US 12,292,949 B2
Method for determining user authentication scheme of electronic device, and electronic device therefor
Jonghyun Han, Suwon-si (KR); Youngil Oh, Suwon-si (KR); Sunyoung Park, Suwon-si (KR); and Younghak Oh, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/951,663.
Application 17/951,663 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/001138, filed on Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0037034 (KR), filed on Mar. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0026952 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/31 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/31 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing foldable around a first folding axis with respect to the first housing;
a third housing foldable around a second folding axis with respect to the second housing;
a first sensor configured to detect a first folding state with respect to the first housing and the second housing;
a second sensor configured to detect a second folding state with respect to the second housing and the third housing;
at least one input device configured to acquire authentication information for performing user authentication that is based on a plurality of user authentication schemes;
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the electronic device to:
determine whether an authentication information acquisition region capable of sensing biometric information for the user authentication is active, according to the first folding state and the second folding state,
determine a user authentication scheme from among the plurality of user authentication schemes, based on a result of the determination of whether the authentication information acquisition region is active, and
control an input device corresponding to the determined user authentication scheme among the at least one input device to acquire the authentication information.