Under-Display Fingerprint Sensor Activation via Touch Duration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing fingerprint recognition methods in terminals are inefficient for decrypting functions, as they require manual intervention and have low decryption speed, leading to user inconvenience and potential accidental triggering of functions.

Innovation Solution

A method and device for fingerprint recognition that activates a fingerprint sensor under a display area when a touch operation on a specified function widget lasts for a preset duration, collects fingerprint information, and performs security verification to safely trigger the corresponding function, improving decryption efficiency and preventing accidental activations.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If fingerprint sensor is activated immediately upon clicking an icon, then decryption speed is improved, but power consumption increases and accidental triggering may occur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedecryption speedVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary validation by detecting touch duration before activating the fingerprint sensor. The touch operation must exceed a preset duration threshold to trigger sensor activation, which preliminarily filters out accidental short touches and reduces unnecessary sensor activations, thereby lowering power consumption while maintaining fast decryption speed for valid operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Speed

If fingerprint sensor is activated immediately upon clicking an icon, then decryption speed is improved, but accuracy of intentional activation decreases due to accidental triggers

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedecryption speedVSAvoidaccuracy of intentional activation
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary validation by detecting touch duration before activating the fingerprint sensor. The touch operation must exceed a preset duration threshold to trigger sensor activation, which preliminarily filters out accidental short touches and reduces unnecessary sensor activations, thereby lowering power consumption while maintaining fast decryption speed for valid operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Speed

If touch duration threshold is set low, then decryption speed is improved, but accidental function triggers increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedecryption speedVSAvoidaccidental function triggers
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary validation by detecting touch duration before activating the fingerprint sensor. The touch operation must exceed a preset duration threshold to trigger sensor activation, which preliminarily filters out accidental short touches and reduces unnecessary sensor activations, thereby lowering power consumption while maintaining fast decryption speed for valid operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Reliability

If multiple verification steps are added, then security is improved, but operation complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity verificationVSAvoidoperation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system merges the touch duration detection and fingerprint sensor activation into a single integrated process. The touch operation serves dual purposes: both as the activation trigger and as the preliminary security validation. This merging reduces operation complexity by eliminating separate verification steps while maintaining strong security through the combination of duration thresholding and fingerprint recognition.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11449591B2Method and device for triggering function of function widget based on fingerprint recognition, terminal, and storage medium
Publication Date: 2022.09.20 GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP LTD
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AI summary

A method and device for fingerprint recognition, a terminal, and a storage medium are provided, which belong to the technical field of information processing. The method is applicable to a terminal and includes the following. When a touch operation performed on a specified function widget of a current display interface of the terminal is detected and duration of the touch operation reaches preset duration, a fingerprint sensor disposed under a display area displaying the specified function widget is activated. Fingerprint information entered via the touch operation is collected with the fingerprint sensor. Security verification is performed on the fingerprint information. If the security verification of the fingerprint information passes, a function of the specified function widget is triggered.