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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2021
Anexa Labs Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ana Trapero Martin, Salamanca, ES;
ANEXA LABS LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for touch detection and fingerprint unlocking includes detecting a finger of a user being in contact with a multiresolution touch interface having a low-resolution mode and a high-resolution mode. The method also includes in response to the detecting the finger of the user being in contact with the multiresolution touch interface, determining a touch interaction associated with the detected finger under the low-resolution mode. The method also includes in response to the multiresolution touch interface being locked, switching a finger contact area of the multiresolution touch interface into the high-resolution mode, wherein the finger contact area is determined based at least in part on the determined touch interaction associated with the detected finger. The method also includes detecting a fingerprint in the finger contact area, and unlocking the multiresolution touch interface based at least in part on the detected fingerprint.