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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2014
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Marduke Yousefpor, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jean-Marie Bussat, Cupertino, CA (US);
Benjamin B. Lyon, Cupertino, CA (US);
Giovanni Gozzini, Cupertino, CA (US);
Steven P. Hotelling, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dale Setlak, Cupertino, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A fingerprint sensor is incorporated in a display stack in an electronic device. A single fingerprint can be captured at one time at a single pre-defined fixed location on a display. Alternatively, a single fingerprint can be acquired at one time at any location on a display. Alternatively, multiple touches on the display can be acquired substantially simultaneously where only one fingerprint is captured at a time or where all of the fingerprints are acquired at the same time. The fingerprint sensor can be implemented as an integrated circuit connected to a bottom surface of a cover sheet, near the bottom surface of the cover sheet, or connected to a top surface of a display. Alternatively, the fingerprint sensor can be implemented as a full panel fingerprint sensor.