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Google patents fingerprint setup that guides your finger movement

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

This filing describes a method for setting up fingerprint security on a device with an under-display sensor. It uses the initial touch to identify fingerprint patterns and then shows on-screen arrows to guide the user on how to move their finger to capture the full print.

Why it mattersIt aims to make the initial setup of fingerprint locks easier and faster by reducing the number of times a user has to tap the sensor.

In the filing’s own words

This disclosure describes apparatuses, methods, and techniques for enabling a user to safeguard a computing device with a fingerprint identification system by using biometric data. The fingerprint identification system includes a fingerprint sensor used during an enrollment process of the user's biometric data. The biometric data may include fingerprint data from the user's thumb, finger, a plurality of fingers, palm, and so forth. The computing device uses a collocation of a user's touch, for example, a thumb-tap, and a fingerprint sensor's location to guide the user to complete the enrollment process of a full fingerprint with ease and with fewer thumb-taps. Consequently, the techniques enable biometric security with an enrollment process having a good user experience.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising: capturing, via an optical under-display fingerprint sensor (UDFPS) of a computing device, a first enrolled image associated with a user input during an enrollment process of biometric data; determining a distinguishing feature of at least one pattern from the first enrolled image; determining a directional instruction based on the distinguishing feature of the at least one pattern; and guiding a user during the enrollment process by displaying the directional instruction on a display screen of the computing device, the directional instruction prompting the user to touch in a specific direction relative to the optical UDFPS.

Facts

Company
Google (Google LLC)
Official title
Fingerprint Enrollment Using Collocation of a User's Touch and a Fingerprint Sensor
Publication number
US20260301474A1
Application number
19702120
Filed
Jun 9, 2026
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

G06V 40/67 Physics & computingG06V 40/1318 Physics & computingG06V 40/1335 Physics & computingG06V 40/1353 Physics & computingG06V 40/50 Physics & computing
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