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

Claim 10:
11. A user device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, configured 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;
determine whether to 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, based on a determination of whether to select the facial recognition authentication function, an authentication component to authenticate a user in association with unlocking the user device.