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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2017
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Sangkuk Jeon, Seoul, KR;
Mansoo Sin, Seoul, KR;
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an electronic device comprising: a touch screen including a display region for outputting an image; a window arranged on the touch screen; and a control unit, wherein the touch screen includes a touch sensing layer which receives a touch input applied on the display region and receives a touch input with a first sensing resolution, and a fingerprint sensing unit, which overlaps a specific portion of the display region, is arranged between the window and the touch sensing layer, and senses a fingerprint with a second sensing resolution higher than the first sensing resolution when a finger touches the specific portion, and in order to receive a touch input on the basis of the touching of the finger with the specific portion, the control unit controls the fingerprint sensing unit on the basis of a specific control command such that the second sensing resolution of the specific portion is changed to the first sensing resolution.