NFC PACKAGE FOR STORING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
- a biometric sensor configured to generate biometric data by sensing a biometric characteristic and to encrypt the biometric data;
an application processor connected to the biometric sensor and configured to control an operation of the electronic device;
a near field communication (NFC) controller directly connected to the application processor and configured to perform near field communications; and
a secure storage device directly connected to the NFC controller such that the secure storage device receives encrypted biometric data from the biometric sensor through the application processor and the NFC controller, the secure storage device configured to decrypt and store the biometric data.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a biometric sensor configured to generate biometric data by sensing a biometric characteristic and to encrypt the biometric a near field communication (NFC) controller configured to perform a near field communication, and a secure storage device coupled to the NFC controller, and configured to receive the encrypted biometric data from the biometric sensor through an internal communications channel, which may include an application processor and the NFC controller, and to store the biometric data by decrypting the encrypted biometric data.
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
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a biometric sensor configured to generate biometric data by sensing a biometric characteristic and to encrypt the biometric data; an application processor connected to the biometric sensor and configured to control an operation of the electronic device; a near field communication (NFC) controller directly connected to the application processor and configured to perform near field communications; and a secure storage device directly connected to the NFC controller such that the secure storage device receives encrypted biometric data from the biometric sensor through the application processor and the NFC controller, the secure storage device configured to decrypt and store the biometric data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A near field communication (NFC) package, comprising:
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an NFC controller directly connected to an application processor, and configured to perform near field communications; and a secure storage device directly connected to the NFC controller such that the secure storage device receives biometric data encrypted by a biometric sensor through the application processor and the NFC controller, the secure storage device configured to decrypt and store the biometric data.
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16. An electronic device, comprising:
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a biometric sensor configured to generate biometric data by sensing a biometric characteristic and to encrypt the biometric data; a near field communication controller configured to perform near field communications; and a secure storage device coupled to the near field controller and configured to receive encrypted biometric data from the biometric sensor through an internal communications channel from the near field communications controller, the secure storage device also configured to decrypt and store the biometric data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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