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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Ki Hong Min, Seoul, KR;
Jong-Seok Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jeong-Min Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Dohyoung Chung, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/539 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S 7/539 (2013.01); G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); G06K 9/00107 (2013.01); G06K 2009/00932 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for sensing a fingerprint, comprising: receiving, by an electronic device, a sound wave signal that is reflected from an object; detecting at least one echo signal that is associated with the object for each reception period in a plurality of reception periods, wherein the at least one echo signal is detected based on the sound wave signal; and detecting the fingerprint based on the at least one echo signal.