A display panel including a display function layer displaying an image in a display area, a cover member including a first face and a second face disposed on an opposite side of the first face and faces the display panel, and a fingerprint sensor including a plurality of first detection electrodes disposed in a sensor base and configured to detect unevenness of an object brought into contact with or approaching the first face of the cover member, a shield electrode disposed to face the plurality of first detection electrodes and configured to suppress a change in capacitance between the first detection electrodes and the shield electrode, and switching elements disposed in correspondence with the first detection electrodes, the fingerprint sensor being arranged between the cover member and the display panel and arranged to overlap with the display area when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first face are included.

Disclosed in the present specification is a method for driving a display device capable of scanning an image, the display device comprising: a display module including a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a display area in which an image is displayed; and a contact sensor module forming a sensing area, which overlaps with the display area, and including at least one contact sensor respectively corresponding to the unit pixels, and the method comprising: a sensing mode identification step of identifying a sensing mode of the display device; a contact sensor selection step of selecting contact sensors to be activated, according to the identified sensing mode; and a contact sensor activation and sensing step of activating the selected contact sensors and receiving sensing signals from the activated contact sensors.

There is provided a capacitive fingerprint sensing device for sensing a fingerprint pattern of a finger, said capacitive fingerprint sensing device comprising: a protective top layer to be touched by said finger; a first metal layer comprising a two-dimensional array of sensing structures arranged underneath said top layer; a second metal layer, arranged underneath said first metal layer, comprising a plurality of conductive structures a dielectric layer arranged between the first and second metal layers to electrically insulate the first metal layer from the second metal layer, the dielectric layer comprising a low-k material; and readout circuitry arranged underneath said second metal layer and coupled to each of the electrically conductive sensing structures by means of via connections to receive a sensing signal indicative of a distance between said finger and said sensing structure. There is also provided a method for manufacturing such a device.

A system and method are disclosed for conserving power during navigation, e.g., user device pointer/cursor navigation, using a fingerprint image sensor, that may comprise processing, via a computing device, fingerprint image sensor data indicative of finger position and movement with respect to a fingerprint image sensor surface in a finger navigation mode to determine if the finger is in a first finger navigation mode; processing, via the computing device, fingerprint image sensor data indicative of finger position and movement with respect to a fingerprint image sensor surface in a finger navigation mode to determine if the finger is in a second finger navigation mode; and transitioning, via the computing device, the fingerprint image sensor from a first power consumption mode to a second power consumption mode, based on detecting a transition from the first finger navigation mode to the second finger navigation mode.

A method for controlling unlocking is provided. The method includes the following operations. A touch operation of a finger of user on a fingerprint recognition sensor of a terminal is detected. A first fingerprint image is received according to a preset capacity auto control (CAC) parameter corresponding to a default finger, the finger of the user is in the steady state. N second fingerprint images are received according to N sets of CAC parameters; N is an integer greater than 1. A target fingerprint image is determined and matched. The terminal is unlocked when the target fingerprint image is matched.

A method and a terminal are provided for launching an application. The method includes acquiring a sliding trace of a sliding operation performed on a fingerprint recognition sensor of a terminal, acquiring a fingerprint image and matching the fingerprint image during the acquisition of the sliding trace, determining a target application corresponding to the sliding trace, and launching the target application when the fingerprint image is successfully matched.

A display device including a sensor screen having a touch recognition function and a fingerprint recognition function is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel having a first display area and a second display area that are adjacent to each other, a first touch sensor being disposed in the first display area, and a sensor screen having a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate that are sequentially disposed on the display panel, and a fingerprint sensor and a second touch sensor that are disposed between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent of the sensor screen corresponding to the second display area of the display panel.

A display device and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel including a first display area and a second display area that are adjacent to each other, and a first touch sensor disposed in the first display area, a sensor screen disposed on the display panel and including a fingerprint sensor and a second touch sensor at a location corresponding to the second display area of the display panel, a display touch integrated circuit (IC) configured to drive pixels of the first and second display areas and the first touch sensor, and a fingerprint touch IC configured to drive the fingerprint sensor in a portion of one frame period, in which the first touch sensor is not driven.

A computing device is described that receives fingerprint data that is generated by at least one sensor of the computing device and determines, based on a comparison of the fingerprint data with data associated with a fingerprint of an authorized user of the computing device, whether to authorize access to one or more applications that are executable by the computing device. Responsive to determining that access to the one or more applications is authorized, the computing device determines a gesture indicated by the fingerprint data, selects, based on the gesture, an application of the one or more applications as a selected application, and outputs, for display, a graphical user interface of the selected application.

Systems and methods determine a swipe direction of an object on an electronic device to enable the performance of actions in response to the determined swipe direction. The swipe direction may be determined with respect to a biometric authentication sensor of the electronic device. According to certain aspects, signals that indicate the presence of an object may be received from proximity sensor(s) and/or a biometric authentication sensor. The swipe direction of the object may be determined based on the signals. An action may be performed on the electronic device in response to determining the swipe direction. An improved user experience of the electronic device may result through the use of these systems and methods.