One-touch input interface

• US 9,305,194 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Adrangi, Farid, Konanur, Anand S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US14/227,846
• Publication Number:
  US 20150278562A1
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 455 412- 413, 455410-411
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0718 the sensor being of the biometric kind, e.g. fingerprint sensors fingerprint sensors in general G06V40/13; biometric access-control systems in general, see G07C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07354 by biometrically sensitive means, e.g. fingerprint sensitive fingerprint sensors in general G06V40/12; biometrically activated access control G07C9/25
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10237 the reader and the record carrier being capable of selectively switching between reader and record carrier appearance, e.g. in near field communication [NFC] devices where the NFC device may function as an RFID reader or as an RFID tag

Abstract

Some demonstrative embodiments include a one-touch input interface. For example, a one-touch input interface may include a hybrid Body-Area-Network (BAN) Near-Field-Communication (NFC) module to receive NFC information from a NFC device via a body of a user; and a fingerprint sensor to sense a fingerprint of the user, wherein the hybrid BAN NFC module and the fingerprint sensor are to receive the NFC information and to sense the fingerprint during a touch of the one-touch interface by the user.

Claims

1. A one-touch input interface comprising:

a hybrid Body-Area-Network (BAN) Near-Field-Communication (NFC) module to receive NFC information from a NFC device via a body of a user, said hybrid BAN NFC module comprises a first BAN electrode configured to be in contact with a first area of a hand of said user, and a second BAN electrode configured to be in contact with a second area of said hand; and

a fingerprint sensor to sense a fingerprint of said user,

wherein said hybrid BAN NFC module and said fingerprint sensor are to receive said NFC information and to sense said fingerprint during a touch of said one-touch interface by said user, wherein said hybrid BAN NFC module is configured to be in contact with the hand of said user, when said fingerprint sensor is to be in contact with a finger of said hand.

2. The one-touch input interface of claim 1 comprising an insulation area to electrically insulate between said first and second BAN electrodes.

3. The one-touch input interface of claim 1, wherein said first BAN electrode includes a first surface of a device, wherein said second BAN electrode includes a second surface of said device, and wherein said fingerprint sensor is on said first surface.

4. The one-touch input interface of claim 3, wherein said first surface is opposite to said second surface.

5. The one-touch input interface of claim 1, wherein said first and second BAN electrodes are on a common surface, and wherein said fingerprint sensor is on said first BAN electrode.

6. The one-touch input interface of claim 1, wherein said hybrid BAN NFC module comprises an NFC coil connected in parallel to said first and second BAN electrodes.

7. The one-touch input interface of claim 1, wherein said hybrid BAN NFC module and said fingerprint sensor are to receive said NFC information and to sense said fingerprint during a tap of the hand of said user on said one-touch interface.

8. The one-touch input interface of claim 1, wherein said NFC information comprises at least one type of information selected from the group consisting of authentication information to authenticate said user, and payment information to facilitate a transaction of monetary value.

9. A computing device comprising:

a memory;

a one-touch input interface comprising;

a hybrid Body-Area-Network (BAN) Near-Field-Communication (NFC) module to receive NFC information from a NFC device via a body of a user, said hybrid BAN NFC module comprises a first BAN electrode configured to be in contact with a first area of a hand of said user, and a second BAN electrode configured to be in contact with a second area of said hand; and

a fingerprint sensor to sense a fingerprint of said user, wherein said hybrid BAN NFC module and said fingerprint sensor are to receive said NFC information and to sense said fingerprint during a touch of said one-touch interface by said user, wherein said hybrid BAN NFC module is configured to be in contact with the hand of said user, when said fingerprint sensor is to be in contact with a finger of said hand; and

a processor to process said NFC information and fingerprint information of said fingerprint.

10. The computing device of claim 9, wherein said hybrid BAN NFC module and said fingerprint sensor are configured to receive said NFC information and to sense said fingerprint during a tap of the hand of said user on said one-touch interface.

11. The computing device of claim 9, wherein said NFC information comprises at least one type of information selected form the group consisting of authentication information to authenticate said user, and payment information to facilitate a transaction of monetary value.

12. The computing device of claim 9, wherein said first BAN electrode includes a first surface of the computing device, wherein said second BAN electrode includes a second surface of said computing device, and wherein said fingerprint sensor is on said first surface.

13. The computing device of claim 9, wherein said first and second BAN electrodes are on a common surface, and wherein said fingerprint sensor is on said first BAN electrode.

14. The computing device of claim 9, wherein said hybrid BAN NFC module comprises an NFC coil connected in parallel to said first and second BAN electrodes.

15. The computing device of claim 9 comprising a user interface to prompt said user to touch said one-touch interface.

16. The computing device of claim 9 comprising a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a Smartphone, or an Ultrabook™

computer.

17. A product including one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement one or more operations, the operations comprising:

prompting a user to touch a one-touch input interface;

during a touch of said one-touch interface by said user, receiving Near Field Communication (NFC) information from a NFC device via a body of said user, and sensing a fingerprint of said user, wherein the receiving the NFC information comprises receiving the NFC information via a first Body-Area-Network (BAN) electrode in contact with a first area of a hand of said user, and a second BAN electrode in contact with a second area of said hand, and wherein sensing the fingerprint of the user comprise sensing a fingerprint of a finger of said hang, when said first and second BAN electrodes are in contact with the hand of said user; and

processing said NFC information and fingerprint information of said fingerprint.

18. The product of claim 17, wherein said NFC information comprises at least one type of information selected from the group consisting of authentication information to authenticate said user, and payment information to facilitate a transaction of monetary value.

19. The product of claim 17, wherein said operations comprise receiving said NFC information and sensing said fingerprint during a single tap of the hand of said user on said one-touch interface.

20. A wearable device to be worn on a body of a user, the wearable device including:

a hybrid Body-Area-Network (BAN) Near-Field-Communication (NFC) module to transmit NFC information from said wearable device to a computing device via said body, the hybrid BAN NFC module comprising;

a first BAN electrode to be in contact with a first area of said body;

a second BAN electrode to be in contact with a second area of said body;

an NFC coil connected in parallel to said first and second BAN electrodes; and

an insulation area to electrically insulate between said first and second BAN electrodes.

21. The wearable device of claim 20, wherein said NFC information comprises at least one type of information selected from the group consisting of authentication information to authenticate said user, and payment information to facilitate a transaction of monetary value.

22. The wearable device of claim 20 comprising an NFC tag to store said NFC information.

23. The wearable device of claim 20 being a wristwatch or a ring.