Apparatus for authenticating pairing of electronic devices and associated methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9912660-B2
Application number	US-201314903361-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2013
Priority date	Jul 18, 2013
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

An apparatus comprising: a processor; and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: compare received biometric face vectors, wherein each received biometric face vector is received from a respective electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices and comprises one or more biometric face values determined from a respective image of a person captured by the corresponding electronic device; and provide for pairing authentication of the plurality of electronic devices if the comparison meets a predetermined similarity criterion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory including computer program code,
the memory and the computer program code configured, with the processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
comparing received respective biometric face vectors, wherein each received biometric face vector is received from a respective electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices and comprises one or more biometric face values determined from a respective image of a person captured by the corresponding electronic device, the received biometric face vector created by performing face detection and converting the detected face to a vector; and
providing for pairing authentication of the plurality of electronic devices if the comparison meets a predetermined similarity criterion.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pairing authentication is based on biometric face vectors determined from respective images captured within a predetermined time window.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the images comprise a photograph or a frame of a video.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the respective biometric face vectors represents one or more of:
components of a particular model face determined to correspond to a person's face image;
size of facial features of the person;
color of facial features of the person; or
distance between the facial features of the person.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the respective biometric face vectors are shared by collecting the biometric face vectors from the plurality of electronic devices at one electronic device of the plurality of electronic devices.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the respective biometric face vectors are shared by exchanging the biometric face vectors between the plurality of electronic devices.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the respective biometric face vectors are shared by transmitting the biometric face vectors to a remote server.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the respective biometric face vectors are shared by transmitting the biometric face vectors to the remote server using one or more of: a Bluetooth connection; an internet connection; a wireless connection; a wired connection; a near field communication connection; or a radio-frequency connection.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is configured to capture an image of the person.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is configured:
in response to detecting a same person's face on the plurality of electronic devices, enable pairing based on respective detected images of the detected same person's face.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pairing authentication enables at least one of the captured images to be shared among the plurality of electronic devices.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is one of the plurality of electronic devices; or a server.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the apparatus is a portable electronic device, a laptop computer, a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet computer, a personal digital assistant, a digital camera, a watch, a server, a non-portable electronic device, a desktop computer, a monitor, a server, a wand, a pointing stick, a touchpad, a touch-screen, a mouse, a joystick or a module/circuitry for one or more of the same.

14. A method comprising:
comparing received respective biometric face vectors, wherein each received respective biometric face vector is received from an electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices and comprises one or more biometric face values determined from a respective image of a person captured by the corresponding electronic device, the received biometric face vector created by performing face detection and converting the detected face to a vector; and
providing for pairing authentication of the plurality of electronic devices if the comparison meets a predetermined similarity criterion.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the pairing authentication is based on biometric face vectors determined from respective images captured within a predetermined time window.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the biometric face vectors represent one or more of:
components of a particular model faces determined to correspond to a person's face image;
size of facial features of the person;
color of facial features of the person; or
distance between the facial features of the person.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the respective biometric face vectors are shared by exchanging the biometric face vectors among the plurality of electronic devices.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the respective biometric face vectors are shared by transmitting the biometric face vectors to a remote server.

19. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
in response to detecting a same person's face on the plurality of electronic devices, enabling pairing based on respective detected images of the detected same person's face.

20. A computer program product comprising non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to:
compare received biometric face vectors, wherein each received biometric face vector is received from a respective electronic device of a plurality of electronic devices and comprises one or more biometric face values determined from a respective image of a person captured by the corresponding electronic device, the received biometric face vector created by performing face detection and converting the detected face to a vector; and
provide for pairing authentication of the plurality of electronic devices if the comparison meets a predetermined similarity criterion.

Assignees

• Nokia Technologies Oy

Inventors

• Wang Kongqiao
• Li Jiangwei
• Liu Yingfei

Classifications

• G06K9/00288

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L12/06

  Answer-back mechanisms or circuits · CPC title

• H04L63/0861 Primary

  using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231) · CPC title

• G06F21/32 Primary

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

• G06K9/00281

  Physics · mapped topic