Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Sangah Lee

Bokun Choi

Donggoo Kang

Hye-Jin Lee

Changwon Kim

Joohee Park

Seon Woo Yoo

Hyunkyung Kim

Seonwoo Yoo

Eunyoung Lim

An apparatus and method are provided for controlling an operation of an electronic device by using a fingerprint image in the electronic device. The electronic device includes a display and a processor configured to detect a fingerprint image corresponding to a user input; determine an input direction of the user input based on the fingerprint image; determine a motion direction of the user input based on the input direction of the user input in response to a motion of the user input; and execute a first function corresponding to the motion direction of the user input.

Electronic apparatus and operating method thereof

Growing community of inventors

Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Sangah Lee