Patent 10997388 was granted and assigned to Invensense, Inc. on May, 2021 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In a method for evaluating a darkfield image for contamination, it is determined whether an object is interacting with a fingerprint sensor. Provided an object is not interacting with the fingerprint sensor, a darkfield candidate image is captured at a fingerprint sensor. The darkfield candidate image is evaluated for contamination. Based on the evaluating, it is determined whether the darkfield candidate image includes contamination.