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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hugo Embrechts, Stuttgart, DE;
Gonzalo Bailador Del Pozo, Stuttgart, DE;
Dimitri Torfs, Stuttgart, DE;
Gaetan De Brucker, Stuttgart, DE;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for authenticating a user of an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a section of a graphical representation to the user on a display of the electronic device. The graphical representation comprises a graphical object. Further, the method includes requesting the user to navigate to the graphical object. Additionally, the method includes capturing data from one or more sensors of the electronic device that is indicative of a movement of the electronic device by the user for navigating to the graphical object and/or data from one or more input devices of the electronic device that is indicative of a user input by the user for navigating to the graphical object. The method further includes authenticating the user based on the captured data.