Patent ID: 8482381

Claim:
A computing device comprising: a biometric sensor feature having a contact region provided on a surface of the biometric sensor feature, the contact region including a first dimension that extends along a first axis and a second dimension that extends along a second axis, the biometric sensor feature to detect one or more characteristics of a finger of a user in response to the user swiping the finger along a direction of the first axis on the contact region; a position sensor integrated with the biometric sensor to detect, on the contact region, position information of the finger or movement information of the finger along at least the direction of the first axis; a force detector to detect applied pressure on the contact region; and control logic that is coupled to or integrated with the biometric sensor feature and the position sensor to (i) use the one or more detected characteristics of the finger to approve or disapprove the user, and (ii) once the user is approved, receive input corresponding to the finger being moved on the contact region; wherein the control logic is coupled to or integrated with the force detector to receive input from the force detector corresponding to the finger being pressed against the contact region with an applied pressure of a given magnitude.