Operating Basics

How to Swipe your Finger

Using the following steps when swiping fingers for fingerprint registration or authentication will help to minimize authentication failures:

Align the first joint of the finger to the center of the sensor. Lightly touch the sensor and swipe finger levelly towards you when in portrait mode, and sideways when in either landscape mode or Laptop mode.

While lightly touching the sensor, swipe the finger towards you when in portrait mode, and sideways when in either landscape mode or Laptop mode until the sensor surface becomes visible.

The following illustrations show the recommended way to swipe your finger over the fingerprint sensor.

Sample. 1) When swiping the index finger

Sample. 2) When swiping the thumb

Figure 4-16 Swipe the finger

■Avoid swiping with your finger stiff or pressed too hard onto the sensor, and take care to ensure that the center of the fingerprint is touching the sensor before swiping. Either of these conditions may cause fingerprint reading to fail.

Sensor

■Check the center of the fingerprint whirl before swiping and then ensure this is swiped along the center line of the sensor.

Sensor

■There is a possibility of authentication failures if the finger is swiped too quickly or too slowly - follow any on-screen instructions to adjust the speed used during the swipe process.

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