Electronic device and authentication method of electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12495661-B2
Application number	US-202218285499-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2022
Priority date	Apr 22, 2021
Publication date	Dec 9, 2025
Grant date	Dec 9, 2025

Abstract

A lightweight, foldable electronic device with an input function is provided. The electronic device is provided with a foldable display apparatus; the display apparatus has an input function, an authentication function, and the like, and is capable of operating the electronic device with or without contact. The display apparatus includes a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device in a display portion. The light-emitting device has a function of performing display. The light-emitting device may also have a light-emitting function for aiding input operation. The light-receiving device has an imaging function and a function of a sensor for performing input operation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An electronic device comprising:
a display portion comprising a plurality of light-emitting devices and a plurality of light-receiving devices, wherein the plurality of light-emitting devices and the plurality of light-receiving devices are placed on a same plane, wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting devices comprises an organic layer and a common electrode over the organic layer, wherein the common electrode is shared by the plurality of light-emitting devices and the plurality of light-receiving devices, wherein the organic layer is shared by the plurality of light-emitting devices and the plurality of light-receiving devices, wherein the display portion displays a keyboard key with the plurality of light-emitting devices, wherein a first character string is input by first touch operation on the keyboard key with a finger, wherein an image of a fingerprint of the finger used for the first touch operation is captured by the plurality of light-receiving devices provided close to the plurality of light-emitting devices displaying the keyboard key used when the first character string is input, and wherein information of the first character string and information of the fingerprint of the finger used for the first touch operation are compared with registered information to perform authentication.

2 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display portion comprises a display apparatus having flexibility, wherein the display apparatus is fitted into a first housing and a second housing, and wherein the keyboard key is displayed when the first housing and the second housing make a certain angle.

3 . The electronic device according to claim 2 , further comprising a hinge jig,
wherein the hinge jig comprises a first shaft hole, a second shaft hole, and a lock component, wherein the lock component comprises a spring and a ball, wherein the first housing comprises a first shaft, wherein the second housing comprises a second shaft, wherein a plurality of dent portions are provided close to the first shaft and the second shaft, wherein the first shaft is inserted in the first shaft hole, wherein the second shaft is inserted in the second shaft hole, and wherein the angle is fixed by the ball entering any of the plurality of dent portions.

4 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first touch operation is performed with the plurality of light-receiving devices or a capacitive sensor as an input device.

5 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein, when a second character string is input by second touch operation on the keyboard key with a finger, after the authentication, an image of a fingerprint of the finger used for the second touch operation is captured by the plurality of light-receiving devices provided close to the plurality of light-emitting devices displaying the keyboard key used when the second character string is input, and wherein information of the fingerprint of the finger used for the second touch operation is compared with the registered information to perform authentication.

6 . The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light-emitting devices and the plurality of light-receiving devices do not overlap with each other.

7 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the display portion comprises a pixel, and wherein the pixel comprises at least one of the plurality of light-emitting devices and at least one of the plurality of light-receiving devices.

8 . The electronic device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the organic layer comprises an electron-injection layer.

9 . A method for authentication of an electronic device performing touch operation and fingerprint image capturing on a display portion,
wherein a keyboard key is displayed on the display portion, wherein a first character string is input by first touch operation with a finger, to the keyboard key, wherein an image of a fingerprint of the finger inputting the first character string is captured when the first touch operation is performed, wherein whether or not the first character string matches registered information and whether or not information of the fingerprint of the finger inputting the first character string matches the registered information are checked, wherein a first authentication operation is completed when information of the first character string and the fingerprint of the finger inputting the first character string match the registered information, wherein, when second touch operation is performed with a finger to the keyboard key after the first authentication operation, an image of a fingerprint of the finger for the second touch operation is captured, and whether or not information of the fingerprint of the finger for the second touch operation matches the registered information is checked in a second authentication operation, and wherein the second authentication operation is repeated.

10 . The method for authentication of an electronic device according to claim 9 ,
wherein approval in the first authentication operation is canceled when the information of the fingerprint of the finger for the second touch operation does not match the registered information.

11 . The method for authentication of an electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the first character string is a name or a password.

12 . An electronic device comprising:
a display portion comprising a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device; and a hinge jig, wherein the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device are placed on a same plane, wherein the light-emitting device comprises an organic layer and a common electrode over the organic layer, wherein the common electrode is shared by the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device, wherein the organic layer is shared by the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device, wherein the display portion displays a keyboard key with the light-emitting device, wherein the display portion comprises a display apparatus having flexibility, wherein the display apparatus is fitted into a first housing and a second housing, wherein the keyboard key is displayed when the first housing and the second housing make a certain angle, wherein the hinge jig comprises a first shaft hole, a second shaft hole, and a lock component, wherein the lock component comprises a spring and a ball, wherein the first housing comprises a first shaft, wherein the second housing comprises a second shaft, wherein a plurality of dent portions are provided close to the first shaft and the second shaft, wherein the first shaft is inserted in the first shaft hole, wherein the second shaft is inserted in the second shaft hole, and wherein the angle is fixed by the ball entering any of the plurality of dent portions.

13 . The electronic device according to claim 12 ,
wherein the organic layer comprises an electron-injection layer.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Yamazaki Shunpei
• Yoshizumi Kensuke
• Kusumoto Naoto

Classifications

• H10K59/873

  Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K59/871

  Self-supporting sealing arrangements · CPC title

• G06F3/04886

  by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus · CPC title

• G06V40/1318

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

• G06V40/12

  Fingerprints or palmprints · CPC title