US 11,800,342 B2
Emergency or stealth responses triggered by fingerprint sensor
Sai Praneeth Sreeram, Anantapur (IN); Surendra Paravada, Hyderabad (IN); Madhu Yashwanth Boenapalli, Hyderabad (IN); and Bipul Tarafdar, La Jolla, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/448,195.
Prior Publication US 2023/0085885 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/90 (2018.01); G06V 40/12 (2022.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); G06F 3/048 (2013.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [G06F 3/048 (2013.01); G06V 40/1306 (2022.01); G06V 40/1365 (2022.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of controlling an apparatus that includes a fingerprint sensor system, the method comprising:
receiving, by a control system, fingerprint sensor data from the fingerprint sensor system;
detecting, by the control system and according to the fingerprint sensor data, a presence of a digit on an outer surface of the apparatus in a fingerprint sensor system area;
determining, by the control system and according to the fingerprint sensor data, a digit force or a digit pressure of the digit on the outer surface of the apparatus;
making, by the control system and according to the fingerprint sensor data, a time threshold determination, the time threshold determination comprising determining whether a length of time during which the digit force exceeds a threshold digit force or during which the digit pressure exceeds a threshold digit pressure is greater than or equal to a threshold length of time;
determining, by the control system and according to the fingerprint sensor data, a heart rate;
determining, by the control system, whether the heart rate equals or exceeds a threshold heart rate;
wherein the control system determines that the heart rate does not equal or exceed the threshold heart rate, further comprising controlling, by the control system, the apparatus to provide a prompt indicating that at least one of the one or more emergency response functions will be enabled if first specified user actions are taken; and
determining, by the control system and based at least in part on the time threshold determination, whether to enable one or more emergency response functions of the apparatus.