Patent ID: 11868455
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A non-transitory computer readable medium having program instructions stored therein that are executable by a computing device to cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:
perform a biometric authentication of a user that includes:
controlling a camera of the computing device to capture a first image frame of the user using a two-dimensional capture mode that includes one or more infrared light emitters using a first illumination technique;
controlling the camera to capture a second image frame of the user using a three-dimensional capture mode that includes the one or more infrared light emitters using a second illumination technique;
comparing image data from the first and second image frames with image data captured from an authorized user; and
identifying the user as authentic in response to the compared image data matching.