Fingerprint-Based Application Setting Change
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in quickly and efficiently changing application settings on computing devices, such as camera settings, due to the complexity of navigating through graphical interfaces.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus and method utilizing a fingerprint sensor, processor, and memory to detect fingerprints and associate them with specific application settings, allowing users to change settings by scanning their fingerprints instead of navigating through menus.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If graphical interface navigation is used to change application settings, then settings can be changed with precise control, but the time required to locate and change settings increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-mapping specific fingerprint patterns to specific application settings before the user needs to change settings. When a fingerprint is scanned, the system already has the corresponding setting ready to apply, eliminating the need for users to navigate through graphical interfaces to locate and select settings manually.
2Productivity
If fingerprint-based setting changes are implemented, then the speed of changing settings improves, but the device complexity increases due to additional hardware and software components
Solution Approach 1:
The fingerprint sensor leverages the user's own fingerprint as the input mechanism, eliminating the need for complex external controls or interfaces. The system serves itself by using the user's unique biometric data to automatically trigger the appropriate setting changes, reducing the need for additional complex hardware or software components.
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AI summary
Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for changing settings based on a fingerprint. An apparatus includes a fingerprint sensor, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The memory stores code executable by the processor to detect a fingerprint using the fingerprint sensor. The memory stores code executable by the processor to determine that an actively executing application comprises a setting associated with the detected fingerprint. The memory stores code executable by the processor to change the setting for the actively executing application associated with the detected fingerprint.