The power consumption of a control device or a data processing system is reduced. Safety is enhanced. An electronic device is operated in a simple way. A control device includes an arithmetic circuit, an input unit, and a power management unit. The input unit includes a sensor element. The power management unit has a function of controlling supply and shutdown of power to the arithmetic circuit. The power management unit has a function of supplying power to the arithmetic circuit in response to a detection signal output from the sensor element. The sensor element includes one or more selected from an acceleration sensor, an angular velocity sensor, and a magnetic sensor. The arithmetic circuit includes a register. The register includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The register has a function of storing, in the second circuit, first data stored in the first circuit in a period during which the power management unit supplies power to the arithmetic circuit and retaining the first data, in a period during which the power management unit stops power supply to the arithmetic circuit. The arithmetic circuit has a function of generating second data with use of signal data output from the sensor element and the first data.

A method for generating an electronic signature for an electronic document is implemented by an electronic device that is in communication with a stylus pen and a handwriting input device that includes a writing area. The method includes: initiating a signature input procedure associated with the electronic document; obtaining a signature pattern and an experienced pressure dataset recorded by the handwriting input device during the signature input procedure, and obtaining a fingerprint dataset and an applied pressure dataset recorded by the stylus pen during the signature input procedure; determining whether the experienced pressure dataset corresponds with the applied pressure dataset; and in the case where the experienced pressure dataset corresponds with the applied pressure dataset, generating a signed electronic document by presenting the signature pattern on a part of the electronic document and embedding the fingerprint dataset in the signature pattern.

A display device relating to a method of operating thereof, including: a display panel having a touch sensing unit to sense an external touch and a display unit including a plurality of pixels; a fingerprint sensing panel to sense a fingerprint disposed on one surface of the display unit, the fingerprint sensing panel having a plurality of fingerprint sensing pixels respectively connected to a plurality of fingerprint scan lines and a plurality of fingerprint sensing lines, and a fingerprint scan driving circuit to drive one or more fingerprint scan lines included in a sensing area; and a read-out circuit to output a selection signal for selecting a sensing area of the fingerprint sensing panel.

Disclosed is an electronic device for processing a touch input. The electronic device may comprise: a touch screen; a biometric sensor disposed overlappingly at a position of at least a part of the touch screen; and a processor for acquiring biometric information of a user from an input relating to an object displayed through the touch screen, by using the biometric sensor, receiving a payment command associated with a payment function for the object, and performing the payment function for a product corresponding to the object by using the biometric information according to the payment command. Various other embodiments may be provided.

System and Method for Efficiently Identifying a Subject

A system and a method for efficiently identifying a subject is provided. The invention provides for segmenting micro-voltage digital signals into intervals of a pre-defined time period. Further, the invention provides for transforming the segmented micro-voltage digital signals into a frequency domain for computing on a Mel's scale. The Mel's scale provides a unique signature of the subject in the form of a Melspectrogram image. Lastly, the invention provides for passing the Melspectrogram image through a trained deep learning model. The features associated with the Melspectrogram image are extracted into a feature map for obtaining predicted labels associated with the subject based on labels used during training of the deep learning model for identifying the subject.

A system and method of monitoring sobriety using a handheld breath testing device that, on receipt of a user's breath, generates a breath test signal comprising substance content data and user identification data, and wirelessly transmits the breath test signal to a breath test signal receiving station, and wherein the breath testing device further includes a fingerprint reader and a plurality of sensors.

A notarization system for use in notarizing a document, the system comprising: a handheld notarization device having a printer; and a notarization application configured to be accessible only by a primary user and to operate on a mobile device having a camera, the notarization application being programmed to digitally read identification information from an identification card of a secondary user received via the camera, such that to verify the identity of the secondary user and authenticate the identification card, digitally scan and generate a digital line drawing of a fingerprint of the secondary user received via the camera, digitally generate a notarization endorsement and cause a printing of the notarization endorsement onto a tamper-resistant sticker via the printer, wherein, when the notarization application is being accessed by the primary user, and upon signing of the document by the secondary user, the notarization application causes a printing of the notarization endorsement.

Embodiments provide an apparatus for providing a fingerprint of an input signal, wherein the apparatus is configured to determine intensity values for a plurality of time-frequency regions of the input signal, wherein the apparatus is configured to compare the intensity values associated with different time-frequency regions of the plurality of time-frequency regions, to obtain individual values of the fingerprint based on the comparison of intensity values associated with two time-frequency regions.

An electronic device may have a display overlapped by an image transport layer such as a coherent fiber bundle or layer of Anderson localization material. The image transport layer may have an input surface that receives an image from the display and a corresponding output surface to which the image is transported. The input surface and output surface may have different shapes. During fabrication of the image transport layer, a peripheral portion of the image transport layer may be laterally indented to form a peripheral recess. Electrical components such as optical and radio-frequency components may be mounted in the recess and may be overlapped by peripheral portions of the image transport layer and/or may be mounted under the display.

A virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) system includes: a display configured to display a user interface to a user; an integrated scrollwheel and fingerprint sensor (FPS) user input apparatus, comprising a scrollwheel configured to detect a rotational navigation input from the user and an FPS configured to detect a biometric input from the user; and a processing system configured to: receive the rotational navigation input via the scrollwheel of the integrated scrollwheel and FPS user input apparatus; update a displayed user interface on the display based on the received rotational navigation input, wherein updating the displayed user interface comprises updating a user selection on a displayed menu; receive an activation input for the updated user selection on the displayed menu via the FPS of the integrated scrollwheel and FPS user input apparatus; and execute an operation corresponding to the updated user selection on the displayed menu.