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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2018
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Joung-Min Cho, Seoul, KR;
Oh Hyuck Kwon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Taesung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyungdal Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyunchang Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Song Hee Jung, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Jeong-Min Park, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyungsup Byeon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Heung-Sik Shin, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for obtaining biometric information in an electronic device are provided. An electronic device comprising a display comprising a plurality of pixels, a biometric sensor disposed in at least a partial region of the display; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive an input for sensing biometric information of an external object, in response to the input, select at least one pixel among a first pixel and a second pixel in accordance with history information about use of the first pixel and second pixel, wherein the first pixel and the second pixel are disposed in the at least the partial region of the display proximate to the biometric sensor, and obtain the biometric information of an external object through the biometric sensor by using light irradiated by the selected at least one pixel.