Trusted-User Enrollment via Fingerprinting
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorJustin Douglas Eltoft
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AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorJustin Douglas Eltoft
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Streamlined fingerprint enrollment of a trusted user on an electronic device is disclosed to address lengthy and difficult approaches to such enrollment. An apparatus includes one or more fingerprint sensors and associated logic to detect a first fingerprint corresponding to an authenticated primary user and a second fingerprint from another individual. Upon determining that the first and second fingerprints are jointly exposed to the fingerprint sensor, the logic enrolls the second fingerprint as corresponding to a trusted user. The joint exposure may be realized, for example, by simultaneous contact on a single, large-area sensor or by exposing the second fingerprint within a predetermined time period following the first. The enrollment may be completed with fewer scans than a standard procedure, and a template generated from the scans can be updated over time with subsequent authentications. The trusted user's access can also be bounded by temporal or geospatial constraints.
An apparatus for trusted-user enrollment via fingerprinting, the apparatus comprising:
A method for trusted-user enrollment via fingerprinting, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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