US-12625935-B2 - Methods and devices for performing biometric authentication of electronic devices

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Abstract

There is provided a method of registering authentication information. The method comprises generating a plurality of biometric information recognition areas on a display module of the electronic device; detecting an input of biometric information on at least one of the plurality of biometric information recognition areas; determining location information indicating at least one recognition region on which the input of biometric information is detected; and registering, as authentication information, the input biometric information and the location information.

Inventors

Bong Seop SONG
Jong Man Lee
Jae Hyun Park
Young Mook KANG
Hochul SHIN

Assignees

SUPREMA INC.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20231122
Priority Date: 20221219

Claims (15)

1 . A method of performing a biometric authentication of an electronic device, comprising: displaying a plurality of biometric information recognition areas on a display module of the electronic device and a fingerprint image within one of the plurality of biometric information recognition areas to indicate a pre-registered location of a fingerprint input, wherein the plurality of biometric information recognition areas is movably displayed on the display module for each session of the biometric authentication of the electronic device to reduce a concentration of fingerprints applied to the pre-registered location on the plurality of biometric information recognition areas for security purpose; permitting an access to the electronic device when both a biometric information of the fingerprint input and a location of the fingerprint input match with a biometric information of a pre-registered fingerprint and the pre-registered location, respectively; displaying, subsequent to the permitting the access to the electronic device, a plurality of dot areas to prompt a pattern input; and executing an application of the electronic device in response to a receipt of the pattern input on the plurality of dot areas and an authentication of the pattern input with a pre-registered pattern configured for the application.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of biometric information recognition areas includes a plurality of lattice regions having each location information on the display module.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-registered pattern is generated by: determining a request of a pattern registration; displaying a plurality of drag points on the display module; determining a user drag input of connecting the plurality of drag points on the display module; and generating the pre-registered pattern corresponding to the user drag input.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the biometric information of the fingerprint input is authenticated when the biometric information of the fingerprint input is same as the biometric information of the pre-registered fingerprint.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the location of the fingerprint input is compared with the pre-registered location once the biometric information of the fingerprint input matches with the biometric information of the pre-registered fingerprint.
6 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a biometric authentication method of an electronic device, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of biometric information recognition areas on a display module of the electronic device and a fingerprint image within one of the plurality of biometric information recognition areas to indicate a pre-registered location of a fingerprint input, wherein the plurality of biometric information recognition areas is movably displayed on the display module for each session of a biometric authentication of the electronic device to reduce a concentration of fingerprints applied to the pre-registered location on the plurality of biometric information recognition areas for security purpose; permitting an access to the electronic device when both a biometric information of the fingerprint input and a location of the fingerprint input match with a biometric information of a pre-registered fingerprint and the pre-registered location, respectively; displaying, subsequent to the permitting the access to the electronic device, a plurality of dot areas to prompt a pattern input; and executing an application of the electronic device in response to a receipt of the pattern input on the plurality of dot areas and an authentication of the pattern input with a pre-registered pattern configured for the application.
7 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of biometric information recognition areas includes a plurality of lattice regions having each location information on a partial area in the display module.
8 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein each lattice region has indexes according to a column and a row based on a relative location between the plurality of lattice regions on the partial area, and information on the indexes is maintained even if the plurality of lattice regions is moved on the partial area.
9 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the pre-registered pattern is generated by: determining whether pre-registered pattern information is present; displaying a plurality of drag points on the display module; determining a user drag input of connecting the plurality of drag points on the display module; and generating the pre-registered pattern corresponding to the user drag input.
10 . An electronic device comprising: a display module; a biometric information recognition module included in the display module; a signal processor configured to generate a plurality of biometric information recognition areas for recognizing biometric information on the biometric information recognition module; a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: display a plurality of biometric information recognition areas on a display module of the electronic device and a fingerprint image within one of the plurality of biometric information recognition areas to indicate a pre-registered location of a fingerprint input, wherein the plurality of biometric information recognition areas is movably displayed on the display module for each session of a biometric authentication of the electronic device to reduce a concentration of fingerprints applied to the pre-registered location on the plurality of biometric information recognition areas for security purpose; permit an access to the electronic device when both a biometric information of the fingerprint input and a location of the fingerprint input match with a biometric information of a pre-registered fingerprint and the pre-registered location, respectively; display, subsequent to the permitting the access to the electronic device, a plurality of dot areas to prompt a pattern input; and execute an application of the electronic device in response to a receipt of the pattern input on the plurality of dot areas and an authentication of the pattern input with a pre-registered pattern configured for the application.
