HTC won the patent Face Unlock

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published the document certifying the assignment of the patent for the Face to Unlock HTC . The application for a patent was filed in November 2008 and was subjected to the usual scrutiny of agencies to ensure that the requirements for granting protection to inventors.

 

The function of the Face Unlock allows for the release of the smartphone through recognition of the user's face. The feature should be familiar to users in possession of one of the latest Android smartphone that has already been considered by several integrated smartphone from Samsung Nexus Galaxy.

The patent specifically refers to:

A method for unlocking a locked computing device includes Obtaining biometric information Utilizing the computing device, Determining Whether the biometric information meets a predetermined requirement, unlocking the computing device Obtained When The biometric information meets the predetermined requirement, and Maintaining a locked status of the computing device When The biometric information does not meet the predetermined requirement

"A method of unlocking a computing device based on the acquisition of biometric information by the device" "Determining whether the biometric information meet the requirements on pre-determination, we obtain the unlocking of the device when the biometric information obtained meet the predetermined requirements, and maintaining the locked status of the device when the biometric information does not meet the predetermined requirements "

The assignment of the patent's Face to Unlock HTC creates a scenario of multiple developments. As mentioned at the beginning, in fact, the release mechanism based on biometrics has become an integral part of the operating system Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

Given the operational links between the Taiwanese and the Google case of any legal action to assert the existence of the patent would not be very advantageous for HTC. Several evaluations the Taiwanese manufacturer could make use of the invention in relation to some of its competitors from Samsung. Apart from the Galaxy Nexus, unlocking via facial recognition is also a feature utilize Samsung Galaxy S and W in the Galaxy due to the recent "value pack " .

We clarify that, at the time, HTC is not stated its intention to take any legal action against other companies. For those who want to deepen the content of the page USPTO patent remind reached byconnecting to this address .  source , via