US 12,444,226 B2
Electronic device including biometric authentication device
Dongchurl Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jinho Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/672,582.
Application 18/672,582 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/018664, filed on Nov. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0164198 (KR), filed on Nov. 25, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0312242 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G06V 40/13 (2022.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G06V 40/1318 (2022.01) [G06F 21/32 (2013.01); H04R 1/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device including a biometric authentication device, the electronic device comprising:
a display;
a substrate assembly;
a speaker enclosure including an inner space for vibrating and outputting sound and comprising at least a portion of a fingerprint recognition area;
a first support member configured to support at least a portion of the display and the substrate assembly; and
a second support member configured to support at least a portion of the speaker enclosure,
wherein the fingerprint recognition area comprises:
at least one lens disposed at a surface of the speaker enclosure and spaced apart from a rear surface of the display by a first distance, the surface of the speaker facing the rear surface of the display, and
at least one image sensor disposed inside the speaker enclosure and spaced apart from the at least one lens by a second distance through the inner space of the speaker enclosure, and
wherein the first support member comprises an opening corresponding to the fingerprint recognition area.