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Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 19, 2015
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Yi-Hsuan Huang, Taipei, TW;

Chin-Lung Chiang, Taipei, TW;

Tao-Sheng Chu, Taipei, TW;

An Chih Chu, Taipei, TW;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G06K 9/00013 (2013.01); G06K 9/00087 (2013.01);
Abstract

Example implementations relate to fingerprint scans with power buttons. For example, a computing device may include a power button and a processor. The power button receives a user input associated with an activation of the power button to turn on the computing device and scans a fingerprint associated with the user input while the computing device is initialized in response to the activation. The processor determines whether the fingerprint matches an authorized fingerprint from a database of stored fingerprints, identifies an account associated with the fingerprint when the fingerprint matches the authorized fingerprint, and provides a desktop environment associated with the account.


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