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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Google Technology Holdings Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Limor P. Marco, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Yukiko Kimoto, Mundelein, IL (US);
Akila Varadarajan, Libertyville, IL (US);
Felipe Wolff Ramos, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Google Technology Holdings LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments provide a method and apparatus for unlocking a feature of a user portable wireless electronic communication device. The user portable wireless electronic communication device can include a camera configured to capture a characteristic of a waving hand of a user across the user portable wireless electronic communication device. The user portable wireless electronic communication device can include a controller coupled to the camera. The controller can determine whether the user is authorized to access a locked feature of the user portable wireless electronic communication device based on the captured characteristic. The controller can unlock the locked feature if the user is authorized to access the feature.