US 12,229,236 B2
Headphone biometric authentication
Cesar Augusto Rodriguez Bravo, Alajuela (CR); and Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata (IN)
Assigned to Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed by Kyndryl, Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/473,734.
Application 18/473,734 is a continuation of application No. 16/811,096, filed on Mar. 6, 2020, granted, now 11,809,536.
Prior Publication US 2024/0012893 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G10L 17/00 (2013.01); G10L 17/06 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/32 (2013.01) [G10L 17/00 (2013.01); G10L 17/06 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
generating a biometric scan of a face of a person including one or more biometric features of the biometric scan by a headphone while being worn for authentication of a user of the headphone, wherein the biometric scan is generated by a facial mapper integrally coupled to the headphone based on a composite set of biometric data of the user of the headphone collected by the facial mapper that is one of non-continuous and non-overlapping;
comparing the biometric scan of the person to the composite set of biometric data of the user;
determining, based on comparing the biometric scan of the person to the composite set of biometric data of the user, an authentication of the user;
retrieving, based on detecting a voice signal, a biometric signature of the user, wherein the biometric signature of the user includes movement of one or more lips of the user based on an ultrasonic scan by the headphone, and the ultrasonic scan is disabled when an expandable portion of the headphone is in a retracted position;
comparing the biometric signature of the user to another ultrasonic scan by the headphone of the person, wherein determining the authentication of the user is further based on comparing the biometric signature of the user to the another ultrasonic scan; and
performing, based on detecting the voice signal and in response to verifying the authentication, an authentication action.