Patents Assigned to Egis Technology Inc.
  • Publication number: 20180129862
    Abstract: A fingerprint recognition method adapted to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a processing unit and a fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint recognition method includes steps of: obtaining a plurality of swiping frames; extracting a plurality of feature points respectively from the plurality of swiping frames to generate a plurality of pre-registered fingerprint datasets accordingly; merging the plurality of pre-registered fingerprint datasets; generating a registration template according to the merged pre-registered fingerprint datasets; obtaining a pressing frame; extracting a plurality of feature points from the pressing frame to generate a verifying fingerprint dataset; and comparing the verifying fingerprint dataset with the registration template, so as to determine whether the verifying fingerprint dataset matches the registration template. The above electronic device is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Chiang, Jun-Chao Lu, Yu-Chun Cheng
  • Patent number: 9892308
    Abstract: A fingerprint recognition device and method thereof are provided. The fingerprint recognition method includes: obtaining a plurality of swiping frames; generating a plurality of registered fingerprint datasets according to the swiping frames; obtaining a pressing fingerprint dataset; and comparing the pressing fingerprint dataset with the registered fingerprint datasets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Chiang, Yu-Chun Cheng
  • Patent number: 9875387
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor is provided. The fingerprint sensor includes a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB), a fingerprint sensing die and a molding compound. The multi-layer PCB includes a bottom dielectric layer, at least one intermediate dielectric layer disposed on the bottom dielectric layer, a top dielectric layer disposed on the intermediate dielectric layer and a trench. The trench is formed by digging out a portion of the intermediate dielectric layer and a portion of the top dielectric layer. The fingerprint sensing die is disposed in the trench of the multi-layer PCB and mounted on an upper surface of the bottom dielectric layer of the multi-layer PCB. The fingerprint sensing die includes a sensing array capable of sensing fingerprint information of a user. The fingerprint sensing die is covered by the molding compound, and the trench of the multi-layer PCB is filled with the molding compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Pin-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9807089
    Abstract: A biometrics data recognition apparatus includes a computer device and a biometrics data recognition device, which includes a biometrics data sensor, a control processor and a storage. The biometrics data sensor captures to-be-recognized biometrics data of an organism. The storage stores template biometrics data and website login data corresponding to each other. The control processor receives and judges whether the to-be-recognized biometrics data matches with the template biometrics data and outputs the website login data to the computer device if a match occurs. The computer device communicates with a cloud server and extracts login format data from the cloud server according to the website login data, and combines the website login data with the login format data to make the computer device log in a website corresponding to the website login data. A biometrics data recognition method and a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Chiang, Jun-Chao Lu
  • Patent number: 9792481
    Abstract: Disclosed are a fingerprint sensor and a fingerprint sensing method thereof. The fingerprint sensor comprises a substrate, a plurality of sensing electrodes, an integrated circuit and a protection layer. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The sensing electrodes are configured on the first surface of the substrate, and electrically connected to the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit comprises a plurality of phase shifters, and each phase shifter is electrically connected to its corresponding sensing electrode to control the phase of electric signal transmitted by the sensing electrode. The first surface of the substrate is covered by the protection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Todd Lin
  • Patent number: 9792486
    Abstract: A fake finger discrimination device includes a fingerprint sensor and a control processor. The fingerprint sensor senses a rotating finger to obtain fingerprints in a fake finger discrimination mode. The control processor electrically connected to the fingerprint sensor, judges whether the fingerprints match with one another by way of rotation correlation comparison. If the fingerprints match with one another, the finger is determined as true. If the fingerprints do not match with one another, the finger is determined as fake. A fake finger discrimination method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Chiang, Jung-Chien Lee
  • Patent number: 9760755
    Abstract: A fingerprint matching device and method are provided. The fingerprint matching method applied to a swipe sensor includes: obtaining first swiping dataset; generating registered dataset from the first swiping dataset, wherein the registered dataset includes a first number of frames; extracting second swiping dataset, wherein the second swiping dataset includes a second number of frames and the second number is greater than the first number; and comparing the frames of the second swiping dataset with the registered dataset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Chiang, Yu-Chun Cheng
  • Patent number: 9734383
    Abstract: A fingerprint recognition method and electronic device are provided. The fingerprint recognition method includes the steps of obtaining first input data; generating a first waveform diagram corresponding to a first minutia of the first input data; obtaining second input data; generating a second waveform diagram corresponding to a second minutia of the second input data; and comparing the first waveform diagram with the second waveform diagram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Lin, Yuan-Lin Chiang, Yu-Chun Cheng
  • Patent number: 9703941
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch screen having a sensing array with a plurality of sensors, a display panel having a displaying area and a processor. The sensing area of the sensing array is smaller than or equal to the displaying area. The processor determines whether a user's finger touches an icon displayed on the display panel, and the icon corresponds to an application. When the processor determines that the user's finger touches the icon, the electronic device controls a first sensing area of the sensing array corresponding to a first displaying area of the icon to enter a fingerprint sensing mode to capture a fingerprint image of the user's finger for fingerprint recognition. When the processor determines that fingerprint recognition is approved, the processor activates the application corresponding to the icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Chien Lee, Yuan-Lin Chiang
  • Patent number: 9705981
    Abstract: Disclosed are a sensing network system, and nodes and a data processing method thereof. The sensing network system comprises a plurality of nodes that are connected with each other. Each node has a sensing device and a storage device. The storage device of each node is divided into a first storage area and a second storage area. The first storage area stores data sensed by the sensing device of the node. The second storage area stores at least a part of the data sensed by the sensing device of at least one of other nodes. The node transmits at least a part of the data sensed by its sensing device to at least one of other nodes, in order to store at least a part of the data sensed by its sensing device in the second storage area in the storage device of at least one of other nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: EGIS TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Todd Lin
