Patent ID: 11907342
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 21:
22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user device, cause the user device to:
detect an authentication event associated with unlocking the user device;
determine, based at least in part on sensor data, an environmental context of the user device;
select, from a plurality of authentication functions of the user device, a facial recognition authentication function based at least in part on the environmental context of the user device,
wherein the environmental context indicates one or more of:
whether the user device is still or in motion,
an amount of ambient light surrounding the user device,
an orientation of the user device, or
a position of a finger relative to a fingerprint sensor; and

activate an authentication component based on selecting the facial recognition authentication function.