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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2022
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Naga Chandan Babu Gudivada, Hyderabad, IN;
Rakesh Pallerla, Hyderabad, IN;
Prakash Tiwari, Hyderabad, IN;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Some disclosed methods involve maintaining a data structure that includes historical fingerprint location data. The historical fingerprint location data may include information corresponding to prior instances of fingerprint image data obtained from each of a plurality of fingerprint sensor areas. Some such methods involve identifying, based at least in part on the historical fingerprint location data, a selected fingerprint sensor area, providing a user prompt to place a digit within or on the selected fingerprint sensor area, and obtaining current fingerprint image data of the digit from the selected fingerprint sensor area. In some examples, the historical fingerprint location data indicate a number of prior instances during which prior fingerprint image data has been obtained from each fingerprint sensor area of the plurality of fingerprint sensor areas. In some such examples, the identifying is based, at least in part, on the number of prior instances.