Electronic device guiding user touch input and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12300039-B2
Application number	US-202318141777-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2023
Priority date	Jul 15, 2022
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

Abstract

Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device may include a display, a fingerprint sensor provided in an area of the display, and at least one processor. The at least one processor may receive a user input for fingerprint registration, based on the user input, control the display to display a first user interface displaying information to guide a position for a touch input based on a position of the fingerprint sensor at a first position on the display, and based on receiving a first touch on the first user interface, control the display to display a second user interface indicating a degree of a fingerprint recognition related to the first touch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display;
a fingerprint sensor provided in an area of the display;
a processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to:
receive a user input for a registration of a fingerprint, wherein the registration of the fingerprint is performed based on a plurality of recognitions, of the fingerprint, corresponding to a plurality of touches, respectively,
based on the user input, control the display to display a first user interface displaying information to guide a position for a first touch among the plurality of touches based on a position of the fingerprint sensor, at a first position on the display,
based on receiving the first touch among the plurality of touches on the first user interface, control the display to display a second user interface indicating a degree of a fingerprint recognition of the first touch, and
based on receiving a second touch among the plurality of touches on the first user interface after the first touch is released, control the display to display a third user interface indicating a degree of a fingerprint recognition of the second touch,
wherein the second user interface is larger than the first user interface, and the third user interface is larger than the second user interface.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to display, on the display, a fourth user interface indicating a progress amount of the registration of the fingerprint based on the plurality of touches.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to, based on completion of the fingerprint recognition related to the first touch, control the display to change the fourth user interface to increase the progress amount of the registration of the fingerprint.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to display, on the display, a message indicating a failure of the fingerprint recognition, based on termination of the first touch before the fingerprint recognition related to the first touch is complete.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to control the display to reposition the first user interface displaying information to guide a third touch to a second position on the display that is different from the first position, based on termination of the second touch after the fingerprint recognition related to the second touch is complete.

6. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to, based on the fingerprint being recognized only through a partial area of the fingerprint sensor after the first user interface is repositioned, reduce a repositioning interval of the first user interface.

7. The electronic device of claim 5 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to, based on a same fingerprint being recognized at least a preset number of times after the first user interface is repositioned increase a repositioning interval of the first user interface.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to display the second user interface with a tilt based on the area of the first touch being tilted to a side.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the electronic device to obtain the third user interface by enlarging the second user interface.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the first user interface is same as a shape of the second user interface, and a shape of the third user interface is same as the shape of the second user interface.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the second user interface includes a first progress bar indicating the degree of the fingerprint recognition of the first touch, and
wherein the third user interface includes a second progress bar indicating the degree of the fingerprint recognition of the second touch.

12. A method for controlling an electronic device comprises:
receiving a user input for a registration of a fingerprint, wherein the registration of the fingerprint is performed based on a plurality of recognitions, of the fingerprint, corresponding to a plurality of touches, respectively;
based on the user input, displaying, at a first position on a display of the electronic device, a first user interface displaying information to guide a position for a first touch among the plurality of touches based on a position of a fingerprint sensor;
based on receiving the first touch among the plurality of touches on the first user interface, displaying, on the display, a second user interface indicating a degree of a fingerprint recognition of the first touch, wherein the second user interface is larger than the first user interface; and
based on receiving a second touch among the plurality of touches on the first user interface after the first touch is released, displaying, on the display, a third user interface indicating a degree of a fingerprint recognition of the second touch, wherein the third user interface is larger than the second user interface.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising displaying, on the display, a fourth user interface indicating a progress amount of the registration of the fingerprint based on the plurality of touches.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising, based on completion of the fingerprint recognition related to the first touch, changing the fourth user interface to increase the progress amount of the registration of the fingerprint.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising, based on termination of the first touch before the fingerprint recognition related to the first touch is complete, displaying, on the display, a message indicating a failure in the fingerprint recognition.

16. The method of claim 12 , further comprising displaying the second user interface with a tilt based on an area of the first touch being tilted to a side.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Mijung
• KIM Hyeonho
• Park Soyoung
• Kang Jinwook
• Lee Yangsoo
• Lee Hyemi
• Her Kangwook

Classifications

• G06V40/1365

  Matching; Classification · CPC title

• G06V40/1312

  direct reading, e.g. contactless acquisition · CPC title

• G06V40/50

  Maintenance of biometric data or enrolment thereof · CPC title

• G06F21/32

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

• G06F3/0416

  Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers · CPC title