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

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
detecting an authentication event associated with unlocking a user device;
determining, based at least in part on sensor data from a sensor of the user device, an environmental context of the user device;
selecting, 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

activating an authentication component that is associated with the facial recognition authentication function to authenticate a user in association with unlocking the user device.