the spare sub-pixels in the set of spare sub-pixels is configured for emitting light with a single color.

5. The terminal device of claim 4 , wherein the single color is a single green, a single red, or a single blue.

6. The terminal device of claim 3 , wherein the set of spare sub-pixels comprises a plurality of spare blue sub-pixels and a plurality of spare red sub-pixels; wherein each of the spare red sub-pixels is disposed in a corresponding one grid between a green sub-pixel and a red sub-pixel in the set of pixels which are adjacent to each other; and at least one of: each of the spare blue sub-pixels is disposed in a corresponding one grid between a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel in the set of pixels which are adjacent to each other, or each of the spare blue sub-pixel is disposed in a corresponding one grid between a green sub-pixel and a red sub-pixel in the set of pixels which are adjacent to each other.

7. A method for collecting a fingerprint, applied to a terminal device comprising an optical fingerprint sensor, and a touch display screen, the touch display screen comprising a preset region, wherein the optical fingerprint sensor is disposed below the preset region, comprising:

controlling a light-emitting unit corresponding to the preset region of the touch display screen to emit light, wherein brightness of the light emitted from the light-emitting unit corresponding to the preset region of the touch display screen is greater than brightness of light emitted from another light-emitting unit in another region of the touch display screen; and

acquiring the fingerprint illuminated by the light emitted from the light-emitting unit corresponding to the preset region of the touch display screen,

wherein the light-emitting unit in the preset region of the touch display screen comprises a set of pixels and a set of spare sub-pixels,

wherein pixels in the set of pixels and spare sub-pixels in the set of spare sub-pixels emit light in response to the operation of the optical fingerprint sensor collecting the fingerprint, and

wherein the spare sub-pixels in the set of spare sub-pixels do not emit light in response to the optical fingerprint sensor not collecting the fingerprint.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the set of pixels comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprises a green sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel, such that the light-emitting unit comprises a set of green sub-pixels, a set of red sub-pixels, and a set of blue sub-pixels, and wherein all sub-pixels in the set of green sub-pixels, the set of red sub-pixels, and the set of blue sub-pixels are controlled to emit green light collectively with keeping power consumption of the terminal device constant when the optical fingerprint sensor collects the fingerprint.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein a grid is between any two adjacent sub-pixels of the set of pixels.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein each of the spare sub-pixels in the set of spare sub-pixels is disposed in one grid; and

each of the spare sub-pixels in the set of spare sub-pixels is configured for emitting light with a single color.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the single color is a single green, a single red, or a single blue.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the set of spare sub-pixels comprises a plurality of spare blue sub-pixels and a plurality of spare red sub-pixels; wherein each of the spare red sub-pixels is disposed in a corresponding one grid between a green sub-pixel and a red sub-pixel in the set of pixels which are adjacent to each other; and at least one of: each of the spare blue sub-pixels is disposed in a corresponding one grid between a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel in the set of pixels which are adjacent to each other, or each of the spare blue sub-pixel is disposed in a corresponding one grid between a green sub-pixel and a red sub-pixel in the set of pixels which are adjacent to each other.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the acquired fingerprint illuminated by the light emitted by the light-emitting unit corresponding to the preset region of the touch display screen is a fingerprint of a dry finger.

14. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

controlling the light-emitting unit corresponding to the preset region of the touch display screen to emit light having a target brightness, wherein the target brightness is a brightness when the touch display screen is normally displayed;

acquiring another fingerprint illuminated by the light having the target brightness;

determining whether sharpness of the other fingerprint illuminated by the light having the target brightness is less than a preset threshold; and

performing the controlling the light-emitting unit in the preset region of the touch display screen to emit light having brightness that is greater than brightness of light emitted by a light-emitting unit in the other region of the touch display screen when the sharpness of the other fingerprint is less than the preset threshold.

15. A non-transitory storage medium storing one or more programs, when executed, causing a processor to perform a method for collecting a fingerprint, wherein the method comprises:

controlling a light-emitting unit corresponding to a preset region of a touch display screen to emit light having brightness that is greater than brightness of light emitted by a light-emitting unit in another region of the touch display screen, in response to an operation of an optical fingerprint sensor collecting a fingerprint; and

acquiring the fingerprint illuminated by the light having brightness that is greater than brightness of light emitted by a light-emitting unit in the other region of the touch display screen,

wherein the light-emitting unit in the preset region of the touch display screen comprises a set of pixels and a set of spare sub-pixels,

wherein pixels in the set of pixels and spare sub-pixels in the set of spare sub-pixels emit light in response to the operation of the optical fingerprint sensor collecting the fingerprint, and

wherein the spare sub-pixels in the set of spare sub-pixels do not emit light in response to the optical fingerprint sensor not collecting the fingerprint.

16. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the set of pixels comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprises a green sub-pixel, a red sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel, such that the light-emitting unit comprises a set of green sub-pixels, a set of red sub-pixels, and a set of blue sub-pixels, and wherein all sub-pixels in the set of green sub-pixels, the set of red sub-pixels, and the set of blue sub-pixels are controlled to emit green light collectively with keeping power consumption of the terminal device constant when the optical fingerprint sensor collects the fingerprint.

17. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 15 , wherein a grid is between any two adjacent sub-pixels of the set of pixels; and

wherein the set of spare sub-pixels comprises a plurality of spare blue sub-pixels and a plurality of spare red sub-pixels; wherein each of the spare red sub-pixels is disposed in a corresponding one grid between a green sub-pixel and a red sub-pixel in the set of pixels which are adjacent to each other; and at least one of: each of the spare blue sub-pixels is disposed in a corresponding one grid between a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel in the set of pixels which are adjacent to each other, or each of the spare blue sub-pixel is disposed in a corresponding one grid between a green sub-pixel and a red sub-pixel in the set of pixels which are adjacent to each other.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2025
From: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 071711/0153 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2019
From: ZHANG, HAIPING
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD
Reel/Frame 051275/0628 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710474619.X · Jun 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
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