Auxiliary functionality control and fingerprint authentication based on a same user input
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving a user input of a finger moving across a sensor structure of a mobile device, the sensor structure including a fingerprint sensor, a first touch sensor adjacent to the fingerprint sensor and a second touch sensor adjacent to the fingerprint sensor, the fingerprint sensor situated between the first touch sensor and the second touch sensor, the fingerprint sensor comprising multiple sections;
assigning one or more of the multiple sections to one of sensing fingerprint data and sensing movement of the finger across the fingerprint sensor;
performing auxiliary functionality of a device based on a pattern of movement of the finger across the sensor structure and sections of the fingerprint sensor assigned to sensing movement; and
authenticating a fingerprint of the finger based on fingerprint data sensed by sections of the fingerprint sensor assigned to sensing fingerprint data during the finger moving across the sensor structure.
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Abstract
A sensor structure (110) for a device includes both a fingerprint sensor (112) and one or more touch sensors (114). As a user input of the user moving his or her finger across the sensor structure is received, an appropriate auxiliary functionality operation as indicated by the pattern of movement is identified and performed. Additionally, during the same user input the fingerprint sensor senses fingerprint data identifying a fingerprint on the user'"'"'s finger, and an attempt is made to authenticate the user'"'"'s fingerprint. Thus, as the user provides a user input by moving his or her finger across the sensor structure, both an attempt is made to authenticate the user'"'"'s fingerprint based on fingerprint data sensed during the user input and the operation requested by the user input is performed.
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23 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a user input of a finger moving across a sensor structure of a mobile device, the sensor structure including a fingerprint sensor, a first touch sensor adjacent to the fingerprint sensor and a second touch sensor adjacent to the fingerprint sensor, the fingerprint sensor situated between the first touch sensor and the second touch sensor, the fingerprint sensor comprising multiple sections; assigning one or more of the multiple sections to one of sensing fingerprint data and sensing movement of the finger across the fingerprint sensor; performing auxiliary functionality of a device based on a pattern of movement of the finger across the sensor structure and sections of the fingerprint sensor assigned to sensing movement; and authenticating a fingerprint of the finger based on fingerprint data sensed by sections of the fingerprint sensor assigned to sensing fingerprint data during the finger moving across the sensor structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A mobile device comprising:
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one or more processors; a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising; assigning one or more of multiple sections of a fingerprint sensor to one of sensing fingerprint data and sensing movement of a finger across the fingerprint sensor; performing one or more auxiliary functionality operations based on a user input of the finger moving across a sensor structure and sections of the fingerprint sensor assigned to sensing movement, the sensor structure including a first touch sensor adjacent to the fingerprint sensor and a second touch sensor adjacent to the fingerprint sensor, the fingerprint sensor situated between the first sensor and the second sensor; and attempting to authenticate a fingerprint of the finger based on fingerprint data sensed by sections of the fingerprint sensor assigned to sensing fingerprint data during the same user input upon which performance of the one or more auxiliary functionality operations is based. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a sensor structure configured to sense a finger moving across the sensor structure, the sensor structure including a plurality of touch sensors surrounding a fingerprint sensor, the fingerprint sensor comprising multiple sections; one or more processors; a machine-readable medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising; assigning one or more of the multiple sections to one of sensing fingerprint data and sensing movement of the finger across the fingerprint sensor; controlling auxiliary functionality of the system based on a pattern of movement of the finger across the sensor structure and sections of the fingerprint sensor assigned to sensing movement; and attempting to authenticate a fingerprint of the finger based on fingerprint data sensed by sections of the fingerprint sensor assigned to sensing fingerprint data while the finger moves across the sensor structure. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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