Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Jinho Hyeon

Taeho Kim

Jonghoon Park

Hyungjoon Kim

Yangsoo Lee

Heejun You

Moonsu Chang

Teain An

Seulhan Park

Seunghwan Kim

A method and apparatus for processing biometric information in an electronic device including a processor that operates at a normal mode or at a secure mode, the method comprising, detecting a biometric input event from a biometric sensor module at normal mode, creating biometric data based on sensed data from the biometric sensor module at the secure mode, performing biometric registration or biometric authentication based on the created biometric data at the secure mode, and providing result information of biometric registration or biometric authentication at the normal mode.

Method and apparatus for processing biometric information in electronic device

A method is provided that inputs/outputs security information to/from an electronic device. The security information inputting method includes sensing a motion for inputting security information by a sensor module; creating an interrupt according to the security information inputting motion; and reading the security information by a security information inputting module, in response to the interrupt.

Security information inputting/outputting method and electronic device adapted to the method

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Jinho Hyeon