US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on June 30 for "Method for performing authentication using fingerprint sensor and electronic device supporting the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,241, issued on June 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method for performing authentication using fingerprint sensor and electronic device supporting the same" was invented by Hyungmin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jihye Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soohyun Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joohoon Eom (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Heetak Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing configured to slidably move relative to the first housing, a display, wherein a display area of the display, w...