EP1952615A1 - Dispositif d'activation - Google Patents

Dispositif d'activation

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EP1952615A1
EP1952615A1 EP06841271A EP06841271A EP1952615A1 EP 1952615 A1 EP1952615 A1 EP 1952615A1 EP 06841271 A EP06841271 A EP 06841271A EP 06841271 A EP06841271 A EP 06841271A EP 1952615 A1 EP1952615 A1 EP 1952615A1
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signal
sensor
active mode
fingerprint
threshold
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Jean-François Mainguet
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Atmel Switzerland SARL
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F18/00—Pattern recognition
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/66—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06V—IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
    • G06V40/00—Recognition of biometric, human-related or animal-related patterns in image or video data
    • G06V40/10—Human or animal bodies, e.g. vehicle occupants or pedestrians; Body parts, e.g. hands
    • G06V40/12—Fingerprints or palmprints
    • G06V40/13—Sensors therefor
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B1/00—Details of transmission systems, not covered by a single one of groups H04B3/00 - H04B13/00; Details of transmission systems not characterised by the medium used for transmission
    • H04B1/38—Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
    • H04B1/40—Circuits

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  • This disclosure relates to the activation of electronic devices.
  • An electronic device can have different operating states, such as an active state and a deactivated state.
  • An active state can, for example, include an operational state in which the electronic device is fully functional.
  • a deactivated state can, for example, include a state in which the electronic device is in a power conserving mode, such as a standby mode.
  • the electronic device can, for example, be activated from a deactivated state by a predefined activation input, e.g., a pressing of an input key or a combination of input keys; actuating a switch; opening a cover on the electronic device, etc.
  • a predefined activation input e.g., a pressing of an input key or a combination of input keys; actuating a switch; opening a cover on the electronic device, etc.
  • Such activation devices are susceptible to unwanted activations by inadvertent actuations of input keys and/or increase the dimensions of the electronic device. Summary
  • the activation device is configured to activate an electronic device into an active mode.
  • the activation device can, for example, include a sensor, a filter, and a threshold detector.
  • the sensor can produce an electrical signal responsive to ridges and valley of a fingerprint.
  • the filter can receive the electrical signal and filter the electrical signal to produce a filtered electrical signal.
  • the threshold detector can receive the filtered electrical signal and provide an activation signal if the filtered electrical signal exceeds a threshold.
  • the filter includes a bandpass filter, and the activation signal is generated if the filtered electrical signal exceeds the threshold during a predetermined time period.
  • an activation process detects a passage of ridges and valleys of a fingerprint and generates a corresponding electrical signal.
  • the electrical signal is filtered to produce a filtered electrical signal, and an activation signal is generated when an average level of the filtered electrical signal exceeds a threshold for a predetermined time period.
  • Fig.1 depicts a portable electronic device equipped with a sensor.
  • Fig.2 depicts a cross-section view of an example sensor.
  • Fig.3 is a block diagram of an example activation control circuit.
  • Fig.4 is a block diagram of another example activation control circuit.
  • Fig. 1 depicts a portable electronic device 10 equipped with a sensor 12.
  • the portable electronic device 10 can be a mobile telephone, and the sensor 12 can be a fingerprint sensor.
  • the mobile telephone 10 can, for example, have a standby function to minimize the consumption of energy.
  • the device 10 can include hardware and/or software for switching automatically to standby mode after a predetermined period of idleness.
  • the mobile phone 10 shown includes the fingerprint sensor 12 and associated circuits to ensure recognition of the user and authorize operation by the user.
  • the fingerprint sensor 12 comprises a sweeping sensor that includes a narrow bar of several lines of multiple pixels that provide successive fingerprint image data as the fingerprint is scanned. A representation of the fingerprint can be reconstructed by combining the fingerprint image data provided.
  • An example sensor 12 of this type is described in patent FR-A-2 749 955.
  • the fingerprint sensor 12 can be inactive when the electronic device 10 is in a standby mode. A portion of the sensor 12, however, can be maintained in an active state and facilitate an activation function. In one implementation, one or more pixels in the fingerprint sensor 12 can be maintained in an active state.
  • the fingerprint sensor 12 can, for example, be a pyroelecthc or piezoelectric (pyroelecthc or piezoelectric materials generally have both pyroelecthc and piezoelectric properties) sensitive film sensor, that is, a sensor in which pixels are sensitive to the temperature or pressure of the ridges of the fingerprint in direct or almost direct contact with the sensitive film, and likewise sensitive to the absence of the ridges, i.e., the fingerprint valleys.
  • a pyroelecthc or piezoelectric (pyroelecthc or piezoelectric materials generally have both pyroelecthc and piezoelectric properties) sensitive film sensor that is, a sensor in which pixels are sensitive to the temperature or pressure of the ridges of the fingerprint in direct or almost direct contact with the sensitive film, and likewise sensitive to the absence of the ridges, i.e., the fingerprint valleys.
  • the reactivation pixel or pixels i.e., the one or more pixels maintained in the active state, can be placed next to the bar of fingerprint detection pixels, or be part of the bar itself.
  • processing is provided to read the signal coming from these reactivation pixels so that the whole bar need not be kept in an active state.
  • Fig. 2 depicts a cross-section view of an example sensor 12.
  • a finger is being swiped across the sensor 12.
  • the cross-section view of the sensor 12 depicts a bar of three pixel lines L1 , L2, L3, and an adjacent pixel Pr used for reactivation.
  • the reactivation pixel Pr can, for example, be similar to the other pixels of the bar.
  • the adjacent pixel Pr is an isolated pixel and measures approximately 50 micrometers on each side. Other pixel dimensions can also be used, however.
