Patent ID: 8909938

Claim:
A facial biometric recognition system for providing security for an electronic device comprising: a digital camera having a field of view for providing a plurality of facial biometric images from a user of the electronic device; a database for storing facial biometric image data after user authentication; at least one processor associated with the electronic device for executing the steps of: comparing the plurality of facial biometric images to biometric image data stored in the database; requesting the user to manually input their credentials when authentication has not occurred within a predetermined time period and based on a user alert timer; updating the database with a new image that occurred prior to performing image recognition when authentication is successful using the manually input credentials; identifying prominent facial features of the user; tracking the prominent facial features for providing continuous authentication when physically moving within the field of view of the digital camera allowing continuous authentication to operate to verify user identity and control access to the electronic device; and granting the user either full or limited access to the electronic device during continuous authentication.