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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Micah P. Kalscheur, Cupertino, CA (US);
Feng Tang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06F 16/56 (2019.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); G06F 16/56 (2019.01); G06F 16/583 (2019.01); G06F 16/5838 (2019.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/00255 (2013.01); G06K 9/00281 (2013.01); G06K 9/00885 (2013.01); G06K 9/00892 (2013.01); G06K 2009/00932 (2013.01);
Abstract
Subepidermal imaging of a face may be used to assess subepidermal features such as blood vessels (e.g., veins) when the device is attempting to authenticate a user in a facial recognition authentication process. Assessment of the subepidermal features may be used to distinguish between users that have closely related facial features (e.g., siblings or twins) in situations where the facial recognition authentication process has less certainty in a decision about recognition of the user's face as an authorized user.