Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Byengseok Choi

Seungnyun Kim

Seungeun Lee

Jonghun Won

Hyewon Seo

Minseok Kang

Jihyun Choi

Nanhee Kim

Chakyum Kim

Byungjin Kang

Yusun Cheong

DoHyung Lee

Gwanyoung Yoo

A foldable electronic device includes a first housing and a second housing that are foldable with respect to each other; at least one sensor; a display; a camera configured to operate in a first mode associated with user recognition, and a second mode associated with user authentication; a memory storing instructions; at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to: control the display to display notification information about an event corresponding to the foldable electronic device; based on a folding state of the foldable electronic device detected using the at least one sensor satisfying a predetermined condition, obtain at least one first image using the camera operating in the first mode; identify whether a face is present in the at least one first image; based on identifying that the face is present in the at least one first image, obtain at least one second image using the camera operating in the second mode; perform face recognition-based biometric authentication using at least part of the at least one second image; and based on the biometric authentication being successful, control the display to display content corresponding to the event.

Biometric authentication system and electronic device for same

Growing community of inventors

Suwon-si, South Korea

Byengseok Choi