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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Zhenyu Yang, Dayton, OH (US);

Jianbang Zhang, Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04M 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06F 9/541 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); H04M 1/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method, including: providing, using a light source operatively coupled to an information handling device, illumination on an object; capturing, using a sensor operatively coupled to the information handling device, illumination reflectance from the object; determining, using a processor and based on the illumination reflectance, whether the object is associated with a human user and whether the human user is an authorized user; and authenticating, responsive to determining that the object is associated with the human user and that the human user is an authorized user, the human user. Other aspects are described and claimed.


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