US Patent 12130966 Function enabling method and electronic device

A shortcut function enabling method and an electronic device, where the electronic device collects an air gesture of a user using a camera, recognize the air gesture of the user, obtain a facial feature of the user, and verify whether the facial feature is a facial feature from the user or a stored facial feature. When face verification of the user succeeds and the air gesture is a preset air gesture, an application or a shortcut function is quickly enabled.