A fingerprint recognition device includes a light-transmissible substrate, a plurality of sensing elements, a set of conductive lines and a fingerprint recognition chip. The sensing elements are disposed and the set of conductive lines are an upper surface of the light-transmissible substrate. The fingerprint recognition chip is also disposed on the upper surface of the light-transmissible substrate, and is connected to the sensing elements through the set of conductive lines. The fingerprint recognition chip drives the sensing elements, receives a plurality of sensing results generated by the sensing elements, and accordingly determines a user fingerprint.

A method of acquiring inputs is provided. The method may include determining one of a fingerprint recognition mode and a touch recognition mode as an input recognition mode of a display device, acquiring a fingerprint input based on information received from sensing lines of the display device, and acquiring a touch input by short-circuiting the sensing lines.

The present disclosure discloses a gesture response method and device. The gesture response method is performed by an apparatus including a touch sensing device, which further includes a touch sensor. The gesture response method includes: detecting a swipe event which corresponds to a finger swiping on the touch sensor before stopping at a contact point on the touch sensor; after the swipe event, detecting a time duration for which the finger stays at the contact point; when determining that the time duration reaches a preset time duration, determining a gesture-maintaining event has occurred; and after the gesture-maintaining event is determined and before the finger is detected to leave the contact point, repeatedly executing an operation corresponding to the swipe event at a preset time interval.

An input device includes an input area, an optical or capacitive sensor which includes a scan area, and an analyzing unit. The optical or capacitive sensor detects a surface structure of a finger touching the input area in the scan area. The input device operates in an identification mode where the surface structure located in the scan area is detected via the optical or capacitive sensor. The input device also operates in an input mode where at least a sub-area of the scan area is detected at least once via the optical or capacitive sensor and is analyzed by the analyzing unit so that the analyzing unit assigns at least one of a control function and a switch function to a relative movement of the surface structure in the sub-area.

Provided is an electrical device including a display configured to display an image; a first transparent cover arranged on the display; a second transparent cover comprising a touch surface operable to be touched by a finger of a user; and a sensor disposed between the first transparent cover and the second transparent cover, the sensor being configured to receive a fingerprint of the finger.

An electronic device, specifically, a mobile terminal, includes a sensing identification module. The sensing identification module is arranged within a casing of the mobile terminal, and an area of an outer surface of the casing corresponding to the sensing identification module serves as a touch area, and at least part of the touch area is concave or convex.

Provided are a method of controlling a lock status of an application and an electronic device supporting the method. The method includes receiving a first touch input on a first icon displayed on a screen, detecting a first duration for which the first touch input is maintained, and setting a lock status of an application corresponding to the first icon in response to the first duration being greater than or equal to a first threshold period.

The present disclosure discloses a smart watch, an operation control method and an apparatus therefor, the smart watch comprising a watch body and a watchband, wherein the watch body comprises a display screen and a system board, the system board comprising at least a microprocessor, a memory and a communication module. The watchband is configured to fix the watch body on a user's wrist. A biosensor is integrated on the surface of the wristband on the side adjacent to the user's wrist. As the watchband can contact directly with wrist side nerves, more accurate test results can be obtained, and the operational complexity is simplified. At the same time, by canceling the bezel design and performing a corresponding operation according to a touch operation detected in a functional region, the size of the smart watch is reduced and the comfort and flexibility during wearing is improved.

A touch screen including a substrate that includes an active area and a non-active area adjacent to the active area, the active area including at least one fingerprint recognition area; touch sensing electrodes including first sensing electrodes arranged in the active area, and at least one second sensing electrode arranged in the fingerprint recognition area, the second sensing electrode configured for sensing a touch and recognizing a fingerprint; and a pad portion provided with a plurality of pads which are electrically connected to respective sensing electrodes, wherein the at least one second sensing electrode includes: a plurality of sub electrodes extending in a direction inclined with respect to an edge portion of the active area; and a plurality of fingerprint recognition lines connecting the sub electrodes to the pad portion, and the fingerprint recognition lines arranged in a same fingerprint recognition area extend in a same direction.

Embodiments of the invention provide for biometric state switching. In one embodiment, a biometric state switching method includes storing in a database different fingerprints, each in connection with a different state of a corresponding application. Thereafter, an end user is authenticated into use of a computing device by receiving in a fingerprint scanner affixed to the computing device a scanned fingerprint, matching the scanned fingerprint to one of the different fingerprints in the database, and if the scanned finger print matches one of the different fingerprints in the database, authenticating the end user into user of the computing device. Finally, subsequent to authentication, an application is executed in memory of the computing device, a state is identified for the application stored in connection with the one of the different fingerprints matched to the scanned fingerprint, and a state of execution of the application is set to the identified state.