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- Patent Title: Fingerprint sensing system and method for providing user input on an electronic device using a fingerprint sensor
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Application No.: US17051177Application Date: 2019-04-26
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Publication No.: US11307681B2Publication Date: 2022-04-19
- Inventor: Troels Bjerre , Klaus S. Andersen
- Applicant: Fingerprint Cards AB
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Fingerprint Cards AB
- Current Assignee: Fingerprint Cards AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: RMCK Law Group, PLC
- Priority: SE1850531-3 20180504
- International Application: PCT/SE2019/050376 WO 20190426
- International Announcement: WO2019/212402 WO 20191107
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06F3/0354 ; G06V40/13 ; G06V40/12 ; G06F1/16 ; B60K37/06

Abstract:
A method for providing user input on an electronic device comprising a fingerprint sensor comprising an array of sensing elements. Acquiring partial fingerprint images of a finger touching a finger touch surface of the fingerprint sensor from at least two sub-groups of sensing element. Determining a respective force value indicative of a force applied on the finger touch surface at each of the sub-groups of sensing elements when the partial fingerprints were acquired, based on the partial fingerprint images acquired from the respective sub-group of sensing elements. Determining a force value difference between a pair of the determined force values. Determining a user input based on the determined force value difference, and based on the relative location between the sub-groups of sensing elements in the pair associated with the force value difference.
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