Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Unlocking a device
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Application No.: US15272892Application Date: 2016-09-22
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Publication No.: US10440574B2Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Brent M. Ledvina , David Benjamin Millman , Johan Olav Bergerengen , Robert Mayor
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Jaffery Watson Mendonsa & Hamilton LLP
- Main IPC: H04W12/08
- IPC: H04W12/08 ; G06F21/31 ; H04W12/06 ; G06F21/35 ; G06F21/88 ; H04W4/02 ; H04W4/80

Abstract:
Techniques and systems for unlocking a first device based on signals transmitted between the first device and a second device are disclosed. A disclosed technique includes receiving, by a first device, at least one wireless signal from a second device; transmitting, by the first device, at least one wireless signal to the second device; determining, by the first device, transit times of the at least one received wireless signal and the at least one transmitted wireless signal; determining, by the first device, one or more range measurements between the first device and the second device based at least in part on the transit times; determining, by the first device, an unlock decision based at least in part on the one or more range measurements; and causing, by at least the first device, the first device to unlock if the unlock decision is positive.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170357788A1 UNLOCKING A DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-12-14
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