Fingerprint event processing method, apparatus, and terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10402083-B2
Application number	US-201515551236-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 16, 2015
Priority date	Feb 16, 2015
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide a fingerprint event processing method and apparatus, and a terminal, so as to resolve a problem of how to simplify operation steps of using a terminal. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal, a first fingerprint by using a fingerprint sensor; generating, by the terminal, a fingerprint event according to the first fingerprint; when an operation to be executed by the terminal includes an identity authentication operation, executing, by the terminal, the identity authentication operation according to the fingerprint event; and when the operation to be executed by the terminal does not include the identity authentication operation, executing, by the terminal, an operation corresponding to a first preset event according to the first preset event. Solutions provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure are applicable to processing of a fingerprint event.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fingerprint event processing method comprising:
receiving, by a terminal having a fingerprint sensor, a first fingerprint by using the fingerprint sensor during a running environment of a current application of the terminal;
generating, by the terminal, a fingerprint event according to the first fingerprint;
executing, by the current application, an identity authentication operation according to the fingerprint event when the running environment of the current application includes a condition for the identity authentication operation;
executing, by the current application, a first operation corresponding to a first event according to a first application scenario unrelated to the identity authentication operation when the running environment of the current application does not include the condition for the identity authentication operation; and
when the terminal receives a second fingerprint using the fingerprint sensor within a determined time period after receiving the first fingerprint, executing, by the current application, a second operation corresponding to a second event according to a second application scenario unrelated to the identity authentication operation and different from the first operation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first event is a home button event.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first event may be set according to frequency of using a particular application program or executing a particular operation by a terminal user.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein when the user uses multiple application programs or executes multiple operations, whether to execute the first or the second event is determined by a quantity of times of inputting a fingerprint within a predetermined time.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before generating the second event, the current application determines whether the second operation includes the identity authentication operation; and
when the second operation does not include the identity authentication operation, the current application generates the second event according to the first and second fingerprints.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, after receiving the second fingerprint, the current application does not first determine whether the second operation includes the identity authentication operation before generating the second event according to the first and second fingerprints.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second fingerprint is different from the first fingerprint.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second operations correspond to different current application scenarios.

9. A terminal comprising:
a processor;
a memory in communication with the processor and configured to store information comprising program instructions of a current application for execution by the processor;
a fingerprint sensor in communication with the processor and configured to receive a first fingerprint, and provide the first fingerprint to the processor during a running environment of the current application; and
the processor coupled to the memory and the fingerprint sensor and configured to control execution of the program instructions of the current application to provide at least the following operations:
generate a fingerprint event according to the first fingerprint;
execute an identity authentication operation according to the fingerprint event when the running environment of the current application includes a condition for the identity authentication operation;
execute a first operation corresponding to a first event according to a first application scenario unrelated to the identity authentication operation when the running environment of the current application does not include the condition for the identity authentication operation; and
when the terminal receives a second fingerprint using the fingerprint sensor within a determined time period after receiving the first fingerprint, executing, by the current application, a second operation corresponding to a second event according to a second application scenario unrelated to the identity authentication operation and different from the first operation.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the first event is a home button event.

11. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the first event may be set according to frequency of using a particular application program or executing a particular operation by a terminal user.

12. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein when the user uses multiple application programs or executes multiple operations, whether to execute the first or the second event is determined by a quantity of times of inputting a fingerprint within a predetermined time.

13. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein before processor is further configured by the execution of the current application to generate the second event, the processor is configured by the current application to determine whether the second operation includes the identity authentication operation; and
when the second operation does not include the identity authentication operation, the processor is further configured by the execution of the current application to generate the second event according to the first and second fingerprints.

14. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein, after receiving the second fingerprint, the processor is configured by the execution of the current application to not first determine whether the second operation includes the identity authentication operation before generating the second preset event according to the first and second fingerprints.

15. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the second fingerprint is different from the first fingerprint.

16. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the first and second operations correspond to different current application scenarios.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions of an application that, when executed by a processor, cause a terminal having a fingerprint sensor to carry out at least the following operations:
receiving a first fingerprint from the fingerprint sensor during a running environment of the application of the terminal;
generating a fingerprint event according to the first fingerprint;
executing an identity authentication operation according to the fingerprint event when the running environment of the application includes a condition for the identity authentication operation;
executing a first operation corresponding to a first event according to a first application scenario unrelated to the identity authentication operation when the running environment of the current application does not include the condition for the identity authentication operation; and
when the terminal receives a second fingerprint using the fingerprint sensor within a determined time period after receiving the first fingerprint, executing, by the current application, a second operation corresponding to a second event according to a second application scenario unrelated to the identity authentication operation and different from the first operation.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein the first event may be set according to frequency of using a particular application program or executing a particular operation by a terminal user.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 17 , wherein when the use

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Zaishang

Classifications

• G06F3/0482

  Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus · CPC title

• G06F21/32 Primary

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title

• G06F3/0488 Primary

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title

• G06K9/0002

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06V40/1306

  non-optical, e.g. ultrasonic or capacitive sensing · CPC title