Method for acquiring biometric information and electronic device supporting the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10872220-B2
Application number	US-201815955929-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2018
Priority date	Apr 18, 2017
Publication date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020

Abstract

An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a display, a biometric sensor, and at least one processor. The processor implements the method, including: when a touch input is detected to the display within the biometric sensing area, increase a brightness of a first pixel group within the biometric sensing area to a first brightness level, and execute at least one of maintaining and changing display of a second pixel group outside the biometric sensing area and, wherein the at least one of maintaining and changing display of the second pixel group includes one of: executing a black state in which display through the second pixel group is disabled, and changing a display attribute for the second pixel group such that a load on the second pixel group is reduced.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display including a plurality of pixels;
a biometric sensor configured to acquire biometric data through a biometric sensing area of the display; and
at least one processor coupled to the display and the biometric sensor,
wherein the processor is configured to:
display a user interface in an application window at a first brightness to guide a touch input from a user, the user interface overlapped with the biometric sensor disposed in the application window,
by using a plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area, change a background color of the application window into a black state or a low gradation state when the user interface is displayed,
when the touch input is detected on the display within the biometric sensing area, operate one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area at a second brightness higher than the first brightness,
control the biometric sensor to acquire the biometric data through the display while the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area are at the second brightness, and
while controlling the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area to operate at the second brightness, control the display to maintain turned-on state and the background color of the application window maintains the black state or the low gradation state.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein in operating the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area in the black state or the low gradation state, the processor is further configured to disable the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein in operating the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area at the second brightness, the processor is further configured to increase an amount of electric power supplied to the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein when the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area are operated in the black state or the low gradation state, a load on the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area is reduced.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the load on the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area is reduced by changing a specific gradation value for the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a display driver integrated circuit (IC),
wherein the display is configured such that voltages supplied to regions of the display are reduced according to a distance a particular region is disposed from the display driver IC, and
wherein the display driver IC is disposed adjacent to the biometric sensing area of the display.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an illumination sensor configured to detect an intensity of illumination,
wherein the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area are operated at the second brightness when an intensity of environmental illumination as detected by the illumination sensor exceeds a pre-specified value.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to stop operating the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area at the second brightness when the touch input is no longer detected.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a first time period for which the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area are operated at the second brightness is determined based a second time period that the biometric sensor uses to acquire the biometric data.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a motor coupled to the processor, and wherein the processor is further configured to operate the motor to generate a vibration when acquisition of the biometric data is complete.

11. A method of an electronic device having a display, comprising:
displaying a user interface at a biometric sensing area in an application window of the display at a first brightness to guide a touch input from a user, the biometric sensing area corresponding to a biometric sensor configured to acquire biometric data through the biometric sensing area, and the user interface overlapped with the biometric sensor disposed in the application window;
by using a plurality of pixels of the display outside the biometric sensing area, change a background color of the application window into a black state or a low gradation state when the user interface is displayed;
when the touch input is detected on the display within the biometric sensing area, operating one or more pixels of the display inside the biometric sensing area at a second brightness higher than the first brightness;
controlling the biometric sensor to acquire the biometric data through the display while the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area are at the second brightness; and
while controlling the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area to operate at the second brightness, controlling the display to maintain turned-on state and the background color of the application window maintains the black state or the low gradation state.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising disabling the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein to operate the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area at the second brightness, the method further comprises increasing an amount of electric power supplied to the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein when the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area are operated in the black state or the low gradation state, a load on the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area is reduced.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising changing a specific gradation value for the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area to reduce the load on the plurality of pixels outside the biometric sensing area.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a display driver integrated circuit (IC),
wherein the display is configured such that voltages supplied to regions of the display are reduced according to a distance a particular region is disposed from the display driver IC, and
wherein the display driver IC is disposed adjacent to the biometric sensing area of the display.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the electronic device further comprises an illumination sensor configured to detect an intensity of illumination, and wherein the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area are operated at the second brightness when an intensity of environmental illumination as detected by the illumination sensor exceeds a pre-specified value.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising stopping the operation of the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area at the second brightness when the touch input is no longer detected.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein a first time period for which the one or more pixels inside the biometric sensing area are operated at the second brightness is determined based a second time period that the biometric sensor uses to acquire the biometric data.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the electronic device further comprises a motor, and the method further comprises operating the motor to generate a vibration when acquisition of the biometric data is complete.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Joung Min
• Kim Jeong Hun
• Kwon Oh Hyuck
• Kim Tae Sung
• Kim Hyung Dal
• Shin Hyun Chang
• Jung Song Hee
• Park Jeong Min
• Byeon Hyung Sup
• Shin Heung Sik

Classifications

• G06V40/1318

  using electro-optical elements or layers, e.g. electroluminescent sensing · CPC title

• G06F1/1626 Primary

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title

• H04M1/724631 Primary

  by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad · CPC title

• H04M1/72454

  according to context-related or environment-related conditions · CPC title

• G06V40/16

  Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions · CPC title