Patent attributes
A fingerprint recognizing display system including fingerprint recognizing means in a panel of a display apparatus and an operating method thereof, wherein a fingerprint of an user is read and a program supported by a computer is allowed to be operated only if the read fingerprint is registered in fingerprint data of the computer. A display apparatus recognizes a fingerprint of the user through a fingerprint recognizing module included in the display apparatus and outputs recognized fingerprint data by using a communication device included in the fingerprint recognizing module. A computer main body includes a fingerprint data base having data of more than one fingerprint and a fingerprint verifying unit, and operates a program after deciding whether fingerprint data input from the display apparatus is an approved fingerprint through the fingerprint data base and the fingerprint verifying unit.