Patent 9274599 was granted and assigned to Google on March, 2016 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The present disclosure provides a computer-implemented method. The method can include receiving eye-scan data from one or more linear sensors while operating in a locked mode, wherein the eye-scan data corresponds to an eye. The method can also include determining that the eye-scan data matches predetermined authorization data. Responsive to determining that the eye-scan data matches the predetermined authorization data, the method can also include causing the computing device to switch from operating in the locked mode to operating in an unlocked mode.