article_snippet.sent: Apple offers a range of ways to unlock Apple devices from PINs to passwords and fingerprints.
article_snippet.sent: If the scanned face matches a previously taken photo, the phone unlocks automatically .
article_snippet.sent: Apple's patent details a method for automatically unlocking a mobile device using a system comprising of 'capturing an initial image  while the device is locked, monitoring a motion state of the mobile device to determine whether the device is moving or is motionless;  analysing the images to detect a user's face and unlocking the device.'
article_snippet.sent: Once the screen is enabled and the camera is held in front of the face, the screen automatically unlocks.
article_snippet.sent: Apple, instead, provides a method for automatically unlocking a mobile device using a system comprising of 'capturing an initial image  while the device is locked, monitoring a motion state of the mobile device to determine whether the device is moving or is motionless;  analysing the images to detect a user's face and unlocking the device.'
article_snippet.sent: Once the screen is enabled and the camera is held in front of the face, the screen automatically unlocks.
article_snippet.sent: the phone will only unlock if the angle of the face matches, or is similar to, the one that was initially taken to avoid the phone unlocking simply when the phone is near a face.
article_snippet.sent: Once the screen is enabled and the camera is held in front of the face, the screen automatically unlocks.
article_snippet.sent: Furthermore, each authorised user may have an associated unlocking profile in the database that indicates what functions or applications of the device are enabled when the device is unlocked.'
highlights_snippet.sent: If a user's face matches with a photo that was previously taken and stored, the phone unlocks automatically .
  