Electronic device, fingerprint sensing control method and fingerprint scanning control method

1. A fingerprint sensing control method, for performing a fingerprint sensing control on a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a sensing region divided into a plurality of fingerprint zones, the fingerprint sensing control method comprising:

determining at least one target fingerprint zone from the fingerprint zones according to a touched area;

scanning the at least one target fingerprint zone to control the at least one target fingerprint zone to perform fingerprint sensing; and

performing an accelerated scanning operation, wherein the fingerprint zones are coupled to a plurality of scanning groups, each of the scanning groups comprises one or more scanning lines, and the operation of performing the accelerated scanning operation comprises:

setting a scanning speed corresponding to at least one target scanning group coupled to at least the touched area in the at least one target fingerprint zone to a first speed; and

setting a scanning speed corresponding to one or more scanning groups other than the at least one target scanning group among the scanning groups to a second speed, wherein the second speed is higher than the first speed,

wherein the one or more scanning groups other than the at least one target scanning group cross a non-touched area in the at least one target fingerprint zone.

2. The fingerprint sensing control method according to claim 1 , wherein the operation of performing the accelerated scanning operation further comprises:

skipping scanning for at least one scanning group not coupled to the at least one target fingerprint zone, wherein the skipping operation comprises not transmitting any scanning signal to the at least one scanning group.

3. The fingerprint sensing control method according to claim 2 , wherein each of the scanning groups is coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of shift register groups,

the operation of scanning the at least one target fingerprint zone comprises:

providing at least one start pulse to trigger at least one target shift register group corresponding to the at least one target scanning group, wherein the at least one target scanning group is coupled to the at least one target fingerprint zone, and

the operation of skipping scanning for the at least one scanning group not coupled to the at least one target fingerprint zone comprises:

not providing the start pulse, so as not to trigger shift register groups corresponding to the at least one scanning group not coupled to the at least one target fingerprint zone.

4. The fingerprint sensing control method according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel comprises a fingerprint sensor, and the fingerprint sensor is arranged in one of an on-display configuration, an under-display configuration, a local in-display configuration and a global in-display configuration.

5. The fingerprint sensing control method according to claim 4 , wherein the fingerprint sensor is an optical fingerprint sensor.

6. The fingerprint sensing control method according to claim 1 , wherein the target scanning group crosses only the touched area in the at least one target fingerprint zone.

7. The fingerprint sensing control method according to claim 1 , wherein the target scanning group crosses an entire area of the at least one target fingerprint zone.

8. The fingerprint sensing control method according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more scanning groups other than the at least one target scanning group further cross one or more fingerprint zones other than the at least one target fingerprint zone among the fingerprint zones.

9. The fingerprint sensing control method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the scanning groups is coupled to a corresponding one of a plurality of shift register groups,

the operation of setting the scanning speed corresponding to the at least one target scanning group coupled to the at least one target fingerprint zone to the first speed comprises:

setting a clock signal to have a first frequency and applying the first frequency to at least one target shift register group corresponding to the at least one target scanning group, and

the operation of setting the scanning speed corresponding to the scanning groups other than the at least one target scanning group among the scanning groups to the second speed comprises:

setting the clock signal to have a second frequency and applying the second frequency to shift register groups corresponding to the scanning groups other than the at least one target scanning group among the scanning groups, wherein the second frequency is higher than the first frequency.

10. The fingerprint sensing control method according to claim 1 , wherein the operation of determining the at least one target fingerprint zone from the fingerprint zones according to the touched area comprises:

determining at least one location of the at least one target fingerprint zone according to at least one location of the touched area.

11. The fingerprint sensing control method according to claim 1 , wherein the operation of determining the at least one target fingerprint zone from the fingerprint zones according to the touched area comprises:

determining a total number of the at least one target fingerprint zone according to at least one area of the touched area.

12. An electronic device, comprising:

a fingerprint sensing control circuit, configured to be coupled to a display panel to perform a fingerprint sensing control on the display panel, wherein the display panel is divided into a plurality of fingerprint zones and the fingerprint zones are coupled to a plurality of scanning groups, wherein each of the scanning groups comprises one or more scanning lines, the fingerprint sensing control circuit determines at least one target fingerprint zone from the fingerprint zones according to a touched area and scans the at least one target fingerprint zone to control the at least one target fingerprint zone to perform fingerprint sensing, wherein the fingerprint sensing control circuit is configured to set a scanning speed corresponding to at least one target scanning group coupled to at least the touched area in the at least one target fingerprint zone to a first speed and configured to set a scanning speed corresponding to one or more scanning groups other than the at least one target scanning group among the scanning groups to a second speed that is higher than the first speed,

wherein the one or more scanning groups other than the at least one target scanning group cross a non-touched area in the at least one target fingerprint zone.

13. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the target scanning group crosses only the touched area in the at least one target fingerprint zone.

14. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the target scanning group crosses an entire area of the at least one target fingerprint zone.

15. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the one or more scanning groups other than the at least one target scanning group further cross one or more fingerprint zones other than the at least one target fingerprint zone among the fingerprint zones.

16. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the display panel comprises:

a plurality of shift register groups, each of the shift register groups is coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of scanning groups,

wherein the fingerprint sensing control circuit provides at least one start pulse to at least one target shift register group corresponding to the at least one target fingerprint zone among the shift register groups, and the fingerprint sensing control circuit does not provide the start pulse to shift register groups other than the at least one target shift register group among the shift register groups.

17. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the fingerprint zones are further coupled to a plurality of sensing groups, and each of the sensing groups comprises one or more sensing lines, wherein the fingerprint sensing control circuit comprises:

a fingerprint reading circuit, configured to be coupled to the display panel through a multiplexer circuit,

wherein the fingerprint sensing control circuit is configured to control the multiplexer circuit to select a plurality of signal paths from at least one target sensing group coupled to the at least one target fingerprint zone to the fingerprint reading circuit, and configured to control the multiplexer circuit not to select a plurality of signal paths from sensing groups other than the at least one target sensing group among the sensing groups to the fingerprint reading circuit.

18. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the fingerprint sensing control circuit is configured to determine at least one location of the at least one target fingerprint zone according to at least one location of the touched area.

19. The electronic device according to claim 12 , wherein the fingerprint sensing control circuit is configured to determine a total number of the at least one target fingerprint zone according to at least one area of the touched area.

20. The electronic device according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a touch control circuit, configured to be coupled to the display panel, and configured to perform touch detection on the display panel to obtain the touched area.

21. An electronic device capable of performing fingerprint sensing control on a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a sensing region divided into a plurality of fingerprint zones, the electronic device comprising:

a control circuit, configured to be coupled to the display panel to provide at least one clock signal to the display panel, wherein the at least one clock signal is set at a first frequency when the control circuit controls the display panel to scan a touched area, and the at least one clock signal is set at a second frequency higher than the first frequency when the control circuit controls the display panel to scan a non-touched area, wherein the touched area is located in at least one target fingerprint zone among the fingerprint zones, and the non-touched area comprises an area other than the touched area within the at least one target fingerprint zone; and

a fingerprint reading circuit, configured to be coupled to the display panel to read at least one sensing signal corresponding to the at least one target fingerprint zone.

22. The electronic device according to claim 21 , wherein the at least one clock signal is provided with the first frequency in a first time period and is provided with the second frequency in a second time period.

23. The electronic device according to claim 21 , wherein the at least one clock signal comprises a first clock signal and a second clock signal, wherein the first clock signal is provided with the first frequency and the second clock signal is provided with the second frequency.

24. The electronic device according to claim 21 , wherein the at least one clock signal is coupled to at least one shift register on the panel for performing scanning operation on the fingerprint zones.

25. A fingerprint scanning control method, for performing a fingerprint scanning control on a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a region divided into a plurality of fingerprint zones, the fingerprint scanning control method comprising:

providing a clock to at least one shift register for performing scanning operation on the fingerprint zones;

scanning a touched area with the clock having a first clock frequency; and

scanning at least one non-touched area with the clock having a second clock frequency higher than the first clock frequency or skipping scanning the at least one non-touched area,

wherein the touched area is located in at least one target fingerprint zone among the fingerprint zones, and the at least one non-touched area comprises an area other than the touch area within the at least one target fingerprint zone.

26. The fingerprint scanning control method according to claim 25 , wherein the at least one non-touched area further comprises at least one fingerprint zone other than the at least one target fingerprint zone.

27. An electronic device capable of performing fingerprint scanning control on a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises a region divided into a plurality of fingerprint zones, the electronic device comprising:

a fingerprint sensing control circuit, configured to be coupled to the display panel to:

provide a clock to at least one shift register for performing scanning operation on the fingerprint zones;

scan a touched area with the clock having a first clock frequency; and

scan at least one non-touched area with the clock having a second clock frequency higher than the first clock frequency or skip scanning the at least one non-touched area,

wherein the touched area is located in at least one target fingerprint zone among the fingerprint zones, and the at least one non-touched area comprises an area other than the touched area within the at least one target fingerprint zone.

28. The electronic device according to claim 27 , wherein the at least one non-touched area further comprises at least one fingerprint zone other than the at least one target fingerprint zone.