Device and method for providing feedback for user input in electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12020498-B2
Application number	US-202017431938-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 18, 2020
Priority date	Feb 19, 2019
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a display, a touch sensor, a fingerprint recognition sensor disposed under the display, and a processor. The processor implements the method, including: detecting a user input to a fingerprint recognition region on the display that corresponds to a location of the fingerprint recognition sensor, using the touch sensor, executing fingerprint recognition on the user input using the fingerprint recognition sensor, and displaying a graphical effect on the display related to the user input while executing the fingerprint recognition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a display;
a touch sensor;
a fingerprint recognition sensor disposed under the display;
a processor; and
memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor cause the electronic device to:
display an indicating object within a fingerprint recognition region on the display that corresponds to a location of the fingerprint recognition sensor;
detect, using the touch sensor, a user input to the fingerprint recognition region where the indicating object is displayed;
execute fingerprint recognition on the user input using the fingerprint recognition sensor, wherein the fingerprint recognition comprises scanning a user's fingerprint and generating a fingerprint image; and
display a graphical object with an expanding radius centered on a region where the user input is detected in the fingerprint recognition region, while detecting the user input.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein memory stores instructions for causing the electronic device to:
detect occurrence of an event corresponding to execution of a fingerprint recognition mode; and
based on the detected occurrence, display an object prompting input of a fingerprint at a position corresponding to the fingerprint recognition region on the display.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein memory stores instructions for causing the electronic device to:
set a designated effect region on the display, to which the graphical object is displayable, that is less than an entirety of the display; and
detect, within the designated effect region, a touch region on which the user input is detected, and a non-touch region from which the user input is absent,
wherein the graphical object is displayed on at least a portion of the non-touch region of the designated effect region and excluded from display in the touch region of the designated effect region, such that all visual additions are excluded from the touch region during display of the graphical object.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein display of the graphical object is based at least partly on movement of the graphical object displayed within the touch region.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein memory stores instructions for causing the electronic device to:
configure the touch region to exclude displaying the graphical object, and set the non-touch region to include displaying the graphical object,
wherein the graphical object is displayed through the non-touch region.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein memory stores instructions for causing the electronic device to:
identify a touch direction of the user input while performing fingerprint recognition,
wherein the graphical object is displayed within the non-touch region according to the identified touch direction.

7. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein memory stores instructions for causing the electronic device to:
identify a touch direction of the user input while performing fingerprint recognition; and
detect whether an object is included in at least one of the touch region or along a path of the touch direction,
wherein, when the object is included in the touch region, displaying the graphical object by visually changing the object based on the touch direction.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the graphical object is displayed for a prespecified time, corresponding to a recognition and processing time for analyzing a fingerprint through the fingerprint recognition sensor.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 ,
wherein the graphical object is selected for display randomly from among a set of prestored graphical objects, or predesignated by a user from among the set of prestored graphical objects, and
wherein memory stores instructions for causing the electronic device to:
extract at least one color from background colors of a screen currently displayed on the display, and tinting the selected graphical object using the extracted at least one color.

10. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the graphical object fills an entirety of a circular region defined initially by a radius originating from a center of the touch region excepting the touch region, while detecting the user input.

11. A method of an electronic device, the method comprising:
displaying an indicating object within a fingerprint recognition region on a display that corresponds to a location of a fingerprint recognition sensor;
detecting a user input, based on a touch sensor, to the fingerprint recognition region where the indicating object is displayed;
executing fingerprint recognition on the user input using at least one processor and the fingerprint recognition sensor, wherein the fingerprint recognition comprises scanning a user's fingerprint and generating a fingerprint image; and
displaying a graphical object with an expanding radius centered on a region where the user input is detected in the fingerprint recognition region, while detecting the user input.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein detecting the user input comprises:
detecting occurrence of an event corresponding to execution of a fingerprint recognition mode; and
based on the detected occurrence, displaying an object prompting input of a fingerprint at a position corresponding to the fingerprint recognition region on the display.

13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
setting a designated effect region on the display, to which the graphical object is displayable, that is less than an entirety of the display; and
detecting, within the designated effect region, a touch region on which the user input is detected, and a non-touch region from which the user input is absent,
wherein the graphical object is displayed on at least a portion of the non-touch region of the designated effect region and excluded from display in the touch region of the designated effect region, such that all visual additions are excluded from the touch region during display of the graphical object.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein displaying the graphical object further includes displaying a graphical object within the non-touch region.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein providing a graphical object includes identifying a touch direction of the user input, and
wherein displaying the graphical object in the non-touch region is at least partly based on the touch direction.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
detecting a touch direction of the user input while executing fingerprint recognition; and
detecting whether an object is disposed within the touch region or disposed along a path indicated by the touch direction,
wherein, when the object is disposed within the touch region or disposed along the path indicated by the touch direction, displaying the graphical object by visually changing the object based on the touch direction.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the graphical object fills an entirety of a circular region defined initially by a radius originating from a center of the touch region excepting the touch region, while detecting the user input.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program which, when executed, causes a processor to perform operations comprising:
displaying an indicating object within a fingerprint recognition region on a display that corresponds to a location of a fingerprint recognition sensor;
detecting a user input, based on a touch sensor, to the fingerprint recognition region where the indicating object is d

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Hyungmin
• Kwak Sanghun
• Kim Bowon
• KIM Hyeonho
• Lee Jaemyoung
• Jwa Yeonjoo
• Oh Younghak

Classifications

• G06F3/04883

  for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text · CPC title

• G06V40/12

  Fingerprints or palmprints · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F21/32

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

• G06F1/1643

  the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads (details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615) · CPC title