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US 12,406,533 · App. 18/823,213 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Fingerprint enrolling method and fingerprint enrolling device

Inventors: Xiaochun Yan (Xi'an, CN); ChunMiao Jiang (Xi'an, CN); Hanhui Li (Xi'an, CN); Huaiwen Bai (Xi'an, CN); Jiangbo Chen (Xi'an, CN); Wenyan Zheng (Xi'an, CN); Yanjun Chen (Xi'an, CN)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
G06V40/50G06V10/993G06V40/13G06V40/1335
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Patent No.
US 12,406,533
App. No.
18/823,213
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fingerprint enrolling method includes controlling a smart card having a fingerprint sensor disposed therein to capture a first fingerprint image of a finger at a first position. The smart card is controlled to move to a second position to capture a second fingerprint image of the finger at the second position when the first fingerprint image is successfully captured. The fingerprint enrolling method according to the disclosure enhances the user experience, increases the diversity of enrolling the fingerprint templates, and increases accuracy rate of the matching.

Claims (39)

1. A fingerprint enrolling method, applied to a fingerprint enrolling device, the method comprising:

controlling a smart card, comprising a fingerprint sensor, to capture a first fingerprint image of a finger at a first position; and

controlling the smart card to move to a second position to capture a second fingerprint image of the finger at the second position, when the first fingerprint image is successfully captured.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

controlling the smart card to move to a third position, among a specified number of positions, to capture a third fingerprint image of the finger, when the second fingerprint image is successfully captured, wherein the second position and the third position are two consecutive positions among the specified number of positions.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the specified number of positions are determined based on a translational position and/or a rotational angle of the smart card.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises: receiving from the smart card a signal indicating that the first fingerprint image is successfully captured;

wherein the controlling the smart card to move to the second position to capture the second fingerprint image of the finger at the second position when the first fingerprint image is successfully captured comprises:

controlling the smart card to move to the second position to capture the second fingerprint image of the finger at the second position when the signal is received.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the signal is generated when the first fingerprint image satisfies a predetermined condition, the predetermined condition comprising: a quality of the first fingerprint image satisfying a predetermined quality requirement.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first fingerprint image of the finger is recaptured by the smart card at the first position when the first fingerprint image is not successfully captured.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fingerprint enrolling device comprises an actuator, the controlling of the smart card to move comprising:

controlling movement of the actuator to drive the smart card to move to the second position.

8. A fingerprint enrolling device, the device comprising: a movement controller, the movement controller configured to:

control a smart card having a fingerprint sensor to capture a first fingerprint image of a finger at a first position; and

control the smart card to move to a second position to capture a second fingerprint image of the finger at the second position when the first fingerprint image is successfully captured.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the movement controller module is further configured to:

control the smart card to move to a third position among a specified number of positions to capture a third fingerprint image of the finger, when the second fingerprint image is successfully captured, wherein the second position and the third position are two consecutive positions among the specified number of positions.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the specified number of positions are determined based on a translational position and/or a rotational angle of the smart card.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein the device further comprises: a signal receiver, the signal receiver configured to: receive from the smart card a signal indicating that the first fingerprint image is successfully captured;

wherein the movement controller is further configured to:

control the smart card to move to the second position to capture the second fingerprint image of the finger at the second position when the signal is received.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the signal is generated when the first fingerprint image satisfies a predetermined condition, the predetermined condition comprising: a quality of the first fingerprint image satisfying a predetermined quality requirement.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein

the first fingerprint image of the finger is recaptured by the smart card at the first position when the first fingerprint image is not successfully captured.

14. The device of claim 8 , wherein the device further comprises: an actuator, the actuator configured to:

drive the smart card to move under the control of the movement controller.

15. A computer-readable storage medium, wherein a computer program is stored thereon, the program when executed implementing a fingerprint enrolling method, applied to a fingerprint enrolling device, the method comprising:

controlling a smart card, comprising a fingerprint sensor, to capture a first fingerprint image of a finger at a first position; and

controlling the smart card to move to a second position to capture a second fingerprint image of the finger at the second position, when the first fingerprint image is successfully captured.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , the method further comprising:

controlling the smart card to move to a third position, among a specified number of positions, to capture a third fingerprint image of the finger, when the second fingerprint image is successfully captured, wherein the second position and the third position are two consecutive positions among the specified number of positions.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the specified number of positions is determined based on a translational position and/or a rotational angle of the smart card.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving from the smart card a signal indicating that the first fingerprint image is successfully captured;

wherein the controlling the smart card to move to the second position to capture the second fingerprint image of the finger at the second position when the first fingerprint image is successfully captured comprises:

controlling the smart card to move to the second position to capture the second fingerprint image of the finger at the second position when the signal is received.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the signal is generated when the first fingerprint image satisfies a predetermined condition, the predetermined condition comprising: a quality of the first fingerprint image satisfying a predetermined quality requirement.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the first fingerprint image of the finger is recaptured by the smart card at the first position when the first fingerprint image is not successfully captured.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 5, 2025
From: YAN, XIAOCHUN; JIANG, CHUNMIAO; LI, HANHUI; BAI, HUAIWEN; CHEN, JIANGBO; ZHENG, WENYAN; CHEN, YANJUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
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