Fingerprint entry prompting method and device

• US 10,346,669 B2
• Filed: 05/04/2017
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software Co., Ltd. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: Jiang, Zhongsheng, Ji, Chuanshun, Wang, Gang
• Primary Examiner(s): Misleh, Justin P.
• Application Number:
  US15/586,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20170364730A1
• Time in Patent Office: 796 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/993 Evaluation of the quality of the acquired pattern
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1335 Combining adjacent partial images (e.g. slices) to create a composite input or reference pattern; Tracking a sweeping finger movement
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/67 by interactive indications to the user

Abstract

A fingerprint entry prompting method, includes: obtaining an i^th entered fingerprint image, during a process of collecting and combining N fingerprint images entered in sequence to generate a fingerprint template of a user, wherein N≥i≥2, and N and i are integers; obtaining an overlap region between the i^th entered fingerprint image and a determined template image, wherein the determined template image is generated by combining i−1 previously entered fingerprint images; and presenting a prompting message when the overlap region satisfies a prompting condition, wherein the prompting message is configured to instruct the user to move a finger towards a specified direction and re-enter the i^th fingerprint image.

Claims

1. A fingerprint entry prompting method, comprising:

obtaining an i^th entered fingerprint image, during a process of collecting and combining N fingerprint images entered in sequence to generate a fingerprint template of a user, wherein N≥

i≥

2, and N and i are integers;

obtaining an overlap region between the i^th entered fingerprint image and a determined template image, wherein the determined template image is generated by combining i−

1 previously entered fingerprint images;

determining a relative direction from a second center to a first center, wherein the first center is a geometric center of the i^th entered fingerprint image, and the second center is a geometric center of the overlap region in the i^th entered fingerprint image;

presenting a prompting message when the overlap region satisfies a prompting condition, wherein the prompting message is configured to instruct the user to move a finger towards a specified direction and re-enter the i^th fingerprint image, and wherein the prompting condition comprises that an area of the overlap region is outside of a specified area range,

combining the i^th entered fingerprint image and the i−

1 previously entered fingerprint images to generate a new determined template image, when the overlap region does not satisfy the prompting condition; and

wherein the relative direction is determined as the specified direction when the area of the overlap region is greater than a maximum value in the specified area range, and an opposite direction of the relative direction is determined as the specified direction when the area of the overlap region is smaller than a minimum value in the specified area range.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an area of the determined template image, before the presenting of the prompting message; and

determining the specified area range according to the area of the determined template image.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

determining a relative distance between the first center and the second center when the overlap region satisfies the prompting condition;

determining a distance of movement according to the relative distance; and

presenting the distance of movement when presenting the prompting message.

4. A fingerprint entry prompting device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing instructions executable by the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to;

obtain an i^th entered fingerprint image, during a process of collecting and combining N fingerprint images entered in sequence to generate a fingerprint template of a user, wherein N≥

i≥

2, and N and i are integers;

obtain an overlap region between the i^th entered fingerprint image and a determined template image, wherein the determined template image is generated by combining i−

1 previously entered fingerprint images;

determine a relative direction from a second center to a first center, wherein the first center is a geometric center of the i^th entered fingerprint image, and the second center is a geometric center of the overlap region in the i^th entered fingerprint image; and

present a prompting message when the overlap region satisfies a prompting condition, wherein the prompting message is configured to instruct the user to move a finger towards a specified direction and re-enter the i^th fingerprint image, and wherein the prompting condition comprises that an area of the overlap region is outside a specified area range,

wherein the relative direction is determined as the specified direction when the area of the overlap region is greater than a maximum value in the specified area range, and an opposite direction of the relative direction is determined as the specified direction when the area of the overlap region is smaller than a minimum value in the specified area range.

5. The fingerprint entry prompting device according to claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to:

obtain an area of the determined template image, before presenting the prompting message when the overlap region satisfies the prompting condition; and

determine the specified area range according to the area of the determined template image.

6. The fingerprint entry prompting device according to claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine a relative distance between the first center and the second center when the overlap region satisfies the prompting condition;

determine a distance of movement according to the relative distance; and

present the distance of movement when presenting the prompting message.

7. The fingerprint entry prompting device according to claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to:

combine the i^th entered fingerprint image and the i−

1 previously entered fingerprint images to generate a new determined template image, when the overlap region does not satisfy the prompting condition.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor in a device, cause the device to perform a fingerprint entry prompting method comprising:

obtaining an i^th entered fingerprint image, during a process of collecting and combining N fingerprint images entered in sequence to generate a fingerprint template of a user, wherein N≥

i≥

2, and N and i are integers;

obtaining an overlap region between the i^th entered fingerprint image and a determined template image, wherein the determined template image is generated by combining i−

1 previously entered fingerprint images;

determining a relative direction from a second center to a first center, wherein the first center is a geometric center of the i^th entered fingerprint image, and the second center is a geometric center of the overlap region in the i^th entered fingerprint image; and

presenting a prompting message when the overlap region satisfies a prompting condition, wherein the prompting message is configured to instruct the user to move a finger towards a specified direction and re-enter the i^th fingerprint image, and wherein the prompting condition comprises that an area of the overlap region is outside a specified area range,

wherein the relative direction is determined as the specified direction when the area of the overlap region is greater than a maximum value in the specified area range, and an opposite direction of the relative direction is determined as the specified direction when the area of the overlap region is smaller than a minimum value in the specified area range.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

obtaining an area of the determined template image before the presenting of the prompting message; and

determining the specified area range according to the area of the determined template image.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

determining a relative distance between the first center and the second center when the overlap region satisfies the prompting condition;

determining a distance of movement according to the relative distance; and

presenting the distance of movement when presenting the prompting message.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

combining the i^th entered fingerprint image and the i−

1 previously entered fingerprint images to generate a new determined template image, when the overlap region does not satisfy the prompting condition.