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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Audrey C. Younkin, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Philip J. Corriveau, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Inventors:
Audrey C. Younkin, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Philip J. Corriveau, Forest Grove, OR (US);
Assignee:
INTEL CORPORATION, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06T 7/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06K 9/00362 (2013.01); G06K 9/00885 (2013.01); G06T 7/408 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30196 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques may be used to authenticate a user to a computing device using their skin tone. A color sample may be received while a computing device remains in a power saving state. A user may be authenticated when the color sample matches a skin tone record. The computing device may be placed in an active state when the user is authenticated. Other embodiments are described and claimed.