US Patent Application 18245454. GUIDING FINGERPRINT SENSING VIA USER FEEDBACK simplified abstract
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GUIDING FINGERPRINT SENSING VIA USER FEEDBACK
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Inventor(s)
Scott Jenson of Palo Alto CA (US)
Jianxun Wang of Sunnyvale CA (US)
Debanjan Mukherjee of Mountain View CA (US)
Shumin Zhai of Los Altos CA (US)
GUIDING FINGERPRINT SENSING VIA USER FEEDBACK - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18245454 titled 'GUIDING FINGERPRINT SENSING VIA USER FEEDBACK
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a method for fingerprint sensing using haptic signals.
- The method involves initiating a fingerprint sensing operation using a fingerprint sensor.
- Over a defined period of time, a sequence of haptic signals with varying intensity is outputted by a computing device.
- Each haptic signal in the sequence has a different intensity than any previously outputted haptic signal.
- Fingerprint data associated with the user's finger is obtained from the fingerprint sensor.
- If the user's finger is still positioned at the fingerprint sensor after the sensing operation, a discrete haptic signal is outputted to indicate a successful completion of the fingerprint sensing operation.
Original Abstract Submitted
An example method includes initiating, by a computing device, a fingerprint sensing operation that is associated with a fingerprint sensor, outputting, by the computing device and over a defined period of time, a sequence of haptic signals with varying intensity, wherein each haptic signal in the sequence has an intensity that is different than a respective intensity of any haptic signal that was previously output in the sequence, obtaining, by the computing device and from the fingerprint sensor, fingerprint data associated with a fingerprint of the finger of the user, and responsive to determining that the finger of the user is still positioned at the fingerprint sensor upon completion of the fingerprint sensing operation, outputting, by the computing device, a discrete haptic signal indicating a successful completion of the fingerprint sensing operation.
