US 11,720,657 B2
Electronic device and method for activating fingerprint sensor
Hyewon Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Chakyum Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Seungnyun Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yongsang Yun, Suwon-si (KR); and Seungeun Lee, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/171,235.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0015510 (KR), filed on Feb. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0248347 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01)
CPC G06F 21/32 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1652 (2013.01); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); G06F 3/041 (2013.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); G06V 40/1329 (2022.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device, at least a part of which is bendable, comprising:
at least one input device including a fingerprint sensor disposed therein;
a memory; and
a processor operatively connected to the at least one input device and the memory,
wherein the processor is configured to:
detect a user input through the at least one input device based on the fingerprint sensor being in an inactive state,
identify at least one particular function corresponding to the detected user input in response to the detected user input,
determine whether the at least one particular function requires user authentication,
in a case in which the at least one particular function requires user authentication, initiate executing the at least one particular function in parallel with activating the fingerprint sensor,
perform user authentication corresponding to the user input using the activated fingerprint sensor,
control the electronic device to perform the at least one particular function corresponding to the user input upon successful user authentication, and
in a case in which the at least one particular function requires no user authentication, control the electronic device to perform the at least one particular function corresponding to the user input without activating the fingerprint sensor.