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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD, Suwon-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00073 (2013.01); G06K 9/00067 (2013.01); G06K 9/3208 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to a fingerprint authentication method, fingerprint data is obtained through a fingerprint sensor, a degree of rotation of an electronic device including the fingerprint sensor when the fingerprint data is obtained is detected, a pattern of minutiae is extracted from the fingerprint data, a registration pattern for a registered fingerprint is rotated based on the degree of rotation, the pattern of minutiae is matched to the registration pattern, and the fingerprint data is authenticated on the basis of a match result.