Implementation of biometric authentication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12189748-B2
Application number	US-202418436612-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2024
Priority date	Jun 3, 2018
Publication date	Jan 7, 2025
Grant date	Jan 7, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device performs techniques related to receiving a request to perform an operation that requires authentication, in response to receiving the request to perform the operation that requires authentication, attempting to authenticate a user, if authentication is successful, performing the operation, and if authentication is not successful and that a set of error condition criteria is met: displaying an indication of a location of the one or more biometric sensors, wherein the indication is a graphical indicator that is displayed at a respective location on the display that is a first distance from a first edge of the electronic device, and wherein the respective location on display is a second distance from a second edge of the electronic device, wherein the second edge is opposite from the first edge, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance, and forgoing performing the operation.

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:
receiving a request to perform an operation that requires authentication; and
in response to receiving the request to perform the operation that requires authentication, attempting to authenticate a user;
in accordance with a determination that authentication is successful, performing the operation; and
in accordance with a determination that authentication is not successful and that a set of error condition criteria is met:
displaying, via the display, an indication of a location of the one or more biometric sensors on the electronic device, wherein the indication is a graphical indicator that is displayed at a respective location on the display that is a first distance from a first edge of the electronic device, wherein the first edge of the electronic device corresponds to the location of the one or more biometric sensors on the electronic device, and wherein the respective location on display is a second distance from a second edge of the electronic device, wherein the second edge is opposite from the first edge, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance; and
forgoing performing the operation.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the request to perform the operation that requires authentication is received while the electronic device is in an unlocked state.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in accordance with a determination that authentication is not successful and that the set of error condition criteria is not met:
forgoing displaying, on the display, the indication of the location of the one or more biometric sensors on the electronic device; and
forgoing performing the operation.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
subsequent to displaying the indication of the location of the one or more biometric sensors on the electronic device, in accordance with a determination that the set of error condition criteria is no longer met, retrying authentication.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the set of error condition criteria includes a criterion that is met when the one or more biometric sensors are occluded.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein attempting to authenticate the user includes:
obtaining data via the one or more biometric sensors; and
determining that at least a portion of a biometric feature, determined based on the data obtained from the one or more biometric sensors that corresponds to the biometric feature, satisfies authentication criteria.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein:
the one or more biometric sensors includes a camera; and
the data obtained by the one or more biometric sensors that corresponds to the biometric feature includes data obtained using the camera.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein:
the biometric feature corresponds to a face;
the data obtained from the one or more biometric sensors that corresponds to the biometric feature includes data associated with a portion of the face; and
the authentication criteria includes a requirement that the data associated with the face match biometric data associated with an authorized face in order for the authentication criteria to be met.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
prior to receiving the request to perform the operation that requires authentication, displaying, via the display, an application user interface corresponding to an application, wherein the application user interface includes a first affordance for performing an operation that requires authentication.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while attempting to authenticate the user and while displaying the application user interface, displaying a biometric authentication interface.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the biometric authentication interface is at least partially translucent.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the biometric authentication interface is displayed over a portion of the application user interface.

13. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein performing the operation includes transitioning the electronic device from a locked state to an unlocked state.

14. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein performing the operation includes autofilling fillable fields with credential information.

15. The electronic device of claim 14 , wherein the credential information includes information associated with log-in information.

16. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the location of the one or more biometric sensors includes a graphical indicator.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with one or more biometric sensors and a display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
receiving a request to perform an operation that requires authentication; and
in response to receiving the request to perform the operation that requires authentication, attempting to authenticate a user;
in accordance with a determination that authentication is successful, performing the operation; and
in accordance with a determination that authentication is not successful and that a set of error condition criteria is met:
displaying, via the display, an indication of a location of the one or more biometric sensors on the electronic device, wherein the indication is a graphical indicator that is displayed at a respective location on the display that is a first distance from a first edge of the electronic device, wherein the first edge of the electronic device corresponds to the location of the one or more biometric sensors on the electronic device, and wherein the respective location on display is a second distance from a second edge of the electronic device, wherein the second edge is opposite from the first edge, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance; and
forgoing performing the operation.

18. A method, comprising:
at an electronic device with one or more biometric sensors and a display:
receiving a request to perform an operation that requires authentication; and
in response to receiving the request to perform the operation that requires authentication, attempting to authenticate a user;
in accordance with a determination that authentication is successful, performing the operation; and
in accordance with a determination that authentication is not successful and that a set of error condition criteria is met:
displaying, via the display, an indication of a location of the one or more biometric sensors on the electronic device, wherein the indication is a graphical indicator that is displayed at a respective location on the display that is a first distance from a first edge of the electronic device, wherein the first edge of the electronic device corresponds to the location of the one or more biometric sensors on the electronic device, and wherein the respective location on display is a second distance from a second edge of the electronic device, wherein the second edge is oppo

Assignees

• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Van Os Marcel
• Anton Peter D
• Devine Lynne
• Mohseni Daamun

Classifications

• G06F21/316

  by observing the pattern of computer usage, e.g. typical user behaviour · CPC title

• G06F3/041

  Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means · CPC title

• G06F3/0484

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F21/45

  Structures or tools for the administration of authentication · CPC title

• G06F21/36

  by graphic or iconic representation · CPC title