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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2009
Kazuhiko Shirai, San Diego, CA (US);
Yasuhiro Habara, San Diego, CA (US);
Koki Iwazaki, San Marcos, CA (US);
Kazuhiko Shirai, San Diego, CA (US);
Yasuhiro Habara, San Diego, CA (US);
Koki Iwazaki, San Marcos, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A user can define two or more input modes with respective input values to establish an authentication protocol to unlock a computer or govern other computer behavior. As an example, the user may first establish a particular voice recognition pattern followed by a particular image recognition and subsequent logons can be accomplished only by speaking the voice recognition pattern into the device and then by presenting the commanded image, such as an image of the user's face, to the device.