Display device and fingerprint identification method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12542001-B2
Application number	US-202418759491-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2024
Priority date	Jun 28, 2023
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a display device and a fingerprint identification method. The display device includes: a finger detection module, a fingerprint identification module and a displacement mechanism, in which the finger detection module is configured to detect a position of a finger; the fingerprint identification module is configured to detect identification information of the finger; the displacement mechanism includes a power structure and a driven structure connected to each other, the fingerprint identification module is fixedly mounted on the driven structure, and the driven structure can drive the fingerprint identification module to move to an identification position of the finger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display device comprising:
a finger detection module configured to detect an identification position of a finger; a fingerprint identification module configured to detect identification information of the finger; and a displacement mechanism comprising a power structure and a driven structure connected to each other, wherein the fingerprint identification module is fixedly mounted on the driven structure, and the driven structure is configured to drive the fingerprint identification module to move to the identification position of the finger.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the driven structure comprises a plurality of driving members which are connected to different output ends of the power structure respectively, and the fingerprint identification module is connected to the driving members separately.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the display device further comprises a mounting frame, the fingerprint identification module is provided in the mounting frame, the driven structure comprises four driving members, and the power structure has four output ends respectively arranged at four corners of the mounting frame.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the power structure comprises a rotary body which is rotatably connected to the mounting frame, and the driving member is fixedly connected to a rotary surface of the rotary body.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the driving member is a strip made of a flexible or tough material.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the strip is made of carbon nanofiber material.

7 . The display device of claim 2 , further comprising a mounting frame, wherein the fingerprint identification module is provided in the mounting frame, the driven structure comprises four driving members, and the power structure has four output ends, in which two of the output ends of the power structure are arranged at the bottom of the mounting frame, and the other two of the output ends of the power structure are arranged in a middle position of a longer mounting arm of the mounting frame.

8 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the driven structure comprises a plurality of interconnected driving members which are connected to different output ends of the power structure respectively, and the fingerprint identification module is connected to one of the driving members.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein the driving member is a guide rail, the fingerprint identification module is slidably connected to the driving member through a slider, and the adjacent driving members are slidably connected to each other through a slider.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the fingerprint identification module uses ultrasonic under-screen fingerprint identification technology.

11 . A fingerprint identification method applied to a display device, the display device comprising: a finger detection module, a fingerprint identification module, a displacement mechanism and a control center, wherein the finger detection module is configured to detect a position of a finger; the fingerprint identification module is configured to detect identification information of the finger; the displacement mechanism comprises a power structure and a driven structure connected to each other, the fingerprint identification module is fixedly mounted on the driven structure, and the driven structure is configured to drive the fingerprint identification module to move to an identification position of the finger; and the fingerprint identification method comprising:
detecting position information of the finger by the finger detection module when the finger touches the finger detection module and sending the position information to the control center; analyzing the position information of the finger and comparing the same with position information of the fingerprint identification module by the control center; calculating an operation path of the fingerprint identification module and moving the fingerprint identification module to the identification position of the finger through the power structure and the driven structure of the displacement mechanism; enabling the fingerprint identification module to collect the identification information of the finger; and performing functional output according to the identification information of the finger by the control center.

12 . The fingerprint identification method of claim 11 , wherein the driven structure comprises a plurality of driving members which are connected to different output ends of the power structure respectively and the fingerprint identification module separately, and calculating an operation path of the fingerprint identification module and moving the fingerprint identification module to the identification position of the finger through the power structure and the driven structure of the displacement mechanism comprises:
calculating displacement distances of the driving members of the driven structure;
transferring the displacement distances of the driving members to the power structure; and
driving the driving members to be displaced to move the fingerprint identification module 20 to the identification position of the finger by the power structure.

13 . The fingerprint identification method of claim 12 , wherein the display device further comprises a mounting frame, the fingerprint identification module is provided in the mounting frame, the power structure comprises a rotary body which is rotatably connected to the mounting frame, the driving member is fixedly connected to a rotary surface of the rotary body, and calculating displacement distances of the driving members of the driven structure comprises:
selecting a displacement distance and direction based on the position information of the finger and the position information of the fingerprint identification module, and calculating a rotation amount of the rotary body of the power structure based on the displacement distance and the displacement direction.

14 . The fingerprint identification method of claim 13 , wherein calculating a rotation amount of the rotary body of the power structure comprises:
comparing position information of the driving member at an original position with position information after the displacement to calculate a distance at which displacement is required.

15 . The fingerprint identification method of claim 11 , wherein the fingerprint identification module uses ultrasonic under-screen fingerprint identification technology, and enabling the fingerprint identification module to collect the identification information of the finger comprises:
sending out ultrasonic information and receiving the identification information of the finger by the fingerprint identification module.

Assignees

• Hkc Corp Ltd

Inventors

• Li Yao
• Cao Zhonglin
• Wu Chuan
• Ye Lidan

Classifications

• H10K59/90

  Assemblies of multiple devices comprising at least one organic light-emitting element · CPC title

• G06V40/1306 Primary

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

• G06V40/60 Primary

  Static or dynamic means for assisting the user to position a body part for biometric acquisition · CPC title

• G06F3/0412

  Digitisers structurally integrated in a display · CPC title

• G06V40/1318 Primary

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