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Patent No.:

US 11366888 B1

Date of Patent:

Jun. 21, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2019

Electronic device using a fingerprint sensor included in a display of the electronic device and controlling method thereof

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Inventors:

Jeonghwan Jeon, Suwon-si, KR;

Hyosun You, Suwon-si, KR;

Minseok Kang, Suwon-si, KR;

Minwoo Yoo, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Premal R Patel

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06V 40/60 (2022.01); G06V 40/12 (2022.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06V 40/1335 (2022.01); G06V 40/1359 (2022.01); G06V 40/63 (2022.01);

Abstract

Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device may detect a first input on a designated region of a display, obtain fingerprint information corresponding to the first input using the fingerprint sensor, display, on the display, an object related to an application based on obtaining the fingerprint information, detect a second input generated by dragging from the designated region to a region corresponding to the displayed object while the first input is maintained, execute an application related to the object selected by the second input, and perform authentication related to the application based on the fingerprint information.

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