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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Yunjang Jin, Yongin-si, KR;
Kyunghoon Song, Yongin-si, KR;
Kwangsub Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Seyoung Jang, Seongnam-si, KR;
Chihyun Cho, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
According to various embodiments, an electronic device includes: a housing; a display exposed through a part of the housing and located within the housing; a fingerprint sensor located at a portion of the housing and coupled with the display; a processor electrically coupled with the display and the fingerprint sensor; and at least one memory electrically coupled with the processor, wherein the memory stores fingerprint data for confirmation and stores instructions to be executed by the processor and the instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to receive the fingerprint data of a user using the fingerprint sensor, to analyze the received fingerprint data to determine whether at least a part of the fingerprint data is a result of at least a part of the finger at least partially covered with an external material, and to at least partially compare a part of the stored fingerprint data for confirmation with the analyzed fingerprint data.