  • the processing of the signal from pixel Pr is shown in figure 3, which is a block diagram of an example activation control circuit.
  • the reactivation pixel Pr supplies the signal representing the scrolling of the ridges and valleys of the fingerprint to an amplifier A which remains active when the electronic device 10 is in standby mode.
  • the signal from amplifier A is transmitted to a filter FB.
  • the filter FB can, for example, band pass filter the signal from pixel Pr to retain only a frequency spectrum included between the two frequencies F1 and F2.
  • the frequencies included between F1 and F2 are chosen so that interval F1 -F2 contains most of the main variation frequencies of a signal representing the ridges and valleys of the fingerprint of a finger moving across the pixel at an expected rate.
  • an expected rate can be approximately 4 to 40 cm/s.
  • frequencies F1 and F2 can be based on fingerprint dimensions and the selected rate. For example, if a typical fingerprint valley pitch is 450 micrometers, the frequencies F1 and F2 may have the following orders of magnitude: F1 from 100 to 200 Hz, and F2 from 1000 to 3000 Hz.
  • the bandwidth filter FB can, for example, comprise a single capacitor in series to eliminate the audio frequencies, including the continuous component of the signal, followed by a bandwidth filter.
  • the capacitor will eliminate or reduce the frequencies below F1
  • the bandwidth filter can be configured to reduce or eliminate frequencies above F2 that is, the frequencies that are not highly representative of the deliberate swiping of a finger across the sensor.
  • the filtered signal is provided to a detector RD.
  • the detection RD can, for example, comprise an average value detector RD.
  • the average value detector RD generates an output signal that is based on a low frequency filtering and rectification of the signal output from the bandwidth filter FB.
  • reference made to an average value detector is in the broadest sense, be it an average value detector or a peak value detector.
  • the average value detector considered in this general sense, supplies a signal representing the overall average amplitude of the filtered signal variations.
  • the output of the average value detector RD is applied to a threshold detector DTH. If the average value exceeds a determined threshold, the detector DTH supplies a signal to reactivate the whole of mobile device 10, or subsystems thereof. If the average value does not exceed this threshold, it will be considered that reactivation was not requested and the detector DTH will not supply a reactivation signal.
  • Fig. 4 is a block diagram of another example activation control circuit.
  • the circuit of Fig. 4 is similar to the circuit of Fig. 3, except that the threshold detector DTH is connected to a circuit DD capable of detecting a minimum duration of presence of the output signal from threshold detector DTH.
  • Circuit DD can, for example, receive the detection signal from DTH then triggers the transmission of a pulse with a delay Tmin with respect to the detection signal (a monostable flip-flop can handle this function).
  • an AND logic gate can receive the detection signal and the delayed pulse.
  • a reactivation signal is generated only if the threshold detector signal is still present beyond the duration Tmin. If the output signal from threshold detector DTH stops before Tmin, no reactivation signal will be transmitted.
  • a user can be required to swipe the finger twice in opposite directions.
  • the reactivation circuit can, for example, utilize a time-related sequence detector.
  • the reactivation circuit can include a structure with a time-related sequence template: the signal from the threshold detector must conform to this template to trigger the reactivation signal.
  • the reactivation circuit can include hardware and/or software for executing an algorithm which does not result in the transmission of a reactivation signal unless the following conditions are met:
  • the example algorithm above detects a condition that is representative of the swiping of the user's finger in both directions. Other time periods may also be used.
  • the reactivation circuit enables the transmission of an active mode switching signal if the threshold overrun detector supplies an overrun signal for a duration falling within an initial range of durations, followed by the absence of any overrun signal for a duration included in a second range of durations, lastly followed by another overrun signal for a duration included within a third range of durations.
  • the three ranges can be identical as shown in the example given above; other ranges can also be used.
  • the sensor that is sensitive to the swiping of the fingerprint includes not only the first reactivation pixel Pr, but also includes a second reactivation pixel Pr'.
  • the signals from these two pixels are applied to a finger swiping direction detection circuit DS.
  • This circuit may be based on the correlation of the time related signals from each of the pixels. If a strong correlation is found between the time-related signal from Pr and the signal delayed by an interval of time dT, derived from Pr', this correlation indicates that pixel Pr' sees the finger before pixel Pr. Conversely, if strong correlation is found between the time-related signal from Pr' and the delayed signal from Pr', it means that pixel Pr sees the finger before pixel Pr'.
  • the correlation can be sought with several successive delays dT, 2dT, etc. until a significant correlation is found.
  • Correlation can include subtracting the two signals for a certain period of time and calculating the difference signal energy for that time. Having determined the direction of finger passage, matters can be arranged so that the reactivation signal is only transmitted if the average level of the detected and filtered signal exceeds a threshold for a minimum predetermined duration for each direction in which the finger is swiped.
  • the filtering FB and detection DTH functions and algorithms are digitally implemented by the digitization of the signal outputted by amplifier A.
  • a digital implementation can use less silicon surface than analog filters based on capacitors and resistors and also offers more practical adjustment of the templates because it can be arranged that they are programmed using memory registers, volatile or not.

Abstract

L'invention porte sur un procédé d'activation qui détecte un passage de nervures et de creux d'une empreinte digitale et génère un signal électrique correspondant. Le signal électrique est filtré pour produire un signal électrique filtré, et un signal d'activation est généré lorsqu'une intensité moyenne du signal électrique filtré dépasse un seuil.
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FR0511970A FR2894049B1 (fr) 2005-11-25 2005-11-25 Dispositif de reactivation d'un appareil place en mode de veille
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