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AUXILIARY DEVICE FUNCTIONALITY AUGMENTED WITH FINGERPRINT SENSOR

  • US 20140270413A1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Published: 09/18/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • sensing a finger touching a sensor structure, the sensor structure including both a fingerprint sensor and a touch sensor adjacent to the fingerprint sensor and in a same plane as the fingerprint sensor;

    determining whether the finger is moving across the sensor structure or is stationary;

    enabling an authentication mode to attempt to authenticate a fingerprint of the finger in response to both sensing the finger touching the fingerprint sensor and determining the finger is stationary; and

    enabling an auxiliary functionality mode to control auxiliary functionality of a device based on movement of the finger across the sensor structure in response to both sensing the finger touching the fingerprint sensor and determining the finger is moving across the sensor structure.

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