Implementation of biometric authentication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11765163-B2
Application number	US-202217863974-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2022
Priority date	Sep 9, 2017
Publication date	Sep 19, 2023
Grant date	Sep 19, 2023

Abstract

An electronic device performs techniques related generally to implementing biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for a biometric enrollment process tutorial. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for aligning a biometric feature for enrollment. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for enrolling a biometric feature. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for providing hints during a biometric enrollment process. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for application-based biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for autofilling biometrically secured fields. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for unlocking a device using biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for retrying biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for managing transfers using biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides interstitial user interfaces during biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for preventing retrying biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for cached biometric authentication. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for autofilling fillable fields based on visibility criteria. In some examples, a device provides user interfaces for automatic log-in using biometric authentication.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
one or more biometric sensors;
a display;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
detecting a request, which can be made while the electronic device is locked or unlocked, to perform a respective operation that the electronic device is not authorized to perform while the electronic device is locked; and
in response to detecting the request to perform the respective operation:
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is unlocked when the electronic device detects the request to perform the respective operation, performing the respective operation;
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is locked and a first form of authentication is available for obtaining data from the one or more biometric sensors, wherein the first form of authentication is a form of biometric authentication based on data obtained by the one or more biometric sensors, displaying, on the display, an authentication indicator for the first form of authentication without displaying one or more affordances for using a second form of authentication; and
in accordance with a determination that the electronic device is locked and the first form of biometric authentication is not available for obtaining data from the one or more biometric sensors, displaying one or more affordances for using the second form of authentication.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first form of authentication is not available for obtaining data from the one or more biometric sensors because it has been disabled.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first form of authentication is not available for obtaining data from the one or more biometric sensors because operation of the one or more biometric sensors is limited by current environmental and/or device conditions that reduce the ability of the one or more biometric sensors to operate within predefined parameters.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while displaying the authentication indicator for the first form of authentication without displaying affordances for using the second form of authentication, processing respective data from the one or more biometric sensors; and
after processing the respective data from the one or more biometric sensors:
in accordance with a determination that the respective data from the one or more biometric sensors is consistent with biometric information that is authorized to perform the respective operation, performing the respective operation; and
in accordance with a determination that the respective data is not consistent with biometric information that is authorized to perform the respective operation, displaying one or more affordances for using the second form of authentication that were not displayed prior to processing the respective data from the one or more biometric sensors.

5. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein at least a portion of the respective data from the one or more biometric sensors, that is processed while displaying the authentication indicator for the first form of biometric authentication without displaying one or more affordances for using the second form of authentication, was obtained by the one or more biometric sensors prior to displaying an authentication status indicator for the first form of authentication.

6. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein at least a portion of the respective data from the one or more biometric sensors, that is processed while displaying the authentication indicator for the first form of biometric authentication without displaying one or more affordances for using the second form of authentication, was obtained by the one or more biometric sensors after displaying the authentication indicator for the first form of authentication.

7. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein displaying one or more affordances for using the second form of authentication that were not displayed prior to processing the respective data from the one or more biometric sensors includes:
in accordance with a determination that a biometric feature that corresponds to the first form of authentication is detected by the one or more biometric sensors, displaying the one or more affordances for using the second form of authentication after a first time period has elapsed; and
in accordance with a determination that no biometric feature that corresponds to the first form of authentication is detected by the one or more biometric sensors, displaying the one or more affordances for using the second form of authentication after a second time period has elapsed, wherein the second time period is different from the first time period.

8. The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein displaying one or more affordances for using the second form of authentication that were not displayed prior to processing the respective data from the one or more biometric sensors includes:
in accordance with a determination that a biometric feature that can be used in the first form of authentication but that is not consistent with authorized biometric features has been detected, displaying a user interface for the second form of authentication concurrently with respective instructions to provide one or more inputs to authenticate with the second form of authentication; and
in accordance with a determination that no biometric feature that corresponds to the first form of authentication has been detected by the one or more biometric sensors, displaying the user interface for the second form of authentication without displaying the respective instructions to provide one or more inputs to authenticate with the second form of authentication.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the request to perform a respective operation includes a home input; and
the respective operation includes displaying a home screen that includes a plurality of application icons for opening different applications.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein:
the request to perform a respective operation includes selection of a notification; and
the respective operation includes displaying an application user interface for an application that corresponds to the notification.

11. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the authentication indicator includes information indicating that the electronic device is attempting to use first form of authentication.

12. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the authentication indicator includes information of progress of an attempt at the first form of authentication.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein displaying one or more affordances for using the second form of authentication that were not displayed prior to processing the respective data from the one or more biometric sensors includes:
in accordance with a determination that the request to perform the respective operation includes a home input, displaying a plurality of character entry keys for entering a sequence of characters for authentication; and
in accordance with a determination that the request to perform the respective operation includes selection of a notification, displaying a passcode affordance that, when activated causes display of a plurality of character entry keys for entering a sequence of characters for authentication.

14. The electronic device of claim 13 , wherein the passcode affordance is restricted from activation in response to tap inputs

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Van Os Marcel
• Anton Peter D
• Behzadi Arian
• Dascola Jonathan R
• Devine Lynne
• Dye Alan C
• Foss Christopher Patrick
• Griffin Bradley W
• Ive Jonathan P
• Malia Joseph A
• Mari Pedro
• Mohseni Daamun
• Paul Grant
• Preston Daniel Trent
• Tyler William M

Classifications

• G06V40/70

  Multimodal biometrics, e.g. combining information from different biometric modalities · CPC title

• G06V40/16

  Human faces, e.g. facial parts, sketches or expressions · CPC title

• G06V10/98

  Detection or correction of errors, e.g. by rescanning the pattern or by human intervention; Evaluation of the quality of the acquired patterns · CPC title

• G06V40/12

  Fingerprints or palmprints · CPC title

• G06F21/32 Primary

  using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints · CPC title