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Resonance frequency device locking

US10172005B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 24, 2017
Grant dateJan 1, 2019
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Expiry dateApr 24, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W12/082
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Systems and methods for securing access to a mobile device are disclosed. A method includes: transmitting, by a computer device, a tone to a surface of an object; detecting, by the computer device, a frequency response from the object based on the transmitted tone; determining, by the computer device, that the detected frequency response from the surface of the object conforms to a stored frequency response; and unlocking, by the computer device, the computer device based on the determining.

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