Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Temporary secure access via input object remaining in place
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Application No.: US14805079Application Date: 2015-07-21
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Publication No.: US10007770B2Publication Date: 2018-06-26
- Inventor: Yi-Yun Chang
- Applicant: Synaptics Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Synaptics Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd
- Main IPC: G06F7/04
- IPC: G06F7/04 ; G06F21/32 ; G06K9/00 ; G06F3/0488 ; G06F3/0354

Abstract:
An input device for an electronic system includes: an input surface, configured to provide an interface for determining positional information for an input object in a sensing region of the input device; a biometric sensor, configured to determine biometric information about a user; and a processing system, configured to: in response to placement of a valid biometric object on the biometric sensor, enable access to a secure object of the electronic system while the valid biometric object is maintained on the biometric sensor; and disable access to the secure object of the electronic system in response to removal of the valid biometric object from the biometric sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170024553A1 TEMPORARY SECURE ACCESS VIA INPUT OBJECT REMAINING IN PLACE Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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