Wearable Authentication Device
AssigneeMotorola Mobility LLC
InventorsJiri Slaby, Roger W. Ady
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Abstract
In embodiments, a wearable authentication device includes a fingerprint sensor to capture a fingerprint image that is used to authenticate a user to an associated device of the wearable authentication device. The wearable authentication device can also include a presence sensor, or a presence sensing mode of the fingerprint sensor, to periodically detect a presence of the user wearing the wearable authentication device, and presence data is communicated to the associated device to maintain operability of the associated device.
Claims36
A wearable authentication device, comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to capture a fingerprint image that is used to authenticate a user to an associated device of the wearable authentication device and at least periodically detect a presence of the user wearing the wearable authentication device;
- and
- a data exchange system configured to communicate presence data to maintain operability of the associated device.
A method, comprising:
- capturing a fingerprint image with a fingerprint sensor that is integrated in a wearable authentication device, the fingerprint image used to authenticate a user to an associated device of the wearable authentication device;
- detecting a presence of the user wearing the wearable authentication device;
- and
- communicating presence data to the associated device to maintain operability of the associated device.
A system, comprising:
- a wearable authentication device configured to capture a fingerprint image of a user and periodically detect a presence of the user wearing the wearable authentication device;
- and
- an associated device of the wearable authentication device, the associated device configured for operability based on the fingerprint image used to authenticate the user to the associated device, and based on presence data that indicates the user maintains contact with the wearable authentication device.
A wearable authentication device, comprising:
- at least one sensor configured to capture a fingerprint image that is used to authenticate a user to an associated device of the wearable authentication device and at least periodically detect a presence of the user wearing the wearable authentication device;
- a circuit coupled to said at least one sensor, the circuit including a processor configured to process the fingerprint image and determine the presence of the user;
- and
- a data exchange system configured to communicate presence data to maintain operability of the associated device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.