US 11,727,720 B2
Face verification method and apparatus
Changyong Son, Anyang-si (KR); Wonsuk Chang, Hwaseong-si (KR); Deoksang Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Dae-Kyu Shin, Suwon-si (KR); Byungin Yoo, Seoul (KR); Seungju Han, Seoul (KR); Jaejoon Han, Seoul (KR); Jinwoo Son, Seoul (KR); and Chang Kyu Choi, Seongnam-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/677,275.
Application 17/677,275 is a continuation of application No. 17/111,907, filed on Dec. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,256,906.
Application 17/111,907 is a continuation of application No. 16/904,635, filed on Jun. 18, 2020, granted, now 10,891,466, issued on Jan. 12, 2021.
Application 16/904,635 is a continuation of application No. 15/833,292, filed on Dec. 6, 2017, granted, now 10,733,424, issued on Aug. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0039524 (KR), filed on Mar. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0172510 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/40 (2022.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06V 10/74 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 40/167 (2022.01) [G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06V 10/761 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G06V 40/174 (2022.01); G06V 40/45 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile device, comprising:
one or more processors configured to:
obtain an image for a user;
ascertain a sleep state of the user based on the obtained image;
select to not perform a user verification when the sleep state of the user is ascertained; and
unlock the mobile device, to permit the user to access functions of the mobile device, when the user verification verifies the user.