Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device including fingerprint sensor and operating method thereof
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Application No.: US15631472Application Date: 2017-06-23
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Publication No.: US10579847B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Gyu Sang Cho , Hee Cheul Moon , Hyung Dal Kim , Kyung Hoon Song , Kwang Sub Lee , Se Young Jang , Myung Su Kang , Heung Sik Shin
- Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: KR
- Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
- Current Assignee Address: KR
- Agency: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2016-0079618 20160624
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G01J1/02 ; G01J1/08 ; G01J1/58 ; G01J5/10 ; G06T11/00

Abstract:
An electronic device is provided which includes a light emitting module that radiates infrared light, a window disposed on the light emitting module and having a specific refractive index with respect to the infrared light, wherein the window includes a refraction part that totally reflects the infrared light inside the window in correspondence with the specific refractive index, and a fingerprint sensor disposed under the window and obtaining a fingerprint of a user based on a user input on the window by using scattered light of the infrared light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170372114A1 ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-12-28
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