DETERMINING WHICH HAND IS BEING USED TO OPERATE A DEVICE USING A FINGERPRINT SENSOR
Patent №
US 9,760,758
Granted
2017-09-12
Filed 2015
Owner
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
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AI components
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Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
14984918
A method for using a fingerprint sensor on a mobile device to determine which hand is being used to operate the mobile device includes: acquiring, by a processor, sensing data from the fingerprint sensor corresponding to a finger sensed by the fingerprint sensor; determining, by the processor, an orientation of the finger based on the acquired sensing data; and generating, by the processor, a signal for indicating which hand is being used to operate the mobile device based on the determined orientation of the finger.
AI classification
Ownership
SYNAPTICS INCORPORATED
assignment · 377290828
Assignors
SCHWARTZ, ADAM L., MACKEY, BOB LEE
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