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Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 25, 2016
Applicant:

Novatek Microelectronics Corp., Hsinchu, TW;

Inventors:

Hsing-Lung Chung, Miaoli County, TW;

Tsung-Chan Lee, Hsinchu, TW;

Hsin-Kuo Chen, Hsinchu County, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); G06F 3/0414 (2013.01); G06K 9/00087 (2013.01); G06K 9/00912 (2013.01);
Abstract

A fingerprint sensor apparatus including a sampling unit, an image analysing unit and a processor is provided. The sampling unit senses a fingerprint image. The image analysing unit analyses an image parameter of the fingerprint image to obtain an image data, and compares the image data to a reference data to obtain a comparison result. The comparison result includes that the image data corresponds to one of a plurality of stages. The stages are determined based on the image parameter, and the different stages correspond to different pressure regions. The processor controls an electronic device to execute a predetermined operation according to the stage corresponding to the image data. In addition, a method for controlling the fingerprint sensor apparatus is also provided.


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