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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sungjin Yoon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A method of iris scanning and proximity sensing includes: receiving selection information of an operation mode; sensing an iris including emitting light having an amount of light of a first level, and photographing an iris using the emitted light if a selected operation mode is a iris scanning mode; sensing a proximity including emitting light having an amount of light of a second level, and sensing information on whether an object has approached using the emitted light if the selected operation mode is a proximity sensing mode; and recognizing the iris using the photographed iris image, and performing a function according to the sensed information on whether the object has approached, and the first level has a value higher than the value of the second level.