US Patent 11017209 Millimeter wave radar and camera fusion based face authentication system

An electronic device, a method and computer readable medium for multimodal authentication are disclosed. The method includes receiving a request for authentication, facial signature data generated based on an input from a radar source of the electronic device, and facial image data generated based on an input from a camera of the electronic device. The method also includes identifying an illumination condition and a sensor condition associated with the electronic device. The method additionally includes assigning a weight associated with the camera and the radar source based on the illumination condition and the sensor condition. The method further includes granting the request when at least one of the facial signature data and the facial image data are within a threshold of similarity with a preregistered facial data associated with the weight.