11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to control the plurality of biometric information recognition areas to be displayed in a lattice form in which lattice regions have each location information at a partial area of the display module.
12 . The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to control the display module such that the lattice regions in the lattice form are moved based on a relative location between lattice regions in the partial area, wherein each lattice region has indexes according to a column and a row, and wherein information on the indexes is maintained even if the lattice form is moved in the partial area.
13 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to: determine a request of a pattern registration; display a plurality of drag points on the display module; determine a user drag input of connecting the plurality of drag points on the display module, and generating the pre-registered pattern corresponding to the user drag input.
14 . The electronic device of claim 13 wherein biometric information of the fingerprint input is authenticated when the biometric information of the fingerprint input is same as the biometric information of the pre-registered fingerprint.
15 . The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the location of the fingerprint input is compared with the pre-registered location once the biometric information of the fingerprint input matches with the biometric information of the pre-registered fingerprint.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application claims the priority of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0178112 filed on Dec. 19, 2022, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to an electronic device having functions such as display and touch recognition. This work was supported by Institute of Information & communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT; Ministry of Science and ICT) (No. 2020-0-01787-001, Development of innovative communication and computing convergence technology for superintelligence services). BACKGROUND As mobile and network platform environments are activated, electronic devices having various functions are being released, and security issues in a trade-off relationship with various functionalities are attracting interest. Although security issues in electronic devices are improved through fingerprint recognition techniques employing optical, capacitive, and ultrasonic methods, cases in which user's fingerprints remain on electronic devices cannot be completely excluded and thus security issues still exist SUMMARY An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device capable of enhancing security by diversifying a registration location of biometric information of a user and an authentication registration technique using the same. An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electronic device capable of enhancing security by registering a plurality of pieces of biometric information and an authentication registration technique using the same. An embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device capable of enhancing security by diversifying a biometric information recognition location and an authentication technique using the same. An embodiment of the present invention provides an electronic device capable of enhancing security by recognizing a plurality of pieces of biometric information and an authentication technique using the same. The aspects of the present disclosure are not limited to the foregoing, and other aspects not mentioned herein will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the following description. In accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a method of registering authentication information of an electronic device, the method comprises: generating a plurality of biometric information recognition areas on a display module of the electronic device; detecting an input of biometric information on at least one of the plurality of biometric information recognition areas; determining location information indicating at least one recognition region on which the input of biometric information is detected; and registering, as authentication information, the input biometric information and the location information. The plurality of biometric information recognition areas may include a plurality of lattice regions having each location information on the display module. The method may include determining a request of a pattern registration; displaying a plurality of drag points on the display module; and determining a user drag input of connecting the plurality of drag points on the display module, and generating pattern information corresponding to the user drag input. The registering, as the authentication information, the input biometric information and location information may include registering, as the authentication information, the pattern information with the input biometric information and the location information. The registering, as the authentication information, the input biometric information and location information may include determining whether the input biometric information is same a pre-registered biometric information; and registering, as the authentication information, the location information and the pre-registered biometric information when the input biometric information is same the pre-registered biometric information. The registering, as the authentication information, the input biometric information and location information may include deleting the input biometric information when the input biometric information is same the pre-registered biometric information. In accordance with another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an electronic device, the electronic device comprises: a display module; a biometric information recognition module included in the display module; a signal processor configured to generate a plurality of biometric information recognition areas for recognizing biometric information on the biometric information recognition module; a memory configured to store one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory, wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: detect an