Electronic device for supporting the fingerprint verification and operating method thereof

• Main Authors: JIN YUN JANG, SONG KYUNG HOON, JANG SE YOUNG, LEE KWANG SUB, CHO GYU SANG, CHO CHI HYUN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 15.11.2017
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IDENTIFICATION; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECOGNITION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SURGERY; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

According to the present invention, disclosed are an electronic device and an operation method which can support a fingerprint recognition function capable of performing fingerprint authentication based on an intuitive user interface (UI). The electronic device comprises: a display including at least one pixel, and having an area of which at least a part is transparent; a fingerprint sensor arranged in a certain area of a lower part of the display in which a screen is displayed, and obtaining image information related to fingerprint authentication by collecting light which is emitted by a pixel arranged in the display and has a direction changed by an object accessed on the display; and a processor for controlling an image information obtaining operation of the fingerprint sensor. Besides, various embodiments verified through the specification are possible. 본 발명은 적어도 하나의 픽셀을 포함하고 적어도 일부 영역이 투명한 디스플레이, 화면이 표시되는 상기 디스플레이의 하부 일정 영역에 배치되고, 상기 디스플레이 배치된 픽셀에서 조사되고 상기 디스플레이 상에 접근된 물체에 의해 방향이 변경된 광을 수집하여 지문 인증과 관련한 이미지 정보를 획득하는 지문 센서, 상기 지문 센서의 이미지 정보 획득 동작을 제어하는 프로세서를 포함하는 전자 장치 및 이의 운용 방법을 개시한다. 이 외에도 명세서를 통해 파악되는 다양한 실시 예가 가능하다.