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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Gendong Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrei Nikiforov, Berlin, DE;
Tomi P Maila, San Jose, CA (US);
Tom Sengelaub, Oakland, CA (US);
Martin Haller, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for using periocular region features in a biometric authentication process are disclosed. The periocular region features may be represented by 3D characteristics included in captured data. Also, additional biometric surface information of the periocular region, such as color, reflectivity, etc. may be included in captured data. A periocular region authentication process may use such periocular region information to augment iris information, or as an alternative to iris information. In some embodiments, a trained machine learning model may be used to improve performance of a periocular region biometric authentication process by reducing computational workload.
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