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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Noam Dagan, Binyamina, IL;
Ravit Dennis, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Lior Barenboim, Haifa, IL;
Lior David, Kiriat Ata, IL;
Eliza Du, Cupertino, CA (US);
Saurav Bandyopadhyay, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04M 1/67 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00013 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); G06K 9/00006 (2013.01); H04M 1/67 (2013.01); G06F 2203/0338 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for automatically enabling a touchscreen of a mobile device based on detection of the presence of a human finger. A mobile device can capture an image of an object with a fingerprint sensor. The mobile device may then enable a touchscreen display of the mobile device in response to a determination that the object captured within the image is a specific type of object.