Multi-factor authentication sensor for providing improved identification

• US 9,349,035 B1
• Filed: 09/23/2014
• Issued: 05/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Analog Devices, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (Analog Devices, Inc.)
• Inventors: Gerber, Stephen C., Koo, Ronald B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Werner, Brian P
• Application Number:
  US14/493,623
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/13 Sensors therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/70 Multimodal biometrics, e.g. combining information from different biometric modalities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2463/082 applying multi-factor authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system or for message authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0861 using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231

Abstract

A mobile device configured to authenticate a user, an authentication system, and method for use of the mobile device and authentication system are described that include a biometric sensor, a touchscreen sensor, and/or a fingerprint sensor, where the biometric sensor, the touchscreen sensor, and/or the fingerprint sensor are coupled to a controller configured to authenticate a computing device user. In implementations, the mobile device that employs example techniques in accordance with the present disclosure includes an authentication device, including a biometric sensor configured to receive biometric information from the user; and a fingerprint sensor configured to receive fingerprint information from the user; and a controller configured to authenticate the user, where the authentication device, including the biometric sensor and the fingerprint sensor, is coupled to the controller.

Claims

1. A mobile device configured to authenticate a user, comprising:

an authentication sensing device, including

a biometric sensor configured to receive biometric information from the user; and

a fingerprint sensor configured to receive fingerprint information from the user, where the biometric sensor and the fingerprint sensor are disposed in a backside chip-on-glass configuration in an area of the authentication sensing device where optical and electrostatic sensing areas overlap; and

a controller configured to authenticate the user, where the authentication sensing device, including

the biometric sensor and the fingerprint sensor, is coupled to the controller.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, where the biometric sensor includes an optical biometric sensor.

3. The mobile device of claim 2, wherein the optical biometric sensor includes a pulse oximeter.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, where the biometric sensor includes at least one of a retina scanner or an iris scanner.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, where the biometric sensor includes a facial recognition sensor.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, where the biometric sensor includes a voice recognition sensor.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, where the biometric sensor includes a light source.

8. The mobile device of claim 1, where the fingerprint sensor is an electrostatic fingerprint sensor.

9. The mobile device of claim 1, where the authentication sensing device includes a backside chip-on-glass configuration.

10. An authentication system configured to authenticate a user, comprising:

an authentication sensing device, including

a biometric sensor configured to receive biometric information from the user;

a fingerprint sensor configured to receive fingerprint information from the user, where the biometric sensor and the fingerprint sensor are disposed in a backside chip-on-glass configuration in an area of the authentication sensing device where optical and electrostatic sensing areas overlap; and

a touchscreen sensor configured to receive input from a user; and

a controller configured to determine an authentication level and authenticate the user, where the authentication sensing device, including the biometric sensor, the fingerprint sensor, and the touchscreen sensor, is coupled to the controller.

11. The authentication system of claim 10, where the biometric sensor includes an optical biometric sensor.

12. The authentication system of claim 11, wherein the optical biometric sensor includes a pulse oximeter.

13. The authentication system of claim 10, where the biometric sensor includes at least one of a retina scanner or an iris scanner.

14. The authentication system of claim 10, where the biometric sensor includes a facial recognition sensor.

15. The authentication system of claim 10, where the biometric sensor includes a voice recognition sensor.

16. The authentication system of claim 10, where the biometric sensor includes a light source.

17. The authentication system of claim 10, where the fingerprint sensor is an electrostatic fingerprint sensor.

18. The authentication system of claim 10, where the authentication sensing device includes a backside chip-on-glass configuration.

19. The authentication system of claim 10, where the authentication sensing device includes an integrated fingerprint sensor and touchscreen sensor.

20. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

determining an authentication level required for a mobile device, the mobile device including an authentication sensing device having at least two of a touchscreen sensor, a biometric sensor, or a fingerprint sensor;

receiving at least one of

touchscreen sensor information from the touchscreen sensor, the touchscreen sensor information based on a determined authentication level;

biometric sensor information from the biometric sensor, the biometric sensor information based on the determined authentication level;

or

fingerprint sensor information from the fingerprint sensor, the fingerprint sensor information based on the determined authentication level, where the biometric sensor and the fingerprint sensor are disposed in a backside chip-on-glass configuration in an area of the authentication sensing device where optical and electrostatic sensing areas overlap; and

determining authentication for the mobile device based on received sensor information.