MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
- a touchscreen configured to sense touch inputs; and
a controller configured to determine whether a touch input is an input using a finger of a user,wherein, when the touch input is determined to be a touch input using a user'"'"'s finger and a function associated with the touch input requires authentication, a prescribed user interface for authentication is provided, the prescribed user interface for authentication when the touch input is an input using a user'"'"'s finger being different than a user interface for authentication when the touch input is not an input using a user'"'"'s finger.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. The present invention determines whether received touch input is touch input by a finger of a user and, when a function executed by the touch input requires authentication, provides a user interface necessary for authentication differently according to whether the touch input is touch input by the user'"'"'s finger. Accordingly, fingerprint authentication is processed as necessary, thereby improving processor efficiency.
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20 Claims
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1. A mobile terminal, comprising:
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a touchscreen configured to sense touch inputs; and a controller configured to determine whether a touch input is an input using a finger of a user, wherein, when the touch input is determined to be a touch input using a user'"'"'s finger and a function associated with the touch input requires authentication, a prescribed user interface for authentication is provided, the prescribed user interface for authentication when the touch input is an input using a user'"'"'s finger being different than a user interface for authentication when the touch input is not an input using a user'"'"'s finger. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for controlling a mobile terminal, comprising:
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receiving touch input applied to a touchscreen; processing the touch input to determine whether the touch input is an input using a finger of a user; and providing a user interface for authentication when a function associated with the touch input requires authentication, wherein the user interface for authentication when the touch input is an input using the user'"'"'s finger is different than a user interface necessary for authentication when the touch input is not an input using a user'"'"'s finger. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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