Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Kyong-Gon Choi

Jeong-Min Park

Jeong-Ho Cho

Do-Hyoung Chung

Dong-Hwan Bae

Seung-Geol Baek

Jung-Won Suh

Cheol-Jun Lee

Disclosed is an electronic device including a display, a touch recognition sensor that recognizes a touch input on the display; a fingerprint recognition sensor that recognizes a fingerprint input on the display, and a processor coupled to the display, the touch recognition sensor, and the fingerprint recognition sensor, wherein the processor is configured to activate the touch recognition sensor, display at least one user interface that receives the fingerprint input on a fingerprint recognition area of the display, activate at least a portion of the fingerprint recognition sensor, and selectively deactivate a portion of the touch recognition sensor corresponding to the activated portion of the fingerprint recognition sensor.

Electronic device with touch sensor and driving method therefor

An electronic device having a fingerprint verification function is provided. The electronic device includes a display; a touch recognition sensor pattern for recognizing a touch input on the display; a fingerprint recognition sensor pattern for recognizing a fingerprint input on the display; and a processor functionally connected to the display, the touch recognition sensor pattern and the fingerprint recognition sensor pattern. The processor determines whether a fingerprint recognition mode is executed, and selectively activates the touch recognition sensor pattern and the fingerprint recognition sensor pattern according to whether the determined fingerprint recognition mode is executed.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Kyong-Gon Choi