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- Patent Title: Filtering pulse-width modulated (PWM) noise from a fingerprint image captured with an optical under-display fingerprint sensor (UDFPS)
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Application No.: US17769193Application Date: 2021-10-29
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Publication No.: US11928795B2Publication Date: 2024-03-12
- Inventor: Firas Sammoura , Omar Sze Leung
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Colby Nipper PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2021/057320 2021.10.29
- International Announcement: WO2022/186863A 2022.09.09
- Date entered country: 2022-04-14
- Main IPC: G06V40/13
- IPC: G06V40/13 ; G06F21/31 ; G06T5/00 ; G06T7/00

Abstract:
This disclosure describes methods, apparatuses, and techniques for capturing a fingerprint image using an electronic device with an under-display fingerprint sensor (UDFPS) embedded under a display screen of a display system. The display system utilizes a pulse-width modulation circuit to generate a pulse-width modulated (PWM) signal to control light emitted by the display screen. As the display screen illuminates a user's touch, the UDFPS captures light reflected off the user's touch, therefore, capturing the fingerprint image. The captured fingerprint image, however, includes a PWM noise. The electronic device uses a noise-filtering algorithm to filter out and/or reduce the PWM noise in the captured fingerprint image. In one aspect, the noise-filtering algorithm estimates and/or determines the PWM noise in the captured fingerprint image. The noise-filtering algorithm then reduces, extracts, and/or filters out the PWM noise from the captured fingerprint image.
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