Patent 9195878 was granted and assigned to Fingerprint Cards AB on November, 2015 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present invention relates to a method of controlling an electronic device, the electronic device comprising a fingerprint sensor. The fingerprint sensor is typically comprised with a user input device providing a possible compliment and/or addition to a general user input device provided with the portable electronic device. Advantages with the invention include simplified user control of the portable electronic device. The invention also relates to a corresponding electronic device and to a computer program product.