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

Claim 15:
16. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a computing device, a request to perform an action;
in response to the request, performing, by the computing device, a biometric authentication of a user that includes:
capturing, via a camera of the computing device, a two-dimensional image frame of the user having light emitted by one or more infrared light emitters using a first illumination technique;
capturing, via the same camera, a three-dimensional image frame of the user having light emitted by the one or more infrared light emitters using a second illumination technique;
comparing image data from the two-dimensional image frame and the three-dimensional image frame with image data captured from an authorized user; and
determining that the user is the authorized user in response to the comparing resulting in a match.