On the fly enrollment for facial recognition

    公开(公告)号:US11935327B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US18053043

    申请日:2022-11-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: When a software update is provided to a device that implements a facial recognition authentication process, a new authentication algorithm to operate the facial recognition authentication process may be included as part of software update. For a period of time, the new authentication algorithm may operate a “virtual” facial recognition authentication process alongside operation of the existing facial recognition authentication process using the existing (e.g., earlier version) authentication algorithm. The performance of the new authentication algorithm in providing facial recognition authentication (as assessed by the “virtual” process) may be compared to the performance of the existing authentication algorithm in providing facial recognition authentication during the period of time. When the performance of the new authentication algorithm is determined to have a satisfactory performance, operation of the actual facial recognition authentication process on the device may be switched to the new authentication algorithm.

    Facial recognition operations based on pose

    公开(公告)号:US10430645B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US16240970

    申请日:2019-01-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: A facial recognition authentication on a device having a camera may operate with multiple enrollment profiles on the device. Multiple enrollment profiles may include separate profiles for different appearances of a user and/or separate profiles for different users authorized to use the device. The enrollment profiles may be generated using an enrollment process where the enrollment process is operated separately to generate each of the different enrollment profiles. During the facial recognition authentication process, a user may unlock the device by having a matching score for image(s) captured of the user that that exceeds an unlock threshold for at least one of the enrollment profiles. The user may have a matching score that exceeds the unlock threshold for multiple enrollment profiles. Each enrollment profile unlocks the device for the user may be updated using a template update process that operates independently for each enrollment profile.

    POWER SUB-STATE MONITORING
    4.
    发明申请
    POWER SUB-STATE MONITORING 审中-公开
    电源状态监控

    公开(公告)号:US20140067293A1

    公开(公告)日:2014-03-06

    申请号:US13627249

    申请日:2012-09-26

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    CPC classification number: G06F1/3203 G06F1/3206

    Abstract: An electronic device that includes an integrated circuit and a memory is described. This integrated circuit monitors power sub-states within different operating modes of the electronic device. These power sub-states are associated with configurations of the electronic device and average power-consumption rates. Then, the integrated circuit stores information specifying a power-sub-state history of the electronic device in the memory, where the power-sub-state history includes amounts of time the electronic device was in one or more of the power sub-states. The stored information can be used to improve a power usage model for the electronic device and/or to modify a user experience, such as changing a performance of the electronic device or a time until a battery needs to be recharged.

    Abstract translation: 描述了包括集成电路和存储器的电子设备。 该集成电路监视电子设备的不同工作模式下的电源子状态。 这些电源子状态与电子设备的配置和平均功耗率相关联。 然后,集成电路将指定电子设备的功率子状态历史的信息存储在存储器中,其中功率子状态历史包括电子设备处于一个或多个功率子状态的时间量。 存储的信息可以用于改进电子设备的功率使用模型和/或修改用户体验,例如改变电子设备的性能或直到电池需要被充电的时间。

    On the fly enrollment for facial recognition

    公开(公告)号:US11527107B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-13

    申请号:US16457811

    申请日:2019-06-28

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: When a software update is provided to a device that implements a facial recognition authentication process, a new authentication algorithm to operate the facial recognition authentication process may be included as part of software update. For a period of time, the new authentication algorithm may operate a “virtual” facial recognition authentication process alongside operation of the existing facial recognition authentication process using the existing (e.g., earlier version) authentication algorithm. The performance of the new authentication algorithm in providing facial recognition authentication (as assessed by the “virtual” process) may be compared to the performance of the existing authentication algorithm in providing facial recognition authentication during the period of time. When the performance of the new authentication algorithm is determined to have a satisfactory performance, operation of the actual facial recognition authentication process on the device may be switched to the new authentication algorithm.

    Intelligent management for an electronic device

    公开(公告)号:US10712799B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-14

    申请号:US15655112

    申请日:2017-07-20

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a first input device; a second input device capable of operating in a first operating mode; and a system management module in communication with the first input device and the second input device. The system management module is configured for switching the second input device to a second operating mode in response to detecting, by the first input device, a presence of a user without receiving any operation-specific input from the user.

    Automatic retries for facial recognition

    公开(公告)号:US10303866B1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-28

    申请号:US16141084

    申请日:2018-09-25

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An operation of a facial recognition authentication process may fail to authenticate a user even if the user is an authorized user of the device. In such cases, the facial recognition authentication process may automatically re-initiate to provide another attempt to authenticate the user using additional captured images. For the new attempt (e.g., the retry) to authenticate the user, one or more criteria for the images used in the facial recognition authentication process may be adjusted. For example, criteria for distance between the camera and the user's face and/or occlusion of the user's face in the images may be adjusted before the new attempt to authenticate the user. Adjustment of these criteria may increase the likelihood that the authorized user will be successfully authenticated in the new attempt.

    Automatic retries for facial recognition

    公开(公告)号:US11693937B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-04

    申请号:US16395979

    申请日:2019-04-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F21/32 G06V40/166 G06V40/171 G06V40/172

    Abstract: An operation of a facial recognition authentication process may fail to authenticate a user even if the user is an authorized user of the device. In such cases, the facial recognition authentication process may automatically re-initiate to provide another attempt to authenticate the user using additional captured images. For the new attempt (e.g., the retry) to authenticate the user, one or more criteria for the images used in the facial recognition authentication process may be adjusted. For example, criteria for distance between the camera and the user's face and/or occlusion of the user's face in the images may be adjusted before the new attempt to authenticate the user. Adjustment of these criteria may increase the likelihood that the authorized user will be successfully authenticated in the new attempt.

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