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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 3/0416 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); G06K 9/0002 (2013.01); G06K 9/00067 (2013.01); G06K 9/00087 (2013.01); H04L 9/3231 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2113 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2139 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2151 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for device security, wherein a fingerprint image is acquired on a touchscreen, and an authentication process is performed based on the first fingerprint image. Thereafter, a second fingerprint image is acquired and a difference between a characteristic of the first and second fingerprint images is determined, and based upon whether this difference is greater than a threshold, a second authentication process is performed.