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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2014
Applicant:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Inventor:
Sung-Jin Yoon, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00087 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 2009/3291 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fingerprint recognition method and apparatus are provided for quickly and accurately authenticating a user using a direction of a fingerprint. The fingerprint recognition method includes sensing a fingerprint input from a user; creating fingerprint data including a direction angle of the fingerprint input; and authenticating the user based on the fingerprint data.