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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2018
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Mohamed Sheik-Nainar, San Jose, CA (US);
Justin Mockler, San Jose, CA (US);
Adam L. Schwartz, San Jose, CA (US);
Erik Jonathon Thompson, San Jose, CA (US);
Synaptics Incorporated, San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for fingerprint imaging in an electronic device having a display, a touch sensor with a touch interface and an optical fingerprint sensor with a sensing region is described. The method and system include placing the electronic device in a hover detect mode, the hover detect mode scanning for a hovering finger; detecting the hovering finger; initiating illumination in the sensing region to image a fingerprint of the finger; capturing an image of the fingerprint in the sensing region; and disabling the illumination in the sensing region.
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