Unlock your iphone with your face?

They introduced a fingerprint sensor for unlocking the iPhone 5s and now Apple has been granted the rights for an even more advanced means of security - the face.The tech giant was yesterday awarded U.S. Patent No. 8,600,120, which is a 'personal computing device control using face detection and recognition'.In addition to using face recognition for unlocking an iPhone, it could also be used for unlocking specific features on the phone, according to AppleInsider.For instance, an incoming call or text could only be unlocked by the person who is registered with the facial recognition security.It joins another patent Apple landed two years ago for facial recognition technology, around the time some Android phones began letting users unlock their devices with their faces.Samsung Galaxy devices already use facial recognition to unlock the phones.While experts say the move is likely part of a plan for the iPhone 6, just like many other patents the company have acquired, the technology may never acutally be put into play.Venture Beat reports the patent consists of three systems: A face detection application, which lets it distinguish faces from their surroundings; a face recognition application, which identifies individual faces; and an input/output application, which will let Apple’s devices act on all the facial data.The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 also utilize face recognition for easy logins.Computers are expected to be the next device to actively use facial recognition.The technology just requires a camera facing the user, making it easy to implement.Apple also recently completed its acquisition of 3D body sensing firm PrimeSense, an Israeli firm that helped create the original Microsoft Kinect's motion sensing capabilitiesIt has been rumored that Apple is working on a 4.8-inch edge-to-edge display with sapphire glass. It has also been rumored that the next-generation iPhone will have 3D vision.The next iPhone is expected to be released in spring 2014.(dailymail.co.uk)ANN.Az