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US 2022/0027446 A1Published application
Implementation of biometric authentication
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsMarcel VAN OS, Peter D. ANTON, Lynne DEVINE, Daamun MOHSENI
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Abstract
An electronic device performs techniques related to implementing biometric authentication, including providing user interfaces for: providing indications of error conditions during biometric authentication, providing indications about the biometric sensor during biometric authentication, orienting the device to enroll a biometric feature, and providing an indication of the location of the biometric sensor to correct a detected error condition.
Claims18
An electronic device, comprising:
- a biometric sensor;
- a touch-sensitive 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:
- at an electronic device with a biometric sensor and a touch-sensitive display:
- detecting occurrence of an error condition for detecting biometric information at the biometric sensor;
- in response to detecting the occurrence of the error condition, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, an indication of a location of the biometric sensor on the electronic device;
- while displaying the indication of the location of the biometric sensor on the electronic device, detecting a request to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor;
- and
- in response to detecting the request to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor:
- in accordance with a determination that the error condition is still occurring at a respective time that occurs after detecting the request to unlock the electronic device:
- ceasing to display the indication of the location of the biometric sensor;
- and
- displaying a touch-based user interface for entering touch-based authentication information;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the error condition is no longer occurring, attempting to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor.
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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 a biometric sensor and a touch-sensitive display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
- detecting occurrence of an error condition for detecting biometric information at the biometric sensor;
- in response to detecting the occurrence of the error condition, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, an indication of a location of the biometric sensor on the electronic device;
- while displaying the indication of the location of the biometric sensor on the electronic device, detecting a request to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor;
- and
- in response to detecting the request to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor:
- in accordance with a determination that the error condition is still occurring at a respective time that occurs after detecting the request to unlock the electronic device:
- ceasing to display the indication of the location of the biometric sensor;
- and
- displaying a touch-based user interface for entering touch-based authentication information;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the error condition is no longer occurring, attempting to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor.
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A method, comprising:
- at an electronic device with a biometric sensor and a touch-sensitive display:
- detecting occurrence of an error condition for detecting biometric information at the biometric sensor;
- in response to detecting the occurrence of the error condition, displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, an indication of a location of the biometric sensor on the electronic device;
- while displaying the indication of the location of the biometric sensor on the electronic device, detecting a request to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor;
- and
- in response to detecting the request to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor:
- in accordance with a determination that the error condition is still occurring at a respective time that occurs after detecting the request to unlock the electronic device:
- ceasing to display the indication of the location of the biometric sensor;
- and
- displaying a touch-based user interface for entering touch-based authentication information;
- and
- in accordance with a determination that the error condition is no longer occurring, attempting to unlock the electronic device using the biometric sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.