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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 02, 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
Methods, devices and systems for controlling an active fingerprint sensor area of a fingerprint sensor system are disclosed. In some examples, the one or more active fingerprint sensor area criteria may involve, or correspond to, a security level. The security level may correspond to a data security level, a software application security level, or a combination thereof. According to some examples, controlling the active fingerprint sensor area may involve activating a relatively larger fingerprint sensor area for a relatively higher security level. Alternatively, or additionally, the one or more active fingerprint sensor area criteria may correspond to a fingerprint sensor area used for obtaining fingerprint sensor data from one or more digits involved in an enrollment process, the size of one or more digits used during the enrollment process, the size of one or more digits used for one or more recent authentication attempts, or combinations thereof.