Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a display carried by the housing, and a fingerprint sensor also carried by the housing. The electronic device may also include a processor for generating a plurality of menu items on the display, and for scrolling an indicator along the menu items based upon static placement of a finger adjacent a selected portion of the fingerprint sensor. The sensor may have a polygonal shape, and the scrolling may be in a direction of a corner portion of the polygonal shape. The menu items may be arranged in a single column, or in a plurality of columns.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 10, 2003
Date of Patent:
October 9, 2007
Assignee:
Authentec, Inc.
Inventors:
Curt M. Chandler, Dale Raymond Setlak, Arthur Leslie Stewart