Face authentication including material data extracted from image

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a method for authorizing an object of a device to perform at least one operation on the device that requires authentication, including the steps: receiving, from a user interface associated with a device, an unlock request for the device from a user; in response to receiving the unlock request, triggering illumination of the object with patterned infrared illumination; triggering to capture at least one image of the object using a camera located on the device while the object is being illuminated with the patterned infrared illumination; extracting material data from at least one image; and allowing or declining the object to perform at least one operation on the device that requires authentication based on the material data.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.