IP Library Granted Patent US 11,017,201
Granted Patent B2
US 11,017,201 · App. 16/758,213 · Granted May 25, 2021

Electronic device for recognizing fingerprint using display

Inventors: Jong Kon Bae (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yo Han Lee (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Yun Pyo Hong (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Dong Hwy Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Han Yu Ool Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Dong Kyoon Han (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kwang Tai Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06K9/00067G06K9/0004G06F1/1652
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Patent No.
US 11,017,201
App. No.
16/758,213
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an embodiment disclosed herein, an electronic device may include a housing, a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing, a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel, a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC.

Claims (34)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a display panel including a plurality of pixels housed in the housing;

a flexible printed circuit board electrically connected to the display panel;

a fingerprint sensor disposed under at least a portion of the display panel and on the flexible printed circuit board;

a display driver integrated circuit (IC); and

a processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor and the display driver IC,

wherein the processor is configured to

allow the display driver IC to output a mask image having a specified brightness through the display panel at a first timing when a contact by an external object is detected using the at least a portion, and

allow at least one of the plurality of pixels to emit light using the display driver IC at a second timing corresponding to the first timing.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor allows the display driver IC to generate the mask image and outputs the mask image through the display panel at the first timing.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor generates the mask image, and

wherein the display driver IC includes a memory configured to store the generated mask image and a controller configured to select the mask image stored in the memory and output the mask image through the display panel.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the memory includes a graphic RAM (GRAM).

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor allows the display driver IC to form a hole in an area corresponding to the at least a portion of the mask image.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor allows the display driver IC to output an icon having a specified shape in an area corresponding to the at least a portion.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the processor allows the display driver IC to output the icon at the first timing.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor outputs a guide surrounding the at least a portion through the display panel when a condition for obtaining fingerprint information is satisfied through the fingerprint sensor.

9. The electronic device of claim 8 , wherein the processor outputs an icon having a specified shape in an area corresponding to the at least a portion.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first timing coincides with the second timing.

11. An electronic device comprising:

a processor;

a display panel;

an image sensor disposed in a specified area of the display panel or under the display panel; and

a display driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to drive the display panel, the display driver IC including a memory that stores an icon image output to an area corresponding to the specified area;

wherein the display driver IC is configured to

identify reception of a signal related to a change in a brightness of the display panel from the processor,

display a background image having a specified brightness and the icon image based at least on the signal, and

emit light using at least partially an area corresponding to the icon image to obtain information corresponding to a fingerprint of an external object using the image sensor.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the display driver IC allows a first group of pixels disposed in an area corresponding to the specified area to emit light at a first brightness, and

allows a second group of pixels except for the first group of pixels among pixels disposed on the display panel to emit light at a second brightness.

13. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein a timing at which the background image and the icon image are displayed and a timing at which the light is emitted coincides with each other.

14. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the display driver IC receives the background image from the processor and stores the background image.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the display driver IC receives the signal and the background image from the processor within a specified period of time or for different periods of time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: BAE, JONG KON; LEE, YO HAN; HONG, YUN PYO; KIM, DONG HWY; KIM, HAN YU OOL; HAN, DONG KYOON; KIM, KWANG TAI
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0142034 · Oct 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200342202A1 · Oct 29, 2020