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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2012
Applicants:

Sriram Sampathkumaran, San Diego, CA (US);

Eric Yam, San Diego, CA (US);

Helmut Neumann, Urbandale, IA (US);

Seungwook Hong, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Sriram Sampathkumaran, San Diego, CA (US);

Eric Yam, San Diego, CA (US);

Helmut Neumann, Urbandale, IA (US);

Seungwook Hong, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/14 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/3234 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01);
Abstract

A user can define a gesture-based input mode with respective input value to establish an authentication protocol to unlock a computer or govern other computer behavior. As an alternative or in addition, the user can define a second input mode based on face recognition plus IR sensing satisfying a threshold to ensure a live person is being imaged for authentication, and/or face recognition plus a particular facial expression such as a smile and wink.


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