Patents by Inventor Avner Meir

Avner Meir has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • User verification for changing a setting of an electronic device
    Patent number: 10331866
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a processing device operatively connected to a biometric sensing device. The processing device can be adapted to compare one or more captured biometric images with respective reference biometric images and change one or more settings of the electronic device or one or more settings of an application on the electronic device only when each captured biometric image matches a respective reference biometric image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Avner Meir, Gilad Elrom
  • User Verification for Changing a Setting of an Electronic Device
    Publication number: 20150074796
    Abstract: An electronic device can include a processing device operatively connected to a biometric sensing device. The processing device can be adapted to compare one or more captured biometric images with respective reference biometric images and change one or more settings of the electronic device or one or more settings of an application on the electronic device only when each captured biometric image matches a respective reference biometric image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Avner Meir, Gilad Elrom