It's part of a "face unlock" feature, that keeps the buttons and display of the phone locked until it sees a face looking at it. Burns quite a bit of battery. You can easily disable it.
Thank you Patriot for the information.
How do you disable it?
Depends on the phone. I have a Motorola phone with the feature, and I turned it off. It's under the "Security" menu.
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