Patent Document ID: 9851806
Application ID: 14950630
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for performing a processing action, the method comprising: an input device configured to receive an input from a user, the input including a touch by at least one finger of a plurality of fingers of the user; a touch sensor configured to detect the touch by the user; a finger pattern sensor configured to measure at least part of a fingerprint of the at least one finger; and a processing device configured to perform: estimating a gesture performed by the at least one finger based on the touch; identifying the at least one finger used to apply the input by the user based on stored fingerprint data that differentiates between individual fingers of the user; identifying a command by the processing device based on the estimated gesture and based on the identified at least one finger, the command identified from a plurality of different commands based on which of the individual fingers is identified, wherein the identified command is a first command based on a first finger being used to perform the gesture, and the identified command is a second command based on a different second finger being used, the first command being different than the second command; and performing an action associated with the identified command.