Augmented Reality Authentication Using Spatial Challenges
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional user authentication methods for online interactions are inadequate, as they can be easily bypassed by fraudsters and do not provide sufficient confidence in user authenticity, especially when used on mobile devices.
Innovation Solution
The integration of augmented reality (AR) technology into the user authentication process, which involves presenting AR challenges that users must respond to using their personal electronic devices, enhancing the complexity and security of the authentication process by overlaying virtual media on real-world objects and allowing interaction with these objects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional authentication methods (passwords, biometrics, SMS) are used, then the authentication process is simple to operate, but the reliability of user authentication is insufficient and can be easily bypassed by fraudsters
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions authentication from traditional 2D screen interfaces to 3D augmented reality space. Users interact with virtual objects that appear to float in real-world space, requiring spatial awareness and physical hand-eye coordination. This dimensional shift creates authentication challenges that are much harder to replicate remotely or through fraud, while remaining intuitive for in-person users
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces AR virtual objects as an intermediary between the user and the authentication system. These virtual objects serve as a mediator that requires specific physical interactions (pointing, grasping, manipulating) to complete authentication. This intermediary layer adds a complexity barrier that conventional direct input methods lack, significantly improving authentication reliability
2Reliability
If AR authentication challenges are implemented, then the reliability and complexity of authentication improve, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent leverages existing multi-functional capabilities of mobile devices (camera, display, motion sensors, touch interface) to implement AR authentication. Rather than requiring specialized hardware, the system repurposes components already present in modern smartphones and tablets, thereby improving authentication reliability without proportionally increasing device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses the device's own sensors and processing capabilities to generate and verify authentication challenges. The mobile device captures real-world environment data, generates AR virtual objects, tracks user interactions, and verifies authentication - all autonomously without requiring external specialized equipment. This self-service approach manages complexity within the existing device architecture
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AI summary
Systems and methods for augmented reality authentication of a user are described, including authenticating a user by presenting the user with augmented reality authentication challenges, evaluating the user's response, and using the response to authenticate the user.