  • Patent number: 9672405
    Abstract: An electronic device and fingerprint recognition method are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a lens protection cover, a processing unit, an image capturing unit, a light-source sensor and a visible light source module. The lens protection cover is installed on the housing. The light-source sensor is configured to detect external light which comes into the electronic device through the lens protection cover. The processing unit determines whether the detected external light is less than a threshold. The visible light source module is configured to generate visible light. When the detected external light is less than the threshold, the processing unit activates the visible light source module to generate the visible light, and activates the image capturing unit to capture a fingerprint image of a user's finger which is put on the lens protection cover for fingerprint recognition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Gong-Yi Lin
  • Patent number: 9646905
    Abstract: The invention provides a fingerprint sensor package and a method for fabricating the same. The fingerprint sensor package includes a substrate. A first fingerprint sensor die is disposed on the substrate. A molding compound layer is disposed on the substrate, encapsulating the first fingerprint sensor die. Filler are dispersed in the molding compound layer. The diameter of the fillers is less than or about 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Gong-Yi Lin, Chen-Ying Tien
  • Patent number: 9642231
    Abstract: A fingerprint sensor is provided. The fingerprint sensor includes a sensing array sensing fingerprint information of a user, an insulating surface disposed on the sensing array, and a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed under the sensing array. The PCB includes a substrate, a ground plane disposed on the second surface of the substrate, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) ring disposed on the first surface of the substrate and surrounding the sensing array. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The ESD ring surrounds the sensing array. When an ESD event occurs, ESD energy is discharged from the ESD ring to the ground plane through a plurality of vias in the substrate without passing the sensing array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Cheng-Chung Wang
  • Patent number: 9639839
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first memory unit for storing a non-payment application, a first processor, a fingerprint sensing unit and a security element including a second memory unit and a second processor. The second memory unit stores a payment application and user fingerprint information. When the second processor executes the payment application, the fingerprint sensing unit captures a fingerprint image of a user's finger and the second processor transmits the fingerprint image to the first processor via a secure channel. The first processor calculates biometric characteristics of the fingerprint image to generate to-be-recognized fingerprint information which is transmitted to the second processor via the secure channel. When the second processor determines that the to-be-recognized fingerprint information matches the user fingerprint information, the second processor generates an authentication signal for a payment transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Jung-Chien Lee, Chieh-Pin Su
  • Patent number: 9613252
    Abstract: A fingerprint matching method and device are provided. The fingerprint matching method includes the step of capturing a plurality of registered templates, capturing a to-be-recognized data, comparing the to-be-recognized data and the plurality of registered templates, generating a plurality of comparison scores corresponding to the registered templates which overlap the to-be-recognized data, generating a comparison result according to the plurality of comparison scores, and determining whether the to-be-recognized data is verified according to the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Yuan-Lin Chiang
  • Patent number: 9578733
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. A first PCB includes a plurality of ground pads. A fingerprint sensor includes a sensing array, an insulating surface disposed on the sensing array, and a second PCB disposed between the sensing array and the first PCB. The sensing array senses fingerprint information of a user. The second PCB includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a metal trace disposed on the first surface and adjacent to the sensing array, and a plurality of ESD pads disposed on the second surface and coupled to the first ground pads of the first PCB, respectively. When an ESD event occurs, ESD energy is discharged from the metal trace to the first ground pads of the first PCB through a plurality of vias and the ESD pads without passing through the sensing array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Pin-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 9536131
    Abstract: An electronic device and method are provided. The fingerprint recognition method includes: obtaining a verification fingerprint image; transmitting the verification fingerprint image to the second processing unit; generating verification fingerprint data according to the verification fingerprint image by the second processing unit; transmitting the verification fingerprint data to the first processing unit by the second processing unit; comparing the verification fingerprint data with a plurality of registered fingerprint datasets to generate matching information by the first processing unit; transmitting the matching information from the first processing unit to the second processing unit; and verifying the verification fingerprint data according to the matching information by the second processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Chiang, Yu-Chun Cheng
  • Patent number: 9507994
    Abstract: An electronic device and fingerprint-recognition method are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Chiang, Yu-Chun Cheng
  • Patent number: 9483682
    Abstract: An electronic device and method thereof are provided. The fingerprint recognition method includes: scanning a verifying fingerprint, obtaining a similarity value between the verifying fingerprint and a registered fingerprint, comparing the similarity value with a first threshold, determining that the verifying fingerprint matches the registered fingerprint if the similarity value is equal to or greater than the first threshold; comparing the similarity value with a second threshold, wherein the second threshold is greater than the first threshold; and storing the verifying fingerprint if the similarity value is equal to or smaller than the second threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Yuan-Lin Chiang, Yu-Chun Cheng
  • Patent number: 9478082
    Abstract: A wearable device is provided. The wearable device includes: a fingerprint recognition apparatus; a pulse sensor for detecting pulse information of a user; and a processor for determining whether the user is wearing the wearable device according to the pulse information detected by the pulse sensor. When the processor determines that the user is wearing the wearable device, the processor performs a first time of fingerprint recognition and a pulse recognition on the user according to a fingerprint image detected by the fingerprint recognition apparatus and the pulse information detected by the pulse sensor, respectively. When the processor determines that the first time of fingerprint recognition and the pulse recognition are approved, the processor controls the wearable device to enter a first working state from a locked state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Egis Technology Inc.
    Inventor: Jung-Chien Lee